[DS] Universal DS Homebrew thread. Fucking cheapskates.

Originally Posted by Omnislash124

Sorry if I missed it, but I don't think anybody answered my question...Does the M3 Lite Perfect (for the Slot-2) play Homebrew/Emulators+ROMS for GB/GBC/NES/SNES?

It can, but it's shitty. I don't know about GB and GBC, but there's NES and SNES emulators out there.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

I ordered yet another M3 Simply from Gameyeeeah.

Of course I went ahead and ordered this in the middle of feb, and it didn't arrive until today. Apparently my money wasn't cleared until about a week later and by then they were out of stock. I had to wait until the 5th of March for them to ship from their new stock. It arrived today, the 16th.

It looks like they've stopped doing replacement cartridge shells, because this second package is missing one. They've also replaced the blister pack for just a common cardboard box with plastic clear inserts.

Everything is the same for the most part, except the micro SD card reader is black. And smaller. I guess this is a good thing but I don't really care. I was able to just stick the SD card in, along with all it's current information, and it worked straight away.

It came with the same strap and blue case as the original, so it seems like they've jut improved the USB SD reader and managed to check out on doing free replacement shells, which kinda sucks.

Aside from that, nothing to update.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Originally Posted by Free.User

Not once did I say "nobody is doing anything about Snes emulation on the DS", infact, I love the work people are doing. Perhaps "lack of support" was a poor choice of words on my behalf

No, no, that's pretty accurate. There's what... 2-3 SNES emulators for this kinda shit? I think ONE is being worked on, while the others are pretty much outdated (early 2006, 2005) material.

Seriously, I've said it before. If you want emulated, portable SNES games, buy a gamepark or PSP.

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Originally Posted by Shaolin Samurai

By the way Elixir, I'm not familiar with the PSP homebrew scene. Exactly how good is SNES emulation on the PSP? As far as speed, compatibility, large rom size support, graphics layers support, special chip support, etc.

Fairly high. You can overclock a PSP to 366MHz so it'll run games (and emulated games) faster. There's only slowdown on fast paced SNES and Genesis games, like Gunstar Heroes and Uniracers. I've played through a few Genesis games on a PSP (at least, when I OWNED one) and it's been sweet.

There's a few here and there that don't work, but the PSP emulation scene is booming. There's at least a new app or upgrade every week on qj.net.

This is why I'm not interested in emulation on the DS, since the PSP covers almost all of it.

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Updated with different prices and a few tweaks here and there. I've also backed up this so if the site decides to take another fall, we won't be completely ruined.

I've also been checking out the No$GBA emulator for DS. It runs surprisingly well (as in, games actually run) but whenever there's action on the screen it ends up dropping to somewhere between 3 and 9 fps. Unless you have a really high end PC, don't bother.



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- Added Table of Contents
- Added keywords
- Cleared up some broken links, relocated flashme.nds
- Fixed some typos.

FELIPE NO

Originally Posted by Taco

For all who like skins and care about animu/Touhou, I've put together a Touhou skin featuring the final boss of Perfect Cherry Blossom, Yuyuko Saigyouji. There's a million and a half Touhou characters, so I doubt I'll end up making themes for all of them, but possibly a couple more provided I can find art for them.

Here's the preview, and attached is the file.

Hey that's actually pretty sweet.

I think the problem with emulators on the DS is that it's so much more easier and stable to do so on a PSP, simply because it's got more support. A lot of Megadrive, SNES, SMS and NES games work perfectly on a PSP simply by running the most current emulator and rom. Most of the time anyway. Most people just use slot-1 and slot-2 devices for GBA and DS games, or for applications like DSOrganize.

I use it to keep all my games in a single cart. I have what, 15-20 something DS games? It's just easier when they're all there at once.

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

Stick bckgrd_1.bmp, bckgrd_2.bmp, icons.bmp, logos.bmp etc, in the "_system_" folder.

Also you're missing a Preview.bmp from that screenshot. Probably why it isn't working.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Taco

We tried putting them right in the _system_ folder. Also, the R4 doesn't need a preview, is it different in the M3?

But.. Xard doesn't have an R4.

On my M3 Simply I have bckgrd 1, 2, icons, logo and preview (capital P) in _system_ and they run fine. Apparently if you aren't running XP it could cause issues too. Should I just upload everything on my micro SD card instead?

Anyway I'm currently using this skin:



There's nowhere I can't reach.

Xard short of sending you my entire folder I'd just post here: http://www.m3-forum.com/viewforum.php?f=32

They'd know for sure, since the entire forum is dedicated to M3 Simply skinning.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

G6 Lite is pretty expensive, though. In fact it's possibly one of the most expensive flash cards available.

I'd get a M3 Lite if you're looking to play with GBA games. Not sure why you would want to use a GBA or Micro when you can just carry it all packed into a single DS, screen size I'm guessing.

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Originally Posted by AcerBandit

http://www.moddz.com/?n=modules/articles&a=7&d=27

Looks like CycloDS Evolution is the new king of slot-1 devices.

I don't want to register just to find out what CycloDS is.

I was speaking idiomatically.

I would recommend buying them from the sites which I've recommended buying them from in the original post.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Alternatively, Supercard One and M3 Simply are practically the same thing.

In fact, M3 Simply and R4 are 99.0% identical. Aside from needing different firmware for the Supercard One, it operates the same.

FELIPE NO

I'm pretty sure that Real Hot Stuff is located in America, and sells these kinds of things. Much like, Kick Trading who are in Canada. They sell a decent amount of stuff as well. I guess it's a sensible idea to order from your own country, since shipping will take less.

I haven't heard much about this CycloDS thing, though. Strangely enough, I have a Supercard One. I don't know why. I just do. The spring loader is really nice and it fits the micro SD card properly. I was able to transfer all data between cards providing I included the firmware for the Supercard One.

Divineo seems to have multiple branches, which is nice. I'll stick to bamboogaming for any future purchases, since I've dealt with them before and I believe they're reliable. Although their site indicates that they're in Australia, clearly they aren't.

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I have a Supercard One, and they're great, but a little slow. The R4 is better, and the M3 DS Real is even better. The difference is, the Real supports up to 8GB micro SDHC, and the others only support up to 2GB micro SD. M3 Real also supports micro SD cards.

The original post is pretty outdated.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Powder 0.92 - Roguelike

Another quick release as I try to keep the momentum going to the elusive version 100.

* When you are prompted to cast a spell you cam hit [SELECT] or [i] or [?] to get help on that spell. (Arthur Littlefield)
* Eating a book temporarily grants you the spells/skills in the book. (Fancy Carrot)
* Gold Beetles are now hostile if you are wearing anything they want.
* If timed unchanging expires the same turn as stoning takes effect, there is no longer the risk that the unchanging will expire first and thus turn you to stone. (Yes, this happened to me.)
* All creatures will now eat if they are not full, not just special ones like gelatinous cubes.
* Hungry creatures will pick up food that they can eat.
* RNG seed saved to hiscore table so starting games on the GBA should become more varied.
* Torches and flamingswords are extinguished by dropping into water.
* More consistent behaviour of lava/greekfire/acid/water with item interaction.
* New spells: Wizard's Eye, Possess.
* Artifact armour that has a melee attack will now allow you to attack appropriately on occasion. Ie, a head butt, punch, or kick with the helmet, ring, or boots. Improvised Weapons skill will greatly increase the chance of this happening.
* One more room.



WabbitDS - TI-83 emulator

WabbitDS is a TI-83+ Emulator. It features:

* ROM8xu loading
* RewindingFast Forwarding
* Rotatable Interface (ie portrait mode)
* Touchscreen Interface
* Disassembler
* Key Configuration
* Sleep Mode
* Fast Application Loading
* Perfect Gray Scale for Gaming

Source is included. Please give me Feed back on any issue you think there may be.




Bunjallo 0.4 beta 1 - Web Browser

Changes from version 0.3.6 to 0.4-beta1:

Major changes
* Basic image support added
* gzip content-encoding supported
* Cache files to flash card (mostly optional - see config.ini)

Minor changes
* issue 32 - file that defines allowed cookies can now contain http:// at the start
* Plain text rendering semi works again (no font changes though)
* Unicode shrunk to 16 bits internally to use less memory
* !URIs with spaces are escaped to use "%20"
* libnds-20071023 compatibility changes

Build changes
* Build with devkitArm r21
* Changed to scons build system[/sub]



Protein DScratch (Universal build) 071111 - audio sample manipulator

v071111:
# a file browser
# a sample recorder
# a live mic streaming mode
# "Retrig FX" has been rewritten to be synchronized to loop length and current pitch
# some display enhancements, new pretty colors :-p
# motion-controlled pitch tremolo
# 3 cool default samples (cf credits)
# now works fine on R4/M3

Known Issues:
# sample.wav is still limited to ~1MBytes
# file browser has only 24 entries for the moment
# maybe some cracklings in live mic streaming or sample recordings on some linkers (let me know)
# scratching can be a lot better, and will be in the future ;-)

YouTube - Protein DScratch - 2 - by Gorgull

DsKara v1.0 - karaoke viewer

you now have a single interface (Rom now weighs less than 200kb), which manages the karaokes. At the root of your memory card, you create a folder / DsKara / containing the songs. Raw and files in karaokes. The files must have the same name (for example, if you have a song.dsk get an song.raw, one for the karaoke, another for music)

Changelog:
- Lightweight changes on the skin
- Adding an interface to select the song
- Stop karaoke (which leads back to the choice of the song) with the B key
- Support external files. Dsk for karaoke. Raw for the song



Woctochat v0.2 alpha - Online Pictochat clone

Who has never dream of a pictochat that instead of using the Nifi used instead the WFC, huh? Yes you at the bottom.
That your dreams become reality with a Woctochat!
It allows you to create a server on your PC and then log in with your DS on it to talk with your friends who also connected on the same server.



Tabbed 0.16 - guitar tab viewer

Another week, another version. There are actually a few more bits and bobs I wanted to fit into this version, nameley background and font loading off SD, but I got a flash of brilliance yesterday and decided to add and entirely new feature. I figured it would take me a week or so to get it working how I wanted it to, so I better release a new version now.

So what have we got then? I’ve fixed a bug or two, making sure right handed now default. I’ve vastly improved the file navigation with the inclusion of a handy dandy selected file bar, this also works in the options menu so you can see what your current settings are. I’ve also improved the edit screen a bit so you can now scroll up and down the document, it’s still not prefect, but until saving is working it doesn’t really need to be. The big new improvement is the MOD player I’ve thrown in, this is kind of a precursor to the MP3 player which will turn up one day, I added it so people can jam along to MOD drum loops, of which there doesn’t seem to be many :_( if you find any then give me a shout. Anyway, look out for big things next version. Laters.



PuzzleManiak 3.2.5 - Puzzle Game Collection

Quick update of the version 3.2 to change the option “Display wifi scores” by an “Autoconnect to Wifi” option. If you check this option, PuzzleManiak won’t ask you whether you want to connect to wifi or not (when needed), it’ll connect itself.

That’s all for this version!!!







Jetfighter 0.4b - 2-player simultaneous competitive shooter

It was promised, a new version of Jetfighter recoded with Palib.

Controls:
- A, B, X, Y moves player 2 and R button shoots.
- D-Pad moves player 1 and L button shoots.

News:
- Management of the bar life.
- Collision and explosion.
- Score.
The jets were undergoing changes just to launch a laser at the same time.



Platdude's Retro Collection 12 - classic games remade

The Brief
A collection of retro styled games, kicked up a notch.
Gameplay>Graphics

The Notice
DLDI Patch the _dldi.nds version to keep your highscores. There are no other differences between the two versions.


The Games


Centipede

Blast away all the approaching Centipede bits. Every piece that escapes from play removes 25 of your hard earned points.
Rated 4/5

Snake

Guide the Snake towards the numbered blocks. Pick up the number of points displayed on the Block. If it reaches 0, the block becomes a solid brick. Try not to crash.
Rated 3/5

Invaders

Destroy all the Alien Invaders before they reach the bottom of the screen. No bases to hide with and plenty of enemy gunfire makes this a super-rapid version of Invaders. A fan favourite.
Rating 5/5

Light Cycles

Guide your way away from the enemy lines in a rather basic remake of the classic Tron game.
Rating 3/5

Asteroids

Shoot all the floating Asteroids for whatever reason there ever was for doing it in any other version of the game! Asteroids is fun!
Rating 4/5

Racer

This game sucks, and has since been hidden away like some kind of rubbish Easter Egg..
Rating 1/5

Escape

Grab the blue square and keep it away from the red ones. Pick up Green ones for extra points.
Rating 4/5 : Windows version by Magicman

Missile Command

Destroy the approaching missiles, before they destroy your bases! Every missile that hits the land takes away a point!.. The Green ones are worth extra.
Rating 4/5

Dot Pop

With 30 seconds on the clock, hit as many squares as you can.
Will probably be renamed by the time you play it! Then again, maybe not!
Rating 4/5

Pacman

With two full screens of pills to empty, and eight ghosts running around, you?d better get moving. (Strangely, it?s not as much fun as it oughta be..)
Rating 3/5

Frogger

No river, just 2 huge busy roads to pass. The top lot move faster, so you?re gonna have to be quick to score any points. Get to the top and start again, but with more cars.
Rating 5/5

Pong

Just you, a CPU, and a ball too. And another ball if you play on High.. .. And 3 on Extreme.
Rating 3/5

Tetris

Much requested, and so eventually added. This game tries to be a Good Tetris game, and hopefully you?ll enjoy it. I might add Bombliss later, since I really love that game, too!
Rating 4/5



DotaDS v 0.93 alpha - Warcraft Tower Defence clone

- 0.91: Record version
- 0.91b: path to plant less
- 0.92: patch of moveToAttack
- 0.93: Now you can kill the turrets and creeps attack automatically.



Sudoku v1.0 - Another Sudoku implementation

This is the first release of my version of Sudoku for the DS.

Features:
-Two generation options: random or seeded
-Quick puzzle generation (about a tenth of a second)
-Checker
-Corrector (can be turned on or off)
-Timer (can be turned on or off)
-Scoring system (can be turned on or off)
-Shows possibilities for current cell based on numbers you have already input in the puzzle (can be turned on or off)
-Select the number of givens
-Can use freebies if needed
-Choose from several backgrounds
-Choose from different music
-Nice touch-screen support

Known issues:
-On occasion, the program will freeze while trying to generate a puzzle. This happens, however, very rarely. Seeded puzzle #10 cause the program to freeze.
-The sound file for "Crossbones" is a little fuzzy due to several files conversions and compression. I'm planning on rerecording this file to improve sound quality.

Let me know what you think or if there are any bugs or improvements I could make

You can find more screens on my myspace page and eventually I will have a link there for updated versions.



First Strike - vertical scrolling shooter tech demo

Y - fire
B - bomb

The game is not finish yet. May occur some bugs...
I hope you guys like it!

Works great on R4 and no$gba.



pokeyDS 1.1 - Atari 800XL emulator

Small update because it seems that the joystick was a worry in the previous version ... Sorry ...



CrocoDS 2.0 - Amstrad CPC Emulator

- Save-states (load, read & erase).
- New design. (thanks to kukulcan)
- Bugfixes with the autostart.
- Beter support of the copy, shift, control and caps-lock keys.
- Single / multi-keys pressed for activate cheat code.
- Minor update in the Z80 emulation.
- Bugfixes in the timing of the sound module. (thanks to Alekmaul)
- All options are now available via icons.
- Screen capture (you need sna2png to convert the snapshot to bitmap)
- Speed limitator. (crocods is sometimes too fast)






There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by Lucca

but is a quick learner? I'd love to have a card that's essentially plug n'play (requires little to no setup and drag and drop capability). I'd rather not flash my DS either, since the idea of bricking my system is not appealing

Quick learner? Awesome! Read the thread and you might learn something.

I love people who just hop into the thread and basically say "the thread's too long, despite it being made to help me. I can't really be bothered to read it at all, nor can I decide for myself, so just tell me what to buy and where to buy it from because I'm a retarded lazy ass."

You're most likely pirating DS games I mean jesus fucking christ unless you want karma to bite you in the ass you could at least know what you're getting into before getting into it.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Originally Posted by Lucca

Actually I DID read the thread, read reviews and hey, I did google, but seriously, if you're going to jerks to everyone who is relatively new to the scene, why bother having threads at all? I wanted opinions and instead I get beat on my chest lol newbie drama.


Forget I asked.

Why even bother having threads at all? Hm, let's see. This is an internet gaming forum, and we're talking about gaming related material on the internet. It's imperative to make threads otherwise the forum will die. I didn't have to make this thread at all, but I spent three hours doing so, and it isn't until people like you come into the thread and start disregarding the entire contribution I've given that I realize that I've wasted my entire fucking time.

And yes, Acer gave you some recommendations. Why not take them? What I was getting at was, you said:

Originally Posted by Lucca

Question is: which card is the best choice for someone who is a newbie at this but is a quick learner?

This just comes off as "I'm new, what to buy, best item plz, where to get, thx". Sorry but I don't take lightly to people who refuse to feed themselves because they aren't being spoon fed.

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