[DS] Universal DS Homebrew thread. Fucking cheapskates.

After many fiascos last summer involving online payment systems et al, I gave up on trying to obtain a superkey and a G6 Lite. However, I'm very interested in this new R4 card, as QJ.net gave it an absolutely beaming review.

Originally Posted by Gechmir

I don't think that the DS can physically operate Genesis games to max capabilities due to this engine problem.

Yeah, someone'll have to knock together a homebrew blast processor.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Just ordered an R4 "Revolution" cart and a 1GB MicroSD card for £50 collectively on ConsolePlus.

This ought to be good.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

If the Simply and the Revolution are so similar, will those skins work on the R4 cart?

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

Hm. From every review I've seen they're identical in functionality, so that'd be REALLY pointless.

Nifty mod with the switch and all, though - However I'm guessing that what's on the removable media affects the working of the flashcart? What's up with that?

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Originally Posted by BigCN401

I'm using R4 and the overall compatibility is:

Sandisk Ultra II > Sandisk/Kingston-Japan > Kingston-Taiwan/everything else.

Even with Kingston Taiwan (which I have) the only kind of game that has some chance of freezing is game like Castlevania.

I ordered a Samsung 1GB card. Am I necessarily screwed, or can firmware take care of whatever problems might occur?

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My R4 arrived today. Elixir; add Consoleplus.co.uk to the Dealer list - £40 incl. postage, they accept any kind of card under the sun and it only took two days after ordering to arrive (could have been next day if I hadn't placed the order at nine PM on tuesday).

Time to sling some stuff on my card and test it out.

How ya doing, buddy?

Originally Posted by Omnislash124

I figure I'll ask this here since I can't find a clear answer anywhere else.

Is it impossible to use the Pal Park of a legitimate Pokemon Diamond cart with a ROM of a GBA Pokemon game stored on a flash cart?

It doesn't seem likely, but I'd like to have confirmation before I stop pursuing this.

I believe there's a way to write a single game to a GBA flashcart in a manner similar to burning a disc image - that has worked for people from what I have read. I don't know the details, though, so I'm no help.

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Originally Posted by BZ

Don't own any DS, but might soon. Anyway, do you think the new DSi will be able to play GBA games using this homebrew stuff or no? If not, then I would get the DS Lite for sure.

There are only a few DSi-compatible flashcarts right now. If anything, I'd say wait until flashcarts are totally unnecessary - the thing has an SD slot; I'd wager an exploit will be found before very long.

To answer your question, no, I don't reckon it'll ever be able to play GBA games. The GBA slot isn't present on the new hardware, so it stands to reason that it's lacking the requisite software/firmware, too.

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

Theoretically, yes. However, because the games would be running through an emulation layer and not natively on the hardware, it'd be about as fast as wading through molasses.

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Originally Posted by AcerBandit

Yeah, realhotstuff sells sdhc cards on their website. Those things come with a very good adapter if you're hesitant on using the one that comes with your cyclo. Honestly, just bite the bullet and get an 8 gb sdhc card. That way you'll have plenty of room for your games, homebrew, and even music if you so choose. I have 100 plus DS games, 40 plus GBA games, and plenty of homebrew with a decent amount of room to spare on my 8 gb microsdhc card. 2 gigs will get you like 20 to 40 games. That's reasonable enough for most folks but I like being able to have just about everything I'd want on my DS on one card without really worrying about space.

What slot-2 solution are you using that you're storing GBA roms on the SD card, Acer?

There's nowhere I can't reach.

One of my brother's ecommerce clients was a UK-based flashcart shop. He received an angry C&D letter and had all of his stock seized a few months back. Now he's on the verge of going out of business.

It's fucking impossible to find somewhere to buy a flashcart these days - hopefully by the time I pick up a DSi, the need for them will have disappeared completely, and we'll be able to load games from the SD slot...

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

hurr durr equating piracy with stealing a physical object

hurr durr

verily, durr

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That's fair enough, but pulling out the "WELL YOU MIGHT AS WELL ABSCOND WITH MISTER MIYAMOTO'S TELEVISION" analogy is just a teensy bit of a straw man. Besides, all DRM does is make scene kiddies all the more vocal in their piracy efforts, which in turn steps up DRM measures, which itself in turn encourages pirates, which...

The issue here is that although the devices in question can be used for piracy - oh, who am I kidding, everyone who owns a flashcart uses it for piracy - it's not their sole application, which is why people got away with manufacturing and selling them in the first place. Nintendo's attempts to stamp them out represents a weird kind of paranoid (albeit justifiable) double standard in that respect. It makes about as much sense as Sony raging against manufacturers of CD burners.

(okay, that was stupid and exaggerated as all hell, but I think I heard about something like that occurring in the days of chipped PS1s)

I was speaking idiomatically.

Originally Posted by OP

Care to explaim Nintendo's "weird kind of paranoid (albeit justifiable) double standard" because I'm not following? When were Nintendo pirating stuff, did I miss that news story?

Sorry, I was a little vague. There were a few things I meant by that:

The fact that they're going after the resellers of slot-1 devices and not the manufacturers/wholesale vendors bugs me. The devices themselves are perfectly legal (as far as I know, anyway - I've not heard anything about them getting uppity about patent infringement or similar), and frankly, they're intervening at the wrong part of the supply chain. Shopowners are getting screwed over by this method of dealing with the issue, while the original sellers of the carts are still in business. The only flashcart whose manufacturers have been directly squashed is the R4, and they're apparently not pursuing action against the others for whatever reason. Maybe because they're not quite so synonymous with piracy. Hell, the packaging on the devices mentions nothing about piracy whatsoever - every slot-1 solution available now is marketed by both the manufacturers and the resellers as a "portable media solution", and touts AV/ebook capabilities as their only noteworthy features. Some of them don't even ship with the firmware necessary for loading ROMs. It's very crafty and skirts conveniently around the issue.

Also; that they're choosing to intervene so heavily in one of their biggest legit markets, and ignoring others that thrive on piracy alone is a little odd. While I was living in Chile there were at least two shops selling flashcarts within walking distance of my flat. I hear the situation's similar in eastern Europe and central Asia.

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Thing is as weak as any analogy talking about physical theft is, it's a hundred times stronger an argument than the feeble crap people come out with to justify piracy to themselves. I've no great issue with it, but let's call a spade a spade shall we: you want something and either you don't have the means or inclination to pay for it. Fair enough, but don't try and act noble about it.

There's nothing noble here - not in the least. I'm just an impoverished asshole and I like freebies. That's as far as my "justification" goes. The only time I ever even come close to defending the piracy issue is when it's equated with simple thievery.

Originally Posted by S_K

Since I brought the topic up, I'd just like to reliterate I'm not mad about the fact they're countering selling flash cards. I'm annoyed that as is often the case people in the EU are some of the first to get singled out, as if we're the root of the problem when we're not.

Yeah, this is just Europe getting buggered over again - this time in a slightly dodgy capacity. Count it as a personal grievance with no bearing on the argument at hand, but as I said above, they're demonising the wrong part of the world.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Originally Posted by Vulpix

As much as you think you're "sticking it to the man," the DS still prints money and is still making them bigtime bucks.

I don't know anyone who uses "sticking it to the man" as their rationale behind piracy. The act doesn't create a negative cashflow, you cock.

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