[DS] Universal DS Homebrew thread. Fucking cheapskates.

From what I've read, some of the cheaper cards like SanDisk have slower read rates than what is necessary for a DS game. The Castlevania games are the particular culprits. They will freeze up in the opening movie, and in some in game animations.

And I can believe that, even though I haven't played a ROM of the games. I have an original Portrait of Ruin, and even it gets slowdown when I pull off certain moves.
I bought the Adata 4 gig card from Newegg for $20. Best buy didn't have anything close to decent brands or decent prices, and that was the best online deal I could find.
I would've liked to pick up an 8 gig, but they cost more than the CycloDS, running about 80-90.

Annnnyways, I finally got a CycloDS. I haven't had anybody to test download play with yet, but I haven't had ANY problems playing games and online play works good.
I downloaded lameboy and ran a few games on it. Some don't work that great, but it's decent.
I like DS organize, and the IRC client it has is spunky. Too bad I don't take my DS everywhere.
Also tried out SnemulDS, and nothing seemed to work right. Has anybody had much luck with the SNES emulators?

I plan on picking up a 3-in-1 for my DS Fat soon enough, so I can play GBA games.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

I should go update my firmware for my EVO, though I don't have my Slot 2 yet. That autoloader is just another reason why EVO is the best one out there. Their support and development team actually.....CARE!

<3 Maybe now my TWEWY will stop crashing.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Did Nintendo REALLY bust the R4 factory? I read that it just shut down, but nothing about Nintendo.

Anyhow, I read somewhere today about there being a patch for the firmware to make Band of Brothers work, but it was kinda a quick fix, since it was just a save state.

And there was a website that kinda cataloged the release numbers and rom release data for all the GBA and DS games, but I can't seem to find it. I'm sure there are multiple websites like this, but I'm looking for a particular one. Does anybody browse any sites like this?

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

Should've researched the market, brotha.

I didn't buy R4 for several reasons, including: made by chinks, website ran off of a 56k modem, factory shut down.

With those three reasons alone, one should avoid such purchases.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

He doesn't have problems now, because they pretty much just reached the end of their support. In about a year from now, there will be a bucketload of games that'll be glitched with no patches to fix them.

This site (note prices are in Australian dollars, but that's not the point) has a fun little table to show the abilities and such of each card. The AceKard has a 1 in 20 chance of being DOA. And it says all of them support download play, but I've read that some cards have problems. I didn't have any problems with mine yet concerning that.

Slot 1 Devices : OzModChips.com, Australian Supplier of WiiKey, D2CKey, M3DS, R4DS and CycloDS

I was speaking idiomatically.

Originally Posted by Dhsu

If you have a white DS, you can replace the shell.

Do you know if that would work with the 3-in-1, also? It'd be nice to have that way I can buy the lite version, in case I ever buy a DS lite to replace my DSFat.

And why does Acer need 4 flash cards?

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

SIT ON HIM. It will POP out of some magical CycloDS holding orifice.

FELIPE NO

Originally Posted by Qwarky

He also said half the time he boots up his DS it won't even notice the cycloDS.

I've had that problem maybe once or twice. But nothing consistent.

There are lots of reports of their readers going bad, but apparently whatever vendor you purchased from is supposed to replace it for you.

The problem I am having, and am considering sending my CycloDS back for a new one, is that whenever I shut my shell, and open back up, the game freezes, sometimes...

Really frustrating.

How ya doing, buddy?

Originally Posted by Bounce Overflow

I tried using the bundled USB reader that comes with the CycloDS but it's really really slow so I said screw it and I've never used it since. I've never had problems since either.

Exactly what "problems" do you mean?

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Do you have a GBA flash cart?

There are some carts with the so called "fast ROM" and "slow ROM", and the ones with slow rom, I think it is, let you flash the image and it stays there. This is the best bet I would assume you have at trying to accomplish what you're trying to do.

I wouldn't know which GBA flash carts have which ROM, but I'm pretty sure the 3-in-1 has both types. You'll probably want to research it.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by Sousuke

Well, this is a bit of a piss-off. I got my CycloDS the other day, but I only had a 256mb microSD to go with it. So tonight, I picked up a Kingston 4gb microSDHC, and... well, the Cyclo USB adapter works fine with the 256mb card, as do both of my SD adapter cards. But NONE of them will read the 4gb card--the explorer window just freezes up until I remove the card. Any ideas?

There is a lot of talk about past problems with MicroSD cards and ways to attempt to fix them. I just spent a good bit of time reading through some of it.

The second post has links to tools and software to try.

New firmware corrupting Micro-SD card. - Team Cyclops Forums

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

http://www.gamingforce.org/forums/vi...dscyclods.html

I assume this will get merged...

CycloDS can run any emu, basically. Some of them aren't that great, and haven't been developed very well yet, though.

There's an M3 Perfect setup, also, but I'm not as familiar with that. But you can basically do just as much with it.

But anyways, I suggest buying a CycloDS from Jandaman.com. That site had some of the best prices, it only took a couple days to ship, and I had a minor issue with my card so I asked if I could get it warrantied even though I was just slightly out of the warranty period, and he sent me a new card with a return label, so I never had to buy postage OR go without my card.

Great guy.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?