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| Acmlm's Board - I3 Archive - General Emulation - Running homebrew on NDS and all that stuff. |
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DarkSlaya   930 Gamma Ray                    Since: 11-17-05 From: Montreal, Canada Last post: 6285 days Last view: 6284 days |
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| So. My NDS isn't getting any action since a few months and I thought I could give it a new use. However, I don't really know much about running homebrew. I've read stuff about it, but most of the time, I needed to get stuff online (and I can't do it). So are there ways of doing it with your standard cards you'd find in shops (or if someone can point me to a shop in Montreal that sells that kind of DS stuff, it'd be cool)?
I'm mainly looking to run homebrew software, maybe linux, maybe some GBA games and want to try DSMIDIWIFI. EDIT: Oh and if you guys are wondering, my DS is first gen, as I bought it a few days after it's been released in canada. (edited by DarkSlaya on 01-14-07 10:22 PM) |
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~Bent~ Newcomer Since: 01-01-07 Last post: 6310 days Last view: 6288 days |
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| You'll need a GBA flash card, definitely.
GBA games run on a flash card fairly easily, but for GB and GBC games you'll need to put Goomba on there. To play DS games on a GBA flash card, you'll have to "flash" the DS in order to make it read .nds files from the GBA slot. |
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HyperHacker Star Mario Finally being paid to code in VB! If only I still enjoyed that. <_< Wii #7182 6487 4198 1828  Since: 11-18-05 From: Canada, w00t! My computer's specs, if anyone gives a damn. STOP TRUNCATING THIS >8^( Last post: 6285 days Last view: 6285 days |
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| DSDev has useful info. Basically you're going to have to buy at least one thing online, unless you can find Max Media Dock (which I hear isn't that great) or a GBA flash cart in a store. There are tons of devices out that allow homebrew, but since they're almost exclusively designed with backups/piracy in mind, not all actually support homebrew very well.
The gist of it is you need a device to hold the games you want to play. GBA flash carts can be used but something with a Compact Flash or SD card slot is highly recommended. Most of these go into the GBA slot which means you'll also need a way to launch them. They should come with a DS card that will do this (unless you use something meant for GBA), but you can also buy these separately. Since your DS is V1, you can also use certain wireless cards to do this; my personal favourite method as it also allows you to send unsigned programs via Download Play when you use FlashMe. Many of these boot procedures are rather tedious so you might want to install FlashMe, which is a hacked firmware that removes the need for a launcher. Of course, you'll need one to install it in the first place. |
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DarkSlaya 930 Gamma Ray Since: 11-17-05 From: Montreal, Canada Last post: 6285 days Last view: 6284 days |
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| Oh, I've found a little toy that will do the trick. Also found a place where I can buy said toy.
It's the DSLinker, and I've confirmed from whom I buy it from that I can infact use it to install FlashMe. (oh and my DS is v2, but it doesn't make much difference now) |
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paulguy Paragoomba Since: 06-29-06 Last post: 6298 days Last view: 6285 days |
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| I recommend the M3 or the Supercard lines of devices. They both offer purely slot1 solutions which don't require flashme or a passme card but don't support GBA. they also have regular GBA-slot ones that will boot into NDS or GBA mode to play either system's ROMs and homebrew. GBA compatibility is practically 100% and NDS compatibility with those is in the high 90%s. I have a M3 Perfect SD and i originally had a Passcard 3 for bootup but I eventually installed FlashMe. FlashMe isn't recommended all the time because it's risky because you risk bricking your Nintendo DS. Hope that's enough information for you to make a decision. | |||
FreeDOS + Giant Red Koopa Legion: freedos = fritos  Since: 11-17-05 From: Seattle Last post: 6284 days Last view: 6284 days |
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| FlashMe is risky? The power cord stays in firmly, and it takes less than a minute to flash the firmware (and in the first ~5 seconds, recovery code is written firstly), there's hardly any chance of failure. | |||
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paulguy Paragoomba Since: 06-29-06 Last post: 6298 days Last view: 6285 days |
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| if you move the metal thing too far you could hot soemthing and short it. | |||
Cynthia Uh-huh. Since: 11-17-05 From: LaSalle, Quebec, Canada Last post: 6284 days Last view: 6284 days |
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Originally posted by FreeDOS + Yeah, but flashing any sort of firmware is risky... the odds are that it works but if you just made one little screwup, presto. Your DS/DVD drive/etc. is bricked. That's why I'm going with a slot-1 cart... no need for that trouble. |
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DarkSlaya 930 Gamma Ray Since: 11-17-05 From: Montreal, Canada Last post: 6285 days Last view: 6284 days |
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| Well, as long as you follow the instructions exactly, everything is always fine (flashed my PSP 5 times, everything fine. Bricked my router, but that's because I thought I had a V3 when it was V4, the firmware didn't like that) | |||
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FreeDOS + Giant Red Koopa Legion: freedos = fritos Since: 11-17-05 From: Seattle Last post: 6284 days Last view: 6284 days |
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Originally posted by paulguy No, not really. I've never experienced any trouble on either original DSes or DS Lites. |
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