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now have all my gear, and just been fiddlin with some game dumps...seems to work just peachy!

ps. wtf is Electroplankton all about? proper oddness.

Erm... Its like erm, a musical toy or something. No scores, just lots of widgets.

It was originally used as a demo for the DS I think, then expanded into that doohickey.

There's plenty of odd stuff on the DS, I'll suggest more as I think of em.

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I'm getting the sprog a DS for xmas so I can immediately steal it.

Well, I can only really comment on the Supercard cos that's what I have.

From what I understand it's a bit arse on the compatability and speed of GBA games but it runs DS games brilliantly.

An adapter called the M3 Lite has just come out which is essentially the same thing but flashier software, a prettier GUI (Supercard's is basic at best but it loads FAST) and better compatability with GBA games. The drawback is that it's almost twice the price and the MicroSD cards go into the side of it instead, meaning you have to remove the entire adapter from the DS's GBA slot just to get to the MSD card.

There's also one or two DS-slot only carts coming out (they use the top slot rather than the bottom GBA slot) but I *think* these carts require you to flash the DS's firmware... But don't quote me on that. One in particular doesn't use SD cards, it has a USB connector on it instead, which could be convenient if a little limiting.

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anyone know of a screencapture utility for the ds?

EDIT:::still cant find one that works (including scrcap.nds)

anyway, had to make do with the cam...but heres a quick BOH skin i did (trying to figure out what was what was fun!)





hopefully will get a bit flashier once i have figured out wjati am doing!!!

I WANT IT YOU FUCK!

Seriously, I don't want the config files but zip-up the images and shove em up here you cunt.

I might have a go, even though I have no artistic talent... Prepare for my LemonParty skin

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You bastards who already have a Flashcard adapter (like me!) should check out the NDS CRC Renamer from www.advanscene.com - fixes fucked roms, downloads the associated screenshots and makes it piss easy to identify corrupt, missing and miss-named roms... CUNTASTIC!

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right fiends, any real reason to get the M3 over that thing NS has? there's a version of the m3 using microsd that fits snug into the body of the DS Lite (what i got) , does his do that?

Come on boffins!

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Just because I love pHo and want to have his babies, here's some pros and cons as I see em...

1. M3 has a side-loading MicroSD slot which means the whole unit has to be removed from the DS to get the MicroSD card out, the Supercard is front-loading.
2. The M3 has a much prettier GUI, Supercard's is "functional" at best.
3. M3 has better GBA compatability.
4. Supercard is better supported by Homebrew developers, especially now they know how to access its internal ram (giving them an extra 32mb to play with IIRC) - the new DS Linux is the first app to exploit this. DSOrganise (one of the biggest homebrew apps) does not support M3 because the developers wont release the libraries to read/write to the SD card.
5. M3 seems to get patching software updates quicker than Supercard. The SC developers seem to wait until theres a few games that wont work before they release a new version of the patcher.
6. There is now a Supercard Lite that has rumble built-in

You could also consider the DS-Link and NinjaDS carts... They don't support GBA (at all afaik) but they use the DS slot only, freeing up the bottom slot for other stuff. I *think* the NinjaDS is a flashrom with a USB connector and the DS-Link uses MicroSD cards instead but don't quote me on that... I can't be arsed to check

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think the m3 also has a built-in media player for music/movies, whereas the supercard doesnt (although it doesnt really matter once you have got hold of moonshell)

I bought a DS a few weeks back, and I think what mainly want out of an add on is a movie player. An emulator would be nice, but not necessary. Which would you recommend?

I've been lookin' at this one: http://www.lik-sang.com/info.php?ls...roducts_id=3983

But I have no experience with any of these... so, just curious as to everyone's thoughts..

As far as I know all of the carts require you to convert your movies into a DS-friendly format (Moonshell comes with a converter). Also, I think the media player that's built into the M3 player IS Moonshell, and an older version at that

There's also the EWin2 adapter which is front loading like the SC.

Most of the adapters have built-in emulation for various bits and pieces (SC handles NES and GB I think) but there's better homebrew emulators out there anyway so I wouldn't worry about that too much... Unfortunately there isn't a "great" SNES emulator but hell, ScummVM is available Be warned that when I was shopping around a lot of the manufacturers "claim" movie playback, PCEngine, Megadrive emus and all other crap but they're actually referring to homebrew stuff that is available and simply making it sound like their cart can fire laserbeams n stuff


::EDIT:: If DS is all you care about (and not GBA roms) then you should look into the DSLink or NinjaDS cos I don't think either of those even require you to patch the roms... You just shove the clean rom dump on the cart

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As stated to the NS earlier, I went for the G6 Lite and the Pass We 3 earlier. Its a 4gbit (so 512mb) card with no external memory card, but this makes it fast as hell (microsd can't keep up with some things apparently) and is cheaper than buying an M3 Lite and a decent sized card from what I could tell.

I have zero interest in using it as a media player (i have a 60gb video capable mp3 player, so a 2gb max mp3 player means nothing to me) altho I'm hoping that some homebrew will be working eventually.

I paid £77 for it inclusive of VAT and delivery etc, from http://www.cheapmods.net and its looking like it'll be with me tomorrow, if thats the case then their service is excellent and i'll recommend em heartily. We'll see

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ds-extreme
looks very nice indeed
http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=38174

DS-Extreme and NinjaDS both look great so long as GBA roms don't concern you. The good thing is, they should run all of the roms without patching... AFAIK they also run the new DS browser although you still need the ram expansion.

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Nintendo DS

I'm very much interested in buying one. My only concern is the free WiFI multiplayer service...how is it?

Wait times to find a game, latency issues, etc..and are games like Mario Kart fun to play with strangers?

(I merged your thread with this one KayDawg cos, errrr, well... Look at the thread title

I'd wholeheartedly recommend getting a NDS. I haven't played it online much because it involves using WEP encryption (NDS doesn't support WSK) on the wireless router as opposed to WSK and WEP is easily crackable with the correct software.

You could use the NDS USB wifi dongle for the PC though, that only allows NDSs to connect I think.

As for wait times ect... It was VERY easy to connect and get a game of Metroid, although I got my arse kicked.

If you're curious about whats going on online with NDS multiplayer stuff, you can interrogate the servers using WFCStatus

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Thanks

The only reason I made a new thread was because this one had so many responses I didn't know if people would still be interested in checking it.

Thanks for that program link!

got my daughter a ds lite for xmas but my son has the old style ds is there an adapter that works on both types

Got a DS Lite for the wee one for xmas. Also got a G6 Lite (4G) with Passcard 3. Mario Kart is pretty much the only thing I've been playing since it arrived (oh... I did try the brain thingy and I've got the brain of a 40 year old apparently).