R4 and DS homebrew scene - the official topic

Turrican · Post by **Turrican** » Sun Sep 21, 2008 8:29 am

So I got an R4, mainly for this:

http://www.mrdictionary.net/lemmings/

And needless to say, it's well worth alone the purchase of the flash card.

I also installed scummVM and it seems to work mostly fine, while the Sega Master System Emulator (in order to play Phantasy Star re-translation) had some sound and speed issues.

What other cool things am I supposed to do with the R4, keeping it legal (ie no DS roms)?

poodude · Post by **poodude** » Sun Sep 21, 2008 7:57 pm

I never knew this project existed! I'll have to download it and give it a whirl.

I've got the M3 + 2 gb micro sd card. Well worth the money.

Nintendo emulation is great for the DS. I suggest you give that a try.

Necronopticous · Post by **Necronopticous** » Sun Sep 21, 2008 9:39 pm

Oh my God. That link just made my day.

Frederik · Post by **Frederik** » Sun Sep 21, 2008 11:34 pm

Wow, what an awesome project. Don´t have the time to check that out now but it looks very mouthwatering!

I already posted this but it´s so cool it can use a little more coverage, so here is the Tetris The Grandmaster homebrew port:
(edited out because legality is considered debatable

)

Ed Oscuro · Post by **Ed Oscuro** » Mon Sep 22, 2008 3:53 am

Turrican wrote:What other cool things am I supposed to do with the R4, keeping it legal (ie no DS roms)?

Just for the sake of argument, I don't think anything in the previous posts is legal.

Cool Lemmings port though!

Turrican · Post by **Turrican** » Tue Sep 23, 2008 7:35 pm

Legally debatable or not, that Tetris Grandmaster port is something to marvel at!

online ranking in an homebrew - that's just too awesome. With this and Lemmings DS my R4 has already paid back the money!!

P.S. also, I've checked the emulation scene a bit:

http://www.pocketheaven.com/boards/index.php

There's this SMS emulator, "Apprentice Minus DS" (yeah, bizarre name) which is quite robust, and thanks to the DS screen size 256x192 offers great full-screen, non-stretched SMS emulation. It works quite well with patched Phantasy Star, so have a look!

Jockel · Post by **Jockel** » Wed Sep 24, 2008 8:13 am

I don't get how "R4" has become a synonym for "flashcard".
It wasn't the first Slot 1 card, it isn't the best, it isn't the cheapest - why is it SO popular?
BTW if you want to buy a flashcard (for legal reasons, please) i can recommend dealextreme.com > other pages are ripoffs.
I remember seeing a local shop selling e.g. an N5 for 35€, when you can get it shipped for 9$ from Dealextreme.
Edit: Oh noes, now it's 11$

Necronopticous · Post by **Necronopticous** » Wed Sep 24, 2008 8:29 am

Jockel wrote:I don't get how "R4" has become a synonym for "flashcard".
It wasn't the first Slot 1 card, it isn't the best, it isn't the cheapest - why is it SO popular?

I'm not really sure why R4 cards are so popular, either. I've always been a Supercard guy. I guess it doesn't really matter what you're using, as long as it works, though.

P_HAT · Post by **P_HAT** » Wed Sep 24, 2008 12:19 pm

my fav homebrew shit so far - http://www.glitchds.com/cellsds/

i use DSTT + 2gb microsd.)

Jockel · Post by **Jockel** » Wed Sep 24, 2008 1:51 pm

yeah glitch is made out of awesome.
something you should try out too is meteora.
http://meteora.lo2k.net/

it's a puzzler, where you gather energy/matter and try to destroy the planet of your enemy.
but what makes this game really cool is the "spells" you can cast.
try it

nem · Post by **nem** » Wed Sep 24, 2008 5:00 pm

Colors is pretty nifty.

Also, Every ExtenDS.

t0yrobo · Post by **t0yrobo** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 1:36 am

I may have to buy a new passkey. I have one of the first m3's they released a compact flash one, it's freaking huge). But I haven't used it at all since my old ds died and I switched up for a lite.

Ozymandiaz1260 · Post by **Ozymandiaz1260** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 2:01 am

I use CycloDS. It's not the cheapest but in my opinion it's by far the most versatile and easiest one to use.

Turrican · Post by **Turrican** » Tue Oct 28, 2008 2:27 am

http://galway.c64.org/gianads/

Also, Tyrian DS:

http://vespenegas.com/tyrian.html

Turrican · Post by **Turrican** » Sun Dec 28, 2008 12:52 am

Lone Wolf, the adventure game book hero, on DS:

http://www.projectaon.org/staff/frederic/index.php

Awesome!

PC Engine Fan X! · Post by **PC Engine Fan X!** » Mon Dec 29, 2008 8:30 pm

How does arcade emulation fare on the Nintendo DS?

Jockel · Post by **Jockel** » Mon Dec 29, 2008 8:52 pm

not exactly well.
a few days ago a very very very limited version of mame came out.
but you are restricted to pac-man and the likes.

robthebanks · Post by **robthebanks** » Thu Feb 05, 2009 8:50 pm

In order to renew some interest in this topic:

Touhou DS:
http://www.weeaboo.nl/index.php?aid=16

themachinist · Post by **themachinist** » Thu Feb 05, 2009 11:43 pm

Anyone have an opinion on which homebrew card thing would be the best (i guess features? abilities?)? I'm thinking about getting a DSL in the near future.

JedahsMinistry · Post by **JedahsMinistry** » Fri Feb 06, 2009 4:06 am

I'm also curious on people's opinions of the best card, and reliable places to get them from (I see one vote for dealextreme, thanks!).

Turrican · Post by **Turrican** » Fri Feb 27, 2009 2:21 am

OK, so this goes straight up there among the best homebrews, next to Lemmings and MeRAMAN's TGM:

LODE RUNNER ORIGINE (v 1.2)

http://ds.qj.net/DS-homebrew-Lode-Runne ... aid/128318

Absolutely awesome!!

rtw · Post by **rtw** » Fri Feb 27, 2009 7:18 am

Turrican wrote:So I got an R4, mainly for this:

http://www.mrdictionary.net/lemmings/

Thanks for the tip! Lemmings is one of my favourite PC games!

rtw

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