The Official GBA/DS Thread. [was Damn Right!!!!]

Post by **enderzero** » Sat Nov 14, 2009 1:12 pm

Awesome - u know which version it is?

Bill Drayton Jr. · Post by **Bill Drayton Jr.** » Sun Nov 15, 2009 11:41 pm

I will tell you as soon as I find it. I am still unpacking...will be nice when I finally settle in again. This time hopefully for a good amount of time.

Bill Drayton Jr. · Post by **Bill Drayton Jr.** » Mon Nov 16, 2009 1:26 am

Actually now that I have found it I don't know how to tell which version it is.

Ok found the DS and the two progams I have for it.

It is a black DS lite and on the back it has a character sequence below a barcode that reads UG48258215

R3C · Post by **R3C** » Mon Nov 16, 2009 8:41 am

I have a slot-2 flash cart for it if you want it. It's an M3 Light, (takes mini-SD cards.) I've got a card in it now, that's loaded with games.

Post by **enderzero** » Mon Nov 16, 2009 10:06 pm

Yes awesome great!

Sounds like the perfect combination for what I need to get up and running right?

Let me know if either of you need shipping address and what kind of paypaling is required for shipping/handling/compensation etc.

So with the M3Lite do I need some other device to go in Slot1 to allow me to play NDS Roms? I just read thru the wikis on DS Storage but can someone give me a quick review on what I can't do with a Slot2 device (what's all this talk about patching?)? Basically as long as I can play NDS games I'll be happy. No need for media/web support. ...although NES/SNES emu would be nice I suppose.

Thx0r!

Bill Drayton Jr. · Post by **Bill Drayton Jr.** » Mon Nov 16, 2009 10:16 pm

Just buy me some food next time you see me!

PM me shipping address and I will send via USPS priority mail w/tracking number.

I just need to find the power adapter and i can ship out. I have both styluses though...

R3C · Post by **R3C** » Tue Nov 17, 2009 9:57 am

I don't need any compensation, and shipping should be ridiculously cheap for something that size. We'll call it "TIDINGS OF GOOD WILL"

I've been waiting to use that one in the old context for a while now. I thought of that the other day, and it made me smile.

So, in order to make it work, you will either need a little passme cart for Slot-1 (I think I have some of these laying around,) or you can do the Flashme trick. (which on the DS-Lite is quite easy, and you'll never have to have anything in that slot.) It's quite safe if you follow the directions closely (and you're already familiar with console-hackery anyway.)

If I have a slot-1 thing though, it will be a bit easier.

You will also need to use the M3 Game Manager software to transfer games to the card. It's a small utility, and works great. It does the patching, enables cheats, soft-resets, and that sort of thing.

HOWEVER: An AceKard II, or a DSTT is $13 from DealExtreme, is slot-1, supports clean ROMs (just copy them to the flash card and play,) and also acts as a passme device at the same time. It may be worth just picking one up.

Just let me know what you want to do. If you want the M3, I'll be happy to send it down, (or up depending on how you orient yourself in the universe.)

Post by **enderzero** » Tue Nov 17, 2009 10:53 am

Great thanks to you both. I'll try7 out the M3 and see if it meets my lowly needs. If not I'll buy a new fangled one and send it back your way.

PMs off.

Any thoughts on best NDS games to play off the bat. Prolly start with all 3 Castlevanias and the Zelda game. Any hidden gems?

R3C · Post by **R3C** » Tue Nov 17, 2009 12:54 pm

Those are a great place to start. I'm nearly done with Order of Ecclesia. I think I still like Dawn of Sorrow best, but PoR and OoE are very good games. I'd grab Tetris DS of course. I call it THE NEW STANDARD IN TETRIS (add low voice and echo to that phrase.) It has some new fangled play mechanics, but nothing extreme. I play single player endless marathon mode, and can get 565 lines.

If you haven't played Chrono Trigger before, I recommend it highly on the DS. It's the perfect sort of RPG for it.

Korg DS10 is great. It's two patchable synthesizers, and a drum module and sequencers for each. You can actually makes some pretty cool music with it.

Advance Wars is a good turn based strategy game.

Ghostbusters came out for it, but I'd highly recommend playing the PC one as it's a much better game. (though the DS one is different enough to be its own game)

The Mario and Luigi games are good, very light-hearted action RPGs. Fun if you don't want to think that much. I prefer The Phantom Hourglass though. Just the right balance for an action RPG.

New Super Mario Bros of course. Good classic (pre-Marioworld-type action.)

Yoshi's Island - more good platforming.

The Nanostray games are great overhead 3Dish shooters.

I'll dump a bunch of these on the cart for you.

McNevin · Post by **McNevin** » Tue Nov 17, 2009 3:04 pm

New Zelda Spirit tracks comes out Dec 7, although I'm not sure what link as a train engineer will be like.

R3C · Post by **R3C** » Tue Nov 17, 2009 6:31 pm

I'm all for a train. Odd, but interesting, and have they ever made a bad Zelda game? Not that I've played. I would say the second one, but the only reason I'm not into it is that it's too fwickin' hard!

McNevin · Post by **McNevin** » Tue Nov 17, 2009 10:56 pm

True, and it's even in the Windwaker style.

Here is what I have on my card currently:

Contra 4
Layton & the Curious Village
Portrait of Ruin
Ridge Racer
Kirby Canvas Curse
Mario 64
Mario Cart DS
Tetris DS
Trauma Center - Under the Knife
New Super Mario Bros.
Zelda - Phantom Hourglass.

R3C · Post by **R3C** » Wed Nov 18, 2009 2:58 pm

Here's more or less what's on mine... (Plus homebrew and ports...) Got me onem 16 kajigger cards...

12/24/1996 10:32 PM 33,554,432 AdvanceWarsDS.nds
10/01/2007 03:38 PM 33,554,432 AnimalCrossing.nds
12/24/1996 10:32 PM 16,777,216 AtariRetro.nds
09/21/2005 09:25 PM 67,108,864 CastlevaniaDoS.nds
10/21/2008 10:37 AM 67,108,864 CastlevaniaOoE.NDS
12/24/1996 10:32 PM 67,108,864 CastlevaniaPoR.nds
11/25/2008 10:20 PM 134,217,728 ChronoTrigger.nds
10/16/2009 09:02 PM 67,108,864 CookingMama3.nds
02/19/2009 07:28 PM 134,217,728 DragonQuest.nds
09/17/2008 12:14 AM 134,217,728 DragonQuestIV.nds
04/26/2008 04:09 PM 67,108,864 DreamPinball.nds
11/15/2006 02:28 PM 134,217,728 FinalFantasyIII.nds
07/22/2008 04:00 AM 134,217,728 FinalFantasyIV.nds
08/03/2009 03:51 PM 8,388,608 FritzChess.nds
06/16/2009 02:33 PM 67,108,864 Ghostbusters.nds
06/22/2006 10:15 AM 16,777,216 HarvestMoonFF.nds
09/25/2009 05:58 PM 268,435,456 KingdomHearts.nds
11/10/2008 01:16 PM 8,388,608 KorgDSX.nds
02/25/2009 10:41 AM 134,217,728 LegacyOfYs.nds
10/08/2008 10:37 AM 33,554,432 LegendOfKageII.NDS
11/19/2008 12:34 AM 134,217,728 LuminousArcII.nds
12/24/1996 10:32 PM 33,554,432 LunarDS.nds
12/24/1996 10:32 PM 16,777,216 Mario64.nds
11/29/2005 01:00 PM 67,108,864 MarioAndLuigi.nds
11/14/2005 03:56 PM 33,554,432 MarioKartDS.nds
09/10/2009 05:10 PM 134,217,728 MarioLuigiInsideStory.nds
09/10/2009 06:11 PM 67,108,864 MarvelUltimateAlliance2.nds
11/19/2008 12:53 AM 67,108,864 MetalSlugVII.nds
10/25/2005 04:00 PM 33,554,432 MetroidPinball.nds
09/14/2008 01:29 AM 134,217,728 MysteryCaseFiles.nds
09/10/2009 08:22 AM 20,361,304 Nanostray2.nds
05/07/2006 09:19 PM 33,554,432 NewSuperMarioBros.nds
07/31/2009 02:17 PM 33,554,432 SciencePapa.nds
11/16/2005 02:21 PM 67,108,864 SonicRush.nds
09/12/2008 11:30 PM 33,554,432 SporeCreatures.nds
10/05/2009 10:12 PM 67,108,864 SporeHeroArena.nds
12/06/2008 03:24 AM 67,108,864 Syberia.nds
03/20/2006 02:57 PM 16,777,216 TetrisDS.nds
07/10/2008 11:13 AM 67,108,864 TopSpin3.nds
12/24/1996 10:32 PM 67,108,864 TrueSwingGolf.nds
11/07/2006 06:24 PM 33,554,432 YoshisIsland.nds
10/01/2007 02:46 PM 67,108,864 ZeldaPhantomHourglass.nds

Post by **enderzero** » Thu Nov 19, 2009 9:13 am

Oooh Topspin!

Any idear if them ther M3Lite supports 16 or 8 kajigger SDHC?

Anyone played with any on NDS emulat0rz (NES, SNES, PCE)?

McNevin · Post by **McNevin** » Thu Nov 19, 2009 11:39 am

I havn't used an emu with the M3 in a long time. 4 years ago, you had to pack the nes roms w/ the emu in a nds rom file. It worked, but it was cumbersome.

I have the "M3 DS real" and it supports SDHC.

Bill Drayton Jr. · Post by **Bill Drayton Jr.** » Tue Nov 24, 2009 6:29 pm

Yeah...so like this thread has been viewed over 80,600 times...

R3C · Post by **R3C** » Wed Nov 25, 2009 12:12 pm

Not sure if it supports SDHC. Since it's MiniSD and not Micro, I'm not certain. (do they make SDHC in Mini?) Mini is kind of a forgotten format it seems (most of the time.)

So, the Castlevania thread reminded me that I'm a bad friend, and that I must send the tidings of good will ASAP. (I think ASAP means Friday.)

R3C · Post by **R3C** » Mon Nov 30, 2009 10:03 am

Ok, I have improved the tidings of good will. I ordered you an AceKard2. It has free shipping, and was only a little over the price that shipping would have been anyway.

Since it's free shipping, and coming via standard mail, it will probably take up to 5-7 days or so.

Anyway, this is the card that I use, and it's tippy-tops. It also works with the DSi if you ever go that route. It supports clean ROMs, so all you need to do is download and copy them onto the flash card. There is a little setup involved before first use. You have to copy some files/folders to the SD card, and then you won't have to worry about it again, unless you want to update the software. Just check the AceKard site for instructions.

McNevin · Post by **McNevin** » Mon Nov 30, 2009 10:55 am

I recommend you guys try Final Fantasy IV (US #2) for the DS, in all of its recreated in 3D glory!

R3C · Post by **R3C** » Mon Nov 30, 2009 11:07 am

I was about to do that actually. I have it on my DS, but have yet to start it up. I have a couple of other time-sinks right now, so I thought I'd wait for a lull.

Post by **enderzero** » Mon Nov 30, 2009 11:25 pm

Wow! Awesome! Thanks!

R3C · Post by **R3C** » Tue Dec 01, 2009 10:58 am

Not a problem. I started thinking about how much I don't like using the M3 Game Manager, and how one is inclined to move things over in batches, but how some games don't like certain settings, so one has to either change them one at a time, or move them over in the batch, try the games, find the few that need different settings, and re-game-manage-them back onto the flash card. (How's that for a run-on?)

457 conjunctions!!!! It's not quite as bad as it sounds, but when you can just copy a rom onto a slot-1 device and play it, the M3 Game Manager sounds like NO FUN!

McNevin · Post by **McNevin** » Sat Dec 05, 2009 1:01 pm

* Cough *

http://www.ds-scene.net/?s=viewtopic&nid=8807

McNevin · Post by **McNevin** » Sat Dec 05, 2009 2:05 pm

Doh... no save, and locks up when you get on the train, even with latest M3 DS Real firmware.

EDIT:

The whistles go WOOOOOOOOOO!

Fixed by switching to the Sakura Firmware 1.44x, and using the patched save file.

R3C · Post by **R3C** » Sat Dec 05, 2009 8:47 pm

Grabbing a couple of different copies right now!!! Just saw it, grabbed it, and then came here, but you beat me to it!

McNevin · Post by **McNevin** » Mon Dec 07, 2009 6:58 pm

Forest temple complete, heading for the snow temple...

Did you guys get yours working?

Post by **enderzero** » Mon Dec 07, 2009 10:05 pm

Waiting... watching door at 11:45am every day for mailman...

R3C · Post by **R3C** » Tue Dec 08, 2009 8:19 am

I got it working on all three devices. The Xeno Patched version works great. Just take it, rename the save file that's floating around to the same name, and you're all set. (no need to patch it)

I haven't started playing yet though. I'm knee deep in the Dragon Age, and Dirt 2.

McNevin · Post by **McNevin** » Wed Dec 09, 2009 1:37 am

The puzzles are great in spirit tracks, I really enjoyed completing the snow temple.

Post by **enderzero** » Wed Dec 09, 2009 10:25 am

Would you say it is a Zelda game or does it just feel like a random game branded Zelda?

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The Official GBA/DS Thread. [was Damn Right!!!!]