All week, we've been presenting articles designed to turn homebrew noobs into homebrew ... oldbs. Or something. But there are a lot of DS Fanboy readers who are adept homebrewers, experienced with all kinds of different hardware and software.If you've got questions about homebrewing, let us know! If you're having some kind of problem getting up and running, someone around here, on staff or otherwise (most likely otherwise!) will be able to help. Be warned, though: we don't want to see piracy talk. Legal homebrew only, please! If you're having trouble running commercial DS games from your flash card, good.
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5-23-2008 @ 8:36AM
C02M0 said...
1.what games whould you reccomend as a must try ?
2.what is the best media playing homebrew in youre opinion?
3.is there a media player thet can read .avi ?
please answer me !
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5-23-2008 @ 9:36AM
Jeff said...
1. Phoenix Wright series, the best series for the DS.
2. Moonshell of course.
3. There is no media player that can is stable enough to transfer .avi files fast enough to a flash carts chip. So in other words no.
5-23-2008 @ 10:47AM
C02M0 said...
Jeff you do understand those are homebrew questions , why do you think phonix wright count >?
still waiting for an answer !
what HOMEBREW games whould you reccomend as a must try ?
5-23-2008 @ 12:15PM
Jeff said...
Sorry thought you meant games in general... the homebrew I would use would be Doom DS or svip witch isn't really a game but its awesome, it changes your DS into a phone.
5-23-2008 @ 9:23AM
Flint said...
I've heard various comments about cards like the R4 using more power and draining the DS's battery a lot faster than regular gamecards. How much battery life do you get using an R4? Is this the same for all of these flashcards? Which ones have the best and worst power consumption rates?
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5-23-2008 @ 9:29AM
Jeff said...
Yes the R4 does drain your DS's battery fast. I played on the brightest setting for the DS Lite and on a fully charged battery for about 3 hours before it was completely depleted. It should normally last for about 8 hours.
5-23-2008 @ 12:21PM
fdisk_format said...
I usually get about 7 hours on my M3 (which is the same hardware as an R4) with the brightness turned one notch lower than full. Using a normal cart, I get about 12 hours.
5-23-2008 @ 9:24AM
Rob said...
I'm curious to know if Nintendo has taken any action against rom distributing sites or the people downloading/using them. Call me paranoid.
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5-23-2008 @ 9:36AM
Jeff said...
Of course they have! Don't be silly, if you are a greedy corporation that makes billions of yen, would you take those sites off? No seriously they do they will obliterate the site they find.
5-23-2008 @ 9:26AM
Puddles said...
I'd like to know if there's a decent homebrew DS web browser.
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5-23-2008 @ 9:39AM
Jeff said...
DS2Win Fusion v0.81b
It's an absolutely awesome program. It basically lets you view your computer through your DS
5-23-2008 @ 9:27AM
Jeff said...
You guys seem to have strayed off of what the site is about. News, competition/giveaways, polls. I dont need to know how to hack a DS thats what we have GBAtemp for. Its like someone a dsfanboy just discovered homebrew.
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5-23-2008 @ 10:44AM
JC Fletcher said...
It's almost as if we did a whole bunch of homebrew stuff in the same week, isn't it? Kind of like a THEME?
5-23-2008 @ 10:34AM
Peter S said...
I don't think this is completely off topic. Think of it as a way of expanding people's awareness of the possibilities available to them on the DS.
I don't think we ever got a complete answer on the "most efficient" card, though. I'd be interested in that. I think the first comment was asking about homebrew games, not commercial games or did I miss something in that Phoenix Wright is homebrew? ;-)
Personally, I like the idea of being able to use ScummVM on a portable game system. I also like the idea of being able to take games that I own for other systems and being able to use them on the DS in some emulated fashion. (Limited selection for me, but still....) As was noted in an earlier post on this topic - the idea of taking some of these games along with you in a portable fashion is just really cool. I still remember my original GB system - B&W, limited games, and those lines that started disappearing from my unit making games unplayable. Ah, those were the days. :)
And I'd argue that getting commercial games to run isn't necessarily a problem _if_ you own the games in question. Isn't one of the benefits of these cards that you can copy your games onto the card and then just take the card with you instead of each game? That's appealing to me just so I'd always have the originals and not worry about losing one of those small cartridges somewhere. I'd also agree that there are better sites to support that sort of activity, but still....
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5-23-2008 @ 10:46AM
Jeff said...
Oh I wasn't saying it was a bad thing its just not something I would really expect. And the best card in my opinion would be the Acekard 2. The first comment didn't say anything about homebrew but if thats what it meant then there really arn't many top notch games out there but I would have to say DS Doom.
5-23-2008 @ 11:10AM
Donald said...
There's some homebrew I want to try that was designed for the GBA. I have a R4 already, so is there an easy way to get it to recognize GBA files? Or is there a good slot 2 solution?
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5-23-2008 @ 11:34AM
Jeff said...
The one and ONLY way for any slot-1 flash cart to read .gba files is to use a slot-2 flash cart.
5-23-2008 @ 11:11AM
paul said...
I do feel bad for the people who are experts at this but, I am quite excited with all of this because I'm pretty sure I'm getting the R4DS. and so you could call this "positive feedback" about this theme. and so my question is, who and how do these people make homebrewed games?
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5-23-2008 @ 11:34AM
Jeff said...
I highly do not recommend the R4 because it is so out dated and rarely puts out new firmware. I'm currently waiting for a new firmware for the Yume Neko DS game and they will not release a new firmware that fixes everything until a big game comes out and doesnt work. They also cost $70 and up when most flash carts are usually $20-$35 and are WAY better. I do indeed have a R4 and it does in fact drain your batter like a thirsty little bastard. So take my word and do not waste your money.
5-23-2008 @ 12:28PM
fdisk_format said...
I use my R4 for commercial ROMs of all the cartridges I own. I have 163 DS games, and I can carry all of them around on a few MicroSD cards instead of carrying a huge case with all the original cartridges. I don't feel that makes me a pirate, though. I'm only using it for games I actually have.
Now, as for the homebrew, I have an M3 DS Simply, and have never gotten Tower of Defense to work properly, though it looks like a great game. The Lone Wolf game hasn't gone too well for me either, as it tends to not let me save. Everything else I've tried has worked great.
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