Nintendo DS "modding" cartridge
 

Ive seen these but whats the deal with them?

We sold my girlfriends DS ages ago but now she fancies another! but i dont want to have to buy all the games again, so whats the deal with these cartridges that contain a memory card?

Been discussed a fair bit over the last few weeks, have a search for R4DS or CycloDS..

Although they are rare as rocking horse sh1t at the moment, I'm still waiting for my R4DS that was ordered in November :wonder:

M3 Simply is also an option, its a bit erm, simpler... but they work, cost little and can be had!!!

With some they have software built in, you literally put some roms onto your MicroSD card, plug it into your cartridge and then put it in the DS.

With the M3 you have to have a few files on the root of your MicroSD card but its not a big deal.

Saving in games creates .sav files which you can then back up to move games on/off your memory card.

Typically games are 12mb - 128mb in size, so on a 1gb card you will get avg of 30 games of mixed size.

Regards
Matt

Hehe, i have 2 x R4DSv2 in my desk :)

and... 2 more 'dispatched'

yay :D

R4DS took a week to come, loaded some games up to it last night, works a treat.

I currently have 5 DVDs full of ROMs!!!! My little lad should be kept busy for a while :thumb:

Geezer

5! i only have 11gigs worth :(

where did you get the rest?

Try

[[~~Frozen-Roms~~]] - Roms to DS, NDS, GBA, GB, SNES - News

if u avent already

One of my esteemed colleagues got them for me, don't knw where he got them from though

Geezer

I'm still waiting for my R4s ordered 28th November. Just got an update today to say very unlikely they will be here before Xmas now.

From whats been said in the mail, there are very few left at all in general circulation.

Does not stop them whipping the money from your account though. It's a purchase of some full games for now, to avoid disappointed kids on Xmas day!

And disappointed Dad!

Just ordered one of these from the states.....

DealExtreme: $26.90 TopToy DSTT Card for NDS and NDS Lite with Rumble Pack for NDS Lite (Supports SDHC)

Havnt a clue how to use it but for £13.70 delivered its worth a go, the youtube videos seem simple enough!

Saw those on HUKD too, looks to do the job nicely.

Nice price, funnily enough clickshop.com are offering these for those who still haven't received the R4DS card, £26.99 over here....

http://www.clickshop.com/productinfo.php?pid=627

So lads, i take it i can download any games from the "frozen roms" website? it doesnt matter if its in English, USA or Jap?

EDIT: Forget that, frozen roms is the worst ever, you click on a file, its then says the link is at the bottom of the page but theres never any links!

Any other sites to use?

Yep, the DS is region free. The only problems may be with Wi-Fi enabled games which may have region specific options or Chinese games. I've played, UK, US and Jap games on mine :)

Is it just a case of 'drag and drop' putting the games on the card?

Also the one ive bought for the price does it come with a micro SD? doubt it for that price?

Yes.

Highly unlikely :D Looks like it supports SDHC cards, so under £20 for 4GB :)

I was gonna order a MicroSD from play.com for £10

The smaller 2Gb I guess. Will hold around 60 games.

That should be fine :D

just ordered this.....

http://www.play.com/Mobiles/Mobile/4...B/Product.html

Same as mine, that'll do nicely :)

Woohoo, just got the last white DS from amazon, should be here on Friday :D

No doubt il be back here soon asking how to get the games on! lol