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« on: July 18, 2007, 06:13:29 AM »
anyone see this thing yet?

wow, if i had 35$ id pick one up!

then again, i am a pirate...
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« Reply #1 on: July 18, 2007, 09:24:15 AM »
You can use it for homebrew too without pirating anything!

...I'm getting it for that...
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RE: r4ds
« Reply #2 on: July 18, 2007, 11:20:02 AM »
is this the best type of these products on the maRKET?
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« Reply #3 on: July 18, 2007, 01:58:46 PM »
Is there even any decent DS homebrew?
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RE:r4ds
« Reply #4 on: July 18, 2007, 05:00:47 PM »
I'm going to get a supercard for MP3s and vids and stuff;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9kLeIG5p38&mode=related&search=
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RE: r4ds
« Reply #5 on: July 18, 2007, 07:51:02 PM »
whats the difference? r4 only plays oog files and some other converted video files?
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« Reply #6 on: July 18, 2007, 09:59:35 PM »
R4 doesn't really play anything, it is the software which runs on it that does the playing. AFAIK it will play a variety of homebrew software
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« Reply #7 on: July 19, 2007, 04:45:12 AM »
So Supercard, NinjaDS and R4 seem to be the only contenders. Anyone know of a site that compares them all. I am so broke right now, i wouldnt want to buy the wrong one (if i even buy it at all).
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« Reply #8 on: July 19, 2007, 05:06:28 AM »
http://www.gbatemp.net/index.php?dynamic=8     mad crazy amount of reviews!!!

the comparison chart

http://gbatemp.net/index.php?dynamic=39
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« Reply #9 on: July 19, 2007, 05:18:50 AM »
from what  ive studied, R4 is better if you just want to play DS Roms. it has a quick splash screen and plays ds roms well

the super card has a nicer interface, its spash screens alittle broke, u get an error everytime, but it has better homebrew support.

even though the two lists of homebrew on each review were different...sigh.. ill have to check out each homebrew and what the do now.

r4 also comes with more goodies, flash card reader and cheaper.

i think im leaning towards supercard so far, but ill keep you updated!
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RE: r4ds
« Reply #10 on: July 19, 2007, 05:51:32 AM »
Is there any decent DS homebrew? TONS! There's ports of many games, like Hexen and Doom, awesome multimedia programs such as MoonShell, there's DS Organize, which essentially turns your DS into a PDA, and of course there's emulators for just about every "classic" console, up until SNES/Genesis.
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RE: r4ds
« Reply #11 on: July 19, 2007, 08:13:13 AM »
does supercard play new/snes roms?
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« Reply #12 on: July 19, 2007, 09:51:35 AM »
The other great DS Homebrew is ScummVM, which lets you play some of the classic point&click adventure games.  
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« Reply #13 on: July 19, 2007, 11:27:40 AM »
Not sure we're allowed to discuss this here but I've been contemplating the fact of getting a Supercard DS One for months.
It's about 50 bucks and seems to run homebrews fine. Too bad it needs an extra microSD card (1 GB card is like $30.00).
I've been wanting to try homebrews like the one that "turns" the DS into a PDA and others, without having to flash my DS.
I'm still unsure if it's worth the money...
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« Reply #14 on: July 19, 2007, 11:39:13 AM »
To be truthful, I'm getting the R4DS because that's what my dorm mate who's spearheading the DS homebrew effort has. I'm basically emulating him as much as possible.
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« Reply #15 on: July 19, 2007, 11:47:18 AM »
r4ds looks nice. also, not me, but i know someone who looked at pirates bay, and i dont know who would, it would be illegal, to download about 100 free perfect ds roms, just by dropping them onto the micro sd card...
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« Reply #16 on: July 19, 2007, 11:54:57 AM »
does r4ds utilize all the homebrew the supercard does....or even if it doesnt, you think itll be converted to work on it soon?
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« Reply #17 on: July 19, 2007, 01:23:49 PM »
I don't know if I can post addresses but I got one and a 1 gig Micro SD card for a little over $40, shipping is free... Or was when I got mine at least. It's great. I love being able to use my DS as a portable FTP server.

Heh.

As for homebrew. Most of the big homebrew software now use a sort of plug-in system. You download the main program and then a sort of plug-in extra file that tells it how to run on your specific card. The R4 and the M3 are basically the same thing though so if something's compatible with one, it's compatible with the other. And there are TONS of homebrew and freeware games out there for it.
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« Reply #18 on: July 19, 2007, 05:39:07 PM »
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Not sure we're allowed to discuss this here but I've been contemplating the fact of getting a Supercard DS One for months.
It's about 50 bucks and seems to run homebrews fine. Too bad it needs an extra microSD card (1 GB card is like $30.00).
I've been wanting to try homebrews like the one that "turns" the DS into a PDA and others, without having to flash my DS.
I'm still unsure if it's worth the money...


I seen some 1gb MicroSD cards on Amazon for less than half that price. They are cute little things that are about the size of your finger nail, and usually come with an adapter that lets you use then in regular SD slots. Not real bad....

As for using the DS into a PDA, I did get one of those adapters for that purpose and I was quite disappointed. You get a virtual keyboard to type things out with a stylus, but it is very frustratingly slow. You can use it for web browsing in text mode (the DS doesn't have enough RAM for a modern browser), and there is some programs you can use to chat on IRC and MSN and so on... but over all I'd say this is really a neat trick you can impress your friends with, but it really isn't that useful for much else.

By the time you've purchased a DS, the adapter, and the cards you could almost get a real PDA and a mini keyboard. I mean, if the DS did come with a minikeyboard or had a usb slot to plug one in, then it would be very awesome as a PDA, but as it is it isn't really. Probably better off to get the Opera browser if you do need to use your DS for web browsing because that's better than any homebrew app right now.
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RE: r4ds
« Reply #19 on: July 19, 2007, 05:53:27 PM »
wow, seriously chozo? the opera browser sucks... why is the ds so broken? what does it need? more internal memory???
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« Reply #20 on: July 19, 2007, 06:03:58 PM »
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wow, seriously chozo? the opera browser sucks... why is the ds so broken? what does it need? more internal memory???


It only has 4mb of RAM (if I'm not mistaken). The Opera browser adds more RAM by plugging an expansion into the GBA slot. Otherwise the DS just couldn't handle it...

So with those homebrew adapters there are some browsers available right now, but AFAIK they are all text based ones. That's not too bad for reading text and stuff, but don't expect to be watching videos on Youtube with a homebrew browser.
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RE: r4ds
« Reply #21 on: July 20, 2007, 04:21:15 PM »
I have a SuperCard, but it's the old GBA style (still boots DS homebrew of course), it uses standard SD cards. I believe it was about $40 when I got it a year or so ago, including shipping.
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