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DRuM
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PostPosted: 06-10-2009 04:42 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Didn't ask for one but since I have it, it's niiiice. Yeah yeah, I know you've seen one before but I thought I'd take some piccys anyway. :)


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PostPosted: 06-10-2009 04:49 PM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Score! :up:
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DRuM
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PostPosted: 06-10-2009 04:53 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Thank you, we agree on something, lol :D
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PostPosted: 06-10-2009 05:39 PM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Well I want one of my own. My buddy was showing me how he's learning Chinese on his. Pretty cool...
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PostPosted: 06-10-2009 05:45 PM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


I got myself a DSi a few months back. Lots of fun. Do yourself a favor and buy one of these: http://www.acekard.com/
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DRuM
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PostPosted: 06-10-2009 05:52 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


bitWISE wrote:
I got myself a DSi a few months back. Lots of fun. Do yourself a favor and buy one of these: http://www.acekard.com/


I've barely played it I don't know if I even need one of those?
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PostPosted: 06-10-2009 05:53 PM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


bitWISE wrote:
I got myself a DSi a few months back. Lots of fun. Do yourself a favor and buy one of these: http://www.acekard.com/


Does this let you do what I think it might?
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PostPosted: 06-10-2009 06:32 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Cool congratulations :)



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PostPosted: 06-10-2009 07:55 PM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


wow, you got fucked
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PostPosted: 06-10-2009 08:40 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


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lol moron...
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PostPosted: 06-10-2009 09:02 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Topic: Look what I got for my birthday :confused:

Happy Birthday there DRuM (for when ever :D )



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PostPosted: 06-10-2009 10:54 PM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Why not a DSi then?
Got one not too long ago myself. Too bad R4/M3 adapters don't work with it.
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PostPosted: 06-11-2009 01:57 AM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


I prefer my DS lite for the GBA cartridge slot. Losing that is a major negative for the DSi imo...

CycloDS cartridge works quality for me... I believe it's very nearly impossible to find a non-faked R4 or M3 these days (ie. one that actually works).
Anyway, why you'd want one of those over a cart that automatically DLDI patches, supports SDHC etc (like the cyclo or ace) beats me :P
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PostPosted: 06-11-2009 02:05 AM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


I've been considering getting my daughter one for long drives. Are there any decent educational games? Basic reading/addition/subtraction, etc.
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PostPosted: 06-11-2009 02:12 AM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


vesp wrote:
I prefer my DS lite for the GBA cartridge slot. Losing that is a major negative for the DSi imo...

CycloDS cartridge works quality for me... I believe it's very nearly impossible to find a non-faked R4 or M3 these days (ie. one that actually works).
Anyway, why you'd want one of those over a cart that automatically DLDI patches, supports SDHC etc (like the cyclo or ace) beats me :P


M3 (and probably R4 as well) do contain DLDI and SDHC. Both functions have been introduced in a firmware update quite some time ago.
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PostPosted: 06-11-2009 02:17 AM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Fender wrote:
I've been considering getting my daughter one for long drives. Are there any decent educational games? Basic reading/addition/subtraction, etc.


The [whatever] training games (such as Brain Training) are educational. I prefer Big Brain Academy though, as that's more game-like and full featured (with multiplayer as well) than the Brain Training games.
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PostPosted: 06-11-2009 02:28 AM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


so those cards let you run homebrew or what?
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PostPosted: 06-11-2009 02:29 AM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Fender wrote:
I've been considering getting my daughter one for long drives. Are there any decent educational games? Basic reading/addition/subtraction, etc.


i was actually looking into math skill games for the DS not to long ago and for basic math skills there's more than enough games to learn with. as far as reading goes i seem to recall there being one game that fullfilled that catagory. at the very least you could get something like scrabble as long as it has a built in dictionary.
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PostPosted: 06-11-2009 02:36 AM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Eraser wrote:
vesp wrote:
I prefer my DS lite for the GBA cartridge slot. Losing that is a major negative for the DSi imo...

CycloDS cartridge works quality for me... I believe it's very nearly impossible to find a non-faked R4 or M3 these days (ie. one that actually works).
Anyway, why you'd want one of those over a cart that automatically DLDI patches, supports SDHC etc (like the cyclo or ace) beats me :P


M3 (and probably R4 as well) do contain DLDI and SDHC. Both functions have been introduced in a firmware update quite some time ago.


Ok, I haven't really looked at them for a while.
I've known 3 different friends who've tried to buy R4/M3 from different suppliers (two bought R4's at the same time, one bought an R4 and then tried to buy an M3) and they've all not worked and not accepted firmware upgrades or anything (even attempted flashing the 'R4' cards with M3 upgrades after reading about fake-branded R4 cards that were actually using M3 hardware...).
Two bought cycloDS cards after this, worked straight out of the box. The other only recently bought an Ace card and it's also fine.

This was fairly recent btw... within the past year. Supposedly the supply of 'real' R4's dried up a while ago and most (maybe not all) of what is available out there is cloned/faked and has a good chance of being duff, unfortunately :(


Fender - yep, cards are for homebrew - running apps, etc (old console emulators ftw)
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PostPosted: 06-11-2009 03:14 AM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Grandpa Stu wrote:
Fender wrote:
I've been considering getting my daughter one for long drives. Are there any decent educational games? Basic reading/addition/subtraction, etc.


i was actually looking into math skill games for the DS not to long ago and for basic math skills there's more than enough games to learn with. as far as reading goes i seem to recall there being one game that fullfilled that catagory. at the very least you could get something like scrabble as long as it has a built in dictionary.


"My Word Coach" maybe?
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vesp wrote:
Fender - yep, cards are for homebrew - running apps, etc (old console emulators ftw)



Yeah, I've got Quake 1 running on my DS :D
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PostPosted: 06-11-2009 03:26 AM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


HBD dude :)
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Deathshroud, yes and a whole lot more.

Eraser, yes the cards work but you have to buy a new version for the DSi. Acekard makes the best one IMO.

Fender, not just homebrew. You can download a ROM of any game out for the DS or GBA (they are very easy to get) and play them from the SD card. You can also play mp3s, videos, and display text files (books). They have other features like real-time saving (since its a rom you can just save the exact state of the game) too. So far I haven't seen a single game not work right, from Need For Speed U2 to various Final Fantasy to New Super Mario. The dashboard is really cool too and user skinnable.

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PostPosted: 06-11-2009 08:48 AM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


maybe i should have said homebrew :sly:
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DRuM
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PostPosted: 06-11-2009 09:46 AM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Whiskey 7 wrote:
Topic: Look what I got for my birthday :confused:

Happy Birthday there DRuM (for when ever :D )



Don Carlos wrote:
HBD dude :)



Thank you. It was end of last month. I'm 18 now. :paranoid:
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PostPosted: 06-11-2009 02:09 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


hbd, dicknose
edit-just messin' with ya bro. i don't really want you to have a happy birthday.
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:olo:
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PostPosted: 06-12-2009 06:39 AM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


lol yea Happy belated Birthday DRuM!



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PostPosted: 06-12-2009 01:17 PM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


bitWISE wrote:
Deathshroud, yes and a whole lot more.

Eraser, yes the cards work but you have to buy a new version for the DSi. Acekard makes the best one IMO.

Fender, not just homebrew. You can download a ROM of any game out for the DS or GBA (they are very easy to get) and play them from the SD card. You can also play mp3s, videos, and display text files (books). They have other features like real-time saving (since its a rom you can just save the exact state of the game) too. So far I haven't seen a single game not work right, from Need For Speed U2 to various Final Fantasy to New Super Mario. The dashboard is really cool too and user skinnable.



I just ordered one for the GF. I'm assuming it can play GB Advanced games too? If so, this thing is all sorts of win.
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PostPosted: 06-21-2009 11:09 AM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


So what's the difference between R4/M3/CycloDS/Acekard? I tried searching for stuff and can't find any good comparisons.
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M3 was a clone of the R4, but they are both 'old' cards now - I remember reading somewhere that the R4 makers stopped but there were still clone cards called R4's being made (I got one a year ago and it failed to work - marked R4 but didn't work with R4 or M3 or any other firmware).

Cyclods and Acekard are newer generation cards, personally have a cyclods that works perfectly - seems others above have first hand good experiences of the Acekard. (think the Ace is probably the current 'best buy' for up-to-date firmware and features).
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Yea, so as a warning to others. I used my Acekard between 2 DS's and it erased my Chrono Trigger save file, and I was 11 hours into the game...

Lesson, use it with one DS exclusively...
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PostPosted: 06-22-2009 02:12 PM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


I went with the Acekard since it was $20 vs $45 for the CycloDS.
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PostPosted: 06-22-2009 02:18 PM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


I like the Acekard for every feature that doesn't include complete loss of data.
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