Look what I got for my birthday

[DRuM]

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.




http://homepage.ntlworld.com/merlin.five/IMG1.jpg
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/merlin.five/IMG3.jpg
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/merlin.five/IMG4.jpg
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/merlin.five/IMG5.jpg

[xer0s]

Score!

[DRuM]

Thank you, we agree on something, lol

[xer0s]

Well I want one of my own. My buddy was showing me how he's learning Chinese on his. Pretty cool...

[bitWISE]

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/

[DRuM]

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?

[Deathshroud]

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?

[lars63]

Cool congratulations

[Scarface]

wow, you got fucked

[scared?]

lol moron...

[Whiskey 7]

Topic: Look what I got for my birthday

Happy Birthday there DRuM (for when ever )

[Eraser]

Why not a DSi then?
Got one not too long ago myself. Too bad R4/M3 adapters don't work with it.

[vesp]

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

[Fender]

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

[Eraser]

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.

[Eraser]

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.

[Fender]

so those cards let you run homebrew or what?

[Grandpa Stu]

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.

[vesp]

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)

[Eraser]

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?

[Eraser]

Fender - yep, cards are for homebrew - running apps, etc (old console emulators ftw)

Yeah, I've got Quake 1 running on my DS

[Don Carlos]

HBD dude

[bitWISE]

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.

[Fender]

maybe i should have said homebrew

[DRuM]

Topic: Look what I got for my birthday

Happy Birthday there DRuM (for when ever )

HBD dude

Thank you. It was end of last month. I'm 18 now.