For Nintendo DS people
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Hassan I Sabha
Kick Muck !
Thank you oh master ! 
Also, found Mini San Disk 1gb on play.com for £12 delivered. That makes £43 all in all delivered.
Roms are downloading (4GB) as we speak.
Also, found Mini San Disk 1gb on play.com for £12 delivered. That makes £43 all in all delivered.
Roms are downloading (4GB) as we speak.
I got my M3 Simply from these guys for £31.96 (they also do the R4). I got a 2gb Sandisk Ultra II Micro-SD from these guys for £39.34 delivered. Both came the next day!
Remember that it is a 'Micro' SD (aka Transflash) that you're looking for and not 'Mini' SD. Games range between 8mb-128mb. There are much more at the bottom end which means that I've got about 40-50 games on my 2gb card.
It's upto you but I'd definitely spend a few quid more and go for a Sandisk over a Kingston (or other type of Micro SD card). I did a bit of research beforehand and they're much more reliable. Equally so I paid out a few quid more on the Ultra Micro SD (it's got quicker write/read speeds) as I've seen a few people comment that they've had games crashing (the new Castlevania game and the new Tony Hawks games seem to have problems for some), and the thing they each have in common was that they have a regular speed Micro SD. Maybe these people had it wrong and there was another problem but for a few quid more (and quicker reed/write speeds) I opted for the Sandisk Ultra.
And I wouldn't buy any sort of memory card from e-bay, especially not those from Hong Kong/the East, as the overwhelming majority are reputed to be fakes. Buy from somewhere like Play or Amazon (or the place I got mine from) and you're guaranteed one that is kosher.
And make sure you get 'Elite Beat Agents' - it's a wonderfully fun/funny game.
Remember that it is a 'Micro' SD (aka Transflash) that you're looking for and not 'Mini' SD. Games range between 8mb-128mb. There are much more at the bottom end which means that I've got about 40-50 games on my 2gb card.
It's upto you but I'd definitely spend a few quid more and go for a Sandisk over a Kingston (or other type of Micro SD card). I did a bit of research beforehand and they're much more reliable. Equally so I paid out a few quid more on the Ultra Micro SD (it's got quicker write/read speeds) as I've seen a few people comment that they've had games crashing (the new Castlevania game and the new Tony Hawks games seem to have problems for some), and the thing they each have in common was that they have a regular speed Micro SD. Maybe these people had it wrong and there was another problem but for a few quid more (and quicker reed/write speeds) I opted for the Sandisk Ultra.
And I wouldn't buy any sort of memory card from e-bay, especially not those from Hong Kong/the East, as the overwhelming majority are reputed to be fakes. Buy from somewhere like Play or Amazon (or the place I got mine from) and you're guaranteed one that is kosher.
And make sure you get 'Elite Beat Agents' - it's a wonderfully fun/funny game.
Hassan I Sabha
Kick Muck !
Thanks for that.
Why did you go for the M3 over the R4 ?
Why did you go for the M3 over the R4 ?
Hassan I Sabha
Kick Muck !
Hassan I Sabha said:
That's a regular SD rather than a micro SD. Micro SD's are much, much smaller (probably about 15% of the size of a regular SD).
And I opted for a M3 Simply rather than a R4 simply because it was a better seller in the sites 'Top Selling' list and because M3 are an established name in flashcarts. Depending on what you read they originate from the same company/factory anyway.
I could have gone for either - they work exactly the same way, the GUI is the same other than the 'skin' (which you can change to a nicer one anyway), the firmware updates are the same etc.
BTW: Anyone checked out the rom trimmer? Only done the first 50 roms in the numbered romsets I have, but it's knocked those fifty roms down from 1.28GB to 1.04GB.
The intro of the rom trimmer instructions said:
Hassan I Sabha
Kick Muck !
Thanks
BMD - Jambooboo
Thanks
I have my M3 and SD card and I have a load of games !
It was really simple to set up and now I am a happy man.
Thanks again.
People - This is very, very easy.
Quick Question - Is there a good online resource for games manuals ? So we can find out what keys do what in games ??
BMD - Jambooboo
Thanks
I have my M3 and SD card and I have a load of games !
It was really simple to set up and now I am a happy man.
Thanks again.
People - This is very, very easy.
Quick Question - Is there a good online resource for games manuals ? So we can find out what keys do what in games ??
Kid_Eternity
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
Right, pay day is coming, time to invest in one of these methinks!
Hassan I Sabha
Kick Muck !
Currently enjoying MarioKart for the first time 
Has anyone seen ROM's for Starfox and Zelda ?
Has anyone seen ROM's for Starfox and Zelda ?
bmd
Island in the stream.
Hassan I Sabha said:
Nice one.
I use IGN or gamefaqs, just Google for <game name> walkthrough.
The Starfox one should be fairly easy to find and I was a little premature with Zelda, as it were.
lemontop, get the bits and if you have a problem either post on here, pm me or message me through the Wii, tommers has already put my code into your Wii.
Hassan I Sabha said:
You can get individual roms via G-Masters and Project NDS, while romsets are avaliable on the bittorent tracker on Emuparadise.
There are also romsets on all your usual bittorent sites - just type in 'Progetto' (the name of the guy who compiled the romsets) into the torrent search engine and it should come up with them.
King Biscuit Time
Well-Known Member
I'm sooooooo gonna sort this out when I get some cash.
Hassan I Sabha
Kick Muck !
Jambooboo said:
Thanks for the G-Masters link mate, found Starfox now.
I had 4 gig of ROMS already from Demonoid, just not that one.
now sorted *cough*I've rar'd some romsets (50 games in each) for back-up safe keeping. Could probably upload them somewhere, but I'd need a 500mb-1gb upload site if I didn't have to split the Rar files.
Got everything going from 1-871 in the AdvanceScene release lists.
Got everything going from 1-871 in the AdvanceScene release lists.
tommers
Currently in investor / advisor mode.
Jambooboo said:
oooohhh... there's my afternoon gone.
R4 and micro card arrived this morning. set them up and put two games on in about twenty minutes - start to finish. very very easy. and am now able to while away my afternoon at work where otherwise I would be going mad from boredom.
stupid kid
...
Just bought an R4 (M3 was out of stock due to Chinese new year apparently). £40 including a 512mb SD micro card. Gonna make all my long journeys seem a lot shorter
King Biscuit Time
Well-Known Member
Right then peeps - I'm having a clear out and I'm on the brink of sticking my games on ebay and getting kitted out.
Whats the best deal for the kit I'll need at the moment?
Also, can anyone tell me if the online play and save games work when you use these gizmos.
And finally - If i get all this stuff before I get a decent web connection sorted, would anyone be so kind as to bung me a couple of DVDs full of games to get me started?
Whats the best deal for the kit I'll need at the moment?
Also, can anyone tell me if the online play and save games work when you use these gizmos.
And finally - If i get all this stuff before I get a decent web connection sorted, would anyone be so kind as to bung me a couple of DVDs full of games to get me started?
King Biscuit Time
Well-Known Member
Cheers v much for this info. Can't believe how cheap it is.
Chairman Meow
Perth, WA
So, for a non-techy, does buying this stuff mean I can put downloaded ds games on my ancient (full-size) ds? And its easy-peasy? Cos if it does I want!
