|
The Supercard DS Lite & Passcard 3 Review.
Introduction
Hi im wraggster the webmaster of DCEmu
and Nintendo
DS Emulation the worlds only true Homebrew and Gaming
Network. This is a review of the Supercard DS Lite which
is a Cartridge that allows you to run Homebrew and Commercial
Back ups on your Nintendo DS although you will need
a BootCart (A bootcart fits in the normal DS Cart slot
and the Supercard DS Lite fits in the GBA Card Slot)
What happens is that you have the Passcard 3 in the
DS Slot, the Supercard DS Lite in the GBA Slot but you
will also require a MIcroSD Memory card and an adapter
so you can transfer files to your Memory Card.
Buying the Supercard DS Lite & Passcard 3
I live in England so buying from Hong Kong means more
on the posting and packaging but i decided to take the
risk, i had already bought several items from Linkers
4u.com and was quite happy to go ahead with buying
one off them, the price for the Supercard DS Lite was
$43 which is around £23 in my money so a very
good price, infact the best i could find. I had already
brought the Passcard 3 from Mr
Modchips for £18.99 and £2 Delivery.
The cost of delivery was in my opinion was a little
high but it did come quickly even with the worldwide
rush for the Supercard DS Lite, $19 dollars (£9)
for UPS to deliver it so not too bad so far and the
3/4 day delivery time made me very happy. Luckily Linkers
4u.com marked it has a sample so i didnt get charged
and to be fair i brought it for review so it was fair,
remember always ask to buy as a sample ;).
The Supercard DS Lite came in a Brown padded envelope
and had to be signed for so less chance of the card
going walkies.
If your after a Micro SD Memory card and reader for
your PC i suggest Amazon.com
or Amazon
UK they will be cheaper that most.
The Supercard DS Lite (pictures and small descriptions)
Heres the picture of the Supercard DS Lite Box.
As you
can see the box is nice and bright and small too.
The Supercard DS Lite
Nice and small and see the little micro sd slot on
top .
Passcard 3
The bootcart you need for DS Files.
The backshot
See how snug they fit and take no notice of my yellow
soccer top.
The Open View
Please i need an haircut plus i didnt tidy it up and
anyway look at the bloody DS lite and not me :p.
Another Backshot
fits nice eh.
The Review Itself
Those of you who have followed the DS Scene from the
beginning will know that the old Superpasskey with the
addition of the extra game needed to boot the flash
cart looked horrid and sometimes wouldnt even recognise
the unit.
Well with the Passcard 3 it boots perfectly, first
off you see the the Nintendo Health boot up screen and
then the Passcard 3 Splash screen and then onto whatever
flash cart you have, the Passcard 3 works on both Nintendo
DS and Nintendo DS Lite so for that you can buy with
confidence. I tried it with both versions of the Supercard
that i have and reported no problems so thats really
as far as the Passcard 3 review bit goes, its fast and
uncomplicated and looks much better because its the
size of a normal DS Game.
The Supercard DS Lite is really small when you take
it out of the Box but because Nintendo shrunk the GBA
Slot in the DS Lite it needs to be.
Fitting it in is a Breeze and you will marvel at the
perfect fit in the GBA Slot, no more nasty carts sticking
out from the console. The great thing about the cart
is that the Slot for the Micro SD Card is in the top
so when your sticking new files on its really easy,
just take out the Micro SD Card stick it in a reader
and your ready to put the files on and then insert back
into the Supercard DS Lite.
The Old Supercard suffered with slowdown on some Nintendo
DS and GBA Games but i can happily say that on the games
i tried the slowdown wasnt there or if it was it wasnt
noticeable, always make sure you have the latest software
from the Official
Supercard Site, the reason why is that with new
rom releases there are always fixes and software fixes
to the hardware itself and please make sure you have
a fully charged DS Lite and follow the instructions
to the letter to avoid any problems.
The menu system on the Supercard DS Lite is the same
as the other versions of Supercard meaning that it does
the Job, theres no fancy graphics just the file names
for you to click on. Remember if you want to run in
GBA mode you leave the Passcard 3 out and when you want
DS mode you have both the Passcard 3 and Supercard DS
Lite in.
The card itself comes with no instructions but really
its just a case of putting Normal .GBA titles on as
normal and NDS titles you really must use the converter
and copy the files it makes across to the card.
Conclusion
If i had to recommend a Decent Flash cart for your
DS lite then this is one of the best especially if you
have used Supercard Before, like everything in life
it takes a bit of getting used to and make sure you
buy a decent sized Micro SD Card but once you do you
will be set. The added bonus of having a cart that fits
snugly into your console shouldnt be ignored.
Overall i give the Supercard DS Lite and Passcard 3
9/10
I can throughly recommend Linkers
4u.com to buy your Supercard DS Lite from.
The DCEmu Homebrew and Gaming Network
Welcome to the DCEmu Homebrew and Gaming Network. This Network of sites is
owned and ran by fans of the retro consoles and the latest next-gen consoles,
we post news on all the consoles we cover about hardware aspects, gaming and
Homebrew. Homebrew and Emulation are software thats made using free and legal
tools to play on games consoles. This Network is the only worldwide network
of sites where coders can upload and post news of their own releases and get
the credit and comments they deserve for all their hardwork. We have a Network
that currently supports Nintendo Wii, Xbox360, PS3, PS2, Xbox, Gamecube, Nintendo
DS, PSP, GBA, Dreamcast, Sega Saturn, Gizmondo, Nokia N-Gage, Tapwave Zodiac,
GP32, GP2X and also Mobile Phone Emulation. When new consoles appear we will
expand to cover those consoles.
Please help DCEmu become stronger by posting on the forums every day and make
our community larger.
|
