Nintendo DS Homebrew FAQ/Guide

[Kooldino]

Ok, I have a USDM DS Lite. I'd like to play some backed up NES and SNES ROMs on it.

I also don't want a big clunky thing that sticks out of my DS (such as the M3).

Is this possible?

Also, I see that the standard way to do this is to buy a SuperPassKey, and then a card reader.

What does the SPK do, exactly? Do I need to use it once, or do i use it each time I want to run the emus?

[linkenski]

does the MAX Media Dock from http://www.codejunkies.com work?

[linkenski]

Answer Me Man!!!

[fragger]

ok i a newbie
so i have a dssupercard
a 1gb sd card
and m3 passcard( the new 1)
do i need any software oin my pc ? to run ds games on my ds ??
ta

[Selfaggressive]

Well for a start, you'd best mean homebrew games, I don't think that playing copied games is all that legal, I just got a supercard and am now waiting for my Datel Media Launcher thing, which (crossed fingers) will play homebrew apps and games..

But if you go to the supercard website www.supercard.cn then you should find the software on there.

Did that help?

[fragger]

homebrew games of course !!
copied games are bad for the industry

[linkenski]

I Need An Answer Now!!! Can I Use The Max Media Dock Or What!?!?

[orangeade]

I am in dire need of some help. I bought my Max Media Player the other day and so far it has been pretty awesome, but now I am terribly confused. I have downloaded quite a few games and applications onto my 4GB hard drive, some of the games/apps work fine, while others don't work at all. For the ones that don't work, I am just brought to a glitched screen where nothing happens. I very much want to utilize this device and I need some help. Thanks in advance.

Dictated but not read,
Dave

[kittiegurl]

Hi Everyone

I've been looking at the site for a while now after my little sister bought me a ds lite for my birthday

Her boyfriend told me that it is possible to play DS backup's on these ??? I've read loads of your posts on here, but i'm a bit of a techno phone when it comes to stuff like this.

Can anyone help me out with the following questions, i'd be ever so grateful if you could.

1. I am not that worried about older gba games, mainly just want to play ds lite backups off the memory card. So I would just need something that plays these as if they normally running off a original card (Does that make sense, i think i've just confused myself, im so silly!!!)

2. I have seen some of the cards stick out of the bottom of the ds lite, are there any that don't do this ????

3. Do I need a pass key ?? if so do i need to leave it plugged in all the time when i am playing backups, or is there some sort of "Swap trick" (Hey look i'm picking up the lingo ) If I do need a passkey where does it plug into

4. Is there anyway of not using a passkey ???

5. Do I then need to buy a micro sd card, if so where does it plug into (I'm guessing the supercard right???)

6. Can anyone recomend me, from a-b in very basic terms what I need to buy and where I should buy it from (I'm in england!!!)

7. I just want the easiest way to do this (also the prettiest if possible, as in nothing sticking out kind of thing )

Thanks for looking at this and if you can help me out it would be great and really appreciated. Thanks guys.

katerina xx

[linkenski]

i suggest you buy MAX Media Dock from www.codejunkies.com and then download Maximum Overload.

Extraction guide: after downloading the Maximum overload, simply just put it to the Root folder of the CF card.