Nintendo DS Homebrew FAQ/Guide

[dirty_cousin]

Hey dude this is for DS stuff. Thanks for the link to the what seems useful DSMplay aedes993 but yeah I've got a Mac . Please someone help with the mac and this crap.

[gaz12]

Can someone help,copied all files onto card and installed into the R4 turned on the Ds but just comes up with a loading screen left it for around 5 mins but still the same????????

please help.

[mrgimpface]

Can someone help,copied all files onto card and installed into the R4 turned on the Ds but just comes up with a loading screen left it for around 5 mins but still the same????????

please help.

tried the old gameboy trick of taking out the card, blowing into the slot in the console, and on the card where it plugs in?

if that doesnt work, try formatting the SD card.

check that you have the R4 system files on it

[luminouslight]

I just bought my M3 Real DS. I have been playing arround with it by getting the system files and stuff ,but I am totally stumped on how to get my homebrew to work. Whenever I try to run it, it comes with a DLDI compatible on a loading screen and stays there forever. I have tried a wide variety of homebrew programs but they all do the same thing. Help?

[JEFFERS186]

Hi folks i am a complete newbie and i am just about to order the M3 real ds rumble packs for my 2 boys and was wondering:
1: Is there anything else required to get this working and also where are the best sites to getgames as i have been mostly using Mininova for more other downloads.
2: How do i get movies on there so they can watch them in the car and give me some piece thanks any help would be great

[thejoker37]

I'm a novice at this but hopefully this should help some new people.

How to get up and running playing games straight away.
( less than 5 to 10 minutes depending on your computer skills)

Just bought N5 card** and MicroSD cards from http://www.techsplosion.co.uk other cheaper shops are available. but they suppplied me within 24 hrs and I had dealt with them before so I knew they were reliable and not ripoff merchants.

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Inserted the microSD card into the USB card reader

1. Formatted card to FAT. ( N5 cards seem to prefer the FAT rather than FAT32.)

2. Downloaded the latest 1.17 system files from http://www.dsn5.com/EN-N5/n5-en.htm The N5 cards comes supplied with a CD with the system files on it, these were older 1.16 version that probably had some bugs in the programming. The newer version 1.17 has these bugs fixed. From what I have read about the N5 card they hope to be updating the software regularly unlike some of the other card manufacturers.

3. Unzipped /extracted the files to the MicroSD card.

4. Other methods fo finding games are available but this is quickest method I used. Googled this exact phrase:

"Parent Directory" ds roms .nds

Downloaded the backup games I required from the first decent site (Right click on file name and select save as.. save these to a folder on your hard drive.).

5. Extract/unzip the file to the MicroSD card which is still in the USB reader. If it is just a .nds file you have downloaded just copy it straight to the MicroSD card.

6. Insert the MicroSD card into the N5 card adapter.

7. Insert this into your DS LITE and turn it on.

8. Using sytlus tap the first Icon on the left of the bottom screen.

9. Top screen should have list of the games you put on the microSD card.

10. Using the + pad on the left of your DSlite you can move up and down the menu. Bottom screen will show you the name of game in a box like original games. To play the game just tap the box. If the screen show a cheat box you can tap on it to disable the cheat modes (which are ON by default). Otherwise just play the game as normal. Most games will give onscreen instructions on how to play.

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** N5 cards are newest clones of the R4 /M3 card they run the exact same system files (R4 file encrypted N5 files are not.) These cards plug in SLOT-1 ( exact same way as original carts). You do not need any any passcard and supports all version of DS. The N5 cards support 1Gb up to 32Gb MicroSd cards. (The brand I use are Kingston and they work pretty well)

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PLEASE NOTE: I do not own any sites or have files available for downloading. I do not condone priacy of any kind, the information supplied is for software programming educational use ONLY and is easily and freely available on the internet you just need to know where to look. You should only download the games if you have bought the original. The .nds files are backups in case your original games gets damaged.

DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SELL THESE BACKUPS IT IS ILLEGAL. THEY ARE FOR EDUCATIONAL USE ONLY.

[DanTheManMS]

You act as if downloading the games is more legal than selling them. The "backup" argument is not valid, despite what people want to believe.

Whatever, it's not worth arguing.

[xxTDGPainxx]

What slot-2 devices can i use to run gba roms on my M3 Simply and how do i do it.

[unc3heels]

kay i got a quick ?. I just bought a DS lite, but it doesnt let me save GBA games on it...any1 kno whats up?

says "save failed, checking backup memory" but just stays at that screen.

[aiat_gamer]

can some one help me with pictods pleez?i want to convert a pdf file to jpg,and i have program called pdftojpg but i dont know how to set up the third party section(the pdf to jpg section).it gives me an error .i only added this but wont work:"C:\Program Files\PDFtoJPG\PDFtoJPG.exe" (seems that i need to add some extensions but i dont know how.