About to buy, am I getting the right things?

[miteethor]

Hi,

I've been doing my best to read up on what to get. At the moment I own nothing, here is what I would like to do:

1. Get a new Nintendo DS Lite when it's released this weekend in USA
2. I'd like to play NDS roms, GBA roms, and some older roms like SNES or NES, or even mame arcade type games. These need to run like the original games intended them to, with no slowdowns or crashes.
3. I'd like it to be as easy as possible to use - no booting or loading a new code every time I want to play something different.
4. Some homebrew apps look interesting but are less important than #2 and #3. I suppose an MP3 player app would be useful, etc.

Based on this, I think that means I need to get an M3 Mini-SD with Passkey2? The articled I've been reading indicate these will be fully compatiable with DS Lite and all the things I want to do. What I don't understand is how the Max Media Launcher fits in - do I need it if I get the passkey2? Or is that mostly for people who have older flash systems?

Any recommended sites for purchase that are reliable for USA residents?

[Mazza]

The max media launcher is just a smaller version of the Passkey 2 that doesn't stick out of the ds, plus it's cheaper so i recommend it.

[miteethor]

So my optimum purchase would be:

Brand new USA DS Lite
M3 Mini-SD
Max Media Launcher
2GB mini-sd card

And I'm set for NDS roms, GBA roms, homebrew apps, and emulators. I would have nothing sticking out of the bottom and everything would run at full speed with no reboots or reprogramming for every new game that comes out, correct?

[Mazza]

Yes, except that the M3 mini sd will stick out of the bottom because on the DS Lite even GBA carts stick out of the bottom. There isn't a cart available that won't.

[SSaxdude]

My cousin has a M3 adapter and it does indeed stick out a bit. Probably more so with the DS Lite. It's still sweet, though.

[Mazza]

the m3 mini sd adaptor is the same size as a gba cart so would't stick out of a regular ds but will on the ds lite

[Vernonjr]

"2. I'd like to play NDS roms, GBA roms, and some older roms like SNES or NES, or even mame arcade type games. These need to run like the original games intended them to, with no slowdowns or crashes."

I havent actually started using homebrew yet, however ive done some research and i do believe that very few snes games run at full speed, and currently there is not a mame emulator. As for your NDS, GBA, and NES roms, you should be fine.

I would say though, that its just a matter of time before they get fullspeed snes and mame emulators.

Just trying to give you a friendly heads up before you were unpleasantly suprised.

[Mazza]

all gba and nds roms run 100% speed because they are optimized for that system all nes games run full speed i think and most snes, settings can be tweaked to get it to work

[miteethor]

Thanks for the heads up. I know emulation isn't perfect, it would just be nice to run Super Metroid or Zelda or Super Mario World once in a while. I suppose I can always do the Four Swords or New Super Mario Bros to get my Nintendo 1st party fix.

[V3N0M]

Actualy i'm about to get a DS and would like to get homebrew running on it. Where can i buy all the stuff that i need here? BTW i live in the USA some where close to that would be appriciated. Oh and how much does everything co$t?