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Popzeus 2 Jan 2008 15:40:18 8,425 posts
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gogobaka wrote:
So which ones the best? M3 or R4?

They're all the same, Arthur.

Deleted user 2 January 2008 15:45:17

Popzeus wrote:

gogobaka wrote:
So which ones the best? M3 or R4?

They're all the same, Arthur.

So you can watch videos, listen to music, playing old games, with no difference in quality?

Basically I'm not shooting myself in the foot in the long run by getting an M3 because the R4 isn't in stock?

sanctusmortis 2 Jan 2008 18:11:11 9,914 posts
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Anyone know a good site for a M3 Lite? I want the GBA support...

chrism_scotland 3 Jan 2008 19:34:43 440 posts
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Can anyone give me an idiot proof guide on how to get Moonshell to run on the M3DS Real?

Deleted user 3 January 2008 19:39:39

Isnt Moonshell the R4 firmware? if so, it wont work on M3....

Good thing about R4 is that there are much more regular updates for it compared to M3 AFAIK.

chrism_scotland 3 Jan 2008 19:57:10 440 posts
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LetsGo wrote:
Isnt Moonshell the R4 firmware? if so, it wont work on M3....

Good thing about R4 is that there are much more regular updates for it compared to M3 AFAIK.

Got it to work, having problems converting video to work on it though which is a pain, anyone have any ideaS?

PinkSpider 3 Jan 2008 20:51:03 3,349 posts
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Got my R4 today and it's played everything ive chucked at it.

Amplitude DS is pretty cool.

PinkSpider 3 Jan 2008 21:00:36 3,349 posts
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It's on http://dcemu.co.uk/ which I cant seem to connect to.

It's not the most polished game compared to the real thing but it has nice backgrounds and some nice commercial music. Only had a couple of goes mind but it's a keeper.

PinkSpider 3 Jan 2008 21:06:21 3,349 posts
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Nope, but I shall be working my way through those.

Cheers.

Deleted user 5 January 2008 13:24:51

My Cyclo arrived from techwizad. It's great :-)

What do I need to play GBA games on it though?

Aranel 7 Jan 2008 14:53:44 669 posts
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I juat got my R4 (it was meant to be a Xmas present but didn't come in time, so was an early birthday present instead) and I'm loving it

Shovelled a whole of eBooks and homebrew games onto it already - even t'other half was impressed with the MoonShell

preetyforu 9 Jan 2008 20:16:51 12 posts
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@Battleaxe and Leeman, a lot of R4 units went out of stock in July. And they're shipping the next stock sometime this month which is probably why yours hasn't arrived.

On topic: I browsed a lot of sites, and R4s range from $40+ (You could find a $30, but it would be rare). Most site out out of stock right now, and you'll probably have to wait a little before you can get one for a good price.

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estoo 16 Jan 2008 14:36:28 2,879 posts
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Woo-hoo.. Consoleup have finally shipped my M3 simply after ordering it a month ago.

The swines have had my money in their account the whole time and I was about to cancel and ask for it back, still better late than never!

Any kind soul out there who can point me in the direction of the Spectrum emulator homebrew which I hear is available?

PinkSpider 16 Jan 2008 19:38:41 3,349 posts
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http://nintendo-ds.dcemu.co.uk/

On the left hand menu.

Enjoy!

Deleted user 19 January 2008 15:34:25

I`m flogging my DS Extreme 16GB
(MP3, MP4, home brew player - drag and drop easy)
ds-x site

pic

Bought from
worth 74.95
sell @ �45

PM if interested.

craigy Staff 19 Jan 2008 16:27:26 9,500 posts
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Looks like Consoleup have stock again - just got a dispatch email from them.

Retroid Moderator 19 Jan 2008 16:30:07 45,464 posts
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bdaggers wrote:
DS Extreme 16Gb (2GB)

Fixed

MattyB2007 20 Jan 2008 19:07:07 2,953 posts
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Can someone explain the difference between a R4DS card and a SuperCard because this bit has me confused.
My mate said he bought a super card and I was quite impressed with the video and music capabilities and of course the use for him ''backing up'' his games but everyone is talking about the R4, which is best and waht's the difference please?

Edit - And what's the best all round one of these at the moment?

aine 24 Jan 2008 05:48:12 717 posts
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MattyB2007 wrote:
Can someone explain the difference between a R4DS card and a SuperCard because this bit has me confused.
My mate said he bought a super card and I was quite impressed with the video and music capabilities and of course the use for him ''backing up'' his games but everyone is talking about the R4, which is best and waht's the difference please?

Edit - And what's the best all round one of these at the moment?

depends on what you're after really. the r4 is generally easier to use (at least when it comes to running, ahem, backups straight off the bat) but the supercard has more features (real time save for one, and the later version supports SDHC). they both have the same video and music capabilities since it's provided by moonshell on both cards, but in the supercard it's integrated in the OS, whereas on the R4 you select a media icon on the main screen to launch a separate program.

as for the best all round..fuck knows. honestly. M3 Simply is the same as the R4, then you've got the M3 Real and Acekard RPG and TopTop and Cyclo which all apparently have advantages in one area or another (but I've never used them) and there'a few others that have been knocking around for ages but don't really measure up to the current crop anymore. Just don't touch the DS-Extreme with a bargepole and you'll be fine.

Deleted user 25 January 2008 14:31:08

I have got the cyclo and am very happy with it.
When people talk about putting homebrew on their ds, do emulators fall under that banner?

Prehensile_Plant 25 Jan 2008 20:02:52 420 posts
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Yes.

There's a version of ScumVM for DS that's emulatorish and one of the best homebrews for DS, imo.

manic_mouse 25 Jan 2008 20:22:13 242 posts
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nekotcha wrote:

Yeah, you're a pirate. Harming the industry by taking money away from the hardworking people who make the games you enjoy for free. Well done.

If you would never pay for them in the first place then you aren't harming anyone, or taking any money away from the devs. I love the way people liken digital piracy to going into a shop and stealing a DVD (which they can't therefore sell and costs everyone money), when such comparisons are illogical.

How is renting games any different? It's a matter of degrees, you're not paying the full price for the game, but you're experiencing it (and thus taking money from devs by your logic).

(btw I do not advocate piracy, but some people make it out to be a much bigger problem than it is)

WrongShui 4 Feb 2008 12:36:56 6,858 posts
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manic_mouse wrote:

nekotcha wrote:

Yeah, you're a pirate. Harming the industry by taking money away from the hardworking people who make the games you enjoy for free. Well done.

If you would never pay for them in the first place then you aren't harming anyone, or taking any money away from the devs. I love the way people liken digital piracy to going into a shop and stealing a DVD (which they can't therefore sell and costs everyone money), when such comparisons are illogical.

How is renting games any different? It's a matter of degrees, you're not paying the full price for the game, but you're experiencing it (and thus taking money from devs by your logic).

(btw I do not advocate piracy, but some people make it out to be a much bigger problem than it is)

If you would never pay for them you should never play them.

That's how it is, its theft, rationalise it however you like but you might aswell be a hoody wearing chav scumbag stealing someones bike.

Edit : After reading the thread I just brought one, got an itch for some Day of the Tentacle at work.

Derblington 1 Apr 2008 23:13:36 35,161 posts
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manic_mouse wrote:

nekotcha wrote:
Yeah, you're a pirate. Harming the industry by taking money away from the hardworking people who make the games you enjoy for free. Well done.
If you would never pay for them in the first place then you aren't harming anyone, or taking any money away from the devs. I love the way people liken digital piracy to going into a shop and stealing a DVD (which they can't therefore sell and costs everyone money), when such comparisons are illogical.

How is renting games any different? It's a matter of degrees, you're not paying the full price for the game, but you're experiencing it (and thus taking money from devs by your logic).

(btw I do not advocate piracy, but some people make it out to be a much bigger problem than it is)

Renting is completely different. 1) it's bought from the publisher/distributor at a higher cost in order to cover the liscence to rent the product and 2), and this one is much more important (see if you can follow as to why...), it's legal.

If you do not buy a product you should not have it, it's as simple as that. While the actual act of downloading/burning a game is completely different fom actually having the bollocks to walk into a store and take something (it's far easier to sit on your arse at home) the fallout is very similar, though it affects different people...

Taking from a store hurts the store and it's owners - they have already bought the product from the publisher. Downloading a game at home hurts the companies behind the games directly and this *does* have an effect on the people that produce them and their abilities to continue doing so, which in turn will have a knock on effect to the stores that sell them and their workers, etc, etc.

So, digital piracy actually has a further reaching and far more damaging impact than regular store theft (not that that's a better solution). It is a big problem, it's not getting smaller and completely retarded opinions such as your own, openly thrown around in a strange attempt to justify it in some ludicrous manner, help no-one.

Psychotext 4 Apr 2008 12:16:59 70,652 posts
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Where can I get one of these? Ebay obviously... but is there anywhere else that's reliable?

wobbler147 4 Apr 2008 12:19:14 5,255 posts
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I got my TTDS from here. Delivery was a bit slow (3 weeks) but seemed like a good company to deal with.

Aranel 16 Apr 2008 15:16:31 669 posts
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I don't suppose anyone here as used ReadMore on the R4 have they? Or knows how to fix the bookmarking?

I've created the 'states' folder so it should work? The bookmarks work whilst I'm still in the book, but if I switch my DS off, the bookmarks all get lost and I have to scroll to the page I was last at (which is annoying when you're on about page 300 of a book!).

Aside from that, it's a really good piece of software

jellyhead 16 Apr 2008 15:37:23 24,356 posts
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Anywhere reputable to get a CycloDS from?
Everywhere i've looked hasn't had a buy button.

jellyhead 16 Apr 2008 15:46:13 24,356 posts
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Cheers, will do.

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