[DS] Universal DS Homebrew thread. Fucking cheapskates.

'K I might post in this thread, why not. I use a Supercard SD and I use the official (?) Super Card program to change my roms to make them suitable to put on the card. (Gosh I explain this stuff well, don't I?)

Anyway, I've never had a problem with any single game. Until now! I downloaded Chibi-Robo the other day and load in on my Supercard SD like I would any other game and press A to play it; it loads, but then there's just a white screen. Is there any way I can fix this little annoyance? (And please, nobody reply "Buy the game"; I'm stingy for Chibi-Robo)

Try to update the firmware.

Well, it looks like M3 has just came out with their latest card, the M3 DS Real. By all appearances, it looks to be a not-so-subtly re-branded G6DS Real with external storage, but on second glance, it comes with some interesting expansions...

The one that stands out is, of course, the GBA Expansion cart. Like the EZFlash 3-in-1, it loads games from slot-1 storage, but has features such as real-time save and cheat support, and will run patched AND clean ROMs. And the GBA compatibility will undoubtedly be excellent, if M3 lives up to the reputation they got from the M3 Perfect.

So far I'm quite impressed with the feature set, and just might get one over a CycloDS. It's definitely a bit cheaper, but most importantly, the stock won't be delayed for 2 months. :P

Ah, so it finally came out. Seems to be matching what the CycloDS has. Competition is good. Does it have save states for DS games like the CycloDS is promising (not sure if it has delivered that yet) ?

If I understand their terminology correctly, "real-time saves" is the same as save states, so I think the answer is yes, at least on the GBA side. I didn't check if they implemented it for DS games, as save states were never a big draw for me.

The M3 Real doesn't have save states for the DS games yet, and Team Cyclops has yet to deliver on that promise with the Cyclo DS as well. The M3 Real does look like a great alternative to the Cyclo for the price, but I'm still waiting to get my Cyclo. I've read up on comparisons, and although the Real seems to be able to accommodate slower micro SD brands, when it comes to the high end brands, the Cyclo still has significantly faster loading times. Furthermore, the Cyclo has proven that it plays virtually 100% of the "problem" roms out there without patching, and also supports direct download on roms which don't work with this on other carts. The compatibility of the Real is still unknown with many games, although I'm sure it'll play with most games. The real reason to get the Real is the GBA expansion, which seems to be head and shoulders above anything else that can play GBA roms.

Yeah, I'd take DS rom reliability, quicker load times, and excellent customer service over GBA support. I moved on from GBA long ago and the few games for it that I would want I'd rather just buy for cheap if I found them at Gamestop or play them on my PC.

I'm hoping Team Cyclops will just end up adding support for the GBA Expansion (I'm assuming it's possible). That would be pretty sweet.

Just have to say I'm living my CycloDS right now. Also got a 3-in-1 thing, but I haven't bothered putting any GBA games on my microSD card since I've been entertained with Picross and, umm, well, that's pretty much all the time I've had for the past two months.

Yay for thread bumpage.

Anyway, I'm asking my brother to get me a Flash Card for Christmas and I need an opinion on one.

Does anyone own a Supercard DS One? If so, how is it working for you and does it support Wi-Fi and all that other nice stuff? I just wanna make sure I'm getting the right one before I finalize the purchase.

I was also looking at the R4DS... Is that one any better?

I have a Supercard One, and they're great, but a little slow. The R4 is better, and the M3 DS Real is even better. The difference is, the Real supports up to 8GB micro SDHC, and the others only support up to 2GB micro SD. M3 Real also supports micro SD cards.

The original post is pretty outdated.

Oooh, looking at the M3 DS Real, it is good.

Well, after talking with my brother, I decided not to settle for the card since it will take some time for him to order it and all that other crap.

I'll probably get that one on my own time later, given that I get one of those Debit Gift Cards for Christmas... :|

Sucks being a teenager with restricted use on the credit card you have.
Curse being linked to my mom's account

And i'm such a noob with this homebrew stuff... What the hell is the GBA Expansion Pack with the M3 DS Real?

I think the GBA Expansion Pack allow GBA game to be play (in GBA mode of course).

Also, the M3 DS Real have different Expansion Pack bundle like the rumble and RAM expansion.

You can read a review here at gbatemp.net.

I bought my brother and my mom each an R4DS from realhotstuff.com. They had the best price, are located a state away, and have fantastic reviews. I opted not to get them a CycloDS like I have because I'm getting semi-random MICROSD CARD NOT FOUND errors when I haven't taken the card out since the last time I played it (and I've seen some reports of people having the same problem), so I'd be worried about it happening to them too.

Since the R4DS is currently backordered from there, would I be better off getting a M3DS Real for them? It comes with a rumble pack, which I figure they would like, for about the same price.

So you have to reinsert the MicroSD card before you turn on your DS the next time or you'll get that message? Is that something they can fix thru firmware or is it a faulty Cyclone? Also might it be a bad MicroSD card?


I eventually want to get a card but I'm not sure which one. Are there more problems with Cyclone than the R4? I still need to read about the M3 DS Real but their website is down, they ran out of bandwidth.

Some of the earlier Cyclones had dead on arrival or failures at a later time. However, with the third batch it would seem the failure rate has gone down. I wouldn't worry about that issue when buying a Cyclo now.

RR, you should go talk to Team Cyclops about your problem.

I ended up paying the extra for a CycloDS because they actually have something resembling support. I've been pretty happy with it...so far my only complaints are cosmetic. Using a sticker to cover the chip is pretty ghetto, and the lack of a spring-loaded memory slot is kind of annoying. But functionality-wise, you can't really ask for more from a slot-1 cart. Combined with the EZFlash 3-in-1, it'll make your wildest dreams come true fulfill all your DS/GBA needs.

Acer, it's only been a pretty intermittent problem so far, so I'm not actually worried about it right now. I'm also stuck at home with no consoles or PC, so the DS is my only entertainment other than the books I got at the library today. If I keep having the problem over the next few weeks then I'll drop them a line when I get back to school.

I don't know if this talk is allowed, but I can't seem to get Hotel Dusk: Room 215 to work on my M3 DS Simply. I've tried both the American and European versions, but they both freeze somewhere in the opening cut scene. Any ideas?

I have the latest M3 DS Simply firmware.