[DS] Universal DS Homebrew thread. Fucking cheapskates.

Originally Posted by INDIGO-1

I haven't had a problem with the NDS games, but when I try out the SNEmulDS.nds, it just hangs. Said something about DLCL or whatever compatable. Is there any other GBA / SNES emulator I can use?

Sounds like you need to DLDI-patch your emu. You can download a prepatched version here:

SNEmulDS homepage » DLDI

Originally Posted by INDIGO-1

Damm, I wanted to have portable Super Metroid

Well there's no harm in trying. Go ahead and patch it up, and see if you consider it playable (check the compatibility list for extra notes on getting things working correctly). Also, SNEmulDS will utilize RAM expansions for a little extra performance boost, although I'm not positive if the M3DS Real expansion in particular is supported.

I'm fairly new to ds cards and have been looking into the R4 for awhile now. But after reading some posts it seems the R4 is outdated and replaced with the m3 or cyclo? I just feel kind of confused now because I've had the r4 in mind for a few weeks

could anyone sum up what the "top" card is right now and why? I'm sure it's not that simple but what i'm looking for top priority is a card to store ds roms on, and play them on my ds successfully.

other system emulation would be wonderful (mostly GBA GBC GB) but not as important to me and ds.

EDIT* I'm actually leaning toward the m3 right now because infernal monkey said he can successfully play master system and gameboy games on his card.

oh, and i have a laserdisc hooked up my plasma. booya!

I wish folks would read the last few pages of a topic they seem to be interested in. It might help them a bit what with the information they might contain. =/

That said the cyclo is the better of those choices. It'll even do GBC and Master System emulation. In order to play GBA games you will require a slot 2 device.

My recommendation to you is a Cyclo DS Evolution and an EZ 3 in 1 slot 2 card (ezflash V).

Here, I'll even give you my recommended place for buying these things:

Cyclo: CycloDS Evolution, CycloDS, Cyclo DS Evo

ezflash V (assuming you have a ds lite): EZ Flash Expansion 3 in 1


Further advice should you decide to purchase these: Don't use the piece of shit USB microSD transfer device that comes with the Cyclo. I've bought four Cyclos and that piece of crap USB device fucks up the microSD card just about every time. Use the USB transfer device that comes with your microSD card instead. I've had no problems with the 8 GB microHCSD cards they offer you with your purchase. It's worth it.

Originally Posted by SCHNEE-4

I wish folks would read the last few pages of a topic they seem to be interested in. It might help them a bit what with the information they might contain. =/

That said the cyclo is the better of those choices. It'll even do GBC and Master System emulation. In order to play GBA games you will require a slot 2 device.

My recommendation to you is a Cyclo DS Evolution and an EZ 3 in 1 slot 2 card (ezflash V).

Here, I'll even give you my recommended place for buying these things:

Cyclo: CycloDS Evolution, CycloDS, Cyclo DS Evo

ezflash V (assuming you have a ds lite): EZ Flash Expansion 3 in 1


Further advice should you decide to purchase these: Don't use the piece of shit USB microSD transfer device that comes with the Cyclo. I've bought four Cyclos and that piece of crap USB device fucks up the microSD card just about every time. Use the USB transfer device that comes with your microSD card instead. I've had no problems with the 8 GB microHCSD cards they offer you with your purchase. It's worth it.

AH thank you so much for this info. I've read the last 2 pages or so but didn't see anything definitive, sorry =(

The cyclo is a little more expensive than what I had in mind but if it's the best I'm down for it. Never buying a ds game again is 50 bones.

I find it surprising you need a slot 2 device to emulate GBA...if you can emulate master system and gbc thru slot 1 it would only make sense that you can play gba too...although maybe since the system is also designed for gba they have some requirements that only slot can offer.

That being said, can the cyclo emulate gameboy games too, or gamegear (being that game gear is like portable master system)? the old old ones? I'm sure it can but once again, just want to be safe.

Thanks for your help SCHNEE

Bump, and SCHNEE an 8GB microHCSD WILL work with the cyclo? I'm looking at flash media for it right now, this looks wonderful

Newegg.com - Kingston 2GB MicroSD Flash Card with 2 adapters (miniSD and full-size SD) and USB reader Model MBLY/2GBKR - Flash Memory

but 8GB is even better. What matters most to me is speed. I hear loading time is a little slow on the cyclo (watched some reviews)

Originally Posted by llmercll

Bump, and SCHNEE an 8GB microHCSD WILL work with the cyclo?

Yes, it will. I'm using a 8gb Sandisc myself, works like a charm.

I use the 8 GB microHCSD card that realhotstuff offers on their website. It works wonders. You can fit 100 DS games with plenty of room for GBA games, homebrew, and a bit of music.

Also, you don't understand how GBA works on the DS. It's not emulation. GBA hardware is built into the DS and DS lite. That is the slot 2. So basically how it works with the Cyclo and 3 in 1 cartridge is that you store the GBA games you want to play on the Cyclo's microSD/microHCSD card and it'll write GBA save files to the microSD/microHCSD card as well, but the Cyclo sends the actual GBA game down to the 3 in 1 cartridge to talk to the GBA hardware. No emulation involved. The DS doesn't have enough processing power to emulate SNES games properly so why would you expect it to do GBA emulation? That is why to play GBA games you must have a slot 2 device.

The impending release of Chrono Trigger DS has made me interested in securing the console.

I have some questions:

1. I have a choice of CycloDS and DSTT. Which one is better in terms of reliability? (I'm not planning to play the entire game library or something like that, so compatibility is not that much of an issue to me.)

2. With the flash cart, can you do some kind of a 'save state'? (I've been spoiled by VisualBoyAdvance).

3. I understand there are various micro-SDHC cards with varying transfer speeds, from Class 2 to Class 6. For purposes of emulation, does this matter?

Thanks.

1. I've heard good things about DSTT but I've heard its a bit more complicated in terms of its interface. I remember something about it being pretty customizable. I prefer the support that I know that comes with the Cyclo. But for sure you are far better off with a DSTT than a R4 or M3. DSTT and Cyclo are pretty much on equal terms as far as playing DS games and you probably won't encounter many problems with either of them.

2. Team Cyclo has been trying to do save states for DS games. They have the option available but I've yet to see it available when going to the in-game menu (abxy+lr) so I dunno. It's in the works but I wouldn't really rely on it. Not like all that many DS games are super hard or anything. Some of the DS emulation homebrew has save states. The GBC emulator Lameboy for instance has save states.

3. I'm not an expert on the various microHCSD cards but I do know that the one offered at realhotstuff works perfectly. For your information anything beyond wonderfully designed homebrew like ScummVM you ought to only do GBC and back so GBC, NES, and Master System are great. SNES and Genesis are really really dodgy and not worth the trouble. You'd just be wasting your time.

Oh, I don't intend to do any GBA or GBC emulation. My being a cheapskate draws the line at DS (since I'd rather play the rest on my PC, with a nice gamepad).

To clarify my third question, there are SDHC cards with fast transfers, and there are cards with lower transfers. Will buying a cheapo card slow down the game emulation, or is this totally irrelevant to gameplay experience? (

Based on previous posts, there seems to be problems with brands of microSDHC cards, so I will definitely take the brand offered at realhotstuff into consideration.)

On a side note, if you are planning to import DSi (for using flashcart)... don't. The NEW firmware only support Japanese language AND no flashcart works on it, yes that's including CycloDS too.

DSi incompatible with existing flash carts? - GBAtemp.net

I guess for now we'll play the waiting game.

microHCSD and microSDHC. same thing? SCHWARZE, I think that a faster card MIGHT improve loading times, but it probably isn't anything major.

Yeah. Secure Digital High Capacity. I often fumble where to place the HC. Sorry.


lol yet another reason not to get a DSi. Thanks BigCN.

Originally Posted by SCHNEE-4

2. Team Cyclo has been trying to do save states for DS games. They have the option available but I've yet to see it available when going to the in-game menu (abxy+lr) so I dunno. It's in the works but I wouldn't really rely on it. Not like all that many DS games are super hard or anything. Some of the DS emulation homebrew has save states. The GBC emulator Lameboy for instance has save states.

Save states are available on the Cyclo but it has to be enabled from the Cyclo's option menu before you can do it from the in-game menu. But it is pretty buggy. Not all games support it and even the games that do can have problems with it.

Yeah, that's what I've heard. I have it enabled but I've never seen the option available for use in the in-game menu so I don't really bother. I ought to just disable the feature. It's nice that they care though.

You need to go into the options menu on the cyclo prior to booting into your game and enable real time saves, acer. It makes a file for each game upon your first time launching it which will be used for real time saves in the future. I tried it a long time back when they first added the feature, but it was still pretty buggy at the time (sound glitches were the most common error, sometimes video wouldn't load right), so I decided to stop using it since it generally just wound up being frustrating.

I have enabled it in the Cyclo's options menu but I still don't see the feature available when I go into the in-game menu. I don't really care that much though since most DS games are fine without the feature.