[NDS] Backups?
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DeMoN064




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PostPosted: Mon, 17th Jul 2006 19:46    Post subject: [NDS] Backups?
Someone I know is wanting to buy a DS/lite and asked me if you could run backups on the DS, I said yes. But I knew very little about it. So I thought i would come here to ask about it Razz

I was doing a little reading and found out that I needed a SuperKEY and a Supercard CF or SD to play backups? Is that all i need? Apart from CF/SD memory?

And will this work with the NDSlite? Thanks.
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jonels
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PostPosted: Mon, 17th Jul 2006 21:02    Post subject:
Yes you got it. Get the miniSD version for older DS or the new microSD version which is Lite sized if used with the new DS-lite (due out next week)

If you want good GBA support too get an M3 variant, but it's quite abit more expensive than Supercard.

Avoid the EZ4, I have one it's a good cart but the support is bad, for instance Supercard and M3 will fix any no-working roms in a couple of days at the most, you could wait months and months for the EZ team to do the same. (for instance there is still games over a year old not fixed yet by the EZ team).

edit... if you are in the UK or Europe and want anything Supercard related I reccomend this guy .. http://www.supercardstore.com/ .. the prices include delivery and has 1 day delivery for Uk residents and I can confirm this to be true.


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DeMoN064




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PostPosted: Mon, 17th Jul 2006 21:10    Post subject:
Alright, I'm not bothered about GBA support I just want something thats plays NDS games without any problems, I'm also not bothered if some roms might not work.

I just want something that you can stick the roms on the card, and play. simple as that Razz

I'm going to buy from supercard store I hear you said thats a good site for ordering within the UK, so i'm going to use that.

Also I see theres Supercard CF, Secure Digital and mini-SD whats the difference between the 3 of them? Thanks.
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jonels
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PostPosted: Mon, 17th Jul 2006 22:16    Post subject:
Yes from you're criteria the Supercard is a good choice, 100% DS rom compatabilty and really easy to use, no fancy interface though.

The difference between them is just the type of memory card they take...

The CF memory cards are big and stick out of the bottom quite a bit (unpractacle on the new DS-lites)

The SD version sticks out the bottom of an old type DS a small bit.

The MiniSD version is the same size as a GBA cart even with the memory card in, so fits into an old DS/gba perfectly

The Lite version will probably take MicroSD cards and will be small enough not to stick out of the
DS-Lite. The Ds-lite has a very small GBA slot space, normal GBA size carts stick out a couple of cm, so the lite version is made smaller than a standard GBA cart so not to stick out at all.

Note what ever version you get, play it safe by getting a known branded memory card with high speed. The older versions are quite slow in comparison and can exhibit slowdown on a couple of games.

You maybe interested in these posts ..

http://scdev.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4981

and

http://scdev.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4978


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PostPosted: Thu, 3rd Aug 2006 03:53    Post subject:
Can anyone tell me the difference between a SuperKey and a SuperPass2?
And which one is the best?
Thanks
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jonels
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PostPosted: Thu, 3rd Aug 2006 12:47    Post subject:
Superkey is best (but don't use with the EZ4, but don't get ever get the EZ4 anyhow) .. the Superpass 2 is a lot of hassle to use and only practicle if you are going to flash the DS.

Advice is to get any of the 3rd generation passcards, it's worth the extra couple of simolians for the ease of use ... Superkey Passcard3 EZflash3 UFP Neo3 (mini)


I looked up "gormless" in the dictionary, it said "without gorm" .... so i looked up "gorm" but it wasn't there ????
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PostPosted: Thu, 3rd Aug 2006 15:17    Post subject:
Superkey is a third generation card? And do I have to flash my ds using superkey? I´m a bit confused after reading a lot of stuff about it. I rad that you need to flash with some cards, and that there are ways of not needing to use a superkey or superpass card by flashing it.
If you could elucidate me it would be nice.
Thanks for your help
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beeno




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PostPosted: Thu, 3rd Aug 2006 15:21    Post subject:
You need some kind of passkey to enable you to boot flashme off a flashcart.
Once flashme is installed you can throw your passkey away (although for sleep mode to work you need a DS game or a compatible passkey)
And superky is a 3rd gen card. All the 3rd gen cards are exactly the same size as a DS game cart. Passky2 sticks out, and needs an original DS game inserted in it.
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PostPosted: Thu, 3rd Aug 2006 16:05    Post subject:
Ok. Thanks guys Smile
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PostPosted: Thu, 3rd Aug 2006 19:17    Post subject:
Thanks. Nice link Smile
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Fractious




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PostPosted: Thu, 21st Sep 2006 22:06    Post subject:
ok they are now releasing games that dont work ie: lego star wars 2 cannot be backup at the moment. everything up to that can be though.


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el_brio




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PostPosted: Sat, 14th Oct 2006 15:52    Post subject:
I have to tell you.... I got a G6 Lite and I fucking love it. It fits perfectly in my DS LITE and even though the space is a bit limited (highspeed memoryis built in and not expandable) it rocks. I currently have the following on it:

Sonic Rush (Think thats what its called)
Metroid Pinball
Metroid Hunters
Dragon Quest Rocket slime
MArio Cart DS
New Super Marios Bros
BRain Age
Big Brain Academy
Advance Wars Dual Strike
Lost Magic
Star Fox Command

and two GBA games:
Final Fantasy IV
and Minish Cap

It was a bit pricey but I highly recommend it. The one that uses the Micro SD memory card (the only other alternative in my opinion) has is pluses (lots'o stoarge possible) but also it cons (memory speed seems to be a big issue for some)

Anyway take a look at the options and take me word for it... the G6 lite roxx. I t hink I got mine from Modchipman.com but I don't remember offhand.
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PostPosted: Fri, 20th Oct 2006 04:07    Post subject:
Has anyone tried this baby?

http://www.divineo.com/cgi-bin/div-us/dd-ds-dsxt4.html

I was just about to order the Superkey and the Supercard lite cart until i stumbled across a link to this on console news.


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PostPosted: Tue, 31st Oct 2006 20:12    Post subject:
Hey jonels!

I just ordered a superkey and a SuperCard Lite from the link you recomended.

But I'm reding talk about flashing the DS... What is that about? Do I need to flash it or can I just use these two items with a Mini SD and run stuff?

oh - and do you just copy the .rom file to the Mini SD card and run them that way?

Nice if you could clear this up for me man : )
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jonels
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PostPosted: Tue, 31st Oct 2006 21:35    Post subject:
Thats all you need. Flashing is optional, it basically enables you to take out the passkey and run ds roms on supercard (or any gba slot based flash device) with out passkey.

Passkey is needed for flashing in the first place though, but you could sell it on if you did flash, but again flashing is not without risk.


The roms have to run through patcher software. Get all you need plus info here.. http://www.scdev.org/


I looked up "gormless" in the dictionary, it said "without gorm" .... so i looked up "gorm" but it wasn't there ????
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PostPosted: Tue, 31st Oct 2006 22:47    Post subject:
If I get..

1. NDSL
2. M3 Perfect Adapter Lite
3. M3 Passcard3
4. MicroSD Memorystick

I could generally play backups.
If I want to run homebrew software I would need a flashme upgrade, right?

EDIT: Just found out that the m3 adapter itself is ready to run homebrew
(if I'm not mistaking again).
So what for do I need a flashme upgrade?


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jonels
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PostPosted: Tue, 31st Oct 2006 23:01    Post subject:
Don't worry about flashme, it's mostly old hat now the new generation 3 passcard/passkeys are out.


I looked up "gormless" in the dictionary, it said "without gorm" .... so i looked up "gorm" but it wasn't there ????
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Supino




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PostPosted: Wed, 1st Nov 2006 09:03    Post subject:
Thanks for the info and link Jonels : )
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PostPosted: Sun, 5th Nov 2006 05:38    Post subject:
tihkal wrote:
Has anyone tried this baby?

http://www.divineo.com/cgi-bin/div-us/dd-ds-dsxt4.html

I was just about to order the Superkey and the Supercard lite cart until i stumbled across a link to this on console news.
Ordered it for my DS Lite and will try it out next week - couple of reviews rave about it - looks like it only does NDS stuff (dumped ROMs, music, vids , apps) & not older GBA titles.

Review @ http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=38174 & http://www.maxconsole.net/?mode=news&newsid=11305

Looks to be the bizz Very Happy


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PostPosted: Mon, 6th Nov 2006 01:29    Post subject:
TheBugulous wrote:
Ordered it for my DS Lite and will try it out next week - couple of reviews rave about it - looks like it only does NDS stuff (dumped ROMs, music, vids , apps) & not older GBA titles.

Review @ http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=38174 & http://www.maxconsole.net/?mode=news&newsid=11305

Looks to be the bizz Very Happy


Did you end up getting it from that site? Thanks for the reviews BTW.

EDiT: Never mind, seems that may be the only company to get it through.


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PostPosted: Mon, 6th Nov 2006 02:01    Post subject:
tihkal wrote:
Did you end up getting it from that site? Thanks for the reviews BTW.

EDiT: Never mind, seems that may be the only company to get it through.

I ordered mine in the UK thru - http://www.mrmodchips.co.uk/catalog/index.php?cPath=43 - should have it Thursday Smile It sounds like a wet dream - so easy to use Very Happy <fingers crossed>
Plus its got a USB2 port built into the cart so it is very fast transferring the .nds files to it


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PostPosted: Tue, 14th Nov 2006 18:02    Post subject:
TheBugulous: Did you recieve your DS-X yet? Maybe a mini-review? Pretty sure i am going to put out my order in the next few days.


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PostPosted: Wed, 15th Nov 2006 01:55    Post subject:
I have it pre-ordered and the stock is in tomorrow - so I pray I get it Friday as Castlevania "Portrait of Ruin" is now out JPN release - "Akumajou Dracula Gallery of Labyrinth (c) Konami NDS 512 MBit JAP - LGC" - <gibber><gibber> Laughing

Great now pre-order moved to 24th November <sigh> - hope you have more luck then me getting this f*kking card !!

Do *NOT* order from MrModChips - aka "Mr Crimina" - this plonker will give you attitude for questioning why you order an item because the stock availaibility is "in stock", then this changes to "pre-order" and you wait for 2 weeks and see "2 shipments" go thorugh for other people supposedly but not you (!)

I am in touch with Trading Standards and my bank to get this guy up on fraud charges

Pre-ordered now from Divineo who at least in the past were ok


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TiHKAL




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PostPosted: Thu, 16th Nov 2006 02:44    Post subject:
I am going to try this place i guess. http://www.modchipstore.com/

Has anyone ordered through mod chip store before?


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