Flashcarts

[doktorb]

I have no idea what these are, or who uses them, but this was a case of "I saw this news story and thought of Prestone"


http://www.consolebuzz.co.uk/blog/mo...-banned-in-uk/

[J2TheH]

'R4 cards.'

Basically, a memory card full of games, and a DS cartridge that accommodates the memory card, and allows a user to have multiple, illegally downloaded games on the card.

And they are f*cking BRILLIANT.

[doktorb]

Ta muchly. Everyday = schoolday.

[J2TheH]

They're pretty naughty, but with the amount of shovelware Nintendo are currently selling and making themselves FILTHY rich off of, it's kind of a Robin Hood vibe in my opinion.

ROMs have been around forever, it's just now you can play them on the actual console. With no drawbacks. Plus I don't have to go into a shop and ask for Pokemon, which is also a delight.

[ambershee]

I have it for homebrew purposes. You can get DS games pretty cheap, and it's not like there's been anything worth buying recently (for a couple of years?) save Spirit Tracks anyway.

Would have seriously screwed up folks on my last games programming course though, a lot of us did DS games for mobile / dissertation projects, which you can't exactly do without an R4.