[INTRO] The DS/DSi Hack

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[INTRO] The DS/DSi Hack

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Hello everyone :)

For my first article, I'm going to introduce you to the Underground World of the DS. Are you ready? Then here we go :D

Part 1: Intro

To start off right, I'm first going to introduce you to the essential tool for really enjoying the DS underground. It's called a LINKER.

What's a linker you might ask? Well, it's simply a small cartridge, comparable in size to an original cartridge, that has a small slot where you can insert an SD card.

So here's a picture of a linker that will serve as our example:

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This is an M3 DS real, it has the distinction of being simple to use, in french and has many options, see for yourselves:

Works on Ds or DsLite.
• Supports classic and HC (high capacity) Micro Sd cards.
• Built-in "cheat" function, supports Action Replay.
• Control of the current game: Slowmotion mode etc....
• Ability to do a software reset.
• Easy to update without needing built-in flash memory.
• Skinable.
• Slot 1 Linker no passme or passkey needed.
• Supports Slot 2 expansions.
• multilingual touch interface.
• Includes Media-Ex and moonshell.
• Supports MP3, OGG and DPG, DSM and GBM.
• Supports Ebooks, Word, Txt etc....
• Image viewer: BMP, JPG, GIF, PNG.
• Includes PDA functions: Memo, Note, Phone Book, Calculator etc....
• Supports DS sleep mode.

Tempting all that huh? However, one option isn't described here yet it turns out to be the most important one: Reading copied Nintendo DS games. Why isn't it mentioned you might ask? Simply because, according to the law, linkers are only authorized for playing homebrews (like on Wii) or other files besides pirated games.

Let's remember though that downloading is illegal and is punishable by a fine of over €300,000, now you've been warned.

Now let's get back to the topic at hand. Of course, many other linkers have more or less the same features each. The choice of a linker will mainly come down to a matter of price and availability (all being very good products aside from 2-3 exceptions).

Here's a small list of the most well-known linkers:

-Supercard DS ONE (slot1)
-Supercard SD/mini SD/micro SD (slot2)
-Acekard 2 (slot1)
-M3 DS Real (slot1)
-R4 revolution (slot1)
-Cyclo DS (slot1)
-...

There are of course many others, but these are the most reputable on the market.
Watch out though, there are also counterfeits or poor imitations! The most well-known example is surely the N5, an imitation of the R4 revolution. The specs might be similar, but the performance will be much worse, beware!

Let's now get back to our example, the M3 DS Real.

So let's say we've already bought the linker and received it (links to reliable shops will be given at the end of the article).

What's nice in the pack? Well, everything that basic linkers have, namely the cartridge and an SD adapter.

In our example, the pack contains the cartridge, the micro SD reader as well as a rumble pack. See for yourselves:

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So what's all this going to be used for? Explanations next week ;)

END OF PART 1.
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Re: [INTRO] The DS/DSi Hack

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Great Itachi! ;)
Very good idea to introduce the DS/DSi hack! and in a nice way too! ^^
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Thanks, I'm going to write 1 part of the article per week :)
Tomorrow, I'll churn out a tutorial for removing the protection on Mario & Luigi 3 ;)
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Re: [INTRO] The DS/DSi Hack

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there's also the:
Flashme: flash your DS to launch unsigned codes! back in the day this was really useful, less so nowadays unless you want to play games between a linker and the Big N version
passme: again, back in the day this let you not flash the DS and made the ds believe it was signed code.
wifime: sending a ds rom to the DS via Wifi, but you first need to flash your DS

but the linker remains the simplest and most modern, but I wanted to add this for a better understanding of DS Hacking
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Re: [INTRO] The DS/DSi Hack

Post by Tristan »

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Great idea Itachi :74: , I already knew about the linkers, but a lot of people are going to look into it and discover these famous DS gems ^^
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