R4 DS Cartridge

[Ledgie]

Has anyone brought one of these. I'm pretty interested in getting one, but not sure of the benefits of it.

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[matthewj]

well i have bought one but i have had it so long then i dont think of the benefits

[UKResist]

i got 1, its Gr8 for homebrew apps and Games, music and so on.
I like it, best bit ofkit any day

[SensesFail]

can someone tell me how it works/what it does. im also not sure about homebrew. do i have to mod my DS?

[UKResist]

no the r4 is the mod, like a game cart for back ups music photos ect

[massi4h]

Yeah it has a slot for a micro SD card in which you would generally want a 2GB card. There are a few files it needs to run which should come with it on a CD. You can stick games / music (mp3s) / videos (.dpg) and pictures (.jpg, not sure about others) on the R4 and they will run smoothly on your NDS/NDS Lite with easy to access menus.

Homebrew applications are just made by people which you can get and they run just like normal games would. There is stuff like the DS Organiser (which you can use to play around with all your files on the R4, plus it has stuff like a web browser and an irc client), the wi-fi scanner (which you can use to scan for wireless access points and it gives you a strength indication and what type of connection is it [WEP, WPA, etc]) and then there are a few homebrew games like Quake DS.

It's very easy to set-up and use and it can do so much (lol I sound like I'm advertising).

[Walugi]

qauke , thats be fun.

[Bloodfin182]

Where do you guys think the best place to get one is?

[FWELR]

i would say dealextreme if you're not in a hurry and you want it cheap.

if you want it quickly, here's a good deal on one with a 2GB microSD.

[Celeste]

An R4 is a great idea. I have the other thing exactly like it, the M3 Simply DS.
The benefits of it are...obvious. But I won't get into them because people will be like ZOMG U HAV 2 GIVE ALL UR MONEYZ 2 NINTENDO!!11 U R A HORIBEL PERSEN111!!!!