you know whats hard to find? the technical ins and outs of how the r4 card actually works. like, what is the little OS that it boots into that lets you choose your game, why does it look like a game rom to the DS, not speculation like "so Nintendo doesn't find out" no i mean why those specific games and not some random one. like, i REALLY want to know how EXACTLY this thing works. There are nearly no YT videos on the subject. Its all kinda "place these files here, then boot the game" im like, "okay but why do it do that and how you look menu difrent??" you know what i mean? That would be such a cool deep dive into it all ^~^
Thank you all for the support on the video! However, I forgot to mention that the R4 does work on the DS Lite. However my DS Lite system wasn't reading anything during the production, so I just decided not to mention it. Get ready for more content like this soon!
Try to get a .cn r4 card those doesn't have any timebomb otherwise you'll need to install YSMenu to r4 cards like gold pro (Timebomb: card will stop working one day and you'll need to do some tweak for reviving it he is explaining at 1:00)
@@kerem1294 the time bomb is stored in the kernel itself. The card has no impact on a time bomb being there at all, only where you download the software from.
@@ShaggyMetalJay let me repeat myself Cards like gold pro will stop working one day, their software works that way and there is NO way to remove it BUT you can bypass it with YSMenu that is the only way some of people don't prefer it cause how menu looks But these cards have RTS that lets you to save from anywhere which its great (Arton is using R4 card with YSMenu cause it had a timebomb) There are also other cards called WOOD R4 You can not save from anywhere (only in game saving) but menu is looking great, and you do not have to use YSmenu Note: you can NOT install wood menu kernel to gold pro kernel, you can only update the software by downloading it from manufacturer website There are lot of r4 cards that way, you can google which ones have timebomb and which ones don't
Appreciate the content. I have only had solid experiences with the R4 card when it comes to DS, Game Boy, and Game Boy Color games. GBA is hit or miss, and everything else just doesn’t feel or look quite right. It would be awesome to see a company put real effort into these cards for better emulation and 3DS game compatibility, but I think that train has left the station with Chinese handhelds being so cheap and easy to use.
@@will_is_class, yes. The roms should be games that you own, otherwise I believe it is considered piracy. I don’t think Amazon would sell the cards if they were illegal to possess in the first place.
3ds doesn't have a dedicated chip to run gba games. So gba emulation is never flawless on 3ds. DS is still flawless on 3ds tho because it has a dedicated chip for DS games. It has the DSi chip which is an updated version of the one from ds and lite so 3ds plays ds better than DS consoles but GBA it still suffers
Man, I have tried to set my R4 card like this for ages but just can’t get it all to work. Don’t know if it’s cause my R4 card is from 2020? Anyways, great video Anton, is their any way you can share your exact R4 card files so I can try it on mine? Thanks man!
Hello Anton, I've been trying for *years* to get SNESEmul to work right even with just SMW, what tweaking did you have to do to get it to work? Thanks!
Hello! Really nice content, I do have a R4, I actually had like 3 of them, but some broke or aren't compatible with my 3DS (it's outdated since i used it to play on DSi before died) my current R4 it's kinda strange, because every time i want to use it i have to set the date of my 3DS to year 2004 to make it work, yeah it's very strange, i wonder if you know about this and if there's a solution to it so i don't have to change the date all the time cause that messes up my 3DS games like Animal Crossing
Hi! Glad you liked the video. There is actually an easy way to fix the timebomb issue, using ysmenu. It's an os that is really simple to use and organized. I do have a tutorial on the topic: th-cam.com/video/cGq8VmTbolg/w-d-xo.html Hope this helps :)
@@antonretro IT WORKED! Thank you so much, i actually didn't understand what did you mean with time bomb in the video, glad you replied, now i know, I'm really thankful, one last question, is there a button combination to go back to the rom selection? Before it was L+R+A+B+X+Y, this doesn't work with ysmenu, wondering if it has another button combination so i don't have to reset the console everytime i want to switch games, again, thank you.
2:37 how are you running Celeste PICO 8 on R4 card? Something I am still waiting for is a Virtual Boy emulator for the DS (Not the 3DS). People say it's too hard to make because VB is more powerful than SNES and the DS can't even emulate THAT properly, and to thst I say "you're full of crap". The DS can VERY PROPERLY emulate SNES so I don't think it would be a stretch to make a VB emulator.Also I'm not an expert on chips and device preformance and all that but this is just what I think. If a VB emulator is NOT possible, than can someone at the very least take all 22 of the VB games and make DS ports? If anyone reading this knows about a VB emulator for DS or has a link for DS ports of VB games, please reply with them. I'll be editing to the end of time to play Virtual Boy on the DS. Thanks.
3:50 Can you give link for super smash bros ultimate homebrew rom? (Or you can tell just name) Looks cool :) i looked to link but there are few super smash roms i do not know which one thats in the video
@@ShaggyMetalJay not what I mean. what I meant is to play the 3DS games, I know they work on a 3DS they work on any DS system but I haven't seen one with any way to do those as of right now which doesn't completely make sense cuz I get there made for the DS but that's what I was saying I wish they would make one design specifically for 3DS games
its inposible nintendo ds is a 32 bit system and the nintendo ds has only 4 mb of ram the same amount of ram as the n64 had , it is literaly imposible to emulate n64 on a ds
I'm thinking of getting an R4 card as 3ds games continue to go up in price. So for this R4 card, we just download the emulators and roms onto the sd card if I'm watching correctly?
Check the gbarunner2 compatibility list. It has tips for fixing some of the most common problems on each specific game. Some are truly broken, others can be fix by easily messing around with the gbarunner2's configuration. Haven't tried minish cap yet. Good Luck :)
Hi new fan of the channel. I followed the guide for my r4 and downloaded ys menu but it still comes up as couldn't find menu. Is there a step I'm missing? I'm not great with computers. I thought I could add more games than the 4 already on it but I lost those too. Please help.
this video helped a lot but when emulating gba games it seems pokemon emerald won't even run, fire red works fine as do the others i've tested. Looking online i've tried a few solutions but none have seemed to work has this happened to you? and if so do you have any tips on solving it
I just got a new sdhc r4 that has acecard3ds menus on it. Is it possible to convert it to Ysmenu? The front of the card doesn’t say real time save though, is that an issue?
Have you ever tried TWiLight Menu++ ? Foundable on GitHub HS: do you have a filter to remove comments that contain a link? I posted a similar comment the day you posted the video, but it's nowhere to be found...
No, the r4 card is technically a ds cartridge. So it can still run on a 3ds because of backwards compatibility, but cant play ds games because then how could it be played on the regular ds?
I get an error message, when trying to load gba games directly from the file: No flash cartridge in slot2, how do i fix and if i go through the emu. it has sound bugs in most games. also 3d games like super monkeyball or doom2 are extremely broken
Hey Anton! I just wanted to ask if the R4 can play any emulators for the Namco Bandai Wonderswan and where I can find them and translated versions of those three Wonderswan Digimon games that did the backstory of that Tamer they kids in the third Digimon series met in the Digital World.
Hey Anton. I'm getting the can't find _dsmenu.dat error on my setup of the R4 and doing everything exactly as in your set up video. I have what is supposed to be an R4 SDHC from 2021 and using a New 2ds XL but it simply won't work. Any idea what might be and how to fix? *maybe might be connected to the fact it's not the real deal R4 but most likely a china version
would an r4 card work just fine on my 3ds that is running the latest Luma cfw? I would like to use it to run DS and GBA games quickly without twilight menu or custom vc injections(slow procedures)
Great video, could you help me out. im trying to soft reset in pokemon heartgold because it's my favourite game, but everytime i do sr it gives me a white screen. do you any fix for this?
Is Monster Jam Urban Assault, Scene It Twilight, Kim Possible Kimmunicator, The Biggest Loser and Napoleon Dynamite The Game on that R4 card? Are the Game Boy Advance games Danny Phantom The Ultimate Enemy, Bratz The Movie, Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events, Herbie Fully Loaded, Jimmy Neutron Attack of the Twonkies, The Nightmare Before Christmas The Pumpkin King, All Grown Up Express Yourself, That's So Raven and Sabrina the Teenage Witch Potion Commotion on that R4 card?
I didn't manage to make Mario RPG : Legend of the Seven Stars work on SNEmulDS. Did anyone managed to do it ? I only have white screens, and I tried with 2 different roms :/
Hello! I would like to know what i have to do for enable all the slots of real time saves, because my R4 Gold just have 1 slot of the RTS save. Someone here can help me?
Today, my dad found my old 3DS. I don't remember if I had any games on it, and I don't know where the charger is, so I'll need to buy one. Does anyone know a good website where I can get a 200-500 in 1 game cartridge for the 3DS that works well and saves progress easily? I want one that's simple to set up so my nephew can play it without any hassle. Also, if you don't know a website, can you tell me the name of a good product? I know Amazon has a lot, but the reviews are hard to trust. It seems most of the multi-game cartridges have issues. I'm looking for one that's easy to use and reliable. Sorry @Anton Retro if I just misused your comment section for this kind of help.
Anton does what Nintendon't
Oh heck didn't think I'd find you here
Hello
You seem to hate Nintendo lol.
@@jumentoqueanima who dosent anyone who likes the company is insane
@@keithflippers4429 But like, why the hell would nintendo teach you how to install a bunch of games for free? They also need to earn money.
@@jumentoqueanima seems like you should tell him that
you know whats hard to find? the technical ins and outs of how the r4 card actually works. like, what is the little OS that it boots into that lets you choose your game, why does it look like a game rom to the DS, not speculation like "so Nintendo doesn't find out" no i mean why those specific games and not some random one. like, i REALLY want to know how EXACTLY this thing works. There are nearly no YT videos on the subject. Its all kinda "place these files here, then boot the game" im like, "okay but why do it do that and how you look menu difrent??" you know what i mean? That would be such a cool deep dive into it all ^~^
Ok now i really want one. r4 cards look awesome
Thank you all for the support on the video! However, I forgot to mention that the R4 does work on the DS Lite. However my DS Lite system wasn't reading anything during the production, so I just decided not to mention it. Get ready for more content like this soon!
Hi
This is really cool. And It reminds me of my childhood, I called It the Master Card, like the actual card.
good time for a video, was thinking of getting an R4 since I lost my old one a while ago...
same
Try to get a .cn r4 card those doesn't have any timebomb otherwise you'll need to install YSMenu to r4 cards like gold pro
(Timebomb: card will stop working one day and you'll need to do some tweak for reviving it he is explaining at 1:00)
@@kerem1294 the time bomb is stored in the kernel itself. The card has no impact on a time bomb being there at all, only where you download the software from.
@@ShaggyMetalJay let me repeat myself
Cards like gold pro will stop working one day, their software works that way and there is NO way to remove it
BUT you can bypass it with YSMenu that is the only way some of people don't prefer it cause how menu looks
But these cards have RTS that lets you to save from anywhere which its great
(Arton is using R4 card with YSMenu cause it had a timebomb)
There are also other cards called WOOD R4
You can not save from anywhere (only in game saving) but menu is looking great, and you do not have to use YSmenu
Note: you can NOT install wood menu kernel to gold pro kernel, you can only update the software by downloading it from manufacturer website
There are lot of r4 cards that way, you can google which ones have timebomb and which ones don't
Appreciate the content. I have only had solid experiences with the R4 card when it comes to DS, Game Boy, and Game Boy Color games. GBA is hit or miss, and everything else just doesn’t feel or look quite right. It would be awesome to see a company put real effort into these cards for better emulation and 3DS game compatibility, but I think that train has left the station with Chinese handhelds being so cheap and easy to use.
Is it legal to have?
@@will_is_class, yes. The roms should be games that you own, otherwise I believe it is considered piracy. I don’t think Amazon would sell the cards if they were illegal to possess in the first place.
3ds doesn't have a dedicated chip to run gba games. So gba emulation is never flawless on 3ds. DS is still flawless on 3ds tho because it has a dedicated chip for DS games. It has the DSi chip which is an updated version of the one from ds and lite so 3ds plays ds better than DS consoles but GBA it still suffers
what game are you playing for the one with the day 1 Noll?
0:54
Hey Anton, I just wanted to ask if there is a way to fix the audio problem on the GBA emulator.
If not, are there any other emulators that I can use?
0:54 game called
Giana Sisters DS
Can you use this to put free 3ds games on your console?
Great Content Good Luck Dude
So no custom hacking needed for this? Just drag drop roms on a micro sd card, put inside adapter inside the console snd boom?
Good video👍. when will the tutorial for your own customize them come out?
2:12 what was that game? Where you pushed the stones away? I remember that from my childhood...
started to look for the exact same info in the comments. replying here hoping someon can answer
@@rirukk seems like another creator who never responds to comments :(
@@rirukk If my other comment doesn't get displayed because of a link, it's "Kwirk", originally "puzzle boy" from Japan.
@@Loony_BeLuna thanks a lot!
@@rirukk I'm glad I could help.
Whats the name for the mario game on 4:17 i cant find it anywhere 😭😭
Man, I have tried to set my R4 card like this for ages but just can’t get it all to work. Don’t know if it’s cause my R4 card is from 2020? Anyways, great video Anton, is their any way you can share your exact R4 card files so I can try it on mine? Thanks man!
He has a tutorial on how to set it up on his channel
Where did you get this R4 and how much was it?
2:11 "I don't know why it's called Lameboy"
I can take a guess. Maybe it has to do with the Lame MP3 Codec.
How did you run Celeste on the DS ?
Where the hell did you got a platinum rom?!?!? I found some but they never work on my dsi
Does the r4 card you have contain the infamous time bomb?
Did you make a video about how to make your own menus??
Hello Anton, I've been trying for *years* to get SNESEmul to work right even with just SMW, what tweaking did you have to do to get it to work? Thanks!
Does it run RetroArch and does it play 3ds games ?
How do you make your ysmenu look like this ? Mine is a disgusting looking rainbow trash for some reason I can't change.
Hello! Really nice content, I do have a R4, I actually had like 3 of them, but some broke or aren't compatible with my 3DS (it's outdated since i used it to play on DSi before died) my current R4 it's kinda strange, because every time i want to use it i have to set the date of my 3DS to year 2004 to make it work, yeah it's very strange, i wonder if you know about this and if there's a solution to it so i don't have to change the date all the time cause that messes up my 3DS games like Animal Crossing
Hi! Glad you liked the video. There is actually an easy way to fix the timebomb issue, using ysmenu. It's an os that is really simple to use and organized. I do have a tutorial on the topic: th-cam.com/video/cGq8VmTbolg/w-d-xo.html Hope this helps :)
@@antonretro IT WORKED! Thank you so much, i actually didn't understand what did you mean with time bomb in the video, glad you replied, now i know, I'm really thankful, one last question, is there a button combination to go back to the rom selection? Before it was L+R+A+B+X+Y, this doesn't work with ysmenu, wondering if it has another button combination so i don't have to reset the console everytime i want to switch games, again, thank you.
@@MrBonini2594 still waitin' on his reply? dont worry, we've all been there buddy
@@ZingaMadinga I even forgot i made this comment lmao
@@MrBonini2594 Did you find out the answer? I too hate it when a content creator doesn't respond to the questions asked by his fans.
Would the Pokémon I get from the games from the R4 be comparable with Pokémon Bank?
Yeah
2:37 how are you running Celeste PICO 8 on R4 card?
Something I am still waiting for is a Virtual Boy emulator for the DS (Not the 3DS). People say it's too hard to make because VB is more powerful than SNES and the DS can't even emulate THAT properly, and to thst I say "you're full of crap". The DS can VERY PROPERLY emulate SNES so I don't think it would be a stretch to make a VB emulator.Also I'm not an expert on chips and device preformance and all that but this is just what I think. If a VB emulator is NOT possible, than can someone at the very least take all 22 of the VB games and make DS ports? If anyone reading this knows about a VB emulator for DS or has a link for DS ports of VB games, please reply with them. I'll be editing to the end of time to play Virtual Boy on the DS. Thanks.
Finally fixed up my old cartridge w/ A new SD card today! I already have so many games!
Nice video! :D I only use mine to play Room hacks.
When is the video for making your own costume Theme
That's in the menu
I don't understand the point on using an R4 on anything DSi onward given how easy it is to mod them.
anton how do i install gameboy roms? which website?
U gotta give a download for that theme it looks cool
3:50 Can you give link for super smash bros ultimate homebrew rom? (Or you can tell just name) Looks cool :)
i looked to link but there are few super smash roms i do not know which one thats in the video
Check the description as I just added links to the homebrew games :)
What game is it at 1:05 ? Looks all right cheers Stew
It's Giana Sisters DS and it's a very underrated DS game :)
Love the r4 I wish they would make a 3ds one
They work for 3ds, I think you might have to do a patch or something though. Just type 2ds homebrew into youtube.
@@ShaggyMetalJay not what I mean. what I meant is to play the 3DS games, I know they work on a 3DS they work on any DS system but I haven't seen one with any way to do those as of right now which doesn't completely make sense cuz I get there made for the DS but that's what I was saying I wish they would make one design specifically for 3DS games
@@ericcook5745 there is Sky3ds for that, but running CFW is easier. Have an R4 for NDS stuff, and 3DS, Emulators etc, on the SD for 3DS.
What's the game on 1:00
Can you do Multiplayer on 2 of these carts?
Anton, I have a question... is it also possible to play N64 games?
its inposible nintendo ds is a 32 bit system and the nintendo ds has only 4 mb of ram the same amount of ram as the n64 had , it is literaly imposible to emulate n64 on a ds
@@dovydasbracas2131 that sucks, but that would had been cool
I was wondering when on a gba game is there a way to go back to the main menu of the r4 card ?
we need an update on a 3ds flash cart that lets you play 3ds roms
I'm thinking of getting an R4 card as 3ds games continue to go up in price. So for this R4 card, we just download the emulators and roms onto the sd card if I'm watching correctly?
Did DS download play work with sn R4 card hosting?
Hello,is possible to use ez flash save files in R4?
I cant find that card anywhere. Would that work with 3DS XL new*?
I could only get it to work for DS games. I get an error message about no card in the slot when I try playing GBA, GB or anything else.
Hello I have old R4 card I want to use in DSi but when ever I use it's freezing in loading screen please help for set up
I'm finding it difficult to just...get it working. It keeps giving me a TF error screen when I try to use it. Anyone know of a work around?
How do you get running The Legende of Zelda The Minish Cap so clean? I've got always that currios Lines, who makes it unplaybal on longer gamingtimes.
Check the gbarunner2 compatibility list. It has tips for fixing some of the most common problems on each specific game. Some are truly broken, others can be fix by easily messing around with the gbarunner2's configuration. Haven't tried minish cap yet. Good Luck :)
Is there a Shortcut to Go back to the menu?
I had a r4 card when I was a kid. I still have it but it doesn’t work on any of my ds
My new 3Ds won’t read the r4 card but my 2ds does. Does the new 3Ds have something that blocks the r4?
I don't need Homebrew for this, do I?
hello mate.
do you know if you can add cheats to the emulators games? i.e gen snes gb etc
PLEASE make a video on how you make YSMenu skins
Can you play Gameboy Advance games on the Nintendo 64? Thanks
What about the load times though, how fast is it compared to just running forwarders or using tw menu
i have a question, how do i get pokemon emerald to work whit this setup?
Is there a specific version of the R4 card on Amazon you would recommend?
Yes none of them are real
Hi new fan of the channel. I followed the guide for my r4 and downloaded ys menu but it still comes up as couldn't find menu. Is there a step I'm missing? I'm not great with computers. I thought I could add more games than the 4 already on it but I lost those too. Please help.
I need to mode New Nintendo 3 DS XL with this flashcard with this kind of card without timebomb it's this possible?
Can you please teach us how to make ys themes?
That was super cool. Thank for the vid.
No problem, glad you liked it!
Where can I buy one that’s fully loaded?
hey im wondering which system you recommend the most for r4 cards
I would recommend the New Nintendo 3DS, 2DS or even DSi. Those systems should work very well with it.
@@antonretro alright thanks for the advice
@@DrLeckon if your only looking for OG DS games just get cheapest ds you can get
Or look for a ds lite, you can play ds games and gameboy advance games
@@antonretro do 3ds games work on the card?
this video helped a lot but when emulating gba games it seems pokemon emerald won't even run, fire red works fine as do the others i've tested. Looking online i've tried a few solutions but none have seemed to work has this happened to you? and if so do you have any tips on solving it
Tried using this method and am getting a ‘cannot open ds menu.dat’ error message. Any suggestions? Thank you!
Does it work on the ds lite?
I cant get gba games running
I don't have a card that supports Ysmenu but I have an Ace3ds clone card with Wood that's even better!
I accidentally updated my New 3DS XL to 11.17.05 am I screwed?
I just got a new sdhc r4 that has acecard3ds menus on it. Is it possible to convert it to Ysmenu? The front of the card doesn’t say real time save though, is that an issue?
Hey could you make a gbarunner2 tutorial because I can not get it to work
Thanks for the video! How can I adjust the brightness level?
r
hi, do i still need private headers when using r4 cards for 3ds?
Have you ever tried TWiLight Menu++ ?
Foundable on GitHub
HS: do you have a filter to remove comments that contain a link?
I posted a similar comment the day you posted the video, but it's nowhere to be found...
How can i download snes ds correctly? (Can you make a tutorial?)
Wait you can't put 3ds games on the r4 card????
No, the r4 card is technically a ds cartridge. So it can still run on a 3ds because of backwards compatibility, but cant play ds games because then how could it be played on the regular ds?
I get an error message, when trying to load gba games directly from the file: No flash cartridge in slot2, how do i fix and if i go through the emu. it has sound bugs in most games.
also 3d games like super monkeyball or doom2 are extremely broken
I still don’t know does it run 3ds
Hey Anton! I just wanted to ask if the R4 can play any emulators for the Namco Bandai Wonderswan and where I can find them and translated versions of those three Wonderswan Digimon games that did the backstory of that Tamer they kids in the third Digimon series met in the Digital World.
i have trouble playing pokemon black/white whenever i try to save the game froze, ive been searching alot and nothing helps any tips?
can that play 3ds games on 2ds console??
Will my system get banned if used this flash card? Or any other version of it like the gold one?
Also, do i have to mod my 3DS in order to use it? 😣
Does this work for 2ds?
Se puede usar para un Wii U, y una tableta que tenga USB C , solo usando un adaptador de HDMI a USB C
Hey Anton. I'm getting the can't find _dsmenu.dat error on my setup of the R4 and doing everything exactly as in your set up video. I have what is supposed to be an R4 SDHC from 2021 and using a New 2ds XL but it simply won't work. Any idea what might be and how to fix? *maybe might be connected to the fact it's not the real deal R4 but most likely a china version
would an r4 card work just fine on my 3ds that is running the latest Luma cfw? I would like to use it to run DS and GBA games quickly without twilight menu or custom vc injections(slow procedures)
Great video, could you help me out. im trying to soft reset in pokemon heartgold because it's my favourite game, but everytime i do sr it gives me a white screen.
do you any fix for this?
How can i play Homebrew games
Is Monster Jam Urban Assault, Scene It Twilight, Kim Possible Kimmunicator, The Biggest Loser and Napoleon Dynamite The Game on that R4 card?
Are the Game Boy Advance games Danny Phantom The Ultimate Enemy, Bratz The Movie, Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events, Herbie Fully Loaded, Jimmy Neutron Attack of the Twonkies, The Nightmare Before Christmas The Pumpkin King, All Grown Up Express Yourself, That's So Raven and Sabrina the Teenage Witch Potion Commotion on that R4 card?
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Where can I get a r4 card nowadays?
buy from online , like amazon
can r4 play 3ds game ???
where can I get ROMS
@BroMchammer 🤓🤓🤓
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I didn't manage to make Mario RPG : Legend of the Seven Stars work on SNEmulDS. Did anyone managed to do it ? I only have white screens, and I tried with 2 different roms :/
Hello! I would like to know what i have to do for enable all the slots of real time saves, because my R4 Gold just have 1 slot of the RTS save. Someone here can help me?
Nintendo DSi XL
Today, my dad found my old 3DS. I don't remember if I had any games on it, and I don't know where the charger is, so I'll need to buy one. Does anyone know a good website where I can get a 200-500 in 1 game cartridge for the 3DS that works well and saves progress easily? I want one that's simple to set up so my nephew can play it without any hassle.
Also, if you don't know a website, can you tell me the name of a good product? I know Amazon has a lot, but the reviews are hard to trust. It seems most of the multi-game cartridges have issues. I'm looking for one that's easy to use and reliable. Sorry @Anton Retro if I just misused your comment section for this kind of help.