I Bought a $7 Nintendo DS Flash Cartridge

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  • The Nintendo DS was a hugely successful console. It sold over a hundred million units, and its games sold even more. However, there was a deep dark secret looming around: the R4 - Revolution for DS. This flash cart allowed the user to put game ROMs on a MicroSD card and play them right on their Nintendo DS. I always wanted one as a kid, but my parents never let me get my hands on one. I wonder why...
    Now that I'm much older and I know how to back up my games legally and responsibly, I decided to look for one of these "R4" cartridges. I went to eBay and found the R4 Gold Pro on sale for $6.99 with free shipping. Let's give it a shot! Surely nothing could go wrong... what's a time bomb?
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  • @Aarmastah
    @Aarmastah  4 ปีที่แล้ว +265

    UPDATE (again): Among the vast list of other things ruined by the onslaught of the pandemic, it looks like the R4i Gold 3DS Plus is no longer being manufactured. The company's website appears to be down and I can't find any listings for it anymore, so I have no choice but to instead recommend the card I featured in this video with RGF's YSMenu installed.

    • @quarantinecompute
      @quarantinecompute 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Rip luckily i got one.
      For firmware id recommend twiilight menu (idk just like the ui better)

    • @numberoneappgames
      @numberoneappgames 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      The websites for these cartridges are always being shifted around for legal reason.

    • @RetroLodge
      @RetroLodge 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      How can I record my DS Lite screen to live stream like you?

    • @sullivann
      @sullivann 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I like your newest theme on the gba temp fourms

    • @PiotrK
      @PiotrK 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Lies, the site is running perfectly at least now. My R4 time bomb hit (i had 2015 card), updated firmware and it was working perfectly again.

  • @failingnovelist6443
    @failingnovelist6443 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1547

    We live in a world where people are afraid to say they downloaded a 20 year old game out of fear Nintendo will sue them.

    • @2chalk
      @2chalk 4 ปีที่แล้ว +70

      yeah we live in a fucken society

    • @thealterlion7163
      @thealterlion7163 4 ปีที่แล้ว +104

      Failing Novelist F for emuparadise

    • @xXdarkdekuXx
      @xXdarkdekuXx 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@2chalk well sometimes games get used to make remakes, and that's when Nintendo or big game company goes for them or shuts projects down.

    • @xXdarkdekuXx
      @xXdarkdekuXx 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@thealterlion7163 you can get an extension that may or may not allow downloads. I don't remember it was a friend of a friend that told me.

    • @thealterlion7163
      @thealterlion7163 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      thy_savior I may or may not know about that extension

  • @FoxGL
    @FoxGL 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    The R4 was my childhood, I didn't have many games but after my nan bought it for me I loved it I played so many games until it stopped working, and when I found out how to fix it I lost it and found out it's illegal in most country's

  • @jengelenm
    @jengelenm 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Finally!!! A great video about this topic! I am searching info for a long time about a "2013 R4 Gold" I own. It doesn't work anymore on all 3dsxl systems i own. Unfortunately my kids turned the wifi on at one point, and Nintendo installs updates. i was told these updates make the Card unable. But now you are telling about the Time Bomb, i am blown away! i got v11 to v13 on the DS systems. i tought the R4 would still work on the v8 DS software. i almost tried downgrading the DS with the help of some shady TH-cam movies. i probably would have bricked it. I am so Lucky i didnt proceed with that. Thanks! I hope someone will find a way some day, to get these cards up running again. Modern Vintage Gamer also has a great video about jailbreaking the DS! Cheers

  • @laughterandlevels
    @laughterandlevels 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Man I found these bad boys at the pulga

  • @videomaker580
    @videomaker580 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    You can also just change the date back on your ds to undo the time bomb's effects.

  • @KlausG.M
    @KlausG.M 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I had a Revolution for ds (R4) but it Was the Yellow one on my dsi xl and this vid helped me a lot i am going to buy that r4 clone now

  • @roquejo6194
    @roquejo6194 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    i use this as a means to play ds games that are impossible to find, yes, its illegal, but some of these games are like 10-15 years old, with barely any legal ways to play em, and flash cards for the ds are easy to use if you know how to use em.

  • @derp195
    @derp195 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2174

    "Now I'm 19 and I know not to download game roms from the internet."
    lol ok

    • @joshmeserve5333
      @joshmeserve5333 4 ปีที่แล้ว +210

      I have a cheap chromebook for the sole purpose of running GBA roms

    • @TrueLifeRetelling
      @TrueLifeRetelling 4 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      Derp Yeah when he said that
      it made me laugh

    • @zZiL341yRj736
      @zZiL341yRj736 4 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      I have no problem. Doesn't matter of you own the game, it's still illegal to dump it.

    • @sixunity1171
      @sixunity1171 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@zZiL341yRj736 yeah there's no difference just download the game without owning it it's still illegal

    • @derp195
      @derp195 4 ปีที่แล้ว +83

      @@zZiL341yRj736 It is not illegal to dump roms from your own cartridge.

  • @Syddy_
    @Syddy_ 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1707

    man this guy REALLY wants you to know he's not breaking any laws

    • @Coldsteak
      @Coldsteak 4 ปีที่แล้ว +129

      p-please dont sue me nintendo even though it would be a massive PR nightmare to sue a customer for every penny theyre worth

    • @Syddy_
      @Syddy_ 4 ปีที่แล้ว +69

      @@Coldsteak wouldn't be the first time it's happened tbh

    • @calvinanderson4245
      @calvinanderson4245 4 ปีที่แล้ว +61

      @@Coldsteak Nintendo could get away with murdering a fan who criticizes any of their games/services/policies in general.

    • @thelegendkillersshittyduff1335
      @thelegendkillersshittyduff1335 4 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      He's a good sheep. Companies break laws all the time

    • @KennyMaximum
      @KennyMaximum 4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      Syddy That’s cause everyone get’s overly emotional in the comments when mentioning piracy, as if they’re all so pristine. Most of these people probably done worse things than pirating lol. He was right to make that VERY known or he’d risk getting an abundance of downward pointing good luck fingers.

  • @Nimonacore
    @Nimonacore 4 ปีที่แล้ว +614

    I mean. You can just put your clock backwards and that fixes the "time bomb"

    • @samboyd2999
      @samboyd2999 4 ปีที่แล้ว +70

      You can also mess around with custom firmwares to remove them as well

    • @SB-SB
      @SB-SB 4 ปีที่แล้ว +56

      I was thinking a possible solution would be to wait for the time bomb to blow and then redownload the necessary files to get it working again. That company has to update their site/downloads to keep their future cards working. Obviously you're just waiting for the problem to come up again but I assume that would be the easiest way if you wanted to keep the date accurate.

    • @AceFondu
      @AceFondu 4 ปีที่แล้ว +112

      @@SB-SB You don't even have to redownload anything. I "activated" my time bomb to see what happened, got the error message, rebooted and set the date back really far, and it booted perfectly fine. All the time bomb seems to do is do an initial date check and refuse to boot if it's past like 2025. It's seriously a non-issue.

    • @homeostasis3339
      @homeostasis3339 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      yeah thats what i did with mine

    • @ViraRiva
      @ViraRiva 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@AceFondu so if i were to buy one of these right now how long will i be able to play until a time bomb happens?

  • @PumpkinJamJam
    @PumpkinJamJam 4 ปีที่แล้ว +136

    I remember I knew a kid at my school with an R4, seeing him scroll through all the games made me so jealous lol

    • @ZNTGGamer
      @ZNTGGamer 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Same lol 😂

    • @breeseburger
      @breeseburger 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I've got an original one with a gold sticker on it. It doesn't work anymore as my DSi was too advance. But almost 2 weeks ago I modded my ds so there is basically a built-in R4 Card. I use Twilight Menu++ and luckily it's more advance than the ds. Now I can play games I used to play on the R4 even GBA, GG, NES, SNES and even Sega Master System. There's more to add too. Do that if you have a DS and I will help.

  • @Wyr3d
    @Wyr3d 4 ปีที่แล้ว +103

    More like: "Now I'm 19 and I know not to... _admit I_ ...download game roms from the internet."

  • @jeromemccalla9520
    @jeromemccalla9520 4 ปีที่แล้ว +205

    As soon as the video ends..
    Aar: "Time to download all the games I wanted!"

    • @thebearmon5140
      @thebearmon5140 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      lol

    • @valentinherrera607
      @valentinherrera607 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That's the same thing i thought lol
      Or more like "time to put all the games into the r4 i have already downloaded"

    • @ceshmate1953
      @ceshmate1953 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ARrrr we're going on an adventure !

  • @killervacuum
    @killervacuum 4 ปีที่แล้ว +58

    one time i bought an r4 from california on ebay, shortly after the guy sent me an email telling me he'd been banned for selling it but he was still gonna ship it out anyways. worked great!

    • @TheWipal
      @TheWipal 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      what a G 😭😭✋

    • @volonidminus
      @volonidminus 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      What a real one

  • @Stitchmaniac2
    @Stitchmaniac2 4 ปีที่แล้ว +87

    “Now that I’m 19 and know not to download game rooms from the internet”
    Hi I’m 29 I still don’t know this. I’ll be enjoying the entire library on my hacked switch now.. maybe one day I’ll learn , lol

    • @juliecool
      @juliecool 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      hell yeah, switch piracy gang

    • @Stitchmaniac2
      @Stitchmaniac2 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Atmosphere cfw life (well.. nuetos fork, but still)

    • @jehezz
      @jehezz 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Damn yall already up to the next level

    • @juliecool
      @juliecool 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@jehezz ngl I still prefer 3ds hacking, it's a little easier and the hacking scene had been around longer so everything is more fleshed out and whatever. The 3ds Homebrew is epic af, it'll take a hot minute for the switch to catch up lmao

    • @jehezz
      @jehezz 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@juliecool its understandable because i don't even know that switch can be hack but is it safe though? Because bricked switch sound really sucks

  • @billthebaker9419
    @billthebaker9419 4 ปีที่แล้ว +235

    Tfw you realize you’ve been committing piracy throughout your childhood.

    • @IvanTube0
      @IvanTube0 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      stonks

    • @da14a49
      @da14a49 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Boi I didn't get any pocket money - I'd do it even if I knew better

    • @itsthem5699
      @itsthem5699 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      tfw you realize if you listened to music on youtube before 2011 or so you were pirating

    • @unitariansavage8513
      @unitariansavage8513 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      You're one of us now.
      Once a pirate, always a pirate.

    • @xbotscythe
      @xbotscythe 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@unitariansavage8513 *limewire intensifies*

  • @thisaccountisntreal107
    @thisaccountisntreal107 4 ปีที่แล้ว +564

    "My ds backup folder" yeah... backups...

    • @nouns7504
      @nouns7504 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      same thing with drastic

    • @tituslafrombois1164
      @tituslafrombois1164 4 ปีที่แล้ว +61

      We all know he has to claim he didn't download them illegally just in case. We all know what goes on but better safe than sorry.

    • @jhayde8868
      @jhayde8868 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      He showed owning all of the games. He might have downloaded them illegally but showing the games means Nintendo don't have shit in court unless they have access to his Internet download history

    • @glazed_belmont9851
      @glazed_belmont9851 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      xd ZwanzwaN he downloaded them, I help people homebrew their 3ds on discord. See the file at 5:03 ? that's how the filename should look like if it wasn't downloaded from the Internet and yet his footage at 10:08 shows stuff like "XXXX -Pokemon Heartgold (U).nds"
      that's a filename you only find on pirated copies because that's how websites organize their roms.
      I've been helping people for over a year, I see those filenames everyday

    • @glazed_belmont9851
      @glazed_belmont9851 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      it's still piracy even if you own the game, he can dump the roms with Godmode9 (the software on his hacked 3ds), no idea why he said that he dumped them when he didn't

  • @Aarmastah
    @Aarmastah  4 ปีที่แล้ว +721

    R4i Gold 3DS Plus or bust

    • @DeadMemeMan
      @DeadMemeMan 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      both

    • @beepbeeep9343
      @beepbeeep9343 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Plus

    • @Matanumi
      @Matanumi 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      yep the best one- no timebomb AND easy NTRboot for 3DS hacking

    • @jaspar7077
      @jaspar7077 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Can anyone link to this for purchase?

    • @Billy_Souls
      @Billy_Souls 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      The R4 kernel just needs to be updated, happened when it became 2020, i changed my time and it still works, but also firmware on the website makes it work. They aren't fabricating new versions of these, just putting new stickers on them, so they will always have the updates as long as they are a company, which is still questionable

  • @Kallyy
    @Kallyy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +215

    "Now i know not to download ROMS from the internet" Sure thing buddy

    • @CrispiteDubz
      @CrispiteDubz 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Only use it for things like aperture science ds

    • @CrispiteDubz
      @CrispiteDubz 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @Lord Tyrranus. JUST USE HOMEBREW

    • @Bagel_Le_Stinky
      @Bagel_Le_Stinky 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@CrispiteDubz well that's homebrew not a Nintendo game

    • @CrispiteDubz
      @CrispiteDubz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Bagel_Le_Stinky I know that dumbass

  • @AloeEmporium
    @AloeEmporium 4 ปีที่แล้ว +296

    Downloading games is fine. Don't try and be a white knight for the industry.

    • @_daleko
      @_daleko 4 ปีที่แล้ว +78

      Some people say they are forced to say that just to not have problems with TH-cam. Some are just pussies that think the FBI has nothing better to do than arrest the guy who downloaded Tetris DS for free off of emuparadise.

    • @T_chOnYT
      @T_chOnYT 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      my r4 has bee expired for years but in the expiration message it literally says
      Check NDS machine date configuration. So i did that and assumed that was intended

    • @Jaylin7878g
      @Jaylin7878g 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Stealing games is fine.

    • @AloeEmporium
      @AloeEmporium 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@Jaylin7878g Exactly.

    • @valentinherrera607
      @valentinherrera607 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@Jaylin7878g That's not the way i would say it but, yeah! lol

  • @theteeve
    @theteeve 4 ปีที่แล้ว +91

    When my firmware expired all i needed to was mess with the clock and it worked again

    • @theteeve
      @theteeve 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@epicgrapefruit7563 I've never had that problem

    • @vr8652
      @vr8652 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@theteeve no it's because some games act on a calendar system that counts in real-time, and if you adjust the dates it may not progress because it skips time where things should occur. Think of Tomodachi Life for the 3DS (or Animal Crossing but I don't think it messes the progression up)

    • @icardian
      @icardian 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I had an R4 as a stupid kid who updated his system to go the eshop before I found out it already closed and I didn't have a usb that had the micro sd card slot at the back so I couldn't play it

    • @IvanTube0
      @IvanTube0 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      theres a specific r4.dat file that lets you avoid the timebomb on the cartridge

    • @thestaroftheshow
      @thestaroftheshow 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      You can always put YSMENU on it and it will no longer have the timebomb

  • @infamousgamer767
    @infamousgamer767 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    Shout out to the Tunisian dude that called me boss-man who sold me an r4 card when I was like 9

    • @deleteable.
      @deleteable. 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      😂😂😂

    • @hozluvice
      @hozluvice 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      The r4i gold plus?

  • @merlumili
    @merlumili 4 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    maaan, this video hit me hard with nostalgia. When I got my first ds, my mom couldn't afford the games so she just gave me the R4 card and it came with a bunch of weird, third party games, but I loved them so much. And obviously the classics too, mario party, mario kart and all that.
    One day the thing just stopped working, and now I know why lol.

    • @christianskjod3440
      @christianskjod3440 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Probably because some of them have timebombs, where after a certain time they stop working. U can remove the timebomb by setting the clock back tho iirc!

  • @Scrubadub12
    @Scrubadub12 4 ปีที่แล้ว +66

    I’d imagine you Publicly denounce roms and emulators, but let’s be real, can u buy a retail version of some of these games new anymore? No? Emulate it.

    • @Aarmastah
      @Aarmastah  4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      I wholeheartedly approve the use of emulators, and I think game preservation is important. I can't condone downloading the games, though, because that's where the legality is questionable.

    • @vincells
      @vincells 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@Aarmastah -people are still gonna do it anyway lol-

    • @dehvun7
      @dehvun7 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yeah if you wait 3 weeks for shipping and handling thats got crumbs in the case

    • @cadelisowe4887
      @cadelisowe4887 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Aarmastah what's the point of an emulator if you cant play any games for it?

    • @2-Way_Intersection
      @2-Way_Intersection 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Aarmastah i mean, if nobody makes money off of it anymore, is anyone really losing out? sure you could make a case for used copies/resale stores but they arent making money off that game, they're making money off something in their store. my buying crash of the titans for wii from them would be the same as me buying ds.

  • @Aarmastah
    @Aarmastah  4 ปีที่แล้ว +54

    UPDATE: After having failure issues with Walmart's onn SD cards, I can no longer recommend them. Please pick up a more reputable brand if you opt to use it in a flash cart.
    th-cam.com/video/Ni5iVDMONO4/w-d-xo.html

    • @kegajitt
      @kegajitt 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      you can pick one up on amazon and they cost like 5 dollars for 16gb one

    • @Ruby_Mochii
      @Ruby_Mochii 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I know the limit is 32gb but what happens if I use a 64gb one?
      Just because, smaller ones costs more per gb thats why i want to use a 64gb.
      About the firmware, do they work on the latest?
      Thanks about the timebomb, always wanted to know if I can get rid of it.
      I'm considering of getting one and just need advice.

    • @kegajitt
      @kegajitt 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ysmenu does work on 2020 r4s

    • @dogeftw5491
      @dogeftw5491 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Ruby_Mochii It should be working, if you you format the sd card to FAT32 with the tool called SD card Formatter.

  • @noriele7950
    @noriele7950 4 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    Number 15: The $7 Nintendo DS Flash Cartridge

    • @norsegoat1408
      @norsegoat1408 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      😂

    • @NatTheRufusSimp
      @NatTheRufusSimp 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Mine were always 25€!

    • @2-Way_Intersection
      @2-Way_Intersection 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      the lat thing you want on your nintendo ds is someone's foot fungus but as it turns out that might be what you get

  • @97MarioDude97
    @97MarioDude97 4 ปีที่แล้ว +174

    My friend had an R4 for his DSi when we were kids and I was absolutely mesmerized by it. I thought it was so cool to be able to play any game you wanted all on one cartridge. Fast-forward almost 10 years and he got an R4 for me for Christmas and it's been a blast. I definitely think it's a neat piece of hardware even if it's a little hard to know what you're getting.

    • @ahmedking6881
      @ahmedking6881 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      R4 is Legends and best

    • @OnefinityAnimationsTSF101
      @OnefinityAnimationsTSF101 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      R4 GANG

    • @thedevildarksoul9727
      @thedevildarksoul9727 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@OnefinityAnimationsTSF101 R4 R4 R4 R4 !!!!

    • @ZinfinityX
      @ZinfinityX 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I'm confused by his statement "became obsolete once the DSi dropped" he made it seem like the DSi has some kind of built in exploitable component. You seem to have found a use for the R4 though

    • @thestaroftheshow
      @thestaroftheshow 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      My roms for some reason on the R4 isn’t working.
      Do you know anyway to let it work on it? They’re put down as the .nds files. Are they supposed to be a .zip file?

  • @cattysplat
    @cattysplat 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    When I bought my first R4 flashcart I actually got it on Amazon, this was before the landmark court order than made them illegal to sell. You could buy it in pretty much every independent game store too until the law change, which also killed their business in chipping consoles. It was pretty crazy thinking back just how mainstream pirating had become at that time, I remember so many people with pirated PS2s, DS's and PSP's. As a broke kid though it saved me from playing the same games over and over and having a world of variety to choose from, like living in a game shop/blockbuster for real.

    • @JerKKeR
      @JerKKeR 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Back then people made real Business with piracy too. The target audience for these flashcarts were kids who had no idea of how to set them up. So stores would charge them a small fee for every game they wanted preloaded on their R4s. It was a malicious win/win. The kids only paid 2$ instead of 20-40$ per game while sellers basically made big money selling stuff that they downloaded online for free

  • @GGwolftheMCplayer
    @GGwolftheMCplayer 4 ปีที่แล้ว +70

    Is anyone going to talk about how the time bomb is literally just to make you update the kernel on the card? It's to account for firmware updates and such, it doesn't kill the card and you didn't need to buy a new card. I have an R4i for my DS Lite I've used since like 2010 and as soon as the bomb triggered I Googled the issue and low and behold you just had to download the new kernal, but at the time I think I ended up messing with the date just because I was at my grandma's without a computer.

    • @Confruggy
      @Confruggy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      All they want is having control over your card. Forcing you to update the kernel when there's no genuine reason to do so is still a shitty thing that shouldn't be there. It should be your choice to make, not theirs.

    • @GGwolftheMCplayer
      @GGwolftheMCplayer 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@Confruggy True, it's not at all a good thing but with such an easy fix, no matter which one you use, it's kind of a non-issue at this point.

    • @NatTheRufusSimp
      @NatTheRufusSimp 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Tbh i've never gotten this timebomb message, i got different messages because of corrupted data or because i put the wrong micro sd card in
      One time i broke my cartridge by accidentally deleting the important file while making space for new games. I could fix it by reinstalling the file, but then the games had gamebreaking glitches like in professor layton you could only do one thing and after that the game would soft lock

    • @GGwolftheMCplayer
      @GGwolftheMCplayer 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@NatTheRufusSimp That's weiiiiird, I've never seen something like that. Do you mean the Moonshell file or whatever? I feel like a fresh kernel reinstall might fix that if it's a software issue, I doubt the card was physically broken but who knows

  • @joseless2771
    @joseless2771 4 ปีที่แล้ว +103

    I used to have one of the original R4 for my DS when i was a child. I wonder where it has gone 😅

    • @npc_blob1609
      @npc_blob1609 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Same!

    • @brancograf7384
      @brancograf7384 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I still have mine never knee what it was used for😬

    • @georgemunoz5744
      @georgemunoz5744 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I'm pretty sure I remember using the micro sd card and not being able to use it

    • @joseless2771
      @joseless2771 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@georgemunoz5744 For that you needed to download a menu and put it in the SDcard of the R4 card

    • @joseless2771
      @joseless2771 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@YoCroky if someone did something to it might have been my father cause he could have thrown it to the garbage XD.

  • @Bleats_Sinodai
    @Bleats_Sinodai 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    If anyone wants it (if anything, for the nostalgia of the crappy kernel's menus) I have a R4i 3D 2014 that still works with the original kernel it came with. I can dump an image of my SD card or something.
    It came bundled with my 3DS XL (downtown shops do that sometimes).

    • @edricdayne6555
      @edricdayne6555 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Sure why not?

    • @mj6312
      @mj6312 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I've been lookin for one

    • @sirlezard670
      @sirlezard670 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      What would be the point of doing an image dump of your sd card? I'm curious.

    • @justmepenz2576
      @justmepenz2576 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Sure, IG- @justmepenz

    • @edricdayne6555
      @edricdayne6555 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@sirlezard670 Understanding the card on a software level

  • @Sanio46
    @Sanio46 4 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    the only game that ever came out on the DS is Club Penguin Elite Penguin Force
    no other DS game exists. Not even Nintendo released anything for it, sm my h.

    • @xAkito
      @xAkito 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Omg someone actually had that game too

    • @xAkito
      @xAkito 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I thought that I'm the only one

    • @rinat1893
      @rinat1893 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Wat?

    • @JacksterDraws
      @JacksterDraws 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Sanio oh my god i LOVE that game, beat it for the first time the other day

    • @bowlinbowlinbowlin
      @bowlinbowlinbowlin 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Oh my GOD someone else has that game!? Epic.

  • @teo2805
    @teo2805 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    I have that exact one. It has a built in "timebomb" meaning after one year, it will stop working. They make them this way so you buy a new one.

    • @Tenzil_Kem
      @Tenzil_Kem 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Or just download custom firmware

  • @TheCreamSoda
    @TheCreamSoda 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I was never familiar with this tech due to me never really having a DS until way later after it’s lifecycle. This was a super interesting video and I really enjoyed it.

  • @itsjustjimbo69
    @itsjustjimbo69 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    $7 for that level of quality of a flash cartridge?! Now I feel guilty that I made my parents hand over $35 for a standard R4 Gold 2 with 100 games at the San Fernando Swapmeet which is basically a Mexican flea market when I was 8. Still, the cartridge contains some of the best childhood memories I have, New Super Mario Bros., Mario Kart DS, Super Mario 64 DS, both Mario and Luigi games made for DS, Pokémon HeartGold, Yoshi Touch and Go, Sonic Colors, Kirby Superstar Ultra, so much MORE that I loved. I was stoked as hell playing it on my DSi XL, and even more stoked when I had my friend homebrew my 3DS XL and it was now playable on there after I thought it would never boot up on my 3DS after many disappointing failed attempts before CFW was installed. I played the hell out of that cartridge for 5 years, but sadly the SD Card got stuck inside a random little hole in my PC and I was never able to get it out. I still have that cartridge, I keep it to remind me of better times inside my New 3DS XL case. I had CFW on the 3DS, and I had a bunch of my games on there through CFW, about 7. I later on found Twilight Menu++ and I reinstalled new ROMS of my childhood favorites, and I go back and play those sometimes more than my 3DS Games. Luigi’s Mansion? Yeah that’s great but it doesn’t have Baby Mario being guided by little clouds in the dawn sky. Smash 3DS is excellent but who the fuck cares because it doesn’t have Meta Knight’s Revenge. Yo-Kai Watch 2 is incredible, but I kinda have to leave it early since Typhlosion and Red Gyrados give me death glares when I play inferior RPGs.

    • @hdofu
      @hdofu 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      TitanPlayz bruh... even in the day the legit ones new could be had for that or less

  • @Welp...OkThen
    @Welp...OkThen 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Hey everybody! Quick story that you might find interesting: when I was 4 I got a ds that came with an r4 card, it isn’t the gold. It is a solid black colour with no website to been seen. As a kid, it time-bombed on me (probably why the dude my parents bought it from was selling it) but maybe since it wasn’t the gold or the ds was already garbage, the card crashed and froze before it could completely Timebomb. I still have the original ds and r4 and am currently 15, 11 years later and it still boots up half the time.
    TLDR: my timebomb glitched because my ds is shit
    Clarification: the card runs completely fine, but if you try to cheat on any of the games or delete save files it totally crashes. It also isn’t the one for 3ds. Either I’m dumb (likely) or the card has been diffused (possible but not likely)

    • @theboi7591
      @theboi7591 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yo man
      If u got dsi does this card showed in this video work on DSIXL 1.4.5? And also got timebomb?

    • @KukrejaAnamika
      @KukrejaAnamika 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      What's the kernel you're using that's working completely? I've been trying to get mine to work, same condition as you but it doesn't even show up as a card inserted.

  • @vostok1459
    @vostok1459 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I have the same one. Aside from a timebomb (flashcard disables after a certain amount of time) that can be easily bypassed with YSMenu, I love it.

  • @mparagames
    @mparagames 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I bought a similar one just to unbrick my 3DS (and ended up installing CFW on it as well.
    Yes, I bricked my 3DS before trying to do anything fancy on it (like running CFW or using flashcarts).
    How?
    Well, basically my 3DS turned out while I was playing Smash Bros.
    That's it.

  • @diabomb
    @diabomb 4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    There seems to be a timebomb on mine as well. However, I just set the date back and it worked again.

    • @whyareyoulookingatmydiscor9265
      @whyareyoulookingatmydiscor9265 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Wait how did you set the time back if the time bomb has exploded, and do you mean to say that if I just reset the time by 1 day back once a day, the timebomb will never happen? I bought an R4 card and am just waiting for my ds charger to arrive so i'm looking for ways to9 circumvent the timebomb.

    • @diabomb
      @diabomb 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@whyareyoulookingatmydiscor9265 Maybe it's just that my perticular model is old and the firmware hasen't fixed this yet.

    • @Kalvinjj
      @Kalvinjj 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@whyareyoulookingatmydiscor9265 The name "timebomb" is quite dramatic for what it does. It never messes the card in any way (EDIT: in case of the shown card, which is the same one I have), it literally just locks it after that date like... a gate. It closes after set date, but it's open until then, and will reopen if it sees the date is older than the programmed timer. So, yes. Reverting back the clock solves it.
      Indeed, just keeping the date as an old one it would stay for years without "blocking", if you know the precise date when the timebomb sets you can make it so it never sets, but it's no issue if it does anyway.

    • @ViraRiva
      @ViraRiva 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@whyareyoulookingatmydiscor9265 my r4 card just arrived yesterday and as soon as i turned it on the time bomb already exploded n wouldnt work?? so i just put my year to 2005 and it works now

    • @vostok1459
      @vostok1459 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@ViraRiva Just download a custom kernel. YSMenu works fine for me.

  • @solidamber
    @solidamber 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    They way that you introduce the video indicated that you had never tried a r4 card, and this is new to you, then at the end you say you have been using one for years!

  • @Ren722
    @Ren722 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I have the regular R4 cart and didn't know there was a time bomb, assumed something was wrong with my sd card so I went and got the latest kernel from the site and it worked. My cart is 2017 so kernels for the newer carts will work on the older carts. Also had an R4 as a kid but broke later on because I didn't take care of it lol

  • @timsmyth
    @timsmyth 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    “I fully understand why my parents wouldn’t help me find it”
    *My dad bought one for me in a third world country*

  • @TheVideoGameReject
    @TheVideoGameReject 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I bought this same exact one from eBay. For it for my nephew and put a custom OS on it so the date bomb wouldnt exist
    I've had an Acekard 2i ever since I was in 1st grade. Let me tell you that was the day I got into this kind of stuff

  • @introvertedwifi4818
    @introvertedwifi4818 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    "I do not condone downloading commercial games for free from the internet"
    The one guy who had piracy in mind: **sweats nervously**

  • @ThatCatWithoutAHat
    @ThatCatWithoutAHat 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    When I bought my DS lite, it came with an R4. Still works to this day, but my DS doesn't work as it used to, so someday I might have to get a new one to sue on my 3DS.
    I guess that's one of the reasons why Nintendo stopped doing business in my country. Most of us would just get a flashcard or crack the console to play games for free

    • @El_Frutero
      @El_Frutero 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Nowhere Cat lemme guess... Brazil?

    • @ThatCatWithoutAHat
      @ThatCatWithoutAHat 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@El_Frutero yes

    • @El_Frutero
      @El_Frutero 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Nowhere Cat oof, to my knowledge it was the only place in America where it ceased operations, I feel sorry for ya, maybe they’ll try again at some point in the decade(?)

    • @ThatCatWithoutAHat
      @ThatCatWithoutAHat 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@El_Frutero I don't know. Maybe? Is not only the case that we'll crack the console. But our taxes are high and they need to give our games discount for being a third world country

    • @bitelaserkhalif
      @bitelaserkhalif 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Indonesians here. Nintendo don't have official operations here. AFAIK only Sony released ps3 and ps4 officially.
      My cousin used to have ds lite pink and r4 flashcart back then
      Now her DS is missing, might be lost. Before that, the r4 was gone (stolen), next the charger

  • @ghostius8701
    @ghostius8701 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Just set the date back if the firmware expires to the year stated on the r4 card which solves the problem eg:2016 flashcard change the ds or 3ds date and time to 2016

    • @ggaboveaveragegamer
      @ggaboveaveragegamer 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yup that’s what I did

    • @thestaroftheshow
      @thestaroftheshow 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      GgAboveAverageGamer
      You can also put YSmenu as the default kernel. I would recommend this as it works better than the original R4 flashcart

  • @breeseburger
    @breeseburger 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    All I'm going to say is if you download a ds rom or for any console that is discontinued, it won't be a huge problem as no one makes money from it anymore as it's discontinued. Sure you shouldn't download illegal roms but if it's discontinued then it won't affect anyone, it will be unlikely to get caught by Nintendo as like Aar said, they simply do not care anymore as they ended the production of the DS a long time ago. If you are downloading an illegal rom for the Switch or PS5 or for any console that is still in production, then you seriously need to delete it as that will affect the company as they aren't getting the money from it, you will have a higher chance from getting fined and the company will catch you, for example, when you pirate roms or mod the switch, Nintendo will permanently ban your Nintendo ID and your switch from playing online, it's a good anti-piracy/mod measure and I'm impressed. It will be likely that overtime that measure will not be able to do anything as hackers are becoming more advanced every day. So, if you download a rom from a console that's discontinued then it won't do anything really, but if you download a rom from a console that is still in production you need to delete it as you can get fined or arrested for Piracy depending what you're pirating.

  • @GameMaster00744
    @GameMaster00744 4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    I don't understand why so many people are taking the "I did nothing wrong" line so seriously. That isn't what the video is about.

    • @norsegoat1408
      @norsegoat1408 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      very true. People are assholes and like to nitpick everything.

  • @buckybell7055
    @buckybell7055 4 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    jeez, i homebrewed my 3ds to find out you can do jack on it lol

    • @angrycinnabon2956
      @angrycinnabon2956 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Are you using custom firmware or the Homebrew launcher?

    • @santumChannelYes
      @santumChannelYes 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Huh? You can do a TON with a homebrewed 3DS. It’s legit up there with the PSP at times

    • @rob5300
      @rob5300 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      You can do a lot did you just fuck it up? You can play DS games from roms now and emulate many systems. Ohh and dump your games and install other dumps.

    • @thisaccountisntreal107
      @thisaccountisntreal107 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@santumChannelYes the psp was the best homebrew'd console ever
      I didnt pay for a single psp game but i played like the whole library

    • @Oretal
      @Oretal 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Cfw is a god send man. I love using it for projecting my 3ds screen to my PC

  • @alternateaccount3898
    @alternateaccount3898 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Downloading roms isn't that bad dude

  • @chaeones
    @chaeones 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    i remember when i was around 7 seeing an R4 at blockbuster for like $20 and my mom didn't want to buy it now I'm watching these videos to pick up an R4 to kill time during the quarantine and play games I couldn't afford when I was younger

  • @gyl752
    @gyl752 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    when i was 9 years old,I had my first ds with a R4 (i'm lucky)

  • @blarpo7385
    @blarpo7385 4 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    never had one. the DS Lite was my first console, when i got it back in 2006. ironically, i only was 2 years old at the time. still have the original navy blue DS i used to play on in 2007 - 2009.

    • @justanotherweirdo11
      @justanotherweirdo11 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Hatori Ibuki No dip.

    • @HauntedMound666
      @HauntedMound666 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ... Playing DS at 2... before you were potty trained or in school. sure bud.

    • @HauntedMound666
      @HauntedMound666 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @the weirdest person you would ever meet They're a liar

    • @blarpo7385
      @blarpo7385 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      never said i played it, i just got in 2006 :^|

    • @justanotherweirdo11
      @justanotherweirdo11 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@HauntedMound666 It's not crazy to believe at all. We have babies with iPads today why is this so incomprehensible for you.

  • @somepretentiousguy3492
    @somepretentiousguy3492 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    When I was a kid I really wanted this specific flash cart but I couldn't afford it because for some reason it was somewhere on the order of 40-50 bucks when I looked it up on eBay. Weird how its so cheap these days.

  • @HowsOmer
    @HowsOmer 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    My dad used to go to Pakistan every year and we asked for dis games back in 2009 and my dad bought back these things which has like 100 new games with it like Pokémon games and Mario and everything I still have it now

  • @Sarmathal
    @Sarmathal 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    “I don’t condone downloading commercial games.”
    gay

  • @SaltedNeos
    @SaltedNeos 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Hell, I've had Black 2's anti piracy measures appear on my official cartridge... seeing them not happen on flashcart is always funny to me.

    • @olal9904
      @olal9904 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      If you bought it online it could be fake

    • @SaltedNeos
      @SaltedNeos 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@olal9904 Nope, its my official cartridge Ive been using for literally everything in gen 5 since release. Including Dream World and Bank transfers. It just behaves oddly once every few years lol. Bought at an EB Games (Canadian Gamestop) back in 2012.

    • @bunkedbed13
      @bunkedbed13 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Salted Neos what flashcart did you buy?

    • @olal9904
      @olal9904 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@bunkedbed13 an official card. Not a flashcart.

    • @bunkedbed13
      @bunkedbed13 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      It’s late in my area and I didn’t even read this dudes comment lol

  • @aidenheerema849
    @aidenheerema849 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Dude my friend had one of these and I was always jealous becaus he had like 50 games and I had like 15!

  • @wiryishere
    @wiryishere 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    This was the first thing my dad bought me for my ds lol

  • @BLACHAx970
    @BLACHAx970 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I experienced the time bomb on an R4 DS Lite 2018, all I did was update the firmware on website and it worked again.

    • @diogenes26
      @diogenes26 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I just changed the DS date to 2014

    • @BLACHAx970
      @BLACHAx970 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@diogenes26 This will ruin games that utilize the DS clock, a great example is Animal Crossing Wild World.

    • @SDayle
      @SDayle 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@BLACHAx970
      Animal Crossing WW doesn't suffer at all when you travel back in time.
      The only problem is that its Monday, Tuesday, etc won't coincide with the day in real life (unless you pay attention to the year and make sure it coincides).
      Now, when you travel back into the future... that's another story.
      There'd be weeds everywhere, a villager will be gone and (I read, but never experienced this myself) Tom Nook's shop could downgrade.

    • @rey_1178
      @rey_1178 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      There are firmwares that remove the time bomb.

  • @KMFDM_Kid2000
    @KMFDM_Kid2000 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    "Now I'm 19 and know not to download game ROMs on the Internet."
    My brother in Christ, you so know there's are No-Intro full set torrents that exist, right?

  • @aliekairaf4158
    @aliekairaf4158 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    The time bomb its not permanent, just go to the website and keep downloading the newer kernels. I have the 2014 R4 i just keep updating the files. Still using it on my dsi as of yesterday with current date

    • @StriderVM
      @StriderVM 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Or keep your NDS Date low if the Flash Cart is dead. It's not such a deal breaker IMO.

    • @Htiy
      @Htiy 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Aliek Airaf can you send me a link? I have a 2014 as well and never found something for it

    • @Htiy
      @Htiy 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Aliek Airaf SDHC

  • @Yokizeshi
    @Yokizeshi 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    My mother actually got me an R4 card back in the day. I have no idea where she got it from, she's usually super stuck up about doing illegal stuff like that so I have no idea why she even bought it, but it served me well for a few years haha.

    • @cattysplat
      @cattysplat 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      100% a friendly dude at a market stall, they can sell anything to anyone.

  • @markhovscrch4050
    @markhovscrch4050 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Mom brought me a real 'AceKard 2' along with NDS Lite and Blue rescue team back in 2009 sadly my dumbself regrets throwing it on trash, took 4 hours for a repairman back in 2011 to find a correct firmware, I remember those 99 Games that installed before and I love playing the Star wars lego when the NDS Lite was repaired later on by my aunt when she is college. I remember I bit the memory card because it wont work then I throw the ACEKARD 2 in trash which I regret. 2018 later I brought R4i-Gold 2018 version but my mom's bf decide to put himself first than his own son so I didnt get the 3DS Xl bundle with pokemon build in red and blue, I brought the cart itself and 3DS Charger sadly.

  • @punkly8423
    @punkly8423 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Legend of Starfy ftw

  • @dxnarutoboi
    @dxnarutoboi 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Dude tried to say he didn't download the rom and instead dumped the files from his personal collection lmao. If you did that, then your game's anti piracy would have worked on the r4. Obviously, it didnt work bc you downloaded a ROM that was patched already to bypass the anti piracy. lmao, this kid is trying too hard.

  • @JC-wj7sb
    @JC-wj7sb 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    You can find these everywhere in Peru, it was amazing using this on my 3DS

  • @CJ_725
    @CJ_725 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    My uncle had a flash card made specifically for the newer D's (I had a dsi XL) I used to play like 500+ games, made up half my childhood 😢

  • @randominternetuser5872
    @randominternetuser5872 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This is a really good video, got a bit nostalgia,
    I remember having something similar to that, when I was a child (and still to this day) legitimate games were crazy expensive, mostly because our currency is ass, and I only have that catridge, Whenever we want a new game, we got to write a list of games to a piece of paper, Go to the shady ass game store, and give the list to the one of the employees, That employee would then load the pirated games we wanted (we don't know it's pirated at the time, thought it was the real deal). Usually 1 pirated game is less than a dollar (maybe a couple of cents or even lower). So we usually got back home with like 30 different games. I never see a DSi here, So I only have a DS lite. It's actually ain't half bad. But mine loads faster, and the it can run almost every game (except for Black and White 2), the only problem is that it some games (like Rune factory 2) sometimes lags, making some of the bosses to be easier

    • @gioiadelsapere
      @gioiadelsapere 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      You know you can just add new games by yourself...right?

    • @randominternetuser5872
      @randominternetuser5872 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@gioiadelsapere yeah, But at the time. I don't really know that. When I was a kid I imagine that they insert it to some giant computer machine so it can upload the games files to the cartridge.

    • @gioiadelsapere
      @gioiadelsapere 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Chronicle Zombie I always thought they used some kind of bluetooth/wireless technology. Then I discovered the SD card readers for my computer. (P.S I used to have one of these when I was a child and i still have it. I do not know how it survived my extensive abuse to it thru childhood but it still works LMAO 😂)

  • @mems9953
    @mems9953 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    These things are a necessity when the game cartidges you want are running for $80 ON AVERAGE on ebay. Without the case.

  • @draakgast
    @draakgast 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    10:00 is there a way to negate this
    yes, you go to the clock menu and change the date to 10 years ago
    done this three times and my card stil works

    • @rmendez011
      @rmendez011 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Or you could go to the website and download the latest update. This happened to my sister's DS after not using it for some time and updating it worked.

  • @MaxGamingNL
    @MaxGamingNL 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Anti piracy detection is more firmware related, I can play every game no problems on literally the first version of the R4 card that only allows 2GB micro SD 😂

  • @aos10
    @aos10 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    there is another downside for flash cart, for pokemon games, you can't trade locally to another legit game because this use infrared from the legit card it self.
    also you can't use the poke transporter on it.

    • @timbo303official9
      @timbo303official9 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You can actually i just did it the other day. That is what I thought at first too.
      EDIT: Still need legit cart for transferring pokemon from gen 3 to gen 4, gen 4 to gen 5, and to pokemon bank from gen 5. SO that will still cost you about $50-$60 to get pokemon diamond and pearl (stay away from soulsliver and heartgold and platinum they go for way too much) at $35-$40 and any of the gen 5 games go for cheaper than that because of the fact gen 5 was underrated. You might not want to get gen 3 games the authentic ones shot up in price in the last couple of years around $50+ now which is stupid for a pokemon game. Just buy a flash cart and edit the pokemon yourself. Run the original gen 3 games on the flash cart in fact.

  • @Tampsey
    @Tampsey 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    how far is the Twighlight menu in development any improvement on that front? with compatibility n stuff?

  • @yeehmm1893
    @yeehmm1893 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This is honestly a really cool video

  • @amelia2863
    @amelia2863 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I bought it too,but i bought it with the dsi which is cool👌 but i lost the USB so i bought another R4 cartridge online. And i Rated it 4 stars

  • @asav301
    @asav301 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Hey Aar! I'm a huge fan and playing MvM with you was amazingly fun! I'm so happy I ran into you!

  • @ritzy3828
    @ritzy3828 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    so if i use the r4 gold pro with the YS menu i won't have the timebomb thingy ??
    By the way this video is very clear and understandable

  • @Stooch
    @Stooch 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    My only question is, how do you dump game files from an official cartridge? xD

    • @mint_kyuu99
      @mint_kyuu99 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      You can use a 3ds homebrew application to do so

    • @Stooch
      @Stooch 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@mint_kyuu99 ye i figured that out after some more binge watchin lol

    • @mbirth
      @mbirth 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The original DS also had a GBA slot. There were GBA-cartridges with flash memory (e.g. EZ-Flash V). So you could boot a dumper via the DS-cartridge, then swap it for the game cart, dump it to the GBA memory, then swap back and copy it from the GBA flash to the MicroSD. That's how it worked with my CycloDS Evolution card a decade ago.

    • @sirlezard670
      @sirlezard670 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@mbirth and ds lite

  • @bonechovah
    @bonechovah 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I clicked on this not expecting to hear Aar's voice.

  • @SonicSammich
    @SonicSammich 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Lol his rival's name was Acekard

  • @uxie4327
    @uxie4327 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Sooo... When the deadline passes, what is unusable-the SD card ir the R4 card? Please someone help.

    • @andrewromo4918
      @andrewromo4918 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Боян Върбанов Im pretty sure the r4

  • @braedanclay5633
    @braedanclay5633 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Old video but is it possible to enable emulators like for GBA on YSMenu?

  • @YuuriPenas
    @YuuriPenas 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Does anyone know where we can still buy the R4i Gold 3DS Plus??

  • @thatoneguy6469
    @thatoneguy6469 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Yea this makes me think it would be really easy to put Linux on DS

  • @williamg209two
    @williamg209two 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    everytime i played mario kart ds some idiot with a r4 card would cheat and make there kart unbeatable

  • @Larotian
    @Larotian 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Nintendo DS homebrew and roms FTW!!!!🔥💯👍

  • @laplaqua9351
    @laplaqua9351 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Just download it. Who cares. Just don't torrent it and you are fine

  • @robertmccormack9050
    @robertmccormack9050 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I recently found my long lost R4 card for my ds lite and I was so excited to relive my childhood memories. However unfortunately not only is my ds lite lost but I remembered it broke years ago probably around the same time I lost the R4 card so alas I will have to wait to play my childhood games once again.

  • @SKOOBER.
    @SKOOBER. 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    just use a switch rom on a 208 in one thing and just try to play it, it crashes the coding, keeps the needed functionality... and wipes the timebomb off the planet, my acekard that i use to make mod roms for fun is currently in 42069 ad

    • @SKOOBER.
      @SKOOBER. 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      note: finding a switch rom that isnt bs might be hard but when you use it, you can get rid of it afterwards if it takes up space

  • @stevenbaker3362
    @stevenbaker3362 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    there is an alternative kernel google ysmenu it removes the time bomb

  • @charles1412
    @charles1412 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I just purchased the R4 suggested. Now it is $11 US. Will I need to do anything to my 3DS or DSi to use the R4? Can I trade pokemon and use cheat codes?

  • @xorgbeep
    @xorgbeep 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    cave story wallpaper? alright.. this guy is a gamer.

  • @shawnschaller
    @shawnschaller 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    If I use YSMENU and lose RTS ability, can I still save within the games normally? (E.g., if I'm playing Dragon Warrior, does it still support standard saves? Just not RTS/save states?)

    • @drewzma6816
      @drewzma6816 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes it supports standard saves. I would suggest putting YSmenu and TWiLightMenu

  • @gabrieltalaricomusic
    @gabrieltalaricomusic 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Ebay 520in1, works great

  • @zwizzy2482
    @zwizzy2482 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Mine has a timebomb however I just disabled it.

  • @NatTheRufusSimp
    @NatTheRufusSimp 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I had multiple r4 cards (complete with all data and like 125 games or so from the flea market) and i installed games on them, that i had played in my childhood. My niece still has one, also with games that i installed for her

    • @hozluvice
      @hozluvice 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Did you have the r4i gold plus?

  • @zues121510
    @zues121510 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Holy shit. I'm 19 this year and got my DS nearly at the same time as you. It was a pink DS Lite. I also got an email from a website where I bought a NS Xecuter injector a couple years back now, and they offered me a free R4 card if I bought their fake NS controller from their brand new amazon page, made a 5 star review and they would refund the sum. I only remembered that this r4 card was my childhood dream when I actually got it, since I couldn't get a new game all the time as a kid. Recently used it to homebrew my 3DS recently as well.

  • @kronkerbonker9074
    @kronkerbonker9074 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    And here I am, still using the ORIGINAL R4 card. Never knew they were that rare....

    • @drewzma6816
      @drewzma6816 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      The clone cards aren't rare