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Nintendo DS hack: What you need to know!
DS Hack and Whats possible
DS hack : We want Softmod
Are you wondering how you can hack Nintendo DS. if so then your in the right place. Nintendo DS hack scene seems to be lagging a bit, following in the footstep of its predecessor the original gameboy. Traditionally Nintendo have always been one step ahead with its security compared to other consoles. This is partially due to the fact that the game medium used was cartridges. unlike CD’s and DVDs cartridges cannot be easily accessed using a PC or other typical hacking equipment, which makes it less accesible to the hacking community. Other ways of interfacing with the DS had to be acknowledged. This lead to special cartridges being developed that could be used in the DS game and memory expansion ports. However this technique was not new or exclusive to the DS hack scene, instead inspiration was taken from Flashcarts that had been developed for the Gameboy, GBA, SP.
So What Nintendo DS hacks exist to play backup games ?
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Currently we have no true soft mod hack or modchip for the DS like the one that exist for the Wii and Xbox 360. This basically leaves you with one option if you intend on playing backup games on your hacked Nintendo DS.
The only real DS hack that allows for backup games and ROMS available to you is in the form of flash cartridges. These cartridges will either be in the form of NDS or GBA Flash carts these work by being inserted where your typical games cartridge would be inserted. . These flash cartridges also allow for SD or SDHC memory to be inserted and loaded from them.the main difference between these flash cartridges and the original games is that the original DS games are ROM which does not allow for files to be manipulated of deleted. these flash carts allow for ROMs and games and DS Hacked software to be stored and loaded from form its GUI menu.
Depending on the type of flash cartridge you have may mean you will need a Passkey. A passkey is another kind of flash card that look like a DS game card. This works in conjunction with your main flash card to fool The DS into thinking its playing a NDS ROM form the GBA card slot.you will only need this if you are using a SLOT-2 GBA flash cartridge. This passkey basically allows for ROMS, emulators .and any other non DS native software and media to run as if if was native to the Nintendo DS.
The following list are just some of the Flash cartridges that ModsandHacks recommends
- M3 Perfect Lite microSD
- CycloDS Evolution
- R4 DS
- NinjaPass a.k.a. FlashPass
What other DS hacks exist ?
Many DS hacks and mods also exist, these hacks usually explore exploits in the DS hardware. Backwards engineering is performed and extra functionality can be squeezed out of the console. many people have found new ways to interface directly with the internal hardware allowing for a host of DS hack functionality to be utilised. by using certain inputs and outputs on the mainboard has allowed for creative hackers to come up with some unique ideas. Some examples that exist are using NES controller on DS, using optical mouse on DS. Someone has even found a way to Get a mini USB port on The DS. This type of DS hack is not software based but rather better suited to electronics geeks.
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