A next-gen flash cart for your dependable dual-screen device.
Even during its active years, the Nintendo DS was home to a range of flash carts which allowed users to play ROMs they’d downloaded from the internet rather than actually buying them with their hard-earned cash. The proliferation of these devices – usually called ‘R4’ carts – became somewhat astonishing, and it was something of a lottery as to whether the card you purchased would actually work as described.
I recall being gifted an R4 derivative (these things were cloned and copied to high heaven) and spending days trying to locate the correct firmware, only to give up and buy a pre-flashed unit a few years ago – one which would routinely wipe the MicroSD card when you least expected it. Even worse, some R4 carts are designed to self-destruct after a certain period unless you know which firmware to use.
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A next-gen flash cart for your dependable dual-screen device.
Even during its active years, the Nintendo DS was home to a range of flash carts which allowed users to play ROMs they’d downloaded from the internet rather than actually buying them with their hard-earned cash. The proliferation of these devices – usually called ‘R4’ carts – became somewhat astonishing, and it was something of a lottery as to whether the card you purchased would actually work as described.
I recall being gifted an R4 derivative (these things were cloned and copied to high heaven) and spending days trying to locate the correct firmware, only to give up and buy a pre-flashed unit a few years ago – one which would routinely wipe the MicroSD card when you least expected it. Even worse, some R4 carts are designed to self-destruct after a certain period unless you know which firmware to use.
Read the full article on timeextension.com