So I bought a DS... now what?

[MattGSX]

So, I made mention of this in my forum, but I thought it would be fun here to note what can really be done with a DS.

I have two card solutions, a Cyclo DS (slot 2 for the extra RAM), MiniSD (2 1gb cards, but I haven't touched the 2nd one yet)
MMD + 2GB CF
On the MMD - autoboots to DSOrganize V3.01 w/ built-in WFC (allowing you to switch wi-fi profiles without booting a game).
Programs-
DS Bible
Max Overload (+10 games or so)
Shoot n' Watch DS
DSDoom
tons of music
Home Movies, Season 1
Hot Fuzz
This card is going to my g/f once she gets/I get her a DS, so I don't really use it that much.

On my CycloDS
Newest Supercard firmware (they update more than cycloteam does)
Nitro-Tracker (fast-tracker II software) + 20 MB or so of audio samples
AxeDS - Motion controlled synth above a cheesy drum-bass line.
M-06 - Acoustic guitar simulator. It came out in Japan, and was shittily ported/copied in Rhythm n' Notes
Electroplankton - People LOVE this game's sound when you're looking for ambiance.
MyMeldoDS - Keyboard synth + basic composition (doesn't allow tied notes or strange meters, but it does the trick)
DS Organize v 3.01
DS Linux (DLDI build)

I'm giving a concert tomorrow night using my CycloDS card. I have two songs written to play on M-06, and I'm going to do a free jam sort of thing using either Axe or ElectroPlankton.

Hopefully I can re-spark interest in the few homebrewers here.

[PHY-6]

My suggestion is to sell it off and with the revenue, buy a classic DMG1 and an LSDJ cart and start making fuckin' fantastic chiptunes with it. That's about the best thing you can do with a handheld console of any kind.

[trevelyn]

MattGSX! HOW ARE YOU!?!? have you made your own DS game yet?  theres a cool RPG maker out there, i haven't touched the DS in a while, though i have an M3 Real coming in the mail.  Yeah, Not since I got it working as a SIP VoIP phone.  I have been playing Super Mario Galaxy! xD That game is so awesome, i swear.. Its gotta be the best game ever.  Thats very cool that you performed with the DS music stuffs.  I always wanted to incorporate that shit into music too, but DTMFs just sound so much cooler to me! :p  Some of the newer games have been working great with the MMD, like Lego Star Wars Complete Saga, the Simpsons Video Game, etc.. I have just been watching DS-Scene like a hawk and then searching for the ROMs with mininova.  I have a huge collection now, probably all of them up to date, even if they didn't work with the MMD, I kept them for the M3 Real that I will someday soon have.  I just got sick of doing the ARM7 thing each time.  So, buy Super Mario Galaxy you ass bags!  Who the fuck is PHY-6??

[M-26-7]

MattGSX! HOW ARE YOU!?!? have you made your own DS game yet?  theres a cool RPG maker out there, i haven't touched the DS in a while, though i have an M3 Real coming in the mail.  Yeah, Not since I got it working as a SIP VoIP phone.  I have been playing Super Mario Galaxy! xD That game is so awesome, i swear.. Its gotta be the best game ever.  Thats very cool that you performed with the DS music stuffs.  I always wanted to incorporate that shit into music too, but DTMFs just sound so much cooler to me! :p  Some of the newer games have been working great with the MMD, like Lego Star Wars Complete Saga, the Simpsons Video Game, etc.. I have just been watching DS-Scene like a hawk and then searching for the ROMs with mininova.  I have a huge collection now, probably all of them up to date, even if they didn't work with the MMD, I kept them for the M3 Real that I will someday soon have.  I just got sick of doing the ARM7 thing each time.  So, buy Super Mario Galaxy you ass bags!  Who the fuck is PHY-6??

Pay no attention to Phy.
Did you move to Pittsburgh or something? Never noticed your locus before.

[Tachyon]

Wasn't that where he always was? Or was it one of those 'The Trevelyn that can be found is not the true Trevelyn' things?

[trevelyn]

uhh.. 2Dial*Phreak is a pittsburgh Website.   

http://zombie.el.cx/images/manholes/manholepix.html

tis where ive been for the last 6 years. :p

[MattGSX]

TREV!!!!

I haven't started making a game yet, but give me a min. I just downloaded SVIP and registered for a Freecall account. I'll try it out at lunch to see if it worked.

Also, DSO V 3.01 - 3.1 support downloads from the web-browser, including attatchments. Include that with the .nds DLDI patching tool you can run FROM YOUR DS and there's no longer a need for a PC. WAHOO.

[trevelyn]

OMG thats soo cool xD i have been loving the free trance sessions from the DSO site, DJ Midnight rocks!

[Yauch]

Chinaemu is the best place for gba/nds roms. Sometimes it takes em a few days to get the new hotness though.

[PHY-6]

I had a friend that owned a rom / emulation site. His name was Vince and the site was lazyness.net

He uploaded every rom on a 14k baud modem, which isn't so incredible until you realize that he had every NES, SNES, and Sega rom ever released in US, UK, and Japan on his site. He was a nice guy, but the rest of his staff were complete fuck asses who had staged internet fights and coded VB winsock crackers in long after winsock crackers actually worked productively on AOL.

Anyways, to make a long story short, I would like some pizza.

[MattGSX]

PHY-6, you're a jackass. LSDJ is crap compared to the GBA synth/sequencer (the name escapes me right now). I'm buying a GBA + that cart for my birthday (next Thursday) to add to my homebrew collection, since the sound on the DS is inferior compared to that of the GBA.

DS Organize 3.1 update came out, supporting HTTPS and SSL!!! Well, sort of. My school network still can't authenticate my DS, and the server doesn't hold credentials long enough to make MAC address/IP spoofing on my laptop to log in as my DS worth it. Oh, well.

Oh, yeah: I started playing with Jam Sessions, and I realized it's a COMPLETE FUCKING RIPOFF of M-06. It even says so in the starting screen: "this game is loosely based off of "M-06 Hitu .... (I forget the whole name)... Guitar Hero DS"". I almost prefer it being in Japanese, because then at least the interface isn't trying to be helpful and shit.

Anyone have an estimation on how long the DS will last till end of life? It seems like the shit/quality ratio on new games is about 75/25 and even new homebrew is all trying to accomplish the same things (an organizer or shell style layout similar to Moonshell or DSO that will launch homebrew and commercial roms). It's getting ridiculous. 

[trevelyn]

M3 REAL just came in the mail today xD I will test nao....................

[MattGSX]

Remember, none of your patch0red r0mz will run on the new card.

Be sure to update your DLDI driver and re dldi all your homebrew

FORMAT YOUR CARD!

[trevelyn]

whoa.

has a GBA card thats more memory and rumbles.

you put thhe ROM on the card into the NDS directory.. and it just works.
you put the homebrew into your homebrew directory.. and it gets patched and works.

whoa.

those ARM7 patches were taking me about 20 minutes per game on average.

buy an M3 Real.

[MattGSX]

You sound like you're advertising a Mac.

"It just works"
I'll stick with my CycloDS-SD. Before I dump any more money into my DS I'm going to buy a GBA, C-64, and maybe a GPX-32.

OMG it's may burthdaze!