Homebrew on a $25 Nintendo DS Lite Handheld in 2019 | MVG 

Same

I have an old original 2004 DS

They last forever. Mine still works properly. Battery lasts as long as new.

Or Quake

yap.. i like the psp as well , but the ds has much better battery performance (life)

I don't give a damn wat anyone says Homebrew games are illegal

@@joshvest1439 and??

@@joshvest1439 Caren is that u?

​@Josh Vest criminal

​@@joshvest1439 yes they are, next question

Yup

@@Connie_TinuityError aren't Ds games backwards compatible on 3DS

literally anything: exists Doom Porters: it's free real estate

Explain your profile picture.

On a long enough timescale *everything* will get Doom ported to it.

Wish stuff was cheaper in Canada.

I got a brand new one for 10

olha só quem eu encontro em um vídeo de homebrew, kkkkkkk

Back in the day I was offered an unused ds lite for $30. At GameStop...

@@pettttson did you buy it?

I remember using FlashMe just so I didn't have to deal with the "Touch the screen to continue" when the system turned on. No reason other then that, I just thought it was cool.

@@guitaristtom I've considered flashing it recently for that very reason.

I think I used a paperclip on the original

@@slamham8527 I think I might have as well, either that or it was a piece of foil that I shoved in there and then used tweezers to get it out.

FlashMii

They’ve actually been relatively supportive of the 3ds compared to the GBA and the DS.

I cant see nintendo releasing a new ds now that the switch is out it would compete with the switch they will either have the switch to take over or we will havr to wait till next gen when the switch is done but if they do then they cant releasw a hybrid system again it will affect switch sales

@@ShinyMooTank that doesn't make sense. Its the successor because its the next console after the predecessor, not due to features like backwards compatibility or if they both use the same/similar storage mediums.

nintendo just hates their consumers. they killed the wii u while was still kicking and switch owners are just receiving wii u ports that they already played.

Lol of course they would say that they want to make as much money as they can whit the remaining 3ds

Set the date back

@@manuelcolon120 or just install ysmenu

Ysmenu works perfectly

69. Nice.

What a time bomb?

It's badly emulated though. Sonic Classic Collection has constant slowdowns that weren't on Genesis (Yes I realize that this comment is 2 years old)

@@no.402 It's okay bro, I'll leave a response for you 💪

Yeah

​@@no.402Damn, that's unfortunate

Same. It's sad to think we've entered an era where dedicated handheld gaming is being phased out. Nintendo Switch was basically the going away party.

@@popsiclewizard8068 i have to disagree with the launch of cloud based gaming. I'm not talking about stadia since that was shit but project xcloud is looking to be hit. Remote play, (although Idk if it really counts) is also becoming a thing for mobile devices.

@@popsiclewizard8068 at least we got the switch lite

@mrcolonofficial whats that?

@@edmund8954 with astigmatism you basically see everything at a low resolution, with super blurry borders

Imagine using ds for reading

@@monstrochavao8455 Imagine reading/s

@@fannerbuoy3688 you had to read to answer people's comments soo

BRUH IS THAT THE PAWN SHOP IN LITERAL HEAVEN???? MY NEAREST PAWN SHOP HAS A DS LITE FOR 30$!!

Reviathan I was BORN in 2004...

@@roomijsjeeee me too

Better late than never.

lmaoo i was born in 2004 and got one when i was 6 lmaoo

@@cupcakeleader1191 You mean your parents got you one, kid.

The 3DS home brew is farrrr better than the DS Lite version

The DS life is sooo nostalgic!

I hombrewed my 2ds this morning and installed luma3ds custom firmware and i can get free games from 3dscia so far im loving it

Holo Sxope BOI i know this was a month ago but you should try twilight menu++ you can run any nintendo DS and DSi games without an R4 card

@Holo Scope, why are you pirating 3ds CIAs? FUN isn't illegal in it of itself but downloading 3ds CIA's from any site is just wrong. It wasn't the original intent of the modders. I just use GM9 and FBI to dump my game cartridges and download them.

This was 1 year ago, but you can adjust the time back to bypass the timebomb. Example: April 4 2020 today, right? You need to put the time back to 2006 or so with the DS Time setting. I hope you understood this solution because it's so hard to explain ;-;

@@snekify What is this necessary for?

First of all, don't buy a R4 Card with a year put in the card because it will most likely have a timebomb (Example: R4i SDHC RTS Lite 2020). If you so happen already have an R4 Card with timebomb, you have 2 solutions: Change the date before the timebomb activate or change the firmware/kernel into a YSmenu. YSmenu doesn't look as pretty as the nornal R4 firmware but it will fix the timebomb issue and skins is way easier to make and install.

@@miguelcelorio7982 For R4 cards with a timebomb

You guys don't get it, the point of the time bomb isn't to brick the cart, it's meant as a reminder for you to update the kernel. If you get a timebomb you have to uninstall the kernel, whilst putting the games on it to a seperate file and install the new kernel to the sd cart, then put the games you preserved earlier back on the cart and done, thats the point of the timebomb.

that's mainly what i use mine for! i had quite a shock when testing some GBA repros on an OG GBA with how dark the screen was! the DS Lite is a god send for the ultimate GBA experience

@@apoplexiamusic GBA/SP = best way to play GB &GBC. DS/Lite = best way to play GBA.

KrazyK funny how that goes... and i guess the 3DS XL is the best way to play DS games? ;)

@@apoplexiamusic Not exactly, all ds software runs fine on the 3ds, but the fact that ds games don't fully fill the screen kind of purturbs me I know that's kind of a nitpick, but that's just a turn off in my opinion.

@@apoplexiamusic playing DS games on the 3DS sucks. Because the resolution is 1.25x higher (not an integer), DS games look soft/blurry. They look much better on a DS or DSi.

@@dedecoVGMDJ Maybe but imo I would say kirby superstar ultra is a very close second.

beats yepe it's the one on NDS

@@dedecoVGMDJ - Except that Elite Beat Agents is just a little bit better, and also don't forget the DS versions of the Age of Empires and Advance Wars games, and CivRev for turn-based strategy fans! Also arguably the best Castlevania games EVER!!!

@@Codzilla71 - I liked Mario Kart 64 better...

@@Codzilla71 - But not nearly as fun as Elite Beat Agents...

Lmao

Virgin RU-vidrs vs the Chad MVG

@@IAmSuckAtGames 100% true

pretty sure homebrew is legal

@@dommorris8163 tell that to Nintendo though,even if you’re right they’ll still sue you within an inch of your life

This right here. I managed to save enough money for a 2DS but then my relative gave me a game(which I didn't like) so I ended up selling it got a 2DS XL. Installed CFW and haven't regretted it since

About 6 months ago they were about £20 in the uk now it's around £40 here.

I was dumb enough to pay about 75 dollars for a dark blue nintendo ds lite in 2017 . I didn't know much about Nintendo consoles back then . Well it was in a very good condition can't lie about that . Also got the box , R4 Card which hasn't hit timebomb in these 3 years , manual and charger . But still at max it's worth about 45 dollars I think

I was lucky to snag one with 8 games and a case for 1 dollar a few months ago at Goodwill unfortunately its pink though

@@havenmcgarity1472 1 Dollar?!?!!? are u serious?

everyone sleeps on the dsi

Well... When I updated moonshell and its softwares back then I noticed that the image quality got better but I still dont know till this day if it was the software or the moonshell updated rom fault.

time bomb?

@@Jokypond It's just a name given for these carts, they stop working after a few months. It can be rectified either with a custom kernel install or by resetting your ds to an earlier date, because they check the date of the ds.

@@ManicQuinn I have my dslite R4 here and it works perfectly after 10 years. No timebomb whatsoever.

@@kevinleite6309 Yeah, OP made a mistake. Should have stated that SOME can have timebombs. An original R4 is extremely hard to come by nowadays, some of them are just clones, and a lot of the clones can have timebombs in them

@@cyberman7348 Yep! It's a homebrew called Quake Wii GX, and it even has Metroid Prime style pointer controls. It runs really smoothly and has full mod/network support.

lmfao

@Xeraser it's not bad i play with it once a month

@Xeraser well he already got it... and it cost two dollars, so from your description, I'd say it's worth that money.

@Xeraser Considering how frail the ds lite is, the original ds has bren the best way to play gba games for me

Jian Costa Another advantage the original design has is that GBA carts are fully inserted inside of the system.

I'll give you $5 #capitalism

LambdaCalculus379 there’s now a Homebrew exploit you can do without an r4

I want to do a homebrew for the ds but i dont know how or where to start or what do I should use. Can you guide/help me? Just some words or links... IDK, anything helps...

@@SummonerArthur dsi.cfw.guide/

@@dustinvq37 hold on? Inst this for installing CFW and homebrew to the DS? I already did that. What I want to do is actually code my own homebrew app for the ds. But thanks anyway.

@@SummonerArthur ahhh, you may have to consult reddit for that one my friend. what exactly where you looking to do ?

I've already used the calculator poketch app on pokemon platinum to do a math test years ago LOL

Im on a goal to catch em all and rn im in gen 4, how good is gen 5? (Black and white)

Runter Ranger It’s one of the easier gens and is mostly story focused. Nearly all the Pokémon you encounter are entirely new ones, this made most people upset but I liked seeing Game Freak try new things. It’s a you love or you hate it type of game. But in my opinion it has the best story and ost in all Pokémon games.

@@jacques2368 I heard it has a great story but didnt knew about the ost, i dont judge games based on their difficulty though. I wanted to rate them all once im finished, so far, this is my list. (only originals, not remakes) Gen 3 > Gen 1 > Gen 4 > Gen 2 Still deciding on gen 4, but some told me gen 5 was the best while others say its the worst so im excited to play it.

Runter Ranger Most people prefer the ones they played as kids, there’s not really any bad Pokémon games.

@@jacques2368 True, makes it hard to discuss with others about why which gen is better. I enjoyed all the gens so far but I wanted to see if i can pin point the best one.

Eh, copy protection is justified, I've met more people doing emulation illegally than legally.

Hacked my 3ds. Works perfectly

@@twizzlytwist I see.

@@twizzlytwist me too im running luma3ds custom firmware and i get free games from 3dscia

@@minorex123 as if they even make money off those fuckass games anymore

Thats what i was thinking!

Wasn't there an actual idTech1 game comercially released for the DS, back in the day?

Would have been cool to see, but Doom literally runs on everything at this point.

@@HydraHead9 #ItRunsDoom

The DS has backwards compatibility, so it can run doom for GBA, a official port

What country

@@Bruh-lm4zr thailand

Lucky! Mines are like 50 for the good ones at gamestop.

Mines in my backpack With all the pieces to it 🤣🤣🤣 but the stick

@drencoss yes it does but yeah i am pretty sure it is not being made and probably not easy to get a old of one now the card has it's own CPU and RAM and custom SNES and GBA emulators as well as a custom video player

I owned one of those, I think I still have it somewhere. :)

Agreed. I bought a 3DS XL on a good deal and got a SC DSTwo for it (before the 3DS was hacked) to exploit its DS capabilities, since my last handheld was a Gameboy Pocket and nothing in between. I also had to buy a DS Lite to install/update the firmware for 3DS capabilities, if I remember correctly. I bought a cheap broken one and a new display (20€ total) and gifted that to a younger cousin together with a cheaper R4 flashcart. Later I bought a Gateway for the 3DS (which also had a R4 clone as an NDS flashcart to get everything sorted). After there was CFW for the 3DS, the Gateway gets no use anymore. The DSTwo still does. :D If you want a very cheap entry into handheld gaming the DS Lite is fine. I'd personally try to save up some more and get a 3DS/2DS for a good price, since it opens up some more options without breaking compatibility.

But even the dstwo plus with 400mhz cpu cant do 60fps on snes emus. Playing mario at 40fps is not fun. Gbarunner2 is better for snes-gba ports.

I have one of those, got it for my 3DS, it's pretty decent but I barely even use it anymore... Ever since I installed CFW on my 3DS I was then able to get SNES and PC engine running on my old 3DS at 60 FPS with no noticeable input lag, pixel-perfect resolution and much MUCH better sound, and then there's the GBA VC injections which runs every game perfectly and doesn't drain my battery in the process... Now I only use it for proper DS games, and maybe GB/GBC emulation, because for some reason the 3DS version of gameyob runs worse than the DS version, which is a crying shame, and even then I rarely play DS games anymore, the 3DS's own library is so much better IMHO... If you have a DS but not a 3DS, that's supposed to be the best flash cart you can get, but custom DStwo software drains the DS's battery like there's no tomorrow, if you're going for high performance that is, so it's up to you to decide if that's worth it, but personally, I'd say just get a 3DS and install CFW in it, you'll have a much better time with it...

I've got a DSi with an R4 that has been in my service since 2013 - battery still lasts forever and the games are still more fun than anything on iOS.

that is pretty neat, is that a recent advancement?

@@HUYI1 Yeah, it's all happened within the last year. Because of the 3ds's advancements in DSiware exploits, some people found a way to exploit Flipnote, and then found a bootloader exploit on the DSi to use a nand redirect to the SD card and run CFW.

i should look some of this stuff up, very useful.

@@legoboy-ox2kx yes but alot of games still have problems when booting off the sd card

@@someone-eo1zf Not as much anymore NDSBootstrap's compatibility is really good now.

Was going to say, I remember the Supercard DSTwo having much improved SNES emulation.

It's also very expensive and getting harder and harder to find.

Yeah, the DSTwo is getting really hard to find, is expensive when you do, drains the battery like no other (putting a ~400 Mhz CPU on-board will do that), and is entirely superseded by just using a 3DS instead. If you're hell-bent on running accurate SNES emulation on a DS, then yeah, it's your best bet, but it's a dog with fleas.

raelik777 Yeah I got one for the GBA/SNES emulation but it’s pretty much obsolete now that the 3DS can do it so much better. Even worse, I think there’s some bug with it on 3DS where the CPU is always at max frequency. If you put the system in sleep mode, even just playing a normal DS game, the battery dies very fast if it’s not on a charger. Thought my launch 3DS was finally biting the dust at first but turns out it was just the DSTwo.

CATSFC was the best SNES emulator by far. It was basically a much better version than the DSTWO version. The GBA emulator same thing TempGBA was the best one. DSTWO definitely was the best card with its extra processor allowing for good GBA and SNES emulation.

PSP was the real beast

@Ma. Be. Emulators for official systems are generally homebrew. The only emulator that I can think of that isn't homebrew is... none. "Sexy dumbass"

@Ma. Be. oh wait I forgot about 3ds too yea that has a gba virtual console emulator thing. But generally emulators are homebrew imo

@Ma. Be. SEXY DUMBASS I'M SO

>Homebrew beast PSP literally better in every way RE: homebrew and emulators.

Same, i kinda want just a little more from the 3ds, i own a switch, but a modded 3ds just has too much use for me to ingore it.

That's how Crystal Castles got sued

You can turn your DS to the phone, too. It's called SvSIP

Psp single handedly destroyed ds in terms of power and graphics

RaineTCG $25? Most of the Ds Lites I see are still priced $50 at used shops around my city, even online. Same with the DSi, I’ve seen it selling for $80.

@@yashy2x It might have been good in those terms, but the DS won in any other way. More games, way better sales, more affordable price and a charming design

"Experimental" Successor, actually.

the DS is to the GBA as the wii is to the GCN in the sense that the ds stole alot of games from the GBA the same way that the wii stole alot of games from the GCN and they will always be cursed for that. the wii and ds are both shit consoles. gaming really died after the 6th generation. i haven't timed it but i can get over 30 hours of battery life in my modded GBA with 2 rechargeable AA batteries. which can easily be replaced if need be with cheap high quality batteries from any store. i don't have a ds and don't care to ever have one but don't they get less than half that battery life? with batteries that can only be replaced with cheap chinese knockoffs ordered off the internet. i can also carry a second set of AAs with me and easily open the battery cover with my finger if 30 hours isn't enough. the GBA might not be able to emulate an SNES or genesis but i can emulate those on my gamecube so no problem. i can say that the GBA should have had 4 face buttons though so the ds is superior in that sense. nintendo needs to learn that the love of money is the root of all evil and being a greedy capitalist corporation means that you are a piece of shit. didn't sega teach you not to be afraid to die? like socrates taught us that we shouldn't fear death. in some cultures you can't even be considered a man unless you are not afraid to die. if you try to make the world a better place the forces of evil will assassinate you. like they did to jesus. like the cia assassinated martin luther king, john lennon, jfk, rfk, jfk jr, paul welstone, tried to kill reagan to put cia chief george bush as president etc etc.. it might be a very strong animal instinct to fear death but it's an animal instinct none the less. it's not like you are carrying the torch for some irreplaceable movement to make the world a better place. like i said you are just a greedy capitalist corporation that makes the world a worse place. even though capitalism is evil, the truly wise know that good morality is good business. you're welcome for the free business advice. can you imagine if the oil industry wasn't afraid to die? 90% of life on earth wouldn't be dead in the next 15 years. instead, the most profitable industry in the history of the world pays $0 in taxes and we tax payers actually pay them billions of dollars a year to help them compete against renewable energy. it doesn't matter if you are a good person or not because if you are part of an evil system you are going to behave in an evil way. there are two types of people in the world, selfish people and compassionate people. selfish people care more about themselves than they care about other people. while compassionate people care more about other people than they care about themselves. if you are selfish and you get something that you want, you get a small dose of dopamine and you feel happy for a short time but it is fleeting. soon you want more to get another dose, because isn't that what animals do? chase good feelings and avoid bad feelings.. it's an endless cycle and you can never feel satisfied. if you follow it to it's logical end and become a monarch or a capitalist, you can still never feel satisfied, you still always want more money and power. however if you are compassionate and dedicate your life to helping others then you can feel satisfied because in the end you have helped so many other people. also you will end up in heaven and eternity is a long time compared to your short moment here on earth so that is a plus. "it's easier to fit a camel through the eye of a needle than it is for a rich man to get into heaven." -jesus we must tame the animal instincts of man and create behavior based on moral reason.

EDDD Cubed you just turned somthing completely different into a stupid debate about evil, and no i don’t have to keep paying for battery’s i can just plug it in and it will last forever (i never really timed it though so it could be somthing like 20 which is still long)

EDDD Cubed also you shouldn’t look through life based on morals, you should do it based on logic, you kill 1 man to save 5 you kill 1 man to save a child, you kill 5 men to save your genes, while moral should come into play moral is very complicated and how we run things should very much be based on logic

EDDD Cubed so you went to talk about batteries to assassinations

That game is called simply Portal DS. But there is also a 3D Remake of Portal called like a i believe dlc of the portal. But it is just a Demo bc the Full Project was Never finished. But I could only find the sidescroller portal version.

How do you do that?

I would have never known, thats very interesting

I bought my DS for $25 (with $10 shipping) which works perfect with a R4 card. It is still possible

On Japanese second hand market they’re dirt cheap and work just fine