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nds-bootstrap loader: Run commercial NDS backups from an SD Card

nds-bootstrap:

Thanks to the work of ahezard, Gericom, Apache, Robz8, _catcatcat, and shutterbug2000 and other contributors, we can now load NDS games from the SD card, without any flashcard/SLOT-1 card.

Don't expect high compatibility, but do expect many, many updates.

:arrow: Compatibility listing:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1LRTkXOUXraTMjg1eedz_f7b5jiuyMv2x6e_jY_nyHSc/edit#gid=0

:arrow: The official Discord server for nds-bootstrap:
https://discordapp.com/invite/7bxTQfZ

:arrow: The thread for the recommended loader (by Robz8):
https://gbatemp.net/threads/twloader-ctr-mode-nds-app.448375/

:arrow: SRLoader for softmodded DSis (by Robz8):
https://gbatemp.net/threads/srloader-nds-app-for-dsi.472200/

:arrow: If you're more of a forwarder person:
https://gbatemp.net/threads/nds-forwarder-cias-for-your-home-menu.426174/

:arrow: Link to the releases page:
https://github.com/ahezard/nds-bootstrap/releases

:arrow: Anti-Piracy patch list by Robz8
https://gbatemp.net/threads/ap-patch-preservation.477536/

Also, thank you to our testers:
Historian
JoshuaDoes
thejsa
Alerdy
PokeAcer


Also, a video thanks to Robz8:


And another thanks to Alerdy:
 
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Robz8 said:
There has been homebrew compatibility regression since the release with both retail and homebrew rom loading.
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Why don't we just seperate them again?

Keep note that I still use TWLoader 4.0.0 (the version that isn't r46) just so I can put unofficial as the ROM loader and the official as the homebrew loader...
 
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maorninja said:
Why don't we just seperate them again?

Keep note that I still use TWLoader 4.0.0 (the version that isn't r46) just so I can put unofficial as the ROM loader and the official as the homebrew loader...
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Even better. Why not put separatly homebrews and retail games just like One Menu on Vita does? :)

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dubbz82 said:
Or simply someone that appreciates the amount of work that goes into building out something like this...
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Take it easy, we all know the effort put in order to develop this kind of application, my comment was not about being ungrateful... on the contrary, we wait patiently until a new breakthrough is done, and we go on and help the devs by testing roms, some people just simply do not understand the way others think and take offense at the slightest things...

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Except "sadly", in this context, means "it's unfortunate we have to wait because of said circumstances". @seseiSeki is just getting offended on the behalf of someone else.
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Something like that, maybe the way I express is too ... "Exotic" to certain people :P
 
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Billy Acuña said:
All emulators I'm trying to run results on white screen, the only one that boots is neoDS, but it fails on fatinit.
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neoDS works perfectly for me. It even played Samurai Shodown V Special very well (graphical distortions aside). I also tested other homebrews, like RogueDS and NetHackDS. RogueDS works like it should. It's able to write and read a savefile. NetHack on the other hand does not work at all.
It seems like dldi is not completely broken.
 
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i notice that new unofficial and official version brake the nds file after loaded once, maybe it's TWLoader's issue or my sd card's will keep testing
 
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I don't know if it's a bootstrap problem or TWLoader problem, but after update to the latest stable version of both DSx86 stop working. In previous version I needed to put "Lock ARM9" to "on" for it works, now it's freezing on "Initializing libFAT". I'm sad :(
 
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kane159 said:
i notice that new unofficial and official version brake the nds file after loaded once, maybe it's TWLoader's issue or my sd card's will keep testing
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Did you download bootstrap.nds from Git and put it in the _nds folder? That's what I had to do and it works perfectly fine.
 

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