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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dubbz82

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If i understand correctly, when fetching a file, say a moflex, it stores the fike first in the vram, and plays it back from there, reducing stuttering. Im not sure if this would effect the load times for the better or for the worse though.

Moflex isn't a thing for ds games.
 

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What's prefetch? If you don't mind me asking.

If you read a particular chunk from the SD card, it's likely that you'll want to read the following chunk soon.
Based on this assumption, the sdengine can fetch the data from the following chunk ahead of time so it's ready before you ask for it.
 
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Anyone would try to run DSx86 and nesDS homebrew? I don't know if I'm doing something wrong but DSx86 cant works anymore for me and nesDS 1.3c touchscreen doesn't works after update.
 

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I think that you can add Spectrobes to the Game list. It Works. However i used a donor rom. and video lags and it loads at every conversation you start and every move your spectrobe does
 

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good day sir, just want to ask if it will be possible in future to load all nds pokemon games on this t full speed without any error?thanks...
robz8 already said it multiple times, that THUMB Code (sry if I misspelled that) has to be implemented in bootstrap to get any main line Pokémon game to run.
 

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