13 years.

The original DS was released in 2004, and to this day, no hax for Download Play had been made.

Until now.

Gericom found an exploit in DS Download Station, allowing us to run any homebrew we'd like over DS download play.

Source code for dspatch: https://github.com/Gericom/dspatch

Enjoy!

Credits:
Exploit: shutterbug2000, Gericom, and Apache Thunder
Graphics: Jaames, Robz8

And if you want to load unsupported flashcarts on a DSi:

Yes.
Here's Apache Thunder's flashcard launchers edited for HaxxStation. @shutterbug2000 should put this in the first post.
https://www.odrive.com/s/23b9f39c-ae15-4c1b-8ff7-64344fa6f2d2-5939fc7f

 

[some1ne]

Does your rom have a bad overlay table? You might need to unpack the rom with something like DSLazy and zero out the y9/y7 bin files. That's assuming you are using a older rom of the AceKard2i from before they used spoofed NTR games. The spoofed retail roms would most likely break if you do this so only do this on one that isn't a hacked retail rom.

EDIT: Also, hacked NTR games that some flashcarts use most likely exploit flaws in files in the NitroFS section of the game. Since NitroFS is not supported by HaxxStation or DS Download play in general, any attempt to launch a flashcart with such a rom will most likely fail anyways.

You will need to instead try the kernel SRL are an older AceKard rom dump from before they switched to spoofing games.

Yes, my cart is using the bootloader from before they started spoofing games, the one that has the Acekard 2i logo:

Spoiler

I tried unpacking the ROM using DSLazy to zero out the y7/y9 .bin files, but they were empty already:

Spoiler

 

[Apache Thunder]

Yes, my cart is using the bootloader from before they started spoofing games, the one that has the Acekard 2i logo:

Spoiler

View attachment 89688

I tried unpacking the ROM using DSLazy to zero out the y7/y9 .bin files, but they were empty already:

Spoiler

View attachment 89687

PM me the rom and I'll take a look at it.

 

[Valery0p]

You can run blocked flashcards on a DSi.

Answered in the TWLoader thread.

Not with nds-bootstrap, though.

Beacuse it doesn't exist in the past?
Or because it doesn't works with the last release/commit?

 

[RocketRobz]

Beacuse it doesn't exist in the past?
Or because it doesn't works with the last release/commit?

It doesn't work with the latest release/commit.

 

[ChampionLeake]

I think haxxstation freezes everytime i use it with twloader. So it freezes when I press A or wait until the count down goes to 0

 

[Valery0p]

It doesn't work with the latest release/commit.

But it did works with ver 0.2.0, right?
Also, @tozevleal said that using a particular commit it worked!
So, it's hacky, but there is a way

 

[PrincessLillie]

I got it working on the latest
You just need to delete the bootstrap and reinstall 2.0 as the only version of the bootstrap
I was also able to get the other 6 Download Stations working on 2.0. I will request to have it added to the compatibility list once I test it on the latest version of the bootstrap.

Tried that before, but no dice.

 

[bennyman123abc]

Tried that before, but no dice.

So then, what we know is that TWLoader is finicky as fuck

 

[RocketRobz]

So then, what we know is that TWLoader is finicky as fuck

Yeah, because it uses "sd:/" for newer bootstrap version.
I'll try to get it working with 0.2.0 with the "fat:/" text.

 

[ChampionLeake]

Yeah, because it uses "sd:/" for newer bootstrap version.
I'll try to get it working with 0.2.0 with the "fat:/" text.

Does your haxxstation freeze using twloader to send a title?

 

[RocketRobz]

Does your haxxstation freeze using twloader to send a title?

Haven't tried it yet.

 

[PrincessLillie]

Yeah, because it uses "sd:/" for newer bootstrap version.
I'll try to get it working with 0.2.0 with the "fat:/" text.

Switch it back to fat:/? What's the difference?

Does your haxxstation freeze using twloader to send a title?

No.

 

[RocketRobz]

Switch it back to fat:/? What's the difference?

Older versions of nds-bootstrap use "fat:/" to specify the SD root, while newer versions use "sd:/" to specify the SD root.
I'm adding an option to switch between those.

 

[dpad_5678]

Here's a script I threw together to make the process a bit quicker. Requires dspatch.exe to be in the same directory (thought about embedding it into the script but that sounded disrespectful to @shutterbug2000). Working on a script that will automatically convert all Homebrew in the current directory to the "sender" program.

Might appear as Malware because it's a batch file converted to EXE (had some problems running it as batch). Will PM the source code (can we even call it that with batch?) to anyone with suspicions.

 

[Valery0p]

Yeah, because it uses "sd:/" for newer bootstrap version.
I'll try to get it working with 0.2.0 with the "fat:/" text.

The problem wasn't that since 4.2.0 twloader used a newer version of devkitARM to bulid,that made obsolete ndsbootsrap version starting from 0.4.1?

 

[bennyman123abc]

The problem wasn't that since 4.2.0 twloader used a newer version of devkitARM to bulid,that made obsolete ndsbootsrap version starting from 0.4.1?

WHat the hell does that have to do with anything?

 

[Van28]

yes!

did they update the bootstrap?

 

[tozevleal]

did they update the bootstrap?

I think not but try to follow @Robz8 progress with that!

 

[ChampionLeake]

I'm trying to use haxxstation with twloader on my3ds but it once the game loads, it freezes on a black screen. Sometimes it gets stuck at 0 seconds to press "A". Anyway to fix this?

 

[dpad_5678]

I'm trying to use haxxstation with twloader on my3ds but it once the game loads, it freezes on a black screen. Sometimes it gets stuck at 0 seconds to press "A". Anyway to fix this?

I don't think it works with TWLoader quite yet.