Hardware What is the rarest DS Flashcart?

[JaapDaniels]

How about the eWin2? is that rare?

Post automatically merged: Jan 29, 2023

https://www.linfoxdomain.com/nintendo/ds/ has last software for it.

Then it should also be able to run twillight menu ++ (even better)

 

[Trevor_2012]

But it have button battery inside!
https://gbatemp.net/threads/g6ds-real-review.49102/
And USB adapter looks pretty tricky.
CY7C68023-56L EZ-USB NX2LP™ USB 2.0 NAND Flash Controller. Probably hasn't been produced for a long time.
Edit: Datasheet: https://www.farnell.com/datasheets/315893.pdf

Yes it is very difficult, if there was some method via 3ds it would be good.

 

[orangy57]

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The "Max Media Launcher" is something you won't find in many places I think?

wow, the Phat DS version of the EZflash 3-in-1? I've seen more threads from of people asking where to find it than people who have it, that thing was hard to come by even 10 years ago after it got phased out for the lite version

 

[zxr750j]

wow, the Phat DS version of the EZflash 3-in-1? I've seen more threads from of people asking where to find it than people who have it, that thing was hard to come by even 10 years ago after it got phased out for the lite version

I've consumed a lot of the ez-flash products through the years, good stuff with good support! I have been looking at the Omega but their old cards still do the job...

 

[NeSchn]

Man I used to have so many, the only one I still have is my original DS-Xtreme because I sold it to my brother and he used it for a couple years but then gave it back to me because he didn't care about the DS anymore and I also have an Ace3DSX for my 3DS.

If I remember correctly though I used to have:
DSTT
M3DS Real
Edge DS
Cyclo DS
iTouch DS
Acekard 2
Acekard 2.1 ( I don't remember what was exactly different but it was a revision of sorts)
R4DS
and even though it wasn't a DS flashcard I miss my Elink card for GBA, that thing was sweet!

 

[squeakycleanswine]

Picked myself up a dstwo recently (with the box, wouldn't buy it without it). I also got a CycloDS iEvolution in the tin some years ago and haven't seen one pop up since. Surprisingly, I paid more for the dstwo.

 

[nitrozz]

I still have M3 real and acekard2i

 

[djnate27]

Still got my EZFA Advanced, PassCard 2, the orginal M3 Movie Player, M3 SImply, M3 Real, M3 Perfect, Acekard 2i, and Gateway 3DS.
(Those were exciting times.)

 

[Titney]

https://web.archive.org/web/20080220104343/http://wiki.pocketheaven.com/NeoFlash
I have one of these which is hopefully not very common since it was pretty crap and overpriced lol. I only have it because I got one for free to review.

https://web.archive.org/web/20080220104812/http://wiki.pocketheaven.com/G6_Lite

Also one of these, which is probably pretty rare cause the M3 was similar and a lot cheaper. I don't think the DS side of it is anything special, but it's still my go-to GBA flash cart because it's got 3 state saves for every game.

 

[Tarmfot]

Nand based ones?
Dslinker here.
I don't understand why godmodei cannot read it as it reads dsi nand.

 

[SylverReZ]

The "Max Media Launcher" is something you won't find in many places I think?

Or even the "Games 'n Music", that thing was garbage and lacked any good homebrew compatibility.

 

[Smiths]

just found this thread. gotta remind myself to take a pic of the collection. obviously there's a lot of Acekards in it, but before there was "Smiths helping develop AKAIO" there was "Smiths whoring himself for an emulation site to get freebies to review"

and yeah, i still have that G6 USB writer somewhere. That used to be the only cart capable of playing Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin without slowdown (the old 'review standard test')

 

[FAST6191]

Or even the "Games 'n Music", that thing was garbage and lacked any good homebrew compatibility.

I do have one of those I picked up a little while back.

That said as noted previously Datel managed to get their stuff sold in Circuit City which was then a popular (albeit waning) big box American electronics vendor, and in the UK it also managed to get things in Game (then a big high street retailer). The forums here seeing quite a few people only inclined to buy in the real world (paypal had not quite yet gone hardcore anti flash cart, probably could still get one on deal extreme/DX even, but it was also different times) wanting to get a bit more from it, which did actually happen.

 

[SylverReZ]

I do have one of those I picked up a little while back.

That said as noted previously Datel managed to get their stuff sold in Circuit City which was then a popular (albeit waning) big box American electronics vendor, and in the UK it also managed to get things in Game (then a big high street retailer). The forums here seeing quite a few people only inclined to buy in the real world (paypal had not quite yet gone hardcore anti flash cart, probably could still get one on deal extreme/DX even, but it was also different times) wanting to get a bit more from it, which did actually happen.

Shame that it didn't took of and for reasons that are obvious, meanwhile flash cards such as the R4 and DSTT/TTDS were very popular.

 

[FAST6191]

Yeah no commercial ROMs pretty much tanked such things for the long term. DSTT/TTDS was a bit later in the day, certainly before ysmenu actually made them vaguely useful.

 

[Janni9009]

At this point, so many carts are brutally hard to find that this question is really hard to answer. My best guesses (excluding rather generic clones) would be, for slot-1: the original AceKard/+ and N-Card, and for slot-2: the EZ4 Lite series and Reform, and maybe the M3 "Professional" series (haven't seen any of those change hands since my collection started at least).
Some carts are also failing not too uncommonly now, for example the EZ3in1 (mine has the good ol' dead SRAM (not battery, might be cracked solder joints since it's also failing to be recognized at times?)), and NAND-based cards might be starting to wear out as well. Some slot-1 carts also have batteries which I doubt replacements can even be found for anymore (finding a CR1220 with tabs is already a pain), so people might annoyingly just bin them, increasing their rarity even more.

 

[duwen]

I finally got around to being able to provide a pic of my existing carts (I may have some others. I know there was at least one R4 clone that got binned when it stopped working)...

All those pictured still work and still get use (to a greater or lesser degree); the EZ-Flash is a recent addition and is currently seeing daily use - the Acekard was frequently used until I cfw'd my DSi's so now only gets used in my phats and lites - the Sky3ds has the same titles on it that I last wrote to it 6 or 7 years ago but they still get played in my O3ds - similarly the 256Mb EFA has whatever titles I last wrote to it whenever I last had a working XP PC that could run the client to write to it, so that and the other EFA (which is a bit more useable as it's drag'n'drop) pretty much live in my GC's Gameboy Player - the DSX-treme just has "The World Ends With You" on it for that titles 'streetpass-like' feature - and the Superpass probably still works but I've got no reason to try it

 

[KeeperCP1]

I think the rarest DS flashcart is the original R4

 

[master801]

I think the rarest DS flashcart is the original R4

They still sell them but without the sticker on AliExpress and Ebay.

 

[duwen]

They still sell them but without the sticker on AliExpress and Ebay.

Pretty sure he was trolling ...he usually is.