Hardware What is the rarest DS Flashcart?

[SylverReZ]

Still having the first DS linker, just like mk5 linker you've got a slot 2 card with mini USB to send games over.

It doesn't save anymore so I'm using it for event Pokemon roms.

I happen to have a few bare N-Cards as well as a DS Fire Link. They are both the exact same.

 

[Pomegrenade]

Add the AKRPG to that list lol

I do wonder whether the RPG was favoured among select people vs the Acekard 2, it was more expensive and it’s definitely rarer now.

 

[SylverReZ]

I used to have... I think it was called a FireCard? It was back in the days when the OG R4 was taking off, but it came with something like 1GB of built-in memory for the same price as an R4 without a microSD, and at the time it still would've been an extra $20 or so for a reputable 1GB microSD. It also took up both slots, with a USB adapter that plugged into the GBA slot and wrote to the DS slot, but didn't have any sort of ROM-booting or GBA functionality of its own. Pretty sure the GBA slot adapter was also sized to replace the DS Lite's GBA dust cover rather than being a full-sized cart, even though I swear this was only a few months after the Lite launched.

The Fire Card is not a clone, but it's an OEM supplied N-Card with different branding. The firmware can be used on either one of them since they're practically the same hardware.

 

[VzUh]

On the note of R4 clones, did anyone mention the N5? Those fuckers used to blow fuses and really didn't get much love after that

 

[lifehackerhansol]

On the note of R4 clones, did anyone mention the N5? Those fuckers used to blow fuses and really didn't get much love after that

I somehow came across an N5. I have the non-DS-killing one though. Last I remember, it was the spring loaded SD slot model that was the killer.

I use it as my resident "R4 clone with a badly implemented SDHC" cartridge (there were many of those in the early days), even put some work into the drivers and documentation.
It's amusing how similar it is to the real R4; the R4 only added non-HC code which is a 32-bit address space of bytes, but the N5 and other R4 SDHC didn't change this to a 32-bit sector space, so the real maximum SD size is only about 4GB. It really was a lazy ripoff.

 

[Pomegrenade]

The N5 logo also looks like a Shrek ripoff…

 

[jamespoo]

i had a flashcart i bought from a site called everbuying back in 2013 not sure what the card was they used but it was a 60 - in 1 and the 2gb sd card was soldered to the middle of the motherboard

 

[SylverReZ]

The N5 logo also looks like a Shrek ripoff…

I name it the 'Shrek R4' because the logo has the ears.

 

[Shadow_The_Hedgehog82]

My order from ic2005 arrived they even sent me an extra neo3sd, looks like they are still stocking these old gba flashcarts

Ah yes, we cannot forget the Acekard RPG.

Wow this is cool never seen this before

 

[SylverReZ]

My order from ic2005 arrived they even sent me an extra neo3sd, looks like they are still stocking these old gba flashcarts

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Wow this is cool never seen this before

That's cool. I'm quite surprised that NeoFlash still makes them after two decades. They apparently sell SunDisk optical drive emulators for the Wii. https://www.ic2005.com/shop/product.php?productid=110

 

[Shadow_The_Hedgehog82]

Oh wow nice. Can confirm that this site ain't sketchy after all.

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They sell SunDisks for the Wii. https://www.ic2005.com/shop/product.php?productid=110

Yeah i saw these was thinking of ordering one when i get payed lol

 

[Pomegrenade]

My order from ic2005 arrived they even sent me an extra neo3sd, looks like they are still stocking these old gba flashcarts

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Wow this is cool never seen this before

Cool stuff and yeah the Acekard RPG is pretty nice, I've got one in my collection and still use it sometimes!

 

[SylverReZ]

Cool stuff and yeah the Acekard RPG is pretty nice, I've got one in my collection and still use it sometimes!

I have an Acekard 2i that I often use on my modded DSi.

 

[ASSASSIN-Z]

My order from ic2005 arrived they even sent me an extra neo3sd, looks like they are still stocking these old gba flashcarts

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Wow this is cool never seen this before

Is the Neo3-SD a GBA flashcart that cam be used on a GBA SP? On their website it sounds like it's just for playing NDS games via slot 2.

 

[Shadow_The_Hedgehog82]

Is the Neo3-SD a GBA flashcart that cam be used on a GBA SP? On their website it sounds like it's just for playing NDS games via slot 2.

Yeah just for nds i think the neo2 can work on gameboy

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I have uploaded the contents of the Neo Team disc to archive.org i think it contains software/drivers for the majority of their products https://archive.org/details/neo-te-am-2015

 

[SylverReZ]

I somehow came across an N5. I have the non-DS-killing one though. Last I remember, it was the spring loaded SD slot model that was the killer.

The killer, as in it blew out the fuses in your DS.
The quality of the PCB looks messed up if you open it, and if you especially know anything about electronics, there's no form of protection.

 

[CeeDee]

Probably not anywhere near the rarest, but I've kind of always wanted one of those GBAtemp branded DStwos...

 

[SylverReZ]

Probably not anywhere near the rarest, but I've kind of always wanted one of those GBAtemp branded DStwos...

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Good luck trying to get your hands on one. You could ask one of the staff to see if they have any old stock still lying around, I doubt it, but its worth a shot perhaps.

The box:

 

[Pomegrenade]

Probably not anywhere near the rarest, but I've kind of always wanted one of those GBAtemp branded DStwos...

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I second this, those cartridges were super cool!

 

[Citizen_404]

Good luck trying to get your hands on one. You could ask one of the staff to see if they have any old stock still lying around, I doubt it, but its worth a shot perhaps.

The box:

Holy crap, that is cool!