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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Spoiler: Videos

Also, a video thanks to Robz8:


And another thanks to Alerdy:

 

[RocketRobz]

How!? I have us version and dont work

The commit isn't out yet.

 

[Adeka]

still waiting patiently for gen5

 

[dubbz82]

I don't think work on SDK5 has yet started. Might be waiting a while on that.

 

[tataniko]

Thanks to everybody who take parts in this achievement, great step (like Nintendont)
We can confirm,
- Civilization Revolution DS (US & EU) works great (3DS/SD) with donor (MKDS) - but freezes at DS Wireless Communications.
Our experience is that,
- DSi games work great in local multiplayer - but DS games have issue in wireless communications.
Thanks for your great work.

From net: Civilization Revolution DS is multiplayer game of Civilization series for portable platform. It brings the Civilization Dos experience even closer but with massive multiplayer support. This is not full Civilization experience but changed to make it compatible for people who don't know the Civilization series. The sequel, Civilization Revolution 2 for mobile doesn't have multiplayer support but focus on single-player.

 

[soniccomcisbr]

Games that I'm waiting to run in a future update: Contra 4, World Ends With You, SolatoRobo, Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Mini-Land Mayhem!

 

[Giodude]

Games that I'm waiting to run in a future update: Contra 4, World Ends With You, SolatoRobo, Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Mini-Land Mayhem!

Doesn't the world ends with you already work?

 

[FateForWindows]

Games that I'm waiting to run in a future update: Contra 4, World Ends With You, SolatoRobo, Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Mini-Land Mayhem!

The World Ends With You is already supported.

 

[Garblant]

Essentially, as soon as they get the DS wireless communication feature to work in nds-bootstrap, that feature should work.

 

[tataniko]

Essentially, as soon as they get the DS wireless communication feature to work in nds-bootstrap, that feature should work.

- yes, we can't wait the multiplayer support of Civilization Revolution on 3DS & Earth with the kids -
- we'll convert together planet Earth to playground for children & animals -
- we'll upgrade the outdated system to Digital Democracy with Universal Basic Income, Transparent Society, United Earth Army & so forth -
- however, these new features are not implemented yet in the Civilization game -

 

[soniccomcisbr]

Doesn't the world ends with you already work?

Blank screen when join the battle tutorial

 

[nl255]

Is there any news on that new DMA support that would speed up every game?

 

[RocketRobz]

Is there any news on that new DMA support that would speed up every game?

Sadly, that didn't give a speed boost, and also broke bootstrap for some users, so it was dropped.

 

[Rockmaniac]

So are we expecting a new commit soon? Didn't @shutterbug2000 get Bowser's inside story and maybe others working..? Was that just a rumour?

 

[RocketRobz]

So are we expecting a new commit soon? Didn't @shutterbug2000 get Bowser's inside story and maybe others working..? Was that just a rumour?

It's working, but only on NO$GBA. It's a false alarm.

 

[Rockmaniac]

Oh? How can those two differ.. ? I thought the nds-bootstrap would work the same way on both actual systems and emulators.. ?

It red-screens w some texttype thing. Would this not work better w a bigger game than MK as donor? Why is even MK the preferred option?

It's working, but only on NO$GBA. It's a false alarm.

 

[RocketRobz]

Oh? How can those two differ.. ? I thought the nds-bootstrap would work the same way on both actual systems and emulators.. ?

NO$GBA doesn't have accurate hardware emulation.

It red-screens w some texttype thing. Would this not work better w a bigger game than MK as donor? Why is even MK the preferred option?

MK is preferred, because it uses a variant of SDK version 2 that's close to 3.

 

[Fatalanus]

What is dataexclude and datainclude? and datawhitelist?

 

[RocketRobz]

What is dataexclude and datainclude? and datawhitelist?

datawhitelist = datainclude

datainclude is for what data to be loaded into RAM.
dataexclude is for what data to be excluded from the ROM, in order for the ROM to fit in RAM.
The excluded data now loads in a cache space.

 

[shahanshah]

Since the OP doesn't say anything about it, how well does this work on O3DS?

 

[RocketRobz]

Since the OP doesn't say anything about it, how well does this work on O3DS?

It works the same as on N3DS, since this runs in NTR/TWL mode.