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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Works the same as it does on n3ds. The real difference is between dsi & 3ds.
It works just fine on O3DS,anything thats compatible gets decent fps.Only minimal lag on some games.
Neat

Here's hoping Etrian Odysssey III becomes functional in the future. It's the only EO-game which isn't available on the 3DS, so it hurts to have that gap.
 
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Compatibility is quite surprising, tested Rune Factory 3 on the unofficial version and it works with some lag and the occasional freeze but is otherwise playable.
 

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Just tested it and it's around 30 seconds counting the nds-bootstrap loading screen for RF3.

RF2 is significantly faster but the loading screens still take a while.

Oh, just forgot to mention there is quite a lot of noise in the background for 3
 

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ran into a problem last night with mario and luigi partners in time(u) the game ran fine until I tried to load my save the weird thing is it loaded fine earlier in the night but after I saved at the second save point in bowsers castle(past) the game no longer loads the save file it just black screens after selecting load file. I was using the latest build with mario kart set as donor rom.
 

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ran into a problem last night with mario and luigi partners in time(u) the game ran fine until I tried to load my save the weird thing is it loaded fine earlier in the night but after I saved at the second save point in bowsers castle(past) the game no longer loads the save file it just black screens after selecting load file. I was using the latest build with mario kart set as donor rom.
You'll need an untrimmed ROM.
 

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