GBAtemp's official DSTT review

Opium · Dec 26, 2007

GBAtemp's official DSTT review
Slot-1, SDHC, cheat, auto dldi...

The much awaited official GBAtemp review of the DSTT is now up! Check it out to see how well this card stacks up.

The DSTT is a new, cheap slot-1 flashcard that boasts a lot of the latest features like SDHC, cheats, soft reset, saving directly to MicroSD and GBA support with the optional GBA expansion pak. It enters the market out of relatively nowhere but already has an impressive list of features. Few cards come to the market with this sort of functionality upon initial release. Yet, does it actually perform well enough to win people over in this highly competitive market? Read the review to find out!

DSTT Review

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H8TR · Dec 26, 2007

Looks real promising. Maybe I should pick one up (or just enter the contest).

BoneMonkey · Dec 26, 2007

very nice review and cart

now i want a dstt

JPH · Dec 26, 2007

Very nice review, Opium.
I too want a DSTT

Opium · Dec 26, 2007

Good thing we're giving away 20 then

pgfreak · Dec 26, 2007

how do I enter the giveaway?

Could the support for Contra 4 be fixed in a FW update?

Urza · Dec 26, 2007

QUOTE(pgfreak @ Dec 25 2007 said:
Could the support for Contra 4 be fixed in a FW update?

Most likely yes.

I should have mine when I get back from my trip in a few days, so if anyone has any further questions feel free to drop a PM or ask here.

Opium · Dec 26, 2007

QUOTE(pgfreak @ Dec 26 2007 said:
how do I enter the giveaway?

Could the support for Contra 4 be fixed in a FW update?

1. Click here

2. I'd imagine so, yes. Probably just something they overlooked. There is no fix yet though.

Spikey · Dec 26, 2007

Sounds like a really great cart! I hope I get one, otherwise when I get home will have to get back on trying to find a cart to get.

I wants to play my DS again. And Opium, great review, you do good work.

PikaPika · Dec 26, 2007

Since Contra 4 has a problem creating the save file, have you tried creating a save file on another cart (like the R4)and then copying it over to the TTDS?

helpme · Dec 26, 2007

QUOTE said:
Could the support for Contra 4 be fixed in a FW update?

QUOTE(coollala @ Dec 17 2007 said:

I just found that the Contra issue just occurs in English kernel, but without problems when using Chinese kernel.

To solve this, you can use the Chinese TTMENU.dat + TTMENU.SYS with the English language.ini

QUOTE(DjoeNtje @ Dec 18 2007, 09:44 AM)Well i played contra 4 with the neoflash 1.07 TTDS kernel

I played withc cheats on and played out the game on easy and medium right till the end, no problems accured
I played 5 levels without cheats, still no problem.

No switching with the chinese files.

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Rankio · Dec 26, 2007

It looks and sounds like an N-Card + R4. Good combo. If I didn't own both already I would get this cart.

Awdofgum · Dec 26, 2007

I really hope i win the competition, these look really awesome.

RexNebular · Dec 26, 2007

Can it run dslinux? Many newer cards fail at even running the WMB version of dslinux, so should be tested in reviews.

MaHe · Dec 26, 2007

QUOTE said:
Quite possibly one of the best features of the DSTT is that it does not have any sort of battery for retaining saves what-so-ever. When you save a game in-game the save is automatically written to the MicroSD card then and there, rather than be temporarily stored to an onboard chip to be written to the MicroSD next time you boot up the DSTT. This cuts out the middleman so to speak and speeds things up considerably. On the EZ-Flash V you would have to wait some time before each game loaded for the last save to written to your MicroSD and the new game’s save to be retrieved from the MicroSD and written to the onboard chip. Not having these load times made a night and day difference.

I don't want to sound like a jerk, but why the hell is this praised so much?
Even the SLOT-2 SuperCard and M3 Professional had this feature. Not to mention N-Card, R4, M3 Real and G6 Real (OK, not 100% sure about those two), CycloDS, DSLink, eWin2 and so forth. This is a very standard feature, so why did you list it on the 'pros' of this card?

Giangsta · Dec 26, 2007

i already oredered 2 of these for a friend and im quite pleased to see that this card got a fairly impressive review, i'll make sure to slip in a manual .sav for contra 4 before i give it to him. =)

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Opium · Dec 26, 2007

QUOTE(MaHe @ Dec 26 2007 said:
QUOTE said:

Quite possibly one of the best features of the DSTT is that it does not have any sort of battery for retaining saves what-so-ever. When you save a game in-game the save is automatically written to the MicroSD card then and there, rather than be temporarily stored to an onboard chip to be written to the MicroSD next time you boot up the DSTT. This cuts out the middleman so to speak and speeds things up considerably. On the EZ-Flash V you would have to wait some time before each game loaded for the last save to written to your MicroSD and the new game’s save to be retrieved from the MicroSD and written to the onboard chip. Not having these load times made a night and day difference.
I don't want to sound like a jerk, but why the hell is this praised so much?
Even the SLOT-2 SuperCard and M3 Professional had this feature. Not to mention N-Card, R4, M3 Real and G6 Real (OK, not 100% sure about those two), CycloDS, DSLink, eWin2 and so forth. This is a very standard feature, so why did you list it on the 'pros' of this card?

Click to expand...

All EZ-Flash and all G6-Flash cards (including EZ-V and G6 Real) keep save data in an onboard chip. Not sure about the M3 range because I don't have one.

Having dramatically shorter loading times and direct save to microSD is a great feature wouldn't you say? Not all the latest cards have it. It is certainly a big pro for the card. As you can probably tell I was mainly an EZ-V user before the DSTT so the difference was quite big.

FAST6191 · Dec 26, 2007

Nice review, minor niggle under the official feature list 32Gbit=4GBytes (rather than the 32Gbytes of SDHC).

Satangel · Dec 26, 2007

Great review, was waiting for this.

Will there come an NEOFlash TTDS review?

And seeing the GBA pak is the same as the Ewin Expansion pak, I'm guessing its also compatible with other flashcards?

shaunj66 · Dec 26, 2007

QUOTE(Satangel @ Dec 26 2007 said:
Will there come an NEOFlash TTDS review?

There's really no reason to. They're EXACTLY the same (so far).

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