I would expect it to be a menu that redirects to various DOL's depending on the demo.
So if you wanted to play all the games on a USB loader you'd need to have loads of alt DOL's lying around.
So after Teq spotted the file in The Conduit I thought I'd start nosing through other games with Trucha to see what I could find.....
While not cheats, I found a file called Mincyclopedia.xml.
Within it is a standard XML file With lots of tags setting stuff to locked or not.
Now in theory if...
Nice work guys, I'm using the r360 version, and have one question...
Would it be possible to have a configurable list for games that DONT work, so when you go to install one it pops up a warning, that way no wasted space.
Well there are 0 working Virgin 4.0 hacks. So why do they need to admit defeat?
Maybe IF a 4.0 hack gets released they will block again. But that's about it.
To actually answer your original question (seems to be lots of people going off topic today)
YES you can play original games via backup channel/launcher. They will run at full speed as they are detected as proper versions. And they will skip the updates.
Sounds like your using an unaltered Gamma channel (same as me).
You need to patch out the 001 error.
Just look at http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=123341
You can either patch disc yourself, good for learning what does what.(See link above)
Or you can get a gamma channel that has in built...
Depends on the game, Hamster hero/Top trumps is tiny (couple of hundred meg). But SSBB is 6.7gig.
Get yourself a nice Maxtor Basics HD and grab the tools of their site to disable sleep.