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    Hacking Where to get a firmware 4.5 or below 3DS XL?

    Thanks for clearing that up! But from what you are saying, it seems that the poster won't have to go and seek out a physical copy of a 4.5 game, but can instead use a ROM, so that's good.
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    Hacking Where to get a firmware 4.5 or below 3DS XL?

    No need. From what I understand, the Gateway comes with two cards. One is an R4 style card that upgrades your 3DS to the exact version (4.5) that it needs to run. The other card you use afterward, and it runs the games. No need to go out and buy a specifically 4.5 game.
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    Hacking Where to get a firmware 4.5 or below 3DS XL?

    Just sold my 3ds with a couple games for $175, and picked up an XL today. 4.3 firmware. Felt bad upgrading it, but I don't play handhelds much and normally stick with maybe one or two games, so the Gateway isn't really made for me. Got one of the blue ones in Kentucky if that helps anyone...
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    Hacking Can I play 3ds roms without Gateway?

    Mmk, I might as well weigh in to put all of the answers you may have in to one concise area (other than of course the stickies, which do that as well). Most 3ds systems that are out now will probably have a firmware higher than 4.5. That being said, my sister got a pink XL for her birthday...
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    Gateway 3DS, ROM releases & GBAtemp

    I'm not as torn up about the Acekard honestly; I have a DS Lite that will be able to use it so there isn't too much of an issue there. It will suck if the new Pokemon games are still at a point in production that they can require a Gateway-breaking firmware. I'm just hoping that this card will...
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    Gateway 3DS, ROM releases & GBAtemp

    I apologize if this has been asked/answered before. I have a 3ds on a fairly old firmware because of my Acekard. Will the newer games potentially require me to update, and if so will they allow me to incrementally update without connecting to the Internet (using the onboard update file)?
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    When is pirating ok? (discussion)

    -The PSX and PS2 would not read without a modchip of some sort (or the slidecard for the PS2 if you wanted to go that route). Dreamcast could be pirated using things so many kids had available at the time: a computer, CD burner, a Dreamcast game borrowed from a friend or rented from a video...
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    Hacking Nintendo 3DS Hack Compilation

    The problem is there are potentially hundreds of ways the 3ds can be hacked--potentially dozens of games with different exploits. Neimod found one of those in two years. Nintendo likely has people finding and closing bugs and exploitable holes, but they can only find so many. If exploits...
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    When is pirating ok? (discussion)

    Bull. If you pirate games, you decrease the number of actual games you will buy. Case in point: if piracy didn't exist, you would buy games to satiate your habit. Because you are removing yourself as a purchaser but are continuing to be a consumer of the good, you cause the demand for the...
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    When is pirating ok? (discussion)

    That speaks to a psychological addiction, which you may wish to seek help for. I'm not trolling/being a jerk--if you feel that you can not function properly without a non-necessity, you may want to take a look at why that is the case. Information is not inherently free. The fact that you use...
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    When is pirating ok? (discussion)

    This mentality is one of the unfortunate societal problems we face today. You might as well have said, "So apparently having a ten bedroom house and enjoying 8,000 square feet of space is only for the rich and not everyone, way to enforce class equality." You may be entitled to equal...
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    When is pirating ok? (discussion)

    I would disagree with this assertion. No, you are not directly giving money to the game industry. However, the action of you buying a used game takes that game out of circulation, reducing the supply available to others. That reduces the amount of used games people are able to buy, increasing...
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    Hardware Worth upgrading to Xbox Slim?

    Also the Xbox 360 (at least the ones without HDMI but with a hard drive and wireless controller) came with a breakout cable that had component ends right out of the box, where the Wii required you to buy an extra one (and the cable was hard to find in many places for a long time to the point...
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    Gaming Psp cfw or ps vita

    I recommend a 32 gig micro-SD card and one of the micro-SD to Memory Stick Pro Duo adapters--the 32 gig cards are about $20 online now and you can get the adapters for a couple dollars with free shipping. That's about $25 for all the storage you'd ever need for the PSP.
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    Hardware PS Vita Purchase Advice?

    I got mine at target today (I think I'm allowed to use store names; if not let me know and I'll remove). They are giving a $50 gift card on any vita purchase (including online bundles). Gamestop is the same but a $25 gift card. As far as games, I'm enjoying Uncharted and grabbed Gravity Rush...
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