Hello folks,
It was time to clean out the crawlspace again and go through my belongings. I stumbled across this blast from the past here
:
Pulled it out of a DSi where I had completely forgotten about it for about a decade. Turns out, the card still works in the system I pulled it out of, a DSi running FW 1.4.1U:
Found all of my old pokemon saves on there, spent probably three hours just going through everything, so far so good. I did some quick reading online and read that a DS flashcard should work fine in a 3DS running Luma, and promptly inserted the card into my Old 3DSXL and my New 3DSXL. This is where the trouble starts. The New 3DSXL does not even show a banner for the cart, instead just shows white everything:
The OId 3DSXL gets a bit further and at least shows me the right game / banner (Fish Tycoon):
When launching the game / card on the O3DSXL though, I just get a white screen with nothing at all happening. The card works perfectly fine on the DSi, fails to launch on an O3DSXL, and doesn't do anything at all on a N3DSXL. What's going on here? Naturally, all 3DS models are on the latest firmware and Luma as well.
I would like to continue to use this card for nostalgia's sake, and because I think it is a pretty cool artifact from back in the day. It also does something Luma can not do: NDS Game savestates. I can basically do real time saves and loads with this, this is handy in games where saving is limited, or you just want to try the same fight again and again, for example. So the card has still a (niche) use for me.
Trying to troubleshoot this a decade later when all original websites with firmware have gone down doesn't exactly inspire confidence, and I'm a bit worried to just start replacing files on the SD of the card. I already made a back-up of what's there, but I'm not sure how to proceed with this. The card also bulges and is kind of tricky to get in and out of the slot, but I remember this was always an issue from day 1.
Kind of curious about the genesis of this as well. Obviously I bought it from GBATemp or through one of their authorized retailers / whatever at the time, it came in a nice little tin box with the GBATemp logo on it too. I have no clue what I bought this for, can someone tell me what I might have paid for it? Does anyone know how many of these there are floating around (the limited GBATemp edition)? Is there anything special about it, save for the (faded) sticker on the card and the tin it came in? Can't honestly believe this place used to sell (or distribute through other retailers) flashcards back in the day, but I got proof right here
.
How do I get this working on a 3DS running luma?
It was time to clean out the crawlspace again and go through my belongings. I stumbled across this blast from the past here
:Pulled it out of a DSi where I had completely forgotten about it for about a decade. Turns out, the card still works in the system I pulled it out of, a DSi running FW 1.4.1U:
Found all of my old pokemon saves on there, spent probably three hours just going through everything, so far so good. I did some quick reading online and read that a DS flashcard should work fine in a 3DS running Luma, and promptly inserted the card into my Old 3DSXL and my New 3DSXL. This is where the trouble starts. The New 3DSXL does not even show a banner for the cart, instead just shows white everything:
The OId 3DSXL gets a bit further and at least shows me the right game / banner (Fish Tycoon):
When launching the game / card on the O3DSXL though, I just get a white screen with nothing at all happening. The card works perfectly fine on the DSi, fails to launch on an O3DSXL, and doesn't do anything at all on a N3DSXL. What's going on here? Naturally, all 3DS models are on the latest firmware and Luma as well.
I would like to continue to use this card for nostalgia's sake, and because I think it is a pretty cool artifact from back in the day. It also does something Luma can not do: NDS Game savestates. I can basically do real time saves and loads with this, this is handy in games where saving is limited, or you just want to try the same fight again and again, for example. So the card has still a (niche) use for me.
Trying to troubleshoot this a decade later when all original websites with firmware have gone down doesn't exactly inspire confidence, and I'm a bit worried to just start replacing files on the SD of the card. I already made a back-up of what's there, but I'm not sure how to proceed with this. The card also bulges and is kind of tricky to get in and out of the slot, but I remember this was always an issue from day 1.
Kind of curious about the genesis of this as well. Obviously I bought it from GBATemp or through one of their authorized retailers / whatever at the time, it came in a nice little tin box with the GBATemp logo on it too. I have no clue what I bought this for, can someone tell me what I might have paid for it? Does anyone know how many of these there are floating around (the limited GBATemp edition)? Is there anything special about it, save for the (faded) sticker on the card and the tin it came in? Can't honestly believe this place used to sell (or distribute through other retailers) flashcards back in the day, but I got proof right here
.How do I get this working on a 3DS running luma?
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