Hacking Video about the history of DS Hacking

bjiru · Jun 3, 2026

Hello, I came on here a while back for help and clarification on the history of DS hacking, I made this video talking about the history of everything, and notable things from the timeline, thought I would put it here in case anyone was interested in learning about how things like the R4 and similar devices came to be like I was. Not sure if this is allowed, on here since is kinda self promo, plz delete if so

also this being THE place people would know, plz let me know any mistakes I might've made in my timeline, or any stories you have of if you were actually around back then in the scene. I would've been, but alas~... I was just 5 years old..

MajinChibi · Jun 3, 2026

saw it yesterday, liked it, nice work!

Remember the birthday i got my ds lite and drove instant to a store to buy the m3 simply

bjiru · Jun 5, 2026

MajinChibi said:
saw it yesterday, liked it, nice work!

Remember the birthday i got my ds lite and drove instant to a store to buy the m3 simply

damn they had m3 simply's just in the stores!?!?! I had to special order my m3ds real specially online, only action replays in stores for me in Canada

MajinChibi · Jun 5, 2026

bjiru said:
damn they had m3 simply's just in the stores!?!?! I had to special order my m3ds real specially online, only action replays in stores for me in Canada

Till the end of a lawsuit 2016 it was allowed in germany to sell them in stores. The reason was because you could bypass copy protection measures with them and thats not allowed here.
But they were not sold in big electronic chains, as far as i can remember. But there was a little toy/gamestore in my city, who had them.

SylverReZ · Jun 7, 2026

Saw your recent video just now, you've done an incredible job at explaining the history of DS hacking and flashcarts in general.

Flame · Jun 7, 2026

your video was in my feed. saw it. watched it. liked it. great work.

Pk11 · Jun 9, 2026

I saw it in my YouTube feed a few days ago and thought it was very well put together, fun whenever I see someone who's videos I've seen talks DS

if I were to complain about one thing, SL1 is not a chip rather simply two metal pads on the motherboard that disable write protect on the actual firmware chip when bridged (connected by anything conductive) (an intentional feature probably used for programming in the factory)

the firmware is actually on the Wi-Fi module funnily enough, which is very helpful on DS Lite cause you can hotswap Wi-Fi cards in the FlashMe installer to fix a bricked console (example)

bjiru · Thursday at 8:53 PM

SylverReZ said:
Saw your recent video just now, you've done an incredible job at explaining the history of DS hacking and flashcarts in general.

Pk11 said:
I saw it in my YouTube feed a few days ago and thought it was very well put together, fun whenever I see someone who's videos I've seen talks DS

if I were to complain about one thing, SL1 is not a chip rather simply two metal pads on the motherboard that disable write protect on the actual firmware chip when bridged (connected by anything conductive) (an intentional feature probably used for programming in the factory)

the firmware is actually on the Wi-Fi module funnily enough, which is very helpful on DS Lite cause you can hotswap Wi-Fi cards in the FlashMe installer to fix a bricked console (example)

Omg thank you both for watching and responding on this post, SylverReZ I saw you a ton throughout the many posts I combed for the vid, and Pk11 I've used some of your projects before this is so crazy XD

I've been made aware about the SL1 inaccuracy too, my bad hehaaha

Nakamichi · Thursday at 9:41 PM

aaaah yeah, i remember Passmes! and Flashme, too

Wokann · 2026-06-16T05:58:54+0100

Great video!
There was also a rather famous incident related to FlashMe that happened at the time, which can be added.
We now know that Wi-Fi settings are saved at the end of the DS firmware, but this wasn't known when Nintendo hadn't released DS games that supported online play.

As a result, FlashMe v1-v4 actually occupied the Wi-Fi settings area. This led to a wave of DS device bricking after the release of the first DS online game—Mario Kart DS—for players who had flashed older FlashMe versions. Updating to FlashMe v5, which avoided the Wi-Fi area, could fix this problem.

Even more interestingly, FlashMe v5, which fixed the Wi-Fi issue, was actually completed before the official release of Mario Kart DS. This was because an official Mario Kart DS showroom in Madrid, Spain, allowed journalists to try out the game. One journalist, playing on a DS device flashed with FlashMe, bricked his device and reported it on the community forum. Loopy subsequently fixed this, releasing FlashMe v5 on 2025/11/03, 11 days before the official release of Mario Kart DS (2025/11/14).

I've organized a timeline of DS firmware and hacking history on my blog. You can check it out if you're interested.
https://wokann.github.io/2026/04/28/DS-firmware-history.html#heading_12

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