Hacking 3DS Development Hardware

[Ericthegreat]

So if you have dev unit + flashcard thingy, then you could possibly play "backups". Price would make it unworth it, but would be interesting. Could be why the dump teams say they're roms are good.

 

[Deltaechoe]

So if you have dev unit + flashcard thingy, then you could possibly play "backups". Price would make it unworth it, but would be interesting. Could be why the dump teams say they're roms are good.

You could play developer signed software, not retail cart dumps

 

[Thorhian]

I don't think so. Remember the video on the Crown 3DS website showing a rom (assuming a 1:1 copy) being played. You'd think if they could do that, it would be finished by now. There must be something else to it .

Possibly downsizing it to a near retail cart size? Plus having only one ROM backup would be kinda annoying, since you basically have to reflash every time you wanted to switch a game out of it.

 

[Snailface]

Possibly downsizing it to a near retail cart size? Plus having only one ROM backup would be kinda annoying, since you basically have to reflash every time you wanted to switch a game out of it.

Are you trying to say a 1-ROM flashcart wouldn't be popular enough to sell?

You don't know people

 

[Thorhian]

Are you trying to say a 1-ROM flashcart wouldn't be popular enough to sell?

You don't know people

lol, I guess, but its lack of versatility wouldn't grab as many customers. Being able to hold all of your games in one cart is the biggest reason why I ever bought a flash cart. Thats just me, but, the size question still comes into play, could they really downsize what they had into a near retail cart size? That thing was pretty gigantic, even though it did have a lot of unused pcb.

 

[Rydian]

One of the most likely reasons Crown3DS didn't come out is that they found they could only have a select few games, possibly as few as 3 per hardware design (we don't know the actual number, it might have just been 1).

So it'd be more like "you can flash any one of these three games at once"... and nobody gives a shit.

 

[3DSGuy]

lol, I guess, but its lack of versatility wouldn't grab as many customers. Being able to hold all of your games in one cart is the biggest reason why I ever bought a flash cart. Thats just me, but, the size question still comes into play, could they really downsize what they had into a near retail cart size? That thing was pretty gigantic, even though it did have a lot of unused pcb.

It would grab me, there are some carts which are hard to come by i.e. kiosk demos and developer demos, it would be a lot easy to obtain a rip of the actual cartridge than the cart itself.

 

[shoyrumaster11]

Wow! The 3DS Dev unit stuff got me thinking quite a bit. I also remember seeing Nintendo DS Dev stuf! Do you think the 3DS systems at game shops are the same as the ones in the photos? If I intentionally hit the home button or reset a dev system the next time I "play" a 3DS Demo system, Is there a way back into the game? I'm also thinking that maybe, If I can find any copies of these systems when I'm older, would it be a good idea to buy one? Also, I'm sorry if I'm asking the same question every one else has asked LIKE A THOUSAND times but, will I be able to play my current retail games? (NDS, DSi, 3DS)

 

[Technicmaster0]

Wow! The 3DS Dev unit stuff got me thinking quite a bit. I also remember seeing Nintendo DS Dev stuf! Do you think the 3DS systems at game shops are the same as the ones in the photos? If I intentionally hit the home button or reset a dev system the next time I "play" a 3DS Demo system, Is there a way back into the game? I'm also thinking that maybe, If I can find any copies of these systems when I'm older, would it be a good idea to buy one? Also, I'm sorry if I'm asking the same question every one else has asked LIKE A THOUSAND times but, will I be able to play my current retail games? (NDS, DSi, 3DS)

The 3DS Panda dev unit can play DS (and maybe DSi games), but no 3DS games.

 

[3DSGuy]

Wow! The 3DS Dev unit stuff got me thinking quite a bit. I also remember seeing Nintendo DS Dev stuf!
Do you think the 3DS systems at game shops are the same as the ones in the photos?
The 3DS units in game shops are not dev units
If I intentionally hit the home button or reset a dev system the next time I "play" a 3DS Demo system, Is there a way back into the game?
Of course.
I'm also thinking that maybe, If I can find any copies of these systems when I'm older, would it be a good idea to buy one?
Only if you have any developer signed software, and/or you have a copy of the 3DS SDK and want to create your own homebrew.
Also, I'm sorry if I'm asking the same question every one else has asked LIKE A THOUSAND times but, will I be able to play my current retail games? (NDS, DSi, 3DS)That question is answered in the first post. There is a whole paragraph dedicated to it. Go read it.

 

[shoyrumaster11]

With that first question I asked, I was asking about 3DS Demo stands that there are in shops like GAME, EB, GameSpot, etc...

 

[3DSGuy]

With that first question I asked, I was asking about 3DS Demo stands that there are in shops like GAME, EB, GameSpot, etc...

I know... So my answer is still the same, those units aren't dev units.

 

[Deltaechoe]

With that first question I asked, I was asking about 3DS Demo stands that there are in shops like GAME, EB, GameSpot, etc...

The retailers just have normal retail units up with retail cartridges or retail demo carts (for some systems)

 

[naxil]

The 3DS rom dumps you see floating around on the internet, are in the CCI format. There's no reason why it shouldn't technically work. Though I can't imagine Nintendo would make it that easy, there's probably a restriction in PC flasher program which refuses to burn the rom if it has retail flags, or retail 3DS units refuse to read CTR-008 cartridges. But I don't know for sure, I don't have one .

loong time..

the specs say: 3ds retail games are signed with different key..

 

[YamiHoshi.nl]

I have a DS Dev Unit, and I can confirm, it will never play commercial ROMs, not even if the ARM9 and ARM7 are fully decompressed.
I can write .SRL files to it, but no .NDS files, nor .NDS files renamed to .SRL files.

 

[3DSGuy]

loong time..

the specs say: 3ds retail games are signed with different key..

I was taking about putting a retail ROMs on a CTR-008 and using it on a retail 3DS. So keys wouldn't have been a problem. Though now I know more, it's not possible because Developer Cards and Retail Cards, signal to the 3DS which type they are.

 

[The Milkman]

Wait, the units they used to display the 3DS image on to the screen on the KI Tournament was a BOX!? The Nintendo rep told me it was "Nintendo Magic" D:

 

[YamiHoshi.nl]

NDA's can do silly things to people, I know that.

 

[ElYubiYubi]

Right now on eBay



http://www.ebay.com/itm/16gbit-Nint...rtridge-/131045832202?&_trksid=p2056016.l4276

 

[filfat]

*Bidding*