Hacking 3DS Rom only 512MB?

[CIAwesome526]

I downloaded a rom for my gateway, and it was only 512MB, i thought they were like 4GB, why is it so small? it was a .3ds file though.

 

[Arras]

Some games are big, some games are small. That's really all there is to it, the DS (and really almost any console) was like that too.

 

[joepassive]

there are a few 128mb games as well.
for example, "Tetris Ultimate" eu is 128mb

 

[zoogie]

The average 3ds rom is about 512MB-1GB and ranges from 128MB to 4GB.

They're still a lot larger that DS games which average 64MB (range 8MB-512MB).
(dsiware games are limited to 16MB as well)

 

[tekno18]

its size depend on the game, its the same to ds , snes , gba, nes, the size change.

 

[CIAwesome526]

its super smash bros, which i heard was like 2 GB or something. I dont think its a game as simple as tetris.

 

[cvskid]

Also you can trim a lot of 3ds games unless they are card 2 type games from what i found out.

 

[CIAwesome526]

Also you can trim a lot of 3ds games unless they are card 2 type games from what i found out.

trim them a gig and a half?

 

[Abcdfv]

It's probably a corrupted download, smash4 is 2gb so it should never be under 1.1gb, though I don't know what the actual trimmed size is 3ds.essh.co might

 

[cvskid]

trim them a gig and a half?

It depends on the game, for example, super mario 3d land is a 512 mb game that trims to 306mb while star fox 64 trims from 1gb to 561mb.

 

[gamesquest1]

i think SSB is 1.3GB trimmed

 

[CIAwesome526]

i think SSB is 1.3GB trimmed

well, this is like the only working download i can find. does everyone just backup their games? i cant find anything? Definitely dont post links, in response if you respond. i think you can get in trouble for that.

 

[CIAwesome526]

hello?

 

[gamesquest1]

hello?

hello

 

[Migoma]

hello

hello

 

[gamesquest1]

hello

is it me your looking for?

 

[dubbz82]

Possibly a rebuilt copy with stuff stripped out of it/down sampled?! This would be the first I've heard of this, but we certainly have the programs to do so...at least with some file formats..

 

[osm70]

The important question: Does the rom work?

 

[migles]

check the nfo, for a md5 or sha1 code and compare it, it can be a corrupted rom..

 

[gamesquest1]

maybe he downloaded the demo