Hacking DS Rom size

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I have a new super mario bros. rom its 32 mb in size but in the site it said 256 mb. What does the 256 mb mean?
 

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It's 32 megaBYTES, meaning 256 megaBITS.

1 megaBYTE = 8 megaBITS.

ROM sizes are usually given in megaBITS.

Also, manufacturers often state flashcard sizes in megabits, instead of megabytes.

So before considering a flashcard, check for megabits/megabytes, because it may turn out the card is 8 times smaller than you thought
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EDIT: Looks like Jefklak was faster
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ohh god not this again, on flashcarts and cartridges size is measured in bits no bytes, 1 byte is 8 bits thats it can u please use the search function for these kinds of questions bcoz theyve been asked like 100 times!
 

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ohh god not this again, on flashcarts and cartridges size is measured in bits no bytes, 1 byte is 8 bits thats it can u please use the search function for these kinds of questions bcoz theyve been asked like 100 times!

And it will be asked 100 more times, no need to get your panties in a bunch, it was adequetly answerd 3 times before you went to the 'trouble' to answer.
 

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so many replies ... so many nice people hehe.. sorry i didnt use the search function..

so i can just basically buy a 256 mb sd card for my ez4 and be able to play any game game any develepor makes for ds since the biggest they can make is 1Gbit which is 128 MB
 

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so many replies ... so many nice people hehe.. sorry i didnt use the search function..

so i can just basically buy a 256 mb sd card for my ez4 and be able to play any game game any develepor makes for ds since the biggest they can make is 1Gbit which is 128 MB

well 128 MB is the biggest wevw seen... for now...
but yes, it will do nicely
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and give u a good amount of games
 
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