Hacking DS-X or X9

[deathspawn999]

no doubt, if/when a 1GB ds-x comes out, ill pick it up and sell my .5GB to a friend.

 

[stop_loading]

I would sacrifice 1% of games playability for the convenience of not being pissed off every time I go to put on a new game.

Most people would, it's relative.

with that kind of space no wonder you need to move files back and forth

i could put 20 games on 1gig and that will last for a month

not to mention next year you can get 2gig microSD pretty cheap, acekard is the better buy. sorry

are you gonna depend on that nitpicky updates for every ds games that have problem? then might as well get a slot 2 solution

 

[simonbal1984]

The Ninjapass x9 is simpler to use than made out by some additionaly the compatiblity is pretty high http://wiki.scorpei.com/index.php/NinjaPas...patibility_list

and download play is good also.

Anyway i think i would wait for the microninja it seems to have the best of both worlds (transflash mem + high home brew) however with the current MicroDS firmware download play is not poss

 

[Impetus]

Im going to post my ninjapass X9TF review now. I just love knowing I saved 60 AU dollars with my ninja.

 

[TiredFire]

I've done lots of research and it seems the Ninjapass team is improving on their product daily. I'm happily awaiting both items and will sell the one I don't like to my friends. The thing I have to ask myself is if the removable media is really worth it.

 

[YodaBoy]

I think I’m in the same boat as a lot of people; I’m stuck working out what cart I want.

When I first started looking in to all this no pass devices and lite slot 2 carts were just coming out. Due to being busy at work I kind of put it all on the back burner as I did not have time to play the DS any way.

Now just a few months on I have dropped the idea of a no pass and a lite slot 2 for a slot 1 cart.

I’m weighing up between the DS-X and 9X much the same was as I was the G6 and M3 (and I’m caught up on the same reasons as well, built in memory vs TF, support and style.

I wish I could get my hands on them to see the build quality for my self as that’s a big factor for me. After that comes GUI and usability. Home brew compatibility would be nice as a software engineer I would like to tinker. Of course ROM compatibility is nice as well.

help is much appriciated.

 

[TeraS]

just wait for Supercard, EZ. M3 and Ewin3 to release their slot 1 products.

If u want one urgently just wait couple of week for the MicroNinja to come out.

 

[Scorpei]

I think I’m in the same boat as a lot of people; I’m stuck working out what cart I want.

When I first started looking in to all this no pass devices and lite slot 2 carts were just coming out. Due to being busy at work I kind of put it all on the back burner as I did not have time to play the DS any way.

Now just a few months on I have dropped the idea of a no pass and a lite slot 2 for a slot 1 cart.

I’m weighing up between the DS-X and 9X much the same was as I was the G6 and M3 (and I’m caught up on the same reasons as well, built in memory vs TF, support and style.

I wish I could get my hands on them to see the build quality for my self as that’s a big factor for me. After that comes GUI and usability. Home brew compatibility would be nice as a software engineer I would like to tinker. Of course ROM compatibility is nice as well.

help is much appriciated.

Deciding what product is best for you is always hard. But waiting a little is never very bad. New products get released and that's just how things are. In the time I've been active in the DS scene I've seen the passme, passme2, nopass and slot1 devices slide by. To try and help a bit my reviews might help.

http://www.scorpei.com/Ninjapass_X9TF.html
http://scorpei.com/DS-Xtreme.html

 

[stinkingbob]

By far, the BEST slot 1 device is the DS-X. No other cart can compare to it. You won't go wrong if you spent the extra money to purchase it. $124 is not that bad considering the features you get with it. Some may say that 512Mb is to small. But ask yourself how many games do you realistically play at a time? The ds-x can store store many games on itself, so unless you are like some people who want to put 20 games, 50 music files and 2 movies on the card, stick with the ds-x. Some have alluded that the ds-x needs updates everytime a new game comes out. This is ridiculous. There has only been 1 update, and that has pretty much taken care of any compatibility issues with non-working roms. In addition, the ds-x offers drag and drop, GREAT customer support, excellent GUI, its the total deal.
The other slot 1's out on the market, just aren't up to par with the ds-x, either because its a pain in the ass to xfer a rom to the cart, or the gui is horrible, or the software crashes. What you need to do, is re-read all the reviews for the devices you are interested in buying and then make your choice from there. Personally, my pick is for the ds-x. Note that if the ds-x were so bad, then why is it always never in stock and back-ordered. Sure, you can play the waiting game and hope that something comes along that is better, But until the actual cart comes out and is reviewed, you could be waiting for nothing, when you could have been playing.
B.

 

[Monkey01]

I wish I could get my hands on them to see the build quality for my self as that’s a big factor for me. After that comes GUI and usability. Home brew compatibility would be nice as a software engineer I would like to tinker. Of course ROM compatibility is nice as well.

help is much appriciated.

Build quality:
DS-X had some problems with some cards quality in the first two batches, but for the third batch they have improved the build quality significantly and (almost) every card of DS-X is now very good.
X9: Haven't heard much about build quality, so I assume it's okay.

GUI
DS-X: Nice GUI, easy to use, totally skinnable (except for top screen, but that will be done later).
X9: Really terrible GUI, it's the worst you'll ever see, or you must really like DOS's GUI. Also it just lists every file (.NDS and .SAV) and you need to go through the whole list to select the .NDS file, then you need to find it's .SAV file and click it in the whole list again too. There may be a new GUI coming soon though, since they're having a design competition. (yeah they let the users do the design stuff, too expensive for them to hire designers) But, well I don't trust it untill it's there. The NinjaPass company fucked up their previous cards and their support forum is not really supporting. I pm'ed the admin to ask him nicely to put down the stupid filter they have that disables competiting brand names (SC, M3, etc.) (example), and that was enough to ban me. Well appart from my own experience, when you ask about compatibility of a game which just doesn't work for anyone. They just gonna ask you stupid questions about which SD-Card you use, at what spead and what loader version you have and they'll ignore the "Does it work for you then"-questions. So their forums is one big lame attempt to promote the product, not supporting or informative.

Homebrew
DS-X: They have some systems, that allow it to run homebrew not specifically made for the DS-X, but not everything seems to work yet, but most of the stuff does. They still need to release a FAT driver though, but it seems emulated if you use one of M3 or something I've heard. I don't know much about all those FAT driver stuff, so I don't know specifically how it all works.
X9: I believe they have modified a moonshell version to work with it, but that's all that works with it. They need to release their FAT Drivers too, if they ever plan to do so.

ROM Compatibility
DS-X: Animal Crossing got fucked up by the latest firmware and I think one other game too, just check the wiki. Also some others may have sound problems or other small problems. Also DS-X has the best Single Card Download Play compatibility, but still some won't work, like Yoshi T&G.
X9: Well it's better than their previous NinjaPass, but still worse than most of it's competitors. Pokémon and Metroid Prime Hunters for example don't work at all, and some others neither. Single Card Download Play works with some games, but DS-X's compatibility is better. Also, you need a specific TF-Card to get some games to work, but I can't find which card. And for newer games, you need to update the savetype list, to be able to play them...

 

[YodaBoy]

Thanks guys that really helpful.

Scorpei, I have read your reviews a few nights ago, only about 5 times each.

Monkey01, I want to play a few games, but im not that fussed, i own 7 originals and plan to buy a lot more. Being a software developer i im happy to show my support by ponying up the cash for good games.

That said, there are a lot of crud games out there that i would just not pay for at all. Hence the try before you buy so you can avoid eth crud ones, or even good games like another code that only take like 3 hours to complete.

Home brew is another big bonus; I would like to get something that will run the code im already writing on the pc, I would be disappointed if I ended up with something that has cruddy home brew support.

I guess im tending towards the DS-X but i would like a little more space, i would love removable media so i can carry a around a card packed with cartoons.

ahhh, i might wait till after Christmas to work out what I want, I would not mind seeing how the ewin3 and some others pan out.