Hacking Help Picking FlashKart

[whinis]

I have an original Fat ds model ntr-001 and was wondering what flash cart would still work with my ancient wonder and which the community would recommend.

 

[awssk8er]

If you don't have a price range, get the DSTWO. It's probably the most expensive one ($35), but it blows every other cart out of the water.

If you need a little cheaper, I guess get an Acekard2i.

 

[whinis]

So those cards would still work on a ntr-001, it think this is actually one of the first dses to come out .

 

[stylow]

If the acekard 2i is expensive for you you could also buy a r4i ultra that is a cheaper version and it has the latest game support

 

[Rydian]

You have three choices for carts that have proper support/updates.
[*]The original R4.
NOT "R4-III Upgrade", NOT "R4-SDHC", NOT "R4i", NOT "R4 Gold", NOT "R4 Red", NOT "R4 King"...
NOT ANYTHING ELSE WITH "R4" IN THE NAME! JUST "R4 Revolution".

• Price: ~$6
• Rank: The cheap card for somebody that just wants to play some games on a DS/Lite.

[*]Acekard 2i

• Price: ~$16
• Rank: Mid-range card for people that want to play lots of games on a DSi/XL with some extra features.

[*]Supercard DSTwo

• Price: ~$35
• Rank: Pretty much the ultimate card right now.

• DS / DS Lite
  The card will work on an original (fat) DS or a DS Lite.
• DSi / DSi XL
  The card will work on a DSi or DSi XL as well.
• Game Updates
  Firmware updates are what let cards play newer games, these are the life-blood of the card.
• SDHC
  SDHC refers to SD cards larger than 2GB (gigabytes). If there's no SDHC support, you can only use SD cards up to 2GB.
• WiFi Update
  The Acekard 2i can update it's cheats (and get minor bug fixes) over WiFi without having to connect to a computer.
• Clean Mode
  The DSTwo has special features to ignore AP in most games, letting you play them without having to wait for a firmware update first.
• RTS
  The Real-Time Save (Save State) function lets you save and reload your game progress at any moment you wish.
• In-Game Guide
  You can pull up text files and images in-game, in order to check a walkthrough or map you downloaded at any time during a game.
• Slow Motion
  The card lets you slow down the game speed as you wish.
• In-Game Cheats
  The card lets you create and modify cheats while the game is running.
• Special Homebrew
  The card has multiple pieces of special homebrew, such as it's own GBA and SNES emulators, as well as text/PDF reader and video player.
• Battery Life
  Unfortunately the DSTwo's extra CPU and RAM (which give it the special features) eat into the battery life a bit.

 

[whinis]

Where should I order from in the US?

 

[hullo8d]

Realhotstuff is a pretty good store. They are a bit overpriced, but they have fast shipping. I received an acekard I ordered from them in 2 days.

 

[Rafinesque]

I'll second the vote for RealHotStuff...

 

[GolenSun550]

Yep , RHS is good place to go .

I also recommend Lightake.com if you don't cart about the long time waiting (pretty similar with shoptemp.com)

 

[RupeeClock]

Although I'm not american, I've seen plenty of US citizens vouch for realhotstuff.

 

[chyyran]

Hey, Rydian, an R4iDSN is a good budget cart now because of Wood R4iDSN, the same goes for R4iGold so you might wanna update your chart.

 

[Tzosin]

definatly buy the dstwo as it owns all flash carts around and has slot 1 gba + snes emulation as a bonus.

 

[Rydian]

Hey, Rydian, an R4iDSN is a good budget cart now because of Wood R4iDSN, the same goes for R4iGold so you might wanna update your chart.

When it gets an official review and all that I might add it, if it manages to knock the AK2i out of it's place (which is unlikely). It's not going to knock the R4 or DSTwo out, at least.