Hacking How do you play GBA games on an R4 card ?

[Momoro]

As discussed in the rest of the thread, you can use gbarunner2, but it doesn't always work very well, and certainly not as well as injections made with NSUI.

Right, forgot about NSUI

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Do not get the Omega Jr for the GBA, it can't use cheats.

Nah, I'm just getting an R4 3DS Gold Pro SDHC 2020 Card. I think it has a time bomb, though

 

[AkikoKumagara]

No u still need a gba flashcart

???
GBARunner2 will work on NDS Slot-1 cards without the need for a GBA cart. Why are you misleading people?
You need this: https://github.com/Gericom/GBARunner2/releases/
and a copy of GBA BIOS that is compatible with it, I believe.

 

[Momoro]

???
GBARunner2 will work on NDS Slot-1 cards without the need for a GBA cart. Why are you misleading people?
You need this: https://github.com/Gericom/GBARunner2/releases/
and a copy of GBA BIOS that is compatible with it, I believe.

Yeah, this is what I was thinking..

 

[AkikoKumagara]

Here's a video I recorded so others won't be misled. This is absolutely possible, though compatibility isn't perfect.

 

[Momoro]

Here's a video I recorded so others won't be misled. This is absolutely possible, though compatibility isn't perfect.

Yes, just tried this with an old NDS R4 card.

 

[AkikoKumagara]

Right, forgot about NSUI

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Nah, I'm just getting an R4 3DS Gold Pro SDHC 2020 Card. I think it has a time bomb, though

Pretty sure any card with a year on the label does. However, there are plenty of ways around that. It's usually best to use RetroGameFan's Multi Cart Update or TWiLight Menu++ instead of the stock firmware anyway at this point. I've had a few issues with the latter but I believe that to be because my family of cards (DSTT/DSTTi) is known to have some issues with TWLMenu++ currently.

Also, the other guy was right to say NSUI is a better option. The GBA "VC" mode on 3DS has perfect compatibility outside of games that require Slot-2 shenanigans to function as far as I know.

 

[Momoro]

Pretty sure any card with a year on the label does. However, there are plenty of ways around that. It's usually best to use RetroGameFan's Multi Cart Update or TWiLight Menu++ instead of the stock firmware anyway at this point. I've had a few issues with the latter but I believe that to be because my family of cards (DSTT/DSTTi) is known to have some issues with TWLMenu++ currently.

Also, the other guy was right to say NSUI is a better option. The GBA "VC" mode on 3DS has perfect compatibility outside of games that require Slot-2 shenanigans to function as far as I know.

Yeah, I just used NSUI to inject a Pokemon Firered ROM, and it's working perfectly. (Although saving is a little spotty )

Um, what do you mean RetroGameFan's Multi Cart Update --YSMenu? From what I've seen, it has low game support, correct me if I'm wrong.

And, how do I use TWilight Menu++ instead of the stock firmware? I've never heard of this before

 

[AkikoKumagara]

Yeah, I just used NSUI to inject a Pokemon Firered ROM, and it's working perfectly. (Although saving is a little spotty )

Um, what do you mean RetroGameFan's Multi Cart Update --YSMenu? From what I've seen, it has low game support, correct me if I'm wrong.

And, how do I use TWilight Menu++ instead of the stock firmware? I've never heard of this before

RGF's fork of YSMenu works with pretty much every game in its current iteration, and hasn't had many compatibility issues for quite some time: https://gbatemp.net/download/retrogamefan-multi-cart-update.35737/

As for TWiLightMenu, read here:
https://github.com/DS-Homebrew/TWiLightMenu/wiki/installing-(flashcard)
and for updating, read here:
https://github.com/DS-Homebrew/TWiLightMenu/wiki/updating-(flashcard)

 

[Momoro]

RGF's fork of YSMenu works with pretty much every game in its current iteration, and hasn't had many compatibility issues for quite some time: https://gbatemp.net/download/retrogamefan-multi-cart-update.35737/

As for TWiLightMenu, read here:
https://github.com/DS-Homebrew/TWiLightMenu/wiki/updating-(flashcard)

This looks promising Thank you!

 

[raxadian]

Use YSmenu 2017 for the card and you will be fine.

 

[Matty-]

I read in another post that you have to download a certain file to be able to play GBA games on an R4 card

I didn't want to butt into that post just for asking that person so I thought it would be better to make my own post about that

This is what they said



So can you really play GBA games on your R4 card after downloading this file and how do you actually get it to work, do you have to insert the games to this file, place them below it or put the file with the GBA games in its own folder ?


Thanks in advance

Thanks but, do you know if can use the r4 card as normal and switch between ds games and gba games?

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I read in another post that you have to download a certain file to be able to play GBA games on an R4 card

I didn't want to butt into that post just for asking that person so I thought it would be better to make my own post about that

This is what they said



So can you really play GBA games on your R4 card after downloading this file and how do you actually get it to work, do you have to insert the games to this file, place them below it or put the file with the GBA games in its own folder ?


Thanks in advance

And i assume this will work on a dsi too?

 

[Pk11]

Thanks but, do you know if can use the r4 card as normal and switch between ds games and gba games?

You simply load GBARunner2 like any DS homebrew/game, then load the GBA games from there. Or you can use TWiLight Menu++ and load both from the same menu.

And i assume this will work on a dsi too?

It will work for a DSi too, in fact it works better on DSi with CFW than from a flashcard.

 

[KimKong]

If you have a 3DS you don't need to run GBA games through your R4 card, just emulate them using TWiLight Menu++

 

[NightScript]

If you have a 3DS you don't to run GBA games through your R4 card, just emulate them using TWiLight Menu++

https://www.cfwaifu.com/twilight-menu-3ds/​

1. Please don't link cfwaifu; they just copy paste our guides while remaining outdated
2. That wasn't the question; the question was for an R4 card
3. TWiLight doesn't emulate anything; it's just an app index
4. Lastly, if you're on 3DS, just use open_agb_firm. It has much better performance.

 

[RocketRobz]

If you have a 3DS you don't to run GBA games through your R4 card, just emulate them using TWiLight Menu++

1. Please don't link cfwaifu; they just copy paste our guides while remaining outdated

I've tried contacting them about removing the guide and having them link to ours instead, but I have not heard back from them.
https://wiki.ds-homebrew.com/twilightmenu/installing-3ds

 

[KimKong]

1. Please don't link cfwaifu; they just copy paste our guides while remaining outdated
2. That wasn't the question; the question was for an R4 card
3. TWiLight doesn't emulate anything; it's just an app index
4. Lastly, if you're on 3DS, just use open_agb_firm. It has much better performance.

Alright, I didn't know that site was such a sore point..
Also please stop numbering your "answers" when replying to people. You look like a jerk and it's read as a joke..

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I've tried contacting them about removing the guide and having them link to ours instead, but I have not heard back from them.
https://wiki.ds-homebrew.com/twilightmenu/installing-3ds

Are you talking about me? You never tried to contact me about anything..

 

[RocketRobz]

Are you talking about me? You never tried to contact me about anything..

I said that I contacted CFWaifu, not you.

 

[NightScript]

Also please stop numbering your "answers" when replying to people. You look like a jerk and it's read as a joke..

Well, how should I display multiple (3+) different points in an easy to read way? Use the word "also" repeatedly? Weave them into a paragraph? That would imply that each point would have a relation to each other, yet none of those fit. They're each independent of each other, which is also why I'm confused as to how it makes my statement "a joke".
Also, when have I done it before here? I cannot recall the last time I've ever done that here.