Hardware M3 vs G6 vs SC vs R4

[dover19]

I got a regular DS and my brother has a DS Lite. We both wanna get a card and I'm wondering which do you guys think is best and why.

Also, if I got an R4 and say he got an M3, we would still be able to play together right?

Thx.

 

[Maikel Steneker]

I got a regular DS and my brother has a DS Lite. We both wanna get a card and I'm wondering which do you guys think is best and why.Well, you first have to make some choices: do you want a very good but expensive one, should it have internal of external (SD) memory, Slot-1, Slot-2 or both...
I'd say R4 or the more expensive CycloDS Evolution. For Slot 2 I'd say EZ 3 in 1 or the more expensive M3 Lite.

Also, if I got an R4 and say he got an M3, we would still be able to play together right?

Thx.

Yeah, you can play with every flashcart with any other one, or with original games.

Download Play might be an issue, but mostly for Slot-2-cards.

 

[dover19]

a slot 1 device will have problems with GBA roms though right?

 

[TLSpartan]

a slot 1 device will have problems with GBA roms though right?

Yes. As in they will not work

 

[dover19]

lol, k. sounds to me like a slot 2 device is better than.

 

[redsrule2500]

lol, k. sounds to me like a slot 2 device is better than.

You prefer GBA games to DS Games? huh

 

[dover19]

no but i prefer to be able to play both, what advantages do slot 1 cards have over slot 2 then?

 

[KaliKot]

Slot 1 cards have 100% compatibility with DS, and just drag and drop them to the sd no need to patch them unlike with slot 2

 

[Sweater Fish Del]

lol, k. sounds to me like a slot 2 device is better than.

If you only get a slot-2 device then you'll also need to get a nopass to go in slot-2 or else you won't be able to play DS games at all. So since you're going to have to get two devices either way, the better option is probably to get a slot-1 flash card like the R4 or CycloDS Evoltion and then get a slot-2 cart specifically for playing GBA ROMs. The EZ-Flash 3-in-1 (a slot-2 cart that requires a slot-1 card in order to load ROMs onto it) is cheap enough that you won't really be spending any more money that way even though you could probably pick up a nopass pretty cheap these days.


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[dover19]

about the nopass, isnt that only if the ds isn't flashed?

 

[flai]

about the nopass, isnt that only if the ds isn't flashed?

Yes, if your DS is flashed you don't need a nopass. I would recommend you get a Slot 1 and a Ez Flash 3 in 1. Rumble, RAM, and 32MB for GBA games, so thats a couple of GBA games, DS Browser compatibility, and rumble.

 

[Sweater Fish Del]

about the nopass, isnt that only if the ds isn't flashed?

But you can't flash your DS if you don't have a nopass (or some other passthrough device).


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[HellShade]

As for the 3in1, it's actually as many GBA games as you're willing to put on your slot-1.

You don't actually write the game to the 3in1 unless you're playing it (or you're using NOR for slot1 to 2 linkage)

 

[redsrule2500]

no but i prefer to be able to play both, what advantages do slot 1 cards have over slot 2 then?

slot 2 can't play both, you're gonna need one for both slots anyway.

 

[dover19]

slot 2 can't play both, you're gonna need one for both slots anyway.

you sure? my buddy has a slot 2 SC and he can play both. the only thing is he has to patch his DS roms before uploading them or something.

 

[paul1991]

no but i prefer to be able to play both, what advantages do slot 1 cards have over slot 2 then?

Slot 2 cards with good GBA compatibility are 2-4x more expensive than a slot 1 card.
A 1 gigabyte ncard is 50$ CHEAPER than a Slot 2 of the same size.

 

[kikapo_O]

I prefer Slot-1 Card. first I owned a M3 lite prefect but now I got my R4 ands it's much more easier than a Slot-2 device. U can save a lot of time with the drag and drop function ;D

 

[Sweater Fish Del]

Slot 2 cards with good GBA compatibility are 2-4x more expensive than a slot 1 card.
A 1 gigabyte ncard is 50$ CHEAPER than a Slot 2 of the same size.

The EZ-Flash IV Lite Deluxe is a slot-2 cart with very good GBA compatibility and most places sell it for $40, which is at most $10 or $15 more than the cheapest slot-1 cards. Plus the cost of whatever size microSD card you want.

I don't actually own one, so I can't say how good the DS compatbility is, though. That's the only problem with slot-2 carts is that you need to patch DS ROMs to get them to work, so you're depending on updates to the loader software everytime a new unsupported game comes out and those updates are going to get more and more infrequent as companies phase out their slot-2 carts in favor of slot-1. (Contrary to what most people always say, ROMs need to be patched for slot-1 cards before they run, too, but it's in-card so that you don't notice and since slot-1 cards are the current technology, most manufacturers are prompt about fixing games that don't work.)

I still say the best option is definitely to get both a slot-1 and a slot-2 kit. If you don't plan to play a lot of GBA stuff, get a 3-in-1 for slot-2, if you do plan to use GBA a lot, then get an EZ-Flash IV or other full slot-2 flash kit.


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[dexmix]

shouldnt this be in the NDS section?