Hi all,
I have a nds lite with a R4 and lately, I have been thinking about buying a cheap Memory Expansion Pak from a Nintendo DS Browser. Would it help the ds to run better the roms in neoDS, SNEmulDS, GbaRunner2, jenesisDS, etc. or improve nds-bootstrap compatibility list? It would be great if neods roms can be run with higher FPS or SNEmulDS would work better and with more roms. I have been reading some posts about it but it is not very clear for me, as nobody can't tell more or less what are the improvements if there are any.
If yes, would it be worth it? Maybe It would make more sense to buy an EZFlash card? In the end, I just want to squeeze as much as I can my old nds lite and be able to run its emulators/homebrew in the best way possible.
Thanks in advance!!
Mario
EDIT: I'm gonna keep updating this post to have the most up to date list with your comments. Please, do not hesitate to share any kind of software that uses slot-2 memory expansion for nds which is not included in the following list. Thanks!!
List of Slot-1 & Slot-2 carts with RAM expansion (NDS and NDS lite have 4MB RAM and DSi has 16MB RAM)
(*) More details about EZ3in1 software can be found here
List of Homebrew/Emulators/OSs that support RAM expansion
Expansion can be used to help decoding large JPEGs
RAM expansion used for preventing crashing when running programs
Provides additional RAM to the emulator in order to improve large SNES ROM emulation.
It uses the Memory Expansion Pak or the DSi's RAM to store ROMs larger than 3MB.
There is a special build available (scummvm-j.nds) for running Full Throttle and The Dig with Supercard, M3, G6, and EZ Flash.
QuakeDS exram version supports RAM expansion.
Only for slot-2 flash card that contains a minimum of 16 MB.
This program makes sure that RAM pak is working fine.
GBA ROM Loader for EZ3in.
This utility can erase the NOR on the EZ Flash 3-in-1
I have a nds lite with a R4 and lately, I have been thinking about buying a cheap Memory Expansion Pak from a Nintendo DS Browser. Would it help the ds to run better the roms in neoDS, SNEmulDS, GbaRunner2, jenesisDS, etc. or improve nds-bootstrap compatibility list? It would be great if neods roms can be run with higher FPS or SNEmulDS would work better and with more roms. I have been reading some posts about it but it is not very clear for me, as nobody can't tell more or less what are the improvements if there are any.
If yes, would it be worth it? Maybe It would make more sense to buy an EZFlash card? In the end, I just want to squeeze as much as I can my old nds lite and be able to run its emulators/homebrew in the best way possible.
Thanks in advance!!
Mario
EDIT: I'm gonna keep updating this post to have the most up to date list with your comments. Please, do not hesitate to share any kind of software that uses slot-2 memory expansion for nds which is not included in the following list. Thanks!!
List of Slot-1 & Slot-2 carts with RAM expansion (NDS and NDS lite have 4MB RAM and DSi has 16MB RAM)
- Memory Expansion Pak (Nintendo DS Browser)
- 8MB RAM
- EZ3in1 (*)
- 16MB RAM
- M3
- 32MB RAM
- DStwo
- 32MB RAM
(*) More details about EZ3in1 software can be found here
List of Homebrew/Emulators/OSs that support RAM expansion
Expansion can be used to help decoding large JPEGs
- CycloDS Evolution Firmware v1.2 and up
RAM expansion used for preventing crashing when running programs
- Nintendo DS Browser (Official one)
- NeoDS
Provides additional RAM to the emulator in order to improve large SNES ROM emulation.
It uses the Memory Expansion Pak or the DSi's RAM to store ROMs larger than 3MB.
There is a special build available (scummvm-j.nds) for running Full Throttle and The Dig with Supercard, M3, G6, and EZ Flash.
QuakeDS exram version supports RAM expansion.
Only for slot-2 flash card that contains a minimum of 16 MB.
This program makes sure that RAM pak is working fine.
GBA ROM Loader for EZ3in.
- GBA_ExpLoader (Successor to 3in1 ExpPack Tool)
This utility can erase the NOR on the EZ Flash 3-in-1
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