New Review - R4 DS

[ambitous21]

and things look even better!
9.2 ?

 

[shaunj66]

i heard that there was software on the CD that converted saves from slot 2 flashcarts including the G6

can your confirm this, and say if it works etc

There's nothing on my CD besides manuals and drivers... Perhaps because it's a review copy cart.

Does anyone else have anything different on their CD?

is FAT the same as FAT16 ?

Yes. FAT and FAT16 are the same.

 

[4saken]

Nice review.

is it possible for a firmware upgrade to fix the problem with download play? Or is it a hardware problem?

ALSO: I didnt read anything on wifi internet play. Has anybody tested it?

 

[aristo]

i heard that there was software on the CD that converted saves from slot 2 flashcarts including the G6

can your confirm this, and say if it works etc

There's nothing on my CD besides manuals and drivers... Perhaps because it's a review copy cart.

Does anyone else have anything different on their CD?

On commercial CD, there are:

1. Save converter
2. R4DS Rom Trimmer
3. 1.0 Skin/Firmwares (total 5 English and Japanese(??))
4. R4 Manual
5. Moonshell 1.5
and read me~

 

[IOmega]

hi... well i got a micro sd sandisk and well i whas thinking if with this card it will be ok... for the r4.... for the presentations of the castlevania and that stuff.... have someone try the r4 with a sandisk ??? sry for my english :S

 

[Katalyst]

Nice review. I was hesitant, but I think I made the right choice when I cancelled my Supercard DS order and ordered an R4. Ships tomorrow.

 

[mr_blonde_88]

i heard that there was software on the CD that converted saves from slot 2 flashcarts including the G6

can your confirm this, and say if it works etc

There's nothing on my CD besides manuals and drivers... Perhaps because it's a review copy cart.

theres a peice of software on the website

could you try it out please?
i dont have one, and the 1 thing stopping my from buyin it is i dont wanna start all my games again

i think if you just changed the .0 to a .sav and then convert it, it should work

http://www.r4ds.net/other-2.htm

 

[ambitous21]

Nice review. I was hesitant, but I think I made the right choice when I cancelled my Supercard DS order and ordered an R4. Ships tomorrow.Â

damn you
i envy you.. haha
my paypal money is stuck in cybernet
have to wait one or two days til it appears in my bank.

 

[AceHazard]

Well, I ordered one from GameYeeah yesterday. Looks like this will do exaclty what I want it to. I also ordered a SanDisk 1gb microSD (not the ultra). Anyone know if this will impact performance? Hopefully someone can do some testing with a non-ultra SanDisk microSD card and post their results. Now I just gotta find a black DSLite instock somewhere!

 

[Katalyst]

damn you
i envy you.. haha
my paypal money is stuck in cybernet
have to wait one or two days til it appears in my bank.

lol, yeah my PP money is still waiting to hit the bank, I just used some other funds and whenever PP finishes transferring, that'll replace it.

 

[mr_blonde_88]

Are Gameyeeah reliable?

I get cecurity warnings when on their site....

 

[digital_sin]

The review was awesome, you guys nailed all of the pros and cons.

However, most of the cons dont matter that much to me... for example download and play because as of right now all of my friends have ordered a R4 too

and Homebrew support is already dodgy on all carts, homebrew isn't "perfectly" supported by any cart except for maybe the DS-X (124$ 512MB). as for the Chinease firmware updates comming out faster than the English ones, that's a valid point (so far) and I'm hoping that the R4 team will always keep release dates close and keep them comming to fix bugs and add features. finally, the GUI itself being outdated/not customizable, that's just temprorary untill they release 1.05 so we can make our own skins (already working on a few of my own, I will upload them on H8TR's website L8TR

).

GO R4!

 

[ambitous21]

yes could someone try a sandisk 1 gig with the r4 and see if everything runs fine?

just try a few benchmark games like castlevania, animal crossing, etc

i'm not sure if i can find a kingston around.. and sandisks are much more cheaper so the 1gig is mor affordable

me --> poor college student

 

[tetsuya]

That was a nice review. At the moment I have about 46$ in my paypal. Can someone tell me how much is the shipping at Gameyeeah is?
Thanks for the good review shaun

 

[Wuschmaster]

What does "Download Play Problems" mean?
Does that mean it doesn't work AT ALL or does it mean it only works with flashed receiver?

Can you test the DS Download Stations?

 

[Costello]

Gameyeeeah is a good reliable website otherwise we wouldn't recommend it

download play problem means:
an UNFLASHED DS can not receive download-play games via wifi.
it simply doesnt work (crashes on load)

flashed DS though will receive these games with no problem.

 

[Romain]

Thank you for the details concerning FAT32 abilities shaunj66.

About the Save Conversion Tool, it is available on their website (they called it "archive conversion").
It is very annoying since you can't drag&drop files, and you cannot select multiple files, so you have to convert all your save files one by one.
I checked output files with an hexeditor, it just pad your file to 512KB (G6 .0 files are 256KB only, Supercard .nds.sav files are .0 files renammed to .nds.sav)
It would be easy to write a program or a script to convert saves files from one type to another:
SC/G6 --> R4: pad with 0xFF to 512KB (from 256KB)
R4 --> SC/G6: split the file in two and keep the first half (256KB)


I have a few questions:
Does somebody know if trimming roms breaks download-play compatibility (for games where it normally works)? (there is a trimming tool on their website)
I don't really care about download-play but it's always interesting to know. I'm asking myself the same question concerning the DS-X and other slot-1 featuring download-play.

Another thing that I was thinking about: will the R4 boot without any µSD card inside, to use it as a nopass? or a TFcard is compulsory to see the main menu?

Hey last thing: does somebody exactly know what are the links with the M3 team? Are they the same, are they only friends, or one is copying the other one (I don't think so)?

Thanks a lot

 

[killfreak]

so, does opera browser work with the usual slot 2 cards? also, i assume online wifi play is no problem?

sounds like a great card!

 

[Katalyst]

That was a nice review. At the moment I have about 46$ in my paypal. Can someone tell me how much is the shipping at Gameyeeah is?
Thanks for the good review shaun

Not sure if it changes depending on location, but I'm in the US (Georgia) and they calculated $5.50 (International AIR Mail,12-18 business days Delivery) for me. Pretty long shipping, but I guess you can't expect much. If you could spare a few more bucks, I'd recommend where I ordered my R4 (modchipstore.com). Their R4 is $5 extra, but they've got shipping for just about as cheap and it's DHL 1-5 day (DHL has always shipped damn fast in my past experience). Comes out to about $50-$52 total. But, Gameyeeah is a good choice nonetheless.

 

[dazinith]

can you add to the review what size micro SD cards will work with the R4? I want to know if I can go for a 2GB or a 4GB card? all i have seen so far is people using 1GB cards, will a 4GB work with this?

thanks for the review!

EDIT:

meh, answering my own question, may still be worth adding to the review?

http://www.r4ds.com/product-en.htm
Q: How many files can I have on the R4?
A: R4 Adapter supports 128MB~4GB TF(MicroSD) card , 4GB=32Gbit