New Review - R4 DS

[mr_blonde_88]

Is it possible to modify the 'GAME' page? I dun like to see 'shell' & _DS_MSHL.NDS, is it possible to delete them or whatsoever so that it just shows the game list?

I find it very untidy

just create a folder for each rom, that way each rom and its save is in a seperate folder and tidy

 

[khan]

Does anyone from UK who has bought R4 DS from Gameyeeeah tell me roughly how many days it takes for the item to arrive after they ship it.

 

[jpxdude]

Ordered 2 R4DS on the 29th Dec from gameyeeeah, and I know they've arrived in london today! I'm expecting either tomorrow or sat.

 

[shaunj66]

Battery Life Results:

Test condition:

• Fully charged European Black Nintendo DS Lite
• R4 DS, Sandisk Ultra II 1GB formatted with FAT32.
• New Super Mario Bros. Running Main Menu and movie looping continuously
• Screens at max. brightness (level 4)
• Sound at 100%

Results:

Backup ROM of New Super Mario Bros. on R4 DS = 4 hours 20 minutes
Retail New Super Mario Bros cart = 4 hours 55 minutes

 

[jpxdude]

Awesome!! Thanks for the test Shaun!

 

[khan]

Ordered 2 R4DS on the 29th Dec from gameyeeeah, and I know they've arrived in london today! I'm expecting either tomorrow or sat.

I also ordered on 29th Friday night i think it was, BTW in my e-mail it says delivery expected from 12-18 now is that correct because if true that's far too long.

 

[Katalyst]

just create a folder for each rom, that way each rom and its save is in a seperate folder and tidy

Yeah, you mentioned that earlier and that's exactly what I'm doing right now. Pretty neat and organized I'd say.

ROOT
>Games
>>XXXX - TEH GAEMZ
>>>XXXX - TEH GAEMZ.nds
>>>XXXX - TEH GAEMZ.sav
>>XXXX - ROFLMAOWTFBBQ
>>>XXXX - ROFLMAOWTFBBQ.nds
>>>XXXX - ROFLMAOWTFBBQ.sav

Definitely works for me.

 

[BlueStar]

Does anyone from UK who has bought R4 DS from Gameyeeeah tell me roughly how many days it takes for the item to arrive after they ship it.

I ordered on Tuesday night (with paypal) and picked the only shipping option available. It left Shenzhen at 12:10 local time today (About 7am our time). I think so anyway, it says "operation completed" but I think that means it's been sent on it's merry way from Chinatown not that it's actually arrived in my nearest city.

I'll let you know when it gets here. Hope it doesn't come tomorrow when I'm at work, cos courier company's depots are always on industrial estates in the middle of nowhere so I'll have to go on a trek to pick it up.

 

[The Teej]

Getting real tempted to buy this now. Saw one on Bamboo Gaming for £20.... which is WAY less than what I paid for an M3 when it first came out.

Is Bamboo Gaming good shipping to UK, then?

 

[zelph]

Thanks for the review. After reading this im going to buy one

 

[mgfcortez]

this is great
only like $50 bucks and better that the $130 one.
but i hope the MicroSD card don't cost to much
but i have a 64mb card i got to move stuff from pc to pc.(i know it's so small)but maybe i can use it until i get a bigger one
what brand's are best to get and cheapst,thanks for any help
also what's the best slot 2, gba card to get.
one that will load up most gba games and save.
i've been reading alot about this stuff,but still don't get it all
help me if you don't mind
thank you for your reply and time!!!!!!!!!

 

[SpaceJump]

Great review as usual. I only have one question which I think wasn't answered in the review: How are saves handled? Are they temporarily put into a SRAM/EEPROM and then transferred to MicroSD on next boot? Or are saves directly written to MicroSD?

Could someone please answer my question?

 

[Katalyst]

Great review as usual. I only have one question which I think wasn't answered in the review: How are saves handled? Are they temporarily put into a SRAM/EEPROM and then transferred to MicroSD on next boot? Or are saves directly written to MicroSD?


Could someone please answer my question?

Saves are actually saved to the microSD card in the same directory as the rom, with the same filename as the rom. You don't have to find out the save size for certain roms because all save files for the R4 are 512KB, so it doesn't matter. Any rom should work. It'll ask you if you want the .sav created the first time you load the rom. After that, it'll automatically load. Should answer that question.

 

[BlueStar]

Great review as usual. I only have one question which I think wasn't answered in the review: How are saves handled? Are they temporarily put into a SRAM/EEPROM and then transferred to MicroSD on next boot? Or are saves directly written to MicroSD?


Could someone please answer my question?

Saves are actually saved to the microSD card in the same directory as the rom, with the same filename as the rom. You don't have to find out the save size for certain roms because all save files for the R4 are 512KB, so it doesn't matter. Any rom should work. It'll ask you if you want the .sav created the first time you load the rom. After that, it'll automatically load. Should answer that question.

What he's asking is does it save directly to the microsd or do you have to soft reboot when you've finished playing to write it from the eeprom.

 

[Katalyst]

What he's asking is does it save directly to the microsd or do you have to soft reboot when you've finished playing to write it from the eeprom.

Did I not answer that?

Saves are actually saved to the microSD card in the same directory as the rom, with the same filename as the rom. You don't have to find out the save size for certain roms because all save files for the R4 are 512KB, so it doesn't matter. Any rom should work. It'll ask you if you want the .sav created the first time you load the rom. After that, it'll automatically load. Should answer that question.

Perhaps a little longwinded, but it answers the question and in the long run, the whole save system is explained in full there so he/she shouldn't have anymore questions about it :/

 

[SpaceJump]

What he's asking is does it save directly to the microsd or do you have to soft reboot when you've finished playing to write it from the eeprom.

Did I not answer that?

Saves are actually saved to the microSD card in the same directory as the rom, with the same filename as the rom. You don't have to find out the save size for certain roms because all save files for the R4 are 512KB, so it doesn't matter. Any rom should work. It'll ask you if you want the .sav created the first time you load the rom. After that, it'll automatically load. Should answer that question.

Perhaps a little longwinded, but it answers the question and in the long run, the whole save system is explained in full there so he/she shouldn't have anymore questions about it :/

I'm afraid my question is not answered. I know saves are written to the MicroSD. What I want to know is if there is a step in between, where saves are stored in a SRAM/EEPROM, and on next boot written to the MicroSD.

 

[Katalyst]

lawl, I guess that's not a "straight-forward enough" answer. Yes the saves are saved to the microSD card. No the saves aren't stored SRAM/EEPROM. No it does not write to the microSD card on next boot. The first time you load a rom, if there is not a save, it asks you do you want to create a .sav file. You've got the option to create it, cancel, or ignore it. If you do happen to create it, it creates the save file right then. You'll see a progress bar. After that, it'll load the save file and the rom. If you take a look on the SD card, in the same folder as the rom will be a .sav file with the same name. The next time you boot that rom, it'll automatically load the save file. You should only ever have to see the prompt to create a save file if it hasn't been done and the .sav (with the same filename as the rom) is not in that folder. Lawday lawdz. If I haven't answered whatever question you have with that, all I say is this.

 

[BlueStar]

the whole save system is explained in full there

Apart from the bit he asked about

 

[Katalyst]

the whole save system is explained in full there


Apart from the bit he asked about

Well, I assumed from the "Saves are saved to the microSD card" and the "saves are created the first time you load the rom" it could be deducted. But I see with these things they have to be laid out in black and white. Hence previous post^^

 

[kohkindachi]

just create a folder for each rom, that way each rom and its save is in a seperate folder and tidy

Yeah, you mentioned that earlier and that's exactly what I'm doing right now. Pretty neat and organized I'd say.

ROOT
>Games
>>XXXX - TEH GAEMZ
>>>XXXX - TEH GAEMZ.nds
>>>XXXX - TEH GAEMZ.sav
>>XXXX - ROFLMAOWTFBBQ
>>>XXXX - ROFLMAOWTFBBQ.nds
>>>XXXX - ROFLMAOWTFBBQ.sav

Definitely works for me.

Do you have the 'Shell' folder?

Can we delete it?

BTW i tried to make it a hidden folder, but not wrking