New Review - R4 DS

[Killermech]

They have linked to this review via their product page now

This card will get overwhelming popular in no time!

 

[kohkindachi]

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

 

[xalphax]

looks great, exactly what i was hoping for

i think i will buy this card in exchange for my ezflash 4 lite compact

 

[jelbo]

Only thing that holds me back is the possibility that M3 Real has the ability of soft-resetting back to the menu - a feature that's a must for me. Well... mainly because I think powering off/on will drain my battery significantly because of the booting up that uses more power than usual. Is that theory correct or can I just forget about that?

 

[greyhound]

this card looks great, i think i'll be buying one up in the near future

 

[jtroye32]

FINALLY! A slot 1 card has taken a step forward to at least the boasted 100% compatibility (hopefully). I'm going to keep myself from buying it right away though and wait for the other reviews to see which on comes out to be the best. Even though I can live without download play, it's nice to have since I use it a fair amount with my family/friends, so hopefully newer firmware can bring 100% download play compatibility or one of the other new cards can - I'd say it was wishful thinking.. but I was beginning to think 100% compatibility with no "problems" was. So here's hoping...

 

[grayswan]

I have an R4 and a SCDS1 coming. At this point I don't care which as long as one of them gets here... soon.

SCDS1 from supercardstore: $50 with free shipping.
R4 from gameyeeeeaaahhhh: $45.50 after shipping.
1GB Kingston microSD: $22 after shipping.

Total: $117.50

I've had the microSD for over a week now. I WANT MY TOYS!!!!

 

[imgod22222]

Is this the first DS flashcart to support FAT32? If so, z0mg DS-X now has a rival! Lowered Prices are imminent!

 

[Darkforce]

Great review Shaun - the R4 looks like an awesome bit of kit! I don't really need one but I do want to buy one! >_>

Anyone know how much GameYeeeah charge for shipping to the UK/Europe?

 

[Harsky]

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.

 

[mr_blonde_88]

Great review Shaun - the R4 looks like an awesome bit of kit! I don't really need one but I do want to buy one! >_>

Anyone know how much GameYeeeah charge for shipping to the UK/Europe?

I payed about £4

 

[other]

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)

Assuming the .sav/.0-files are 256 kB, this python script should search for them in the current directory and change their size to 512 kB, and also rename the .nds.sav/.0-files to .sav (sorry for my ugly code, I can barely code at all):

CODEimport os, re

pattern = re.compile('.*\.sav|.*\.0', re.IGNORECASE)
for file in os.listdir('.'):
   if pattern.match(file):
       open(file,'a').write('\xff'*262144)
       os.rename(file,re.sub('.0|.nds.sav','.sav',file))

(I changed the tabs to 4 spaces, otherwise the code-tags acted strange)

If you don't have python installed, try this (windows binary, run r4ds.exe), and put the .sav/.0-files in the "sav"-directory. I'm guessing someone else have a better solution (maybe they already posted about it), but whatever. Let me know if it works, I don't have a R4DS.

 

[MaxThrust]

Do the prices drop on these things after a few weeks ? I expect there wont be any stock once word gets out, but after a second production run do we expect a price battle between m3 simple, dsx, r4ds ?

 

[chrishk15]

omg..this thing just put DSX out of bussiness. Expansion is huge, especially taking into account that you can get this card, with a gig of memory and still be less than the dsx which only has 512mb...wow...and the compatability is rivaled if not better...soooo...just a quick break down...for even cheaper than the dsx..you can pretty much have what it can do with twice as much memory and no gay ass lights....AND have the option go for more with sd micro..alright then...fuck you dsx..thank you R4..awesome review by the way, awesome website.

 

[kohkindachi]

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

hello?

 

[Propionation]

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

hello?

No

 

[oblio211]

I know the site says it will work with a 2GB microsd card (up to 4 GB) but has anyone run any tests or had success? I don't remember seeing anything posted about anyone testing this. Awesome review!

 

[ambitous21]

and someone tell me how to change the case??
i have an onyx black ds lite. thanks.

 

[Kikoshi]

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

hello?

[quote
Hey bro it seems that there isnt a mode why. Have you tried making it a Hidden File? But if you're not familiar then forget it

 

[BlueStar]

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

hello?

Is it me you're looking for?

Well, my payment cleared from gameynneeearrghHH.com yesterday and it seems to be on it's way.

Do you have to soft reset to write the saves to the TF card?