Hacking Hardware Homebrew r4 solution

[unknownentity]

A friend of mine just acquired a Nintendo DS lite and I suggested he get an R4 however I am not one who is too familiar with modding via physical stuff, I mostly do software modding, ie letterbomb for the nintendo wii. So my question here is which R4 should I be looking out for and or buying and where should we be getting one??? I know the r4 is quite old but any help would be great.

 

[Shadow#1]

A friend of mine just acquired a Nintendo DS lite and I suggested he get an R4 however I am not one who is too familiar with modding via physical stuff, I mostly do software modding, ie letterbomb for the nintendo wii. So my question here is which R4 should I be looking out for and or buying and where should we be getting one??? I know the r4 is quite old but any help would be great.

Dsone clone is an alright card as well as the ace3dsplus

 

[unknownentity]

Dsone clone is an alright card as well as the ace3dsplus

r4icards. under their Ace-3DS section - So something like this one??? or should it be bought from another place???

 

[Shadow#1]

r4icards. under their Ace-3DS section - So something like this one??? or should it be bought from another place???

Yep

https://www.r4icards.com/Ace-3DS

 

[Dust2dust]

Keep in mind the original R4 and its 100% clone only supported 1 and 2 GB microSD cards. Yes, it's that old. Back in the days, I liked using my Acekard. I have no idea if they're still being sold. Anyway, I recommend getting something that is supported by RetroGameFan's firmware for best compatibility.

 

[unknownentity]

r41cards

After buying it, is there a need for me to acquire the firmware or do I not need to go through formatting an SD card and placing the firmware in the root of the SD card?

 

[Shadow#1]

After buying it, is there a need for me to acquire the firmware or do I not need to go through formatting an SD card and placing the firmware in the root of the SD card?

All flashcarts run the fw off the sd card

 

[unknownentity]

All flashcarts run the fw off the sd card

Yeah, I know that. Is that something I need to place on the SD card AFTER acquiring the cart???

 

[master801]

I personally recommend getting a DSONE, although they seem to have a high DOA failure rate. But imo it's the best cart available right now since it has a decent kernel and exclusive features.

Second choice would either one of the Ace3DS carts (Plus or X - they're both pretty much the same minus Ntrboot afaik). This uses an outdated kernel (certain games with AP will have to be pre-patched), but it's a widely known brand and on the market right now.

Third choice would be the r4isdhc.co.hk and r4isdhc.co.cn carts (they're both the same). Also uses an outdated kernel like the Ace3DS. Not much difference functionality-wise from it, either.

Last choice is the r4isdhc.com, solely because it has a time bomb in the kernel (can't be used beyond a certain date), although this can be bypassed by using YSMenu instead.

Honorable mentions:
Acekard 2 - Great kernel, but no longer being sold; even clones are gone (although there is a listing we think may be an Acekard, but not exactly sure).
DSTT - Okay cart, but not really worth buying over an DSONE, Ace3DS or even a r4isdhc.co.hk cart - No longer being sold (although it is currently for sale in limited quantities).

 

[Shadow#1]

Yeah, I know that. Is that something I need to place on the SD card AFTER acquiring the cart???

All ds flashcarts run the fw off the sd card

 

[Shadow#1]

https://archive.org/download/ace3ds