Hacking R4 user survey

[Gman 101]

1. How long have you had your R4 and how many do you own? Where did you buy it off of?
Since September. Also got a new springless one in December. A relative of mine bought mine somewhere in Hong Kong and the other one at some arcade in Wan Chai.

2. What kind of memory card do you use?
Sandisk 2GB, Kingston 2GB Japan

3. Have there been any problems with your unit?
Nup

4. How do you have your folders organized?
A folder for roms and individual folders for homebrew in my system folder.

5. Do you use your R4 mainly for games or Media/Homebrew?
Games and homebrew. I have an MP3...

6. Do you have any accessories for your DSL?
A protective case, some styluses

7. How did you find out about flash carts?
A friend of mine got one of these around 3 years ago and I finally got bothered enough to get one 5 months ago

8. Favorite games of the moment?
Advance Wars DS and DoR

 

[Talaria]

1. How long have you had your R4 and how many do you own? Where did you buy it off of?
Have had it since May 2007, only own one and purchased from Trademe (Don't bother, local ebay clone for my country)

2. What kind of memory card do you use?
Had a 512mb Kingston Micro SD (Japan) for the last 8-9 months, just purchased a 2gb Kingston Micro SD (Japan) and lovin' it.

3. Have there been any problems with your unit?
Spring is still working but even though I have cleaned the contacts and the ones inside my DS 30% chance of DS recognizing the R4 inside it. And occasional freezing in games due to poor contact (Not sure whether its my DS or R4)

4. How do you have your folders organized?
Yes, I do (I'm a very tidy person, don't like stuff cluttered), I have:

Applications- Emulators and useful homebrew and official programs here

Games- Majority of where my stuff is

- Favourite games and personal apps

Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney- He gets his own folder

5. Do you use your R4 mainly for games or Media/Homebrew?
Mixture, but the majority of the time mainly games

6. Do you have any accessories for your DSL?
Don't have a DS lite

, Still using my Nintendo DS (Phat), still going good after 2 years.

7. How did you find out about flash carts?
Can't actually remember but last year in February some how stumbled acrosss GBAtemp's review of the R4 but i had to register to view it :'(

8. Favorite games of the moment?
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Trials and Tribulations

Advance Wars: Days of Ruin

 

[Chrono_Tata]

1. Only a week.

Bought it off Amazon.co.uk marketplace. Seller was "n4-nds", I think. Really good service.

2. 2 Gig Kingston

3. Nope.

4. Apart from the system folders, one for games, one for music and one for text files (walkthroughs and stuff).

5. Games.

6. Nope

7. A friend has one, then read reviews here.

8. Hmm. Mostly playing Elite Beat Agents and Puyo Puyo 15th Ani.

 

[Kellicros]

1. How long have you had your R4 and how many do you own? Where did you buy it off of?
- since august 2007, from local store.

2. What kind of memory card do you use?
- One 1Gb and one 2GB, Kingston Japan.

3. Have there been any problems with your unit?
- the DS doesn't recognize it sometimes, I have to remove and put it in again to get it working.

4. How do you have your folders organized?
I've using 2-digit numbers to make sure the Game folder is always on top of the list:
e.g.:
01 Games
02 Homebrews
03 Internet (for opera and chatting/email homebrews)

5. Do you use your R4 mainly for games or Media/Homebrew?
I use it mainly for games and homebrew but hardly media.

6. Do you have any accessories for your DSL?
Dragon Guard Mask, 3in1 expansion, strap, metal retractable stylus, pouch.

7. How did you find out about flash carts?
Heard from a friend, and i went to research online to find out more about them after that.

8. Favorite games of the moment?
Final Fantasy IV, Taiko Drum, Solitaire Overload are what I play the most at the moment.

 

[esoterica]

Since I finally got my R4 (just a few days ago) I thought I'd answer my own survey. And thank you for those who have replied... it really gave me some insight into what I should do and get!

1. How long have you had your R4 and how many do you own? Where did you buy it off of?

*I bought my R4 off of Gameyeaaah and recieved it a week later. Very pleased!!

2. What kind of memory card do you use?

*2Gb Kingston off Newegg, it's Taiwanese unfortunately, except it seems to run every game fine, including Castlevania: PoR

3. Have there been any problems with your unit?

*None yet...

4. How do you have your folders organized?

*Games and Media, I don't intend to use it for much music or movies, just games mainly

5. Do you use your R4 mainly for games or Media/Homebrew?

*Just games

6. Do you have any accessories for your DSL?

*Clear case and screen protectors... you should see the mark I've made on my screen protectors the first 2 days

7. How did you find out about flash carts?

*Saw it on one of my friend's boyfriend's DS (who had a Ds-X) and became interested in it

8. Favorite games of the moment?

*Phoenix Wright and Pokemon Diamond! Cooking mama is also very fun

 

[jscheibe]

1. How long have you had your R4 and how many do you own? Where did you buy it off of?
About 2 months, got it from a local store.

2. What kind of memory card do you use?
2GB Kingston(Japan)

3. Have there been any problems with your unit?
Not as of this posting.

4. How do you have your folders organized?
Only have 1 folder for games.

5. Do you use your R4 mainly for games or Media/Homebrew?
Mostly for games, sometimes for music/movies.

6. Do you have any accessories for your DSL?
Hard case.

7. How did you find out about flash carts?
Researched online.

8. Favorite games of the moment?
Animal Crossing wild world, New super mario, mario 64.

 

[roothorick]

1. How long have you had your R4 and how many do you own? Where did you buy it off of?
Almost exactly a month, now. I only have one. Amazon.com, because I had a gift card to burn.

2. What kind of memory card do you use?
A 2GB Sandisk with no other identifying marks, that came with a full-size SD adapter.

3. Have there been any problems with your unit?
Yes. Be extra careful when loading your card if you run Linux on your desktop -- the R4DS firmware is very picky about case when looking for files. I haven't had any hardware-related problems though.

4. How do you have your folders organized?
games/ - DS games
gbagames/ - GBA games wrapped in NDStation
music/ - MP3s for Moonshell
misc/ - Opera browser, and a tool for my 3in1

5. Do you use your R4 mainly for games or Media/Homebrew?
About half and half. My DS functions as my handheld platform for just about everything.

6. Do you have any accessories for your DSL?
I have a fat DS actually. I bought a GBA size EZFlash 3in1 for it.

7. How did you find out about flash carts?
My history with backup solutions goes way back, to when Swap Magic 3.6 for PS2 first came out. Naturally, when I got my DS, my immediate reaction was to research backup solutions for it. It also helped that I had a friend who was a happy R4DS owner long before I ever owned a DS at all.

8. Favorite games of the moment?
Ouendan series (EBA), Animal Crossing, Mr. Driller.

 

[Nero_]

1. How long have you had your R4 and how many do you own? Where did you buy it off of?
I own one R4, bought it from Real Hot Stuff and have had it for 11 months.

2. What kind of memory card do you use?
Kingston 1GB microSD (japan)

3. Have there been any problems with your unit?
Only thing is lately a few times it isn't recognized but removing it and putting it in again works.

4. How do you have your folders organized?
Apps (homebrew stuff)
Mp3 (just for testing mp3 playing now and again)
Nes Roms (what it says)
Roms (NDS roms)
SNES (snes roms)
Also a bunch of emulators and various stuff that have to be in root.

5. Do you use your R4 mainly for games or Media/Homebrew?
Mainly games, but i like to try out all the awesome homebrew that's out.

6. Do you have any accessories for your DSL?
A steel stylus (don't use it much though), carrying case

7. How did you find out about flash carts?
I have no idea how. Probably saw something on a site once. On of the first sites I found out about flash carts might have been http://www.gameboy-advance.net/

8. Favorite games of the moment?
Right now, Zelda PH, Picross DS, Advance Wars: DoR, Hotel Dusk: Room 215 (finally decided to finish it)...

 

[Seven]

1. How long have you had your R4 and how many do you own? Where did you buy it off of?
Almost a year. I bought it off of an Amazon merchant with an included microSD for cheap; $38+s/h.

2. What kind of memory card do you use?
At the moment, I use 2 x 1GB cards, but I really only use one.

3. Have there been any problems with your unit?
Nope.

4. How do you have your folders organized?
The root has various amounts of homebrew apps, and there's a games folder where I stash all my games and backups.

5. Do you use your R4 mainly for games or Media/Homebrew?
Mostly for games.

6. Do you have any accessories for your DSL?
Yes, a FFIV accessory case and an extendable stylus.

7. How did you find out about flash carts?
Threads from 4chan's /v/.

8. Favorite games of the moment?
AW: DoR, Animal Crossing, Tales of Innocence.

 

[001100]

1. 1 year, modchipstore.com
2. 1gb Kingston (made Japan) 2gb Kingston (Taiwan)
1gb mostly for games that freeze in Taiwan Castlevania OR..ect
3. None so far.
4. Homebrew are in main directory. 1 folder for music 1 folder for videos 1 folder comics.
5. Use it for both Homebrew games and Media (videos)
6. dont own DSL, I have bought stylus Pens.
7. Retrogaming radio.
8. Zelda: PHG

 

[Deleted User]

1. Got one a few days after they were released.
2. 2 GB Sandisk.
3. The occasional problem at boot up but it's very rare and only needs to be ejected and put back in to fix it.
4. Games and mp3
5. Use it for some homebrew. I have played a couple of movies with it but use it mainly for games.
6. I did buy the DS Browser for the RAM pack.
7. A friend showed me his Suprcard SD so I got one back then with a superkey.
8. FFXII:Revenant wings.

 

[Searinox]

1. A month ago. One R4. Bought off Gameyeeeah.

2. Several. My most commonly used is KINGMAX 2GB, Kingston 512MB for Castlevania: PoR.

3. Only once for no reason during the loading of Phoenix Wright, before the New Game/Continue screen it froze. Soft reset wasn't working either. The carts were in normal position. Restarted and everything went fine.

4. System files hidden. Tools like DSOrganize, 3in1Tool and such in root folder, roms in NDS folder, Downloads folder for DSorganize's web browser, Music for... well music. XD All in all quite organized, no stuff lying around.

5. Not yet since picture support is rather crappy, plus I have tons to still play before I get bored.

6. Microphone headphones and an EZ 3in1.

7. Knew about 'em for a while off the net... 3 more years passed until a friend bought a NDSL and ordered an M3. That's when I bought mine and ordered the cart. Am new to online shopping.

8. Castlevania: DoS(LOL, denial of service), Super Mario 64 DS, Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney, Pokemon D/P, Mario Kart DS.

 

[TheWingless]

1. I've had it since November 2007 from RealHotStuff.

2. Used to have a 1 Gig Kingston but now I use a 2 Gig Patriot 3in1. It doesn't seem to be any slower when I tested them.

3. None so far.

4. One NDS Games folder, a Homebrew folder, and a Media folder with some more folders.

5. Games.

6. Armorlite case, Hori screen protectors and some other junk.

7. I found out about them from when my brother ordered an EFA Linker so I decided to look at some reviews at GBATemp.

8. Advance Wars: Days of Ruin and Phoenix Wright.

 

[silverspoon]

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[Joey Ravn]

1. How long have you had your R4 and how many do you own? Where did you buy it off of?
IIRC, for about a year now. I bought it from a local retailer here in Spain, AleChip.

2. What kind of memory card do you use?
1GB Japanese Kingston

3. Have there been any problems with your unit?
Nope, not a single problem. Not even a broken spring.

4. How do you have your folders organized?
Root/Homebrew
Root/_sytem_ (Hidden)
Root/Lameboy (Hidden, games inside)
Root/(NDS Games)

5. Do you use your R4 mainly for games or Media/Homebrew?
Games. Lately, I've been using it for some emulation and DSO too.

6. Do you have any accessories for your DSL?
Yup. An ArmorLite case by JoyTech, an EZ Flash 3in1, HORI screen protectors and an official Nintendo carrying pouch.

7. How did you find out about flash carts?
I bought a digital camera for my sister two years ago. I had to get an SD card and noticed that they were quite similar to the carts the DS uses, so I started digging up some info about it and... magic.

8. Favorite games of the moment?
Pokémon Diamond, Castlevania: PoR and AWoR.

 

[Satangel]

1. How long have you had your R4 and how many do you own? Where did you buy it off of?
1 year, since January 2007.
I bougt it from Sidder.nl
Great shop

2. What kind of memory card do you use?
1 GB Dane-Elec microSD
128 MB Sandisk microSD

3. Have there been any problems with your unit?
2 freezes only, solved by blowing on the contacts

4. How do you have your folders organized?
I have one folder Games, and it that folder there is another folder with name 'ShaiT'

In that folder I put my homebrew + multimedia

5. Do you use your R4 mainly for games or Media/Homebrew?
Games

6. Do you have any accessories for your DSL?
Yes, screen protectors, case

7. How did you find out about flash carts?
Searched with Google, till I dropped

8. Favorite games of the moment?
Fifa 2008, Pokemon Pearl, AW DoR

 

[HBK]

1. How long have you had your R4 and how many do you own? Where did you buy it off of?
I've had my R4 for 6 months, 7 on Feb. 17th. Bought it off Dealxtreme, awesome store.

2. What kind of memory card do you use?
1 GB Kingston

3. Have there been any problems with your unit?
Nope, nothing to report.

4. How do you have your folders organized?
Games, Browser, Homebrew, Music, and others that are specific to certain homebrew (such as Lameboy), which are on the root of the R4.

5. Do you use your R4 mainly for games or Media/Homebrew?
Mainly for games, although I do have a fair share of homebrew and I've watched a few movies, which was a good experience.

6. Do you have any accessories for your DSL?
Yes, I have a protective silicon case that goes around my DS, great product. Bought it in a local Game store. Also Hori screen protectors and EZ Flash 3 in 1, from Dealxtreme.

7. How did you find out about flash carts?
I searched around in December 2006 for a cart online and I saw some videos advertising the DS-X. I bought it and I couldn't be happier until the support and updates started going downhill. Then I gave my DS-X to my sister (still works perfectly, with the necessary patches, obviously), and I purchased an R4, which I love.

8. Favorite games of the moment?
Pokemon Diamond, FIFA 2008, Advance Wars Days of Ruin, Mario Kart, and some others that I can't remember right now.

 

[darigaaz3]

1. 1 R4, got it from the very moment I got my DS. Got it 1 month ago.

2. Kingston 1 gb memory card

3. Sometimes unable to detect it, but works fine by reinserting the R4. It works even when its -20 degrees outside.

4. NDS roms, GBA games and the rest are cluttered on the main

5. Mostly games. Tried at one time to watch animes on them but subtitles were too small. Sound quality is mediocre compared to the PSP, but decent enough. Surf the web using Opera but that too is slow.

6. Hori Screen Protectors, BlackHorn clear plastic casing, Ez 3 in 1

7. Knew it right from the start. Almost anything and everything is pirated in my country. Have a hacked PS 1 and 2.

8. Advance War: Days of Ruin, Elite Beat Agent, Taiko No Tatsujin DS, Picross, Puyo Puyo Fever. Yes, I have a short attention span, playing all of those frequently.

 

[cman1783]

1. How long have you had your R4 and how many do you own? Where did you buy it off of?
I got my M3 Simply DS last February from realhotstuff.com.

2. What kind of memory card do you use?
I own (wait for it) one 1GB Kingston (Taiwan) two 1GB A-Data's and two 2GB A-Data's (which just got delivered yesterday)

3. Have there been any problems with your unit?
The only issues I have is the spring every once in a great while and sometimes the card isn't recognized so I just have to reinsert it.

4. How do you have your folders organized?
All commercial games and msn, aim, irc etc. on root.
Homebrew Games folder
Emulators folder for sega, nes, snes, gameboy, master system etc.

5. Do you use your R4 mainly for games or Media/Homebrew?
Mostly for games.

6. Do you have any accessories for your DSL?
I have a DS phat but i got a carrying case for it.

7. How did you find out about flash carts?
Right before i bought it i found out about it.

8. Favorite games of the moment?
The new Bomberman, Tetris DS, etc.

 

[seracrux]

1. How long have you had your R4 and how many do you own? Where did you buy it off of?
I've had it since May 2007, just 1, I bought it at a local tech market (V-mall, Greenhills in Manila)

2. What kind of memory card do you use?
1Gb Kingston Japan

3. Have there been any problems with your unit?
Never

4. How do you have your folders organized?
Just one folder for music, the games are stored on the root

5. Do you use your R4 mainly for games or Media/Homebrew?
Games, no homebrew

6. Do you have any accessories for your DSL?
white silicon + polycarbonate case, red hardcase, blue Wiimote strap, Hori clip on head phones, Zangetsu Keychain

7. How did you find out about flash carts?
websites like this

8. Favorite games of the moment?
Advance Wars, FFXII Revenant Wings