Hacking Rusty on emulation knowledge, what is safe for playing DS roms?

[nl255]

Flashcarts bricking 3DSes are just rumors that have no truth to them at all. Here's more info on why: http://gbatemp.net/threads/3ds-bricking-rumor.284730/

As for the acekard 2i, it no longer works on the latest firmware since there are no more firmware updates for the flashcart that allow it to run on the latest 3DS firmware.

While that part is true there have been cases of poorly made flash carts bricking DSes by blowing fuses. Haven't heard of any DSi/3DS era flash carts having that problem though.

 

[Another World]

it wasn't cases, it was only the n5. it wasn't poorly made, it was poorly designed. the msd slot draws too much power on bootup.

-another world

 

[The Real Jdbye]

Oh, it's pricy? How much is it usually? I got my Acecard 2 years ago for under $20 online.

If it costs more than $40-$50, I might be better off just buying some old used DS.

I seem to recall the AK2i being blocked as of 4.4. the acekard website still has the notice not to update to 4.4 until they release a patch, which never happened.
also as I remember updating to 4.4 then waiting for the patch until the day it was revealed that Nintendo permablocked it and a new HW revision would be needed to work again.

I wish i would have not updated to 4.4, and eventually all the way to 6.3.
If I was still on 4.3, I could enjoy my AK2i and get and use a Gateway on the same console.

Maybe you're right. I just remember most flashcarts were blocked around the 5.0 release, in the same firmware update.

 

[the_randomizer]

I believe the DSTWO is one of the few that works on all firmware versions