Hacking Supercard DSTWO

[Pong20302000]

Well guys here we go

Supercard DSTwo arrived in my hands today

box was squished slightly but contents where perfectly safe

so first i got everything out, was all there (box was TINY to what i expected as box could fit in both hands)
but size doesnt matter

first i formatted my 16gb SD card that came with it (Panasonic SD formatter)

added all the firmware

then turned it on

it booted to the menu and was smiling ear to ear and enjoying the lushness

then i turned off and added my old games and saves

plugged SD card back it

then turned on

"ERROR CANNOT FIND SD CARD"

was like WTF???

so i turn off and on

then
...


NOTHING

didnt detect the Slot 1 card at all

so i investigated, while panicking that im going to have to send it back

then looked very closely for problems, then found what was wrong
the SD card slot was the answer

if the card is very slightly tilted it seems to cross tracks and cause the problems

after getting it in fine all loaded and i was partying it was working again

so now game testing

i had added all my R4 games and saves (i had used wood so had to re-name my .nds.sav to just .sav)

then decided to test all my games

there where some problems with .sav files

Zelda Sprit Tracks and Wario Ware DIY .sav's weren't compatible (even after converting no dice, doesn't matter as im further on my real carts anyway)

saddened by this (not much tho i tested other features)

GBA emulator (i knew it had bugs so i wasn't expecting much)
but was surprising good
games loaded fast and worked well (very very little lag in certain games)
didnt seem to have many problems at all with my games


then i was like hmmmm what next

ah yes video

i was shocked and very happy

Moonshell was VERY VERY VERY FAST

and the exit to firmware button was good

but what shocked me was video loading time

was almost INSTANT

click video BANG there playing, no graphical errors (green stuff) or anything
just playing my video

then i skipped a few scenes in video with same result, no problems at all

then i thought hmmm sturdiness of this card

i compared to my R4
was exactly same width and shape, no protruding edges
fitted perfectly in my slot 1 on my ds
no stiffness or anything

so all in all im very pleased with my buy
only recommendations

Back up your saves just in case

and for the makers, make that SD card slot more tight on the side so SD card has no room to move left and right when inserting it

im now off to play games

ENJOY and thanks for reading

 

[Saddamsdevil]

Thank you for the review!

Your writing style is a bit awkward to read, with a new sentence every 2 lined, but once you look around that, you gave us some valuable info about the cart itself. You respect the fact that this is a first batch, and the problems that are there are most likely solved within later batches, also, your moonshell info seemed very useful, since this may be an indication they powered moonshell using the onboard cpu.

overall, nice review.

 

[Mages4ever]

At least you didn't give up.

 

[9th_Sage]

I'm glad you mentioned Moonshell 2's speed on this cart. I thought it seemed faster, but wondered if maybe I was just imagining things.

 

[Zetta_x]

I believe you can edit the .sav files to make them compatible. Depending on what generated the .sav file may make the process different.