Shawn5961 said:
I'm currently in the market for my first NDS flashcart, and I'm not sure exactly what to get, so I'm posting here in hopes someone can point me in the right direction.
To start out, I have an NDS Lite. I'm not looking for anything too fancy, mainly just a flashcart which I can play backed up games on and has built in Action Replay function. If possible, I'd also like one that supports save states, but I can do without that if need be. From looking around, I was thinking about the Acekard 2.1, but I saw that it didn't have a firmware cheat editor, and I was wondering if there was a card out there that did have one.
Any help I can get would be greatly appreciated!
Before I begin, I wanna say that pretty much ALL flashcarts support cheats, but none of them will have integrated cheats editors. For that you will need to download R4CCE to use on your PC.
Okay, here are my three suggestions for you.
First choice is an
Original R4DS. A simple card for just $6, with Wood R4 firmware will play just about everything you throw at it. It has cheats support and soft-reset, and is a great basic flashcart. The only downsides? 2gb microSD limit, no DSi support.
Second choice is the
Acekard 2i, what does it have over the R4DS? AKAIO firmware v1.8.1 with anti-anti-piracy for brilliant compatibility, WIFI updating of your cheats list and loaders, and support for SDHC and DSi. If you aren't interested in DSi, you can settle for the
Acekard 2.1 and still have everything else. It'll cost $15/$13
Third choice is the
Supercard DStwo, this brilliant flashcart features an integrated CPU for GBA and SNES emulation, video playback and much more. The DSTwo has a fantastic real-time menu where you can use save states (the best of any flashcart), real-time guides in .txt or .bmp format, slow-motion, cheats toggling, and a memory editor.
Like the AKAIO firmware, DStwo features its own anti-anti-piracy, SDHC support and DSi support. All around, the DStwo is the best card for anybody interested in cheat codes and save states, bar none. It costs $35 by itself, but is totally worth it.
So there you go, I hope that answers your questions about which flashcart to buy.
I really recommend buying from the website I linked, they are affiliated with GBAtemp and have great service.