Any current Slot-1(SCDS,EZ5,R4) and you will be fine

 

Thank you for such swift replies. If possible, I'd be interested talking via instant messenger (MSN / AIM) to learn any additional information that you guys can tell me. I'm on right now. My AIM is "DarkPacMan77", and my MSN is "DarkPacMan77@hotmail.com".

I'm also fairly certain that homebrew is easier on the DS than the PSP lol. That I've known, but as far as "slot one" / "slot two" solutions and what-not, I get confused as to what would provide the best homebrew solution for a DS Lite. Slot 1 = DS game slot? - two = GBA game slot? Anyways, contact via AIM or MSN would be preferred.

Again, thanks a lot. Great forum here btw!

-DarkPacMan77-

 

I don't plan on putting a lot of media on there. Perhaps homebrew, DS roms, and possibly music. What is the output frequency of the DS Lite's speakers? - 44kb ?

If you guys could go "all out" and get the very best Nintendo DS homebrew equipment, what would you purchase? I'm interested in pushing my DS to the limits.

-DarkPacMan77-

 

DS speakers - not sure exactly, but they aren't great that's for sure. I use it for music, but i'm not an audiophile and i'm told that the sound output isn't particularly good either.

Slot 1 vs Slot 2 (generalisations)

Slot 2: earlier cart trend, requiring a passme device (in slot one). most can play gba roms and homebrew too (check as there are a couple of exceptions). some very old homebrew (not much worthwhile) only works properly on these carts. NDS rom playback is usually sufficient, but not as perfect as slot one carts (alot of newer games have problems). Some have ram which can be utilised in a few homebrews (usually optional and not super useful).

Slot 1: the newer trend. usually 100% or close compatible with nds roms. Fat read and write tends to be faster. keeps your slot two free. cheaper. newer technology.


As for going all out barring any price restrictions. I'd probably go for a slot one and a slot two cart.

Slot one has some tight competition; For ease of use, speed (And dual memory) i'd go acekard RPG (from my limited experience, although this cart is new to the market i'd wait it out a bit longer). For a larger and more advanced list of features (cheats, soft reset etc) and still with excellent speed, i'd go CycloDS. M3Real (also new) and Supercard one (menu speed a bit slow) are also solid competitors.

Slot two; the stand outs to me are M3 lite perfect (nice menu), Ezflash (great hardware, less perfect software, great gba compatibility).

(although considering you can emulate gba on psp and the ram isn't particularly useful at this stage in time, in your specific case i would ignore it)


I'm sure i'm missing some important points. i'm just a little tired and i'll try and help some more tommorow, if indeed no-one else can be of help (i'm sure they will)

 

No GBA emulation on slot 1 sadly.

Welcome to the forum anyway, nice to see a gbatemp newbie who I can actually understand.

 

Thank you hadrian - at least for noticing that I can put together sentences properly lol. If you don't mind, I will try to contact you via PM soon.

Also, thanks for the tips OSW. As a beginner, it's very reassuring to hear those things. I'm thinking I may just ignore a slot 2 option because anything regarding GBA emulation can be done on my PSP - probably with better GUI and compatibility also, though that's just my guess.

-DarkPacMan77-

 

Well, on the PSP, you can get gpSP ver. 0.9 and it has nearly 100% boot compatibility and zero artifacting (that I've noticed from over 400 roms). It's very sufficient. No multiplayer, but that's fine. It even has a turbo mode that works for most games at about 2x speed.

As I understand, the DS has a core clock of 67mhz - capable of 200mhz, but doesn't reach that very often (I'm assuming). But the PSP has a 222mhz capable of a solid 100% overclock to 333mhz so it's probably the smartest solution compared to a slot 2 solution - especially since I already have a PSP (2 in fact ).

-DarkPacMan77-

 

Welcome to the temp dawg.How bout I call you Ducky and you call me Steve? And go with the R4 Slot 1 solution. It's great fer noobs.

 

What would you suggest then? is the m3 simply in the same boat? (haven't been keeping up, looking at buying a slot 1 now as well)