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Playing the Game Boy DS Online
Torrey Clark writes "NitroOnline is a project that is currently being developed that will allow Nintendo DS owners to play Wireless enabled games via the internet. It will require a wireless router, and a wireless card in your PC or laptop to communicate with your Nintendo DS."
It's called the Nintendo DS. I don't see where the "Game Boy" words came from, but that is not what it is called.
these guys have been hawking this project for weeks now, with nothing to show. They have no site and their entire project seems to revolve around drumming up support from all the 12 year olds in the warppipe forums.
You want real tunneling with the DS? Team XLINK are working on it..
The Nitro peeps are claiming 100% comaptibility with all wireless NICs in windows. Now this is impossible as most cards will not support promisc mode in windows, not to mention that they ignore BSS stuff most of the time.
Why would it need both a wireless router and a wireless PC card? It would seem to me the wireless PC card would be enough... (then some form of high speed internet access on the PC)
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I checked the link to their forum, about 36 pages of "Please add support for . Going to the sourceforge page didn't reveal any files in the "files" section, and the CVS repository is pretty meager at best.
Hey, editors, lets do a story on duke nukem forever today!
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bollocks.
This is practically no different to me building an incredibly long extension cable to link two gameboys together.
Explain to me how tunnelling packets is illegal?
Nintendo DS is NOT a GameBoy. Nintendo has repeeatedly said that the next GameBoy will be out at some point in the future, and Nintendo DS is intended as a 3rd pillar. It's incorrect to describe it as a GameBoy.
And secondly, the Warp Pipe guys aren't the only ones doing this. The Xlink people are also in development of tunneling software.
Ahh yes, because we all know that big companies only file valid lawsuits.
There's a Mercedes gap too. I want one and can't afford one, but it's not government's job to do anything about it.
Tunneling the traffic doesn't mean you can run your own code. Unless nintendo creates a telephony app for the system, you won't be able to use it as a VoIP phone. The difference between playing it online and playing it simply amongst a local 'pod' of users, is that the traffic is intercepted and tunneled across the wired internet; Where as the ability to play against your local 'pod' depends on the availability of other DS's. For this particular application, There is no modification on the DS side of things.
Slashdot posts a story about a pre-alpha sourceforge project.
Nice... but at least there's code to show they are more than just talk?
Umm... no.
Pre-Alpha... please. How many sourceforge projects are in pre-alpha that have good ideas? And what has ever come out from that?
This is news... when its in beta and have files available and most people can get it running somewhat. Right now its an idea... and that isn't newsworthy.
Good quote, too many chars. Seriously, the slashdot 120 char limit sucks!
They didn't pass on it. The Nintendo DS has built-in Wi-Fi capability already, and they have stated that online play is possible. The only thing that's stopping it is that no games have been released yet that support internet play. But, considering that the console has only been available for a month now, I would expect some online-enabled games to be released, along with the possibility of a stand-alone e-mail/WWW/IRC client cartridge. The hardware is there, somebody just needs to put it to work.
welcome our pre-alpha sourceforge vaporware 12-year old overlords
The Nintendo DS is a mobile gaming console. It's not meant for the gamer to be tied to their house. I dont think many DS owners will spend much of their gaming time at home.
am wondering if my Nintendo DS emulator will be able to connect online ;) ...
These guys have been making claims that can not be accomplished, such as 100% compatability and the project was supposed to be fully released 8 days after anouncing it. Their newest claim is compatibility with all prism based cards and their release date has been pushed back for an unknown reason. I have heard rumors that they got as far as receiving a signal from their DS, but can not figure out the encryption. The fact is this project is nothing but a bunch of 12 year olds begging for programmers in the warppipe forums and every now and then they wonder over to the xlink forums and start some flamewars. If you want some real DS hacking news, check out http://www.themodgods.com
When will we get Pr0n DS? Mmmm....dual screens of erotic goodness... :)
Can you imagine a Beowulf cluster of thes.... *head smashed in by a legion of /.ers*
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This has been working for a while now by the all might TeamXlink and their Kai app. Check it out, there are a ton of people on there, and they support the PSP too. http://www.teamxlink.co.uk/
This is the same situation as Oldsmobile's slogan "It's Not Your Father's Oldsmobile." In general, the slogan should be interpreted as "Oh yes it *is* your Dad's Oldsmobile, but we're so desperate to sell it to you that we're trying to convince you that it's not."
When there's a common perception in the market, the advertising folks will typically issue a "no it isn't" campaign in an effort to alter market acceptance.
The thing here is tho, is that WiFi only describes layer 1 and 2, nothing beyond. Therefor the DS is fully WiFi compliant, however, it is not implementing a TCP/IP stack. This will have to be done on a per-software basis (each game). Remember, things like NetBEUI and IPX/SPX still work over WiFi connections, and those have nothing at all to do with TCP/IP communication. Nintendo's own protocol is a layer 3 and up protocol, not a layer 1/2 protocol.
Please refere to the OSI Model if you are confused about any of this.
This is completely pathetic. I can't believe this article was even posted.
1) Nitro Online are complete fools. They continually promise things, then change the story. Check out the current builds, there is hardly ANYTHING there. They have made almost no progress, and make promises that are literally impossible. This article should be about Team XLink, as they are the ONLY ONES who have successfully tunneled the DS.
2) GameBoy DS? More proof that the guy who wrote this doesn't know what he's doing. The Nintendo DS is N-O-T a GameBoy.
3) Teamxlink.org. Go there. Now. Seriously, Nitro Online are just trying to steal the limelight.