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Playing the Game Boy DS Online

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the because-you-can dept.

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."

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  1. Game Boy DS? by squall14716 · · Score: 5, Informative

    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.

    1. Re:Game Boy DS? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      Firefox is a web browser, and it "plays" all the web pages Internet Explorer does. Therefore, I will refer to it as IE Firefox from now on.

  2. this project is a joke by monkey_jam · · Score: 5, Interesting

    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.

    1. Re:this project is a joke by mrseigen · · Score: 4, Insightful

      Well, considering this project famously said they would have tunnelling done before Christmas, their progress seems a bit slow. They have what, five days left?

      Sounds to me like someone is bitter with Warp Pipe and wants to try and steal theirs and XLink's thunder by announcing a project that never will be.

  3. Both router and pc card? by lazn · · Score: 5, Interesting

    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)

    ==>Lazn

  4. Is this even news at this point? by t0qer · · Score: 4, Insightful

    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!

    Bleh watch karaoke.

  5. A few comments. by Grey+Ninja · · Score: 4, Informative

    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.

  6. Re:And in related news... by TrollBridge · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Ahh yes, because we all know that big companies only file valid lawsuits.

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    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.
  7. Re:Killer application? by ethzer0 · · Score: 3, Informative

    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.

  8. Pre Alpha? by FortKnox · · Score: 4, Insightful

    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.

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    Good quote, too many chars. Seriously, the slashdot 120 char limit sucks!
  9. Re:And why exactly... by OneHungLo · · Score: 3, Insightful

    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.

  10. I for one by excaliber19 · · Score: 5, Funny

    welcome our pre-alpha sourceforge vaporware 12-year old overlords

  11. Begs the question... by StevenHenderson · · Score: 3, Funny

    When will we get Pr0n DS? Mmmm....dual screens of erotic goodness... :)

  12. This article is pathetic. Do your research ./! by GFLPraxis · · Score: 4, Interesting

    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.