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Nintendo DS Homebrew and Hacking

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

wraggster writes "Natrium 42 has updated his site with many more pictures of his Passthrough Device for the Nintendo DS, called the PassMe. In other DS News, Desktopman has updated His Tetris Game with a 2 player mode on one DS. Also for those interested in DS Hacking you have the DS Homebrew Reference Site and finally Darkfader the original DS Hacker."

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  1. Download Play! by American+AC+in+Paris · · Score: 4, Interesting
    The DS is just begging for homebrew "Download Play" games. As I don't know a great deal about the inner workings of the system, what are the odds of the homebrew hackers coming out with a guide on how to turn your friendly neighborhood WiFi card/router into a DS "broadcast hub"?

    DS + Computer + WiFi + Skills = Homebrew game - (funky hardware * distribution hurdles)

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    Obliteracy: Words with explosions

    1. Re:Download Play! by 88NoSoup4U88 · · Score: 4, Interesting
      There are allready hubs in Japan that allow to download demos of games (which stay on the DS as long as you don't power it off) ; or there were plans to do so.

      I think it was also featured on /.

  2. I love the DS by bonch · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I love the DS, and I'd love to dev for it. But one thing that confuses me is Nintendo's vague stance about its future. Apparently, they plan a new Gameboy successor later this year and probably revealed at E3. However, most people don't consider the DS a "third-tier" and see it as the Gameboy successor. Not only will people get confused and upset after having already bought this system only to see new Gameboy come out, but developers will hold off on developing for the DS to wait and see what the new Gameboy will be like. Chance are they will program for the new Gameboy over the DS based on name recognition alone.

    Does anyone have any info or links that better explain Nintendo's position on the future of the DS? Was it a one-shot deal? That's unfortunate if so, because it means there won't be a large library of games for this things. Already, it's pretty meager.