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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. more pictures here by dmf415 · · Score: 4, Informative

    slashdotted...
    here are other sites with pictures of the device

    http://www.dsgaming.co.uk/html/modules/news/arti cl e.php?storyid=230

    http://www.darkain.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=74 3

  2. 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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    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 /.

  3. I've tried this by KingOfTheNerds · · Score: 3, Informative

    Watch out when trying to build a passme, I've tried to build one myself, and after I soldered it up it did not work no matter what I did. I think it might have been because I held the soldering iron on the pads too long. Just don't be too pissed off if you try to build it and it doesn't work, mine was a dud.

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    1. Re:I've tried this by GeorgeMcBay · · Score: 4, Funny


      I soldered it up it did not work no matter what I did.

      King Of The Nerds title: revoked!

  4. Forgot One by drakethegreat · · Score: 5, Informative

    The author forgot another great website http://www.darkain.com which has a lot of DS info involving WiFi hacking.

  5. Great news. by Enjoi · · Score: 3, Interesting

    What I always loved best about certain consoles, is that you could develop your own games for them. Made me feel like a real-life console developer.

    That's why I loved the N64 and GBA.

    Don't copy games illigally folks, etc.

  6. Re:Emulator by Rude+Turnip · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Can we possibly *not* taint the discussion of legitmate, homebrew gaming with someone that just wants to warez ROMS? Thanks.

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  7. 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.

  8. Re:Emulator by Evangelion · · Score: 3, Interesting


    The usage of the word "pirate" for copyright infringer is centuries old.

    As early as 1755, it was used to describe people who copied books unlawfully.

    I hear that there are people out there calling people who break into computers "hackers" instead of "crackers", though. Might want to go fight that battle.

  9. Re:Err... Eeeh? by Dwedit · · Score: 4, Informative

    The passme takes in a DS cartridge (Metroid First Hunt). It sends a modified version of the ds cartridge header when it reads from the ds cartridge. The modified header changes the ARM7 Code Start to point to GBA cartridge space. Then the ARM7 code edits the ram and starts up the ARM9 with new code.