January DS Homebrew Overview

marcellizot writes "Handheld site Pocket Gamer has a new monthly DS homebrew review roundup, which kicks off today with an update on slot-1 hardware methods, plus a look at DS Motion, Lemmings on DS, Flashback DS, Tetris Attack DS and more. From the article: 'The latest hardware is the slot-1 type, which is a DS-sized card and requires no additional hardware or modifications to the DS. These are much simpler to use than slot-2 devices, but as the majority of homebrew was designed for the slot-2 hardware and it's ability to boot GBA software, there are some compatibility issues. They are thankfully being ironed out, and as slot-1 devices become the standard we fully expect that all new homebrew will be designed with them in mind.'"

Comments

DS Homebrew is pretty cool.

[DanTheManMS]

Indeed, DS homebrew is worth investing in. Moonshell is an amazing application for viewing many different types of media, and the games mentioned on that page are pretty fun, especially Tetris Attack DS. Other notable applications include DSFTP, an FTP server for the DS, and DSOrganize, which is more than an organizer and includes functions like playing back Internet radio streams. There's also SylphAmp, which lets you stream music directly from your computer to the DS.

Overall, there's a lot of awesome DS homebrew out there, and I'm glad I spent the money on the additional hardware necessary.

I personally prefer slot-2 devices because:

1. They are more supported by homebrew, although as the article said, this is slowly diminishing due to the new DLDI support.
2. SnezziDS, one of the best SNES emulators for the DS, only runs on slot-2 cards with GBA compatibility.
3. DSLinux works best on slot-2 devices with GBA compatibility, as explained in this post. With DSLinux, I can browse the web while listening to MP3s while chatting on IRC.