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Nintendo DS R4 Multimedia Card $34.90 Shipped!

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Originally posted by: Drekce
Also note that any new chips sent out have a new method of holding/releasing the microSD card that does not require a spring and clip. I got mine last week and it doesn't look like it will have a problem with the card slot over time.
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How does the new one work then?
 
there is a seller in hardforums with an extra kit (with 1gb) unused for 40$, I bought one off of him, should be shipping tomorrow, just to let you people know, his alias is a3n1ma, oh and I believe new ones are friction loaded, to answer the question aboce so it just slides in
 
I have eyeballing this for a while now. . . . . and with that deal, I juts said, hell with it. Bought 2, one for me and 1 for my girlfriend. I love homebrew, but I also love other *things*
 
danplaysbass, thanks for the great deal on the microSD card, just picked up one!😀

and my order for the R4 shows as having shipped from Hong Kong today, so here's hoping it'll be sometime next week....
 
Got mine today and it works as promised, this seems to be the newer model without the spring loading....

thanks again, sintaxera!
 
Ordered with the 2GB microSD card, took 17 days to recieve.

Very easy to use. Ended up putting 35 nds roms (drag and drop) with about 500mb left. --- shifty eyes ---
 
Ordered one for the wife, EXCELLENT BUY!

I just put in my order for a DS myself and will be ordering myself one of these as well.
 
Ordered one to replace my son's old Supercard that sticks out of bottom slot and makes all the other kids ask "What's that?"

Thanks op!
 
omfg i just bought a supercard kit off ebay for 80 bucks. and this one has less parts for me to use. much better and half the price.
 
Originally posted by: tvdang7
wait is this the same as the super card ? if so ima buy one for my sister too.
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super card lite allows both DS and GBA games to be played if you have a passkey or whatever. This only allows DS games afaik.

But its drag and drop where with super card I don't think it is.
 
Originally posted by: tvdang7
so this comes with all is needed correct? i just need to add a sd card and some roms. no need for OS?
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you will need to download the R4 kernal,unzip it to the SD then add your roms. BTW how long did it take some of you to get this in the mail?
 
I bought one back in October - it took about 15 days to arrive. I liked it so much I bought aqnother one - the second one came in about a week. Very happy.

It works great as an MP3 player, and can play movies as well. I used BatchDPG to make movies.

I also copied DSOrganizer onto my flash chip, which turns the the NDS into something like an electronic organizer. I was also able to get DSOrganizer to connect to my router and connect to the internet, although the web browsing is very primitive. I need to find web sites that are friendly to handhelds...

The only thing I'm not sure about is if this support high density MicroSD memory cards (SHDC cards)
 
I wish I had an SDHC card to try out. I believe that any card over 2 GB must be SDHC, and the R4DS claims to support 4 GB SD cards, so by default it must support SDHC, to some level.
 
I just now ran across this. The link doesn't take you to DealExtreme anymore though.
Anyone order from the new place the link drops you to (VolumeRate)?

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My son has used the Supercard SD for Slot 2 for a few years, I'd say about 97% of the games on the DS are total trash that he plays for 5 minutes, gets frustrated with because of the horrible control or difficulty levels, and then never plays them again. For the 3% that he does get into and actually spends anytime with, I'll go out and buy to support the devs who are making quality stuff. Since there's no real way to test drive most DS games before buying, it's convenient to be able to download the ones he shows an interest in for a few hours, see if it's good or not, then either delete it or buy it based on that.

Also, it's nice to be able to use the game backups on these kinds of cards so that the game carts aren't constantly being mauled and dropped on the floor in the backseat of my car or at someone else's house, never to be found again. The slot 1 carts are pretty small, and if your kids misplace one, you're usually pretty lucky to find them again. This way, my son can access any of the games he owns and likes without switching out carts, and I can keep the legit copies stored away so they don't get lost.

Just posting this to let people know these cards aren't always about stealing IP from Nintendo or their 3rd party publishers. I know that's what a majority of people who buy them do, a majority by far I'm sure, but for some of us, the benefits of technology like this is, in my mind at least, completely legal and beneficial, and while I'm sure Nintendo would love it if I blindly ran out and bought DS trash like Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends: Imagination Invaders, I'd rather save it for quality titles like Orcs and Elves, Pokemon D&P, and Contra 4.
 
Originally posted by: buzzdalf
I just now ran across this. The link doesn't take you to DealExtreme anymore though.
Anyone order from the new place the link drops you to (VolumeRate)?

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I ordered from volumerate last week and haven't got them yet. DealExtreme can't sell them anymore due to legal issues so they bounce you to volumerate for the sale.
 
As for SDHC support, from what I found on other sites, it does not support it.
Found a rumour that there may be support for it in the future, but others commented that there would need to be hardware changes to support it.

Since I only have a 2GB card, I haven't really tried to dig deeper into it.
 
The R4 is currently $32.91 shipped.

Newegg has the Kingston 2GB MicroSD for $19.99 and free shipping with promo code EMC1204FLME01 for newsletter subscribers. There is a $3.00 rebate valid thru the 10th to go along with it if you feel like bothering with it.

Kingston 2GB MicroSD

Edit: Rebate has a limit of 2.
 
I just ordered one the other day, we'll see how long it takes. I saw a 2GB card locally for around $20, so I'll just get that to go with it.
 
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