DS Homebrew firmware in closed beta
"I thought I would make the first post about this here in this community before all of the hear-say begins about what it *IS* and what it *ISNT*, and if I forget to mention anything, please feel free to ask in this thread. :)Basically, today started the first beta test of a new firmware for the DS, made by a member of the #dsdev comunity (loopy).
What CAN it do?
* Allows you to play home made demos that would normally require a PassMe or WifiMe without those devices, and loads the demos from GBA cart as normal.
What can it NOT do?
* Does NOT allow you to play commercial games from a GBA cart
What is required for the firmware update?
* An existing working PassMe or WifiMe to load the firmware update program. Once loaded, these devices are no longer required.
Will I have to remove the housing to the DS to apply the update at all?
* Only the battery cover. There is some stuff in there that has to be messed with (i'm not going to give out the specifics right now, as I dont want anyone messing up their DS units, because the LCD controller is also accessable in there)
Does it add any new features, such as Pictochat upgrades?
* NO! The only thing that has changed is to allow DS games to load from the GBA cart slot without the use of a PassMe or WifiMe. This is all that it does for now.
Is there any reason why I would want this new firmware?
* Only if you plan on making/playing home-brew demos, and have a GBA flash cart. Otherwise, it will be useless to you."
-Darkain
Correction: The firmware patch beta credits Loopy, Costis and Darkfader. Not Darkain.
Darkain happens know what's going on, and he and posted the above comments in the Nintend_DS LiveJournal community.
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"What can it NOT do?
* Does NOT allow you to play commercial games from a GBA cart"
So let me get this right - it breaks compatibility with the user's entire commercially produced GBA collection to allow homebrew code to run? I'm not installing that....!
It means no commerical DS games can be run from the GBA Flash Cart...get a clue.
Not like you could install the firmware anyway...you are clueless.
YHBT. YHL. HAND.
Reading comprehension of 10 year olds...
if loopy made it, why does the topic say it's Darkain's firmware ?
Because... uh... I think darkain was the one to get things able to update the firmware or whatever, loopy wrote the firmware upgrade that you can install. Not 100% sure on that though.
Anyway it's a great thing for homebrew developers, of wich i'm not one heh :). I'm just hoping the guys in hongkong pick this up so we can can, uh,..... well you know :D
The firmware patch beta credits Loopy, Costis and Darkfader. Not Darkain.
Darkain happens know what's going on, and he and posted the above comments in the Nintend_DS LiveJournal community.
"What can it NOT do?
* Does NOT allow you to play commercial games from a GBA cart"
And why not?
because it's not a ds flash card, it's ds code running from the gba flash card. I believe it has something to do with the memory addresses
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Developers (the people doing this stuff) do not want it to run commercial games because that would lead to piracy. In which case the big N would have to take actions to stop it.
This Patch AFAICT replaces the warning screen with 2 small programs that allow booting ds code from the gba slot. It does not prevent you from playing normal ds games or normal gameboy games.
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