r/flashcarts

I am using a R4 clone running woodr4 and some games when I try to open them (Assasins Creed, NSMB, Band Hero, Chrono Trigger, Any Kirby Game, Any Pokemon Ranger Game) will just white screen, whereas others work perfectly fine (All main line pokemon games, Final Fantasy XII, Mario Kart, Need for Speed MW), they work with NDS forwarder on the home screen but I was hoping to use this on an original ds, is there a fix for this? I have access to any OS

Sorry that I have to ask but I can't find it on this website: https://sanrax.github.io/flashcart-guides/cart-guides/v2\_10T/

Finally got my hands on this beaut and I only got this to be able to get my gen 3 pokemon transferred to the newer gens though how do you set this up cuz I think I got the latest revision of this cart and I've seen numerous versions of the latest firmware. Mind helping out?

Also, what console games can I play with this?

Hello! After updating Twilightmenu++, I wanted to test the opening cutscene of Chrono Trigger, becauce it used to freeze before. Sure enough something happened, but not what I expected. Problems with freezing and weird textures used to happen in different games as well (Hotel Dusk: room 215 f.e.). My roms are from Myrient before it closed down. Im not sure if the problem is caused by my sd card or the roms (I think that the software is not a problem). Any help is appreciated!

(UPDATE): Changing the roms seems to have fixed the issues that I had.

Picked up an M3 DSsimply for £3 on Vinted and it came with v1.02 beta of the kernel.

Think I’m going to keep this one as-is :)

I've had this flashcart for a while and only now it's showing a red light, is it supposed to do that?

I’ve seen older threads where people said they bought a DSpico for as little as $2, but now I’m seeing it on AliExpress for around €18,99 (or $21.64). Why has the price increased so much?

Is it because of the same factors affecting storage and RAM prices, because the DSpico has become more popular, because availability is limited or is it a combination of those factors?

At the moment, I have TWiLight Menu++ running on my DSi XL. It works well, but it does take a while to boot and I’m curious about the DSpico and its future potential. I’ve also read that the DSpico consumes less power, which could mean longer play sessions between charges.

I recently bought a used DSi XL, so I’m not sure what the battery health is exactly. I might replace the battery as well.

So my main question. Is the DSpico worth buying for $21.64 if I already have TWiLight Menu++ installed on my DSi XL?

I have an old R4 that works fine. I've been using my ds quite a lot lately and I was wondering if there are benefits on buying a DS Pico.

Is it fastest? Maybe safer for storing save files? Better menus?

Also I've seen prices on Ali have increased :(

Edit: I have a DS Lite

https://github.com/bjerreman/N64FlashcartMenu-N64ever

Noobs: download sc64menu.n64 and put it on the root folder of your SD card.

Here are the highlight:

• Favorites Grid is the home screen — a masonry layout of cover art, not a file list.
• Universal "More" menu (R) — one menu for everything: launch, favorite, per-game art, grid settings, hardware, history, settings, file browser.
• Inspect popup (A) — cover + a 2+2 metadata block (name/developer over date/region) and a scrollable description sized to fit without scrolling for most games; sits on top of the grid.
• Shrink-wrapped File Browser popup — favorite ROMs (single or whole folders), launch, with a live favorites counter. Full file management (Copy/Move/Paste, Delete, Rename + Create folder via an on-screen keyboard), reachable even in an empty folder.
• ROM boot — optionally boot a chosen ROM on power-on after a cancellable art countdown (userland, no firmware autoboot; hold START at boot to disable).
• 60 fps render with per-frame animations tuned to match; grid Tile: Square/Box sizing.
• Great metadata support - don't sweat it.
• Built-in text database — 445 games with title/developer/dates/description (100% have a title + a back-of-box description). Binary-searched by 3-char base code.
• Special editions — ROMs that reuse another game's NUS code (e.g. OoT Master Quest, Smash Remix) get their own name/date/description + art, matched on the filename.
• Build-type labels — Demo / Prototype / Beta ROMs are recognised from their filename dump tags and flagged in Inspect (so a missing cover reads as "this is a demo", not a bug).
• Blank-cart placeholders — an uncovered game shows a realistic label-removed N64 cart (or 64DD disk) instead of a generic placeholder.
• 64DD disc support — expansion discs (e.g. F-Zero X Expansion Kit) link to a base cartridge; the link is a manual, per-region disclink config (English ⇄ Japanese cache independently), and launching an unlinked expansion disc from Files offers to link it.
• Animated screensaver — idle cover-art marquee; also used as the live background of the redesigned Menu Information (one scrollable list in a rainbow popup, N64ever logo on top).
• Cancel/abort — B aborts a folder-favorite (full undo) or an A-Z sort mid-run.
• Game Metadata register — on-device diagnostic of which art/text sources exist per game.
• Custom splash — user PNG as the boot splash.
• Everything is a popup over the grid (except a few deliberately-black screens).
• 2048-favorite cap.

Much love,
Bjerreman

Hi team, I’ve got this R4 that I’ve been using since around 2010. I want to be able to play GBA and GBC games on my DS lite along with my NDS games.
The R4 was set up (minus games) when I originally bought it, so I have no idea what I’m doing. Can anyone help me figure out what I need to do?

To start off:

Why not use Twilight Menu?

Twilight Menu++ does not boot from DSpico on my 3DS because it’s an unmodified console. And honestly it seems a bit much to hack my handheld just for one game. Especially since I was able get Blaze Black and Volt White to work.

Is the ROM file clean?

I went out of my way to patch the game with both English and European ROMs. I even tried anti-piracy and No-intro files. The patcher will give an error and not create the new file if the ROM is not compatible as ROM hacks are built off of specific releases.

Aren‘t there pre-patched versions of the game available on ROM websites?

Those don’t load on the DSpico. I tried. I had to patch the games myself to get them to work. I was so happy to see the jiggling Pokéball icons, proving the system recognizes them as DSi enhanced. Trading with legit games work as well.

Right now, Sacred Gold is the only one I just can’t get running. I feel like I tried every version of the vanilla rom and every version of the patcher. Would I have to go further back than v1.05? If so, why does the v1.1.2 version of Storm Silver work perfect? I feel like I’m so close. There must be something I haven’t tried.