Our newest sponsor GameByGame is generously offering a DSiPlayer flash cart for a free raffle. They’ve been with us for no time at all and are already willing to shell out some serious prizes, so be sure to support them as well as supporting us by visiting this site, participating in this raffle and of course buying from GameByGame.com. And the most impressive part of this raffle is the fact that it takes practically nothing to participate, you quite literally provide your email address and you are good to go.
What is the iPlayer, and why would you want it? [Read the DSDatabase iPlayer Review] Well if you haven’t been with the scene lately, be sure to check it out. This $50 flash cart is one of the most expensive out there because it is completely unique. So if you have an AceKard 2i or an M3i Zero, getting the iPlayer is still completely sane. The iPlayer is not a flash cart designed to play commercial games, instead it focuses on homebrew and multimedia, and it does it well. With the latest news that the iPlayer now has the one and only GameBoy Advance emulator, making it the ONLY GameBoy Advance solution for the Nintendo DSi, as well as the only cart that can play avi, mp4, flv and other video codecs without any conversion, the iPlayer is without a doubt a unique cart.
How do you participate in this raffle?
It is simple, you simply reply to ANY DSDatabase blog post with a valid email address during the allotted time. You do so by filling out the form at the very bottom of the page. If you are a DSDatabase member, just post anything, and I will use the email address tied to your account, if not, then you will have to fill in your email address in the email address field or just include it in your post. Now it isn’t necessary for you to post anything else, but I’d personally prefer a sentence or two rather than blank responses. So recap:
- reply to any blog post
- make sure there is a valid email address
- that is ALL you need to do
I also encourage users to post on our forum and subscribe to the DSDatabase YouTube channel. I may or may not decide to reward those who do.
If you guys paid attention to a certain post on the forum, DSDatabase reached a milestone a little over 10 days ago. Our videos on YouTube had a combined total of over a MILLION views. This is certainly no small feat, and some of our staff, especially me_too_lazy were quite proud of it.
As a result of this, a new YouTube channel is finally created. Because our YouTube channel was practically non-existent and the fact that I didn’t know how to use YouTube all that well, the amount of subscribers, channel views, etc are fairly abysmal. So, with the launch of our new channel, I call upon ALL DSDatabase viewers to please click into our new DSDatabase YouTube channel and subscribe there. It is extremely easy to browse through the videos offered on YouTube, you can discuss our videos, and I’ll be sure to start talking more in my videos :).
What is NDS-GBA Emulator? It is what we all thought was impossible ages ago, an emulator for a slot 1 flash cartridge, allowing a slot 1 cart to run GBA roms. The emulator is created by DarkChen, and his blog is a bit sparse but it has more information regarding the emulator. It runs pretty well, and there are lots of features worth checking out. I’d say this is yet another EXCELLENT reason to purchase an iPlayer. The cart is certainly the most unique out there and I think the team behind it should definitely get at least some credit for being a bit creative and thinking out of the box.
It is such a significant release that I had to immediately update my iPlayer review to reflect this piece of homebrew, the new section can be read below or with the actual updated iPlayer review (updates span more than just these few paragraphs).
I’ve had my iPlayer for some time thanks to 4CoolDay.com
The cart is amazing and pretty much does everything they advertised. If you want a cart that can run .avi files, look no further, the iPlayer is the only one that can do it, and it does it well. I love it and will probably keep using it for a while. Honestly the image is sharp and crystal clear, playback is good and overall the cart just works like it should.
So you can read the DSDatabase iPlayer review by clicking the link.
Well I’ve amassed quite a few DSi flash cartridges over the last half a year or so, and I’ve been stuck using the 1.3 firmware so that all my carts can work. Now that they are all updatable, the last being the iPlayer, I figured I’d take videos of the update process and sort of tell you guys how to do it. So, the four carts I have with me today are: M3i Zero, Supercard DS ONEi, AceKard 2i, and the iPlayer. I know that there are other carts that work with 1.4, but I don’t have an EZ Flash Vi at the moment, but I will update this blog when I receive mine.
Before I start off, I just want to thank 4CoolDay, one of this site’s sponsors for providing some of the stuff used in these videos. And also for providing the helpful list found at (http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=174664&st=0). So be sure to support both DSDatabase and 4CoolDay by shopping at 4CoolDay.com.
So read more to see how each of the carts update. My personal favorite is the M3i Zero, it was nice and simple, although I suppose the iPlayer is also impressive if it weren’t for the scare. The Supercard DS ONEi was by far the longest, but it too was relatively pain free, while the AceKard 2i has the best system for flashing multiple carts at once, so kudos to them.
It’s been a few days since I last posted anything. I bought a few things from DealPerfect.com, and I thought that one of the ones that stand out is called the Mirror Block. Obviously it is a fake, but at $5, and the fact that it is better than the original makes it a great buy for me.
What is it? The mirror block, mirror cube, bump cube, bump block are all the same thing. A modified 3×3x3 Rubik’s Cube that is all one color but has different size cubes. The cube is divided in such a way so that no 2 cubes are the same size, and you have to solve it based on the size of the cubes and how they fit together. Even though essentially it is the same cube as the original Rubik’s Cube, it is a HUGE challenge for me because some of us rely quite a bit on the colors of a Rubik’s Cube for the solve. It is a fun variation worth trying out.
33% smaller
36% lighter
Price tag of $299 USD
First week of September release
The PS3 Slim is finally OFFICIALLY announced. It doesn’t seem like there are many details yet, we don’t know if there is backwards compatibility with PS2 or PS1 games, but we do know that it is supposed to do everything the PS3 does.
I’m not one to usually get addicted to flash games, but I have been playing this one for the last few hours. I suppose it could be my free schedule on the lazy days of summer or perhaps the sheer boredom of watching Lord of the Rings for the hundredth time, but it matters not, Multitask has captured my attention.
The game is rather simple in design. You are playing 4 mini games at once basically. All four of these games would have been simple otherwise. You use both hands, using the arrow keys, the WASD keys and the spacebar. I guess you could try to play it with one hand, but it is already challenging enough as it is. You could always ask your friends to help (though the creator seems to imply that it is cheating) but it defeats the purpose. The game makes you pay attention to four different games at once that are simple simple mini games. The end result is a fabulous flash game that makes you look all around your computer screen, scrambling to get your fingers in place while confusing you because of the similar controls. It is a great way to kill time.
There is a new DSi update floating around in Australia, Europe and Japan that is blocking out ALL DSi flash carts. Currently it is not yet available in North America, but please be aware that this update BLOCKS ALL DSI FLASH CARTS.
I will update this post when or if there are updates for flash carts to regain their ability to boot.
Working: EZ Flash Vi (first updatable cart with an update)
Hyper-R4i (updatable)
R4i Gold Box (they are not updateable, you need to purchase the news one that are being released from August 10th and on)
AceKard 2i (fully updatable)
R4 Ultra (stole the update from the AceKard team, but works)
Doesn’t work, has updatable boot-loader, possible that an update may fix it:
M3i Zero
Supercard DS ONEi
Doesn’t work, not quite sure what the status is. No official word on whether it has an updatable boot-loader or not (unlikely though):
iPlayer: Doesn’t work
Doesn’t work, unlikely to ever work again, perhaps new batches in the future will work, but all old batches are most likely dead:
iTouch2 most R4 clones
DSTTi most DSTTi clones
So recap:
