Looking for an R4 kit.

And I found this one on dealextreme. I'm new to all this stuff, so I was just going to make sure that deal is a good price. Also, does that include all the stuff I'll need? Or are there additional products I should buy?

One more thing: I don't have to mod my DS in any way to use that, do I? Any help at all would be appreciated, so thanks in advance!

 

No modding required. All you need is the R4/M3 with a 1 or 2 gigabyte micro SD card. I would suggest a micro SD made by Kingston and if you can find it, look for one that was manufactured in Japan. I have a 1gb Kingston manufactured in Taiwan that performs flawlessly for me, so if you don't get a Japanese one it's not the end of the world. Other than that just make sure you format the micro SD card to the FAT 16 format and use the latest firmware for your R4.

 

i got my kingston 1gb from here and it works flawlessly too plus its dirt cheap http://meritline.stores.yahoo.net/kingston-1gb-micro-sd-card.html

 

Yup, thats where I got mine. Except when I ordered mine it was $12 with free S&H.

 

mine was 14.99 n tax and free shipping at walmart its like $30-60 lol

 

Thanks for all the help! I can't wait to get all my stuff. ^_^

Approximately, how many games can fit on that 1 GB card?

 

average games run from around 32mb,64mb,or up to 125mb(around there, like 126,124, or something)so you can fit a good ammount of space on a 1gb at a time.

 

With a 1gb card you will usually get between 10 and 20 games to fit.

I have 12 DS games, a couple SNES games, and a couple Sega games all on my 1gb card.

 

if you use a rom trimmer you can fit alot more

 

Doesn't trimming roms take out some of the functionality though? Such as web play and and features other than the main game?

 

Oh wow, I didn't know you'd be able to fit so many! This is probably the coolest thing ever.

 

It does eliminate your web play capability, but keeps the ROM intact.

 

So, let me just make sure: there's no hidden catch to all this, is there? The DS can still play normal games? It just sounds way too good to be true.

 

There is no catch. It really is the easiest system to run backups and homebrew on.

edit: and yes, you can still play normal games. Just take your R4 or M3 out of the game slot and put a game in.

 

actually you can still play wifi, i do it all the time with mario kart, infact all of my roms are trimmed and i still play wifi and ds download

 

Thank you so much for all your help.

 

Sorry for the double post, but I have another question:

Can this run every game that's out so far? Or is that functionality still being worked on? If not, is there a list of games that work and don't work?

 

So far yes.

 

there you go mate feast your eyes on what a r4ds can and cant play -

http://wiki.scorpei.com/index.php/R4_compatibility_list

ps. current firmware version is V1.12 and nearly 100% compatibility for nds roms !

woof811.

 

This whole thing still amazes me with how simple it is. Thanks for all your help, guys!