Nintendo DS

[saffakanera]

OK, so whats the deal with the DS? How hackable is it compared to the PSP? How much would a hacked DS end up costing me? Is it worth it? Please let me know.

 

[imaginary_friend]

OK, so whats the deal with the DS? How hackable is it compared to the PSP? How much would a hacked DS end up costing me? Is it worth it? Please let me know.

"hackability" vs the psp? fact is the ds doesnt have a patch on the psp in that department. Homebrew dev on the ds is slow and buggy at best in comparison to the portable ps2 and running any sort of HB on a DS requires the purchase of a flash cart. that being said, when u do buy a flash cart for your ds, you'd never have to buy a game ever again (if piracys ur deal mind you ) rom downloads are minuscule compared to iso downloads for a psp and download are a-plenty on the net. truth be told theres a lot more capabilties homebrew/media wise on the psp and you can download games as well but ur gonna have to be a little tech savy to get the psp hacking done and need a decent cap for iso downloads. You dont wanna use a ds for anything but gaming; trust me, but its hellva fun either way.

new ds= around R1800, flash cart = around R400 (diff prices for diff carts Think2hard can help on this one)

hope this helps.

 

[Ghost02]

Rather buy a second hand psp if cost is the problem. DS isn't for homebrew.

 

[saffakanera]

imaginary, do you have to buy a separate SDmicro card along with the flash cart?

 

[imaginary_friend]

imaginary, do you have to buy a separate SDmicro card along with the flash cart?

I bought an edge4ds. check it out here:
http://www.edge4ds.com/
I bought it off the site. its great and (to answer your question) it came with a 2gig card. there are other carts available and i think they come with SDmicros too. I really like the edge; it was cheap (around R300 some change) and it has regular updates. Personally I've never had a problem with it. I read something about it being a CycloDS rip off but still, its great.

 

[saffakanera]

Cool stuff, trading my Xfx 8800GT alpha dog for one today, the dude says that hes got Mario and Advance wars included, and an extra stylus.

 

[maestro_za]

Sweet! Haven't personally bother with a handheld console.

Let us know how you find it

 

[saffakanera]

Lol, will do, eish they are a bit expensive though now that i think about it, i mean that Wii is seriously SERIOUSLY overpriced over here, I hope its an even deal at least... well heres hoping!

The dude just went off-line, think he changed his mind and pulled out the power cord to the pc, what a chump! lol, jk

 

[Ghost02]

Cool stuff, trading my Xfx 8800GT alpha dog for one today, the dude says that hes got Mario and Advance wars included, and an extra stylus.

LOL I'm almost doing the opposite with my psp

 

[saffakanera]

heh, seems the GFX card to Portable console ratio is picking up then

 

[Ghost02]

It all comes down to what you *need* . . .

 

[maestro_za]

LOL

 

[Ghost02]

So many nintendon't fans lately

 

[maestro_za]

Seems like it ja

 

[Dr@g0nic]

They have reason

 

[doobiwan]

I'd love to pickup a DS, but I cannot justify that it costs the same as a 360!

Especially when I can get my kids a Leapfrog Leapster which has pretty much the functionality except only 1 screen, but a 6x more powerful processor for about R800! (imported)

Oh, and you guys know there's a new DS coming out shortly?
http://kotaku.com/5055944/report-new-nintendo-ds-coming-this-year-with-camera-music-playback

 

[JustGadgets]

eish !

Now that is what I call a DS !

 

[saffakanera]

Eish! Maybe i should just sell the 8800gt for like R1700 and wait for the new DS then?

 

[JustGadgets]

Eish! Maybe i should just sell the 8800gt for like R1700 and wait for the new DS then?

I doubt the new DS would be R1700

 

[Ghost02]

They say the new ds will cost more than the current one, I mostly see this one for about R1800 so I doubt the new one would be R1700