People often email and ask what exactly they gain when they Buy and R4 DS Card. While the answers, in our eyes, is rather easy, the truth it we all use our favorite game console in different ways. When you Buy R4 DS cards, you’re not just buying an ordinary accessory for your Nintendo DS. In fact, along with your R4 DS Card you’re getting about 500 FREE games… in the form of Homebrew Games for the Nintendo DS and DSi.
What are homebrew games? Wikipedia sums it up best, so we’ll just quote it… “Homebrew is a term frequently applied to video games or other software produced by consumers to target proprietary hardware platforms not typically user-programmable or that use proprietary storage methods. This might include games developed with official development kits, such as Net Yaroze or Linux for PlayStation 2. Some more frequently used labels, such as freeware, are often applied as well. A popular type of homebrew game is the fangame. In Japan, these games are usually called “D?jin soft” ”
The fact is that the R4 DS really “busts” your Nintendo DS or DSi wide open… Allowing you to download and play hundreds and hundreds of FREE hombrew games. And when we say 500 homebrew games, we’re reall UNDER exaggerating it.
While we’d love to list every single homebrew game you can use with the R4 DS Cards we simply can’t do it in one post. But we DO have 3 favorite games you’ve probably NEVER even heard of – and you CAN have them absolutely FREE! All you have to do is Buy an R4 DS card and you’ll be gaming in no time.
1. FlashBack DS
We’ve been gaming for a long time. Right back to the days of the old TRS-80 and our favorite – The Commodore 64. After our precious C64 bit the dust, we upgraded to the Commodore Amiga computers. One our of the BEST games (if not THE best game) on the Amiga was a sci-fi inspired game called FLASHBACK. A truly unique and engaging Sci-Fi Adventure / Sytrategy game that withstood the test of time, and is now available (officially from the original creator) as a Nintendo DS Homebrew game. The R4 DS is a purchase you can’t miss just for this game alone. Strategy and action packed.
2. Video Games Hero
If we weren’t such huge fans of Flashback, we would have picked this game as our number one – considering that guitar and music games are all the rage. And we’re okay with confirming – we love guitar hero and other music games. Video Games Hero is an open source / homebrew take on Guitar Freax (original Japanese game – one of our best sellers for the PS2) and Guitar Hero.
VideoGamesHero brings you homebrew action at it’s best – offering lasting fun and challenging action with over 65 Songs, 5 Game modes, Motion Card and Guitar Grip support, there is something for everyone! And we don’t mean to repeat ourselves – but you can only play this game if you have an R4 DS for your Nintendo DS or DSi
3. MARBLE
And finally… Our Third pick for the homebrew game we’re checking out is a game that is still in development, called MARBLE – While it is a work in progress, memories of Marble Madness come flooding in and we’re truly drooling at the graphics and the quality of what we’ve seen so far. And did we mention that you CAN have this game absolutely FREE when it is completed?
Homebrew gaming is truly the only reason to buy an R4 DS Card. While not EVERY SINGLE game is commercial quality, we dare say that at least 50% of the games we play on a regular basis are just as good as, if not better than, commercial quality Nintendo DS games.
And in closing, the only thing YOU have to watch out for – if you’re going to buy an r4 ds is which model of the Nintendo DS console you have. If you have a check out our quick chart below to know which version of the R4 DS is right for you!
If you have a Nintendo DS (and it looks like the picture to the right – without the camera lens – then you need to buy R4 DS instead of the R4i SDHC (though the R4i SDHC can and DOES work in the Nintendo DS because it is 100% backwards compatible)
If you have a Nintendo DSi console – this console has the Camera Lens showing on the bottom right side of the top of the console – when closed – you need the R4i SDHC version. The R4 DS simply will not work in this unit at all, because it is not upgradeable for DSi use and will not be recognized.
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