{"id":250,"date":"2009-01-09T22:07:48","date_gmt":"2009-01-10T03:07:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lowtek.ca\/roo\/?p=250"},"modified":"2019-12-07T10:22:23","modified_gmt":"2019-12-07T14:22:23","slug":"nintendo-ds-lite-nds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lowtek.ca\/roo\/2009\/nintendo-ds-lite-nds\/","title":{"rendered":"Nintendo DS Lite (NDS)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Gaming is what got me into computers, I was facinated by the idea that it was possible to create your own games.\u00a0 I started out with the Commodore-64<\/a> which let me play lots of games, but also gave me a chance to learn a lot of programming.\u00a0 My next computer was a PC (386sx<\/a>) and by this time I was more focused on programming than gaming.\u00a0 Later on after university I picked up a Nintendo 64<\/a>, which in its day was a ground breaking console.\u00a0 This was also around the time that id Software<\/a> was reinventing the PC gaming market with Doom<\/a> and later Quake<\/a> – this resulted in many late nights sessions at work where we’d setup a network game after hours.<\/p>\n

Having met some seriously fanatical gamers, I can’t call myself one.\u00a0 I like to play from time to time, but the constant hardware upgrades and time investment keep me from being very serious.\u00a0 In late 2004 I picked up a GameBoy Advance SP<\/a> – it was a great way to kill time in an airport.\u00a0 Ken<\/a> had \"\"purchased a few MovieAdvance<\/a> carts, which let me play some homebrew<\/a> and movies (poor quality, but this is a 16MHz ARM chip!).\u00a0 For my birthday in 2006 Jenn got me Nintendo DS Lite<\/a>, and it is so much more than just a simple game machine..<\/p>\n

When I got a copy of Super Mario 64<\/a> for the NDS, it completely blew my socks off.\u00a0 Here is a game that in 1996 was one of the coolest looking (and fun) games I’d ever played – and now 10 years later its running on a handheld.\u00a0 Of course there is also the well known side scrolling New Super Mario Bros<\/a> and of course The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass<\/a> which are must have games on the NDS.\u00a0 Moving a bit away from games, the BrainAge<\/a> series are very addictive – and the web browser<\/a> gets regular use by me.<\/p>\n

In my opinion a must have is one of the many flash cartridges<\/a> for the NDS.\u00a0 I bought an\"\"<\/a> R4DS<\/a> from consolesource.com<\/a> back in early 2007.\u00a0 The flash cart world is a bit odd, there is a very strong homebrew scene – but an even stronger pirate community.\u00a0 The flash carts themselves live in a gray area, and are illegal to sell in some countries<\/a>.\u00a0 Some of companies making these products tend to seem a little shady as well, often creating cheap knock-offs so there is an element of buyer beware.<\/p>\n

The R4DS takes a microSD<\/a> card, which is almost hilariously small.\u00a0 Let’s take a quick look at some of the software I have loaded on mine today.<\/p>\n