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Grunthor

#1 December 31, 2007, 10:15:12 pm

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I just got a R4 card and was wondering if anyone has some suggestions for good homebrew games and apps to try out. So far I've been getting a kick out of Virus DS Xmas Edition, Setsuzoku No Puzzle, and Virtual Game Maker DS.

Virus DS:

Setsuzoku No Puzzle:

Virtual Game Maker DS:

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#2 December 31, 2007, 10:21:01 pm

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Holy shit... I made the graphic interface for VGMDS. Nice seeing it in a random screenshot! The new version is supposed to come out soon so be on the lookout for that.

I really need to get an R4. I used to use a shitty GBA movie player and pass card and it had terrible compatibility. I hear R4s are just swell

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#3 December 31, 2007, 10:26:19 pm

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Cave Story DS is all you need.

Or check out some of the stuff here.

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#4 December 31, 2007, 10:27:06 pm

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Quote from: Mr Epic Hero on December 31, 2007, 10:21:01 pm

Holy shit... I made the graphic interface for VGMDS. Nice seeing it in a random screenshot! The new version is supposed to come out soon so be on the lookout for that.

I really need to get an R4. I used to use a shitty GBA movie player and pass card and it had terrible compatibility. I hear R4s are just swell

The new version of VGMDS came out last week if I remember correctly. It's ver. 0.98 which is what I'm using at the moment.

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#5 January 01, 2008, 12:27:47 am

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What does one need to purchase to start playing homebrew ds games?

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#6 January 01, 2008, 01:37:42 am

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Isn't the R4 like 80 bucks?

Yay! Random words!

"Hey don't hotlink images for your avatar. Upload it in GW Uploader or imageshack or something"

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#7 January 01, 2008, 01:47:19 am

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Quote from: Saleop on January 01, 2008, 12:27:47 am

What does one need to purchase to start playing homebrew ds games?

A R4 (or other flash cart) and a micro sd card. A R4 costs around $35.

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#8 January 01, 2008, 02:28:32 am

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If you are finding reason enough to occupy cart space with VGMDS, then I probably will too. I'll give it a try.

http://www.collectingsmiles.com/colors/
The most bad-ass painting app for the DS you'll ever see.

If anyone knows a good one for pixel-art, then please tell! I tried Phidias, but it's latest build won't recognize my touch pad on R4 (even after patching it).

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#9 January 01, 2008, 02:57:01 am

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Quote from: NinjaPirate on December 31, 2007, 10:26:19 pm

Cave Story DS is all you need.

Or check out some of the stuff here.

uh as far as I can tell the fullgame isn't released yet? my hopes were gotten up.

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#10 January 01, 2008, 04:40:59 am

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I find it hilarious the PSP version of Cave Story was finished a month before the DS one and then the guy making the DS port pretty much up and disappeared.

And I have to admit, I didn't know there was a lot of cool freeware applications available for the DS. I might have to buy one of these R4 carts although I can't believe they're that cheap. BACK IN MY DAY, a GBA cart was like... 120 quid.

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#11 January 01, 2008, 04:55:20 am

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Quote from: angry black man on January 01, 2008, 04:40:59 am

And I have to admit, I didn't know there was a lot of cool freeware applications available for the DS. I might have to buy one of these R4 carts although I can't believe they're that cheap. BACK IN MY DAY, a GBA cart was like... 120 quid.

I can't find the site that I bought mine from, but digimartz.com/ has it listed for $38.50

Quote from: EvilDemonCreature on January 01, 2008, 02:28:32 am

If anyone knows a good one for pixel-art, then please tell! I tried Phidias, but it's latest build won't recognize my touch pad on R4 (even after patching it).

I haven't had a chance to try it out yet, but I did find a decent looking sprite editor. Sprite Editor DS v0.2

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#12 January 01, 2008, 05:10:52 am

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Quote from: Grogrog on January 01, 2008, 02:57:01 am

uh as far as I can tell the fullgame isn't released yet? my hopes were gotten up.

Yea its just a demo so far :/. I think another team is working on X-Com for DS as well.

Quote from: angry black man on January 01, 2008, 04:40:59 am

I might have to buy one of these R4 carts although I can't believe they're that cheap. BACK IN MY DAY, a GBA cart was like... 120 quid.

Well you also need a MiniSD card and a MiniSD card reader which puts the price back up to like $100 or so depending on what you get.

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#13 January 01, 2008, 06:36:09 am

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Mine will be arriving in the mail tomorrow so I'm just as curious to see what there is out there.
I picked mine up from http://www.gamerswonder.com/
They're based in sydney and I don't know if they do international postage or not but I got my R4 + 1GB Memcard for a combined total of $98.30 AUD inc. postage.

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#14 January 01, 2008, 07:06:52 am

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What is R4 card/virtual DS and stuff. If its a game based on those screenshots, then i must say it looks pretty drab :\

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#15 January 01, 2008, 07:40:26 am

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Quote from: Aten on January 01, 2008, 07:06:52 am

What is R4 card/virtual DS and stuff. If its a game based on those screenshots, then i must say it looks pretty drab :\

its people making freeware games

compare them to your average RPG Maker game

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#16 January 01, 2008, 08:37:07 am

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The R4DS makes you play games and homebrew on it. It's not hacking or anything. Once you put it in your DS, it automatically boots up.
Basically, you drag and drop shit from your computer onto it. It can be movies, music, ~~downloaded DS~~ games, etc.

And I got mine for about $40.

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#17 January 01, 2008, 07:53:30 pm

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I dunno enough about commercial games for the DS but if Nintendo hasn't made a new version of Mario Paint that's like Colors yet, then they're a-holes and deserve to lose money

http://djsaint-hubert.bandcamp.com/

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#18 January 02, 2008, 12:43:26 am

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Quote from: NinjaPirate on January 01, 2008, 05:10:52 am

Yea its just a demo so far :/. I think another team is working on X-Com for DS as well.
Well you also need a MiniSD card and a MiniSD card reader which puts the price back up to like $100 or so depending on what you get.

A mini SD card reader comes with the R4.

Anyways, I found more awesome games that I'm becoming addicted to.

Word Up

You drag the stylus across the letters to make words and keep the letters from making it to the top of the upper screen.

Meteora

Basically your job is to stop the enemy from hitting your planet with it's meteors, and to counter attack and destroy him. The game has a unique spell system that lets you combine spells for more powerful effects.

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#19 January 02, 2008, 04:18:21 am

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I didn't even know there were some decent homebrew apps out there. I got an R4 back in July and all I really have on it are game videos, my transferred music from my standalone MP3 player and the DSOrganizer PDA application.

Definitely need to check out Word Up, Virus and Virtual Game Maker.

Alright, well I got Virtual Game Maker, but can't figure out how to start a new file for creation. I keep managing to boot up the Zelda demo that is included.

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#20 January 04, 2008, 02:53:11 am

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Quote from: Kezay on January 02, 2008, 04:18:21 am

Alright, well I got Virtual Game Maker, but can't figure out how to start a new file for creation. I keep managing to boot up the Zelda demo that is included.

It takes a little getting used to. There's a tutorial on the official website: VGM-DS tutorial

Last Edit: January 04, 2008, 02:54:43 am by Grunthor

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