I have a DS and use homebrew too :-D really good stuff.
Though my DS is the older phatboy one, and I have a SuperCard MiniSD.
DSLinux is great, the RAM-enabled build works on my SuperCard which, and that paves the way to a GUI - someone is working on porting the PIXIL GUI to DSLinux.
NitroTracker is cool, but it needs an update pretty badly - filesystem access is very slow on some flash cards (which should be fixed by using a more recent FAT library) and it also doesnt implement any tracker effects.
Still very cool though.
Some cool stuff I recommend you try:
nesDS is a VERY good NES emulator, try it, ALL games I've tried run at 100% speed with fantastic sound. It even has an amazing real-time "rewind" feature that lets you "un"-fall down that gap that killed you in Mario Bros.
SnezziDS is coming along nicely and the SNES games that work are mostly going full speed with sound, just needs to be made more stable and compatible.
MoonShell turns your DS into an media player, it even does tracker MODs/XMs, SPC SNES music files, NSF NES music and more, as well as its own movie format. However if you want to try movie encoding, I recommend you use
BatchDPG as it'll gives you much better quality than MoonShell's own encoder.
WiFiVoiceChat is a pretty amazing program that lets you talk to other people using the DS microphone and draw on a whiteboard using the touchscreen all at the same time. Watch out for this idiot who keeps coming in and insists on drawing Nazi swastikas as well as other... unsavory... drawings... still, great app. :lol: :lol: :lol:
I have Mario Kart too - awesome stuff. Tetris DS, Animal Crossing, and Metroid Prime Hunters are the other three Wi-Fi enabled games I have. At the moment I'm addicted to New Super Mario Bros. It's just insanely fun! :-D
I agree, a lot of the stuff on the DS has this really nice Amiga feel. As well as Robocod, there's Rainbow Islands and Bubble Bobble... the first time I saw Rainbow Islands in the shop for the DS I was pleasantly surprised, I haven't bought it (yet?) though. Too many other games to keep me busy for now. :-D