Nintendo DS

[motorollin]

I've had my DS Lite for a week now and absolutely love it. This will sound weird, but the games actually feel a bit Amiga-like. The graphics in most of the games are really nice and feel very arcade-esque, which probably explains the Amiga-ish feel. Some recommended games for Amiga lovers:

Nanostray
A vertical shooter with really nice arcade graphics.

Polarium
A wicked puzzle game. Reminds me of an Amiga PD puzzle.

Mario Kart DS
It's even better than XTR  :oops:

That's just for starters. There are loads of games available for the DS and they all look great. The touch screen is a fantastic innovation in games consoles.

You can even get Robocod for the DS :-)

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moto

[motorollin]

Don't think I'll bother with the browser. Linux is already running on the DS (text only). It supports the touch screen and WiFi, so Lynx works for basic browsing. It's only a matter of time before there's a GUI and a graphical web browser :-D

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moto

[motorollin]

DS Linux is stable but doesn't do a lot which is useful to me without a GUI. Though Squirrelmail works in Lynx so at least I can check my IMAP box :-) I've got an M3 Lite Micro SD so I can use the filesystem version of DSLinux.

There's a homebrew tracker for the DS which I'm about to try.

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moto

[motorollin]

Glad you decided to get one :-) look forward to seeing what homebrew stuff you come up with. The DS browser is really good. I'm using it to write this post :-D

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moto

[motorollin]

The problem with the DS-Xtreme is that it doesn't have any RAM on board (unlike the M3 which has 32MB). This means no DSLinux.

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moto

[motorollin]

If you want to use homebrew, get the M3. If you just want to make backups of your carts and play them from a memory card, get the DS-Xtreme.

I bought a Passcard 3 with my M3 as a bundle from mrmodchips, which gets you booted to the M3. From there you can run FlashMe which lets you flash the DS firmware. Once that's done you no longer need the Passcard as the DS will boot directly to the M3 if it's there.

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moto

[motorollin]

The DS itself can be bought relatively cheaply now. It's bound to drop further at Christmas too. The M3+Passcard3 is quite pricey at about £70, but you can sell the Passcard 3 later if you flash the firmware of your DS.

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moto