Play downloaded ROMs on Nintendo DS

[Roamerick]

Looks like someone's come up with a gadget that lets you play downloaded ROMs on your Nintendo DS, bypassing the copy-protection. You plug an SD card in with your ROM, and off you go. Classic case of a legal device being sold for what can only be an illegal purpoise, but if it's your bag, you can grab it for $79.99 (I have no idea where from though). Link here (http://badcomedown.blogspot.com/2005/09/play-downloaded-roms-on-nintendo-ds.html) .

[Malakai1911]

http://www.dspassme.com/
http://www.natrium42.com/

This isnt illegal because you can use it to play homebrew games on (which are 100% legal). Only the roms themselves are illegal, if you dont own the physical cartridge.

[Roamerick]

http://www.dspassme.com/
http://www.natrium42.com/

This isnt illegal because you can use it to play homebrew games on (which are 100% legal). Only the roms themselves are illegal, if you dont own the physical cartridge.

Fair enough, I hadn't even considered the possibility of homebrew games, as I thought the DS was a closed platform. I stand corrected.

[Signa]

i really want to play SNES games on my DS. any idea if this can be done with this device?

[shawners]

play roms on my xbox.. nes, supernes, genesis, and even old commodore.

[broadwayrock]

That adaptor will probably run a snes emulator if you used it with a flash cart.

The rival to that card is called the M3 adaptor. It uses cheaper SD or Cf memory cards and supposidly Directly run FC, NES, SNES, GB, GBC , SMS, and other roms without any emulators. It also plays movies, view ebooks, plays music & includes a NDS PassKey which allows playback of comercial NDS roms.

It costs about $90 but you will have to buy your own SD or CF memory card for it.

This link has some more info on it and some pictures.

http://www.gameboy-advance.net/nintendo_ds/nds-m3adapter.htm

The only downside of this device is that it sticks out of the DS.