DS? anyone?

[Googlebot]

i got it awhile back and its good fun ^^ especially when mixed with a Flashcart ^^ playing an english version of the DQ4 remake rox my sox ^^ Anyone else play/have one?

[zanet]

Nope, I went to the PSP side :P , I have a friend who has one though, RPG strategy games are really good on the DS

[Shattered_Crystal]

My bro got one for xmas, i steal it when i wanna play ~

[blitz ^_^]

i got a ds, unfortunately, i don't have much games to play in it T_T

anyone, have a suggestion which games are good?

[EstablishGeeZeR]

For a ds, you will want an R4 card (I believe the name is accurate)

Basically you can dl games of random sites on the net, and just play. It's similar to the PSP OS vers, but instead the memory is based on the mini sd card you plug into the R4 card.

Oh btw, I use psp > Completely legit too >

[Googlebot]

At the moment i wouldn't recommend the R4, i would Recommend the TTDS (Top Toy DS). Alot cheaper, near 100% compatability, 100% Download and play. $25 US, it also lets you play GBA games because of its expansion as opposed to R4 which will only play DS games. $25 for a promising flash cart that comes with GBA compatability, or $35 for a popular flash cart that is trusted but doesn't play GBA games straight out of the box.

There are plenty of good games, i could post a list but i'll just post the link to the list ^^

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[EstablishGeeZeR]

But the R4 itself isn't bad, considering it was released a while before it I assume >

I dunno why so many people use it if there is such a great deal, but from what I've seen, they can be easily bought in asia, along with your ds >\

I think I know someone who had the TTDS before, can't be too sure though >

[blitz ^_^]

need to save money for that! ^_^

[EstablishGeeZeR]

The cards themselves aren't too expensive, however it can be troubling to find some of them for a good price. Usually, if you're looking for the cards, people will jack up the prices. Its best to just wander around areas where you suspect where they may sell them.

[Kilson]

Meh. I went to the PSP side. . . The only bad thing about the PSP is the load times.

Now if only sony would wise up and let the PSP Preload from the disk to your memory card. If I don't get a New PSP Slim I will Open Source My PSP.

I even sent stuff to sony attempting to get them to change how the PSP uses the Memory
Card -

Letter I sent Sony -

Originally Posted by Kilson

Message from Consumer:
Would it be possible for the psp to use the Memory Card as a cache for the current game in the umd?

The number one complaint about the PSP that I have is the constant loading during game play.

This is the only reason I can see for using an Open Firm ware. Improved Game Play.

Case in point one of my friends has 3.03 oe-c on his psp. This has cut down the constant loading
time on all of the games he plays.

He introduced me to Spectral Souls, on his psp which he plays from His Memory card which has almost no load times.

Where every action I take in the game is met with almost a three second pause.

We compared the loading times for different actions taken in the Game Spectral Souls, as it has the most profound difference in game performance.

My psp is less than a month old, while my friends is almost one year old.

Firm ware is 3.11 on my Psp and 3.03 OC-C on his
we both have a SanDisk Pro Duo 4 Gig Memory Stick.

Times are average from 10 timed sets
The largest time difference form our test was a .5 second spread. So Times should be Min Time -.5 Max Time+ .5

Action taken

Game Start
after psp logo
till main start screen

UMD- 31.3 seconds
Memory Card. - 11.3 seconds

From exit of Game loading Screen till active map

UMD- 7.7 seconds
Memory Card - 2.9 seconds

Entering Town from world map.

UMD- 19.8 seconds
Memory Card - 6.4 seconds

Entering Shop in town.

UMD- 20.5
Memory Card - 6.8


Exiting Shop returning to Town.

UMD- 21.2
Memory Card - 7


Return To World MAp

UMD- 7.6
Memory Card- 2.8


Entering Formation Screen from World Map

UMD- 16.5
Memory Card- 4.3


Entering Battle Map from Formation Screen.
Till map Starts. Random Map - Non Story Map- Free Battle Map-

UMD- 18.6
Memory Card - 6.3

Attacking - From Confirmation until attack animation starts.
UMD - 2.1
Memory Card- .3

Running this game off a Memory Card. is a 66% faster than from the UMD, Cutting this time out makes the game much more enjoyable. I want to play the games not watch the Disc Access flash every few seconds.

With larger Memory Cards now common, I would Like to see an option to set a Game Cache file - To hold Common graphics, animations and sounds, from the Game so they do not have to be streamed off the disk during paly.

Thank you .

Grrr and sony was not responsive.