*R4DS* - Revolution for DS - SAVED ME HUNDREDS - [Guide/Informational]

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Well anyways, I just bought this really cool little DS cartridge called the R4DS (Revolution for DS). I honestly had no idea what it was when I bought it, I just liked the cover on the box and had heard from my friends that it was really cool. I picked it up online and started tinkering with it yesterday, sort of an early Christmas present to myself. Little did I know that this $22 (USD) device could actually save me hundreds in the future. And that wasn't even the best part! Now I dont have to pay for wireless internet on my phone anymore. Right about now you're probably as confused and clueless as I was when I first heard about it. Just read on.

The cartridge itsself is basically like a normal DS game that is completely blank and has no data on it with a slot for a Micro SD card (the kind you find in your cell phone) in the top of it. I got this thing thinking "what the hell would anyone want a blank DS game for?" And like I said, I had no idea that if I spent $22 on this thing that I would never have to buy another DS game ever again. Yea, pretty cool huh? And that I could even connect to the internet from any WiFi spot in the country! All on my DS...

The games are called ROMs and I needed to search sites for free downloads of them. Once I found them, just download, then extract, and load onto the Micro SD thats plugged into its USB adapter. Once its loaded on there I can take the Micro SD out and stick it into the R4DS Game cartridge so that it'll fit into my DS. This makes the product fantastic because as long as these sites have the games I want, I'll never have to buy another one ever again. And if I do, its just the ROM for about $2.50 as opposed to $40! The R4DS holds 4 GB of memory and each ROM only takes up about 30-50 KB so you can cram quite a bit of games into one cartridge, this eliminates having to bring 40 different games on long trips.

Next I learned that games weren't the only thing you can put on your DS. The R4DS also supports a variety of applications such as DSWeather, DSBible, DSBrowser (also DSHoBro, a different type of browser). These all take up a little more space than the games do but they allow you to do things such as surf the web, read the bible, listen to music, look up pics or videos, and check weather reports all from your DS. When I first heard this I thought that it was pretty amazing. I soon found out that the videos play at about 1fps (one frame per second) and that the pictures arent too clear, this makes that feature really crappy. But I give two thumbs up to all the other features, expecially the web browser because it uses Google and is really fast.

Sorry, I really can't help you with troubleshooting or downloading information since I just got this thing yesterday. I just figured that this would get the word out there to those who don't already know. I had to edit and removed the links by request, if you want ROMs you need to search for them yourself.

Well there you have it, how I came about the R4DS and a little information on how to use it. Its pretty awesome if you have about $25 and 45 minutes. I hope all this really informed and helped someone. Thanks for reading and have fun!

 

If by saying something about paying $2:50 for a game ( just ignore this if its not what you meant ) but if that is what you meant, then you are being scammed. Go to www.ds-downloads.com and click on ds roms or something in the side list of links, there you will find hundreds of games, aranged in alplabetical order. downloads are free but you may have to use winrar to extract the file, if the file say rar file when you download it, right click and go extract here, if a window comes up saying where would you like to extract to go straight to your memory card. If you dont have winrar, simply type in winrar download in google or your favorite search browser, download should also be free. If this didnt help you then i hope it helped someone else