Nintendo has always had a special place in the hearts of youngsters & adults alike for their gaming hardware. Until quite recently Nintendo still was one of the highest selling handheld gaming platforms.
In this article we will see some of the basic hardware specifications of the gaming console. Since many are quite familiar with the Ninetendo DS, we will not go into depth for the older models but stick to the newer ones only. Nintendo DS was released in 2004 & its lite version was released two years later. The original DS nicknamed ‘DS Phat’ did not have the brighter screens, was a bit chunkier & slightly heavy too. The later version DS Lite was a little faster & had clearer & brighter screens. Further down the line Nintendo released a revamped version DSi which had a mightier processor & higher amount of RAM.
A little over two years ago Nintendo released DSi XL. This one had a larger 4.2” Screen. Apart from the screen size the DSi & DSi XL share many similarities. They both have Front & Rear Cameras which the DS lite does not have. Both possess external expansion slots in the form of a SD card slot. Most importantly both have much better battery capacity with the DSi clocking about 8-10 hours & DSi XL at 10-12 hours of gameplay at average brightness.
All the Nintendo DSs have had a Gameboy Advance (GBA) slot. This slot is commonly referred to as SLOT-2 on a Gameboy. However since DSi Lite, this slot has been removed from the hardware. Why was this slot important?
These slots used to hold cartridges that were legacy & supported older games. However, homebrew developers used these cards to extend the functionality of the gaming console. Any gaming console has content developed by the content providers. Such cards are non-re-programmable. They are also known as Flashcards. Since Nintendo introduced another slot, these older GBA cards came to be known as 1st Gen cards & the newer cards that fit into the newer slot called DS Game Card Slot came to be known as SLOT-2 cards.
It is imperative that one first understands the terminology of the cards. Though Nintendo intends that you use only approved cards, there were many varieties of cards available that got more than what was officially permitted.
First generation cards included GBA flash cartridges, GBAMP CF, SuperCard, and M3. These were, needless to say older & of poor configuration. Additionally firmware updates from Nintendo regularly blocked out access to such cards. However, the final blow to the older generation cards came when Nintendo simply stopped adding GBA or SLOT-1 to the newer generation Nintendo DSi & DSi XL.
In the subsequent articles we will see what these cards are & how you can extend the functionality of your Nintendo DSi & DSi XL.
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In this article we will see some of the basic hardware specifications of the gaming console. Since many are quite familiar with the Ninetendo DS, we will not go into depth for the older models but stick to the newer ones only. Nintendo DS was released in 2004 & its lite version was released two years later. The original DS nicknamed ‘DS Phat’ did not have the brighter screens, was a bit chunkier & slightly heavy too. The later version DS Lite was a little faster & had clearer & brighter screens. Further down the line Nintendo released a revamped version DSi which had a mightier processor & higher amount of RAM.
A little over two years ago Nintendo released DSi XL. This one had a larger 4.2” Screen. Apart from the screen size the DSi & DSi XL share many similarities. They both have Front & Rear Cameras which the DS lite does not have. Both possess external expansion slots in the form of a SD card slot. Most importantly both have much better battery capacity with the DSi clocking about 8-10 hours & DSi XL at 10-12 hours of gameplay at average brightness.
All the Nintendo DSs have had a Gameboy Advance (GBA) slot. This slot is commonly referred to as SLOT-2 on a Gameboy. However since DSi Lite, this slot has been removed from the hardware. Why was this slot important?
These slots used to hold cartridges that were legacy & supported older games. However, homebrew developers used these cards to extend the functionality of the gaming console. Any gaming console has content developed by the content providers. Such cards are non-re-programmable. They are also known as Flashcards. Since Nintendo introduced another slot, these older GBA cards came to be known as 1st Gen cards & the newer cards that fit into the newer slot called DS Game Card Slot came to be known as SLOT-2 cards.
It is imperative that one first understands the terminology of the cards. Though Nintendo intends that you use only approved cards, there were many varieties of cards available that got more than what was officially permitted.
First generation cards included GBA flash cartridges, GBAMP CF, SuperCard, and M3. These were, needless to say older & of poor configuration. Additionally firmware updates from Nintendo regularly blocked out access to such cards. However, the final blow to the older generation cards came when Nintendo simply stopped adding GBA or SLOT-1 to the newer generation Nintendo DSi & DSi XL.
In the subsequent articles we will see what these cards are & how you can extend the functionality of your Nintendo DSi & DSi XL.
*Dilfoo.fr is the Number 1 Website on French Shopzilla.fr R4 card, R4i , R4 3DS , R4, R4 DSi , DS Lite R4, M3 Linker, r4 dsi x , Carte ds .
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