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SpellingAce November 20th, 2008 2:10 PM

What do you think of R4?
 
The title says it all, do you like R4's? I think they are okay, except for the part about the copyright argument... I don't wanna get wound into it.
If I post this in the wrong place, please tell me.

Mr. Curling Iron November 26th, 2008 9:54 PM

You can always have homebrew games so its not really illegal :\

Eon-Rider November 26th, 2008 10:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SpellingAce (Post 4134896)
The title says it all, do you like R4's? I think they are okay, except for the part about the copyright argument... I don't wanna get wound into it.
If I post this in the wrong place, please tell me.

I'm not understanding the topic correctly. Are you referring to R4DS specifically or to all flash carts? I'm going to assume it's the second since the second part of your post suggests it. I don't see why anyone shouldn't hate flash carts besides Nintendo and 3rd party game developers. It is really a useful device especially if you do not have money to buy games all the time. Morally it is wrong but the pros of owning a flash cart outweigh the cons by a landslide.

Also, I think you should realise there are indeed other flash carts that perform equal or better than R4DS.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mr. Hair Straightener (Post 4151324)
You can always have homebrew games so its not really illegal :\

I find your comment hilarious. I'm pretty sure only 1% of the people who buy flash carts use it only for homebrew.

thorn96 November 26th, 2008 10:21 PM

Well, I have had an R4DS for almost a year and it's never failed me. Even if games don't work on it,
it's a simple matter of going online and downloading the new firmware. And I'm getting an EZ Flash 3 in 1 Expansion
Pak soon, so that will let me play hacks on my R4! w00t! <(^.^)>

Sure, it's not quite legal. But neither are things like Limewire, and most sane people don't use iTunes to fill their iPods.

Zet November 26th, 2008 10:40 PM

actually a lot of sane people use itunes, insane people are the ones who do stuff illegally and I really haven't been bothered to go and buy an R4 yet, though I have been meaning too since like the start of the year

Obito. November 27th, 2008 2:49 PM

yeah its good. i liked watching videos on my DS. untill i got a cellphone =D

Mr. Epic November 27th, 2008 4:10 PM

I use the CycloDS and I prefer it, it has nice themes and all. The updates for support of new DS games come often, its pretty easy to use and there is a lot of support online.

Mr. Curling Iron November 28th, 2008 1:19 AM

:/ I'm just stating a possibility... and no... NO ONE buys an R4 for homebrew games... :/ Except maybe Bill Gates or something.. or the owner of Nintendo :/

Razer302 November 28th, 2008 2:01 AM

I use an R4DS and I have to say without it I would never play any new games due to money shortages.

yvette November 28th, 2008 2:55 PM

I have a cheap rip-off one from China, but it works just as well. I have over ten games on it, and music. The imitations are as good as the real thing.

CombatArmsWarrior November 28th, 2008 7:11 PM

I think the R4 is...
 
Well I think The R-4 is cool because U can play many games on it involving the nintendo DS and u can have mutimedia on it like music.

The Dark Knight December 1st, 2008 8:33 AM

I have one, they're pretty cool. Especially how you can theme them, and play homebrew, music & movies. For downloading games illegally, like Razer302, I doubt I would actually buy them so technically I'm not losing Nintendo any money. If you have one, a CycloDS or pretty much any other flash cart, NDSthemes is a good site for downloading new ones, and uploading your own.

Naturalistick December 1st, 2008 9:31 AM

R4DS is awesome. Just the way you use it, might be legal or not, but the ability to carry music around is awesome to me (yeah I carry my DS around instead of iPod ^_^),
As said above, customizing your DS with themes is also a plus.

TechEnixRay December 1st, 2008 3:26 PM

Its alright........... Only for now. Hope it doesn't effect me in the future.

Gerri Shin December 1st, 2008 3:39 PM

I guess R4s are alright, but if you really like a game I would say just buy the actual cartridge, besides from what I've heard, Nintendo is taking measures to make R4s and similar cards incompatible with the new DSI.

fuznug December 1st, 2008 7:40 PM

they are pretty good
 
i have an R4, i like it. the only problem is the lack of updates.

SpellingAce December 3rd, 2008 12:55 PM

Some website says that Nintendo is trying to use law to get rid of Flash Cards (Not Necessarily R4), But that only seemed to do the opposite, now more people buy Flash Cards, someone even made such a comment, "Dealing with (Flash Cards) is like dealing with a Hydra: You cut off one head, three grows back." On the other hand, though, if we continue to buy R4's but not the legal copies, Nintendo will go bankrupt and no more games for us. :P

Ninja Tree December 3rd, 2008 2:50 PM

R4 is very outdated :\
I suggest CycloDS

RyCario December 3rd, 2008 2:57 PM

I have an R4. Yes, you can put music on it but it had horrible quality, even when you use headphones. The R4DS team is gone. No more updates.

Mooshykris December 8th, 2008 8:06 AM

Why would anyone buy a flash cart to STEAL games anyway... I mean...first pirating software, then emulating to prevent purchase, and now PUTTING it on your DS :/

~Mooshykirs

Mr. Epic December 8th, 2008 10:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fuznug (Post 4164794)
i have an R4, i like it. the only problem is the lack of updates.

O.O It has many updates about 1 every month! You should check the official site and just to remind you google is your friend.
It and the CycloDS have general updates making it compatible with the latest games and sorting problems that the previous versions had such as certain games Wii connectivity.

Eon-Rider December 10th, 2008 2:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kyen (Post 4179756)
O.O It has many updates about 1 every month! You should check the official site and just to remind you google is your friend.
It and the CycloDS have general updates making it compatible with the latest games and sorting problems that the previous versions had such as certain games Wii connectivity.

Maybe you should do better research. The last update was on the 24th of April this year.

Mr. Epic December 10th, 2008 8:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Eon-Rider (Post 4183772)
Maybe you should do better research. The last update was on the 24th of April this year.

No mabey you should:
15- R4 V1.18 kernel (English/French/Korean) 2008-04-24
14- R4 V1.17 kernel (English/French/Korean) 2008-03-18
13- R4 V1.16 kernel (English/French/Korean) 2008-02-19
12- R4 V1.15 kernel (English/French/Korean) 2008-01-08
11- R4 V1.14 kernel (English/French/Korean) 2007-12-19
10- R4 v1.13 kernel (English) 2007-12-07
9- R4 v1.13 kernel (Korean) 2007-12-07
8- R4 v1.13 kernel (French ) 2007-12-07
7- R4 v1.12 kernel (French ) 2007-11-21
6- R4 v1.12 kernel (Korea) 2007-11-21
5- R4 v1.12 kernel(English) 2007-11-21
4- R4 v1.11 kernel (French ) 2007-7-30
3- R4 v1.11 kernel (Korea) 2007-7-30
2- R4 v1.11 kernel(English) 2007-7-30
1- R4 v1.02 cheat code database 2007-5-21
These are kernal updates, that last April update was when they stopped updates completely, if you look at this history of updates it was more than once a month updates were released until v1.18 which covered nearly everything.

Haza December 10th, 2008 8:53 AM

I love it but it often corrupts my came files.

Eon-Rider December 10th, 2008 12:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kyen (Post 4184139)
No mabey you should:
15- R4 V1.18 kernel (English/French/Korean) 2008-04-24
14- R4 V1.17 kernel (English/French/Korean) 2008-03-18
13- R4 V1.16 kernel (English/French/Korean) 2008-02-19
12- R4 V1.15 kernel (English/French/Korean) 2008-01-08
11- R4 V1.14 kernel (English/French/Korean) 2007-12-19
10- R4 v1.13 kernel (English) 2007-12-07
9- R4 v1.13 kernel (Korean) 2007-12-07
8- R4 v1.13 kernel (French ) 2007-12-07
7- R4 v1.12 kernel (French ) 2007-11-21
6- R4 v1.12 kernel (Korea) 2007-11-21
5- R4 v1.12 kernel(English) 2007-11-21
4- R4 v1.11 kernel (French ) 2007-7-30
3- R4 v1.11 kernel (Korea) 2007-7-30
2- R4 v1.11 kernel(English) 2007-7-30
1- R4 v1.02 cheat code database 2007-5-21
These are kernal updates, that last April update was when they stopped updates completely, if you look at this history of updates it was more than once a month updates were released until v1.18 which covered nearly everything.

Oh, I thought you meant there have been updates monthly from 1.18 onwards. It's still completely irrelevant though because it's obvious they aren't going to get any future updates.


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