| When I first attempted trying to learn everything | | | | touted by homebrew gamers as the easiest to use, |
| about Nintendo DS Homebrew, I was fascinated by | | | | and most affordable Gameboy Advance and |
| the concept that there were hundreds of games and | | | | Nintendo DS Media managers / development |
| applications available for my Nintendo DS - Absolutely | | | | systems. |
| FREE! I have to admit that I had no idea as to what | | | | If you have a Gameboy Advance and Nintendo DS |
| Homebrew software was. I read about it in online | | | | Lite hand held systems, I would recommend the |
| Nintendo DS forums, and kept hearing about | | | | Supercard SD because the Supercard SD can also be |
| interesting and sometimes amazing homebrew | | | | used on your Gameboy Advance. And there are |
| applications and homebrew games that I could simply | | | | literally thousands of homebrew games and |
| download for free and play them on my Nintendo DS | | | | applications available for the Gameboy Advance |
| or DS Lite. | | | | system. Nintendo DS Homebrew will catch up to |
| The reality of cost free video games and applications | | | | those numbers too, and perhaps will have even more |
| would be exciting to any gamer, and I am definitely | | | | free games and applications. Where do you find all of |
| no exception to the rule. So, just what is homebrew? | | | | these free applications and games? Just fire up your |
| A NDS Lite homebrew game is software written by | | | | internet browser and go to your favorite search |
| clever game designers for the Nintendo DS handheld. | | | | engine and type in either NINTENDO DS HOMEBREW |
| A very large number of the games being of the | | | | or GAMEBOY ADVANCE HOMEBREW and you'll get a |
| highest quality. Homebrew greatly increases the | | | | list pages and pages long of websites that talk about, |
| functionality of the DS. And boy did I dig up video | | | | cater to, or just plain carry all of the latest FREE |
| games. A number of the homebrew Nintendo DS | | | | homebrew software. It's almost an adventure really. |
| Games are lower quality, but a vast majority of | | | | And I would not be surprised if some of these |
| them would make even the best commercial games | | | | hombrew programmers end up being commercial |
| jealous. | | | | game programmers in the very near future. The |
| After spending my time searching for more | | | | quality of the games is just that good! |
| information and I spent most of a full week doing | | | | Both the Supercard SD and the M3 DS Simply do |
| nothing but research, and lots of homebrew game | | | | much more than just play homebrew Nintendo DS |
| downloading, I realized that what I needed to buy | | | | Roms. They play movies, mp3 music, allow you to |
| was a device that allowed me to store and then play | | | | check out your latest digital photos in the JPEG |
| all of the homebrew software that I now had sitting | | | | picture format that most digital cameras use. Both of |
| on my PC hard drive. From my research I discovered | | | | these units also allow you to read ebooks right on |
| that there are some 15 or 20 homebrew / | | | | your Nintendo DS screen in the form of TXT |
| development and flash kits available for the Nintendo | | | | documents. Now, when I say movies, I really mean |
| DS and the Gameboy Advance. One of the most | | | | movies. With the included software you can convert |
| popular units was the Supercard SD and a very new | | | | your DVD movies to play on the Supercard SD or |
| one, called the M3 DS Simply. These little devices are | | | | the M3 DS Simply, and watch your movies on the go. |
