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Can Gba games work on DSi with an R4i?

Discussion in 'Non-Emulation Help' started by zeldster, Jul 7, 2009.

  1. yoshi2889

    yoshi2889 Well-Known Member

    yes, i mean that the R4 can't find any compatible .nds files.
     
  2. Loonylion

    Loonylion Administrator Staff Member

    thats because its not compatible with flashcarts.
     
  3. owenmar

    owenmar Well-Known Member

    you can't unless you have a slot-2 flash-cart like the EZ 3 in 1 expansion pack
     
  4. Loonylion

    Loonylion Administrator Staff Member

    DSi does not have a slot 2.
     
  5. yoshi2889

    yoshi2889 Well-Known Member

    that you already said?!
     
  6. Loonylion

    Loonylion Administrator Staff Member

    I was answering the previous poster

     
  7. mikeac

    mikeac Well-Known Member

    iPlayer sucks anyways... it can only play homebrew or small games, so he bought the AceKard courtesy of me ;D.
     
  8. califate

    califate New Member

    the bottom line?



    Keep that old nintendo Ds (or better yet, Gameboy SP) of yours


    Please.
     
  9. samusaran115

    samusaran115 Well-Known Member

    I've heard rumors of nintendo making a wireless GBA slot,which would allow slot-2's to work,i guess. But then again,rumors are indeed rumors.

    Does Mario Paint work with well with most SNES emus for flashcarts?
     
  10. Loonylion

    Loonylion Administrator Staff Member

    wont happen, wireless is incapable of providing the required datarate
     
  11. yoshi2889

    yoshi2889 Well-Known Member

    cool! i love wireless things! but can it play on dsl then ??? (i think if it is released, its meant for dsi... but i dont think the gba`s do it on the best... lol :D and others it been on nintendo-website but there is standing nothing...
     
  12. samusaran115

    samusaran115 Well-Known Member

    The dsi's RAM far exceeds the capabilities for running GBAs. It can easily load a GBA game to its RAM, with plenty of space to spare. I don't see why it wouldn't be able to load GBAs wirelessly.

    Pokewalker is wireless and shares data with the ds,so why not?
     
  13. Loonylion

    Loonylion Administrator Staff Member

    you evidently have no idea of how much data is involved. Pokewalker data will be mere bytes.
     
  14. samusaran115

    samusaran115 Well-Known Member

    I don't know. I heard it'll be tied to a downloadable application,but again..My source is unreliable.Pojo.com is full of idiots.
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    Really? I figured a loaded GBA game used no more than 16 MB,but I could be wrong.

    I also was under the impression that the DSi had roughly 256 MBs of RAM.But again,I could be wrong.
     
  15. anandjones

    anandjones Well-Known Member

    That's internal flash memory, 240MB main, 16MB reserved. The actual main RAM is only 16MB.
     
  16. yoshi2889

    yoshi2889 Well-Known Member

    Impossible, you even can't get into DSi memory! how can you install software if you cant get into? SD-card maybe, but i don't think Nintendo makes something like that...
     
  17. Annanelle

    Annanelle Well-Known Member

    i would think not because it dosent have a gba slot and generally you cant play gba on slot 1 carts.
    that was the info i was given when i bought my r4 for 'normal' ds
     
  18. Loonylion

    Loonylion Administrator Staff Member

    no slot 1 carts can play GBA roms. There is a slot 1 device called the iplayer, which can, but its technically not a flashcart.