Could someone explain emulators?

I've downloaded Lameboy and SNESmulDS, and I'm under the impression that I need more than just the nds file, right? Some kinda patching or something? I have no idea.

I haven't gotten my acekard in the mail yet but I'd like to be ready for it when it gets here. I've downloaded:

akmenu4.ds along with its folders
ak2loader.nds (firmware)
lameboy.ds
snesmulds.nds

Do I just drag all these files into my SD card when I get it? Or is there something else I need to do? I'm totally new with using flash carts so a lot of the lingo will mean nothing to me.

 

No, lameboy and SNEmulDS work on their own, as long as the card itself does it's job.

for firmware, you need akAIO 1.7.

http://filetrip.net/f11689-AKAIO-1-7.html

You just drag the _aio folder and akmenu4.nds file onto the root of the card, and you should be good to go.

Make sure, however, to format your MicroSD with Panasonic SD formatter before using it though, as this can prevent all sorts of problems that come from the Windows formatter.

http://filetrip.net/file.php?id=6027

 

The firmware is what I already had, the files are all the same.

What do you mean the root of the card though. You just mean to the base of it without putting it in any additional folders?

And thanks for the formatting link, I wouldn't have even thought of doing that.

 

I appreciate it... So I should be totally set when it gets here I guess. I'm stoked. Boo-urns on shoptemps 2-5 week shipping though ughh. It'll be 2 weeks on friday.

So...what's ak2loader.ds for then? I was told to download it somewhere but it wasn't mentioned here.

 

It shouldn't be too much longer, depending on where you are. Where are you located btw? (Country, general area for example Central US or something like that)

ak2loader is what akAIO uses to load games properly. If you didn't get them from http://akaio.net/loaders , don't use them. Loaders fix the newest games when they're updated.

They go in _aio\loaders IIRC

 

Southern Ontario in Canada, in-between Niagara Falls and Toronto.

Oh I see, and yes that's where I got it from. It was probably a link in these forums.

Lol we keep editing our posts and you answer things right as I ask them.

 

It shouldn't be too much longer to arrive, maybe 1 more week at most.

Did you get an acekard 2.1 or 2i?

 

2i, I have a ds lite.

 

Good, 2i is better, and has DSi compatibility if you choose to get one in the future. However, do not sell your DSLite as it is needed to update it for 1.4 use. DSi 1.4 blocks flashcarts. However there is an update to bypass it. (Sorry if you knew this already)

 

What do you mean by update?

And yeah I'd never ever sell my ds lite, I think DSi are a waste of money. LOSE my gba slot to get a camera? bite me dsi

 

A core firmware update (Not akAIO or things you put on the MSD card) was released to bypass the 1.4 flashcart blocker nintendo put on their DSi's newest firmware revision. It changes it so the DSi detects the acekard as Danny Phantom rather than acekard so it will run.

 

In other words, since I have a lite, I don't need to worry about any updating and I can disregard all this?

 

i believe you cant run lameboy on this card, i think it only runs on supercartwo, or whatever ists name, i forgot. if you want it to work, you need to get a 3 in 1 flash thingy, lol , but the snemul works fine

 

Yep, no need to update it if you have a DS lite or Phat.

Ummm no. You are thinking of GBA games, of which you do need a 3in1 for. Lameboy is for GB/GBC games, which does not require a 3in1 to work.

 

Oh jeez thank god, a huge reason I wanted the acekard to begin with was to play seasons and ages on a DS with proper lighting. It's terrible trying to play it on the original gba with the screen reflections and no backlight, and I didn't wanna buy an sp just for this.

Offtopic question:

HOW will the acekard arrive? Courier? Mail? Will it fit in a small mailbox? I just don't want it left in the rain or anything because it's been raining a lot.

 

The acekard will arrive in a yellow mailing envelope, and will fit into a standard mailbox. If you have one of those tiny little slots in an apartment complex, then it won't fit : P

 

Nah It's one of those black mailboxes attached right to the house.

 

oh. my bad, got mixed up with the emulators

 

The acekard just showed up.

LOL!