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reading nds files on a pc

Discussion in 'Non-Emulation Help' started by dsbasher, Feb 2, 2011.

  1. dsbasher

    dsbasher New Member

    Please can someone help ive downloaded nds files to my pc and only some of the nds files are readable - others are not. when my son asks for a game off the pc to go on his ds i cant read which file is which?
    an example of this is - sxs-ignd.nds unless i load all games on ds chips they are unreadable until then. Is there a way i can store them on my pc in a readable way so my son can choose the games he wants.
    Any advice appreciated

    Thanks
     
  2. verack

    verack Active Member

    I presume you mean the game displays as something like "lozxpa.nds" on the PC, while its name on the DS is "The Legend of Zelda". The easiest way to fix it is to use a PC emulator to figure out which game is which, then just right click it and select "rename", and name the file to "name.nds".
     
  3. slingshot182

    slingshot182 Well-Known Member

    Easier then that, would be to, when you save the file, you should see something like this:
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    Now go to the bar that says file name:
    [​IMG]
    and change it to whatever you want, in this case the full name of the game.

    If you aren't downloading the ROM in a RAR file, this will name the .NDS rom, if you are downloading in a RAR file, this will make it so you know which .RARs have which games inside them. Then you can go into the RAras and name the .NDS's accordingly