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M3 DS Simply Slot 1 Ready for Release!
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DEJuliano
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6. January 2007 @ 00:52 |
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I just ordered my M3 DS Simply from Divineo and I anticipate recieving in a few days. I also got a Sandisk 1 Gig Micro SD card and an SD adapter from Pricewatch.com for about $30. Although I probably could have gotten a generic one for much cheaper, I have owned several Sandisk products in the past and feel safe with that brand. versus saving a few bucks and possibly running into a problem. I will post some input once I recieve my unit. I'm just as excited about getting the DS Simply as I was when I bought my Nintendo Wii. Lets hope its just as impressive as as the Wii has turned out to be.
Happiness is not having the things you want, its wanting the things you have.
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hempick
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6. January 2007 @ 07:37 |
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I ended up playing some games last night before I fell asleep.
So far I tried:
0037 - Super Mario 64 DS (U) (Trashman).nds
0090 - Nintendogs - Labrador & Friends (U) (Lube).nds
0157 - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3 - Mutant Nightmare (U) (Trashman).nds
0661 - Yoshi's Island DS (U).nds
They all worked very well. Yoshi's Island seemed to be going a bit fast, but I haven't played it before, so it might be the right speed.
The transfer rate of the roms to the microSD card is pretty quick via USB2.0. Filling up the entire 1gig card took about 2-3 minutes. (I wasn't really paying attention so figure +/- 30 seconds or so.)
The menus in the card are smooth, but as that review site said, they are very plain. (Not a problem for me though, I'm just interested in playing games.)
The only downer so far is that modchipstore had a Kingston SD card pictured in the item description and the one they sent me is a Transcend. It seems to be working fine, though, so hopefully it will stay that way.
I am very surprised at the amount of games that fit on a 1gig SD card. I think I have 23 games on there right now.
I'll post more after I have had more time to play around with it.
(Setting it all up was really easy, btw. All I had to do was copy the system files from the supplied CD and then drag/drop the roms I wanted.)
There is a God and his name is Billy Joel.
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DEJuliano
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6. January 2007 @ 10:45 |
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Thats awesome, Hempick. I am counting the hours until I can mess around with my new M3. I've read a couple reviews and it seems like everyone says the menus are easy to navigate and use of the card is really easy which means I have a running chance of figuring it out. Thanks for the heads up.
Happiness is not having the things you want, its wanting the things you have.
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6. January 2007 @ 16:07 |
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Originally posted by hempick:
I am very surprised at the amount of games that fit on a 1gig SD card. I think I have 23 games on there right now.
i was going to get 2 1GB micro SD cards, does this mean i don't really need a second one. because i was under the impresion i needed 2 to have enough space to have all i wanted.
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6. January 2007 @ 18:25 |
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Originally posted by hempick:
I am very surprised at the amount of games that fit on a 1gig SD card. I think I have 23 games on there right now.
i was going to get 2 1GB micro SD cards, does this mean i don't really need a second one. because i was under the impresion i needed 2 to have enough space to have all i wanted.
depends on how much "all i wanted" means. as you can tell a fair amount of games can go onto 1 sd. but then there's still stuff you might want to add like: music, videos, txt(for faqs/guides of course), homebrew, etc. so... who knows... buy the sd's one at a time to see if you really need to expand.
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6. January 2007 @ 18:33 |
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depends on how much "all i wanted" means. as you can tell a fair amount of games can go onto 1 sd. but then there's still stuff you might want to add like: music, videos, txt(for faqs/guides of course), homebrew, etc. so... who knows... buy the sd's one at a time to see if you really need to expand.
well suppose i put on 20 songs and maybe a few vids, how many do u think i could fit on then.
and how much space do the homebrew stuff take up
p.s. is the homebrew stuff like web browsers and stuff that you need more ram ro run well anyway. cause i'm really getting confused with homebrew and all that, please explain
by the way, anyone can add me to msn if they want to make it easier to talk, slayza_notherone@hotmail.com
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hempick
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7. January 2007 @ 05:58 |
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Hey all, I tried a few other games yesterday and they all worked without any problems.
They were:
0005 - WarioWare Touched! (U) (Trashman).nds
0047 - Rayman DS (U) (Brassteroid Team).nds
0060 - Meteos (U) (Lube).nds
0076 - Star Wars Episode III - Revenge Of The Sith (U) (WRG).nds
0168 - Mario Kart DS (U) (SCZ).nds
0366 - Tetris DS (U).nds
0764 - Star Wars - Lethal Alliance (U) (Xenophobia).nds
The save files for the games have all worked so far. The first time you play any game on the M3Simply, it asks you if you want to create a save file. You can either press A to create one, B to choose a different game, or X to ignore creating a save file and play the game anyway.
So far every save file created by the Simply is 512KB, so if you have 20 or so games on your card, you'll need to leave a little room for the save files.
The touch screen works perfectly with every game I have tried, so far.
That is all I have for right now. I haven't tried MP3s or videos yet, but I might in the next day or two.
There is a God and his name is Billy Joel.
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Quantam
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7. January 2007 @ 07:46 |
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I received mine on Friday and have ran through most of the first generation DS games and all have worked perfectly so far including the J and E roms.
I decided to try Castlevania Portrait of Ruin last night and ran into my first issues. The first time the game froze when first booting during the scence where the game tries to create the save file.
The next time through, the game froze when trying to use what I can only assume was a save point. It was a large glowing green tablet that you had to press Up on the d-pad to use.
Other than that, I can relay that at least roms 0001 - 0100 all work perfectly.
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Quantam
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7. January 2007 @ 13:55 |
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I can confirm that all the below work perfectly.
0573 - Mario Vs Donkey Kong 2 - March of the Minis (U)(WRG).nds
0613 - Children of Mana (U)(EvlChiken).nds
0615 - Contact (U)(Psyds).nds
0628 - Touch Detective (U)(PsyDS).nds
0630 - Scurge Hive (U)(PsyDS).nds
0644 - Pokemon Ranger (U)(Legacy).nds
0655 - Elite Beat Agents (U)(Trashman).nds
0687 - Gunpey (U)(Legacy).nds
So far Castlevania PoR is still the only game that has had even a slight issue.
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7. January 2007 @ 13:57 |
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can somebody please post some links for downloading these games, i don't know where to find them.
Thanx.
happy 2007 btw.
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kipz
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7. January 2007 @ 13:59 |
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Originally posted by Quantam:
I can confirm that all the below work perfectly.
0655 - Elite Beat Agents (U)(Trashman).nds
Woot!
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kram101
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7. January 2007 @ 15:08 |
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Originally posted by Quantam:
I can confirm that all the below work perfectly.
0573 - Mario Vs Donkey Kong 2 - March of the Minis (U)(WRG).nds
0613 - Children of Mana (U)(EvlChiken).nds
0615 - Contact (U)(Psyds).nds
0628 - Touch Detective (U)(PsyDS).nds
0630 - Scurge Hive (U)(PsyDS).nds
0644 - Pokemon Ranger (U)(Legacy).nds
0655 - Elite Beat Agents (U)(Trashman).nds
0687 - Gunpey (U)(Legacy).nds
So far Castlevania PoR is still the only game that has had even a slight issue.
Everyone is refering to these games in a number format as above (eg 0687 - Gunpey) what is the first number a reference of? Is this a Nintendo reference or the number appended to the .nds file you are downloading?
I use Torrents to d/load, but I havent got a Simply yet, as i was waiting to make sure all worked fine and find out what supplier to order from.
Davino had the pre orders, but what i have found is most other stores can deliver quicker.
Look forward to replies.
Email me if your want to chat about anything
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DEJuliano
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7. January 2007 @ 16:51 |
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Originally posted by GreaterF:
can somebody please post some links for downloading these games, i don't know where to find them.
Thanx.
happy 2007 btw.
You could do a Google search for NDS roms or you could put some wwws in the front and a com on the end of Nintendo-ds-roms "Hint Hint."
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Quantam
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7. January 2007 @ 20:15 |
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I ordered mine from modchipstore.com. Placed the order on Wednesday and had the Simply on Friday morning.
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kipz
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7. January 2007 @ 20:26 |
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Originally posted by Quantam:
I ordered mine from modchipstore.com. Placed the order on Wednesday and had the Simply on Friday morning.
Where do they ship from?
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7. January 2007 @ 21:07 |
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is there a reason people r ordering from modchipstore.com instead of divineo.com, becuase divineo are cheaper. am i mising something.
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Quantam
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7. January 2007 @ 21:51 |
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Originally posted by GreaterF:
is there a reason people r ordering from modchipstore.com instead of divineo.com, becuase divineo are cheaper. am i mising something.
For me, the difference in price between the two does not mean as mch as the difference in shipping time. Divineo is still showing just as a pre-order while modchipstore.com is in stock now. In addition, it took one day to get my order from modchipstore vs when I ordered my GBA cart from divineo it took over two weeks. Big difference.
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7. January 2007 @ 21:55 |
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Divineo is still showing just as a pre-order while modchipstore.com is in stock now.
i've been on divineo.cn instead and they have it in stock while divineo.com doesn't.
can anyone tell me if divineo.cn is fine aswell to order from.
plus i'm a cheepo so i take any discount i can. i couldn't believe it was gonna cost me 25 AUD to send them the money.
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Quantam
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7. January 2007 @ 22:00 |
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Also I have gone through nearly every major rlease at this point and still no further issues. Looks like this will definately be worth the price.
I hope the M3 team can come up with a firmware update to solve the Castlevania PoR issue.
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DEJuliano
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7. January 2007 @ 22:04 |
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I just ordered my M3 DS Simply from Divineo on Friday night and the website siad that they were in stock. Hopefully there will not be much of a hold up if they are in fact, out of stock becuase I am am reading so many good reviews about the Simply. I've been looking around for a NDS backup platform for some time and the Simply was released just in time for my birthday so I opted to get a sweet gift this year for my DS. Its great because it will play Mp3s, feature .txt reader and (after encoding), even play movies. I used to have a 20 Gb Creative Zen PMC that did some of those tasks but I like that now I will be able to incorporate that into my DS, my favorite gaming platform.
Happiness is not having the things you want, its wanting the things you have.
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7. January 2007 @ 22:09 |
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can u let me know how u go on divineo and how long it takes u DEJuliano. because i really want to order from divineo than anywhere else but am a sceptic for anything. thanx
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hempick
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8. January 2007 @ 13:11 |
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Quick update.
0340 - Super Princess Peach (U).nds works fine.
So far none of the games I've tried have failed to work.
There is a God and his name is Billy Joel.
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hempick
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8. January 2007 @ 13:16 |
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Originally posted by GreaterF:
can u let me know how u go on divineo and how long it takes u DEJuliano. because i really want to order from divineo than anywhere else but am a sceptic for anything. thanx
Originally I tried to order from Divineo. Two of my credit cards were declined multiple times.
I went to modchipstore and had no issues. My first card was accepted the first time I tried.
Divineo's customer service was very unhelpful in resolving the issue. They kept claiming it was my card's fault.
There is a God and his name is Billy Joel.
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8. January 2007 @ 14:22 |
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Originally I tried to order from Divineo. Two of my credit cards were declined multiple times.
Divineo's customer service was very unhelpful in resolving the issue. They kept claiming it was my card's fault.
Hmm, that makes me even more doubtful about Divineo. Do you thik they might still think up an excuse for an International Money Transfer (IMT). because it sounds like they were trying to trick you into giving you your credit card details.
And does anyone know if you can order them from Australia, or if you will be able to. if so, where please.
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kram101
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8. January 2007 @ 14:38 |
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[quote]Originally I tried to order from Divineo. Two of my credit cards were declined multiple times.
Divineo's customer service was very unhelpful in resolving the issue. They kept claiming it was my card's fault.
Hmm, that makes me even more doubtful about Divineo. Do you thik they might still think up an excuse for an International Money Transfer (IMT). because it sounds like they were trying to trick you into giving you your credit card details.
And does anyone know if you can order them from Australia, or if you will be able to. if so, where please.[/quote]Im From Australia.
I have been following the posts for ages, and i will be ordering 2 cards.
I have been waiting for the cards to come in stock rather than some in stock some out of stock.
There are many good companies that delivery to australia which include
Gameyeeah
PDApuffin
Acegaming
Bamboogaming
I will wait till they have them in stock and then order, so i dont want to rush into it, plus dont have the money today, but when i do, im alsways cautious and know the cheapest for price and psotage.
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