Beginners Guide to Free Games (Part 1 Nintendo DS)
Beginners Guide to Free Games (Part 1 Nintendo DS)
A co-worker of mine keeps complaining that her kid’s games are “too damn expensive”.
I agree.
Rock Band costs $160, Guitar Hero 3 costs $90 and any average game for a console costs $60. Games really are too damn expensive. Her son plays Nintendo DS, so I figure I teach her a way that she can save a LOT of money on DS games. Before we begin let me state that I’m not an advocator of pirated goods. Please purchase your games!!
Anyways moving on,
For NINTENDO DS games the clear solution is the R4 Chip.
http://www.r4ds.me/
This chip is hands down the BEST NDS investment you can make.
You can download virtually any Nintendo DS game into the chip and then run it on your Nintendo DS. The chip contains a small slot for a SD memory card (which holds the games). The R4DS cartridge and 1 GB Sandisk will cost you about $80 but you will instantly make your money back after you download 2 or 3 games.
There are a lot of sites where you can download EVERY single DS game every made.
Here is one I recommend: http://www.nds-roms.com/
After writing this little entry I found this Youtube video describing the installation process. Berry nice!
I hope this helps. Stay Tuned maybe I’ll write about free Xbox 360 games or something.
I’ve been thinking about getting a DS but the thought of the “too darn expensive” games has been holding me back.. I’m definitely going to reconsider that thought as soon as I persuade my boyfriend to buy me the console! =)
This entry was really helpful, thanks!
hey you,
yea its definitely fun for those long trips.
You can borrow mine anytime ^_~.
Where can I download games for Nintendo DS? And I want to be sure that they are in english. Thanks
hey alex, you can get them @ http://www.nds-roms.com/
they are all in English!
if you are familiar with Bit torrent you can also get them on mininova.org
email me if you have any more questions.
really helped thanks now i know where i was going wrong
thanks, I just got a DS and this helped me out a lot.
glad I could help ^^
Hey, there are really many good ds games, Pokemon, Mario, and if you need to download many games to your DS console, the fire cards could be of help, not only R4 revolution, also K6, DSTT, N5 etc.
Here it is: http://www.finersource.com.
NICE TO SEE LOOK EASY LIKE THIS
I BOUGHT AN R4 BUT I DIDN T RECEIVED THE CD
COULD YOU MAKE ME A COPY AND SEND IT TO MY MAIL
THANKS IN ADVANCED.
BEN
Hi!Ibought an r4 but i dident received the cd do you know were can i downloadit!Thank you so much Federica
i bought an R4 2gb for my ds in thailand the lady that sold it to me for like 40euros gave me a cd with 500 extra games
wow steve thats an awesome deal! =D
i wish i got that
Hi,
I bought the R4 DS for my son, I can only say I have never been so pissed off with a product in all my life.
Its a bloody disgrace that someone can sell an item like this without any instructions whatsoever.
I am not a newbie but I am no computer genius either and to think that you end up with a pile of hardware and no further info is a joke.
I would discourage anybody but only those who know a hell of alot about software from buying this. “Plug and Play ” it certaintly is not.
I contacted “support” and all I get is an email to tell me to download the software from a site….. Download to what? do what with it?
Only for the You tube video above I would have gone off my head.
After paying €30 I expect alot more than a piece of hardware and no instructions.
im sorry to hear you had a hard time with the R4.
If you have additional problems, send me an email and maybe i can help out.
just wonting to know a good site to download free ds games and if you would have a spare ra disc as i did nt get oe either from carmel
http://www.nds-roms.com/
is an awesome site for DS backups.
We do not have spare R4 Discs nor do we distribute them, Sorry
i want a new nintendo for free
I’ve just bought a nintendo Ds lite with R4DS for my son, but I don’t know how to download free games from some websites.
Hi
I dowloaded walle and saved it on the r4. when i accessed the game it prompted me to create a save file which i did. Then when the game up it gave an error message saying save file is corrupt. what did i do wrong
@ Chase
Sorry but we dont give out “free DS”
@ Kitten
if you follow the link about you will be able to find them… if you have more trouble shoot me an email.
@YAMMEN
you didnt do anything wrong. You will most likely have to update the firmware on your R4. The newer games dont run on an old firmware of the R4. Let me know if it works.
Thanks Wrixel, at least I got a reply from you. I know how to download the free Nintendo Ds games. But the web site does not have many games. Could you please advice me any more web site to down load free Nintendo Ds games, because I want those games: Kungfu Panda & Wall-e.
Thank you very much and looking forward to you reply
hello what a brave new world it is and i’m just discovering it with my son. where does one get these magic 4 files if one does not have the CD with the R4? And how do you update the firmware on the R4?
I have acekard card but i was wondering if the R4ds firmware is compartible with my acekard2 card
is it legal to download ds games for free? just wonderimg cause i don’t want to do illegal acts because i’m only 13.
Hi Wrixel, I got a Edge card with the list of the games in there, I just want to ask: during playing a game, I just want to change another game How to get back to the list without turning the power of the console off.
Thanks
@ kitten, unforutnately im not too familiar with the edge card. I usually just power off and then power on =T sorry
@DR
hey updating firmware instructions should be online, its usually a matter of swapping out a few files. http://r4ds.cn/download/r4_v1.18_kernel.html
@Darren, dunno about the acekard, sorry!
@Pup, its legal to download these games, IF you already have a copy PURCHASED, otherwise dont mess with it, stay in school.
hi there i have also brought a r4 card but got no cd what do i do nowas cant put the files on that you have said about please help
if you visit the R4 website, they have instructions… I believe you can DL all the files you need.
http://r4ds.cn/
good luck
Hey… Do you have to use a micro SD card? Or could you just use an SD card?
you need a micro SD card
can i use 1 gb memory stick micro sd card instead of sandisc?
Hi
Can I ask a question if you have this can you save the games as you could if you had the actual game cartridge in? A friend mentioned to me that you cant get in and out of the games and that you may not be able to save the progress you have made in a game and have to start from the beginning to get back to where you were if that makes sense?
Also that you have to turn the nintendo on and off to get back into a different game you cant exit?
Thanks
i just got my new ds with the edge card. i haven’t tried downloading games because i don’t know how. but i do know how to switch in between games without turning the console off.
You have to press the L, R and A, B, X, Y buttons simultaneously.
Hope i helped.
Press R, L, A, X, Y, B buttons simultaneously
hello, were do u get the games from xx??
Does it matter what version firmware is on your R4 card to what is on your DS Lite ?
You will have to update your firmware on your R4 chip once in a while to play recent games.
The DS lite does have firmware updates.
So yes it does matter what firmware your R4 chip is running.
Updates are pretty easy to do.
Hi Wrixel.
After I have seen the tutorial with the R4 card, I have now bought one.
I can get it to work proberly. When I have DL the R4 system files V1.11 and others (up to V1.18) just for trying, the only thing I get is the screen “Loading…” nothing else happens….
Can you tell me whats wrong here???
Thanks in advance…
It is accually a R4 SDHC – Has it someting to do with that?
Hi Daugaard,
Actually the SDHC does have something to do with that.
I believe the R4 SDHC uses a different files.
Try downloading the 1.25 kernel here.
http://www.ndslr4.com/index-en.htm
This should work…if not let me know.
Hope this helps.
It worked… Thanks a lot.
Btw… I have heard that there is a iPOD emulator for NDS.
Do you know where I might find that?
Hello evrybody can some one help me please : who hase a copy for me from the instalation cd voor de R4-III REVOLUTION FOR DS (NDSL/NDS)CARD
I found your site on google and read a few of your other posts. Keep up the good work.
R4 is the bomb, I bought two for my kids and they are exactly. I found homebrew games on the site you recommended and they are good.
Thanks for all the information.
@ Daugaard, sorry dont know anything about an IPOD emulator
@ Dominga, we dont have the installation cds here but you can find all the firmwares online
@Al-ma’Din, glad you like the posts, keep visiting!
@ Leigh-Ann Yes the R4 is the bomb
it saves so much money too, glad i could help
man i bought it but i dont have i anit get the CD with it????wt shal i doo
@ FATAL RZA
you can download the firmware, from the mainsite.
http://r4ds.cn/
send me an email, if you are still having issues.
echo@wrixel.com
can you tell me where to get free nds games from as they have shut down the nds-roms site, i have been to a few but they only allow one download per day
what happened to nds-roms.com?
I just discovered it and now it’s gone.
@ John, NDS-Roms will be back in a week or so. But if you are familiar with Bit Torrent I would definitely check out http://www.mininova.org. Thats where I get all my Roms.
@Dirtgirl, The site is doing some maintenance so it should be back in a couple of days!
Hello, i was thinking about getting a new ds … but can u get the chipped games for them where u just download them? thank uu
Hey Emily, its funny you ask cause I was JUST talking about this with a friend. You will not be able to use a R4 chip or any 3rd party chip on the new “DSi”. So bsaically no more free games
hi i got the r 4 set up for my d s but i couldnt get gamrs on and i just watched your video and relized that it came with no what can i do ?please could u advice me where to get the disc… thanks
i ment it came with no disc lol
Hi Lisa, no worries you actually dont need the disc.
all the files you need are located at the main site. http://r4ds.cn/
let me know if you have more issues.
someone gave me a disc but theres more than 4 files and it dosnt say system version 1.1 it has been used before one of them says english version 3.02
god i realy dont no what to do if only it was just 4 files
the disc is a ndsl/nds i dont no if thats anything to do with it hey thanks for getting back to me yestadayxx
Hey Lisa,
Forget about the CD, i think its easy to get the files from the website. The web files are the most recent firmware so it will compatible with more games.
1st download the English- 1.18 Kernel files, you should be able to see it on the 1st page of the website.
Once you download the 1.18 kernel zip file, it should contain 2 folders and 2 files. (you’ll need to unzip it using winrar)
ie.
_system_ (folder)
moonshel (folder)
_DS_MENU.DAT (file)
_DS_MSHL.NDS (file)
You have to copy these folders & files exactly into the base folder of your memory card.
ie C://
Then it should work!
Let me know if it works!
where can i download games for the ds
i really want the game intendo cats.i just love cats
i wanted to know if as soon as you get this message can you call me at 704-509-5499.
i want a intendo ds game copyed.FREE
I’ve been to http://www.nds-roms.com/ a few times now & it’s still not up & running…has it closed for good or what? I’d really like to get some games for my DS. Thanks
it was supposed to be down temporarily but it looks like its down for good, I suggest looking for roms at mininova.org.
Thank you so much for posting this. This will help me save some money.
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I got my R4 ds card from this website http://www.r4-ds-card.com and I am sure they provide the best support for your R4 cards. well just a suggestion and Japanese govt banned the sale of R4 cards as it encourages piracy but still they are the best.
Downloading a Nintendo DS game is easy and simple. The video has further explained in a better way.
Thanks for the tips friend being a beginner only its will really help me..
I found your blog on google and read a few of your other posts. I just added you to my Google News Reader. Keep up the good work. Look forward to reading more from you in the future.
What do i save my file under? .Zip OR .nds?
Ive saved it under both but then when i put my console in the ds it takes forever to load and still nothing happens. All it says on myscreen is “Loading”
you put the .nds file into the roms folder. Should work from there.
hello.
i read the posts nd still confuzzled
can u give me a step by step way to get free games for my ds from the internet to my R4.
my dad has emule but i whant to get them my self. plzzz i realy need some help!!!
heyyy
umm i wanna know a good site to download nds games and that nds-rom one dosnt work no more do you know any more????
@jess
1. first you need to buy the R4 chip.
2. Then you need to install the R4 firmware on to your SD memory card. this usually involves copying some folders onto the memory stick.
3. You should also be copying over a ROM folder. You just have to download ROMs and put them in that folder. email me directly if you are having trouble.
@kattie
If you are familiar with bittorent, mininova.org has every game ever made. thats where I get mine.
Hi I have purchased this Nintendo DS.But I was not having any idea how to use it.I have searched by google and have come here.Just wana say Thanks for sharing such a nice article.I have enjoyed alot and learn alot….
I don’t uinderstand how to do this … I have an r4 card and an micro sd card … O followed your video directions … and I still don’t understand … how to put games on the r4 card.
Help please!!!
wii accessories are quite expensive sometimes but there are also knockoff versions’-,
thank you for post.
can i asked how much is the r4
It was around $50 at the time, not too sure if its still available now.