DS iplayer-Gameboy advance rom related problems.
July 3rd, 2010 Filed Under NDS Tips
Today, regarding the gameboy advance rom on DS iplayer, we would like to recommend a thread posted on www.coolrom.com
The question is ”I have a ds and a ttds card which I download ds roms onto and play on my ds.
Can I download gameboy advance roms on the same card and play on ds? I have tried with no
luck even put gba emulator on card it didn’t even show up on my menu to play. Can anyone help? ”
Here is the reply from Carnivoracious in www.coolrom.com
“Not on your card. There IS a card that this is possible on however (so those of us with the DSi
can emulate GBA). The card you need is the DS iPlayer. An Emu-er named Darkchen wrote a GBA emulator for this card, you can download it from:
http (colon) //gbatemp (dot) net/index (dot) php?download=7124
Just type the above url into your adress bar and substitute the (dot) and (colon) for actual
punctuation. A Google search for ”DS iPlayer“ will net you the DS iPlayer’s official website
(with links to sellers).
!!!!!!!!!!!IMPORTANT NOTICE!!!!!!!!!!
This emulator will ONLY WORK ON THE DS IPLAYER FLASHCARD!!!
Remember also that the DS iPlayer WILL NOT RUN COMMERCIAL DS ROMS!
OK, the DS iPlayer is here and running. However, setup is a serious pain in the ***. Let
Carni be your guide (read: relay all the help I got from GBAtemp and DSscene).
First of all, the GBA emulator only runs on the latest firmware. It’s installing this firmware on
the card that’s actually hard, as the readme in the firmware download looks like it was run through
babelfish. So here goes…
step 1) Format your SD card using the Panasonic SD formatter. This will optimize your sd’s filing
system and hopefully reduce lag. You’ll have to Google it as apparantly this site thinks I suck too
much to link you directly.
Step 2) Copy the ”_system” folder and ”update.dat” file to your SD card’s root.
Step 3) PLEASE follow this step carefully or you could BRICK YOUR IPLAYER!!! Here’s the fun part. Insert the sd into the iPlayer and power up your DS (you might wanna
turn the sound off). The Majesco loading screens for ”Fish Tycoon” will load and you’ll be
asked to enter your name. It doesn’t matter what you enter, just touch continue and select
a difficulty. Again this doesn’t matter. Once you do, you’ll get a Still White Screen. Put the
DS down and leave it on the Still White Screen for at least two minutes (the update.dat file
is actually updating the iPlayer’s bootloader, at least I think that’s what you call it on a flashcard.
Just go do something else for a few minutes. Get a drink, smoke a cigarette, browse for roms, ”
whatever…) Once at least two minutes have passed, turn the power on the DS OFF. PLEASE follow this step carefully or you could BRICK YOUR IPLAYER!!!
Step 4) Power your DS back up. If you’ve done this right, the iPlayer icon should have changed.
Boot the iPlayer and it should ask if you want to update the system’s OS. Click yes and it should
update. TADAA! you’ve updated your iPlayer’s firmware. This actually will allow the iPlayer to run
on DSi firmware 1.4, now to add the GBA emulator.
Step 5) Open the archive and open the ”en” folder (I’m assuming you’re doing this in english).
Now just drag and drop the entire ”plugin” folder into the ”_system” folder and your emulator is
installed. Throw your roms on the sd card and you’re done. I put my roms in the ”gamepak” folder,
but supposedly this is unnecessary. Plug your sd into the iPlayer and boot it up. Go to the homebrew
option and you should see that pretty ndsgba folder you installed. Underneath you’ll see the GBA.plg
file with a puzzle icon next to it. This is your emulator and you can run it from here. Once you’ve run it
once you can just run the rom files from the homebrew menu.
Have fun, I’ll post the compatibility list when I can find it again (and when I’ve had more sleep). “
Noted that we post this article just for user’s reference,we are not responsible for any damage occurred
when you are trying the above method.It is suggested to go the forum if you still have any query before try it .
This article sourced from www.coolrom.com and edited by our edited.Thanks to Carnivoracious .
If you wish to see the original thread, please go to the following link ,
http://www.coolrom.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12843