| When I first attempted trying to learn everything | | | | homebrew gamers as the easiest to use, and |
| about Nintendo DS Homebrew, I was fascinated | | | | most affordable Gameboy Advance and Nintendo |
| by the concept that there were hundreds of | | | | DS Media managers / development systems. |
| games and applications available for my Nintendo | | | | If you have a Gameboy Advance and Nintendo |
| DS - Absolutely FREE! I have to admit that I had | | | | DS Lite hand held systems, I would recommend |
| no idea as to what Homebrew software was. I | | | | the Supercard SD because the Supercard SD can |
| read about it in online Nintendo DS forums, and | | | | also be used on your Gameboy Advance. And |
| kept hearing about interesting and sometimes | | | | there are literally thousands of homebrew games |
| amazing homebrew applications and homebrew | | | | and applications available for the Gameboy |
| games that I could simply download for free and | | | | Advance system. Nintendo DS Homebrew will |
| play them on my Nintendo DS or DS Lite. | | | | catch up to those numbers too, and perhaps will |
| The reality of cost free video games and | | | | have even more free games and applications. |
| applications would be exciting to any gamer, and I | | | | Where do you find all of these free applications |
| am definitely no exception to the rule. So, just | | | | and games? Just fire up your internet browser |
| what is homebrew? A NDS Lite homebrew game | | | | and go to your favorite search engine and type in |
| is software written by clever game designers for | | | | either NINTENDO DS HOMEBREW or GAMEBOY |
| the Nintendo DS handheld. A very large number | | | | ADVANCE HOMEBREW and you'll get a list pages |
| of the games being of the highest quality. | | | | and pages long of websites that talk about, cater |
| Homebrew greatly increases the functionality of | | | | to, or just plain carry all of the latest FREE |
| the DS. And boy did I dig up video games. A | | | | homebrew software. It's almost an adventure |
| number of the homebrew Nintendo DS Games | | | | really. And I would not be surprised if some of |
| are lower quality, but a vast majority of them | | | | these hombrew programmers end up being |
| would make even the best commercial games | | | | commercial game programmers in the very near |
| jealous. | | | | future. The quality of the games is just that good! |
| After spending my time searching for more | | | | Both the Supercard SD and the M3 DS Simply do |
| information and I spent most of a full week doing | | | | much more than just play homebrew Nintendo |
| nothing but research, and lots of homebrew game | | | | DS Roms. They play movies, mp3 music, allow |
| downloading, I realized that what I needed to buy | | | | you to check out your latest digital photos in the |
| was a device that allowed me to store and then | | | | JPEG picture format that most digital cameras |
| play all of the homebrew software that I now | | | | use. Both of these units also allow you to read |
| had sitting on my PC hard drive. From my | | | | ebooks right on your Nintendo DS screen in the |
| research I discovered that there are some 15 or | | | | form of TXT documents. Now, when I say |
| 20 homebrew / development and flash kits | | | | movies, I really mean movies. With the included |
| available for the Nintendo DS and the Gameboy | | | | software you can convert your DVD movies to |
| Advance. One of the most popular units was the | | | | play on the Supercard SD or the M3 DS Simply, |
| Supercard SD and a very new one, called the M3 | | | | and watch your movies on the go. |
| DS Simply. These little devices are touted by | | | | |