How to Make Your R4 Boot Any .nds File From the Second Icon on the Menu!

Intro: How to Make Your R4 Boot Any .nds File From the Second Icon on the Menu!

This will show you how to make your R4's second icon on the menu boot any .nds you want.

STEP 1: Renaming

This is really simple to do. Delete the " _DS_MSHL.nds " file.

Copy and paste the .nds file you want to be booted, and rename to "_DS_MSHL.nds".

Simple eh?

For mine, I used Licks Media Player (iPod clone).

Comments

[donnen]

are there all the r4 card can work with this steps??? how about R4i Gold 3DS

[why3ds]

May i ask which R4i card do you have, i have this wood r4i gold card from r4ids.cn , can i use  your method.

[redbuu31]

I've got a question. I've bought and used the older R4DS' without any issues. My nephew wanted me to get him set up so I bought 4 new ones for him and his friends. Everything loads onto the memory card fine, but when I put it in the R4 it only comes up with: ? Menu The same thing happens to each of them. Is there an updated menu version that I need to load? Does anyone know how I can correct this?

[Noodle93]

I would format the microSD's first, then download the new kernel at http://r4ds.cn/

Write back if you're still having troubles. Is it an R4DS or an R4i?

[redbuu31]

It still reads the same. The only thing I can think of is that my _DS_Menu.Dat file is outdated. I tried finding sa newer download but I can't track one down. The R4 is the R4-SDHC Upgrade.

[philip111130]

The R4 SDHC "upgrade" Mean's It's a fake sorry.

[steed1172]

will this work with original Nintendo DS? where can I get at good price and(yes i ask alotta questions) i heard about a "fake" r4 card, can any one tell me about it and or tell me how to avoid it please, and thank you!

[Noodle93]

Yes will work with original DS. Depends on where you live for a good price. Fake R4's. Yes. I really do recommend DSTT these days. They've got better support and more people using them. You're much safer with them too. If you still really want an R4, just read around and see reviews and find out who's real. GBAtemp.net forums might have info about this, I"m not sure. A safe bet is BambooGaming.cn. Ship internationally, and have bought 4 products on two different occasions and are a safe bet.

[JellyWoo]

is a micro sd card included with the r4?

[Noodle93]

Depends where you buy it from. Usually not, they're cheap anyway.

[JellyWoo]

how much memory do you suggest buying(1,2,4,8gb)? how much memory is one game? thanks

[Noodle93]

Do you have an R4? If so you can't use a a 4 or 8gb. It is a SDHC (Secure Digital High Capacity), and isn't compatible with the R4. I use two. And quite frankly it's heaps. Size? Really depends on the game. The 2d games are small < 30mb. 3d games, and big games like Pokemon, Zelda and the new Final Fantasy are usually pretty big (60mb, however Final Fantasy is 110 mb :O) There's this thing called a rom trimmer and it cuts down the size, because when they dump the roms off a cartridge, the nds file is the size of the entire cartridge. So 16, 32, 64, 128mb cartridges. A ROM trimmer cuts it down to it's real size. Which usually cuts a couple mb's off. I have a 2gb, quite frankly, it's heaps.

[Brother_D]

With the R4DS III you can use up to 32gb

[Noodle93]

R4DS v3 is not real. It is a fake. It has not been announced at all by the R4 team,

[Brother_D]

I just found the official announcement. R4DS Support Forum

[Noodle93]

Not an official announcement.

[JellyWoo]

what's the difference between r4, r4 ds, and r4 revolution? which is better?

[Noodle93]

They're all the same product, R4DS V. iii is a fake though.

[Brother_D]

Sorry to keep bugging you, but I just got it in the mail and I was wondering if you'd check it out. Here are some pics:

[baneat]

To be honest, I think that's just the standard version with a different sticker..