Nintendo DS Homebrew Thread

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This thread is about Homebrew on the Nintendo DS.
Because of Knytt DS (and other homebrew) being awesome, I thought it would be cool to have a thread about homebrew in general.

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Getting started:

So, what do I need?

First, you need a Flashcard. There are literally tons of them and most of them suck. It would be a good idea to use a popular card (R4DS/M3DS, EZ-Flash V, CycloDS, M3 Real, Acekard 2) to have good support if you meet troubles. My personal pick is CycloDS Evolution: Its easy to use, has great support and LightningEagle made a great Knytt-Stories-Theme for it.

Then, you need a memory card to store your data on. This is in most (every?) cases a MicroSD card. Be sure to check whether it actually works with your flashcard.

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Some Homebrew Applications
Graphics software:

Colors!DS
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Colors! is a simplistic painting application combining ease of use and powerful painting tools. It is based on modern painting techniques originally developed for drawing-tablets using desktop computers. Whether you are looking for doing doodles, sketching or painting Colors! is the perfect digital sketch-book.

Get it here!

UA Paint
Screenshot 1, Screenshot 2
Uber Awesome paint is a great paint program for pixel art which has tons of features.
Get it here!

Animanatee
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An animation program for DS. Inspired by Colors!, Mario Paint, and an old DOS program called Animagican.

Get it here!

Music Software

Nitrotracker
Screenshot 1, Screenshot 2, Screenshot 3, Screenshot 4, Video

NitroTracker is a FastTracker II style tracker for the Nintendo DS. It supports the popular XM file format that is used by many PC trackers and that can be played on many PC audio players such as Winamp or XMMS.

Also it's extremely awesome.
Get it here!

Groovestep
Video

GrooveStep Digital Music Studio is a full featured music making application for the Nintendo DS. GrooveStep features an easy to use step sequencer for pattern based music making. You can make beats, melodies and full songs with GrooveStep.

Get it here!

cellsDS
Screenshot, Video

cellsDS is a free flexible, programmable grid-based music sequencer for the Nintendo DS. cellsDS is six sequencers in one, with each sequencer being controlled by a user definable Lua script. It is the peculiar anti-social stepchild of the Tenori-On and Monome.

Get it here!

glitchDS
Screenshot, Video

glitchDS is a FREE homebrew Cellular Automaton music sequencer for the Nintendo DS. It?s perfect for creating IDM and Glitch style loops.

Get it here!

Protein[DS]
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Protein[DS] is an audio manipulation software running on Nintendo DS, which ables you to manipulate audio, anywhere you go - it is in some ways similar to ElectroPlankton concept.
Using Protein[DS], you can play with up to four modules at the same time to create a live music set and control external applications, using the touchscreen, audio in/out levels, midi-out, and even motion-control. You can even play with live-recorded audio sample.

Get it here!

ToneSynth
Screenshot, Video

ToneSynth is a synthesizer, which features various basic filters and effects.

Get it here!

Useful Links:

• Free themes for most popular flashcards
• More music apps  

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Missing something? Message me and I will add it.

Good idea. I used to have a Games 'n Music card (which sucked. Don't get it!) but I loct it. ;A;

Great, I've kinda wanted to have a thread like this.
You can't find all NDS homebrew on your own. And I hope someone has found something I haven't been around yet.

And on a short notice if someone consider getting a homebrew device. Apart from a CycloDS Evolution I've also got a Datel Max Media Player 4GB. DON'T EVER BUY THAT!! I was clueless and stupid when I bought it.

@wetako, will you update the first poste with the homebrew people list?

In any case, here's a list of the homebrew I've got running on my CycloDS Evolution card.

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Games

Acchen

BrixDS

Cave Story DS - demo

Ecchi Sliding Puzzle

Lone Wolf DS

GlubiesPlanetDS

GrowRPG2

Legion

LemmingsDS

MegaETk-TD

Natura No Story

OpenTyrian

Quake DS & Quake 2 DS

ScummVM

StarLite - demo

Still Alive DS

SupaplexDS

Take the eggs!

Tower Defense

Wee!DS2

World of sand

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Not to mention KSDS and a few aplications. I'll probably post those later.

I have a question: Is homebrew legal? I know Nintendo doesn't like it, but is it actually illegal?

Ecchi Sliding Puzzle. It's not as bad as the name implies.
That would be a perfect meme, lol.

I have a question: Is homebrew legal? I know Nintendo doesn't like it, but is it actually illegal?

I guess this explains it pretty well...

So, is homebrew legal? Well, it?s a bit of a grey area.

If the process require modifying the hardware of a console, such as putting a modchip into an Xbox to make it work as a media centre, then that is definitely illegal. The systems are protected by various copyright laws and end-user agreements, so cracking one open and having a tinker with its innards is definitely frowned upon.

If you?re only bypassing the software however, then that is technically legal. That?s what we?ll be talking about here.

However, legality is also called into question depending on what you want to do with the now homebrew-enabled software. You want to play some true homebrew apps, developed by bedroom programmers and distributed online as freeware? Sure, no problem ? someone has made a game for you to play and is giving it away for free, so while the console maker may not like you fiddling with the amateur?s games instead of their official titles there isn?t actually anything they can do about it.

If you want to download cracked versions of the official games however (ROMs) and then run them without paying for them, that is definitely illegal. It?s software piracy, clear as day. Technically, you may be okay if you download a ROM of a game you have paid for, but it?s a big grey area and we?d suggest you didn?t bother unless you have a fetish for drawn out court cases.

Ecchi Sliding Puzzle. It's not as bad as the name implies.
That would be a perfect meme, lol.

lol *wishes for a motivator*

Wow looks great, how sad that i dont have a Flashcard... Or nintendo DS  .

GrowRPG2

Spoiler: (click to show/hide)

http://gameup.supercard.be/index.php?cat=RPG&act=1&game=GrowRPG2&lang=eng
I don't know if this has got it's own website or whatever you do in the game. I downloaded it the other day and played it once, but it made no sense to me. It's supposed to be based on some flash game called Grow or something. The graphics are pretty, though.

Indeed its based on this. i like that and other GROW games.

Yes, Grow is a very good series of games. It just takes a while to actually win

This is a neat topic, thanks.

@wetako, will you update the first poste with the homebrew people list?

I will, but I didn't plan to add games. I wanted to focus on creativity-related applications - otherwise the mainpost would become too long and complex. Still, if you have great homebrew games to present here: Post them! I have far to few since my favourite Homebrewblog is a bit... inactive at the moment  

Okay, I won GrowRPG now.  The DS port can't handle it.
I'm given "wrong score" every time.

I will, but I didn't plan to add games. I wanted to focus on creativity-related applications - otherwise the mainpost would become too long and complex. Still, if you have great homebrew games to present here: Post them! I have far to few since my favourite Homebrewblog is a bit... inactive at the moment 

I see. That wasn't implied though. 

Let's see, I've got less creative stuff I guess.

Animanatee

Dunno how creative this is, but to some extend I guess it goes...
Pocket Physics

Not really creative, but very practically...
Eigenmath

Rest of the creative stuff is already mentioned.. 

Good list.
I hadn't heard of Groovestep until now.
Here's some more:
Glitch DS: already in that site of music apps, but deserves a mention. GlitchDS

Lockjaw: Tetris clone. Lockjaw

PuzzleManiak: Puzzle games. PuzzleManiak

Still Alive DS: Portal! For DS! StillAliveDS

Powder: Rouge-like dungeon game. Powder

Fandian (formerly Project Sonic): An impressive tech demo. Fandian

Added glitchDS and Animanatee.

Wow, at last.. I've figured out Groovesteps..
Now I can produce tasteless music

So are some games incompadable with other slot cards?

So are some games incompadable with other slot cards?

Most homebrew games should work with all cards. It's hard to tell though, and depends on the card. Sometimes you need to patch the files, and other things of the like.
What kind do you have?