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Dump Nintendo DS Games

Dumping game cartridges is done the same way like dumping savegames. EZFlash 3in1 method The only difference here is that you might have to swap the cartridges more often since the Flash memory of the EZFlash 3in1 is only 32 MiB and some games are up to 128 MiB in size. There’s a nice tutorial… Read More »

Backup Savegames on Nintendo DS

To backup savegames from your cartridges (e.g. for use with a ROM dump on a card like the CycloDS Evolution) there are two ways. EZFlash 3in1 method You’ll need a Slot1-homebrew launcher (like the CycloDS) and the EZFlash 3in1 Slot2-Flash-Expansion (EZFlash Plus might not work!). Wi-Fi method I did not test this method, but it… Read More »

Mii to NDS Transfer

The Mii Channel has a hidden Transfer to DS option. According to cubed3.com the only NDS game using this for now is the Japanese title Aruite Wakaru Seikatsu Rhythm DS. To enable the feature, do this:

CycloDS Evolution

The CycloDS Evolution is a cartridge for the NDS which adds homebrew capabilities. You can then run various homebrewed titles from a miniSDHC card on the NDS. You can even play backups of your own games and thus take them all with you in a single cartridge. Cheats Database The CycloDS Evo supports ActionReplay(tm) compatible… Read More »

Nintendo Wii

Links Wii Downloads The Nintendo Channel on the Nintendo Wii allows you to download Demo versions of NDS games right to your NDS to play. Just do the following:

Nintendo Wii Encryption Keys

To use these keys with e.g. Segher’s Wii.git, you have to put them in binary files, i.e. use a Hex-Editor and paste these keys so that you get a 16 Byte long file for each key. Segher’s tools expect them to be located in ~/.wii/<keyname>, e.g. ~/.wii/common-key. common-key sd-key sd-iv md5-blanker

Wii MPlayer and Samba

The MPlayer Christmas Edition for Wii supports SMB browsing. You can configure the login data of the desired SMB share through the smb.conf on the SD card as follows: For it to work, you MUST use a dedicated user in Samba. Guest shares won’t work. Also make sure you have security=user set in your Linux… Read More »

Wii Savegame Editing

Savegames, as well as almost all other files, are encrypted using some crypto magic. The keys were found and now there are some tools to decrypt and recrypt the savegames called Segher’s Wii.git. To compile them, you need to also compile OpenSSL, add the include-directory of OpenSSL to the search path for gcc and also… Read More »