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Should I buy? What can I run if I do? I'm thinking a NES emulator would
be cool (how does one go about doing that?), but what else is there? Is
there any situation where I would need a Windows PC (I use a Mac)?

TIA,
 Jamie Kahn Genet
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Jamie Kahn Genet wrote:
> Should I buy? What can I run if I do? I'm thinking a NES emulator would
> be cool (how does one go about doing that?), but what else is there? Is
> there any situation where I would need a Windows PC (I use a Mac)?

If you want one, why pay $126 when you could buy exactly the same thing 
from DealExtreme for $86?

http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.1897

USD66 with free shipping comes to NZD86 - saving you $40 for the sake of 
waiting a week or two for it to ship.

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http://gareth.halfacree.co.uk

Jamie Kahn Genet wrote:
> <http://www.trademe.co.nz/Gaming/Nintendo/Nintendo-DS/auction-122944789.
> htm>
> 
> Should I buy? 

Yep. But I'm not commenting on price, I paid about 35 GBP for mine.

>What can I run if I do? I'm thinking a NES emulator would
> be cool (how does one go about doing that?), but what else is there? 

NesDS: http://www.cs.utah.edu/~tew/nesDS/
There are other emulators but they're not very good at the moment.
The GBC one is quite OK actually.
You just put the xxx.nds file in the root directory of a MicroSD card 
(which plugs into the R4DS).
You will need Moon Shell installed on the MicroSD card - it is part of 
the R4DS 'bundle', as is a USB 2.0 MicroSD reader.
Using ROMs downloaded from Internet is considered illegal, mind you.


>Is
> there any situation where I would need a Windows PC (I use a Mac)?

Dunno, I use a Windows machine. Further inquiry might be needed.

qt

On Wed, 17 Oct 2007 22:39:48 +1300, jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie
Kahn Genet) wrote:

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>htm>
>
>Should I buy? What can I run if I do? I'm thinking a NES emulator would
>be cool (how does one go about doing that?), but what else is there? Is
>there any situation where I would need a Windows PC (I use a Mac)?
>
>TIA,
> Jamie Kahn Genet

seems too expensive that, dealextreme are far cheaper.

can't see any need for needing a windows PC, as everything is stored
on the card, you don't really have to install anything, just copy it
over.

http://nintendo-ds.dcemu.co.uk/ is a cracking site for homebrew apps
and emulators.
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