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1. The HD Loader For PS2 Makes Your PS2 Games As Fast As The PS3 The HD Loader for the Playstation 2 is still a very useful disc and an excellent addition to your Playstation 2 console. While the Playstation 2 may have aged a bit since it was released, it can still be purchased brand new, and for... (posted by Mark 228 days 8 hours ago.)

2. ColorsDS R4 3ds homebrew painting app. Here's a good one for all of your DS homebrew people out there. I don't think I have ever written about a little gem of an app called ColorsDS. ColorsDS for the R4 DS and R4 3DS cards was developed by just one person. He released it... (posted by Mark 249 days 18 hours ago.)

3. Free DS Games Last Survivor Homebrew For The R4 DS I write quite a bit about ds homebrew and freeware free games and apps for the Nintendo DS system. And for good reason too. There are so many of them out there that someone has to cut through all of the clutter, so that all of us can... (posted by Mark 256 days 16 hours ago.)

4. R4i Gold Card - Hands On We do a good number of r4 and other ds flash card reviews. Last month we were able to get a sample of the R4i Gold 3DS card from the guys over at Modchipstore and have been playing with the card and getting it through the motions, because we... (posted by Mark 261 days 17 hours ago.)

5. 3 Free Apps For The Nintendo DSi And Nintendo 3DS When I tell people that they can download and play thousands of free apps for the Nintendo DSi and Nintendo 3DS, they often think I am clearly out of my mind. Their thinking is that all DSi and 3DS games come on cartridges, so how... (posted by Mark 269 days 22 hours ago.)

6. 3DS Homebrew Game Tyran For The R4 3DS Card Is A Treat! Anyone that has been a home computer user for any length of time has probably used, or at least heard of freeware games and applications. You can download and use freeware software, often replacing or providing an alternate solution to pay for... (posted by Mark 271 days 13 hours ago.)

7. How To Play NES Games On Your Nintendo DSI and 3DS With An R4 3DS Card I've written about playing NES games on your Nintendo 3DS before in brief. And with a number of emails coming in from the readers, I thought I would take this opportunity to both announce a new update to the NES emulator for the... (posted by Mark 313 days 17 hours ago.)

8. Neo Geo Emulator For Nintendo DS And 3DS - Classic Gaming FTW! There has been a lot of chatter and talk about the PS3 and the Neo Geo games that you'll soon be able to download and play on the system. Emulators, and emulation is all of the rage these days it seems, much like it was when the first emulators... (posted by Mark 326 days 9 hours ago.)

9. The R4 3DS Makes Loading Games And Movies A Breeze On Your Nintendo 3DS If you have a Nintendo 3DS you may be a little bit confused as to exactly which DS flash card you can use to take your homebrew games and apps and play and run them on your Nintendo 3DS system. Often times there are a lot of different claims... (posted by Mark 334 days 20 hours ago.)

10. Get Quake II On your Nintendo 3DS With The R4 DS Fans of first person shooter games have no doubt heard of Quake, and it sequel to that truly amazing game, Quake II. I've been in a bit of nostalgic mood as of late, and as a result have wanted to play some of the older games that I have such... (posted by Mark 356 days 7 hours ago.)

11. R4 DS And R4 3DS Cards CAN NOT Brick Your Nintendo 3DS. With the release of the Nintendo 3DS version of the R4 DS card, also known as the R4 3DS card, there has been a lot of talk and rumours about the potential for the item to brick your Nintendo 3DS. My purpose for writing this is to let everyone... (posted by Mark 1 year 2 days ago.)

12. Use The R4 DS Card To Play Your GBA Games on Your DSi and Nintendo 3DS For those of you who are fans of the Gameboy Advance, you were no doubt rather upset when the DSI and the DSi XL came out, without the coveted slot 2 game card slot. It was the Slot 2 that allowed you to play your GBA game cards on your Nintendo... (posted by Mark 1 year 19 days ago.)

13. Portal 2 Out For PC And Mac - And Some Portal 2D Action On Your Nintendo 3DS There's a lot that can be said about the original Portal game. Words that come to mind include perfect, revolutionary, funny, brilliant, challenging, and just plain old fun. It's no wonder that it took the game world by storms when it... (posted by Mark 1 year 27 days ago.)

14. R4 DS Card Homebrew Games For Your Nintendo DS And 3DS While there are a plethora of uses for the R4 DS Card for the Nintendo DSi and the new Nintendo 3DS system, one of the most common reasons people buy the card is purely for playing games. People want to have access to the freeware games that are... (posted by Mark 1 year 30 days ago.)

15. Where To Buy R4i Cards It's a question that I get a lot from my regular readers. Many of you are wondering where to buy R4i Cards and the micro sd cards that you need to be able to use the r4i on your Nintendo 3DS. While I hesitate to give any suggestions... (posted by Mark 1 year 32 days ago.)

16. Watch Movies Like The Exorcism Of Emily Rose With The R4 DS Card On Your Nintendo 3DS Movies. We all love them. And being able to watch them on your hand held Nintendo 3DS system frees you up to enjoy any movie you want, any time, and anywhere you may be. That's what I have been doing with my R4 DS Card on my 3DS. Just last week... (posted by Mark 1 year 32 days ago.)

17. R4i Gold For The Nintendo 3DS The R4i Gold has been around for some time. It's one of the more popular Nintendo DSi flash cards out there today. And it is also credited with being the very first card that actually supported the latest DSi XL updates, when the firmware was... (posted by Mark 1 year 33 days ago.)

18. The R4 DS Card And R4 3DS Turn Your Nintendo 3DS Into An Ebook Reader If you're a book buff and can't wait to get your hands on the latest books, then this little bit of information is just for you - and your Nintendo 3DS too. Because I am going to let you know how you can read ebooks on your Nintendo 3DS system... (posted by Mark 1 year 35 days ago.)

19. R4 3DS - Play NES R-Type On Your Nintendo 3DS Homebrew Card Emulation is a great way to go back in time, so to speak. Back to a time when 8-bit was the biggest thing in the game industry. When side scrolling platform games and shoot em ups were all of the rage. The NES was an excellent example of... (posted by Mark 1 year 40 days ago.)

20. 3DS Homebrew - Emulators Come Alive On Your Nintendo 3DS With The R4 3DS Card I have spent a good amount of time talking about homebrew games, and the amazing homebrew applications that are released absolutely free for everyone to download and play on their Nintendo DSi system. I've since updated my homebrew information to... (posted by Mark 1 year 44 days ago.)

21. Play These 2 Master System Games On Your R4 DS Card The Master System was an often overlooked 8-bit console. From none other Sega themselves. While it may not have made the same impact as say, the NES system, or even the Atari 2600, it was, without a doubt one of the best 8-bit consoles that was... (posted by Mark 1 year 45 days ago.)

22. Nintendo 3DS Homebrew Is Now Possible With The R4 3DS Card. I wanted to wait before I wrote this article about Nintendo 3DS homebrew. You see, I had tried the R4 3DS Card on the Japanese 3DS system, but I wanted to wait, see, and find out if the R4 DS Card will work on the new Nintendo 3DS when it hits... (posted by Mark 1 year 60 days ago.)

23. Nintendo 3DS Homebrew With The R4 3DS - Hundreds Of Games Available Free For The 3DS With the release of the nintendo 3ds that most common question I receive is whether or not people will be able to enjoy the homebrew games and applications they have gotten used to on with their r4 ds card or r4i card on their ds and dsi systems.... (posted by Mark 1 year 75 days ago.)

24. Watch Movies And TV Shows On Your Nintendo DSI With The R4 DS Card For a little over a year now I have been doing something on my Nintendo DSi system that most people don't realize is possible. It is not a big secret, but something that always amazes family and friends at dinner parties and people at the office.... (posted by Mark 1 year 78 days ago.)

25. Get An R4 DS Card And Take Manic Miner - The Lost Levels Homebrew Game To Your Nintendo DS There are few games out there that define and entire genre of game, and Manic Miner is one of those games. Prior to Manic Miner, there were not many games that actually had more than one level - or screen to play on. But this game changed all of... (posted by Mark 1 year 92 days ago.)