#39294 - R@sputin - Thu Apr 07, 2005 2:48 am
Does anyone know anything about a "OS Cartridge" for the DS?
I recently bought a GBA Movie Player to use with a DS. About the third or fourth time that I started the DS with the Movie Player in it I got the message "OS Cartridge Installed" in the bottom box of the lower screen where you would normally touch to start a GBA game.
Unfortunately, no sooner did I turn off the power to restart the DS than it occured to me that I should have taken a picture of the screen.
It has also never happened again.
I don't know whether it is relevant, but I had the firmware upgrade file on my compact flash card at the time.
Thanks.
R@sputin
#39298 - tepples - Thu Apr 07, 2005 3:23 am
Was it "OS cartridge" or "option pak"? Or is "OS cartridge" the ROM-name of part of the GBA Movie Player firmware?
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#39302 - jstart - Thu Apr 07, 2005 5:49 am
Woah if hes right that it sadi OS Cartridge that opens up alot of possibilities!
#39312 - Wriggler - Thu Apr 07, 2005 10:18 am
| jstart wrote: |
| Woah if hes right that it sadi OS Cartridge that opens up alot of possibilities! |
Well, ermmm, doesn't it depend on what an OS cartridge is?
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#39322 - R@sputin - Thu Apr 07, 2005 1:01 pm
It said "OS Cartridge Installed", without the quotes.
#39332 - Tadashi - Thu Apr 07, 2005 4:06 pm
Somebody should look for these GBA slot messages in the DS Bios when it is possible.
#39343 - Lynx - Thu Apr 07, 2005 7:40 pm
Hmm.. I can hope that it's for the Palm OS option that is part of V-Pocket?
I'm just hoping!
#39406 - netdroid9 - Fri Apr 08, 2005 3:00 pm
If it is it'll probably help the DSLinux project most.
#39436 - lambi1982 - Fri Apr 08, 2005 9:53 pm
just so everyone knows, if you insert the CF card up side down into the slot of the GBA movie player you will get a different message in the GBA selection box, depending on the CF card, you get other messages. I have two one of them says no game inserted and the other says DS option pack.
now this isnt a one time thing it happens every time so try what you have and see the message. maybe you put it in up side down to get the "OS" message
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#39441 - Darkain - Fri Apr 08, 2005 11:06 pm
| Lynx wrote: |
Hmm.. I can hope that it's for the Palm OS option that is part of V-Pocket?
I'm just hoping! |
no, it isnt
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#39467 - Mr. Picklesworth - Sat Apr 09, 2005 6:53 am
There very probably is an OS cartridge thingy... Nintendo seems quite interested in adding functionality for things that aren't games on the DS as well - such as their dictionary thing. I bet that sometime in the future they will do something for people like me who want to read ebooks on the go with a ds.
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#39502 - thetictacaddict - Sat Apr 09, 2005 7:57 pm
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| Or is "OS cartridge" the ROM-name of part of the GBA Movie Player firmware? |
The ROM name for the GBA Movie Player is something like SUPERMARIOA. Makes you question their methods, doesn't it?
#39534 - Lynx - Sun Apr 10, 2005 2:13 am
| thetictacaddict wrote: |
| The ROM name for the GBA Movie Player is something like SUPERMARIOA. Makes you question their methods, doesn't it? |
Ever wonder why the GBA Movie player is $25 instead of $75? Maybe cause they didn't get it liscensed? Original GBA Movie player was a passthrough, which is why it required a GBA cart.
#39541 - assassda - Sun Apr 10, 2005 2:48 am
so technically its illegal?
#39544 - lambi1982 - Sun Apr 10, 2005 3:26 am
Lets not bring that up, it's a nice piece of hardware. I woudnt want them shut down before the DS update.
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#39550 - tepples - Sun Apr 10, 2005 5:36 am
"Unlicensed" != "illegal". Think back to NES days: The Game Genie cheat device for NES, developed by Codemasters and sold by Galoob, was unlicensed, but both a U.S. court and a Canadian court ruled it not to infringe any of Nintendo's proprietary rights. Same with AVE's NES games in the U.S. Color Dreams games and Codemasters games published in the United States used the same lockout chip bypass method as AVE. Tengen's games, on the other hand, were pulled from the market because Tengen defrauded the Copyright Office to obtain the NES lockout chip program.
The legality of lockout bypass was upheld in Lexmark v. Static Control.
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#39626 - R@sputin - Sun Apr 10, 2005 9:44 pm
Just for the record, I did NOT have the CF card in the Movie Player upside down.
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#39629 - wintermute - Sun Apr 10, 2005 9:54 pm
| tepples wrote: |
"Unlicensed" != "illegal". Think back to NES days: The Game Genie cheat device for NES, developed by Codemasters and sold by Galoob, was unlicensed, but both a U.S. court and a Canadian court ruled it not to infringe any of Nintendo's proprietary rights. Same with AVE's NES games in the U.S. Color Dreams games and Codemasters games published in the United States used the same lockout chip bypass method as AVE. Tengen's games, on the other hand, were pulled from the market because Tengen defrauded the Copyright Office to obtain the NES lockout chip program.
The legality of lockout bypass was upheld in Lexmark v. Static Control. |
Wasn't there a similar case involving Datel & Nintendo over GBC carts? I can't seem to find anything on this atm.
#39641 - tepples - Mon Apr 11, 2005 12:32 am
| wintermute wrote: |
| Wasn't there a similar case involving Datel & Nintendo over GBC carts? I can't seem to find anything on this atm. |
Yet Datel is still making Action Replay products for GBA, whose lockout method is nearly identical to that of the GBC. Therefore, even if there was a case, it at least didn't result in an injunction against Datel.
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#39643 - Dwedit - Mon Apr 11, 2005 12:53 am
Back on topic... The copy protection in the movie player is really weird. All sorts of crazy stuff can happen just by turning the system on and off really fast. If there's garbage data where the GBA header should be, it might detect it as an option pack, or even what the first post describes. I doubt anyone will try feeding a nintendo DS every possible header though.
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