gbadev.org forum archive

This is a read-only mirror of the content originally found on forum.gbadev.org (now offline), salvaged from Wayback machine copies. A new forum can be found here.

DS Misc > DS Download Server

#76451 - shaz - Tue Mar 21, 2006 9:28 pm

Here are some pics:

[Images not permitted - Click here to view it]

[Images not permitted - Click here to view it]

[Images not permitted - Click here to view it]

[Images not permitted - Click here to view it]

[Images not permitted - Click here to view it]

[Images not permitted - Click here to view it]

[Images not permitted - Click here to view it]

What a relief :)
_________________
It's so easy to be wise. Just think of something stupid, then dont do it.

#76454 - Jack - Tue Mar 21, 2006 9:39 pm

That's quite different to the UK one I've seen here in Sunderland. The one over here is a massive black lock box about the size of a standard PC case. Unless that small plastic case on those photos goes inside a bigger case, of course. It's been on for a week now, it's broadcasting the Meteos and Polarium demos. It doesn't do it from a download manager like that though, it looks just like if you were getting the download from a regular copy of the game. And curiously it's broadcasting both demos twice - I got the download list on my DS as Meteos, Polarium, Meteos, and Polarium.

And of course, because this is Nintendo of Europe we're talking about, there are no posters advertising this thing's even here.
_________________
http://www.x-astray.co.uk/

#76467 - shaz - Tue Mar 21, 2006 11:44 pm

what shop, i live in the uk too...
_________________
It's so easy to be wise. Just think of something stupid, then dont do it.

#76468 - Darkflame - Wed Mar 22, 2006 12:03 am

Quote:
http://gonintendo.com/wp-content/photos/demo_20selection_202.jpg


That seems hopefull indeed!

#76518 - Jack - Wed Mar 22, 2006 10:37 am

shaz wrote:
what shop, i live in the uk too...


It's in GameStation. I've had a look in GAME, and they don't have the big black lock boxes.
_________________
http://www.x-astray.co.uk/

#76524 - tssf - Wed Mar 22, 2006 11:32 am

Is that an actual Nintendo DS broadcasting the demos? I'm assuming people can't download more than one demo at a time from more than one DS right?
_________________
Mathew Valente [TSSF]
------
Chrono Resurrection Musician

#76532 - shaz - Wed Mar 22, 2006 2:39 pm

More then one can download at the same time
_________________
It's so easy to be wise. Just think of something stupid, then dont do it.

#76599 - m2pt5 - Thu Mar 23, 2006 12:45 am

tssf wrote:
Is that an actual Nintendo DS broadcasting the demos? I'm assuming people can't download more than one demo at a time from more than one DS right?

Games with download play can broadcast to multiple other DSes simultaneously, why wouldn't the demo kiosk be able to do so?
_________________
Don't sign your posts, it's dumb.

#76608 - swimgod - Thu Mar 23, 2006 1:26 am

imagin if we manage to get one of these game cartrages with the demos on it along with the broad casting software :D

well that would be a help
_________________

1x WII 2x remotes
2x NDS/L(FMv7-ORG:v4,FMv7-org:DSL)
1x GBAMP
2x 1gb (MicroDrive{typeII}&SanDisk{typeI})
1x SuperPass2
1x Supercard-CF
MoonShell skins

#76612 - Sappharad - Thu Mar 23, 2006 1:48 am

swimgod wrote:
imagin if we manage to get one of these game cartrages with the demos on it along with the broad casting software :D

well that would be a help

It would probably be bordering on being illegal, as well.

The demos themselves are freely available to anyone near a download station, but the demo server is only accessable to the stores themselves. Nintendo has always required demo discs for GC to be returned when their shelf life is over, and I'm sure the same will be true for the DS. For someone to obtain one, it would need to be stolen.

Where do you draw the line?
IMO anything "safe for redistribution" would mean anything you can freely obtain.

#76613 - shaz - Thu Mar 23, 2006 1:58 am

I dont mind taking one from Gamestation though. They wouldnt let me return them crappy sonic games :(
_________________
It's so easy to be wise. Just think of something stupid, then dont do it.

#76623 - m2pt5 - Thu Mar 23, 2006 3:07 am

Sappharad wrote:
The demos themselves are freely available to anyone near a download station, but the demo server is only accessable to the stores themselves.

All you need is the ability to dump the cart. Pop the cart out, into a dumper, dump it, and return it to the station. Unfortunately, the only people with working ROM dumpers are the various "scene" groups, and I don't know if any of them has access to this.
_________________
Don't sign your posts, it's dumb.

#76628 - swimgod - Thu Mar 23, 2006 3:34 am

well then we need to find a shift store :P
or a guy that works at these stores
a manager might be able to do it when the store is closing :D
_________________

1x WII 2x remotes
2x NDS/L(FMv7-ORG:v4,FMv7-org:DSL)
1x GBAMP
2x 1gb (MicroDrive{typeII}&SanDisk{typeI})
1x SuperPass2
1x Supercard-CF
MoonShell skins

#76631 - The 9th Sage - Thu Mar 23, 2006 3:43 am

m2pt5 wrote:

Unfortunately, the only people with working ROM dumpers are the various "scene" groups


Eh, well, that's not true. :P That's all I'm saying on that.
_________________
Now with 20% More Old Man from Zelda 1 than ever before!

#76637 - swimgod - Thu Mar 23, 2006 4:01 am

The 9th Sage wrote:
m2pt5 wrote:

Unfortunately, the only people with working ROM dumpers are the various "scene" groups


Eh, well, that's not true. :P That's all I'm saying on that.


im sure this will be continued on pocket heaven ;)
_________________

1x WII 2x remotes
2x NDS/L(FMv7-ORG:v4,FMv7-org:DSL)
1x GBAMP
2x 1gb (MicroDrive{typeII}&SanDisk{typeI})
1x SuperPass2
1x Supercard-CF
MoonShell skins

#76640 - OrR - Thu Mar 23, 2006 4:23 am

Afaik dumping can be done with the Movie Player. I don't have the necessary software, though. ;)

#76653 - PhoenixSoft - Thu Mar 23, 2006 6:09 am

The newer versions of the MagicKey 2/3 menu software can dump an NDS cart to an SD card.

#76664 - MaHe - Thu Mar 23, 2006 8:01 am

m2pt5 wrote:
Unfortunately, the only people with working ROM dumpers are the various "scene" groups, and I don't know if any of them has access to this.


Never heard of FW-Nitro?
It has a dumper built-in ...

#76674 - m2pt5 - Thu Mar 23, 2006 1:20 pm

But what can it dump to?
_________________
Don't sign your posts, it's dumb.

#76677 - tepples - Thu Mar 23, 2006 2:01 pm

It can probably dump to any adapter with a CF slot.
_________________
-- Where is he?
-- Who?
-- You know, the human.
-- I think he moved to Tilwick.

#76679 - MaHe - Thu Mar 23, 2006 2:10 pm

That's correct ;)

#76746 - m2pt5 - Fri Mar 24, 2006 4:58 am

I see. I didn't know that.
PhoenixSoft wrote:
The newer versions of the MagicKey 2/3 menu software can dump an NDS cart to an SD card.

But is it a clean dump or is it one of those "Neoflash only" dumps? If it's not a clean dump, it's worthless to anyone but MK2/3 users.
_________________
Don't sign your posts, it's dumb.

#76748 - swimgod - Fri Mar 24, 2006 5:06 am

im sure its a clean dumper...
so who is gonna do it?,
we need to "make" friends
with someone in the download station stores :P

i wonder how you add games to the list :D
_________________

1x WII 2x remotes
2x NDS/L(FMv7-ORG:v4,FMv7-org:DSL)
1x GBAMP
2x 1gb (MicroDrive{typeII}&SanDisk{typeI})
1x SuperPass2
1x Supercard-CF
MoonShell skins

#76816 - HyperHacker - Fri Mar 24, 2006 11:23 pm

m2pt5 wrote:
tssf wrote:
Is that an actual Nintendo DS broadcasting the demos? I'm assuming people can't download more than one demo at a time from more than one DS right?

Games with download play can broadcast to multiple other DSes simultaneously, why wouldn't the demo kiosk be able to do so?

The download manager is probably there so that it can broadcast multiple demos to multiple DSes, people can join in and download Meteos while someone else is half-done downloading Polarium, etc. In my experience you can't normally do these things with things like WMB.

#76818 - swimgod - Fri Mar 24, 2006 11:57 pm

probally,
and it is a nintendo ds with a special game (there was photos someone leaked)

p.s. (there is no polarium sorry :P)
_________________

1x WII 2x remotes
2x NDS/L(FMv7-ORG:v4,FMv7-org:DSL)
1x GBAMP
2x 1gb (MicroDrive{typeII}&SanDisk{typeI})
1x SuperPass2
1x Supercard-CF
MoonShell skins