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CappyCobra
06-12-2005, 11:26 PM
http://www.hackinthebox.org/article.php?sid=17017

Great, now we have to worry about bootleg DS games now :(
MadChedar0
06-12-2005, 11:34 PM
That's crazy because I thought the DS used RSA encoding. Like it should be impossible with current technology to break. Oh well.
Moxio
06-12-2005, 11:35 PM
Only a matter of time I guess. .... :(
David85
06-12-2005, 11:42 PM
Oh well....
crickett003
06-12-2005, 11:48 PM
Well, yeah. Just a matter of time.
Quackzilla
06-13-2005, 12:24 AM
Yes, this is awesome, it will be cool playing DS on my computer with it's touchscreen...

</sarcasm>


Seriously stupid.
Moxio
06-13-2005, 12:29 AM
Yes, this is awesome, it will be cool playing DS on my computer with it's touchscreen...

</sarcasm>


Seriously stupid.


:rofl: Good point.
CappyCobra
06-13-2005, 01:16 AM
Yes, this is awesome, it will be cool playing DS on my computer with it's touchscreen...

</sarcasm>


Seriously stupid.
PC no. But a highend Pocket PC on the otherhand...
CoffeeEdge
06-13-2005, 01:19 AM
Wait, this doesn't sound like news. It sounds like they're just reporting the existence of the NeoFlash, which has been out for weeks.

Or am I missing something?
RelentlessRolento
06-13-2005, 01:56 AM
aww crap... the only thing I want hacked ATM is my PSP... not the untouchable (wait... touchable...) DS :(
Apossum
06-13-2005, 12:31 PM
Yes, this is awesome, it will be cool playing DS on my computer with it's touchscreen...

</sarcasm>


Seriously stupid.


you could use the mouse to mimic it. but that would still suck.
javeryh
06-13-2005, 12:33 PM
This would only be cool if you could get a blank DS card to store SNES games on or somthing. I'm hoping that comes soon for the PSP...
ArthurDigbySellers
06-13-2005, 03:35 PM
Yes, this is awesome, it will be cool playing DS on my computer with it's touchscreen...

</sarcasm>


Seriously stupid.

Actually, they are talking about putting the ripped games onto a GBA flash cart which then goes into your DS. You play the pirated DS game from the GBA cart.

If this is true, I would think that Nintendo could battle this by making each DS game bigger than the storage capacity of a GBA cart. That is assuming that the flash carts are the same capacity as regular GBA game carts. I don't know anything about how they work so that might not be a valid assumption anyway.

People who want to pirate are always going to find a way. It's such a small percentage of actual gamers that I don't see it doing much damage (although no game company will ever say that).
Parathod
06-13-2005, 04:24 PM
I look at it more from javeryh's perspective, SNES on the DS. It only makes sense as it features all the same buttons as the standard SNES controller. The GBA and PS2 market is overrun with piracy, but the games on those two systems still manage to sell the most.
EnderBui
06-13-2005, 04:28 PM
If this is true, I would think that Nintendo could battle this by making each DS game bigger than the storage capacity of a GBA cart. That is assuming that the flash carts are the same capacity as regular GBA game carts. I don't know anything about how they work so that might not be a valid assumption anyway.

If it's like that, people could use the Play Yen and it's flash based memory to put games on it. Also, just a matter of time.
Spoon_si
06-13-2005, 04:36 PM
expect HK to take advantage,... and ton of Fake DS games on ebay soon...
RelentlessRolento
06-13-2005, 07:05 PM
expect HK to take advantage,... and ton of Fake DS games on ebay soon...


oh man... like we need more of those.
crazyboxer12
06-13-2005, 10:24 PM
people will always take advantage of popular new things by making counterfeits of them.
stocker08
06-14-2005, 12:18 AM
Lol, yea emulating the DS on the computer is absolutly worthless. Without the touch screen......its nothing. But if there was a way to get, lets say a blank DS cart that you could load the games onto, that would be another story.
Moxio
06-14-2005, 12:50 AM
oh man... like we need more of those.

So true... it's so hard to find a good deal on a legit GBA game on Ebay... pisses me off!
fatmanforlife99
06-14-2005, 02:34 AM
there is always going to be copying of games so any technology they encode the games with will eventualy be broken
Mattte
06-14-2005, 03:22 AM
Lol, yea emulating the DS on the computer is absolutly worthless. Without the touch screen......its nothing. But if there was a way to get, lets say a blank DS cart that you could load the games onto, that would be another story.

I'm sure some one will come out with an emulator that uset he mouse cursor and clicking to simulate the touch screen.
punqsux
06-14-2005, 03:25 AM
gba flash carts can currently hold up to 108 megs (maybe more now, i havent checked in a while)
epobirs
06-14-2005, 03:30 AM
Yes, this is awesome, it will be cool playing DS on my computer with it's touchscreen...

</sarcasm>


Seriously stupid.

Should work fine on a Tablet PC or using a Wacom pad.
BLarR
06-14-2005, 03:35 AM
They said something about 100 in 1 gb/gba catridges. Do they mean there's games out there with 100 games on them?? That'd be kick arse to find.
punqsux
06-14-2005, 03:48 AM
They said something about 100 in 1 gb/gba catridges. Do they mean there's games out there with 100 games on them?? That'd be kick arse to find.
they are about 3-5 gba games and 20-80 small nes games and variants.
eldad9
06-14-2005, 03:56 AM
expect HK to take advantage,... and ton of Fake DS games on ebay soon...

Hello Kitty would never do anything like that!
Quackzilla
06-14-2005, 11:27 AM
If this is true, I would think that Nintendo could battle this by making each DS game bigger than the storage capacity of a GBA cart. That is assuming that the flash carts are the same capacity as regular GBA game carts. I don't know anything about how they work so that might not be a valid assumption anyway.

A DS cart is only 128MB (1Gb), and an average GBA flash cart is 256MB.
ArthurDigbySellers
06-14-2005, 12:39 PM
A DS cart is only 128MB (1Gb), and an average GBA flash cart is 256MB.

Yeah, I thought that might be the case.
Kayden
06-14-2005, 01:45 PM
Actually, they are talking about putting the ripped games onto a GBA flash cart which then goes into your DS. You play the pirated DS game from the GBA cart.

If this is true, I would think that Nintendo could battle this by making each DS game bigger than the storage capacity of a GBA cart. That is assuming that the flash carts are the same capacity as regular GBA game carts. I don't know anything about how they work so that might not be a valid assumption anyway.

People who want to pirate are always going to find a way. It's such a small percentage of actual gamers that I don't see it doing much damage (although no game company will ever say that).

Sega tried that with the DreamCast and you know how well that went...

DC games were 950mb (The disks could hold 1gb, but 50mb was used for PC readable data.) CDs can only hold 700mb. To make them no fit, Sega added fake buffer tracks that would fill the disk. All they had to do was rip them out and remove the check for them. As for games that actually were that size, all they did was compress the textures or put them on two disks.