nds games not playing **UPDATE**

Hi all,newbie to the site which is great,,,Ive downloaded a few nds games when putting them on to the r4 card when it asks to create a SAV file which is fine then the screen just goes white,why is this would it be the game is no good or something.I did manage to download another game which worked finethanks hope someone can help

Re: nds games not playingThe game that didn't work probably had AP (anti-piracy).
It's code in the game that prevents it from being played.You can bypass this by updating your card firmware (depending on what type of card it is), or patching the ROM.
As is stands, I suggest patching the ROM. You can follow a tutorial here.

Re: nds games not playingthanks for the quick reply just installed the patching did everything in the tutorial but still getting the white screen also had the little green tick did all the updates etc hope ive done this rightthanks

Re: nds games not playing

Replying to #3

Hmm. Weird.
What card are you using? Name, a picture and website would be perfect.

Re: nds games not playingHiits the r4 card from the site below grabbed a few when they was selling at £3.50 quite few the others games all work fine mainly just mario vs donkey kong 2 and a couple of others all loads up fine creates SAV file etc then game goes to load then screen just goes white.thankshttp://www.r4-ds-r4i.com/products/R4-DS-Revolution-MicroSD-TF-Slot%252d1-Solution-Adapter.html

Re: nds games not playing

Replying to #5

Seems like you've got one of the originals.
Try this:Backup the games you want (with their save files for the ones that work)
Format the MicroSD.
Download this: http://filetrip.net/nds-downloads/flashcart-files/download-wood-r4-162-f32256.html
Copy the files from the zip folder to the MicroSD.
Copy the games back and try again.

Re: nds games not playingthanks will give it a try in morning sometime and get back to youthanks again

Re: nds games not playingYep WoodR4 ;)Although they are some latest/latest games still not fixed by ywg .

Re: nds games not playing

necr0 · #6Seems like you've got one of the originals.
Try this:Backup the games you want (with their save files for the ones that work)
Format the MicroSD.
Download this: http://filetrip.net/nds-downloads/flashcart-files/download-wood-r4-162-f32256.html
Copy the files from the zip folder to the MicroSD.
Copy the games back and try again.

Thanks seems to be working now looks good....when i 1st switched the ds on everything was great showing all the names of the games now when switched on it just shows 3 icons sd card,slot 2,and a folder if i clicks the sd card icon the games show up but with no text just icons of the games is this how its supposed to show up,but as before when switched on the names of the games was there.thanks andy
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the old software i was using was moonshell

Re: nds games not playingmoonshell is mostly a movie and mp3 music player, but can boot nds game though it, the firmware it uses was out dated .

Re: nds games not playingthanks that what i thought id been using that for donkey years just reformatted the sd card put the file from wood r4 back on made forlder for ds games works a treat now brilliant kids will be happy now.special thanks to all those who helped me much appreciatedthanks

Re: nds games not playingNp ;) on behalf on Xen to .

Re: nds games not playingthanks...1 other problems im having ive got 3 boys all using r4 card on 2 of the consoles when swiching on it doesnt seem to be finding the r4 card and says theres no card inserted.would that be the r4 card on its way out,or would it be the ds as sometimes when you switch it on and off it seems to come on finethanks again

Re: nds games not playingGet a cotton bud on back of R4 pins and clean, maybe / maybe not on way out.Are unscrew it and cut a bit of paper about right size, place paper at pack of circuit board and reassemble , called the paper trick to push pins closer .Worth a try anyway.

Re: nds games not playingthanks..will give it a try i did buy 10 new r4 cards when they was selling them at £3.50 so not short on thosethanks again will give it a try

Re: nds games not playingWow that's cheap :)

Re: nds games not playingthats what i thought so i grabbed 10 of them,,,just tried what you said cleaning with cotton bud and the paper but still wont load the ds seems fine powers up fine but just wont find the r4 card also tried a brand new 1 in it but still doesnt work

Re: nds games not playingIf you've tried doing so, and tried the other R4 carts in your possession, and none works. Then the only sensible possibility is your console's card slot is damaged, and need to be serviced.

Re: nds games not playingPossible console, blow into slot 1 , Are how is it with original cartridges ?

Re: nds games not playingjust found an orginal game still not reading that so looks like its knackerd any idea how much it would cost to repair or just buy another 1