NDS/CartComparison
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This is a comparison of the various ds/gba flashcarts out there.
| Name | Company | Slot | Storage | Linker | libfat | GBAROM | GBARAM | SRAM | "DS Homebrew" | "GBA Homebrew" | Protrusion | NoPass | MSRP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "GBAMP v2 CF" | GBA | CF | n/a | Y | N | N | N | Y | multiboot | "some / lots" | N | 25 | |
| "GBAMP v2 SD" | GBA | SD | n/a | "DLDI *2" | N | N | N | multiboot | "some / lots" | N | |||
| "Supercard CF" | GBA | CF | n/a | Y | 32 | Y | Y | Y | Y | "some / lots" | N | 40 | |
| "Supercard SD" | GBA | SD | n/a | Y | 32 | Y | Y | Y | Y | "some / lots" | N | 45 | |
| "Supercard miniSD" | GBA | miniSD | n/a | 32 | Y | Y | Y | Y | "none / some" | N | 50 | ||
| "Supercard Lite" | GBA | microSD | n/a | "DLDI *6" | 32 | Y | Y | Y | Y | "n/a / none" | N | 55 | |
| "Supercard SD Rumble" | "GBA " | SD | n/a | N | "some / lots" | N | 35 | ||||||
| "Supercard MiniSD Rumble" | GBA | miniSD | n/a | N | "none / some" | N | 35 | ||||||
| "Supercard Rumble Lite" | GBA | microSD | n/a | N | "n/a / none" | N | 35 | ||||||
| "M3 CF" | GBA | CF | n/a | Y | 32 | Y | Y | Y | Y | "some / lots" | N | 80 | |
| "M3 SD" | GBA | SD | n/a | Y | 32 | Y | Y | Y | Y | "some / lots" | N | 80 | |
| "M3 MiniSD" | GBA | MiniSD | n/a | 32 | Y | Y | Y | Y | "none / some" | N | 80 | ||
| "M3 Lite" | GBA | MicroSD | n/a | 32 | Y | Y | Y | Y | "n/a / none" | N | 80 | ||
| "M3 Pro" | GBA | n/a | 4 | N | |||||||||
| "EZFlash 4" | GBA | DLDI | N | 60 | |||||||||
| "Datel Max Media Dock" | GBA | CF/Internal | DLDI | N | N | N | Y | N | "lots / lots" | N | |||
| "NEO2 SD" | GBA | SD | n/a | DLDI | N | 70 | |||||||
| "Ewin 2" | GBA | SD/mini/micro | DLDI | N | 35 | ||||||||
| "G6 Flash Lite" | GBA | Flash/4Gb | "USB Linker" | "DLDI *5" | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | 90 | |||
| "G6 Flash 3rd Gen" | GBA | Flash/2Gb | Y | Y | Y | N | 140 | ||||||
| DS-X | DS | "4Gb Flash" | "USB Direct" | *1 | N | N | N | Y | N | none | Y | 125 | |
| "Ninja DS" | DS | SD | n/a | Y | N | N | N | Y | N | lots | Y | ||
| "MK 2" | DS | SD | n/a | Y | N | N | N | Y | N | lots | Passme1 | 40 | |
| "MK 3" | DS | SD | n/a | Y | N | N | N | Y | N | lots | Passme1 | 70 | |
| "Supercard DS One" | DS | microSD | n/a | DLDI | N | N | N | Y | N | none | Y | 50 | |
| "M3 Simply *3" | DS | microSD | n/a | DLDI | N | N | N | Y | N | none | Y | 45 | |
| R4 | DS | microSD | n/a | DLDI | N | N | N | Y | N | none | Y | 45 | |
| DSLink | DS | microSD | DLDI | N | N | N | N | none | N | 55 | |||
| "Ultra FlashPass" | DS | Flash | N | N | N | N | N | none | Y | ||||
| "NinjaPass DS" | DS | Flash | N | N | N | N | N | none | Y | ||||
| AceKard | DS | microSD | N | N | N | N | Y | N | none | Y | |||
| Ncard | DS | N | N | N | N | N | none | Y | |||||
| DSLinker | DS | "Flash 8Gb" | N | N | N | N | N | none | Y | 70 | |||
| "EZ-Flash 5" | DS | DLDI | N | N | N | "Y *4" | N | none | Y | 50 | |||
- *1: DS-X achieves libfat compatibility by patching the homebrew at runtime. This is not as stable/compatible, as if support were directly included in libfat
- *3: M3 Simply is an exact clone of the R4. You can change one into the other with a single dab of solder on the PCB
- *4: There is a bug in EZ-5 firmware, requires you to hexedit homebrew roms to get them to work.
- *5: DLDI support still experimental, some people having trouble with writing support
- *6: There seems to be 2 versions of SCSD:Lite. One works 100% with DLDI, the other is buggy / flakey. Hopefully this will be sorted soon (people are working on it)
[edit] Explanation of columns
- Name: Name of the device
- Company: Manufacturer of device
- Slot: Does it go in the GBA slot or DS slot?
- Storage: Internal storage or what kind of media does it take
- Linker: Does it need a USB or LPT linker
- libfat: Read/Write with chishm's libfat
- GBAROM: Can run homebrew from GBAROM space (enables appended GBFS for example)
- GBARAM: Possible to write to GBAROM space as RAM (16bit writes only)
- SRAM: Contains SRAM or SRAM emulation
- runs DS homebrew: Can launch homebrew .nds or .ds.gba files
- runs GBA homebrew: Can launch homebrew .gba files
- Builtin NoPass: Functions as a NoPass device, no extra device needed to use.
- Protrusion: How much it sticks out on a phat / lite
- MSRP: Average selling price in North America