› ›

European DS's and North American cards

ZagrebZagreb
edited August 2008 in Chit chat
I'm currently in Canada and the prices for DS games are somewhat cheaper than they are in the UK. Do the cards for North American DS's work okay on European DS's or are there problems/preventions like with DVDs? The blurb on the boxes seems to suggest that they only work on North American consoles.
Post edited by Zagreb on

Comments

  • QuazarQuazar
    edited July 2008
    DS's are region free - there's no difference with the hardware whatsoever and no region lockouts.

    Any DS will run any DS cart. I imported a few games from the states for my DS when the european release date was months behind.
    Quazar - Celebrating 27 years of Developing for the SAM Coupé
    Hardware, Software, Magazines and more for the SAM Coupé
    Website: www.samcoupe.com
    Twitter: QuazarSamCoupe
  • milemile
    edited July 2008
    do people still buy ds games these days? :-D
  • mel the bellmel the bell
    edited July 2008
    yeah as quasar said :P

    and as miles said.............why?

    errrrrrrrrrrm lol
    Professional Mel-the-Bell Simulator................"So realistic, I found myself reaching for the Kleenex King-Size!" - Richard Darling
  • milemile
    edited July 2008
    saying that, you have to buy guitar hero to get the attachment. 8)
  • ZnorXmanZnorXman
    edited July 2008
    Zagreb wrote: »
    I'm currently in Canada and the prices for DS games are somewhat cheaper than they are in the UK. Do the cards for North American DS's work okay on European DS's or are there problems/preventions like with DVDs? The blurb on the boxes seems to suggest that they only work on North American consoles.

    You want to be very careful ... the games you buy in North America actually run backwards and somewhat slower once they're imported to Oorohpe. Has something to do with how the DS detects it's region automatically and that the screen refresh rate goes from 60hz down to 50hz once you are located elsewhere.
  • ToxieDoggToxieDogg
    edited July 2008
    All GBA and PSP games are region free too, the only things that are region locked on the PSP are UMD movies. But nobody buys those :wink:
  • DunnyDunny
    edited July 2008
    mile wrote: »
    saying that, you have to buy guitar hero to get the attachment. 8)

    Nah, you don't. Firstly because it's shite and you could spend your money on something better, and secondly because the R4 now has cheats that remap the attachment buttons to your DS's buttons.

    D.
  • milemile
    edited July 2008
    Dunny wrote: »
    Nah, you don't. Firstly because it's shite and you could spend your money on something better, and secondly because the R4 now has cheats that remap the attachment buttons to your DS's buttons.

    D.

    nothing is safe anymore.
  • ZnorXmanZnorXman
    edited July 2008
    mile wrote: »
    nothing is safe anymore.

    Look right, then left, listen intently, then cross the street at the crosswalk, cautiously, as long as there are no high-speed vehicles approaching.

    Failing that they do sell condoms in vending machines at truck-stops.
  • mel the bellmel the bell
    edited July 2008
    ZnorXman wrote: »
    Look right, then left, listen intently, then cross the street at the crosswalk, cautiously, as long as there are no high-speed vehicles approaching.

    Failing that they do sell condoms in vending machines at truck-stops.

    even vending machines arent safe these days, you never seen that film maximum overdrive with the coke vending machine firing out cans?

    thats the only thing i can remember about it........coke cans, trucks and acdc
    Professional Mel-the-Bell Simulator................"So realistic, I found myself reaching for the Kleenex King-Size!" - Richard Darling
  • milemile
    edited July 2008
    mel the bell wrote: »
    even vending machines arent safe these days, you never seen that film maximum overdrive with the coke vending machine firing out cans?

    thats the only thing i can remember about it........coke cans, trucks and acdc

    i seem to remeber an arcade machine killin a guy by giving him an epi.

    and a cash machine that told stephen king to fuck off. (we all have our critics)
  • BigBadMickBigBadMick
    edited July 2008
    This card works a treat:

    http://www.ndsmods.co.uk/cyclodsevolution.htm

    Particularly with an 8gb Mini SD card, which you can buy off ebay for ?20.

    :D
  • milemile
    edited August 2008
    BigBadMick wrote: »
    This card works a treat:

    http://www.ndsmods.co.uk/cyclodsevolution.htm

    Particularly with an 8gb Mini SD card, which you can buy off ebay for ?20.

    :D

    ha ha everyone was skirting round the issue, and you go and post a link. :-P
Sign In or Register to comment.