AboutOctane Expertise I can Answer Video Game Compatability Problems (PAL, NTSC, JAP) for Atari 2600, 5200, NES, Super Nintendo/SFC, N64, Gamecube, Wii, Gameboy, GBA, DS, Sega Master System, Sega Mega Drive/Genisis, Game Gear, Mega CD, Nomad, Saturn, Dreamcast, Lynx, Jagura, Philips CDI, 3DO, Playstation, PS2, PSP and Xbox. Plus Ways around them to play wrong regions games on most consoles.
I also have an extensive knowledge of service and repair with most home consoles as well as arcade/pinball machines.
I have a reasonable general knowledge of most new to older games (I personally own about 1000 games and almost every console known to man.)
Experience Playstation, SNES, SATURN, Genisis/MD, NES, MS conversions. Controler conversions SNES to NES. Game conversion. Multi Carts. Remix and re-wire. PSP repair. Arcade building and customising. Video Game repair
Before I begin can I just say I was born an idiot and ever since have sensed my intelligence diminishing from those first few years of comparative intellectual supremacy so I'd be grateful if you could aim your answer likewise.
I recently bought a R4i adapter so I could copy all the games I have onto the small micro sd card thus preventing the loss, damage or general inconvenience of carrying all the games around with me yet still allowing me the choice my expenditure has allowed me.
The problem is I wish I hadn't.
Up till now I've had no problems using the games yet suddenly I'm made aware that something on the DSi has to be updated and not only that but it must be done wirelessly. Not having a wireless connection to the net I was advised (and here I'm paraphrasing) to take it shopping and have a cup of coffee - somewhere.
But by far the greater source of frustration is the updating of this R4i adapter.
I've just bought the thing so why it should need updating beats me, but I was ready for the challenge - however I must admit defeat.
I've done as much homework on it as I can, each website offering similar advice, with their instructions being identical, word for word. I've downloaded 'necessary' files keeping them together in seperate folders relative to their source and now have so many folders dotted around the computer I'm running out of names to call them.
Can you either explain in words of one syllable or direct me to a site where I can follow the instructions confident the result will have the desired effect.
Yours,
Dave Crew
Answer Gday Dave,
I believe this site below will answer your question. Unfortunately it looks like you need to find someone that has not updated there DSi to 1.4 software or perhaps someone with an old DSL (does not update Firmware). You need a virgin (non-updated) DSi to upgrade the software on the R4i card once that is done it will work on your updated DSi. Trying to update it on you updated DSi will not work. (I'm sure all the other instructions you have are correct) Again a Regular DS Lite probably will also do. (Well at least until Nintendo release another patch and blocks the R4i Cards)
