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    Default DS Gameboy classic mod?

    has anyone else here heard about the supposed modification that allows the DS to play GB / GBC games?

    links -

    Slashdot -
    http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl...id=207&tid=137

    Guy's mod info -
    http://www.livejournal.com/users/io_burn/23021.html

    And there is a "debunk" here
    http://www.livejournal.com/community..._ds/81844.html

    What do you guys think?
    I saw these links in the order I listed them, and I was skeptical at first, bellieved it after I saw the pictures, but now I have to agree it seems kinda hoaxy now that I read the debunk. However, a lot of people posted and said it works?

    So is this BS or for real?
    Still a gamer, still a liberal.

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    It's a hoax....

    All Gameboy games show up in color with the GBA SP.

    He just put a flashcart inside the Pokemon cart and then ran a GameBoy Emulator to play the Pokemon game....

    Some people are a waste of space. :/

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    its fake

    the screenshots are in different placements on the ds screen

    also, the sticker on the back of the system that was supposedly opened to mod it is still perfect and doesnt look like it was lifted to remove the hidden screw at all
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    This is a hoax, and I was witness to the beginning of it. I even laughed and encouraged it, because I'm a terrible person.

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    Quote Originally Posted by TheRedEye
    This is a hoax, and I was witness to the beginning of it. I even laughed and encouraged it, because I'm a terrible person.
    ok, so i have to write a report on a person i think is my hero, can i use you as the hero?

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    I didnt look at it. I must admit. Because the ability to play B&W and Color gameboy games on the DS is actually very simple. Don't tell me everyone through away their "Flash Link Xpress'" already. Just export the GBA game, put them onto Flash Link cards, and voila! A version playable on the DS. True, you might need an emulator put on the cart also, but how easy is that? Just have to import that also. That's how I played all my NES games on the GBA (LOOOOONG BEFORE THE CLASSIC SERIES). You can fit a lot of GB and ES games on a flash link card.....So mosey on over to Like Sang and see if they still sell the Flash link Xpress.

    They might not, I know that Nintendo larsuited their asses pretty hard this year.


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    Quote Originally Posted by JJNova
    So mosey on over to Like Sang
    lol

    Anyhow, yeah, you can get the games over to the DS that way, but still - how's the DS gonna play them? As far as I know it doesn't have a Z-80 onboard, so that could prove difficult.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ed Oscuro
    Quote Originally Posted by JJNova
    So mosey on over to Like Sang
    lol

    Anyhow, yeah, you can get the games over to the DS that way, but still - how's the DS gonna play them? As far as I know it doesn't have a Z-80 onboard, so that could prove difficult.
    Emulators on a Flash Card.....

    You could use Pocket Nes, SnesAdvance....Goomba ....etc etc...

    Keep up man....

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ed Oscuro
    Quote Originally Posted by JJNova
    So mosey on over to Like Sang
    lol

    Anyhow, yeah, you can get the games over to the DS that way, but still - how's the DS gonna play them? As far as I know it doesn't have a Z-80 onboard, so that could prove difficult.
    Umm..yeah...well...umm...the link was right


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    GBA-DS Hoax Alert

    Something Awful Forums user 'Regulus #5' e-mailed Nintendojo with the following message:

    "There is currently a hoax going on originating from a certain internetforum which tries to trick people into ruining their DS by soldering wires and shaving off plastic to play GB/GBA games on the DS. Of course, this is not only impossible, but all people who attempt this will ruin their DS."

    Consider yourself warned.

    Source: nintendojo.com

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ed Oscuro
    Quote Originally Posted by JJNova
    So mosey on over to Like Sang
    lol

    Anyhow, yeah, you can get the games over to the DS that way, but still - how's the DS gonna play them? As far as I know it doesn't have a Z-80 onboard, so that could prove difficult.
    The Nintendo DS may play GB/GBC games if you remove the tabs,Plus you do not need a Z80 cip to play GB/GBC games I no that becuses The GBA(And GBA-SP) does not have a Z80 cip in it but it can play GB/GBC games.

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    Quote Originally Posted by PC-Famicom64
    The Nintendo DS may play GB/GBC games if you remove the tabs,Plus you do not need a Z80 cip to play GB/GBC games I no that becuses The GBA(And GBA-SP) does not have a Z80 cip in it but it can play GB/GBC games.
    The big issue is the voltage, isn't it? The DS isn't set up like the GBA with a switch to change voltage to the cartridge port.

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