The Headsoft team has ported the classic ZX Spectrum platformer game Manic Miner to the Nintendo DS. This release includes various stages of the Manic Miner ports from Oric, BBC Micro, Dragon 32, Amstrad CPC and Game Boy Advance.

Download: Manic Miner The Lost Levels v1.00 (FAT)
Download: Manic Miner The Lost Levels v1.00 (EFS)

Do you guys remember Squirm from Commodore 16? If you do, then it's time to get reacquainted with it, or if it's your first time to encounter it, it's time for you to get introduced. What we have here is a remake of the said classic in DS homebrew style by developer Zilog.

I guess DS homebrew dev Snatcher was feeling a little nostalgic, so he remade the Atari 2600 Seaquest that he used to learn Lua. It's another addictive shoot 'em up, try it out.


Download: Seaquest DS v0.8

Like whoa: two terrabytes of data storage?! What the hell are you gonna do with all that? Read 'em and weep 'em buckoes. Sony and SanDisk have announced their joint development project which will expand memory stick formats to proportions yet unheard of.

Developer Risike has released his tool to test the performances of Micro Lua DS, the Ball Mark. He explains that this brew app will draw a lot of bounding and rotating balls of various color, size and speed, and to random directions.


Download: Ball Mark

Nintendo and its software partners have finally put their feet down on Japanese distributors selling the Chinese-made R4 device. A lawsuit has been filed in a Tokyo District Court on the grounds of the Unfair Competition Law. Details after the jump.

If you always make it a point to update your R4 firmware regularly, now's the time to do so. The R4 team has released another kernel update for the Nintendo DS R4 flash cart, only days after they released the previous update. More details in the full article!

Download: R4DS firmware v1.14 kernel (English)
Download: R4DS firmware v1.14 kernel (Korean)
Download: R4DS firmware v1.14 kernel (French)

David Hecq, a certified gamer who writes reviews and does other things video game journalists have on their to-do lists, is running for mayor of a small town in France. He's the president of AFRS (Française de Revendeurs Spécialisés, an association of video game retailers), runs a gaming website, yet still has time to play politics.

Check out the full article for more details!

Having a bit of trouble with your R4? It's probably time to get its firmware updated, and coincidentally, this news article is about the latest version of the popular Nintendo DS flashcart's software. Check out the complete details of what's fixed this time around in the full article.





Download: R4DS firmware v1.13 kernel (English)
Download: R4DS firmware v1.13 kernel (French)
Download: R4DS firmware v1.12 kernel (Korean)

Nintendo DS R4 users annoyed with how flimsy the R4's spring mechanism in its Micro SD slot can now heave a sigh of relief: new R4 units with redesigned shells are now out, with the spring mechanism now eliminated.

Those who aren't acquainted as to what R4 is, it's one of the more popular alternatives for a SuperCard, and is also compatible with DLDI system.

According to the R4 website, there were many complaints received from R4 users about how the spring gets easily damaged over use. And since the Micro SD slot's spring mechanism is used every time gamers load and swap homebrew and media files, the spring's most likely bound to be busted at some point after frequent usage.

But now that it's eliminated, DS R4 owners can now take out and re-insert their Micro SDs from their R4 cartridges as often as they want without worries.