3ds mods/car(d/t)s

[F1N3ST]

Was wondering if any of you guys have any experience with websites selling modchips or flashcarts. All of them I've looked at seem sketchy, so I could use some guidance. Thanks.

 

[CZroe]

Was wondering if any of you guys have any experience with websites selling modchips or flashcarts. All of them I've looked at seem sketchy, so I could use some guidance. Thanks.

Most people are just CFW modding their 3DS. I've been using a Gateway 3DS for some experimentation. Can't recall where I bought it.

 

[slag]

CFW modding doesn't allow for 3ds rom playing. I CFW modded my sons' old 3ds devices this weekend and it was insanely easy with the latest firmware. I used the ironfall hack and loaded up blargSNES and was playing snes games pretty quickly and they played well. Wish there was a way to natively play 3ds roms without needing a $70 card, but I haven't found a way yet. Also thought by now the price of the cards would have come down but they are essentially the same price as they were last year.

 

[CZroe]

CFW modding doesn't allow for 3ds rom playing. I CFW modded my sons' old 3ds devices this weekend and it was insanely easy with the latest firmware. I used the ironfall hack and loaded up blargSNES and was playing snes games pretty quickly and they played well. Wish there was a way to natively play 3ds roms without needing a $70 card, but I haven't found a way yet. Also thought by now the price of the cards would have come down but they are essentially the same price as they were last year.

Yes it does. Commercial games are not exclusively available on 3DS cards: there are dumps of the eShop versions too. Don't get too hung up on the technical definition of "ROM" because 3DS cards are no longer memory-mapped ROMs either and their updates execute from the SD card the same as the eShop versions.

Every physical 3DS game and then some are available as installable packages from the eShop. Don't ask me how to do it because I haven't done it but I have seen the CFW which can install unsigned packages. The CFW that allows piracy is frowned upon, but it does exist.

 

[slag]

Yes it does. Commercial games are not exclusively available on 3DS cards: there are dumps of the eShop versions too. Don't get too hung up on the technical definition of "ROM" because 3DS cards are no longer memory-mapped ROMs either and their updates execute from the SD card the same as the eShop versions.

Every physical 3DS game and then some are available as installable packages from the eShop. Don't ask me how to do it because I haven't done it but I have seen the CFW which can install unsigned packages. The CFW that allows piracy is frowned upon, but it does exist.

Good to know. I read up a lot on it and couldn't find a player to make them work or install to test out how it all works but then again, probably not a good discussion for here.

 

[ghost recon88]

I used to use Gateway 3DS, that thing was bulletproof and the easiest IMO. Never had to deal with eShop crap and whatnot.

 

[M0oG0oGaiPan]

looks like you can downgrade your firmware now

 

[CZroe]

looks like you can downgrade your firmware now

Without a NAND dump? I haven't been following but I've downgraded many times using NAND dumps.