[game_edu] R4 the Win!

["José P. Zagal"]

Miller, Gary wrote:

> these answers are mine ... I will ask my class today ...

> 

> 1) Phat

> 2) Yes, own one

> 3) yes I use it for that

> 4) It does not work that way (you can get multiple games to run that way but not commercial only home brew ATM)


I'm not familiar with the particulars of the R4, but for many other 
similar products you can get effectively store/play multiple games on 
one "cart". In most cases it ultimately depends on the capacity of the 
cart you're using and the footprint of each game.


> 5) It does not work that way (the encryption for commercial has not been broken ATM)


Yes it has.
Perhaps not for the most recent releases, but for the most part ROMS for 
commercial DS games are fully playable on 3rd party carts.


Jose



> 

> -----Original Message-----

> From: game_edu-bounces at igda.org on behalf of Mike Reddy

> Sent: Thu 2/7/2008 3:34 AM

> To: Games Research Network; game_edu at igda.org

> Subject: [game_edu] R4 the Win!

>  

>  Could I ask a favour of list readers who teach in Higher Education?

> 

> YOu may have seen recent stories, then retractions re ELSPA quoting 90%

> piracy in the US for the DS with R4 cards. I'd like to do some quick and

> dirty research into this. Therefore, could you in your next set of

> classes ask the following questions and get a tote of hands up:

> 

> 1) Do you own a DS Original (Phat) or Lite?

> 2) Have you heard of the R4 cartridge?

> 3) Do you know that it is used for home brew DS software?

> 4) Do you know that it can be used to give access to all your games in

> one cartridge?

> 5) Do you know that it can be used to pirate games that you don't own?

> 6) Do you own one?

> 

> Ball park figures please, and suitably anonymous. I have about 100

> students, the majority of whom have DS or PSP. Only one has an R4

> cartridge, which he tells me he uses for use 4 above. I use mine for use

> 3 above.

> 

> Would be interested in opinions on this technology...

> 

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José Pablo Zagal
Georgia Institute of Technology
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