Dumping your own DS games

So, you want to dump your DS game so you can hack it? Good! This article will show you how!

What you need:
 * A Nintendo DS and a game to dump. (Duh!)
 * A Flash cart or some other way to run homebrew on your DS (including WiFiMe)
 * One of the following:
 * A Slot 2 device (including Supercard, Max Media Player, and GBA Movie Player)
 * A wireless router your DS can connect to (slower)

If you are going the Slot-2 route, follow these instructions:


 * (These instructions are somewhat incomplete.)
 * Download "NDS Backup Tool Slot 2".
 * Download a DLDI patcher as well as the correct DLDI file for your Slot-2 card.
 * Patch the tool with the DLDI patcher and the correct DLDI file.
 * Run the program on your DS with the Slot-2 device inserted. If an error occurs, you likely patched the tool wrong.
 * You can safely remove your Slot-1 card (if any) and insert the DS game you wish to dump.
 * Follow the instructions in the program to dump your DS game. You can also dump your save data.

If you are going the wireless router route, follow these instructions:


 * (These instructions are very incomplete.)
 * 0. If you haven't yet, configure the Wi-fi settings on your DS. With a DSi, you can do it in the Settings menu. With an original DS or DS Lite, you have to use any Wi-fi enabled DS game to edit the settings.
 * Download "NDS Backup Tool Wi-Fi".
 * Edit the INI file. (Will have to read up on this and fix this)
 * Run the tool.
 * You can safely remove your Slot-1 card (if any) and insert the DS game you wish to dump.
 * Use an FTP client (such as FileZilla) to connect to your Nintendo DS.
 * Follow the instructions in the program to dump your DS game. You can also dump your save data.