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.
