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[khan]

Hi, I have tried to load SnezziDS converted snes roms on R4DS however it do not load as i have heard that EMU is specifically catered around Slot-2 carts so i was wondering if there is such a tool so i can batch all those SnezziDS converted roms into one single .nds loader that would load on R4 just to see if those Snezzids games would work with that trick?

Any help will be appreciated

[Doggy124]

I think you need ram on slot2 to run EMU.

[khan]

I think you need ram on slot2 to run EMU.

sh*t, looks like i need to get second microSD card just slot-2

[Doggy124]

I think you need ram on slot2 to run EMU.

sh*t, looks like i need to get second microSD card just slot-2

I'm not sure but I think it would be like that

[dantheman]

While you can convert most .ds.gba files to .nds, SnezziDS does not work this way.  Yes, I know that newer versions output .nds files, but you really can only use them on slot-2 devices, and originally it created .ds.gba files to begin with.  It has to do with the way SnezziDS addresses the games.  It expects a GBA-like filesystem, one that provides lightning-fast responses, which is something that can never be accomplished with slot-1.  Perhaps if the rumored RAM packs are ever released for the next Supercard and M3 devices, it will be possible.  But even with that, SnezziDS will only run from slot-2, whether it's a current-gen product or a future RAM pack that fits in slot-2.

On the plus side however, this is why SnezziDS has such good compatibility.  If you drag and drop Donkey Kong Country onto snezzi.exe for example, you will end up with a 5 MB file.  This file would normally not be usable on the DS because it cannot fit into the DS's 4 MB of RAM.  However, because it is set up like an emulator for the GBA, binaries can be up to 32 MB in size (though the largest SNES game is around 6 MB or so if I remember correctly).  If SnezziDS was changed to allow slot-1 compatibility, you would have a limit on the size of the roms, probably somewhere around 3 MB, so games like DKC and Chrono Trigger would not run.  This is why they do not work in SNEmulDS currently, as SNEmulDS loads games entirely into RAM before launching.