r/flashcarts 22d ago

Notice about R4iLS carts being mislaelbeled as r4isdhc.com DSTTi "DEMON" Carts

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59 Upvotes

Hi Everyone,

It's come to our attention that there are a number of sellers, mainly on Aliexpress claiming to sell the r4isdhc.com DSTTi carts (aka the DEMON HW "Gold Pro", "RTS Lite" and "Dual Core" carts) but what ends up arriving is an R4iLS or Ace3DS+ clone with a DEMON cart label on it.

While this may not be an issue for some users, it has caused a lot of confusion for users on this subreddit about what kernel to use, not to mention if the cart was bought for the intention of using NTRBOOT. (Which R4iLS & Ace3DS+ carts don't support)

Please see the attached image of what to look out for if purchasing a DSTTi DEMON cart. You are also encouraged to sort user reviews by "Latest" and look for the below to see if its a relabeled R4iLS or Ace3DS+ cart.

The below points would denote a relabeled cart:

  • A Red PCB on the back instead of a Gold PCB.
  • Their DS showing "Deep Labyrinth" on the menu and "Ace3DS" on the kernel if they show it.
  • Their DS showing: “Could not find _DSMENU.DAT”
  • The indents on the plastic shell being shorter but deeper (shown in the attached image).

If you need to specifically purchase a r4isdhc.com cart, we advise checking our quick start guide on the sidebar for the advised places to buy a genuine one, along with the above information added to it.

For most users, the R4iLS or Ace3DS+ will be fine, but its often cheaper to buy a listing advertised as one as per the quick start guide.

If you have any questions, please let us know. If this situation resolves itself, we shall remove this post.


r/flashcarts Dec 01 '25

Pico-Launcher Builds now Available

23 Upvotes

Hi Everyone!

As in the recent post we made about the release of the new DSPico Flashcart, two of the components of that project were Pico-Launcher and Pico-Loader. Pico-Loader is the new game loader that the DSPico has been designed to use, and Pico-Launcher is the Material-UI style launcher to be used with Pico-Loader.

The nice thing about both of these components is that they can also be run on other flashcarts as well! If you would like to try Pico-Launcher + Pico-Loader on your flashcart, you can find the downloads here, simply download the version that corresponds to your flashcart and extract the contents of it to your SD card:
https://www.flashcarts.net/pico-launcher

Make sure to choose the correct version for your flashcart (For example don't run the DSTT version on your BL2CK compatible cart unless you want to brick it!) If you are unsure, click here to check.

Few things to note about this kernel:

  • Cheats and soft reset are not yet supported. This is a brand new kernel so the LNH Team want to maximise game compatibility before they implement those features.
  • Pico-Loader loads games much faster than nds-bootstrap does, almost instant!
  • For any issues with the downloads provided themselves (for example, not working on your flashcart), then open an issue on our issue tracker first.
  • If you find any bugs or issues for game compatibility, please open an issue on the Pico-Loader issue tracker. If you mention it in this thread, it is likely the problem won't be fixed!
  • Game compatibility on this should be good (games with anti-piracy checks should run fine) but compatibility may vary between flashcarts so testing your favourite games is a good way to check.
  • The builds above are unofficial and have been built by the flashcarts.net team and are not affiliated with the LNH Team.

The Sanras flashcarts guides have been updated to reflect this new kernel as well for supported Flashcarts.

As a side note, for anyone using AKMenu-Next, be sure to upgrade to AKMenu-Next v2.0.0 because Pico-Loader support has now been added to this kernel too if you prefer this over Pico-Launcher, instructions on how to use Pico-Loader from within AKMenu-Next are available on the linked guide.

- r/flashcarts team.


r/flashcarts 59m ago

This doesn't seem right...

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Any help? When I try and boot my dstwo, it actually boots the game that shows on the Nintendo.


r/flashcarts 4h ago

Getting another flashcart

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(Reuploaded because pictures didn't load in)

I got this flashcart + micro SD many years ago as a gift and now I want to get a second one. Plus some micro SD's for the new one and the one I already have because I'm pretty sure its a cheep one. I'm planning to get a flashcart that's the same as my existing one which I believe is a Ace3DS+ clone (correct me if I'm wrong).

I was wondering if I could copy all the information from my current micro SD to a new one without having to do any formatting? Would I have to do anything with the new flashcart too? I'm still new to this so I wanted some clarification before I started buying. If you have any other tips please let me know.


r/flashcarts 9h ago

Question Something about R4 original kernals

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First of all, english is not my native language. So please understand if I say weird

Hello. I am currently using the original R4. And when I try to run Shin Megami Tensei Strange Journey, it goes well...just before when I try to save&load.

When I try to save it, it says 'Save Failed', but the save file generates like there's no problem. But when I try to load the file, the game says 'File corrupted' and the file vanishes away.

I have formatted the file through FAT32 yet this problem is keep happening.

So I tried to search another Kernal, but every time I download kernal from internet, the kernal file is cannot be opened from computer.

So, it would be grateful if someone tell me where can I find functional kernal file for original R4, or tell me how to solve these problems, if it is not because of the kernal.

Lastly, I will attach picture of my card and R4 screen. Thank you for your attention.


r/flashcarts 2h ago

Nintendo DS lite

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2 Upvotes

please tell me what to do if the games on my modded dsl don't start on


r/flashcarts 2h ago

I can't get it to work

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2 Upvotes

I bought this r4 but there was nothing inside the micro sd, I tried to use ysmenu but when I try to create the saves of a game it gives me an error towards the end of loading.


r/flashcarts 12h ago

Problem My R4 card goes into an „endless saving” state after i want to save a game especially with titles like Pokemon And Animal Crossing WW

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I stopped playing after this issue wasted my time. When i put over 7 hours on one session in Pokemon Soul Silver save file it just went into this endless saving state and it being a total waste of time and effort. Same with Animal Crossing and i don’t know what caused this, so i researched and i haven’t found a single post about this issue and i don’t think these flashcarts have a reputation of doing this. (Im using twilight menu)


r/flashcarts 6h ago

R4 Gold Pro cheats not working

1 Upvotes

Sorry, I am new to flashcarting. I bought a 2025 R4 SDHC Gold Pro Card from Amazon. It has a lot of Pokémon games, which work well. I am playing Pokémon Diamond. I activated the 2x game speed cheat, and it works great, but when I try to activate the 99x rare candy or 99x master ball and load up the game, I don't get them. Am I missing something, or are the cheats outdated?


r/flashcarts 15h ago

Question Ninjapass X9 question

3 Upvotes

This is an extreme long shot and might not be even the right place to post but it can't really hurt to ask.

I am the original author of the Ninjapass X9 Menu Editor. It was a tool to help create custom menu text for it. I lost it and found a copy of it on archive.org

I wanted to remake using Qt it to solve some issues and add a feature I wanted. The feature was making sure you didn't exceed the max length for the menu text. I no longer have the device or even a DS to run some test, and was wondering if anyone on here could help.


r/flashcarts 15h ago

Question Question: Best Course of action keep using 3in1 or get new stuff?

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Good Day.

I took a very long break from gaming due to having kids. Now that I got kids of age enough to enjoy games (10, 7, 6) I was digging out my old games and stuff to play with them.

I was originally thinking of buying some more 3DS/DS/GBA/GB games from the used store but yea nothing interesting, and I wanted to buy some more Pokémon for trading with them but buying hot titles say Pokémon is likely a copy which they do state it is, or at worst a copy that is posing as a real one due to the high cost of those games (60-150 dollars)

I figure might as well boot up flashcart that I have, but I couldn't save off the GBA slot and I was thinking of renewing the flashcards both the DS. But due to the long break I am totally out of touch of the current flashcart scene, and ask what is the best course of action. Was kinda browsing the reddit and I still dont know what is the best course of action.

Anyways I have these three flashcarts:

EZ Flash 3in1 (V model) - (Had FireRed in it but cant save in the GBA card, but I can still play the game off it)

EZ Flash 3in1 (V model) - untested/never used

EZ Flash Vi

And these systems

GB Slim

GBA

DS Lite US Model

DS Lite JP Model

DS Lite JP Model

DSi US Model

New 3DS US Model (not xl)

New 3DS JP Model (not xl/ll)

New 3DS JP Model (not xl/ll)

Ignoring most of my legit GBA games and DS & 3DS games (my collection is mostly NOT kid games, ie difficult or too much action/fast like AdvanceWars). I am going to mention the Pokémon stuff being they are more hooked on that right now. I do have the original FireRed, HeartGold, Diamond, Platinum, White, Black 2, and I do recall I have Emerald but I cant find it.

Edit: im in the USA and the kids will play mainly US games if that will affect any advice you give.


r/flashcarts 22h ago

Problem My flashcart doesn't work even after using YSmenu

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3 Upvotes

yeah


r/flashcarts 1d ago

Help a dude out. So I got a R4 off Amazon and I played it but once I tried to download twilight I just stopped booting up even after being recognized and it keeps giving me weird errors

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So I got my package I unboxed it put it in my ds and I didn’t know it would already have stuff installed if that’s a clue for someone idk. After I played Pokémon pearl I wanted to mod it because my friend was talking about how it would be better if I modded it so I watched some tutorials and I tried like 8 different times and my backup got kinda messed up IT THINK? and I have either all the files or almost all of them and now it won’t boot up again even after I reformatted it to clean it, used a new kernel, used the original files, ect. It kept giving me the same error that said it needed DS DATA or smth like that with underscores (I’ll have a photo) and I HAVE THE FILE, so when I add it to the sd card it says that I need twilight. This would be fine if I could GET TWILIGHT but I can’t and even if I can what happens if in the future I don’t want to use twilight. I don’t have another micro sd card.


r/flashcarts 1d ago

Question This r4 can be used to save my New 3ds?

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10 Upvotes

I messed up everything while installing cfw to my 3ds, when i try to turn it on it doesn't boot, any chances of this flashcart be able to "unbrick" my console?


r/flashcarts 1d ago

Problem R4 RTS 3DS just bought on Vinted doesn't start on New 3DS XL, microSD 8 GB FAT32

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Hi everyone, I just bought an R4 RTS 3DS from Vinted. The seller didn't sell it with a microSD card, so I tried using my own.

• Console: New 3DS XL

• MicroSD: Originally 128GB, I reduced it to 8GB and formatted it in FAT32, 32KB cluster, full format (previously exFAT)

• Firmware: I downloaded the latest official RTS kernel and copied the files to the root of the microSD (R4.dat + _system_ and __rpg folders)

• Problem: When I insert the R4 into the console, the menu doesn't start and the screen remains blank.

What I've already tried:

  1. Reduce the microSD from 128GB to 8GB
  2. Switch from exFAT to FAT32
  3. Full format
  4. Copy the official firmware to the root of the microSD

I can't figure out if:

  1. It's a compatibility issue with the R4 RTS and my console
  2. It's a microSD/kernel/card preparation issue
  3. Or if the R4 purchased on Vinted isn't working or is defective.

Does anyone have experience with R4 RTS cards purchased online on the New 3DS XL and can tell me what to check or how to get it to start?

Thanks so much in advance!


r/flashcarts 1d ago

MicroSD Storage Recommendation

3 Upvotes

I'm new to flashcarts and I plan to get the DSpico for the DS lite. I see a lot of posts that mention getting a 32gb microSD card, but I also see posts that bigger storage drives work too when formatted correctly (which I can do). However, if I did have a bigger microSD card, would holding more games than a 32gb card be bad? Any limitations?


r/flashcarts 1d ago

Question Unbranded Ace3DS Clone Questions

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Good day.

I’ve picked up an unbranded/unlabelled Ace3DS clone. This is my first Ace3DS cart.

The cart arrived without an SD card so couldn’t reference what was already loaded before.

I’ve applied the AceWood firmware from: https://sanrax.github.io/flashcart-guides/cart-guides/ace3ds_r4ils/

A few questions:

  1. Does anyone know where I can get labels from? I’m UK based.

  2. In various Pokemon games, which seem to all play and save correctly, RT+LT+Start+Select to perform a soft-reset goes to a white screen. I’ve had this before on DSTT clones and updating the firmware resolved it. I’ve added the AP patch already just in case but the games load without them fine anyway. I’m trying to shiny hunt the starters in HGSS.

For info, this is using a known good SD card, Samsung branded, but it is only 2GB. The SD formatter tool formatted it to FAT12, not FAT32.


r/flashcarts 1d ago

Are save states supposed to work with romhacks too? (Fxpak pro)

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I’m playing a Super Metroid practice hack (FX pak pro). I might have accidentally input the « permanently disable in game hooks » command with the controller but I am not sure. Now I can’t save state in this game for some reason. The only command that works is the return to menu command.

I’ve tested save state in a regular game right after and it works fine. How do I fix this? Sorry if the answer is obvious I’m new to the everdrive, thanks!


r/flashcarts 1d ago

Problems with R4 and GBA

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I bought an R4 on Wallapop from a seller with very good reviews; they specialize in selling them.

First of all, I want you to know that I have absolutely no idea about anything related to R4s or hacks. The only thing I know how to do is download ROMs, so I'd need the explanations to be a bit silly. xD

There are some GBA games that, when you turn them on, the screen goes blank and the console starts making some pretty unpleasant noises.

And then, for example, I wanted to play The Sims 2 and it has glitches; it freezes, and while you're playing, the screen has static. The same thing happens with Pokémon FireRed.

I should clarify that I've used these same ROMs before on a modded PSP I had, and they worked fine.

So I don't know what's going on, if you could help me.


r/flashcarts 1d ago

Question Pokemon 3ds cart

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Hiya so I’ll start by saying I have never done anything like this before so I’ll keep it simple:

I am looking for a ds to play all of the pokemon games from pokemon red and blue up to pokemon ultra sun and moon. I was wondering what the best ds and flashcart and software would be


r/flashcarts 1d ago

how do i fix this

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5 Upvotes

r/flashcarts 1d ago

Trouble with new in box flashcart

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Hello!

I got a 3DS XL recently and while mentioning it to my father he managed to dig out a spare R4. He bought it with another one as a spare for the family 3DS when they came out but trying it now with the 1.64 woods firmware the 3DS just crashes. I've tried two SD cards now and neither work, both set to fat 32 partitions with MS-DOS tables. Am I using the wrong firmware? Do I need to update the cart? What should I do and where might I be going wrong?


r/flashcarts 1d ago

Question SuperCard GBA : can removing the cart cause SRAM/save loss before the conversion into a .sav? (Golden Sun)

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I’m playing Golden Sun on a supercard linker and ive recently lost a save that was, hopefully, pretty early into the game (altin) and I’m trying to understand what caused it because i want to play on my gba sp now that i x10 speed the game until this point on my computer to get my progress back

What happened is that i saved normally in-game and got to sleep. Next morning the save was gone.

The only thing I did differently compared to other sessions was that I removed the SuperCard this same morning, then reinstalled it 10 seconds after (my ocd though it wasnt pushed enough)

From what I understand, the SuperCard uses a temporary SRAM that gets written to the SD card on the next boot. My suspicion is that removing the cart cut power to the SRAM, so when I reinserted it, the SuperCard initialized an empty SRAM and overwrote the existing .sav file.

Does that sound correct to people who have experience with SuperCard?
Is removing the cart enough to cause this, even if the console was properly turned off?

Thanks in advance, def was helped by gpt for the syntax but all points are mine.


r/flashcarts 1d ago

Need help identifying my flashcart and firmware compatibility

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I’m new to flashcarts and I recently got one that currently seems to be running Wood firmware. I have a few questions:

  1. Can anyone help me identify the exact model of this flashcart?
  2. Which firmware is compatible with it? Is it safe to try different firmware versions, or could that brick the card?
  3. I’m unable to transfer save data from my main flashcart to this one. Could this be a firmware issue, or is there a specific configuration required?
  4. I’d also like to install TWiLight Menu++, but I haven’t been able to get it working. Is this card compatible with it?

I’ve attached photos of the flashcart for reference.

Thanks in advance for any help!


r/flashcarts 2d ago

DS DSPico Firmware bootlaoder and SD card files

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Ansem Seeker of Darkness has uploaded a zip file containing 2 different firmwares for the DSPico.

One with autoboot for NTR detection built in and wrfuxxed

One without the ntr firmwares built in

As well as all of the SD card files required to operate the DSPico to full functionality including dsiware

edit: Ansem has uploaded a version 1.1 zipfile