EZ-Flash Parallel - Nintendo DS Flash Card (All Games for $30?) - Adam Koralik
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- Опубликовано: 13 сен 2024
- It's Adam Koralik here and today we're discussing the EZ-Flash Parallel Nintendo DS Flash Card. Basically, this is a cheap flash cartridge that allows the user to play most Nintendo DS games with nothing more than an SD card and a ROM file. Let's talk about it!
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It hurts to see the DS Phat referred to as old and dated looking. When I got it in 04 it felt so robust and classy. That was before i had ever seen a PSP.
Adam, With the DS turning 20 in 2024, I'm reminded of an incident a few weeks ago, when I went to Burger King with my niece + nephew. There is a playground at this Burger King, because the building used to be a McDonald's. Anyhow, Instead of where the ballpit should be, there were 8 kiosks, not just any kiosks, mind you. These were SEGA Dreamcast kiosks, each with 2 controllers plugged in. I have no idea why this 1 particular Burger King has 8 SEGA Dreamcast kiosks with 16 controllers 25 YEARS after the console originally launched, but hey, it doesn't hurt to teach kids a little history, right?
Bizarre.
@@AdamKoralik Very Bizarre, like you seeing a wall of Vectrexes in a U.K. gameshop!
That is odd but really cool that a burger King out of all things would have it
@@GeorgeRobertson69 Yeah it surprised me that my 8 year old niece knew what a Dreamcast was! Even more so that she played a bit of Sonic Adventure 1 & was surprisingly good at it!
@@joeyparkhill8751 I'm surprised that she knew what it was I have older cousins that thought the genesis/megadrive was the only Sega console
What a great time to be alive . It’s so awesome that there are options for everyone to game with all sorts of budgets.
If you know how to look around you can get something cheaper, but if it's not in your comfort zone the EZ-Flash Parallel doesn't seem like a bad choice. The GBA carts have been pretty decent so this one seems to follow suit in the quality.
I like the micro SD slot location a lot, since being on that side makes it not visible when slotted in the DS. No need to worry about the card being moved around while it's in there.
My old R4 fell to the time bomb in it, I could get another one really cheap but this seems pretty neat though. More options are always nice and it seems to be working well so far.
November 2004 was a good month as we got Godzilla Final Wars & the DS in that month! Fun fact my 1st Toho Godzilla film i saw in theaters! Looks like i need to get a EZ-Flash Parallel for my 3DS! As that is what i bring when i travel now a days. Even in the hay day of the 3DS it seemed like Nintendo was turning out more DS games, so i am very much use to playing DS games on my 3DS.
It's awesome that you're looking at DS games and systems now it is my favorite gaming device so these videos are neat
Just change the date on the DD or 3ds if it is past the date on the R4 and it will work
Sure. Nice to have that not be necessary though.
I used to have a EZ Flash V years ago. This cart is lookin real nice. The FPGA is a nice addition.
The FPGA is mostly marketing. Basically almost every ds flashcart has always used either a CPLD or an FPGA.
@@nepnep6894 Yes. But, it might open up some additional options should they ever decide to take advantage of it (they probably won't, but one can hope.)
A DS Flash Card, neat... That's all I got. Thanks Adam.
"DS independent" scene? More like DSi-scene!
I bought this specifically to backup my games and saves, especially for my GBA, as well as homebrew.
Ya, I have the R4. Some games crash, though, like Pokemon Black and White or Etrian Odysee III.
Turns out that I have a R4 clone, but either way, I may end up buying the ez flash instead. Even if it costs more, it looks more reliable for the long-term
Cool. A great and not expensive option for those who want to play the whole DS library in one place with original physical hardware instead of going emulation on PC or Steam Deck
Or android phone or iphone. Those probably come the closest since they are handhelds as well and samsungs in particular with the spen stylus. Also some emulators are super accurate. Like new 3ds is supposed to be native snes capable yet it cant even run a quarter of what snes9x or bsnes can run which each have 95 and 100 percent compatibility by the way. Not to include retroarch which allows me to play mario land just as well as a virtual console version on my new 3ds with no input lag. But despite it all i get it physical and native is still great and some just dont care about emulators because of the perception its fake which is definitely not true lol. But not too many are that knowledgeable about what a emulators true point is. As for 3ds i think its a system that should be considered having the actual console cause even tho 3ds emulation has got alot better its not stabile or good to the point of how ds or gba emulation is.
The FPGA used in the Parallel cart only has 8,640 Logic Elements, a size so small that it's probably being used to simulate the hardware that used to be used on older model flash carts. It just doesn't have the oomph for anything else.
What is does have is the ability to reduce manufacturing costs for EZ-Flash by reducing the total number of parts required to be soldered onto their flashcart. It also makes it easier for them to remotely reconfigure or patch the cart hardware itself via firmware updates. A lot of electronics manufacturers go the FPGA route just for that purpose.
In other words, no it's not going to be used to emulate anything outside of that and there's nothing really to see here. That said, I own one and it works just fine. It lives in a DS Lite and is just used for DS games.
I remember back when I got my R4i3DS and how exciting it was to play any DS game I wanted; those were good times/days.
i just took out my new 2ds yesterday and your video pops up. lol
I was using Acekard 2i for literally over a decade but it looks like it might finally be having issues due to the pins being worn out.
But I love EZ Flash for their work on GBA so as soon as I learned about this, I ordered away. Cartridge looks so cool.
I love all my e-flash products, the developer usualy does great things. The ez-flash omega DE is amazing. So when I saw they made the parallel I bought instantly. I'm already happy with the build quality if the developer does something better later I will just be more happy. XD
I'm very intrigued to see what they do with that FPGA chip in the future.
I had one and man I played so many games on my r4. Those were the days.
Been replacing my consoles with ODE versions and getting Everdrives for my cartridge consoles. I cant be bothered to collect games anymore and the prices are insane. Plus at the end of the day i just want to play the games on real hardware.
My experience with this flash cards firmware has been horrible, really hope major updates come and fix so many issues I have had like some games just not working, white screens. pokemon games crashing and the sleep function not even working. For now I'll stick to my R4 with twilight menu 🙃
How does battery life compare between the two? I've heard that the EZ Flash seems to use less power compared to the R4
@@melting0 compared to my R4 I definitely feel my dsi xl lasted a little longer with the ez flash so I really hope the ez flash team put out major fixes for the really bad issues it has
I have a bootleg Pokemon cart that serves as a flash cart, but the games don't work well on it.
Nintendo Ninja's Unleash the DMCA!
That would make the EZ flash the Giordanos of DS flash carts 🤣
Got to love the COBs. Chip On Board, it's because the silicon inside of the chip is directly connected to the board instead of inside of a plastic package like the classic "chip". Hopefully this will help you remember the name. :-)
As someone that used a datel games n magic for homebrew? the DS honestly had an amazing homebrew scene way back when. So, seeing something with actual build quality behind it? Even if the FPGA doens't give exanded functionality? Still cool.
Didnt touch on the fact that it makes your ds screen and audio strobe on and off while the lid is shut. Its a known bug they havent fixed yet, it is basically a broken product as of now
Can't say I ran into that, thus making it impossible for me to report on.
I do find a geniunely good use of that FPGA chip is GBC emulation on the Phat, because the shift pre RGB colors actually work for the more watercolor aesthetic of many GBC games.
Standard DS flashcarts can work just fine for GBC emulation though
Adam rules Dreamcast since 1999
In 1998 it was some Japanese guy.
Next Christmas DS can drink legally.
I remember growing Up I was pretty poor to the point even $10 was too much for a new game. When the R4 became a thing, for Christmas that year, I showed my mom tons of videos, pictures and forum posts with proof it's real and told her I would never need to get any expensive games ever again. The more videos and pictures she saw, the more she was convinced that third world bootleggers were posting all these as a grand conspiracy to trick people like me.
I got a scratched GameCube copy of Sonic Heroes instead.
I just tried out CXBX Reloaded, and downloaded and converted a Mechassault ISO into a folder with files including the XBE since CXBX doesn't run ISOs like Xemu does. I installed the DLC as well, and low and behold-I was running Mechassault+DLC in 640x480 30fps... Mostly, turns out the NVS 2100M (at least in DX9 emulation) runs about the same as an OG Xbox.
Adam, what's your stripped tabletop made of? Is it a textile of sorts? My eyes could be deceiving me but I feel it bunches up at times throughout the video which would be consistent with my hypothesis. btw, good video.
It's just a tablecloth.
I like the Nintendo DS and 3DS, i got a light blue Nintendo DS lite a month ago because so i can use it to play gameboy advance games i got with pokemon sapphire gameboy advance, brain training 1 and 2, nicktoons attack of toy bots, i have Nintendo DS lite, Pink carol Nintendo 3DS and red and white Nintendo 2ds, i do play one of the professor layton games on it its about solving puzzles and mysterys i definitely recommend the game they are very good and also the nickelodeon spongebob games
this seems neat! the patches sound a little like what you had to do to get discs to run via freemcboot over on PS2? will have to show this to the wife for any DS games she might've missed out on.
I don't recall PS2 patches.
@@AdamKoralik oh just for burned games on PS2 since it was exploiting the DVD playback
Idk how feasible it would be, but using that FPGa to be able to play 3ds games on a 3ds would be the dream
Hi Adam quick question. Comparing this to playing roms by modding your DS, which is better? Does this just enable you to add randomized or cheat in some games for example? I got into modding Wii’s for family n friends last year, this is my next venture lol
I don't have a modded DS so unfortunately I can't compare.
EZ Flash Parallel I could not get to auto-load Twilight Menu ++ but you can manually run it after starting the card. With R4s I prefer to load right to Twilight Menu ++. Hoping they update the software soon.
The EZ Flash Parallel has already been abandoned by the developers and it has a serious bug where sleep mode is broken and you can't close the DS lid. The EZ Flash Parallel was hyped up by the big RUclipsrs and it has been quickly forgotten ever since.
I traded the big one in.
My DS lite hing broke. Why.
I feel bad. DS lite screen is brighter and better.
Now i am upset i traded it in. How was i suppose to know.
You should review the stargate 3DS flash card
Still really want the gba flash cart from these guys but I hear it drains the system battery like nobody’s business, which is an especially big problem on the game boy micro.
I had some of the timed R4 cards. So annyoing, I think I payed more for all no more running R4s I got together then I payed for the EZ flash parallel...
i got the R4i Gold 3DS RTS the one that post to allow you to easy homebrew your 3ds and connect to the wii. not sure about this one i guess its good if you just wanted to play ds games and only ds games. i have a 400gb sd in mine
You cant update a BLOB but you can update an FPGA.
Correct.
Back in the day official release max dock datel action replay with flash cart you and Rom on it nes, SNES ,gen,and later some ds games updated ,neogeo
why would I pay 150+ for evercade over this? I really dont understand why evercade is so expensive
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Fpga might be big later down the line
Figure it out productions. That's legit. Sometimes i am there stumped.
r4 has a timebomb on it though
hype.
dstwo still rulez
Yo ho yo ho a pirate's life it be
I MIGHT look into somthing like this if it came preloaded with everything. That being said I would like to actually own the game instead and i dont want to have to click on some foreign text cart, scroll through a bunch of game files, try and find out if they work right, if not click some cheat option, yadda yadda yadda. I just want to play and own the game. So I cant get into these
Adam, I think you should be ashamed of yourself for not mentioning the major shortcoming of this EZ Flash Parallel and that’s the lack of sleep mode in DS games. This EZ Flash Parallel is the WORST flash card to get for the Nintendo DS. That’s why it’s hard to trust you as a reviewer.
I'm unfamiliar with that particular issue, had I known, I obviously would have mentioned it.
Do you have another option? Serious question, not talking smack.
its cool but you can do waaaaaaaaay better and cheaper then this card you just gotta research what card you want
this DOES NOT SUPPORT GAMES THAT HAVE TRADING MECHANICS SO NO POKEMON FOR YOU
but this has the better option of being lazy and not needing to deal with time bombed cards
the main downside to this card is that it dosnt exactly fit very nice in a dsi/xl and 3ds and friends
i can only make DS games work XD
What else are you trying?
@@AdamKoralik was trying for GBA/GBC/NES/SNES