
The Nintendo DS by itself is a really great gaming system. But add an R4 DS card to the mix, and a whole slew of homebrew programmers, and you have a handheld console.
1) Lemmings DS - THE Classic strategy and mind game is back.Come, amazing gameplay, mixed with Strategy!
Lemmings was truly a trend setting game and probably set the stage for many of todays puzzle / strategy games. It went on to spawn version for the Commodore 64 at the time, as well the PC computers. I honestly think this game set the stage for many of todays classic strategy / brain games. All 120 of the original Amiga levels have been carefully redone for the Nintendo DS.So you get every single, identical stage/level originally created for the Amiga computer, and later the C64 computer as well.A must have game for anyone that loves funny, classic style games.
2) Quake DS - While not the first - it really is the orignal FPS game!
The original and must have version of Quake for the PC - one of the first games that set the bar for FPS games.Can’t really say anything else about it. Probably THE game that started the First person shooter genre.And now, it’s available as a FREE download for your Nintendo DS so long as you have an R4 DS Card too.Masterfully re-created for the Nintendo DS, DS Lite and the new Nintendo DSi system.
3) xRick is the remake / conversion of one of the best classic platform games on the Amiga computer and now you can enjoy it on your NDS / DSi console
One of those classic games that you can’t seem to shake and have to play ove and over.Put xRick on your Nintendo DS and start playing one of the best side scroller / platform game every made. Rick Dangerous was probably one of the most popular side scrolling games of it’s time, right niext to Giana Sisters. Anyone that didn’t own a Nintendo DS, had either one, or both, of these games as an alternative. Side Scrolling adventure game taken to the max.Great graphics (for the time), absolutely challenging and not to mention, loads of fun!
4) DS Linux - A Portable Computer in the palm of your hands
Ah yes, DS Linux. Before cards like the R4 DS Card, it was unimaginable for us to be able to load linux onto a system that fit in the palm of our hands.While there are several ports of this even for linux and differend game systems, you can’t really truly enjoy it that way you can with an R4 DS in your NDS because of the amazing touch game play.Because you can use the NS Stylus as a mouse, just as you would use it on your PC you truly do get the sam benefit of loading all of your favorite games and apps, etc… Rigth on your Nintendo DS lite system.With the R4 DS you can really take Linux to a whole new platform. If you have a Nintendo DSi, then you’ll need the R4i SDHC version of the R4 DS Card.
5) ScummVM - Your point and click solution to the best point and Click Games!
If you’re a fan, past or present, of point and click adventure games such as Monkey Island, Beneath a Steel Sky, and others, then you must have ScummVM DS.ScummVM is the ScummVM project. The ScummVM project is an attempt to re-engineer many classic point and click adventure games of the 80s and 90s to run on modern computer hardware. Games and Game system technology has changed tremendously since these games were released and as such, ScummVM tried (successfully) to replicate the gameplay of the original game in their true classic form. ScummVM, unlike many emulator project or rather, remakes of games, actually does need the original classic game so that it can use the graphics and sounds from the original. ScummVM was written and coded in a manner that quickly and easily allows it to be ported from one operation system / machine to the next.
And that’s the roundup for this week.In the coming weeks I will review and talk about some of the best emulators of classic computers and game systems - that you can actually play and use with your Nintendo DS
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