How to download NDS game into R4 Revolution?
Tags: Download, kernel, NDS, Nintendo, R4
Do you own a Nintendo DS Lite? How many games do you have? Are you paid for any games?
Let me share how I can have a free game download. How to download NDS game into R4 Revolution?
1. Search for the NDS rom torrent download either in google.com or yahoo.com as your preference.
2. Download NDS rom using bit torrent software. Personally I preferred Deluge or Azureus.
3. Normally you will download .rar files and each .rar represent one game. It's depend on the torrent that you have download.
4. Open your Windows Explorer.
5. Right click and extract your .rar file. Make sure your have Winrar or any related software for unzip purpose.
6. Connect your R4 Revolution Micro SD memory card into PC MicroSD connector and connect to your computer USB drive. For example, I have drive H: connected as below:
7. Copy Nintendo DS game file extension .nds into your Micro SD memory card.
8. Safely remove your Micro SD Memory Card and connect your R4 into Nintendo DS.
9. Turn on your Nintendo DS and choose your new game.
10. Congratulations! You're done.
Note: Using an illegal game are prohibited and use at your own risk.
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December 27th, 2007 at 10:02 am
what do you do if when you open a RAR file, it contains multiple RAR files, and each one contains an .nds file. which one should i use?
December 27th, 2007 at 4:10 pm
Normally each “.nds” file represent one single NDS game. Just copy to your into your memory card will do. By then you should be able to see the game name(as .nds) display in your NDS.
December 28th, 2007 at 10:04 pm
What happen if after we copy the game to the sd card, and after we start the game it says, the saved data could not be read. Please turn off the power and re insert the game.
This happens to all the games that I downloaded.
December 28th, 2007 at 11:41 pm
Maureen, I’m not sure. Probably your downloaded files may corrupted.
December 29th, 2007 at 6:46 am
So if the file I download is already a .nds file then it is ready for transfering onto the DS R4?
December 29th, 2007 at 7:37 am
where could i buy an r4 revolution card cheaply as possible.
December 29th, 2007 at 9:44 am
Boonester, yes. Just copy over to DS R4.
Dale,I purchased in one of the shop in Malaysia.
December 29th, 2007 at 11:27 am
hey im back and no all the different nds files were for the same game so i think the issue has something to do with unzipping volumes.
i also have the same problem as maureen even though i download several different versions of the games that dont work and instead display the message “saved data could not be read. Please turn off the power and re insert the game.” i think the problem is not with the file itself but with the R4 chip. most of the games that didnt work on the chinese version of the R4 (the one i have) work perfectly on the english version of the R4.
December 30th, 2007 at 12:23 pm
If you found an error message during new loading ” Can’t find the SAV for this file. Do you want to create it?”, please select OK(A) to continue. Basically SAV file is your history save game file.
December 30th, 2007 at 5:53 pm
Hey! I have problems on unzipping the games i hav download, what software should i use??
December 31st, 2007 at 5:50 pm
Probably you may check out NDS Download here:
http://www.planetlowyat.com/blog/tag/nds/
December 31st, 2007 at 5:51 pm
Wirdo, I used WINRAR for Windows box.
January 2nd, 2008 at 9:43 am
Hey,..
I found the answer to why it says saved data could not be read. That means the games are a new games and you need to upgrade your R4 operating systems. You can download the latest version of the operating systems for a website.. ( i just google R4 operationg system.) and then unzip it and save it in your r4 card. when it says data already exist, replace them. Then you have an updated operating system on your r4 card. then the new games will work.
January 2nd, 2008 at 9:46 am
the latest version is 1.14
January 4th, 2008 at 11:49 pm
Refer from NOOB…. Can anybody tell me how can i differentiate between the chineese version of R4 and the one with the english version?
January 6th, 2008 at 4:41 pm
Dude, please check How to upgrade R4 Kernel”: http://www.planetmy.com/blog/how-to-upgrade-r4-kernel
February 1st, 2008 at 11:25 am
Keep unzip the rar file until you get xxx.nds file, that’s the file that you need to transfer into your Mircro SD memory card, finally insert your Micro SD memory card into R4 and input it into the nds card slot.
February 18th, 2008 at 1:41 am
I’m Selling Nintendo DS Games, over than 600 titles…
check it out http://zonagadget.blogspot.com/2008/02/nintendo-ds-games-software-for-sale.html
March 27th, 2008 at 6:02 am
why are you selling these games Adi lol … as there are over 50 sites that a FREE and have over 2300 titles available lol …
So no one will buy from you when they can get them free free free free free
April 10th, 2008 at 9:44 am
when i was done downloading the games i decided to test it out. when i pressed games it had the games i downloaded but the picture was a folder and it said directory on all of the games. i dont know what to do!
April 11th, 2008 at 12:30 am
ok mate first of all .. On ur micro SD card you should have
moonshell (folder)
_system_ (folder)
_DS_MENU.DAT (file)
_DS_MSHL.NDS (file)
Ok now create a folder Named (Games)
Now on ur pc all the games you have downloaded either unzip or unrar then put them all into a folder so they look something like
call of duty 4.nds
when you have done this to all ur games copy them to ur games folder on ur micro SD.
start ur DS and select games and you will now see all ur games listed on the upper screen . Scroll down with the Dpad and then press A or tap the game icon to start the game .. there we go .The DS will ask you to create a save file for each game when you first start the game , Select yes and there you go.
April 11th, 2008 at 8:55 am
thank you soo much MinefieD! but how do you unzip your file?
April 11th, 2008 at 9:01 am
nvm,i got it. lol. i guess it was easy after all. a littl.lol. took me 3 days.
April 11th, 2008 at 9:07 am
when you copy your .nds file, do u copy it in your r4 or in the games folder?
June 27th, 2008 at 3:03 pm
If I D/L a game that unzips to a folder containing .nds, .diz and .ndo files do I need to put a) the whole folder, b) all three files, or c) just the .nds file on my R4?
June 27th, 2008 at 3:06 pm
Sorry about the typo - that should say “.nfo”, not “.ndo”
June 29th, 2008 at 8:37 pm
juz place .nds file will make it fine….
later, when u run the file a .sav file will be created automatically as ur save file.
July 10th, 2008 at 3:25 pm
my ds game always comes up saying save data could not be found. please switch off and re insert the game. what shall i do?
July 16th, 2008 at 4:41 am
so how long does this whole process take? i download my games off of mini nova, and it takes HOURS. i just wanna know because i dont want to have to wait that long anymore, and some of the games on my R4 are..eh. oh yeah, and how do you get the “cheats” on there?
July 16th, 2008 at 4:42 am
oh, and what i mean by “cheats” is the button at the bottom where you can click all the codes you want on it.
July 17th, 2008 at 9:21 pm
for the problem of games not saving , i would reformat the microsd card after saving ur game of course and then installing the new r4 firmware onto it , i think the firmware is upto 1.18 now . Iv never tried the cheats mate but i will find out for you .
Post on forums at http://www.digital-xchange.co.uk a few of my mates have just signed upto that, its not busy like but they all start somewhere.
July 18th, 2008 at 10:52 am
i just got a R4 but i don’t know what i need to make it work. firstly when i went to the r4 web site. i tried to follow the instructions but the r4 didn’t even come with the cd. i don’t have the _DS_MENU.DAT, _DS_MSHL.NDS and the moonshell folder thingy. currently i am clueless. if anyone is so kind to help me send all Those Necessary stuff to my email: glitteringshrine@yahoo.com so i can just download all the links you give me to my r4 will make it so much easier.
PLease Help i am sooo desperate
July 18th, 2008 at 11:36 am
i just got a R4 but i don’t know what i need to make it work. firstly when i went to the r4 web site. i tried to follow the instructions but the r4 didn’t even come with the cd. i don’t have the _DS_MENU.DAT, _DS_MSHL.NDS and the moonshell folder thingy. currently i am clueless. if anyone is so kind to help me send all Those Necessary stuff to my email: undefined so i can just download all the links you give me to my r4 will make it so much easier.
PLease Help i am sooo desperate
July 18th, 2008 at 11:48 am
where can i download_DS_MENU.DAT, _DS_MSHL.NDS
July 18th, 2008 at 9:25 pm
You can get the necessary stuff to make it work here:
http://www.r4ds.com/download-en.htm
July 18th, 2008 at 11:27 pm
i have all the files needed except the DS_MSHL.NDS file. can anyone just send me that file to my email? because i don’t have the time to bother and find it. my email ( heatherfeilds@gmail.com)
July 19th, 2008 at 12:20 pm
how do you unRAR a file?
July 21st, 2008 at 7:06 pm
joyce: you can get it here - http://www.r4ds.com/download-en.htm
aurora: RAR is just a compression format - it should decompress when you try to open it, or you may need to use something like stuffit expander.
July 30th, 2008 at 3:56 am
Hi, I have an R4 with a micro SD memory Card which has games on it. If I want to download my own games onto a different memory card what do i need to do?? I have downloaded games thro utorrent and unzipped them with winrar…..is this correct???? When I copy the game onto new SD card & insert it into DS it says DS menu dat not found. Could someone please help me out with where i get this menu from and how to get it onto sd card. Thx Claire
July 30th, 2008 at 12:09 pm
I just got my R4 Card. And I go to the webpage for the software and all I get is an error. Does anyone have the software already downloaded that you can just zip and e-mail me? Please say yes and I will get my e-mail address to you. Please help. A desperate artist who wants to get Colors! up and running.
July 30th, 2008 at 10:23 pm
Joshua - I’ve put it on megaupload: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=Q6NCDGGD
Claire - you need to load the kernel (above) onto the memory card.
August 17th, 2008 at 7:26 pm
Hi Guys,
My son bought one of the r4 cards from thailand recently and starting his pwn downloading and palying on to the card.No problem exept he decided to delete some games and it would seem some important files we need to boot the games.He now only gets the menu options instead of loading the actual games.Can I download the needed files anywhere and what are there names,extensions.
Thnks
Frank
August 17th, 2008 at 8:14 pm
Hi again guys,
To elaborate a bit more. I quizzed my boy as to what exactly it was he deleted and by his description it was a little yellow disk wih a triangle inside.He said he clicked on it and it counted to 10 then done nothing else so he assumed it was a useless file,this then caused the failure of the games to boot up in the nintendo lite ds.
I have downloaded the files as suggested here - kernel4 and moonshell folders,added them to the chip all to no avail. Now when I transfered files from the original chip to another (with games) I needed to have one of the files lying outside of the folder in order to get the machine to boot the games,however I have forgotten what file that was,can anyone perhaps point me in the right direction here.I hope I have explained enough here.
Regards
Frank
August 19th, 2008 at 3:04 pm
How do you stop the game and play something else? Do you always have to turn it off and back on?
August 19th, 2008 at 9:55 pm
yes very stupid NDS
August 21st, 2008 at 10:00 pm
i am new to the R4 ds software and i have read every thing pervious to this message but i am still confused on were to get the games i want for free could anyone help me or point me in the right direction via email or this board. thanks in advance
August 23rd, 2008 at 9:52 am
when i just got my r4 for my ds i downloaded some games inserted into my ds then turn it on, and it says there is no ds card inserted. PLEASE HELP
August 23rd, 2008 at 7:30 pm
The kernels needed to run the R4 can be found here:
http://r4ds.cn/download/r4.html
August 27th, 2008 at 3:09 am
i love these things but whitch site?
August 30th, 2008 at 6:01 am
I’ve done everything instructed above, however when I turn on the DS, it just says “loading” and doesn’t do anything else.
August 31st, 2008 at 8:27 pm
I’m new to the R4 cards for the ds. some downloads don’t appear to have an NDS file to copy onto the card. they have sfv and rar. how do i get these to work?
September 2nd, 2008 at 4:54 am
can anyone suggest any sites were i can download only the games i want directly not through a torrent
September 2nd, 2008 at 11:37 am
Hi guys,
I was trying to update the kernel for my lil bro’s r4. I tried using the r4ds.cn site for the english kernels… however… i realized that my lil bro’s is a chinese r4. I was wondering, where can i find a chinese kernel or a method to fix it. (I’m fine w/ using a chinese kernel cuz i can read chinese.)
Thanks!
September 2nd, 2008 at 11:38 am
new2r4ds,
i found a good site today
courtesy of my friends…
http://www.nds-roms.com
enjoy!
September 2nd, 2008 at 12:11 pm
Sorry, I found out how to fix my problem!
Here’s the link as to what to do:
http://ehsia.com/nintendo-ds/howto/r4-chinese-english
byes!
September 2nd, 2008 at 12:13 pm
Sorry, I found out how to fix my problem. It turns out I just needed a patch. All the instructions can be found here:
http://ehsia.com/nintendo-ds/howto/r4-chinese-english
new2r4ds,
I use http://www.nds-roms.com enjoy!
September 2nd, 2008 at 9:40 pm
can anyone tell me what I’m doing wrong…. I’ve done everything that people have mentioned above but only get “LOADING”. No game ever plays from the ones I have downloaded… please HELP! email me at:
gmcmahon@businessinteriors.com if you know what I need to do!!!!!!
September 2nd, 2008 at 9:42 pm
try ROM-FREAKs.net for games
September 2nd, 2008 at 10:12 pm
Ruth - a .rar is a compressed file. Use an unzipping program to open it and the .nds file should be in there.
GAM, if you have the kernels and the nds files loaded, all I can think of is to erase the micro sd then start from scratch - there could be a corrupted file somewhere.
September 3rd, 2008 at 11:48 pm
Thanks Lily, I’ve downloaded an unzipper and finally figured out how to do it!
Cheers.
September 4th, 2008 at 1:11 am
GAM it could be the games you are getting if you are getting them off of rom-freaks because i have gotten 10 games from there and none of them work yet i can run games from another site i have found
http://www.ds-downloads.com/organs/roms.php
try some games from here
September 10th, 2008 at 10:21 am
hi, i need some help… i purchased an NDS for my niece and the guy at the shop loaded in games to the R4 card. Problem is when I select a game, there is no option to exit. it goes around in a loop and i need to power off in order to go back to the games listing again. anyone can help me with this? i think its kinda silly to be turning the unit off everytime i want to exit a game. please help!
September 10th, 2008 at 11:56 am
It is a normal thing. really….
juz only some cases if the game can enable its ’soft reset’ function then it is another story.
so, don’t worry bout that….
September 13th, 2008 at 8:30 pm
i want to play my ds game and it say ds menu data can not be found.please i want u people to help me
September 13th, 2008 at 8:33 pm
i want to play my ds game and it say ds menu data can not be found.please i want u people to help me.send me the solution.
September 14th, 2008 at 6:08 pm
HELP! - I’ve got an R4 and it’s all working perfectly except it’s not saving game data (I create the saved game files as I’m told to when prompted). Anyone have any ideas what’s going wrong?
September 15th, 2008 at 2:55 pm
hi im having a problem with a few games like carnival games ds when ever i load the game it goes to the language screen i choose a language and it says the ’saved data cannot be read please turn of the ds and reinsert the cartridge and try again’ i do but it just keeps saying it can some one help
September 20th, 2008 at 4:16 pm
my screen keeps saying loading…when i insert the card
September 20th, 2008 at 10:21 pm
i’ve followed the steps for upgrading the kernels (copied .Dat & .nds). however, when i switch on the DS, it says “system is not compatiable”, what’s happening here???
September 24th, 2008 at 12:12 am
I have managed to put all my games onto my ds but am finding that when i want to exit a game, the only way to do this is to power off and then back on, my question is does anyone else find that it takes quite a while for the ds to load???
September 24th, 2008 at 4:07 am
i had that problem before, it is the amount of games you have on ur cartridge. if you remove some it should work fine
September 24th, 2008 at 7:13 pm
i have bought an r4 for my son and have 3 days b4 his birthday to have it working…
it came without the disc… i have no clue wat to do..please help x
September 24th, 2008 at 10:44 pm
Maxine, you need a Micro SD memory card (from the mobile phone section at an electronics/phone store), you need to download the kernels (try http://r4ds.cn/download/r4.html) and games from a torrent site and put them on the Micro SD card using a USB adapter to plug it into your computer.
October 2nd, 2008 at 2:12 pm
Thanks for ur info, very helpful. good.
October 4th, 2008 at 4:49 pm
Every time I download a game it’s corrupted.
What do I do?
October 4th, 2008 at 5:54 pm
Nathan, it could be the site you’re using. I’ve heard bad reports about a lot of the NDS D/L sites. Try a torrent site like isohunt.
October 5th, 2008 at 6:56 am
thanks lily
October 5th, 2008 at 7:54 am
but my games always worked on the same website till now
October 5th, 2008 at 3:28 pm
Hey billy jones
what you have to do is keep on re inserting the R4 until it works
October 8th, 2008 at 4:20 am
what do u mean by “Copy Nintendo DS game file extension .nds into your Micro SD memory card. “
October 14th, 2008 at 1:29 am
Hi,
Can any1 help me. I just bought a new red DS lite console and my old R4 unit with games inserted shows no DS card. R4 games is fine with my old DS lite console.
October 18th, 2008 at 9:20 pm
Hi i am new i have just purchased a ds and i am wanting to get the disk that has over 2000 games i would like to download it somewhere instead of having to buy it from some where, i have looked everywhere and cannot seem to find it, i would love some help please of a link wherei can download the torrent. Thanks heaps in advance… Carlie
October 23rd, 2008 at 7:08 pm
so whenever I save its a text document…
can someone help me..
How can I turn it back to normal?
How can I turn it into a .nds file?
October 24th, 2008 at 12:04 am
i need help T_T
Im trying to download games from websites. and whenever i downloaded a game and tried to unzip it. It keep says that “unexpected ran of achieve/ file might be unknown or damaged”.. can anyone tell me what should i do? I just got my DS and i dont even have a game T_T
Please introduce me some cool website for games as well..Thanks=)
October 24th, 2008 at 2:16 am
where can i find free websites to donload games onto my R4 ?
October 24th, 2008 at 3:45 pm
does it matter if you download a text document and if it does.. how do you change it back to normal?
October 28th, 2008 at 6:24 pm
basically, there’s this game i wanna play, whenever i run it, it says ‘cannot run SAV file’ or something like that;
i’ve got the newest R4 kernel and it still doesn’t run.
can someone help me ?
October 31st, 2008 at 7:51 am
Hi megann, basically SAV file is the game that you have been save. Try delete SAV file and start again.
October 31st, 2008 at 9:24 pm
hi megann
you have a very litte problem,send me some mails with this email i.d. osasekhator@gmail.com
so that i can tell you what to do next with your ds.have a nice day
November 8th, 2008 at 10:14 pm
Help please I have downloaded all the softwre and all I get is Loading….Loading….Loading for ever.
Someone said to delete and try a different version but that has not worked. Can anyone help and send me a link to correct this. Email address is thetheo.nicolaou@yahoo.co.uk Thanks guys.
November 9th, 2008 at 6:17 pm
hi I have downloaded a game for my son onto his new R4 this is all up and running - however I went back to try and download other day onto it and after extracting nds file when I try to copy it over it say ‘ write protected’ can anyone help!! Thanks
November 10th, 2008 at 4:24 pm
Hi! ive been having the same problem as Theo above. I have just recently bought an R4 and I have downloaded the recent kernell and all i get is loading. It doesnt load and i have tried 3 versions so im not too sure about whats wrong with it if anyone knows can you please post the answer? Thanks
November 13th, 2008 at 2:47 am
yeah i have the same problem as Jessica’s, whenever I put any version of the new R4 updates and all I see is Loading.. I couldn’t even get to the menu.. please someone tell me what to do?
November 14th, 2008 at 3:19 am
Theo, Jessica and UKboy90, you may all have the same problem. What I mean by that is; you may well all have re-badged N5 cards. The N5 are notorious for the problems you are having.
My best advice is take the card back to where you bought it and get them to exchange it for a true R4.
November 15th, 2008 at 3:12 am
hi ive got new r4 card and its driving me mad ive done the operation etc…. when i put it in my ds before even get to game screen it comes up error while loadin please help ive gone through it over and over dont know what am doin wrong.
November 15th, 2008 at 3:36 am
hi just clicked onto game i choose and its came up no support adapter please help what hav i done wrong .
November 16th, 2008 at 6:41 am
I have copied the new version 1.21 on to the sd card for my R4 but it comes up saying loading. I have deleted it and started again with no success. Please help before I lose the plot.
November 18th, 2008 at 5:14 am
everytime i try to extract this happens:
Windows Diagnostic Messages
! C:\Users\Chen\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Low\Content.IE5\D508J2B3\2904_Pokemon_Ranger_Shadows_of_Almia_NDS-VENOM[1].zip: Cannot open C:\Users\Chen\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Low\Content.IE5\D508J2B3\2904_Pokemon_Ranger_Shadows_of_Almia_NDS-VENOM[1].zip
! The system cannot find the file specified.
Help PLEASE
November 20th, 2008 at 5:52 am
i ave jus got r4 package with out cd !!!
wot to do i dunno !!!??
please assit me wid ur elp
true londoner
peace