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[Troglodyte]

Are there shops in Seoul that buy and sell second hand game cartridges for Nintendo Gameboy and DS?

Most cities in the States and in Europe have shops that buy and sell them. Are there shops like that here?

I remember quite a few years ago when I was in Busan it was possible to buy bootleg games from China at some stores. They were cheaper than the official ones and sometimes they had 2 or 3 games on a single cartridge. Are there shops that sell those in Seoul still?

[SMOE NSET]

Sure, go to Yongsan and ask for a R4 chip.

Go home and find a rom download site.
Download to your heart's content and then add to said chip.
Play.

[djswayde]

Actually, the firmware for the original R4 hasn't been officially updated in years. Look up something on Google called Wood R4 (it's firmware) and it lets you play many of the newest games (something that the latest official R4 can't do). I got an R4 many years ago, got frustrated at the lack of firmware updates, got Wood R4, and now I'm playing all the latest games.

[HalfJapanese]

CycloDS Evolution is a better cart than R4, it's firmware is updated more frequently.

Forum: http://www.teamcyclops.com/forum/

FirmWare Update Threads: http://www.teamcyclops.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?s=7adf0ffc5dfd6ed8e77f65058cb79638&f=16

Enjoy.[/img]

[reactionary]

you're not gonna have a wide range of choices on different cards from yongsan so take all the "this one is the best" comments with a grain of salt unless you want to order online.

in my case, the thing says 'r4' but is actually DS-TT - i haven't touched my DS in nearly a year but it was reasonably updated and played any ds game worth playing at the time (which i guess was GTA chinatown wars)

[Troglodyte]

Can you buy knock off replicas of game cartriges in Yongsan?

I know about the R4 cards but I'm thinking of getting some game cartridges for a child. His parents don't like him playing certain genre of games on the computer (particularly violent games). I don't think they'd like for him to be able to put games on the DS that they haven't checked out first. With the computer, it's relatively easy for them to see if he installs something new. It might be hard for them to monitor what game ROMs he copies to an R4 card.

I was also hoping to find some of the games that use rumble packs (or GBA games that have them built in) or the DS slider pack. I remember that there used to be a game for the GBA that had a little gyroscope in it that measured how much you tilted or moved the GBA and used that in game play. It was years ago that I saw it but it was really cool.

I might get an R4 card for myself though. I tried to find one at the game shops back home but no one sold them. Some of the sales people knew about them but no one had actually seen one for sale.

[DorkothyParker]

I am simply confused that this wonderkid knows how to find and install compatible games to an R4 but is incapable of distinguishing between fantasy violence in a video game and real life. :/
But that's ot....

[reactionary]

How about buying the r4 card for him and loading the games yourself? You don't really have to show him how to do it. Maybe he will not figure it out and just be happy that you gave him a cartridge with 30 games on it.

He could need a microSD card reader. Just don't give that to him.

[djswayde]

[Troglodyte]

[Swampthing500]

Okay, this is what you need to do:

1: Get your pale western ass up to Yongsan Electronics market. Do NOT get an R4 chip. If someone tries to convince you otherwise, punch them in the nose.

2: Get a TT-DS. You can find one for between 40 and 60 thousand won.

3: Hunt around Yongsan and you should be able to find an EZ-Flash rumble pack. This goes into the regular GBA game slot on the standard DS (Not the DSI)

4: Go home and download an application called GBA Exploader and copy it onto the TT-DS. This program will allow you to copy GBA games onto the rumble pack from the internet and play them.

Enjoy

[reactionary]