To run Nintendo DS software, you need more than just a GBA Flash cartridge. You need a passme.

Oh. I've never owned any sort of game console in my life (unless calculators count), so I have no idea.

Detached Solutions have their own console!!?!?!!?! OMG OMG OMG! Where can I buy it?!
*wink wink hint hint nudge nudge*
*cough* "Specialised 83+DS with features of 84+ but sleeker body alike 83+ would be awesome" *cough*

I'd buy it for the touch screen. :^)

Check out the Casio Classpad 300 ... as powerful as the 89, and has a touch screen.

Although that looks neat, one can buy a decent Sony Clie (not new, nowadays) SJ-xx or TJ-xx for the same amount of money, and get a 320x320 screen and all the abilities and programs of/for the Palm OS (Documents to Go > *).

Also, there is another issue. I used to use an HP-49 emulator on my Clie SJ-33 as my primary calculator, but touchscreen devices are not allowed into standardized tests (e.g. SATs, AP exams ...), so I bought a TI-89Ti.

Dude the toutch screen is like poop because the screen startes to ware out and gets all messed up. So the toutch screen stinks.

i want to download it plz thx

Same goes for me. Titanium>DS

you kids are sad...video games pwn calculators

there is something wrong with u.
80<81
81<82
82<83
84<85
85>86
88>36
(v200+89ti (with no Flash)>81+82+83+84+86+88)=85+89ti
TI-85 and TI-89 Titanium are the best.
And i have both of those.

That's not true actually, if you have a compatible wifi card, you can use the WifiMe method, which work Magnificently

*grunt* why would have a DS when the PSP is clearly superior?

The $150 price difference.

Because I LOVE Mario and Zelda games, I LOVE THEM I LOVE THEM I LOVE THEM I LOVE THEM I LOVE THEM I LOVE THEM I LOVE THEM I LOVE THEM I LOVE THEM I LOVE THEM I LOVE THEM I LOVE THEM I LOVE THEM I LOVE THEM I LOVE THEM I LOVE THEM I LOVE THEM I LOVE THEM I LOVE THEM I LOVE THEM I LOVE THEM I LOVE THEM I LOVE THEM I LOVE THEM I LOVE THEM I LOVE THEM I LOVE THEM I LOVE THEM I LOVE THEM I LOVE THEM I LOVE THEM I LOVE THEM I LOVE THEM I LOVE THEM I LOVE THEM I LOVE THEM I LOVE THEM I LOVE THEM I LOVE THEM I LOVE THEM I LOVE THEM I LOVE THEM I LOVE THEM I LOVE THEM I LOVE THEM I LOVE THEM I LOVE THEM I LOVE THEM I LOVE THEM I LOVE THEM I LOVE THEM I LOVE THEM I LOVE THEM I LOVE THEM I LOVE THEM I LOVE THEM I LOVE THEM!!!!!!!!!!!

*calming down*

and it have backwards compatibility with the GBA so I can have Fianl Fantasy dawn of soul, FF Tactics, Golden sun I & II, Wacky Fun Random Numbar Generator, Zelda Minish Cap, F-zero and all those cool games

The PSP is cool though because it have better graphics, but it way too much expensive! $349.95 CAN while the DS cost $199.95 and I can get a previously used DS for $159.99 at EB games

Back-compatible with the GBA, yes; but not with the GB or GBC as it doesn't have our favorite processor in it (well, technically it's a variant, but it's still closer to our favorite processor than the ARM is).

Not backward with the GB or GBC? Well that should make a lot of people angry... like me, I guess I stick with my GBA. How would I play my first edition Tetris or SML otherwise?

Really? I was under the impression that both the GBA and DS could emulate the original Gameboy. They're certainly powerful enough, as this story demonstrates.

Both the GB and GBC used the same type of processor. The GBA and the DS use separate processors... the GBA had it's own processor, but then a dedicated GB/GBC processor to emulate the older games. The DS has two processors, one which matches the GBA processor and can be used to emulate GBA games only. It does not have a GB/GBC processor, and thus cannot run those games natively... dunno why Nintendo just doesn't try software-based emulation...

The fact is that the DS CAN run GB/GBC games. I've done it. You have to physically alter the game case to do it (as well as change the battery in the cartridge), and it doesn't work 100% of the time, but it's possible.

Proove it!

Give some real photos, or links for this for this manipulation.

There was only one person who sayd that was possible, but photos and explains he give was lies.

A DS CAN'T RUN GB/GBC GAMES, why:
the gba /sp had a switch that was pressed down when you enter
a gb/gbs cartridge that identified it's type,
so the gba games don’t touch the switch with means it's a gba game,
(switch is a black square in game slot, very small and hard to see)

for proof of this hold down the switch (with a pen or pencil) then turn on game boy.

in the ds the switch is fixed (dose not go down)
and since the gb/gbc cartridge cant push down the button
it won’t go down all the way,

even if you mod the cartridge, cutting a slot in the bottom, (the game will fit perfectly) but the ds
wouldn’t recognize it, and say "no cartages"
or something like that.

And the cartridge won’t push down the button in the GBA so you wouldn’t be able to use it on a GBA/SP unless you use something to replace the slot you made in the cartridge (tape works 2-layers)

Man I have too much time on my hands.

(I found this out my self, did not steal it from a web page,
just if anyone asks)

Does this mean that the Gameboy Player for the GCN is actually just a z80 chip in a really bulky attachment thingy?

Also, shouldn't the z80 calcs only have 256 bytes (.25KB) of memory since it is 8-bit and can only address 2^8 bytes of memory?

the z80 has a 16-bit address bus, allowing it to access 2^16 bytes, or 64k. The double register hl is often used to address them. In addition, the calculator has paged flash memory (and sometimes paged RAM), to allow use of more than 64k

>The GBA and the DS use separate processors...
That's not really true. In fact the GBA has only ONE processor, since nintendo used a custum chip which include both Z80 and ARM7 processor.

>The DS has two processors, one which matches the GBA processor and
>can be used to emulate GBA games only.
It seems that it's the same thing for the DS as for the GBA, one chip for two processors.

FYI PSP is 250 dollers!!!