How To Use The M3 DS Real On Your Nintendo DS

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M3DSreal, great for playing game ROMs, music and movies

A few weeks ago I bought a little gadget called M3DSreal to use with the great Nintendo DS.

M3 DS Real is cartridge that fits into the slot where you games normally plug in to your Nintendo DS. It is used for those who want to download homemade games, play game ROMs like Pokemon Diamond, watch movies and listen music MP3s. You can even have game cheats like extra lives etc.!

What a great little gadget this is. There are a few makes of these ROM cartridge players and they all do a similar job but not quite the same or as good, R4DS and CycloDS are a couple of them. The ACEcard is very good as well.

Some features of the M3DSreal 

all positives, no negatives

The build quality of the M3 DS real (M3DSreal) is really good. The small clips hold the two sides together really well, and the M3DSreal feels very solid and it doesn't bend at all.
Unlike real Nintendo games, there aren't the plastic dividers between the contacts on the bottom of the card, but this doesn't cause any problems at all. All in all, the build quality of the M3DSReal is fantastic.

+ 100% NDS compatibility
+ Perfect GBA compatiblity
+ Extra features like cheats and RTS when playing GBA
+ Integrated GBA loader, no external software needed
+ Good skinning engine
+ Media player and PDS software included
+ No patching software needed for anything
+ Great build quality
+ Fast, frequent updates

Speaking of Updates - the m3DS real has recently had an update. Check this post How To Update The M3DSreal for more details. It seems to be at v3.7e now.

M3Dsreal uses microSD memory cards 

so you have unlimited storage - store every DS game

The M3 DS Real can use either standard microSD (thats what I use) cards and microSDHC cards. Standard microSD cards go to 2GB in size and the newer microSDHC cards can go to 32GB but at the moment you can only buy 8GB.
You can buy these memory cards cheap from Amazon or local electronic stores.

I use a Kingston 2GB card and it has plenty of storage for me. With the M3DS real , I put all of my sons DS games (at least a dozen) on it plus a few movies and a CD full of music - now he has all of this on one cartridge rather than having to carry around multiple game cartridges that could be lost easily.

The M3 DSreal can have PDA functions, if you want, to store phone numbers, have a calculator. as well as and ebook reader . I use the ebook reader to read game walkthroughs to help me get through some (I need help with games).

M3 DS Real uses microSD memory cards 

get at least a 2GB size or larger

The M3Dsreal needs a microSD card 

2GB holds around 20 games

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M3DSreal help 

Just ask me a question and will get back to you with an answer.

Having problems getting movies on the M3DSreal or don't know where to put the games on the memory card?... ask any questions here. M3 DS Real Help is on it's way.

iLove wrote...

in reply to A teddy bear I don't think it works with the dsi.

ReplyPosted August 30, 2009

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GIlbertico wrote

when i bought mine, it didnt bring the usb thing. it brought sumtin called the T-Flash mini reader and i have no clue what to do. it has no place to connect into the computer. plzz help.

Reply Posted August 20, 2009

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david wrote

hey do i put movies onto my m3 ds real?

Reply Posted August 10, 2009

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someone wrote

what do you do if u accidentaly delete your system folder???

Reply Posted August 07, 2009

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someone wrote

what do you do if u accidentaly delete your system folder???

Reply Posted August 07, 2009

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A teddy bear wrote

mine doesn't work full-stop,

It say, "An error has occured. Press and hold the POWER Button to turn the system off. Please refer to the Nintendo DSi Operations Manual for details."
Does anyone know how to get it working?
Help would be much appreciated

,thank you

Reply Posted July 24, 2009

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kevin wrote

how do yo download movies on ur m3

Reply Posted July 24, 2009

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sandra wrote

HOW DO YOU GET GAMES TO PLAY ON MY MICRO SD CARD/M3DS REAL HOPE YOU CAN HELP

Reply Posted July 23, 2009

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some guy wrote

i put every singl cheat for pokemon diamnd and the 1 that says all pokemon cheat 2 and their was nothing in my pc exept it showd i got all the pokemon in the pokedex and the 999x stone cheat and everything that goes in my bag wasnt thear nothing exept 999x quick claw and all the tms and hms in my bag was thear,the only 1s that work r walk throgh walls shiny pokemon all tms and hms and thats it

Reply Posted July 04, 2009

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unkown star killer wrote

in reply to dragon_slayer_1.023 inside the m3 ds real card is a sd memory card its the black thing on the top, just push it and it just pops out then in side ur pakage there should be a usb like thing and has an opening on the end(the other side of the metal part)there u just put the sd card in and after u put the usb like thing into a computer port and then u go to "my computer" and open the sd card files(if u have a mac u can open it on the desktop) then u put ur downloaded games in the "games" folder.

Reply Posted June 30, 2009

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leonx wrote

I got the m3 ds but is many games and cheats its good buy now and install the pokemon diamond and we can battle we meet at the karammunsing at monday.

Reply Posted April 15, 2009

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jasper wrote

can you add cheats to your m3 ds real?For example pokemon platinum

Reply Posted April 03, 2009

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Anyone1000 wrote

You can download games at http://www.romulation.net/
If you didnt get the disk you can download the newest firmwire at handheldsources, but remember if you bought it in japan you can change it to english or any other language.
To play games make a folder called NDS for nintendo ds and GBA for gameboy advance games. Hope it helps!

Reply Posted March 14, 2009

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arty$oul wrote

in reply to yo man chill
you can get the latest working software for the m3 real at: http://www.handheldsources.com/M3DS/Download_M3DSR.html download the system software, it will come in .rar format so you will need to extract it using winrar,7-zip or winzip. if you don't have a program like this look up winrar in google and get the free trial. after you have extracted the file (it should be a folder that says SYSTEM) place it on your micro sd card and then you are ready. your m3 real is a very cool device that can play NES, SNES, SEGA, GAME GEAR, GAME BOY, GAME BOY COLOR, GBA, AND NDS ROMS!!! It can also play movies, music, view pictures and has a palm pilot that has a number of great features!!! i suggest you do as much research as possible to learn how to unlock the awsome potential of your m3ds real for more info check out this page: http://www.iso420.org/nds/m3real/index.html

Reply Posted March 02, 2009

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Dwayne wrote

How do you get the movies and music to play? I created a movie folder and a music folder but when i go to multimedia it's a blank screen.

Reply Posted February 21, 2009

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yo man chill wrote

you can download games of NDSroms.com

Reply Posted January 30, 2009

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yo man chill wrote

how do i get m3 ds real started it came without setup disc please help ):

Reply Posted January 30, 2009

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steph wrote

How do I download games?

Reply Posted January 08, 2009

iLove wrote...

in reply to Jayne Remember, you need to download the System files to make the card work

ReplyPosted December 11, 2008

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Jayne wrote

I have got a m3 real with 2GB card.
I dont know how to download games to this help PLEASE

Reply Posted November 27, 2008

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