The 3DS R4 Card And Homebrew On Your Nintendo 3DS

I haven't ever really had a blog before, but I figured I should start one and start writing about some of my cool video game adventures with my Nintendo DSi, and now with my shiny new Nintendo 3DS system.  I have been using the 3ds r4 for my 3ds console for the last 2 weeks and have fallen in love with the little flash card.

There haven't been nearly enough launch titles for the 3DS, and the ones that are out, with te exception of a couple of games - are mediocre at best.  So I was pretty stoken when I found out about the 3ds r4 and how it would let me download lost of free games for my 3ds system.  I am NOT talking about illegal games or 3ds roms or anything of the sort.  What I am talking about is freeware games for the 3ds.... yes... they are really out there, and easier to get than even thanks to the internet and I presume cheap web hosting, where pretty much anyone can put up a site.  This site is one example of the ease with which you can have yourself online in no time.

The r4 card is a homebrew and multi media player, that will enable your 3DS to load freeware games and applications that you can get from sites like the http://www.ndshb.com and numerous others.  In my first post, I wanted to mention 2 games I just downloaded and have been playing for the last couple of weeks.

First up is a game I used to love on my Amiga PC back in the 90's.  It was (and still is :) ) called Rick Dangerous.  It was a side scrolling platform game with a whole lot of comical jabs at the Indiana Jones franchise.  While the short chubby Rick was no Harrison Ford, the character was an almost exact (albeit miniature) replica of Indy.  Doing his very best to get away from the evil bad zooloo people who have nothing else but dinner on their mind - and Rick is meant to be the main course, as well as his friends - who you have to save throught the levels.  It's a super fun game and I highly recommend it to any platform game lover.  It's platform gaming in its purest form.

DSQuake is the second game that I have really enjoyed.  I used to be a major Quake addict on the PC when it was first released.  In fact my love for first person shooters developed as a result of Quake.  The fact that I can actually play it on my Nintendo 3DS system is akin to magic for me.  Don't let my bad camera skills fool you, the game looks crisp and clear, but my digital camera is not at all the high end model.  Quake needs little introduction.  If you played FPS games on your PC anytime during 1990 - 2011 then you've probably played Quake, Quake Arena and Quake 2 and 3.  All of the different versions adding more to a game that was fanastic on the very first day of the release of the original.

You can get both of these games from http://www.ndshb.com - they are free to download and play, though I should mention that in the case of Quake, you'll have to have he original, either in demo form / shareware or the full games, which you'll copy over to the micro SD card that comes with the 3DS R4.