Hey DSid you DSee this yet?

[Edam]

http://www.gameboy-advance.net/nintendo_ds/passme.htm

I think I want a DS now if it means I have a bunch of indie games to play now.

[wee bull]

If you've got a GBA, you can just buy the flash cartridge for that and play GBA ROMs/homebrew on that without a DS involved, if that's all you're after.

I wanted to get one ages ago when I first read about them (back before they did fancy stuff like actually working all the time), and I still do, I'm just far too short on cash at the mo. I'd really like to have a tinker with what the DS can do, and try writing a game for it. From what I've briefly studied of GBA programming though, it's solid stuff. All that sprite layer and C/assembly level coding stuff is worlds away from the limited OpenGL C++ stuff I've done so far.

When I get a decent paying job though, I definitely intend to get one and a GBA flash cart.

[dlomyhero]

Or get PSP and play any Nintendo/Sega/SNES/Mame game ever.
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[Edam]

cool. already have the GBA so I guess I'll have to look into it