Games ‘n’ Music
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Datel Games n' Music, otherwise known as Games ‘n’ Music or GnM is a mass market Nintendo DS homebrew
device sold by Datel
. It inserts into the DS card slot and loads games from a MicroSD card. Unlike most flash cartridges (Flashcarts
), Games n' Music does not officially support playing backup copies of DS game cards in order to showcase a product that is supportive of Nintendo as these backup copies are a major source of dispute within the Nintendo company. Currently it is one of the few flash cartridges available in major American retail stores.
Games n' Music allows the user to play Movies, Music, and Homebrew applications on the Nintendo DS. It has also been criticized for its low compatibility with homebrew applications, however, with recent developments such as DLDI this has become a non-issue.
The official product description states that the maximum supported MicroSD card size is 2 GB
. Some other cards that are compatible; Sandisk
, Lexar
, and Kingston
PNY cards.
The MSRP
is $40, but is no longer widely available in North American stores.
Nintendo DS homebrew
Nintendo DS homebrew software is unofficial software written for the Nintendo DS by hobbyist programmers, as opposed to software written by a game production company or corporation . The DS homebrew software is typically used on the DS via third-party rewritable game cartridges, or SD cards...
device sold by Datel
Datel
Datel is a UK-based electronics and game console peripherals manufacturer. The company is best known for producing a wide range of hardware and peripherals for home computers in the 1980s, for example replacement keyboards for the ZX Spectrum, the PlusD disk interface and the Action Replay series...
. It inserts into the DS card slot and loads games from a MicroSD card. Unlike most flash cartridges (Flashcarts
Nintendo DS storage devices
Nintendo DS storage devices are some of the devices used to store a licensed developer's work-in-progress images, homebrew video games, or downloaded commercial games, since the Nintendo DS is not sold with a rewritable storage medium....
), Games n' Music does not officially support playing backup copies of DS game cards in order to showcase a product that is supportive of Nintendo as these backup copies are a major source of dispute within the Nintendo company. Currently it is one of the few flash cartridges available in major American retail stores.
Games n' Music allows the user to play Movies, Music, and Homebrew applications on the Nintendo DS. It has also been criticized for its low compatibility with homebrew applications, however, with recent developments such as DLDI this has become a non-issue.
The official product description states that the maximum supported MicroSD card size is 2 GB
Gigabyte
The gigabyte is a multiple of the unit byte for digital information storage. The prefix giga means 109 in the International System of Units , therefore 1 gigabyte is...
. Some other cards that are compatible; Sandisk
SanDisk
SanDisk Corporation is an American multinational corporation that designs, develops and manufactures data storage solutions in a range of form factors using the flash memory, controller and firmware technologies. It was founded in 1988 by Dr. Eli Harari and Sanjay Mehrotra, non-volatile memory...
, Lexar
Lexar
Lexar Media, Inc. is an American manufacturer of digital media products based in Fremont, CA. Products manufactured by Lexar include SD cards, Memory Sticks, keydrives, CompactFlash cards and card readers. Lexar's Memory Stick Duos also have versions adapted for the PSP which includes a version of...
, and Kingston
Kingston Technology
Kingston Technology Company, Inc. is an American privately held, multinational computer technology corporation that develops, manufactures, sells and supports flash memory products and other computer-related memory products. Headquartered in Fountain Valley, California, USA, Kingston Technology...
PNY cards.
The MSRP
Suggested retail price
The manufacturer's suggested retail price , list price or recommended retail price of a product is the price which the manufacturer recommends that the retailer sell the product. The intention was to help to standardise prices among locations...
is $40, but is no longer widely available in North American stores.