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The DS or PSP [message #101913]

Fri, 16 July 2004 07:00

mahkra
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Registered: April 2004

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It's the same thing for the PSP, they be using the new universal standard for data chips/cards,

I'm not sure what makes it a "universal standard..." It's just a disc format invented by Sony that can hold 1.8GB of data. They named it the "universal media disc" though, which I think is a pretty bullshit name. I mean, you can put any kind of media on any kind of recording device. So what the hell? But anyway....

Sony's UMDs can hold 1.8 GB, and the Nintendo DS cartridges supposedly hold 1000 Mbit. The DS has a second cartridge slot for GBA games, though, so in theory a game (or movie or whatever) could have its engine & save slots on the GBA cartridge and use multiple DS cartridges for data. Then you could switch out the DS cartridges in the middle of the game/movie/whatever. In this way, the DS could have games of practically any size.

(I haven't actually heard anything about people planning to do this, but I think it would be pretty cool to do. I also think it would be cool to make some fancy new hardware that would fit in the GBA slot and be used by high-end DS games, kinda like the N64 had.)

*IF* Nintendo & game developers take full advantage of the GBA slot, I think the DS has the potential to be a MUCH more powerful & versatile handheld than the PSP. And more power (plus the larger screen) is pretty much the only thing that the PSP has going for it. (Even without any cool stuff like I mentioned above, though, I personally think the DS will be a lot nicer than the PSP.)

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		The DS or PSP By: z310 on Tue, 29 June 2004 12:31
		The DS or PSP By: z310 on Tue, 29 June 2004 12:37
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		The DS or PSP By: cheesesoda on Thu, 01 July 2004 11:00
		The DS or PSP By: DaveGMM on Thu, 01 July 2004 11:39
		The DS or PSP By: cheesesoda on Thu, 01 July 2004 11:57
		The DS or PSP By: gendres on Thu, 01 July 2004 13:55
		The DS or PSP By: xptek_disabled on Thu, 01 July 2004 14:10
		The DS or PSP By: z310 on Thu, 01 July 2004 15:47
		The DS or PSP By: tooncy on Fri, 02 July 2004 16:17
		The DS or PSP By: jd422032101 on Fri, 02 July 2004 16:35
		The DS or PSP By: Cebt on Fri, 02 July 2004 16:48
		The DS or PSP By: z310 on Fri, 02 July 2004 16:53
		The DS or PSP By: Cebt on Fri, 02 July 2004 16:58
		The DS or PSP By: tooncy on Fri, 02 July 2004 17:20
		The DS or PSP By: SuperFlyingEngi on Fri, 02 July 2004 19:24
		The DS or PSP By: DarkDemin on Fri, 02 July 2004 19:51
		The DS or PSP By: icedog90 on Fri, 02 July 2004 22:57
		The DS or PSP By: Gernader8 on Sun, 04 July 2004 13:42
		The DS or PSP By: SuperFlyingEngi on Sun, 04 July 2004 14:32
		The DS or PSP By: Gernader8 on Sun, 04 July 2004 15:34
		The DS or PSP By: SuperFlyingEngi on Sun, 04 July 2004 15:39
		The DS or PSP By: DanSolo on Mon, 05 July 2004 01:46
		The DS or PSP By: Gernader8 on Mon, 05 July 2004 16:26
		The DS or PSP By: z310 on Mon, 05 July 2004 20:58
		The DS or PSP By: RadioactiveKangaroo on Mon, 05 July 2004 21:42
		The DS or PSP By: DanSolo on Tue, 06 July 2004 00:52
		The DS or PSP By: Nemesis on Tue, 06 July 2004 01:40
		The DS or PSP By: DanSolo on Tue, 06 July 2004 06:45
		The DS or PSP By: tooncy on Tue, 06 July 2004 14:00
		The DS or PSP By: Gernader8 on Tue, 06 July 2004 20:48
		The DS or PSP By: DanSolo on Wed, 07 July 2004 08:13
		The DS or PSP By: tooncy on Wed, 07 July 2004 15:38
		The DS or PSP By: Vitaminous on Sat, 10 July 2004 23:36
		The DS or PSP By: DanSolo on Mon, 12 July 2004 09:10
		The DS or PSP By: z310 on Mon, 12 July 2004 15:47
		The DS or PSP By: Vitaminous on Fri, 16 July 2004 00:19
		The DS or PSP By: mahkra on Fri, 16 July 2004 07:00

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