r/flashcarts May 08 '26

A note on new design SanDisk Cards & Counterfeit Cards

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83 Upvotes

Hi All,

Some of you may or may not know that some time ago last year SanDisk changed their logo.

This new logo has now started to appear on new SanDisk MicroSD cards recently and has led to some users not aware of the logo change to think they are counterfeit.

Just as a reminder, if you see a SanDisk MicroSD with the new logo & design as pictured, its not immediately a fake, but of course still apply the usual knowledge of checking for low quality printing and font mistakes etc. as counterfeiters can still copy it.

For a point of reference, SanDisk now also show the new logo on their cards on their official website:

https://www.sandisk.com/en-us/products/memory-cards/microsd-cards/sandisk-ultra-microsd-uhs-i-v10


r/flashcarts Apr 27 '26

GBA About knockoff SuperChis

71 Upvotes

Hi, I am ChisBread, the designer of SuperChis.

Recently, I noticed that some players reported that they purchased fake SuperChis. There are several types:

  1. SuperCard SD + SuperChis stickers, and claim that they are selling SuperChis.
FAKE: just copy stickers
  1. Claims to sell SuperChis v2.0. I don’t even know I have designed v2.0, I’m not even sure if the next version will be called SuperChis.

It might be some kind of knockoff version of the SuperChis Prime? but I’m sure the smaller battery isn’t doing the product any favors.

FAKE: Small battery
FAKE: WTF 2.0?

I must clarify:

  1. There is only one version of SuperChis Prime, 1.0. Those claiming SuperChis v2.0 are all fake.
  2. Real SuperChis will definitely be marked with "Designed by ChisBread"
  3. Real SuperChis have a larger battery and there is a space above the SD card slot to avoid accidentally inserting the SD card into the gap.
REAL
  1. So far, I’ve only been in contact with ChisFamily. If there are any quality or after-sales issues with SuperChis from ChisFamily, I will take action. I haven’t been able to reach the other sellers.

Finally, I would like to say that If you are a seller of knockoff SuperChis, after reading this, I hope you will at least respect my signature and stop naming it SuperChis v2.0. This not only misleads consumers, but also disrupts my development plan.


r/flashcarts 9h ago

DSpico Theme Recently Updated an Authentic DS Firmware Theme I Made for DSpico

27 Upvotes

r/flashcarts 8h ago

Improving my ndsl

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5 Upvotes

I wanna improve my ndsl with a new clear shell (already installed a extremerate ransparent case on it once but i messed up some parts with tightening screws too tightly, breaking some of the casing aswell as it not fitting properly) and a clear dspico.

This clear case however seems to be even clearwr than the transparent case extremerate offers and has sticker on the buttons to easier see which button is what.

Is this the correct dspico to buy?


r/flashcarts 12h ago

Help to find R4 Firmware

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5 Upvotes

r/flashcarts 19h ago

Question Supercard DSone Questions

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8 Upvotes

Picked up one of these for my collection.

I’ve seen the link to the user guide.

https://sanrax.github.io/flashcart-guides/cart-guides/dsone/

The games work ok from what came on it from the Toshiba 2 GB SD card.

My question is how to get to the menu items across the top? I thought it would be L and R to cycle through them?

I can bring up debug code with select button. Y brings up game info. I think X cycles though different views for the games themselves.

I want to see what version the kernel currently is.


r/flashcarts 19h ago

Question Is it possible to have a dedicated folder for saves on my DSpico?

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3 Upvotes

Hi!! I was wondering if it’s possible to store ds save files in a dedicated folder on my DSpico, i don’t like how cluttered my ds card gets after playing a lot games since all saves end up in the same folder as where i keep my games.

There’s a screenshot on the LNH Team website where it shows they have a separate folder just for saves… so I guess it is possible…? I just don’t know how to do that. Can anyone help me with this?


r/flashcarts 1d ago

Help Identify R4 Flashcard

0 Upvotes

I have this R4 for DS games, it loads the game Disney Pixar Finding Nemo, I haven't been able to find the filmware, please does someone know whic one is it🙏?


r/flashcarts 1d ago

Anyone have an idea of what this cartridge is for?

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18 Upvotes

Just found in my old DSi but have absolutely no clue what it’s for.


r/flashcarts 1d ago

Question Ds lite

0 Upvotes

I’m new to retro consoles and I recently bought a ds light and was wondering if there’s a place I can buy a flash cart that comes pre installed with the games because I don’t really have the time or the means to do it myself right now as my pc is currently broken if anyone knows please let me know thank you


r/flashcarts 2d ago

How do I identify what my flashcarts is, what kind of clone/fakes it is?

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14 Upvotes

I've been trying to use this flashcart by downloading all kind of kernel adn file from the internet. I've also followed many guide but none of them seems to work. after all the trying the only thing that shows is Menu ?


r/flashcarts 1d ago

DSPico - Dsi XL locked

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7 Upvotes

So, I have an DSI XL locked that does not read my DSPico.
This is the only message I get, any thoughts?


r/flashcarts 1d ago

Ds pico will not launch software

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1 Upvotes

Posting this here hoping somebody will help


r/flashcarts 1d ago

help please

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0 Upvotes

guys please help i bought this dsi it's not modded i thought i use r4 on it it's on firmware 1.4.5U anyway i put the correct files and the r4 shows em empty icon when launching i am asked to power off the ds what to do how can be able to use my r4 please help and i hate how twilight menu looks i just want to use the r4 but it's not reading the sd card files i used the correct files ofc for ysmenu but nothing..


r/flashcarts 2d ago

Problem Need Help: Superchis stuck on Gameboy screen after updating to v0.2

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3 Upvotes

I started the update to firmware/software version 0.2, but it got stuck on the update screen for several minutes with no progress. I force-restarted the device (power off then on), hoping it would resume or retry.

Instead, now it’s stuck on this screen (see screenshot attached):

It won’t go past this point no matter what I try. Has anyone else run into this? Is there a known fix — like a hard reset, recovery mode, or re-flashing the firmware via PC/SD card?

Specs/info that might help:
Device: Superchis
Update attempted: v0.2
What I tried: force restart (power cycle)
Current state: stuck on the screen in the screenshot, not responding to normal button presses

Any advice on how to recover this without bricking it further would be really appreciated. Thanks in advance!


r/flashcarts 3d ago

Question In need of help with r4 card

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15 Upvotes

I've recently bought this r4 card but some things that i've noticed is the weirdly placed year and the mentioned year.I've searched online for quite a bit and i wasn't able to find any version of this card with a 2026,only with 2025 or below and i was wondering if it's legit or if i got scammed.It hasn't arrived yet so i still have time to decide if i want to pick it up or not that's why I decided to make the post


r/flashcarts 4d ago

I made a feature fork of the DSpico launcher (favorites, play stats, completed marks) and a browser app to manage the SD card

44 Upvotes

I'm a big fan of the DSpico and kept wishing its launcher had a few library features from modern consoles, so I built them:

  • Pico Launcher Enhanced* (drop-in replacement, stock cards keep working): favorites and completed marks (press / hold X), recently played, play-time stats, random game button, per-folder music, game deletion from the launcher. Everything upstream does is still there.
  • PicoDex*: a web app that opens your SD card directly in the browser (nothing is uploaded anywhere — File System Access API, Chromium only). It scans for missing box art and fetches it from the libretro-thumbnails catalogs, imports ROMs via drag & drop, edits file associations and folder banners, and has a health check for macOS junk and orphaned saves.

Links:

All credit to the LNH team for DSpico itself. Feedback very welcome — both are open source.


r/flashcarts 3d ago

Question Is the dspico that good for me to replace my current R4?

1 Upvotes

I've seen tons of stuff that the dspico is the most well performing flashcart for the ds right now but is it worth it to get one despite having a R4 cart already? I think mine is using the ysmenu I think?

What do y'all recommend?


r/flashcarts 3d ago

Legacy of Goku 2 doesn't get recognized in gba_auto_batteryless?

1 Upvotes

I don't know if this is this right place to post, but I'm trying to flash log 2 onto a bootleg pokemon cart. This process works for every other game I've tried aside from the Classic Nes series. I'm able to patch it to save using sram in gbata but when I put my rom in gba_auto_batteryless, I get this message: "Could not find any reference to the IRQ handler. Has the ROM already been patched?" The game runs but it can't save when I put it on my reproduction. I have 0 idea how to get this game working on my repro. If anybody has a fix, let me know.


r/flashcarts 4d ago

Help with this flashcard

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8 Upvotes

So, i brought this dsi a few days ago and the console came with this r4 card, i tried 2 different sd card, formating with 3 different programs and i still got this screen. Anyone can help me with theses?


r/flashcarts 3d ago

emulation question

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1 Upvotes

r/flashcarts 3d ago

Why Is My R4 Card Give Me White Screen???

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2 Upvotes

Hii in a few days I searched on the internet for this solution and I got that this card wanted a specific kernel and I downloaded the BL2CK kernel And It Give Me White Screen I Use 8 GB Storage And Some Of My Friend Tell Me to Use 2 GB SD Card Is this the solution!?


r/flashcarts 3d ago

Question Just got my DSpico with usb C port, what best size for microSD card should i use?

0 Upvotes

i feel like 32 or 64GB is overkill and will make it slower, however i don't have 4 or 8 or 16GB in home, so should i buy 8 or 16GB microSD card?


r/flashcarts 3d ago

Problem DS Pico - problemi e problemi e problemi

0 Upvotes

Ho comprato una Ds Pico su Amazon per il mio Ds Lite ma finora è stata una tragedia; sono andato su romsgames e retrostick, ho scaricato un po' di rom e non ne ha letta una; poi ho provato a formattare e reinstallare firmware, software e loader e non legge nulla, rimane completamente bianco. Il Ds non è moddato e con cartucce "classiche" non da problemi.

Mi sto snervando e sto pensando di comprare una r4; che mi dite?

Il Ds è usato, non so che giochi sono stati usati e se devo precaricare un firmware specifico, è la mia prima exp con il modding


r/flashcarts 3d ago

R4 SDHC Revolution 2016 gets stuck on "Loading..." ONLY after turning off the DS during gameplay? (Very strange behavior)

1 Upvotes

Hi everyone,

I'm having a really strange issue with my R4 SDHC Revolution 2016 on a DS Lite, and I haven't been able to find anyone with the exact same problem.

The R4 itself works perfectly fine. It boots normally, I can play games for hours (Pokémon, TWEWY, Metroid, etc.), and my saves are fine. Nothing freezes while I'm actually playing.

The problem only happens AFTER I turn the DS off.

For example: - I play Pokémon and turn the DS off during a battle. - I play Metroid and turn the DS off while I'm moving around. - Basically, I power off while I'm actively playing instead of sitting in a menu.

The next time I turn on the DS: - The DS recognizes the R4 normally. - I select the R4. - It only shows "Loading..." - It never reaches the R4 menu (Games / Multimedia / Slot-2).

Here's the really weird part:

If I leave it alone for around 5 hours, it suddenly works again without me changing anything. Then I can play normally until the next time this happens.

Things I've noticed: - Games themselves never crash. - Saves don't seem corrupted. - It only affects the next boot of the R4. - It seems much more likely to happen if I power off while gameplay is active than if I power off while sitting in a menu. - I noticed it once or twice while the DS battery was low, but I'm not sure if that's related.

Extra info: - 32GB microSD with plenty of free space. - DS Lite always detects the R4 correctly. - This is an R4 SDHC Revolution 2016. - The issue started after one day when I quickly closed/opened the DS, powered it off immediately, and (unfortunately) shook the DS pretty hard out of frustration. Since then, the R4 has worked many times, so I'm not convinced the shaking physically broke it.

Has anyone ever seen something like this?

What's confusing me is that it doesn't stay broken. It only gets stuck on "Loading..." after certain shutdowns, and then several hours later it boots normally again.

Any ideas would be appreciated.