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Five things to do with your Nintendo DS other than play retail games
The Nintendo DS is much more than just a games console.
Written by Steven Williamson, 23 February 2010
We shouldn't need to remind you that console mod-chips are highly illegal, as is modifying your Nintendo DS hardware in any way.
There's absolutely no reason, however, why you shouldn't take advantage of Homebrew games and applications written by amateur programmers and issued as Freeware for all to enjoy.
These following applications are not endorsed by Nintendo, but they're perfectly legal. You'd be surprised what you can do with your Nintendo DS!
Here are five things that you can do on your Nintendo DS other than play retail games:
1. Turn your DS into a media centre
By using the likes of Moonshell you can turn your DS into a portable media centre allowing you to watch videos, view images and listen to music.
We hasten to add that downloading any copyright protected music and movies is illegal, but there are plenty of videos and music in the public domain available entirely for free. We use Moonshell to host family photos!
2. Create pieces of art
There are a few decent painting applications out there for use with the Nintendo DS, but none more popular than Colours! Colours! is based on a number of modern painting techniques originally developed for drawing-tablets using desktop computers and such is its popularity on the Homebrew scene that it's since been released for iPhone and iPod Touch.
Just check out some of the stunning artwork created using Colours!
http://colors.collectingsmiles.com/index.php
3. Organise your life
While it's true that our busy lives are often run from our mobile phones, DSOrganise also doubles as a handy organiser and the touch screen functionality means that you can navigate the various applications with ease.
DS Organise offers a wide range of applications to organise your life, including a day planner, calculator, to do list, a calendar, an address book with vCard support and hand-writing recognition software.
4. Read Books
One of the finest applications for book reading is Moonshell. There are many books in the public domain that you can download, including reading material from the Moon Books Project, which includes the likes of The War of The Worlds by HG Wells, the Sherlock Holmes book collection and the Jane Austen collection.
If you're a fan of the old-style Fighting Fantasy books it's worth searching Google where you'll find a number of books optimised for the DS.
5. Play non-retail games
There are some decent games in the public domain written by bedroom coders and available totally for free. Check out DS Doom and DS Quake, pint-sized ports of the classic shooters of yesteryear. One of the most popular titles is Lemmings, which includes hundreds of levels from the original Amiga days
Please note: You can download these applications and more by searching Google,but Gamerzines takes no responsibility if you can't get them to work, or if they break your DS! Homebrew is always risky, so make sure you check out reputable sites for how to install them properly.
