One way is with additional hardware. You will need a slot 2 device such as a Supercard SD to use the incredible tool REINMOON to backup save games from a real DS. See my video here. The second is to use something called SAVE SENDER (find a tutorial here). It isn't easy and you need working wifi setup, but it DOES work. Finally, you can use a new tool called NDS Backup Tool (which does both SAV files and ROM backups). Check out my comprehensive tutorial here.

A. Thanks to some clever programming, you can - but it isn't easy. I've created a walkthrough on how to do it. You can find it here. You will have to have a working "homebrew" compatible wifi connection (this is the method I show you in the walkthrough) or a slot2 solution.

A few games appear to have issues with the Enhanced Mode (which allows you to halt the game and return to the main menu, etc). Team Cyclops aggressively fixes these issues. A. I tested numerous "problem" games with this card and all seemed to run just fine on standard memory. Tom & Jerry's music stutters a bit on the slot selection screen, but not during the game.

A. No. This is not possible until an actual GBA emulator comes out of the DS, which doesn't appear to be coming anytime soon. If you want GBA emulation, you will need to look to a supplimental card for your CycloDS Evolution . I recommend the M3 line or see if Team Cyclops has implemented the GBA linking to their Slot 2 product. You may also consider the EZ Flash 3 in 1 expansion device which works well with GBA games.

A. There are emulators for some of these platforms, but none other than NES are really worth discussing. The NES emulator is great and plays a lot of games. The card does not have this emulation built in like Supercard and other slot 2 cards have. You will have to get the emulator and get it working on your own. NESDS now supports DLDI. Check it out.

A. This depends on how big of a memory card (microSD/transflash/microSDHC) you have as well as how big the games are. Currently the largest Nintendo DS game is 128MB (megabytes, not bits) which means that on a 1GB microSD card, you can get about 9 of these games. However, this size of game is rare and you will most likely be able to fit about 30-50 games of various sizes on a 1GB card. Most people asking this question are really asking "how big of a memory card should I get?' ..

A. The cheat system can be turned on within the settings menu. Once turned on, when you launch a compatible game, you will be asked if you want to turn on cheats. If you turn them on, you can choose from 300 various cheats. Using the Evolution Tools (found on the official site), you can add your own cheats.

A. Also known as save states or snapshots, RTS functionality allows a user to pause a game and save it at that exact location and reload the "snapshot" at any time. Once turned on, launch your favorite game while holding down SELECT. The screen will let you know that RTS is being enabled (which involves the cart making a RTS file on your card - they are about 4MB, so keep that in mind).

GRBackPro automatically stores the entire program options into a text file that, by default, is named GRBakPro.grb if nothing was specified in the command line. This file is very similar to a Windows .ini file and is constantly updated by the program itself without your intervention (i.e. you don't have to remember to save it). Every time you want to start the program, all you have to do is double click over the file GRBakPro.grb.

I'm afraid not. The demo isn't just the first three levels of the game. It was designed to give a taste of the full game, including the later, more difficult levels.

A. None. You can copy the .nds file directly to the microSD card and play it. This means you can use Windows, Linux, Mac or any other computer that can write to the microSD card to put game images on the card. You WILL want to look into TRIMMING game images to save space (see elsewhere in this faq) but it is not required. A. Yes, in fact, it ONLY supports clean game images and trimmed versions of clean images. Images converted for use with Supercard, etc. will not work on the CycloDS Evolution.

No, they can't. We didn't think that players would want to be stuck as a hideously deformed furry freak, but obviously some people disagree.

It is not yet possible to load a saved game from a running civserver. Instead you have to start it with the -f option, for example: civserver -f civgame1150.sav If the saveturns server variable is set, the server will attempt to save games in the directory you were in when you started it. Check its ownership, permissions, and disk space/quota for the partition it is on. It may be convenient to use a wrapper script that creates and uses a separate directory for each server session.

A. The CycloDS Evolution is a Nintendo DS/DS Lite flash cartridge. It's purpose is to allow you to play homebrew application and games, music, movies and backups of commercial games on your DS. It plugs into Slot 1 on the DS and is the same size as a regular DS game cartridge.

A. The CycloDS Evolution features 2MB of onboard flash memory that holds the entire CycloDS Evolution interface and utilities. This means you don't have to store any files on the microSD card for the CycloDS Evolution operating system. The flash memory has a recovery mode that will allow you to recover it if a firmware upgrade goes bad.

A. While the Supercard (and most slot 1 flashcarts) uses significantly more power than a real DS cart, the CycloDS Evolution card is comparable. So, using the CycloDS Evolution is similar in battery use to a real DS cart. Independant tests show you will get about 91% of your normal battery life using the CycloDS Evolution vice a real DS card. If you change games a lot, you will use less power by using the CycloDS Evolution's in game reset instead of cycling power every time.

To find saved games on a computer running Microsoft® Windows® XP, click Start on the Windows taskbar. Next, point to All Programs, Microsoft Games, and then Zoo Tycoon 2. Click Zoo Tycoon 2 Profiles, and then open the Default Profile folder. If you created a custom profile name, open that folder instead. Double-click the Saved folder to access your saved games.

The Big Ten Network sometimes airs multiple games at the same time, and regionalizes the games so that we can cater to each specific market. Fans will see the games they care most about. We offer the games we are not broadcasting in certain markets to our distribution partners to air on their ""overflow"" channels, so that fans who live outside their university's state can watch their teams. DIRECTV, DISH Network and AT&T U-Verse carry our ""overflow"" games.

You bet! Check out Fairway Solitaire, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and also Holiday Bonus (all programmed by Grey Alien Games). These games have been released on several major portals including Big Fish Games, Reflexive, MSN, AOL, iWin, Playfirst, Boonty etc. and have sold tens of thousands of copies and made hundreds of thousands of dollars. Also take a look at Sudoku Maya Gold (by Gellyware) which was released exclusively on Real Arcade.

A. The CycloDS Evolution is 100% compatible with major homebrew applications that support the DLDI patching process - which is most of the bigger, most desirable homebrew including DSOrganize, Moonshell, etc. The CycloDS Evolution features on-board real time DLDI patching - so there is no need to pre-patch homebrew. Just drop the homebrew on the card and run.

A. Sort of. You can ONLY play DPG/DSM formatted movies on the DS. These are very unique formats and while there is some content preconverted out there, you should expect to convert all your own content. Honestly, the DS is NOT a good device for playing movies (MP3s, sure, but not movies). The reason is, the playback isn't great, the picture isn't great and I've found problems with playing back long, large content like movies.

A. Currently via the homebrew application Moonshell (which is available as a prepatched download for the CycloDS Evolution on their web site) you can play most popular formats including MP3, OGG and WAV. The quality of playback is very good and the DS works pretty well for this sort of convergance task.

A. Yes you can. Using the awesome homebrew application DSOrganize, you can comfortably view BMP/JPG/PNG/GIF/RAW formats. The DS memory is fairly small, so I wouldn't be looking at 10 megapixel images on it, but if you want to throw together some photo galleries for friends and family, it's possible. There are other image viewer applications which buck a lot of flash and style, but they require the images get converted into a "bundle" file first.

There are tools to assist you in skin creation. As of V1.2 beta, you can have and toggle through mutliple skins on the CycloDS. A. It looks and feels like a regular DS cart. The chip inside pushes the case out slightly (on earlier builds - the latest ones do not), but it works very well. Occassionally, when the card comes out of the DS, it sticks a little - but it doesn't require much to get it out. You aren't even likely to notice it. A.

A. I've only dealt with US dealers personally. I recommend Jandaman.com, RealHotStuff.com and ModChipStore.com. If you need to import one, you could try PlayAsia.com - they are a reliable importer. I'll add other dealers I find reputable.

A. Yes. The microSD card format can be in FAT or FAT32, allowing most major operating systems to access them.

A. The CycloDS Evolution supports a multi-lingual interface. Several languages are currently available.

A. Get the latest firmware update from the Team Cyclops site. Copy the file to the root of your microSD card. Boot your CycloDS Evolution and it will start the firmware update automatically. Download the firmware to the computer first, extract it and then COPY it to the microSD (vice downloading directly or uncompressing directly to the microSD card). Get a dedicated, small known compatible microSD card and keep it on hand JUST for doing firmware ugrades.

Is it true that the new "limited edition" AR2 will not boot DVD'S?? I have done it and it does not work. Any suggestions? (SCPH-30002-R) AR2 version 2.03 does not currently have a DVD-R swap method availiable and is not compatible with the Dave Mirra trick.