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Galaxy Eagle Pro

Galaxy Eagle Pro

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Info

The Galaxy Eagle Pro is a clone of the Acekard 2i. Unfortunately, it's not a very good clone, and neither AKAIO nor BL2CK work properly on it. While BL2CK boots, it will freeze on a white screen when attempting to load any commercial ROM file. Therefore, AKMenu-Next or TWiLight Menu++ is the recommended primary kernel for it, so that nds-bootstrap can be used to load games. As an alternative option, the stock kernel is also provided, but it will likely be able to run less games than AKMenu-Next or TWiLight Menu++.

Setup Guide:

  1. Format the SD card you are using by following the formatting tutorial.

  2. Download the latest release of AKMenu-Next Flashcart Edition.

  3. Extract the downloaded akmenu-next-flashcart.zip file with 7-Zip.

  4. From within the akmenu-next files, copy the following files/folders to your SD card root:

    • _nds folder
    • BOOT.NDS

  5. Download the latest release of nds-bootstrap.

  6. Extract the downloaded nds-bootstrap.zip file with 7-Zip.

  7. Copy the contents of the files from the extracted nds-bootstrap.zip file to the _nds folder on your SD card.

  8. If you'd like to be able to use cheats on your games, download a cheat database.

  9. You will need the usrcheat.dat file from the download link in the post. Copy this file to _nds/akmenunext/cheats/ on your SD card. (Create the cheats folder if it doesn't exist)

  10. Open the Autoboot folder within the AKMenu-Next files.

  11. Copy the contents of the Galaxy Eagle folder (do not copy the folder itself) to the root of your SD card.

  12. Create a Games folder in your SD card root, and place your .nds game ROMs inside. You can also create additional folders to help with organizing/categorizing your ROMs.

  13. The files on your SD card should now look like this:

    • GEi AKMenu-Next

  14. Insert the SD card back into your cart, plug the cart into your DS, and see if it boots into the menu.

  15. Press Start and go to Settings. Find Other Settings by pressing the R shoulder button to cycle through the settings and change Game Loader to nds-bootstrap and Save.

Post-Setup Enhancements

Plugins

To emulate retro consoles like GBA, GB/C, NES, and others or to play media such as videos, you will need to add plugins to AKMenu-Next:

Plugins Tutorial

Game Covers

AKMenu-Next can show game covers on the top screen. To use them, select one of the included cover themes: Blue Skies Game Covers, DSpico Game Covers or Starlight Covers. Then add cover images to your SD card. Covers made for Pico-Launcher work too.

PicoCover

To create your own custom covers, check out the cover creator. Save each cover in the _nds/covers_name folder on your SD card, named after its ROM file without .nds (for example, MyGame.bmp).

Cover Creator

Themes

Looking to customize your AKMenu-Next interface? Check out the AKMenu themes repository:

AKMenu-Next Themes Repository

AKMenu-Next is also backwards compatible with Acekard/Wood R4 themes, you can find them here:

Acekard/Wood R4 Themes Repository

Kernel Info

TWiLight Menu++ is an alternative kernel that uses its built-in nds-bootstrap to load games. It features a Nintendo DSi style interface and it has rich customisation features. It does however take longer to start up compared to other menus such as AKMenu-Next.

  1. Format the SD card you are using by following the formatting tutorial.

  2. Download the latest release of TWiLight Menu++ Flashcard Edition.

  3. Extract the downloaded TWiLightMenu-Flashcard.7z file with 7-Zip.

  4. From within the TWiLight files, copy the following files/folders to your SD card root:

    • _nds folder
    • roms folder
    • BOOT.NDS

  5. Open the Autoboot folder, then open the Galaxy Eagle folder and copy its contents to your SD card root.

  6. If you'd like to be able to use cheats on your games, download a cheat database.

  7. You will need the usrcheat.dat file from the download link in the post. Copy this file to _nds/TWiLightmenu/extras/ on your SD card.

  8. Place any .nds game ROMs you'd like to play into /roms/nds on your SD card.

  9. Insert the SD card back into your cart, plug the cart into your DS, and boot into TWiLight Menu++.

Post-Setup Enhancements

Plugins

While GBA game support is already included in TWiLight Menu++, To emulate retro consoles like GB/C, NES, and others or to play media such as videos, you will need to install addons to TWiLight Menu++:

Addons Tutorial

Game Covers

TWiLight Menu++ supports showing game box art. DS-Homebrew details multiple options to download and install covers for your games.

TWiLight Menu++ box art

Themes

Looking to customize your TWiLight Menu++ interface? Check out the DS-Homebrew themes repository:

Themes Repository

Theme installation instructions

Kernel Info

Keep in mind that this kernel is outdated. Some newer games will refuse to boot, but this is useable alternative if AKMenu-Next's nds-bootstrap loader fails to load something.

  1. Format the SD card you are using by following the formatting tutorial.

  2. Download the GEi Pro 5.1 kernel.

  3. Open/extract the zip file, and copy the contents into the root of your SD card.

  4. If you'd like to be able to use cheats on your games, download a cheat database.

  5. You will need the cheat.dat file from the download link in the post. Copy this file to the _SYSTEM_ on your SD card.

  6. Create a Games folder in your SD card root, and place your .nds game ROMs inside. You can also create additional folders to help with organizing/categorizing your ROMs.

  7. The files on your SD card should now look like this:

    • GEi Pro 5.1

  8. Insert the SD card back into your cart, plug the cart into your DS, and see if it boots into the menu.