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R4i Gold 2.0

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Cart Info

This cart is essentially an R4 Ultra, an Acekard 2i clone that has an AKAIO build available.

Setup Guide:

Kernel Info

AKAIO 1.8.6a is a few versions behind the last release of AKAIO for official AK2i carts, 1.9.0. Therefore, a few of the very last DS games are not fully compatible with this build of AKAIO. Games such as Pokemon Black 2 and White 2 may require AP patching before they can be used. Alternatively, you may opt to use Pico-Launcher instead.

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

  2. Download the R4iDS.com AKAIO 1.8.6a 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 usrcheat.dat file from the download link in the post. Copy this file to __aio/cheats/ on your SD card. (Create the cheats folder if it doesn't exist)

  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:

    • R4 Ultra

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

Post-Setup Enhancements

Emulators

To emulate retro consoles on your DS like GBA, GB/C, NES, and others, you will need to download emulators.

Emulators Tutorial

Themes

Looking to customize your menu? Check out the AKMenu themes repository:

Themes Repository

Kernel Info

Pico-Launcher is the game menu for the DS-Pico (an open source DS flashcart by the LNH team) and other supported carts. Combined with Pico-Loader, it can be used as a full kernel, and supports almost all retail DS games. It features a material-inspired user interface, and an extremely fast loader.

Soft-Reset Not Supported

Note that Pico-Launcher/Loader currently does not support soft-resetting to the game menu. If this is important to you, consider using AKAIO.

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

  2. Download the latest Pico Package for AK2.

    • Currently updated to Pico-Launcher v1.3.0 and Pico-Loader v1.6.0

  3. Extract the pico_package_AK2.zip file with 7-Zip, or your native file manager app.

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

    • _pico folder

    • _picoboot.nds

    • _ds_menu.dat

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

  6. You will need the usrcheat.dat file from the download link in the post. Copy this file into the _pico folder on your SD card.

  7. Create a Games folder in your SD card root, and place any .nds game ROMs you'd like to play inside.

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

    • R4iDS Pico

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

Post-Setup Enhancements

Emulators

To emulate retro consoles like GBA, GB/C, NES, and others, you will need to add emulators and configure their file associations for Pico-Launcher to display retro ROMs in the menu.

Emulators Tutorial

Game Covers

Pico-Launcher supports showing game covers in cover flow layout mode, and on the top screen in icons mode. You will need to add cover images to your SD card to use this feature.

PicoCover

Themes

Looking to customize your DSpico interface? Check out the Pico themes repository:

Themes Repository

To create your own custom themes for Pico-Launcher, check out the themes creator:

Themes Creator