DS homebrew – Text OS v1.0

Here’s a little something for the DS homebrew devs out there. Text OS gives devs a way to test their homebrew games faster on DS hardware by providing support to boot only homebrew apps. It will also boot whatever is in the DS’s slot 2. More details after the jump.

Download: Text OS v1.0

Here’s a little something for the DS homebrew devs out there. Text OS gives devs a way to test their homebrew games faster on DS hardware. Here’s Text OS developer Funkystuff‘s explanation of the app:

Text OS is a small application designed to be of quick use to developers. The purpose of Text OS is to get developers to test their games faster on the DS Hardware.Text OS provide support to boot only Homebrew apps. It will also boot what ever is in slot-2 of the device.

And here are the features:

• Back Light Support
• Slot-2 boot
• Homebrew Boot
• Boot Save (Press A to boot lasted played game)
• Battery Detection
• DS Detection
• Date, Time, Name, etc.

Funkystuff says that Text OS has been tested on AceKard 2 and R4 cards. There’s also an R4-ready version of the app in “R4_ready” folder in the download below. Make sure to read the readme before installing it, especially if you want to use the R4-ready version as it replaces the R4 interface.

Download: Text OS v1.0

• More homebrew development tools for the Nintendo DS

Via NDS-Brewed