Passcard 3 Review By DeVS

Posted Jun 14, 2006 at 4:06PM by QJ Staff Listed in: Nintendo DS Tags: DeVS, Passcard 3, passme, ROMs, Supercard
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Passcard 3 is a nifty third-generation hardware device for the Nintendo DS, which bypasses the security check from the DS game cartridge slot. This allows you to run DS homebrew games, applications and backed up roms from a GBA flashcard device without the pains of programming. DeVS was able to snag one and and sent in a review to boot.

The device is safely tucked in a plastic protective case and comes in a little box with professional-looking box art. You might find yourself looking for a software disk, but there's none as there's really no need for one. The Passcard 3 has the same exact size of a DS game cartridge, as you see on the pic. Unlike the previous Passkey2 and Passcard 2 devices, the Passcard 3 is a plug and play device that you simply take out of the box and insert in your DS. It starts running without the need for programming and the annoying "power-on-then-off-then-on-again" drill.

After you plug in the device, turn on the DS and you'll be greeted by the usual Nintendo health warning and then the Passcard 3 splash screen. You'll then automatically be taken into the flash cards menu. The Passcard 3 works with all the major flash carts (Supercard, G6, and Neo), but DeVS was able to "break-in" the device with his M3 MiniSD. You'd also be interested to know that Passcard 3 works perfectly with the sleep mode function of the DS.

DeVS has nothing but praises for the device:

One word, WOW! The Passcard 3 is the ultimate passme solution for the Nintendo DS. The Passcard 3 is the smallest and easiest passme device on the market today. Not only is it the best looking flashme device, but it is the safest! By using the Passcard 3 you won’t risk “bricking” your DS by flashing it (which seems to happen to 1 out of every 3 DS Lites that people have tried to flash). Style, ease of use, no risk passme, and price, makes the Passcard 3 the hands down top dog for passme technology on the DS.

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Via DeVS

 
 
 

Comments

by The Unbiased One - 2006-06-14 18:25:36
Efa

Does anyone know if this works with the EFA Flash card?
by - 2006-06-14 18:54:05
HELL YES!!

THIS IS SO MUCH BETTER THAN THE PASSKEY 2, NOW MY DS DOESNT LOOK RETARDED WHEN I PLAY ALL MY HOMEBREW!!! THANK YOU QJ.NET FOR TELLING ME ABOUT THIS!!!
by - 2006-06-14 19:13:57
yo

You guys are idiots buy a freiken cheaper flash card and flash your ds,
by DeVS - 2006-06-14 19:27:47
Cheaper?

Cheaper? There $18 bucks,lol. Also flashme doesnt support sleepmode.
by - 2006-06-14 20:53:33
sleep mode does work

Sleep mode does indeed work if you have an original DS cart in the slot
by DeVS - 2006-06-14 21:46:21
Right

Right which defeats the purpose of risking the bricking of your DS to flash it,lol. If you must put a DS cart in the DS slot anyways, why no use the Passcard 3 to begin with and not risk bricking your Lite which MANY people have done recently. The passcard 3 and the Superkey also do not constantly consume power unlike the previous Superpass 2/ Passkey 2 products.
by - 2006-06-15 02:05:10
power use

I will buy one of these is it doesnt use more then a DS game.( My passme 2 used ALOT more then a normal game)
by MSUnman - 2006-06-15 05:26:29
When can I buy? Where?

Are these available to buy yet? and where do you go to order it? I want this or the supercard one that is supposed to come out soon. I hate the passkey 2 special edition, where it sticks out and sucks a lot of your power. This seems perfect to me as long as it works with supercard like the review said.
by - 2006-06-15 06:40:12
brick

If you "brick" your DS and don't know how to use recovery code, you really shouldn't be messing with DS homebrew/piracy.
by - 2006-06-15 06:44:54
single-card

Also, good luck trying to play single card multiplayer w/o flashme :)
by - 2006-06-15 10:07:48
hmm....

Does this work with the launch DS? Also, how much does this cost, and where can it be purchased? Can it be purchased from EBAY?
by DeVS - 2006-06-15 11:36:15
It works

Single card multiplayer works with Passcard 3, I tested it myself.
by - 2006-06-15 11:52:06
Buy one here

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NDS-DS-Pass-Card-PassCard-3-for-All-Version-DS-UK_W0QQitemZ104751910433QQcategoryZ91509QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWINQ3aPOST0Q3aRECOQ3aBINQQcmdZViewItem £25 + £5 p+p
by - 2006-06-15 11:54:58
working link

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=104751910433
by DeVS - 2006-06-15 12:01:02
Thats Crazy

30 Uk pounds = roughly $55 US dollars. The Passcard 3 runs about $18 US dollars brand new. Buy it here: http://www.winsunx.com/list.php?mod=670
by - 2006-06-15 12:47:11
That sites a bit rubbish

I reg'd but it wont let me in :(
by - 2006-06-16 01:55:34
I'd still rather use FlashMe

FlashMe also gets rid of the annoying "Health Warning" screen that appears every time you turn your DS on.
by - 2006-06-16 10:50:12
Bricking.

Bricking your DS/Lite is 100% a user issue. It happens when while you are trying to jump the SL1 connection, you somehow find the need to jam the tool in crooked and somehow touch another piece of metal near the SL1 pads, thus shorting the unit before the firmware is flashed. If you do not know what you are doing, don't flash your ds/lite, just common sense. People that brick their lites are generally idiots who didn't research enough to even be thinking about doing it in the first place. It is somewhat darwinistic, but instead of survival, it is punishment for overstepping your abilities.
by - 2006-06-22 15:39:46
question where to buy

Anyone know a good site to buy a supercard or a superkey/passme3 ?

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