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| Title | Genre | Rating | Comments | Link | Review |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| a cup of tea | shooter | Worth a download | v8 - Renaissance. Original game but tough. | Get it | read |
| A Touch of War | real-time strategy | Keeper - Best | If you like strategy games, this medievel-based game is a must have. You collect resources, explore, build, and fight. This is probably one of the best DS homebrew games. | Get it | |
| Achen | memory | Worth a download | a port/clone of the Atari ST game Match It with a variety of random tile layouts | Get it | Read |
| Acromage v0.9 | fighting-card | Keeper | For my M3 Simply, only the v0.9 version worked, so I don't have access to the multiplayer version in v0.99. This is a fun game that I enjoyed in large part because of the randomness. One thing keeps this out of my top 5 homebrew games [just barely]: when I reach a point where I lack the resources to play anycard, there is no way to skip or forfeit my turn. | v0.9 | |
| air hockey | sports | Keeper | the puck is a little large, and the player circles are too big: | Get It | Read |
| Amuz DS | Puzzle | Didn't work | It started, but I couldn't get it to change directions to shoot the balls. Didn't work after patching. | Get It | |
| AntareX | shooter | Worth a download | Includes music. controls worked well. I liked that your ship's color had to match the color of the enemy to destroy them, a nice variation. It has two modes: classic and stylus. I never got the hang of playing with the stylus which seemed very awkward. | Get It | |
| arcade slots | arcade | Didn't work | Started but couldn't place bets or spin | Get it | read |
| archeron ds | arcade | Doesn't seem to fully work. Potential fun clone. | Get it | read | |
| area 10 | puzzle | Worth downloading. | Get it | Read | |
| Arena DS | Get It | ||||
| Astro Licker | shooter? | Don't download | I don't get this one. | Get It | |
| Atari Boxing | fighting | Don't download | A two-person game . . . using the same DS. | Get It | |
| AutoDS | gambling | Worth downloading | A gambling, slots type game. | Get it | Read |
| Avoid Em All v1.02 | Didn't work | The game started, but the stylus didn't work, even after patching. | Get It | ||
| Aztec Challege | Puzzle [shooting] | Worth a download | Very well done. The object is to shoot twice at target, using various environment elements with different properties. It has professional qualities, but its weakness is that the puzzles are very easy, especially if you read the help for each element. The first 9 levels are tutorials, so get at least level 10 to get a feel for the game. Unfortunately, the save doesn't work, so you can't resume from previous levels. | Get It | |
| Atomix | Puzzle | Keeper | The challenge is to connect the atoms to create the specified molecule. | Get It | Read |
| Babyfoot | sports[soccer] | Don't download | you can't hit the ball. | Get It | Read |
| Babylon 0.9 | strategy [board game] | Worth downloading | After updating the M3 simply DS card to 1.04 and using DLDI 1.23, the game worked. This is a simple game though not terribly addictive. | Get It | |
| Balance | marble/monkey madness | Didn't work | Get It | ||
| Ballbuster | puzzle | Worth downloading | a clone puzzle game in which you tap the stylus to select a group of 3 or more balls of the same color and tap them again to delete them. | Get It | Read |
| Balloon DS | Didn't work | File was corrupted and wouldn't extract. | Get It | ||
| Balloon Fight DS | arcade | Don't download | Get It | Read | |
| Bang | space shooter | Didn't work | Splash screen appeared and then froze. | Get It | |
| Battleship | Didn't work | Get It | |||
| Baukasten | creative | Don't download | drag shapes to create images. | Get it | Read |
| Bear Attack | Didn't work | Download .zip file is corrupt. | Get It | ||
| Bge plat | Didn't work | Even after updating the M3 Simply DS to 1.04 and using DLDI 1.23, it still didn't work. | Get It | ||
| Birds | arcade | Don't download | Okay, if you can get past the stick figure graphics, you dodge the bird poop. Why didn't anyone think of this before? Because it's a crappy idea. :) | Get It | |
| Blackjack DS | cards | Worth downloading | Updated: Now has some graphics and stylus interface. | Get it | Read |
| Black Mage Dancing | music | Don't download | Very little dance animation. | Get it | read |
| Blackout | Didn't work | Get It | |||
| Bloops | Didn't work | Get It | |||
| Blubb | Didn't work | Get It | |||
| blubb3d | board (battleship) | Keeper | this is a variation on battleship, except that your ships have stats [hit points, attack power, and speed] and can move. | Get It | Read |
| bnclassics | board (battleship) | Worth downloading | Work in progress but playable. | Get it | Read |
| bofh legends ds | Didn't work | The downloaded zip file is corrupt. | Get It | ||
| Boggle DS | Didn't work | Get It | |||
| BrickFall LP-2 | Falldown clone | Don't download | a Falldown clone, but he has added power-ups, which can help . . . or hurt you. | Get It | Read |
| Bubblewrap DS | Didn't work | Get It | |||
| bulletml ds | shooter | Worth downloading | the boss [a fanged anime cat] is easily defeated and the game stops there. | Get It | Read |
| Bunjallo Browser | web browser | Don't download | Get It | Read | |
| byook: horus | adventure | Don't download | French only adventure game | Get It | Read |
| c-dogs ds | shooter | Worth downloading | Remake of DOS game | Get it | read |
| CaisseDS | puzzle [sokoban] | Worth downloading | This is another well done homebrew. It has several options, including French or English and a choice of about a dozen background images. It's pretty straightforward: push the chests to stars to open them. | Get It | |
| Can't Stop | Didn't work | Get It | |||
| card sharks | cards | Worth downloading | Get it | Read | |
| Carre Rouge | Didn't work | he game started but then no controls worked. | Get It | ||
| Casse Brique | Breakout | Worth downloading | I'm not a fan of this game, but it seems okay, although the background colors make it hard to see the ball. | Get It | |
| Cave Story DS | Platform | Worth downloading | very well done and is looking polished. It still has some work, but it’s worth checking out. | Get It | Read |
| Chain Reaction | puzzle | Don't download | Not much gameplay with no instructions. | Get it | read |
| Chaos DS | Fighting | Keeper | This game has something I like. And it's not the Atari graphics. It's a fighting game using mages. The help is very sparse, so it took a few tries to learn the game, but this is a nice game to cleanse the palette. | Get It | |
| Chameleon Shot v1.0 | shooter | Didn't work | The game started, but no controls worked. | Get It | |
| Chat Noir | puzzle | Keeper | Get it | Read | |
| Chifoumi | Rock, paper, scissors | Don't download | it's rock, paper, and scissors | Get It | Read |
| Chinese Checkers | board game | Didn't work | It started but played in what looked like demo mode which i couldn't escape. | Get It | |
| Chopper Lift | Didn't work | The game started, but the animations and graphics were wonky, and the controls didn't work. | Get It | ||
| Chroma | puzzle | Worth downloading | Get it | Read | |
| Circular Defense | Dodge/defense | Didn't work | At least, I don't think it did. The game started, and the controls worked sporatically. The point is to create shields of specific colors to protect against ships of that same color. Even had it worked, I don't know that I would have recommended it. | Get It | |
| Codename Hacker | puzzle/adventure | Keeper | Though the puzzles appear to be the same as the original, it is still a fun game to play. | Get It | Read |
| Coffee Prince DS | memory | Don't download | Get It | Read | |
| Collection | Puzzle | Don't download | This is a collection of four games, but the only one I cared for was the black-white tile flipper. Still, not enough here to bring me back. | Get It | |
| Cosmic Invaders | shooter | Worth a download | It plays well enough and provides a challenge, but I never got into space invaders. | Get It | |
| Crosspics | puzzle | Not worth downloading | It's sort of like a crossword puzzle but with pictures. The numbers tell how many cells in that row or column are colored. Once colored correctly, the cells create a picture. I like the logic of the game, but the squares are too small for my stylus, so I constantly correcting my mistakes. | Get It | |
| Crystals v1.0 | board | Worth a download | Get It | Read | |
| Cube Breakout | breakout | Worth a download | The game has some nice features, but I really had a hard time seeing what was going on. | Get It | Read |
| cubex | puzzle | Worth downloading | This is a clone of the Amiga game that is similar to ballbuster: you have to remove all the cubes by making them touch on one or more sides. | Get It | Read |
| Custom Ship Shooter DS | shooter | Not worth downloading | just doesn't have much. | Get It | Read |
| Cutrix | tetris | Worth downloading | This is heresy, I know, but I really don't like tetris, regard as one of the greatest game created. If you like tetris, then this is for you. For me, it's getting deleted. | Get It | |
| DadaS | racing | Don't download | Horse racing game with limited interaction. | Get it | Read |
| Dazzle Sparkle | bejewel | Worth downloading | Frooze has released a bejeweled clone that seems very well done, though I have not really played any these clones for the DS. The graphics are somewhat simple but effective. I enjoyed the gameplay on this one because I think the timer is done pretty well: I couldn't look at the jewels too long, but creating matching gems adds an appropriate amount of time to the clock. I don't see playing this a lot, but it's good enough to download, maybe even keep on the DS. | Get It | Read |
| Deal or No Deal | game show | Worth downloading | Get it | Read | |
| Defender DS | arcade | Don't download | Works but only includes landers and shooting doesn't work. | Get it | Read |
| Dice Roller | puzzle slider | Don't download | Get It | Read | |
| Dice Wars | strategy | Keeper - Best | This is a clone of the flash game dice wars, which is like Risk | Get It | Read |
| DiggerDS | Platformer | Keeper | The graphics aren’t great and the controls seem to have a little slop [or maybe that’s just me getting older]. | Get It | Read |
| DreamZZT | Puzzle/adventure | Worth downloading | Get It | Read | |
| drug wars | sim/rpg | Worth downloading | Get it | read | |
| DSAcademy | Didn't work | Get It | |||
| DS All Stars | Qix clone | Worth downloading | This is a tough game, which is one reason I'd recommend downloading it. | Get It | Read |
| DS Light Bikes | racing | Keeper | This a tron-like game, and the graphics are well done. | Get It | Read |
| DstroyDS | bomberman | Worth downloading | Naroin is planning several additional features, including multilanguage support, network mode for up to 8 players, sound, and a higher resolution. | Get It | Read |
| Dual Pong | pong | Don't download | Get It | Read | |
| Duke 3D | shooter | Worth downloading | Get It | Read | |
| Dungeon Master DS | Don't download | It's just in alpha right now but worth watching. | Get It | Read | |
| Earth Invaders 0 | shooter | Worth downloading | The graphics, especially the backgrounds, are rough, but I can play past that. The real problem is the awkward controls. | Get It | Read |
| everlasting love | platformer | Keeper | take a monkey from yoshi’s island, throw in happy game music, and you have a monkey that can only jump from the lego-looking pieces in time with the music | Get It | Read |
| evil santa attacks | shooter | Worth downloading. | Get it | Read | |
| face fire | shooter | Don't download | Get it | read | |
| falldownds | Puzzle | Don't download | Get It | Read | |
| Fallout Europa | Fallout | Worth downloading | This is a Fallout clone from France all in French. | Get It | Read |
| final fantasy battle | fighting | Worth downloading | this game’s controls seem awkward. | Get It | Read |
| first strike | shooter | Worth downloading | A work in progress with limited gameplay but worth watching | Get it | Read |
| fish tank ds | Didn't work | slot 1/DLDI compatability appears to be a known issue | Get It | ||
| Geo Wars | arcade | Keeper - Best | just might be the most polished, professional DS homebrew game. | Get It | Read |
| Get Out | arcade/pacman | Worth downloading | a pacman-like game set in a classroom, | Get It | Read |
| ghostbusters ds | adventure | Worth downloading | Get it | Read | |
| Goalie | arcade/sports | Didn't work | Read | ||
| grid soccer | sports | Don't download | Get it | Read | |
| Grow RPG | sim/strategy | Worth downloading | Get It | Read | |
| halo 2D DS | platform | Don't download | It's alpha right now but releases 12/1/07. | Get It | Read |
| HamHam DS | sim | Don't download | Get It | Read | |
| hellowor | Don't download | This is a joke. | Get It | Read | |
| Hero | Read | ||||
| HotSpot DS | Didn't work | Get It | |||
| hup | puzzle | Don't download | Guide the balloons to slots | Get it | read |
| invasion | Didn't work | Get It | |||
| iquiz | Didn't work | Get It | |||
| Jack Turtle | platform | Worth downloading | Alpha version but has some gameplay. Worth watching. | Get It | |
| jelly block | puzzle | Worth downloading | Get it | Read | |
| Jetfighter | shooter | Didn't work | Get it | Read | |
| jnkplat: dugneon escape | platform | Worth downloading | NES-like platformer | Get it | read |
| johnny platform's biscuit romp | platform | keeper | Get It | Read | |
| ka-boom | mine clone | Keeper | Get It | Read | |
| knifeoshen | arcade | Worth downloading | Reflex game: throw the knife without hitting the cat | Get It | Read |
| Kongregate | arcade | Don't download | Get It | Read | |
| Klungo Brain DS | puzzle | Don't download | Get It | Read | |
| Lapinou Jumps! | platform | Worth downloading | Get It | Read | |
| LabyrintheDS | maze | Didn't work. | Get It | ||
| laser hockey | pong/sport | Don't download | Work in progress with not enough play at this time | Get It | Read |
| life's a trip | Read | ||||
| Light Corridor | arcade | Worth downloading | Clone of amiga game. | Get it | read |
| linescs | puzzle | Worth downloading | Get It | Read | |
| Lockjaw | puzzle tetris | Worth downloading | Lots of customization settings | Get It | Read |
| LumiDS | Didn't work. | Even after manual patching, the game never even started. | Get It | Read | |
| magic touch | arcade | Worth downloading | Get it | Read | |
| Mancala DS | board | Get It | |||
| Marble | puzzle | Worth downloading | Work in progress with lots of promise | Get It | Read |
| MartianDS | shooter | Worth downloading | Get It | Read | |
| Maouss DS | puzzle | Keeper | Get It | Read | |
| Mass Hysteria | sim | Worth downloading | Get It | Read | |
| Mental Games | puzzle | Worth downloading | Get It | Read | |
| Meteora Evolution | shooter | Keeper | Get It | Read | |
| motus | word game | Don't download | French only. | Get It | Read |
| mymelods | music | Keeper | Get It | Read | |
| nds tactics | arcade | Worth downloading | Get it | Read | |
| Nightstalker | arcade | Don't download | It's an alpha test of the engine, but more will be added. worth watching. | Get It | Read |
| no place to hide | Didn't work | Get It | |||
| ock the caveman | rpg | Don't download | 9.10.07 Update: Game much more improved but still quirky. | Get It | Read |
| oh mummy evolution | arcade | Worth downloading | Get It | Read | |
| Oil Panic DS | Didn't work | Get It | |||
| OmokDS | Board | Keeper | Get It | Read | |
| Ouendan | music | Don't download | Get It | Read | |
| paper tank | strategy | Worth downloading | work in progress but with potential | Get it | Read |
| pegs ds | puzzle | Worth downloading | Get it | read | |
| Penguin Keepy Uppy | keepie uppie | Worth downloading | Get It | Read | |
| Perilous Wheels | Platform | Worth downloading | Get It | Read | |
| Pingalo | puzzle | Worth downloading | cute alpha with 5 levels. worth watching. | Get It | Read |
| Planets | flight | Don't download | Get It | Read | |
| platude's retro collection | arcade | Worth downloading | A very nice collection of retro games | Get It | Read |
| plop invaders | puzzle | Keeper - Best | Get It | Read | |
| pocket physics | Don't download | Not really a game. Interesting but not enough to play with. | Get it | Read | |
| press your luck | game show | Don't download | Get it | Read | |
| Puzzlemaniac | Puzzle | Keeper | 9.9.07 Update: Problem with m3 and v2.0 | Get It | Read |
| Pong++ | pong | Worth downloading | Get It | Read | |
| Pong Classic | pong | Don't download | Get It | Read | |
| PongPong | pong | Don't download | Get It | Read | |
| Powder | RPG | Keeper | Get It | Read | |
| Purity | quiz | Don't download | Get It | Read | |
| p'zong! | pong | Don't download | Get It | Read | |
| quadrangular ds | puzzle | Worth downloading | http://bfthsoftware.blogspot.com/ | Read | |
| Quake DS | shooter | Keeper - Best | Get It | Read | |
| QDS.Arena | shooter | Keeper | Get It | Read | |
| storm the house | strategy | Didn't work | Get It | ||
| River Crossing | puzzle | Worth downloading | Get It | Read | |
| rockit | music | Don't download | Get it | Read | |
| robot arm ds | puzzle | Worth downloading | Get It | Read | |
| rubiks | puzzle | Don't download | Only half turn functions work and no graphics. A work in progress that bears watching. | Get it | Read |
| scrogger | puzzle | Worth downloading | Get it | Read | |
| secret | puzzle | Don't download | Get It | Read | |
| setds | puzzle | Worth downloading | Get It | Read | |
| Setsuzoku no Puzzle | puzzle | Worth downloading | Timed tile matching. Harder than Achen. | Get It | Read |
| shades on | puzzle | Worth downloading | Get it | read | |
| simple snake | arcade | worth downloading | Get it | Read | |
| Skirmish | Get It | ||||
| soko ds | Didn't work | The game started, but I could not use any of the controls. | Get It | Read | |
| sopwith ds | shooter | Get it | Read | ||
| spider solitaire | card | Get It | Read | ||
| spritit ds | platform | Didn't work | Get It | Read | |
| squareds | puzzle | Didn't work | Get it | Read | |
| solitaire crab-louse | puzzle | Don't download | Get It | Read | |
| starlite | strategy | Worth downloading | A work-in-progress that's getting better | Get it | Read |
| star wars battle | battleship | Worth downloading | Star Wars theme with shooter minigame. AI gets stuck after hitting smallest ship. | Get It | Read |
| sudoku | puzzle | Worth downloading | First attempt with options and a different interface | Get it | Read |
| super mario galaxies | shooter | Keeper | As of v0.71, worth keeping | Get It | Read |
| TabuDS | board | Didn't work | Get It | ||
| tama survivor | Pang | Worth downloading | Get It | Read | |
| tangram ds | puzzle | Worth downloading | Get It | Read | |
| TinyGames | arcade collection | Don't download | Get It | Read | |
| Touch Me (I'm famous) | rhythm | Worth downloading | Get It | Read | |
| Tunneler DS | arcade | Don't download | Get It | Read | |
| twin isles | strategy sim | Worth downloading | Civ/simcity like strategy. Can be slow but good civ-focused game | Get it | read |
| uummarmuit | shooter | Worth downloading | Get it | Read | |
| vice poker | cards | Didn't work | Get it | Read | |
| video poker | cards | Don't download | Get it | Read | |
| virus ds | puzzle | Worth downloading | Get it | Read | |
| vloz's pong | pong | Don't download | Better pong games out there | Get it | Read |
| War of the Weeds | puzzle collection | Worth downloading | Get It | Read | |
| warcraft : tower of defense | tower defense | Keeper - Best | Get It | Read | |
| Warlords | strategy | Keeper - Best | Get It | Read | |
| warrior training | shooter | Don't download | Get it | Read | |
| way of the rain | puzzle | Didn't work | Get it | Read | |
| whee!ds 2 | racing | Worth downloading | Get It | Read | |
| white dwarf | shooter | Don't download | Asteroids clone with nice features but a work in progress to keep an eye on | Get it | Read |
| white vs black | chess | Don't download | Get it | Read | |
| Touchdown: alien attack | shooter | Worth downloading | Get It | Read | |
| Wolf3d DS | shooter | Worth downloading | Get It | Read | |
| wolveslayer | hack n slash | Worth downloading | Get It | Read | |
| world of sand | puzzle art | Worth downloading | 9.9.07 Update: new version with many more options. | Get It | Read |
| wordbank | puzzle | Didn't work | Get it | Read | |
| wordup | puzzle | Worth downloading | Get it | Read | |
| wordwrap | puzzle | Worth downloading | Get it | Read | |
| Wusteroids | arcade asteroids | Worth downloading | Get It | Read | |
| xump ds | puzzle | Worth downloading | Get it | Read | |
| yahtzee | board | Don't download | Get it | Read | |
| zoop | arcade | Worth downloading | Get it | read |