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Nintendo Ds Roms Zip Files: Why They Are Still Popular and How to Get Them for Free

  • versfofibanamem
  • Aug 19, 2023
  • 3 min read


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Similar to the previous Gigaleak, this leak also contains content from the Nintendo Lot Check process, in this case it was Game Boy and Game Boy Color roms. Tons of these games had been previously unreleased, you can find more details in our post about the Nintendo Lot Check roms.




Nintendo Ds Roms Zip Files



The from_nintendo.rar archive contains what looks like an email attachment dump of all the files that Nintendo sent to iQue(?). They are all split by folders depending on what date they were sent from Nintendo and overall it is quite a random bunch of files.


This is also called libntmvm2d elsewhere in the files, lib is a standard prefix for precompiled libraries, guessing the nt stands for Nitro (DS codename).


The Wii U stores SRL files in its rom.zip folder. Enterprising gamers have been able to extract SRL files from their Wii Us and use them to play Nintendo DS games on their PCs, using DS emulators. Any emulator that can load an .NDS file can also load an SRL file, provided you change the SRL file's extension to .nds.


An SRL file contains a serial number generated while signing an OpenSSL certificate. It is used to uniquely identify a signed certificate. SRL files use the same base filename as a certificate's .PEM, .CER, and .KEY files.


Every time a user creates a signed certificate, they must create a new SRL file for that certificate. When a user creates their first OpenSSL certificate, they use the -CAcreateserial command to create that certificate's SRL file. When a user creates subsequent certificates, they use the -CAserial command and specify the path to their original SRL file to create a new SRL file that contains an incremented serial number. The serial numbers that SRL files contain are written using the hexadecimal system.


I wanna share how I got this running on my old Wii. I first ran LetterBomb, with my region and MAC Address, then put those files on my SD Card. I went to the WIi Message Board, then went to yesterday, then hit the red letter. It brought up a menu that, when you wait 30 seconds, shows to press 1 to continue. This enters you into the HackMii installer, where you can install The Homebrew Channel and BootMii. If you're just running Terri-Fried, you might just want the Homebrew Channel. (get them anyway) If you're going to install other Homebrew, install BootMii and Priiloader (guides at wii.guide). Hit "Install the Homebrew Channel," and hit yes for the other popups. Once you have done that, hit Exit, and it will bring you to the Homebrew Channel. Delete the LetterBomb files, then copy over all the Terri-Fried files. Then go to the Homebrew Channel, and Terri-Fried should show up in the menu.


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