By spending the money on a flash cart you unleash the true power of the DS. It will become a PDA, eBook reader, movie player, MP3 Player, picture viewer, and what ever else people have come up with. Oh yeah plus homebrew games can be of a very high standard. DS quake is very good and I heard they are working on Quake 2 now.
There are so many emulators available for a wide range of platforms. The beauty of this is most of the games have become abandonware so are legal to download. My opinion is your $80 on a flash cart will keep you busier than a console game. You will have more uses for your DS so will use it more often. I take mine with me everywhere I go as I treat it as a PDA. If I am on a train or having a slack night at work I just pop on a movie and off I go. Its easier than lugging a Laptop around and with a good set of head phones the sound is great. If you listen to MP3's you can close the DS and just have it in your pocket. By pushing the shoulder buttons you cam change songs.
Get a Flash Cart, I recommend the Supercard SD one, see my review in the accessories section under flash carts.
29/02/2008
Whac-A-Mole
Kingdom Come