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How to Install SNES on DS Lite M3

The M3 is a flash cart for the Nintendo DS lite, which allows you to put homebrew and independent games on a microSD card and play them on your handheld console. Alongside homebrew games, the M3 cart allows you to run software and applications on the DS Lite, including emulators. These emulators mimic the operation of game system hardware, such as the Nintendo SNES console, allowing you to play old SNES games on your Nintendo DS.

Things You'll Need

SNES emulator
USB microSD card reader
SNES game files

Instructions

- 1
  Download an SNES emulator for the Nintendo DS to your computer, such as SNEmulDS, SnezziDS or SNES DS.
- 2
  Right-click the downloaded SNES emulator file, and select "Extract Here" from the context menu. The emulator files are extracted to the download folder.
- 3
  Remove the microSD card form your M3 flash cart, and insert it into a USB microSD card reader. Connect the card reader to a USB port on your computer.
- 4
  Open "My Computer," and click the icon for the USB card reader to open the microSD card's folder.
- 5
  Right-click anywhere inside the microSD card's folder, hover the mouse pointer over the "New" menu and select "Folder." A new folder is created on the microSD card. Enter "SNES" as the new folder's title, ensuring all the letters are capital.
- 6
  Drag and drop the SNES emulator files into the "SNES" folder on the microSD card.
- 7
  Drag and drop your legally acquired SNES game files -- often referred to as ROMs -- into the "SNES" folder on the microSD card.
- 8
  Remove the microSD card from the USB card reader, insert it into the M3 flash cart and plug the flash cart into the Nintendo DS. The SNES emulator is now installed on your DS's M3 cart and is ready to use.

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