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How to check your DS version through pictochat - Page 1

How to check your DS version through pictochat

Posted by: Torchickens
Date: 2009-08-19 08:26:46
To do this trick just simply take your game cart out while in Pictochat and the screens will turn a particular colour. This is useful for finding out what version your nintendo DS is.

V1:No particular colour appears
V2:Gray-Blue colour screens
V3:Dark Green colour screens
V4:Golden-Yellow colour screens
V5:Magenta/Pink colour screens [DS lite]
V6:Dark blue colour screens
iQue:Dark green colour screens [Chinese]

Video of somebody doing this glitch:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjsMQ_t8IMQ&feature=related[/youtube]

Re: How to check your DS version through pictochat

Posted by: ?????(000)
Date: 2009-08-21 08:35:23
I have a regular Nintendo DS, and medium-purple screens. Sorta… this color.

[img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Button-Purple.svg/600px-Button-Purple.svg.png[/img]

Re: How to check your DS version through pictochat

Posted by: Zowayix
Date: 2009-08-21 09:09:09
Mine turned out yellow.
Does this actually serve any purpose other than homebrew stuff?

Re: How to check your DS version through pictochat

Posted by: Torchickens
Date: 2009-08-21 09:43:28

Mine turned out yellow.
Does this actually serve any purpose other than homebrew stuff?


No, I don't think it does but its quite odd why it changes colour nevertheless.

Re: How to check your DS version through pictochat

Posted by: Angrysmurf
Date: 2009-08-21 09:51:44

Mine turned out yellow.
Does this actually serve any purpose other than homebrew stuff?


It's useful if you don't know what version your DS is, and you want to find out. I'm actuallly wondering if Nintendo put it in there on purpose, so it would be easy to find out your DS version.


Anyways, I got yellow-gold.

Re: How to check your DS version through pictochat

Posted by: Missing? NO!
Date: 2009-08-21 12:42:52
I got a pinkish color.

Re: How to check your DS version through pictochat

Posted by: fivex
Date: 2009-08-21 15:55:12

I got a pinkish color.
The ds lite allways produces that.

Re: How to check your DS version through pictochat

Posted by: ?????(000)
Date: 2009-08-22 10:42:01
You know, I can't really tell what version my DS is. "Medium purple" isn't on the list.

Re: How to check your DS version through pictochat

Posted by: Stackout
Date: 2009-08-31 14:04:00
I already know this :)

If you wanted to know, my old DS phat with a broken top screen is v3. (:( .. at least i have a flashcart enabling me to run .nds) My DSlite is purple (the usual DSlite colour :P)

Re: How to check your DS version through pictochat

Posted by: fivex
Date: 2009-08-31 15:02:30
Here is something to add to the list:
Flashed(I belive there is one main kind of DS bios flashing. May be wrong): Dark green

Re: How to check your DS version through pictochat

Posted by: ?????(000)
Date: 2009-08-31 15:26:27
Still haven't been able to figure out what version my DS it. It's not a DSLite, I know that much.

Re: How to check your DS version through pictochat

Posted by: fivex
Date: 2009-08-31 17:28:41

Still haven't been able to figure out what version my DS it. It's not a DSLite, I know that much.
Well the DS lite firmware got on your normal DS somehow. Manufacturing error?

Re: How to check your DS version through pictochat

Posted by: ?????(000)
Date: 2009-09-01 06:15:25
I dunno. I got my DS before the DSLite was released in my country.

Re: How to check your DS version through pictochat

Posted by: Stackout
Date: 2009-09-01 15:37:22

Still haven't been able to figure out what version my DS it. It's not a DSLite, I know that much.


That would be v5. (DSlite firmware was based on v5)


Here is something to add to the list:
Flashed(I belive there is one main kind of DS bios flashing. May be wrong): Dark green


That's FlashMe. It was based on v3, so shows the green colour of v3.

Re: How to check your DS version through pictochat

Posted by: ?????(000)
Date: 2009-09-01 16:04:15
Oh, thanks. I would never found that out alone.