YSMenu Compatibility Page - Extended


Please see RetroGameFan Updates / Releases before starting. This page simply builds on the compatibility list that is given here.

Please only install YSMenu if your cart is listed! Using YSMenu on an unsupported cart can result in a PERMANENT BRICK! RetroGameFan, YSMenu’s contributors, flashcarts.net or its contributors are NOT responsible for anything you do with the files nor the instructions. You are responsible for any damages that may occur.

DSTTi-Clone YSMenu folder #

DSTTi-Clone TTMenu has broken homebrew loading, and will only work to play retail games. Therefore, it’s advised to only use YSMenu.

  • Carts that work directly:
    • All carts from ndstt.com, ndstt.net
    • All carts from ndstti.cn
    • All carts from nds-tti.com
    • All carts from dstt-adv.com
    • All carts from r4ill-net.com
    • All carts from r4dsll.com
    • All carts from r4top.com
    • All carts from pk3ds.com
    • All carts from r4i-best.com - Green cart is not supported - (If this fails, use DEMON section below)
    • R4i-SDHC 1.4.1, 1.4.2 (r4ll-net.com)
    • R4 Gold 3DS RTS - Upgrade with Cable (r4i-gold.com) - WITHOUT year number, WITHOUT “PRO” on the label, running it on those will BRICK your cart!
    • R4iTT (r4itt.net) - (MUST have a screw on the back! If it doesn’t, this will BRICK your cart!)
  • The following carts must make a copy of TTMenu.dat and rename it to iLL.iL:
    • All carts from r4itt.info - NOT .net
    • Blue/Green R4i 1.41-1.45 (ndsill.net)
    • R4i Gold Upgrade 1.4.1 and V1.41 (r4igold.cn)
    • R4i WiFi V1.5 (r4igold.cn)
    • R4i Dual Core NEW (r4isdhc.cc)
    • R4i 3DS (r4-gold.net)
    • R4i Unlimited Upgradable (r4i-sdhc.hk)
      • Note: If you get a Couldn't find _DS_MENU.DAT error on this cart, it is likely to be an original R4 clone. It should use Wood R4 1.62 instead of YSMenu.
  • The following carts must make a copy of TTMenu.dat and rename it to R4i.TP:
    • All carts from r4i-ndsill.com
    • All carts from r4i-yes.com
    • All carts from r4i-3ds.com
    • All carts from r4i3ds.com
    • All carts from r4isdxc.com
    • All carts from r4n3ds.com
    • All carts from r4ita.com (If this fails, use DEMON section below)
    • All carts from r4i-dshc.com (If this fails, use DEMON section below)
    • Red R4i Upgrade (r4ll-net.com)
    • R4i Advance V1.6 WiFi 3DS (Red cart) (r4i-advance.com)
    • R4i WiFi 3DS (Gold cart) (r4i-advance.com)
    • R4i Red 3DS New WiFI (r4i-sdhc.hk)
  • The following carts must make a copy of TTMenu.dat and rename it to R4.dat:
    • All carts from r4i3d-multi.com
    • All carts from r4iiisdhc.com
    • All carts from r4ids.cc
    • All carts from ndsr4i.com
    • R4i SDHC Silver RTS Lite (r4isdhc.com) - WITHOUT year number, WITHOUT the NEW label, running it on those will BRICK your cart!
  • The following carts must make a copy of TTMenu.dat and rename it to R4i.3ds:
    • R4i3D (r4i3d.com) - WITHOUT year number, WITHOUT the NEW label, running it on those will BRICK your cart!
    • R4i Upgrade (r4i-gold.cc)
    • R4i SDHC Upgradeable (r4i-eu.com)
  • The following carts must make a copy of TTMenu.dat and rename it to 3DSCARD.DAT:
    • Ace3DS (not PLUS, not X) (ace3ds.com)
  • The following carts must make a copy of TTMenu.dat and rename it to R4i.PK:
    • All carts from r4dsixl3d.com
  • The following carts must make a copy of TTMenu.dat and rename it to R4KING:
    • All carts from r4-king.com
  • The following carts must make a copy of TTMenu.dat and rename it to config:
    • R4i <New> Year.Month from r4i-sdhc.hk
  • The following carts must make a copy of TTMenu.dat and rename it to Redant.dat:
    • All carts from r4i-redant.com
  • The following carts must make a copy of TTMenu.dat and rename it to fifa.dat:
    • All carts from r4i-fifa.com
  • The following carts must make a copy of TTMenu.dat and rename it to R4i.au:
    • R4i SDHC 1.4V Gold (r4i-sdhc.com.au)
  • The following carts must make a copy of TTMenu.dat and rename it to R4i.HK:
    • All carts from r4i-blue.com
  • The following carts must make a copy of TTMenu.dat and rename it to R4i.DL:
    • All carts from r4idsxl.com
  • The following carts must make a copy of TTMenu.dat and rename it to R4i.dat:
    • R4i Gold Upgrade 1.14b (r4igold.cn)
  • The following carts must make a copy of TTMenu.dat and rename it to u2ds.dat:
    • U2DS from u2ds.com
  • The following carts must make a copy of TTMenu.dat and rename it to n5i.dat:
    • R4i Upgrade (r4i-g.com)
  • The following carts must make a copy of TTMenu.dat and rename it to R4XDS.dat:
    • All carts from r4xds.com
  • The following carts must make two copies of TTMenu.dat and rename them to iLL.iL and R4i.PK:
    • GoldR4 3DS (r4issdhc.com)
  • The following carts must make two copies of TTMenu.dat and rename them to iLL.iL and R4i.TP:
    • All carts from r4i-sdhc.com.tw (If this fails, use DEMON section below)
    • r4-v.com v1.4.x carts
  • The following carts must make two copies of TTMenu.dat and rename them to iLL.iL and R4i.dat:
    • R4i V1.4 (r4igold.cn)
  • The following carts must make three copies of TTMenu.dat and rename them to iLL.iL, R4i.3DS, and R4i.TP:
    • all carts from r4iasdhc.com
  • The following carts have multiple files to test. Make several copies of TTMenu.dat, and name them R4i.TP, iLL.iL, config, 3DSCARD.dat, R4i.3DS:
    • All r4i-gold.hk carts
    • Most r4i-sdhc.hk carts
    • r4i-kungfu.com RTS Lite carts

DEMON DSTTi Clones #

These are DSTTi clone carts that expect an encrypted R4.dat boot file. #
  • For the following carts, use DSTTi-Clone YSMenu and place this bootstrap R4.dat in the SD root.
    • All carts from r4i-sdhc.com
    • All carts from r4i-gold.eu
    • All 2014+ carts from r4isdhc.com (not the .com.cn, not the .hk, only .com)
    • Any r4i-sdhc.com.tw carts that didn’t work with DSTTi-Clone YSMenu
    • Any r4i-dshc.com carts that didn’t work with DSTTi-Clone YSMenu
    • Any r4ita.com carts that didn’t work with DSTTi-Clone YSMenu
    • Any r4i-best.com carts that didn’t work with DSTTi-Clone YSMenu
    • M3i Upgrade (m3iupgrade.com) - Rename the bootstrap R4.dat to M3i.dat
    • R4 2016 Dual Core (r4-usas.com)
    • R4-III(i) (r4dsl.net)
    • R4i SDHC v2.07 (r4sdhc.com)
    • R4i Pocket (r4ipocket.com)
    • R4i Gold 3DS (r4i-gold.cc)
    • R4i Max (r4imax.com)
    • R4i v1.4/v1.4.1 (r4i-gold.com) - WITHOUT year number, WITHOUT “PRO” on the label, running it on those will BRICK your cart!
    • r4r4.be - R4i-SDHC variant
    • R4i SDHC v1.41 (r4ixl-sdhc.com)

DSOnei SDHC YSMenu folder #

  • DSONE SDHC (and its future clones) (The non-SDHC version is NOT supported)
  • DSONEi
  • DSONEi mini

M3Real_M3iZero YSMenu folder #

  • The following carts will work as-is:
    • M3 DS Real
    • M3i Zero (the GMP-Z003 version is NOT supported)
  • For the following carts, also download the iTouchDS bootstrap for YSMenu:
    • iTouchDS
    • R4(i) SDHC (r4rts.com)
    • R4 SDHC RTS black version (r4isdhc.com)

R4SDHC YSMenu folder #

This was meant for the Original R4SDHC from r4sdhc.com. However, this folder is currently broken because of a configuration error in the YSMenu.ini file. It’s setup to use the stock R4SDHC 1.34 kernel to autoboot YSMenu as DEFAULT.NDS. However, YSMenu also autoboots any file named DEFAULT.NDS, so YSMenu ends up autobooting itself forever.

  • Some OG R4 SDHC’s are actually DSTTi “DEMON” clones. If it looks like this cart but boots to a Menu? screen when an empty sd is inserted, it will use DSTTi-Clone YSMenu with a bootstrap R4.dat from the “DEMON DSTTi Clones” section above.
  • For actual Original R4SDHC carts from r4sdhc.com, it’s advised to use R4-Clone YSMenu, listed below.

R4-Clone YSMenu folder #

This is a YSMenu version for the Original R4, and clones + derivatives. Some carts will need the original kernel to be installed to launch YSMenu.nds, while others may have autoboot solutions available.

  • Note that using YSMenu on the Original R4 and M3 Simply is not advised, as WoodR4 is a more compatible kernel for them. R4-Clone YSMenu does work on these carts however if you prefer YSMenu over WoodR4. You may use the nds-miniboot project to autoboot YSMenu as BOOT.NDS
    • However for R4SDHC and its clones, as well as N5 and its clones, YSMenu is the best kernel available. For those, see below:
  • For the Original R4SDHC from r4sdhc.com:
  • For the N5 from dsn5.com:
    • Use R4-Clone YSMenu folder, and rename YSMenu.nds to _DS_MENU.DAT. Copy _AX_MENU.DAT from the stock kernel to the SD root as well.
  • For the R4 Upgrade/R4-III from r4dsl.net, r4iii.com, r4iiinew.com, and r4-dsl.net:
    • Use R4-Clone YSMenu folder, and rename YSMenu.nds to _DS_MENU.DAT. Copy _R4__III.DAT from the stock kernel to the SD root as well.
    • If it doesn’t work on the first try, delete _DS_MENU.DAT from the SD, and recopy YSMenu.nds to the SD, renaming it to _DS_MENU.DAT. Do not delete the existing _R4__III.DAT.
  • The following carts are also compatible with R4-Clone YSMenu but may need their stock kernel to load YSMenu from:
    • R4iNDSiXL (r4indsill.com)
    • R4 SDHC Christmas Edition (r4isdhc.com)

R4i-SDHC YSMenu folder #

This was meant for r4i-sdhc.com carts, and related DSTTi DEMON hardware carts. While it does work, it does not reliably work on all DEMON carts, as some will refuse to boot with it. r4i-gold.eu carts are a common example, but some older r4i-sdhc.com carts also fail to boot R4i-SDHC YSMenu. Instead of using the R4.dat from this folder, an nds-miniboot binary that works on all carts can be used to load YSMenu. As such, these carts have been moved to the “DEMON DSTTi Clones” sub-section above.

Alternative kernel for DEMON carts (R4iMenu) - RTS Support/TTMenu Style UI/No Timebomb - For r4i-sdhc.com and r4isdhc.com carts only #

  • Downloads:
    • For r4isdhc.com 2014+ flashcarts: 4.3 Kernel
    • For r4i-sdhc.com flashcarts: 1.87b Kernel
    • Avoid using older versions of the stock kernel for these carts as they still have a timebomb.
  • Features:
    • No timebomb
    • RTS Support with in-game menu (Real-Time Save, AKA Save States)
    • TTMenu-style themeable UI
  • Cons:
    • RTS Support is unstable in some games
    • Cheat menu can display unreadable text with long cheat names
    • Some cheats codes are broken
    • Also, see in-depth explanation of this kernel’s cons here.

Disclaimer #

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