It has only 4 beta tracks out of 10 due to the fact that I didn't know which courses people wanted me to remove. The readme file includes pretty much everything you need to know (Including what courses I removed for the beta tracks) so read up on that.
The reason why I created this patch was because it's for those whom don't own an original cart to use an Action Replay DS or Nitro Hax on and those who can't find the Kiosk Demo of the rom. Also, since I haven't seen a patch like this laying around anywhere, I decided to make one myself and share it with others.
I will probably make more patches like this which includes the other beta tracks and (possibly) remove different offline tracks depending on which ones people want me to take out. However, because these beta tracks works only for the user on wifi, I will not be removing any online tracks.
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| Mario Kart DS: Beta Tracks Patch |
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| Created By Chaos Boi (aka Yoshi Jr.) |
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1.Introduction
2.Courses changed
3.Instructions
4.Credits
1. Introduction
Hello all and thanks for downloading my Mario Kart DS: Beta Tracks Patch.
What this does is that it changes some of the courses from the Mario Kart DS rom to
beta tracks that were taken out of the game. However, because they are beta tracks
only, they have no textures so don't expect anything special. The courses are all
white and also, do be careful because if you fall off the track, the game will freeze,
seeing as Lakitu wasn't programed to take you back onto the course in the beta courses.
Anyway, enjoy and have fun playing!
2. Courses Changed:
Note that the names on the left side are the original tracks while the ones on the right are courses that I named according to their filenames.
In-Game Name: Beta Course Names: Description:
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Tick Tock Clock - > Dokan Course You can get lost very easily.
GBA Bowser Castle 2 - > Test Circle Drive in a circle once and win.
SNES Koopa Beach 2 - > Nokonoko Course Contains trees. Might be a beach?
SNES Donut Plains - > Old Mario GC It's the Mario GC circuit...Sorta.
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3. Instructions
Download IPS XP from [url]http://www.zophar.net/[/url] in the Utilities/Patch Utilities section.
Install it and when it's done, click on "Select file to patch". Change the filetype to
"All files" and locate your Mario Kart DS rom. Next, click on "IPS Patch to use" and
locate the MKDSBeta.ips file. Click open and then "Apply Patch to file" and you're done!
Just put the rom into a flashcart device and load it up. Pick the selected courses from
the "Courses Changed" list above and enjoy!
4. Credits
- Staffs of DGEmu for the MKDS rom
- Tenchi wielding the Illumina sword for the ips XP program.
- Dexter0 for the video tutorial on how to hack the beta tracks into the game.
- retrohead of DS-Scene for providing the link to Dexter0's video tut.
- DarkFader for the NDSTool program.
- Datel for supplying the names to courses that have no textures (Which makes it easier
to tell which courses were beta) in their MKDS codes section.
Mario Kart DS: Beta Tracks