This is because there were many cool applications of R4 cards. It is unfortunate that they became infamous for piracy, and people downloading Nintendo games via Torrents. R4 cards could be used for a variety of applications. An alternative operating system was then put on the Micro-SD card, along with any files you'd like to access. The R4 itself would act as an interface between the Nintendo DS console and the firmware on the Micro-SD card. It was effectively an adapter (so if you hear 'R4 adapter' anywhere, this refers to the same product), with a Micro-SD slot in the back of it. It was also commonly shortened to 'R4 DS' or 'R4DS'. The team behind this simply called themselves 'Team R4' and were based in southern China. The very first card, called the R4 Revolution card for Nintendo DS, was released at some point at the start of 2007. However, it was the first mass-market accessory for the Nintendo DS family of consoles that allowed people to do this. The original Nintendo DS card / the R4 card was not the first game emulator or the first way to run running custom application on a console.
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