I got mine from www.echostore.com. Probably not the cheapest place to buy anymore, but meh.

I'm looking to get an R4. I only want to play NES/SNES Roms. Where is the best place in the US to order one from? I ordered from gameyeeaah but cancelled after I found out they were in HK. I prefer to order from the US. Also, I hear the new version (R4v3) supports SDHC, which TF card is best?

gameyeeaah has a US store as well. Have ordered over a dozen R4s from them. Great to deal with. Seems like they and everyone else is backordered on R4s right now though Had to order in 3 CycloDS Evolution cards for people since I couldn't find any R4s. Great card too... but mSD card is a biatch to get out of them. Looks like som backorders are finally coming in for R4s now so I can go back to those beauties!

Th R4 is on its way. What are the best SNES and NES emus available for the DS?

I've heard no such thing for support of SDHC, and the faq on the R4 site mentions no such thing.

http://www.r4ds.com/product-en.htm#a4

There is also no mention on the site of any V3.

There is tons of blabbing on GBATemp about it, but nothing otherwise and the posts are seriously OLD.

Hi, Thank you for your purchase. We would like to inform you that some
customers are having difficulty properly setting up your R4ds card and
are experiencing "Loading" Freeze Screen Issues. The Reason for It
being stuck on the "Loading" screen b/c you are using the wrong software on
your R4 V3 3rd Generation Card & The Memory Card must be reformatted
to Fat 32 using the Full Format Option in Windows Instead of using the
Quick Format. You "MUST" "MUST" "MUST" use the supplied CD Disk Install
Files b/c this is the Newest Encrypted R4 V3 OS Files. Another
Important Note is that R4ds has a new website called www.R4dsl.net *All Future
Updates Must Be Downloaded At the New Site* The Old site only supports
the Old version of the card which has no SDHC Support. Even though the
OS Files you see might appear to be the same on the old website. "They
are 100% different" Please only use the included files on the provided
installation CD disk and you'll see that everything will work out
perfectly. If you item you feel is still not working and considered
defective then you can, Please return the previous item addressed to: DG
International Trading Inc. P.O. Box 1020 New York,NY 10002 - Please only ship
the R4DS card with Protective Carrying Case Only for replacements. We
will ship you a replacement within 24hrs. after receiving your return
shipment via USPS *Important Note: Please Include your amazon Order ID
Number with your return shipment*

SCAM. Theres no need to use FAT32 unless you are indeed using an SDHC card larger than 4GB (Infact it's slower than FAT). Not to mention "Encrypted" Firmware you MUST install from the CD?
The firmware is nothing more than a zip/rar you unpack onto the microsd card, and you shouldn't bother using the firmware on the CD it's outdated.

Sounds like a clone to me.

R4DSL.net - http://www.whois.net/whois_new.cgi?d=r4dsl&tld=net

R4DS.com - http://www.whois.net/whois_new.cgi?d=r4ds&tld=com

Those don't match, and R4DSL domain was only created @ 2008-02-28 02:50:48

SCAM SCAM SCAM

I'd put my money on it being a clone, as for supporting SDHC cards....no idea.

Theres been zero announcements from the R4 team regarding any new version or SDHC support, and from other reports the R4 manufacturing plant has been shut down (However restarted elsewhere).
That site you linked to is obviously bogus, and is an identical clone of the real R4 site save for the fact it uses ASP where the real site, does not.

I'd bet on that obvious clone, not supporting SDHC. But it could. You're still getting an inferior clone that will probably have issues. Then again, you may not. Just cause it's a clone, doesn't mean it WILL suck.
I can't say here.......you could wind up worse or better off.

Ok well I have decided to refuse shipment when it comes in, and will return it. I don't want a knock off. How about just ditching the R4 and going with a CycloDS from divineo?

That's probably a good idea. I've heard the CycloDS is better than the R4, anyway.

Would anyone recommend ordering from gameyeeeah ?

Put it this way- the M3DS Real has EVERYTHING the R4DS has, plus;

-SDHC support
-Inbuilt emulators
-Cheats
-Realtime saving

..and comes with its own GBA / Memory Slot-2 solution.

Put it this way- the M3DS Real has EVERYTHING the R4DS has, plus;

-SDHC support
-Inbuilt emulators
-Cheats
-Realtime saving

..and comes with its own GBA / Memory Slot-2 solution.

The whole SDHC thing is totally stupid anyway. An 8GB card will set you back far more than 4x2GB cards will.

Don't gimme the whole physical space issue or the need to carry around 3-4 cards, they're tiny! Put em in your pocket/backpack whatever. I have yet to see one come without one of those little plastic cases.

First site I picked up (For point of reference only) an 8GB MicroSDHC with a USB reader = £29.99 or 4GB with same reader for £12.99. The gap is much larger in retail, and slightly larger for Ebay.
Non HC cards can be had for almost nothing now, under $10 for a 2GB card. I paid like $17.99 for 2x2GB.

Well it turns out the order I thought I canceled with Gameyeeeah wasn't so I'll be getting the R4 sometime late next week.

Finally got the R4 today. What are the best emulators for SNES, NES, Genesis, etc that work well on the R4?

I didn't know there were R4 dealers in the US, had I known that I wouldn't have bought from DX in Hong Kong... oh well. As for SNES emulators, you might want to try SNESDS as well.

I noticed something odd when using my DS. The health warning screen instead of the normal tone, now has a higher pitched one. I don't when or how that changed.