Rune Kenneth Meisingset - Some games for the Nintendo DS Browser

Some games for the Nintendo DS Browser

Saturday, May 26, 2007 4:49:22 PM

I have made some simple games for the Nintendo DS Browser.

The games are made to fit the DS Browser's screen size, so that you can play them without scrolling. They are also developed with the DS browser's speed, javascript capabilities (which are very good!) and control system in mind. All the games are contained in the same web page, so that you can close and reopen the DS to break the internet connection (and save battery), and continue to play all the games. The web page is still very light, so it loads quickly in the browser.

I have also made offline versions of the games. If you bookmark one of the offline versions, you can play the games even after the Nintendo DS has been completely powered off.

The games currently are:

Panel Puzzle (see also my widget)	Minesweeper
Hang Man	Snake
Tetris	Reversi

If you have a Nintendo DS and the Nintendo DS Browser you might want to go to and bookmark this page:

Nintendo DS Browser Games

Offline Version of the Nintendo DS Browser Games

New improved version of the widget tab replacementWand for the Nintendo DS Browser

Comments

Unregistered user # Sunday, July 1, 2007 1:57:06 AM

Anonymous writes: I really hope it works because i can't access it with my regular computer.

Rune Kenneth Meisingsetrkm # Monday, July 2, 2007 12:28:38 PM

@Anonymous: It works perfectly on the DS Browser. It should also work with Opera for PC (with a minor rendering glitch). I've used some code that doesn't work in FF. And I haven't tested it, but I assume that it doesn't work in IE.

What are you using?

Unregistered user # Monday, July 2, 2007 4:03:05 PM

axs007 writes: i played 2 of those games and it worked good. they seem to be written in javascript. go further on and thanx

Unregistered user # Tuesday, July 3, 2007 3:54:28 AM

AngryMAn400 writes: Wow this is really cool!! =D (o:3) ^_- But how do you make it download on the DS Browser? Do you think a SUPER MARIO BROS. game written in javascript would work on the DS Browser? I found one called Super Maryo World and you can find it at: http://www.janis.or.jp/users/segabito/JavaScriptMaryo.html

Rune Kenneth Meisingsetrkm # Tuesday, July 3, 2007 6:39:16 PM

Thanks for your comments:)

@axs007: That's right. They're all written in javascript.

@AngryMAn400: I'm using data URIs to make it possible to store it on the DS browser. If you look at the url to the offline page, it is really long. That's because the whole web page is contained in that url.

It would be cool to try to make Super Mario Bros work on the browser. But I think it would be really, really hard. The game that you found was quite impressive. But developing something similar for the DS Browser would be very much harder because you've got so little RAM to work with.

JacobDSregular # Tuesday, July 10, 2007 8:34:59 PM

Listen AngryMAn400 that is awesome like a mario game but you have a DS
right would'nt it be simple to buy the "new super mario bros." game
i mean the javascript could be writen out but how many levels would you be satisfied with that would take a lot of space it made more for simple games *hint *hint like chess,or pinball would be hard to do but just adjust the difficulty by speed i would really really like to see a pinball game for it!

Unregistered user # Monday, July 23, 2007 8:37:54 AM

Anonymous writes: This Games are Great I will Play these Games On My Nintendo ds browser when i am bored. i will rate all of your games 5 out of 5 stars

Unregistered user # Wednesday, July 25, 2007 9:10:18 AM

nostrilwangler667 writes: Whoa Nelly thats one long bookmark!!! But what's the beginning of it so the ds browser will know not to connect to the internet? I want to make a page with a password generator able to be saved to the ds without having to connect to the INTERNET ! I deleted the game and now i have too many bookmarks!! Also, I cant get to the game page using Firefox on windows but i can get to it with firefox on mac!!!

Rune Kenneth Meisingsetrkm # Thursday, July 26, 2007 10:36:50 PM

Thanks for your comments

@nostrilwangler667: You'll have to convert the html-file to a data URI. You can use f.ex. the online converter at http://software.hixie.ch/utilities/cgi/data/data to do this. It would also be easy to make the games work perfectly in Firefox, but I prioritized optimizing them for the DS Browser instead.

I'll try to upload a more compressed offline version soon.

Unregistered user # Wednesday, August 1, 2007 10:31:17 PM

Anonymous writes: I need to get the browser so I can start on some games

Unregistered user # Friday, December 14, 2007 2:46:18 PM

Ash writes: Hey,this is not bad! XD :) ;)

Unregistered user # Sunday, January 6, 2008 4:30:23 AM

Tatzelworm writes: I was wondering if you could make an offline version for minesweeper alone or with snake.....if you could then that be great. TY for the games ;-)

Rune Kenneth Meisingsetrkm # Sunday, January 27, 2008 7:50:19 AM

@Tatzelworm: Sorry, I forgot to reply to this. I've added new offline versions of the games. Perhaps you've already found them...

Unregistered user # Sunday, February 17, 2008 5:06:15 PM

Adi writes: I’m Selling Nintendo DS Games, over than 600 titles… check it out http://zonagadget.blogspot.com/2008/02/nintendo-ds-games-software-for-sale.html

Unregistered user # Saturday, February 23, 2008 12:21:39 PM

Anonymous writes: Very nice games! How did you compress the offline ones?

Unregistered user # Thursday, March 6, 2008 1:01:32 PM

Slow Sam writes: how do you make these could you email me your codes and stuff or instrutions EMAIL: tobbobobbo@gmail.com

Al Garciaalgarcia # Monday, March 10, 2008 5:10:57 AM

well these games work fine for me. really nice the tetris.
what's next? space invaders-like? or pong?
i'll enjoy them a lot. even pac-man

Unregistered user # Sunday, March 16, 2008 3:18:50 PM

Anonymous writes: please make more games. these games are amazing! if you make more, email me at hlspartan@yahoo.com

Unregistered user # Tuesday, April 8, 2008 1:26:10 PM

Lvaneede writes: That is really cool. I love it how you can save it onto the ds. It works great.

Unregistered user # Saturday, May 17, 2008 8:04:33 AM

Xaivior13 writes: What language did you write these in... I have an idea on what I could do to improve the DS, but first I need to know how to save the application to the cartridge, and, first of all, how to write them. Please e-mail me at xaivior13@gmail.com with any information. Thanks.

Unregistered user # Saturday, May 17, 2008 8:06:32 AM

Xaivior13 writes: Sorry, ignore the above comment, I read the first few comments, and decided to post one of my own...

Unregistered user # Tuesday, May 27, 2008 3:09:05 AM

Broghan writes: I LOVE YOU!!! THESE GAMES ARE PERFECT

Unregistered user # Wednesday, June 11, 2008 5:16:33 PM

Anonymous writes: i wrote this from my ds browser, and the games are awsome, and pacman would be hard but pretty inovative for the browser

Unregistered user # Friday, June 13, 2008 4:41:51 PM

chan writes: they work really well!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! do you have any other games i can play?

Unregistered user # Monday, July 28, 2008 9:37:56 PM

Anonymous writes: can you make other games like mario i really would like to play some games! How you do that i do not know but the games are amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Unregistered user # Monday, July 28, 2008 9:41:31 PM

chan writes: I am a huge fan of space invaders is it possible that you could make it. PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love the browser but I would love to play some more classic games like pac-man, pong, stuff like that.

Unregistered user # Monday, July 28, 2008 9:41:51 PM

Unregistered user # Thursday, August 21, 2008 6:29:39 PM

Anonymous writes: This is amazing!! I'm amazed nintendo hasn't posted Javascript games on their sites!!

Unregistered user # Saturday, October 25, 2008 5:21:15 PM

trever writes: how do you play the games offline on the ds? i really wanted to know how because if im somewhere were i cant use the internet and i would want to play them i wouldnt be able to so reply back quick plz. thks

Unregistered user # Sunday, January 11, 2009 3:48:33 AM

Anonymous writes: thanks! im on my ds right now and these games work pretty god, i bookmarked this page.

Unregistered user # Wednesday, March 4, 2009 6:28:52 AM

Anonymous writes: will these games work with the dsi?

Unregistered user # Monday, April 6, 2009 9:22:20 AM

Anonymous writes: im playing them on dsi right now tetris and snake dont because you cant control them but hangman and others do

Unregistered user # Sunday, May 10, 2009 1:30:41 PM

thedsirocks writes: it works on DSi tetris works on dsi but you have to hold R and be in colum mode!

Unregistered user # Friday, August 14, 2009 7:35:24 AM

Susan writes: I recently came across your blog and have been reading along. I thought I would leave my first comment. I don't know what to say except that I have enjoyed reading. Nice blog. I will keep visiting this blog very often. Susan http://onlinemariogames.net

Unregistered user # Tuesday, August 25, 2009 10:44:50 PM

Anonymous writes: erm, i can play snake or tetris as i cant go left or right or up or down, please can you help me?

Unregistered user # Tuesday, August 25, 2009 10:45:22 PM

Anonymous writes: cant play snake even***

Unregistered user # Tuesday, August 25, 2009 10:50:44 PM

Jack the man writes: hi i cant go left right up or down on snake and tetris on the dsi browser,how do i do it?

Unregistered user # Tuesday, August 25, 2009 10:55:09 PM

Anonymous writes: erm holding R doesnt work and neither does the dpad

Unregistered user # Sunday, November 1, 2009 11:23:01 PM

Archiez writes: Hold "R" while in "coulum mode" let go of "R" to press "A" to speed the drop (note) the screen will move up/down/left/right if you hold the scroll bar with your thumb it only shakes "ALSO PLAY OFLINE MODE MUCH EASIER FOR DSI USERS BECAUSE THERE IS LESS LEFT&RIGHT" ^_^hope i helped (PUT THIS ON YOUTUBE LOTS OF PPL WILL SAY HORAY) as stupid as this sounds its fun simply cause i know im playing thin online threw a simple browser not capable of even watching youtube vid's ^_^hope u get space invaders or mario ^_^

curtisgamewizard # Monday, November 16, 2009 8:57:34 PM

hey rkm can you email me a coy of both versions of your games email me at gamewizard666@gmail.com

Unregistered user # Saturday, February 20, 2010 2:33:45 PM

Anonymous writes: hi. can you have an offline version of just the hangman game plz?

Arty2 # Wednesday, April 28, 2010 6:49:38 AM

Originally posted by rkm:

If you bookmark one of the offline versions, you can play the games even after the Nintendo DS has been completely powered off.

I wish that was true, it must have been a while since this games were tested and unfortunately the offline functionality cannot work on the DSi broswer because it can only save up to 1000 characters in a bookmark. My (oh so I'd like it to be) offline chess application failed miserably due to this. It's a pity, one could see great stuff on this browser.

Unregistered user # Sunday, October 30, 2011 3:19:21 AM

Anonymous writes: hello hello hello hello

Unregistered user # Wednesday, December 7, 2011 2:02:30 AM

MinZ writes: Amazing games! I still can't belive (spelling?) you made Tetris! To bad the dsi browser can't handel (spelling?) such long URL's. I wonder if there is a solution to that...

Unregistered user # Saturday, January 14, 2012 10:54:11 AM

Sipheera writes: It's too bad tetris won't work on the DSi.. It's my all time favorite game.. I must say that you are totally my savior at this point when it comes to games I can play on my DSi on the internet. I'm disappointed in nintendo for not putting more memory into the systems, I mean really? Don't they know us kids these days are all about mobile internet or do they not have outside connections in their little labs? Yeesh... Anyways, thank you from everyone of us for taking so much time to make these games for other peoples' enjoyment and especially for making them free. It's nice to see that there are still some people out there that aren't obsessed with their personal gains' or money. You've given me some hope for the future of the world aswell. Thank you.