December 5, 2004

DS Online Homebrew Overview

Since the race to get the DS online is growing bigger and bigger day by day I thought I do a brief synopsis of their origins.

Warp Pipe aka Demasked

Warp Pipe Technologies started in early July of 2003 with the intent of allowing all LAN-enabled GameCube games to be played over the Internet. Since the birth of the Internet, Nintendo fans have been able to congregate and share their passion for gaming and the deep Nintendo culture that dates back to Donkey Kong. With the advent of Warp Pipe, Nintendo fans can take their online community to the next level by sharing the raw Nintendo experience that is playing great video games. No longer will you have to worry about friends who may have lost interest in video games, as Warp Pipe both extends and redefines the online community of Nintendo fans. We are dedicated to bringing you the most comprehensive and easy to use solution to bring your GameCube online and experience a whole new opportunity to share the Nintendo experience.

Team XLink

Created on March 13, 2003, XLink was a pet project between TheDaddy and TeXLink. It came about after the current alternatives were full of advertisements or 12 year olds spamming in chat rooms. Did we even mention the lag? The first build of XLink only contained a simple messenger style mode and was originally just for TheDaddy and TeXLink to play their XBoxes online with. After showing a couple of friends, a few more people showed interest and began using it. At the time, it was 90% ideas, 10% software...

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