Play 27 free puzzle games on your DS

Puzzles seem to be all the rage these days, what with Brain Training and all, so here are a collection of fun puzzle games that will stretch your brain and improve your intellect, just don't quote us on that.

Download Files The first step is to download the files you will need. If you are tidy little bod you may want to collect them together in a folder on your PC. You need to download the following: - Puzzle Maniak: PuzzleManiak_3.6a.rar from here - DLDI File System Patcher Software: dlditool-win32-gui.zip from ">here - DLDI Driver File: from ">here
Unzip Puzzle Maniak The first step is to unzip the Puzzle Maniak software into a folder on your PC. 1. Unzip the PuzzleManiak_3.6a.rar file that you downloaded during Step 01. 2. Keep the folder to hand on your desktop or similar location.
Patch Puzzle Maniak Software Because Puzzle Maniak uses a generic file system library, it needs to be patched so it can access files on your particular homebrew card. 1. Extract the dlditool-win32-gui.zip Patcher software to a folder on your PC. 2. Run the dlditool32.exe program. 3. Click the DLDI File button and browse to the location of the DLDI driver file you downloaded during Step 01. Ensure you have downloaded the DLDI driver file for your particular homebrew card from the list provided " class="releaselink" target="_new">here. 4. Click the Binaries button and browse to the folder on your desktop and select the PuzzleManiak.nds file. Note that if you are a Supercard user you should use the PuzzleManiak.sc.nds file.
Copy Files to DS You can now copy the following files to the root folder of your homebrew card: - PuzzleManiak.nds - Pzmk folder
Use Puzzle Maniak You can now fire up the Puzzle Maniak software. 1. Remove your homebrew card or memory stick from your PC. 2. Insert your homebrew card into your DS. 3. Turn on the DS power and run the PuzzleManiak.nds file. 4. The software will take a moment to load.
Start the puzzles Once loaded the software provides the following impressive array of challenges can be used as follows: - 27 games integrated: Tents, Dominosa, Mines, Bridges, Light Up, Pattern, Net, Untangle, Sudoku, Galaxies, Slitherlink, Blackbox, Mastermind, Map, Filling, Solitaire, Sixteen, Fifteen, Slant, Rectangles, Netslide, Samegame, Unequal, Flip, Inertia, Twiddle and Pyramid (adaptation of Cube). - Support of graphic themes - Daily challenge downloadable via wi-fi - Score submission via wi-fi - Global ranking computed from all scores submitted available on NDS/Website Further information can be found here. As ever, check out our past DS How Tos to discover the many various ways of increasing your handheld's functionality.