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The Action Replay DS (abbreviated ARDS, AR) is one of a line of products manufactured by Datel
Datel

Datel is a United Kingdom-based electronics and game console peripherals manufacturer. The company is best known for producing a wide range of hardware and peripherals for home computers in the 1980s, for example replacement keyboards for the ZX Spectrum, the PlusD disk interface and the Action Replay cartridge....
, specifically designed for use with the Nintendo DS
Nintendo DS

The is a dual-screen handheld game console developed and manufactured by Nintendo. It was released in 2004 in video gaming in Canada, the United States, and Japan....
. It is used to apply cheat codes to alter a game, usually by giving the player extreme advantages not normally obtainable. While earlier versions of the software forced users to input codes manually via the DS itself, versions 1.52 and later allows users to enter codes through a PC application, which are copied to the software via USB.






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The Action Replay DS (abbreviated ARDS, AR) is one of a line of products manufactured by Datel
Datel

Datel is a United Kingdom-based electronics and game console peripherals manufacturer. The company is best known for producing a wide range of hardware and peripherals for home computers in the 1980s, for example replacement keyboards for the ZX Spectrum, the PlusD disk interface and the Action Replay cartridge....
, specifically designed for use with the Nintendo DS
Nintendo DS

The is a dual-screen handheld game console developed and manufactured by Nintendo. It was released in 2004 in video gaming in Canada, the United States, and Japan....
. It is used to apply cheat codes to alter a game, usually by giving the player extreme advantages not normally obtainable. While earlier versions of the software forced users to input codes manually via the DS itself, versions 1.52 and later allows users to enter codes through a PC application, which are copied to the software via USB.

In addition to functioning as a cheat device, with recent firmware
Firmware

Firmware is a term sometimes used to denote the fixed, usually rather small, programs that internally control various electronic devices. Typical examples range from end user products such as remote controls or calculators, via computer parts and devices like harddisks, keyboard s, TFT screens or memory cards, all the way to scientific instr...
 versions, Action Replay DS can be used as a NoPass device by holding Select when powering on the system. However, this feature is not officially documented. It was added in version 1.02.

Action Replay DS is sold in stores all around the world with a suggested retail price
Suggested retail price

The suggested retail price , list price or recommended retail price of a product is the price the manufacturer recommends that the retailer sell it for....
 of $24.99 USD, but at "big box" stores
Big-box store

A big-box store is a physically large retail establishment, usually part of a chain store. The term sometimes also refers, by extension, to the company that operates the store....
 like Target
Target Corporation

Target Corporation is an United States retailing company that was founded in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1902 under the name of Dayton Dry Goods Company....
 and Wal-Mart
Wal-Mart

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. is an American Public company that runs a chain of large, discount department stores. It is the world's largest public corporation by revenue, according to the 2008 Fortune Global 500....
, the price is often reduced to $19.99. In Australia, it is $49.99 AUD
Aud

Aud might refer to*Australian dollar *American University in Dubai *Doctor of Audiology *Au?r, the son of N?tt and Naglfari in Norse mythology....
. In Britain, it is £14.99