CycloDS iEvolution Review

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Posted 21 February 2011 - 06:22 AM

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CycloDS iEvolution Review
Official GBATemp Review

The review for the CycloDS iEvolution, the first publically released DSi-Mode Flash Kit, has just been wrapped up. I am sure users are curious about the Flash Kit, its features and compatibility, and how it stacks up to the claims on the back of the box? To find out you will need to read the review!

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RoMee	Post #2 Posted 21 February 2011 - 06:27 AM
?? Group: Members Posts: 2,292 Member No.: 261,323 Joined: 03-September 10 Location: ??	Another great review I'm glad there's gonna be other flash cart with dsi mode..hopefully they will do it better than TC Edited by RoMee, 21 February 2011 - 06:49 AM.
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Elvarg	Post #3 Posted 21 February 2011 - 06:32 AM
Zyzz™ Group: Banned! Posts: 624 Member No.: 272,457 Joined: 19-January 11 Location: >>>>>>	daym i would never have the time to come up with that.
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shakirmoledina	Post #4 Posted 21 February 2011 - 06:36 AM
Post Dumper Group: Members Posts: 5,616 Member No.: 27,486 Joined: 23-October 04 Location: Dar es Salaam	man thts a lot of DSi and homebrew related problems on the cart... firmware update needed? at the moment it seems they need to change many things if ppl are to be attracted to it
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Costello	Post #5 Posted 21 February 2011 - 07:06 AM
Headmaster Group: Administrators Posts: 10,274 Member No.: 255 Joined: 24-October 02 Location: Shanghai	great review, btw, you didnt mention any word on the subject of DSiware ?
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GH0ST	Post #6 Posted 21 February 2011 - 09:13 AM
Your Hero is a Ghost Group: Members Posts: 924 Member No.: 59,151 Joined: 17-December 06 Location: I was here... before...	Thanks Another World for your amazing work. I hope your review will greatly help to fix some issues. As for the early build of the Homebrew compatibility layer we can surely expect some future improvements. QUOTE I attempted to test the latest revisions of Homebrew projects. For popular Homebrew projects I tested the most downloaded revision and not the latest BETAs. QUOTE Some recent Homebrew projects, when recompiled with the updated LibNDS, have proved to function correctly when launched from within DSi-Mode. The unfortunate fact of Homebrew development is that many projects have been abandoned without a public source code release. If the compatibility layer can not be updated or tweaked to aid the performance of older projects, Homebrew enthusiasts may be forced to enjoy various projects only in DS-Mode. I will forward the list to Team Cyclops. Some of them were working earlier ( like Scumm... ) without issues (Pocket Physics load/save fails when card is corrupted ). Perhaps some problems are related to some version you tried or linked to incomplete fixed regression from the previous upgrade to V2.1 firmware ( Fixed game compatibility regression with some games... ). There is no link to the comments thread in the review itself (Perhaps it is your choice ?) Sounds perhaps stupid but I would like to see the addition of an effective green point for any product with only online manual ( any rating ? ) since we don't need pricy paper manual anymore. Let's save trees ;-) Edited by GH0ST, 21 February 2011 - 02:49 PM.
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datroubler	Post #7 Posted 21 February 2011 - 09:36 AM
Member Group: Newcomers Posts: 25 Member No.: 83,828 Joined: 12-June 07	Am I right that GBA games and Movies can't be play on iEvo (lice on Supercard DSTWO)? So it has no built in cpu?
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Vigilante	Post #8 Posted 21 February 2011 - 09:48 AM
TempLurker Group: Members Posts: 1,555 Member No.: 239,368 Joined: 01-January 10 Location: CyberSpace IQ:OVER 9000	Well for an expensive cart its G.U.I it pretty much looks like the normal Cyclods , pretty much allot of problems with games and no gba roms and movie player.Still sticking with supercard ds2 if I had the money. Edited by Vigilante, 21 February 2011 - 09:49 AM.
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jurassicplayer	Post #9 Posted 21 February 2011 - 09:48 AM
Resident OtakuBot Group: Members Posts: 3,700 Member No.: 160,938 Joined: 07-March 09 Location: GBATemp.net	QUOTE(Costello @ Feb 20 2011, 11:06 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> btw, you didnt mention any word on the subject of DSiware ? He did mention about it, but it was right at the end of the large review of words (just above the "Contents and Packaging" section).
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Killermech	Post #10 Posted 21 February 2011 - 10:05 AM
Cookie Monster Group: Members Posts: 1,791 Member No.: 20,978 Joined: 05-March 04	I have a feeling they won't be satisfied with just a 'Silver Award' as they've been investing alot of effort to make their card compete (2000$ Homebrew donation etc) along DSTWO. Something tells me you'll be receiving some e-mails as GBAtemp's reviews has alot of impact regarding product purchases on its huge userbase. Edited by Killermech, 21 February 2011 - 10:08 AM.
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datroubler	Post #11 Posted 21 February 2011 - 10:21 AM
Member Group: Newcomers Posts: 25 Member No.: 83,828 Joined: 12-June 07	I hope for a card who supports DSi and has a built in CPU
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Mbmax	Post #12 Posted 21 February 2011 - 10:25 AM
Homebrew addicted Group: Members Posts: 2,227 Member No.: 53,260 Joined: 07-November 06	Yeah, i have no doubt about the fact TC will improve their flashcart. @AW : very detailed review as usual. Thanks for this. About DSi dumps, the first group who published a proper DSi dump was Legacy. Edited by Mbmax, 21 February 2011 - 10:32 AM.
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xaeroak15	Post #13 Posted 21 February 2011 - 12:14 PM
Member Group: Newcomers Posts: 37 Member No.: 249,512 Joined: 28-March 10	Thanks AW~ Hmm...seems all roms related dsi mode have problems Roms are not properly dumped? I think this is not the main reason. Hope for the next update.
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RupeeClock	Post #14 Posted 21 February 2011 - 12:40 PM
Lucario in my B2/W2? It's more likely than you think! Group: Members Posts: 4,977 Member No.: 125,264 Joined: 15-May 08	QUOTE(Killermech @ Feb 21 2011, 09:05 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I have a feeling they won't be satisfied with just a 'Silver Award' as they've been investing alot of effort to make their card compete (2000$ Homebrew donation etc) along DSTWO. Something tells me you'll be receiving some e-mails as GBAtemp's reviews has alot of impact regarding product purchases on its huge userbase. To be fair, Team Cyclo jumped the gun by donating before seeing the final review. But they probably agree, if many games and homebrew aren't working right in DSi Mode, they gotta improve on that. This is still only preliminary, the iEvolution will probably get better.
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Costello	Post #15 Posted 21 February 2011 - 12:52 PM
Headmaster Group: Administrators Posts: 10,274 Member No.: 255 Joined: 24-October 02 Location: Shanghai	QUOTE(RupeeClock @ Feb 21 2011, 07:40 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE(Killermech @ Feb 21 2011, 09:05 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I have a feeling they won't be satisfied with just a 'Silver Award' as they've been investing alot of effort to make their card compete (2000$ Homebrew donation etc) along DSTWO. Something tells me you'll be receiving some e-mails as GBAtemp's reviews has alot of impact regarding product purchases on its huge userbase. To be fair, Team Cyclo jumped the gun by donating before seeing the final review. But they probably agree, if many games and homebrew aren't working right in DSi Mode, they gotta improve on that. This is still only preliminary, the iEvolution will probably get better. I don't think it was ever their intention to do anything like that. They made the promise of donation a while ago, like 1 month ago, back when the review unit wasn't even in our hands. The donation arrived a little late because of the chinese new year holidays. So they never made it sound like the donation was connected to the review in any way. It would be dishonest to give the card a gold award at this point IMO, but its up to the reviewer's to decide.
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