K1 GBA SP - First Hands-on Impressions

[ruilong]

Guys, just to ask, are there any other colors other than the silver color?

If so, any rough ideas when they will be out?

There are three colors for K1. Silver, Black, Blue. We bring you good news. For the black and blue colors, we have restocked 10pcs for each of them. You guys can consider about these two colors. Because the firmware for the black and blue colors are still being adjusted, we have limited stocks for these two colors. We update the real stocks for these colors and will remind you every day. Just keep paying your attention on it. Thanks.

Why is the firmware for the Black and Blue colors different from the firmware on the Silver one?

All these three colors- silver, black, blue for k1 are using the same firmware. I apologize for this mis-understanding.

 

[mrfatso]

So other than pokemon, botak and megaman 4.5, any other games uses RTC?

 

[Heran Bago]

So other than pokemon, botak and megaman 4.5, any other games uses RTC?

I was serious about the Lizzie MacGuire PDA game. Not that I ever want to play it again but 100% compatibility is a serious claim.

I'm waiting for my unit to arrive but in the meantime I'm looking for my old GBA SP headphones adapter. I couldn't scrounge it up and I was going to buy a new one but they're not easy to buy now! Might just buy a new one for $9 but after I do I'm sure I'll find my old one.
For example I can't find them on ebay or amazon, but they have them at places like this one.

 

[Rydian]

1200+ total games.
3 pokemon, 1 boktai, 2 megaman, 1 lizzy... 8 games not working.

99.99416% compatibility with just those RTC games.

But I'm not sure on the 1200+ number, as I can't really find any sources and I'm pretty sure that includes all regions.

 

[pyromaniac123]

1200+ total games.
3 pokemon, 1 boktai, 2 megaman, 1 lizzy... 8 games not working.

99.99416% compatibility with just those RTC games.

But I'm not sure on the 1200+ number, as I can't really find any sources and I'm pretty sure that includes all regions.

It's 2816 games including all regions and bad dumps removed.

 

[Generation 16]

1200+ total games.
3 pokemon, 1 boktai, 2 megaman, 1 lizzy... 8 games not working.

99.99416% compatibility with just those RTC games.

But I'm not sure on the 1200+ number, as I can't really find any sources and I'm pretty sure that includes all regions.

3 boktai games actually
Don't forget the tilt sensor games (Warioware, that shitty Yoshi game)

@pyromaniac123 where'd you get that number? According to my No-Intro set there are 2831 games (Minus Unlicensed and Betas, with those though, it'd be 2897).
e: Minus versions (Rev 1, Rev 2, etc) it becomes 2774
e2: Minus Prototypes it becomes 2761

 

[ruilong]

So other than pokemon, botak and megaman 4.5, any other games uses RTC?

I was serious about the Lizzie MacGuire PDA game. Not that I ever want to play it again but 100% compatibility is a serious claim.

I'm waiting for my unit to arrive but in the meantime I'm looking for my old GBA SP headphones adapter. I couldn't scrounge it up and I was going to buy a new one but they're not easy to buy now! Might just buy a new one for $9 but after I do I'm sure I'll find my old one.
For example I can't find them on ebay or amazon, but they have them at places like this one.

Yes, it is hard to find the GBA SP headphones adapter now. This is because GBA SP is an old console. Most accessories had been stopped to be produced. You guys can post those accessories that you are interesting in. I will try my best to find for you.

 

[jimmyemunoz]

Where are the saves stored? On a battery powered SRAM or in flash memory?

 

[WiiUBricker]

Where are the saves stored? On a battery powered SRAM or in flash memory?

That's copyright infringement!

 

[jimmyemunoz]

That's copyright infringement!

Get over it It is a good question, and when you asked it got ignored, so I thought *cough* rewording *cough* it might get an actual answer

 

[pyromaniac123]

1200+ total games.
3 pokemon, 1 boktai, 2 megaman, 1 lizzy... 8 games not working.

99.99416% compatibility with just those RTC games.

But I'm not sure on the 1200+ number, as I can't really find any sources and I'm pretty sure that includes all regions.

3 boktai games actually
Don't forget the tilt sensor games (Warioware, that shitty Yoshi game)

@pyromaniac123 where'd you get that number? According to my No-Intro set there are 2831 games (Minus Unlicensed and Betas, with those though, it'd be 2897).
e: Minus versions (Rev 1, Rev 2, etc) it becomes 2774
e2: Minus Prototypes it becomes 2761

gba official offlinelist. I'm still in the process of downloading the roms, checking the checksum of the roms with http://nintendo-database.the-chronicles.org/wiki/Main_Page to make sure if they are good dumps so the number at the end will be lower.

 

[DragorianSword]

Ok I ordered the black version!
I'm going to have so much fun with this thing!

 

[mrfatso]

1200+ total games.
3 pokemon, 1 boktai, 2 megaman, 1 lizzy... 8 games not working.

99.99416% compatibility with just those RTC games.

But I'm not sure on the 1200+ number, as I can't really find any sources and I'm pretty sure that includes all regions

In that case, i just gonna wait for payday before getting it. Since well, other than those few games, as long as the others are working, i am fine with them.

 

[WiiUBricker]

As long as this thing stores save files on a battery powered SRAM I won't bother picking it up because I might as well use a 3in1. So if someone can enlighten us where the saves are stored it would be appreciated.

Btw, yet again another site that illegaly includes ROMs in their products.

Edit: It seems that they have updated the FAQ. According to it save files are stored in DRAM, which means you can still lose your save files if you forget to back them up to your micro SD, which is a bummer of course.

 

[pyromaniac123]

As long as this thing stores save files on a battery powered SRAM I won't bother picking it up because I might as well use a 3in1. So if someone can enlighten us where the saves are stored it would be appreciated.

Btw, yet again another site that illegaly includes ROMs in their products.

Edit: It seems that they have updated the FAQ. According to it save files are stored in DRAM, which means you can still lose your save files if you forget to back them up to your micro SD, which is a bummer of course.

That does sound like an inconvenience but being able to add a 16gb micro sd and carry with me every single gba rom ever does make this extremely tempting.

 

[WiiUBricker]

That does sound like an inconvenience but being able to add a 16gb micro sd and carry with me every single gba rom ever does make this extremely tempting.

That's what you can do with a Cyclo+3in1 since years, for less money.

 

[pyromaniac123]

That does sound like an inconvenience but being able to add a 16gb micro sd and carry with me every single gba rom ever does make this extremely tempting.

That's what you can do with a Cyclo+3in1 since years, for less money.

This seems to have higher compatibility.

 

[WiiUBricker]

This seems to have higher compatibility.

It's not like the 3in1 compatibility was bad (better than any emulator). Only a few problem games like the NES classics don't work without patches.

 

[Heran Bago]

VVVVV perfect

 

[ruilong]

Where are the saves stored? On a battery powered SRAM or in flash memory?

The saves are saved in the TF card.