Gaming A Game Boy Advance 1:1 clone with extras.

[dickfour]

Actually the K1 can play all gba flash cards. I kjow this because I have a K1 and many flash cards

Oh? Huh... I could've sworn I read somewhere that it couldn't...

I have an early model so mine has RTC also. From what I've been able to gather K1 has plans to reintroduce RTC in the next version

 

[Another World]

can this play original gameboy advance cartridge?

EDIT: it cant based on the faqs

i've been testing with real carts all week. they are working fine, but oddly have the same issues as the roms. for example, classic nes super mario bros. has some flashing graphics. the bottom row of pixels flash a bit like a scanline issue. it does this on both the rom and the cart. the official sp doesn't do this, so i know its not the cart.

my m3 lite in the gba shell is working perfectly. i would assume that all flash kits work but they wrote that only some might work because they didn't have them to test with.

@[member='dickfour'], what slot-2 kits have you found working?

-another world

 

[dickfour]

can this play original gameboy advance cartridge?

EDIT: it cant based on the faqs

i've been testing with real carts all week. they are working fine, but oddly have the same issues as the roms. for example, classic nes super mario bros. has some flashing graphics. the bottom row of pixels flash a bit like a scanline issue. it does this on both the rom and the cart. the official sp doesn't do this, so i know its not the cart.

my m3 lite in the gba shell is working perfectly. i would assume that all flash kits work but they wrote that only some might work because they didn't have them to test with.

@[member='dickfour'], what slot-2 kits have you found working?

-another world

I'm a little surprised by what's not working
I've also encountered old home brew that's not working and a few emulators also old
I imagine this list might be a little different on the new version of the K1
Working
EZ flash III
EZ flash V
EFA Linker II lite
Top Flash
Some generic blue card from DX that says NDS&GBA
M3 perfect
eLink 2

Not working
EZ IV
Super Card mini sd

 

[Another World]

i've also found some homebrew that isn't working. the files work fine when launching them off my m3 lite onto an official sp. i guess the SoC could use an update to support some homebrew. one feature i would like to see added is the ability to fix the header before the homebrew is launched. =)

thanks for the list, it is interesting to read what flash kits are not working.

-another world

 

[raystriker]

say, when will the next k1 update come out? And where?
and
if anyone's in contact with maxzhou or whoever will release updates, can you ask for sav file compatibility(like 64k flash,128kflash, other types like eeprom )etc so that they become compatibile with other emu saves?
I don't want to play games from start.

 

[jimmyemunoz]

Working
EZ flash III
EZ flash V
EFA Linker II lite
Top Flash
Some generic blue card from DX that says NDS&GBA
M3 perfect
eLink 2

Not working
EZ IV
Super Card mini sd

Where did you buy your Top Flash card from? I like to try out odd ball carts. Please PM me a link because my Googling only led to one seller, and it appears they either don't sell them any more or they're out of stock. Thanks.

 

[Another World]

so that they become compatibile with other emu saves?
I don't want to play games from start.

it might be easier to ask Shuny or UniqueGeek to add support for the K1 in their conversation applications.

-another world

 

[jimmyemunoz]

It might be easier to ask Shuny or UniqueGeek to add support for the K1 in their conversation applications.

I haven't seen any update on either of their programs in ages. Maxzhou88 is a much better choice IMO.

 

[ferret7463]

I'm curious if i can use the com port on this machine to load roms up my X-Rom 512.

 

[Another World]

It might be easier to ask Shuny or UniqueGeek to add support for the K1 in their conversation applications.

I haven't seen any update on either of their programs in ages. Maxzhou88 is a much better choice IMO.

i got in touch with shuny a few hours ago. he said he take a look at it and see about making a little tool to convert the save types. hopefully he can come up with something.

-another world

 

[ruilong]

The manufacture confirm that, K1 can be used on the below catridge K1 GBA is hardware clone of GBA)

1. The original GBA catridge
2. The flash card for GBA( m3, Elink...)
3. k - card specially used on K1 not the original GBA

In fact, K-card is the special flash card for K1 but it can be only used on K1.

Only the K-card has the best gaming experience running on K1. You guys can test it on more catridge and share them here.

 

[Another World]

It might be easier to ask Shuny or UniqueGeek to add support for the K1 in their conversation applications.

I haven't seen any update on either of their programs in ages. Maxzhou88 is a much better choice IMO.

I went my route and right now I have a tool for converting EMU saves to the K1 format. I haven't had time to test it on much yet. I don't have any Slot-2 kits set up right now to test it with their saves. But for PC emulation it is working great so far.

-another world

 

[Razor83]

I have an early model so mine has RTC also. From what I've been able to gather K1 has plans to reintroduce RTC in the next version

So wait, the first K-Team GBA SP models had hardware RTC? In that case why was it removed?

It appears the required crystal oscillator (Small silver cyclinder with two legs) for hardware RTC is present on V1 PCB designs from maxzhou88:-
http://hi.baidu.com/...9fa61e1211.html


Then in V2 and V3.1 PCB designs its removed?:-


Will hardware RTC ever be added back to the GBA SP design?

 

[Another World]

no it will not. they already stated that RTC will be a feature of the K2, with the dingoo form factor.

where did you find the pcb shots of the new sp design?

-another world

 

[raystriker]

some cheat codes like for eg. don't work

and can someone(most probably unique geek) make a save file converter compatible with k1 saves?

 

[Razor83]

no it will not. they already stated that RTC will be a feature of the K2, with the dingoo form factor.

I understand the new 'K101' design will have hardware RTC:-
http://obscurehandhe...of-k101-images/
It does look very nice, but I would prefer to use the original GBA SP design to keep that 'authentic' Nintendo feeling, if you see what I mean.

It just seems a shame if hardware RTC cant be put back onto the GBA SP design, especially when it was present on V1.

where did you find the pcb shots of the new sp design?

V1 and V2 PCB pictures are from maxzhou88's blog:-
http://hi.baidu.com/...9fa61e1211.html
V3.1 PCB picture is from maxzhou88's posts in the baidu forums:-
http://tieba.baidu.c...d=0#19284692700

 

[ouch123]

no it will not. they already stated that RTC will be a feature of the K2, with the dingoo form factor.

I understand the new 'K101' design will have hardware RTC:-
http://obscurehandhe...of-k101-images/
It does look very nice, but I would prefer to use the original GBA SP design to keep that 'authentic' Nintendo feeling, if you see what I mean.

It just seems a shame if hardware RTC cant be put back onto the GBA SP design, especially when it was present on V1.

where did you find the pcb shots of the new sp design?

V1 and V2 PCB pictures are from maxzhou88's blog:-
http://hi.baidu.com/...9fa61e1211.html
V3.1 PCB picture is from maxzhou88's posts in the baidu forums:-
http://tieba.baidu.c...d=0#19284692700

Just took a look at that K101 - it looks pretty sweet. I can't deny that I rather enjoy Bootleg stuff, if for nothing other than the novelty, but this looks like it's a nice piece of hardware, actually. Great, now I want one, thanks a lot... D:

 

[jimmyemunoz]

Am I wrong, or is the real time clock part in the upper left hand side of the motherboard???

 

[Another World]

and can someone(most probably unique geek) make a save file converter compatible with k1 saves?

try using his converter to do raw to raw and then specify the save size. i have a tool from shuny that will be released when the review gets published (probably in the next 2-3 days).

-another world

 

[Razor83]

Have you guys tried looking in the top left corner of the circuit board? The real time clock parts are staring right at you, or am I wrong??

AFAIK Thats the CPU clock/timing crystal.

The V1 PCB has two crystal oscillators, one for the CPU, and one for the hardware RTC.

The V2 and V3.1 PCB only have one for the CPU.