Hacking acekard 2i or m3i zero

[Eric345]

cons about Supercard DSTwo
- Missing SNES emulation
- Missing drag/drop video support
- Missing E-book reader support
- DLDI patching problems
- Poor GBA Homebrew compatibility
- GBA emulator is buggy
- EOS v1.02 software is buggy
- Some in-game menu options are buggy
- Lack of Homebrew soft-reset support
- below average build quality, shell is poorly secured
- Soft-reset always returns to the top most menu
- Lack of Slot-2 PSRAM and SRAM support
- Lack of native Slot-2 flashing options
It has more cons about it though

 

[The Catboy]

cons about Supercard DSTwo
- Missing SNES emulation
- Missing drag/drop video support
- Missing E-book reader support
- DLDI patching problems
- Poor GBA Homebrew compatibility
- GBA emulator is buggy
- EOS v1.02 software is buggy
- Some in-game menu options are buggy
- Lack of Homebrew soft-reset support
- below average build quality, shell is poorly secured
- Soft-reset always returns to the top most menu
- Lack of Slot-2 PSRAM and SRAM support
- Lack of native Slot-2 flashing options
It has more cons about it though

Before quoting something, please get your facts right and take out the out of date details and make sure you know anything about the card you are posting something about it, since most of the cons have already been taken care of with the past few updates.
If anything the Supercard Two is the best cart on the market and even with the small bugs, just wait a little bit, they are being worked out one by one with each update. The only one I know that really isn't being worked out is the crappy card build, but that's not really that big of a problem if you don't man-handle it.

 

[Fishaman P]

I really can't recommend either.

I have had an AK2i for about 15 mos. now, and I think it's great.
However, more recently is seems like the AKAIO team are abandoning the cart. Maybe not though.

I can only recommend the SCDS2.

 

[The Catboy]

I really can't recommend either.

I have had an AK2i for about 15 mos. now, and I think it's great.
However, more recently is seems like the AKAIO team are abandoning the cart. Maybe not though.

I can only recommend the SCDS2.

They are working on a really big update for the card when they finally release 1.8. So they haven't given up, they are just working out a few bugs in the firmware and features.

 

[Rydian]

I really can't recommend either.

I have had an AK2i for about 15 mos. now, and I think it's great.
However, more recently is seems like the AKAIO team are abandoning the cart. Maybe not though.

I can only recommend the SCDS2.

They are working on a really big update for the card when they finally release 1.8. So they haven't given up, they are just working out a few bugs in the firmware and features.

Yeah, 1.8's going to have a couple nice new features in it (I posted a thread on them in the acekard section).

 

[The Catboy]

I really can't recommend either.

I have had an AK2i for about 15 mos. now, and I think it's great.
However, more recently is seems like the AKAIO team are abandoning the cart. Maybe not though.

I can only recommend the SCDS2.

They are working on a really big update for the card when they finally release 1.8. So they haven't given up, they are just working out a few bugs in the firmware and features.

Yeah, 1.8's going to have a couple nice new features in it (I posted a thread on them in the acekard section).

I saw that thread, it looks like this update is going to be pretty sick. I can't wait to get my hands on it once it's released!

 

[GreatCrippler]

Between the 2 listed, probably the AK2i. Everyone bashing the M3i is silly, it's a good card.

The M3i Zero is not a good cart. Not anymore at least. The team isn't even close to being as active as they used to be, updates take forever, game compatibility is no where near as good as most carts on the market (hell even the R4 is better than it now). I would say the M3i Zero is one of the worst carts on the market nowadays, not counting clones or fakes.

Sakura updated in what? June? As opposed to Akaio in July? I freely admit to liking my Acekard more, but to say the M3i is notably worse is just silly.

 

[Rydian]

We have active updates on what AKAIO's doing, and confirmation multiple times that it's still being worked on (and we have new features named).

That's a hell of a lot more than M3i is doing.

 

[GreatCrippler]

We have active updates on what AKAIO's doing, and confirmation multiple times that it's still being worked on (and we have new features named).

That's a hell of a lot more than M3i is doing.

Yes, I have it from you that akaio 1.8 will be something special. Great, I look forward to it. Until then, they both have been lacking updates for months. M3i is still a fine card. Not what it used to be, and likely not in my top 3, but it is still a fine piece of equipment.

 

[The Catboy]

Between the 2 listed, probably the AK2i. Everyone bashing the M3i is silly, it's a good card.

The M3i Zero is not a good cart. Not anymore at least. The team isn't even close to being as active as they used to be, updates take forever, game compatibility is no where near as good as most carts on the market (hell even the R4 is better than it now). I would say the M3i Zero is one of the worst carts on the market nowadays, not counting clones or fakes.

Sakura updated in what? June? As opposed to Akaio in July? I freely admit to liking my Acekard more, but to say the M3i is notably worse is just silly.

Indeed, but at the same time AKAIO doesn't really need to update as often. M3 hasn't really done anything new for Sakura or even their cards since M3 Kaura, which they pretty much stopped working on over some silly reason.
The AKAIO team are working a huge update that will make it's compatibility rival that of the supercard two, what is the M3 team doing?

 

[GreatCrippler]

Between the 2 listed, probably the AK2i. Everyone bashing the M3i is silly, it's a good card.

The M3i Zero is not a good cart. Not anymore at least. The team isn't even close to being as active as they used to be, updates take forever, game compatibility is no where near as good as most carts on the market (hell even the R4 is better than it now). I would say the M3i Zero is one of the worst carts on the market nowadays, not counting clones or fakes.

Sakura updated in what? June? As opposed to Akaio in July? I freely admit to liking my Acekard more, but to say the M3i is notably worse is just silly.

Indeed, but at the same time AKAIO doesn't really need to update as often. M3 hasn't really done anything new for Sakura or even their cards since M3 Kaura, which they pretty much stopped working on over some silly reason.
The AKAIO team are working a huge update that will make it's compatibility rival that of the supercard two, what is the M3 team doing?

I dunno, ask them?

 

[twiztidsinz]

Sakura updated in what? June? As opposed to Akaio in July? I freely admit to liking my Acekard more, but to say the M3i is notably worse is just silly.

You also have to factor in that AKAIO includes Anti-Clone code because of AceKard clones. That adds to the difficulty of releasing quick updates.
I don't think there's many M3iZero clones (in part due to the updating hardware).

 

[The Catboy]

Between the 2 listed, probably the AK2i. Everyone bashing the M3i is silly, it's a good card.

The M3i Zero is not a good cart. Not anymore at least. The team isn't even close to being as active as they used to be, updates take forever, game compatibility is no where near as good as most carts on the market (hell even the R4 is better than it now). I would say the M3i Zero is one of the worst carts on the market nowadays, not counting clones or fakes.

Sakura updated in what? June? As opposed to Akaio in July? I freely admit to liking my Acekard more, but to say the M3i is notably worse is just silly.

Indeed, but at the same time AKAIO doesn't really need to update as often. M3 hasn't really done anything new for Sakura or even their cards since M3 Kaura, which they pretty much stopped working on over some silly reason.
The AKAIO team are working a huge update that will make it's compatibility rival that of the supercard two, what is the M3 team doing?

I dunno, ask them?

I am going to say, pretty much nothing. They aren't the team they used to be and I doubt they ever will be the team they used to be.

 

[GreatCrippler]

Maybe? Do you have an open dialogue with any of them? Normatt is a member of this site with several people around here being active in the Akaio process. I can't speak for what the M3 team might do. Might be nothing, might be something. Given the information at hand it still seems wiser to go with Acekard, but I still see no fault in the M3i.

 

[The Catboy]

Maybe? Do you have an open dialogue with any of them? Normatt is a member of this site with several people around here being active in the Akaio process. I can't speak for what the M3 team might do. Might be nothing, might be something. Given the information at hand it still seems wiser to go with Acekard, but I still see no fault in the M3i.

Indeed this is just speculation, but looking at M3's recent track record it would be hard to say the M3 team seems to be doing anything, but the occasional game fixes.

 

[Rydian]

I got my info from the AKAIO forums.

 

[Eric345]

well thxs anyway I guess I'll get both acekardi and Supercard DSTwo