CycloDS Evolution in-house at GBAtemp

[FAST6191]

Destructobot and I share a common opinion but it is nice to see new players try their hand.
As for write only, commands can be redirected.

 

[sidneyyoung]

does it have realtime ar/dipstar cheat abilty and with no slow-down?

....i couldn't live without that feature now i'm use to it

 

[spokenrope]

damn this card sounds good, wish i waited a bit before i bought my R4.

Meh. That's the nature of this scene. If you *had* waited to get this in stead of the R4, then 3 months later you'd be kicking yourself for not waiting for the "M42 Hot Sex Chiperator."

 

[Harry Potthead]

The new features sounds good. Whats the price for CycloDS Evolution
and which store sell the the CycloDS Evolution now?

 

[felix123]

Can you please test some iQue roms? thanks.

(Background info: iQue Game Cards don't work on Nintendo DSs, but some flashcarts(Supercard/R4/etc) can make iQue roms work on Nintendo DSs.)

 

[gab10]

will it release black color?

 

[4ppleseed]

will it release black color?

Only if on fire.

 

[quartercast]

will it release black color?


Only if on fire.

 

[IBNobody]

Anyone wondering whether or not, like their past iterations, the CycloDS Evo is a clone. No it doesn't appear to be a direct clone of any other slot 1 cart i know. BUT, it seems to be made in the same factory as the DSLink. The shells for both are almost identical, the labels have the same thickness and label type, the tin it comes in is almost identical to the DSLink tin, and the PCBs are very similar as you can see in the photos below.

How are the PCBs similar? They have the same profile, true, but that doesn't mean anything. If they were going to clone the DSLink, wouldn't they have chosen SMT parts and not BGA's? I'd have to see the IC labeling to be able to know for sure.

Anyways... Some questions:

1. "You have to load it from the DS menu." Does this mean that the DS option to auto-load the Slot1 card (after you get past the health warning screen) doesn't work?

2. Is there an auto-boot option (ala the DS-X) that bypasses the OS and launches the last played ROM?

3. Does the in-game menu crash any games?

 

[shaunj66]

Anyone wondering whether or not, like their past iterations, the CycloDS Evo is a clone. No it doesn't appear to be a direct clone of any other slot 1 cart i know. BUT, it seems to be made in the same factory as the DSLink. The shells for both are almost identical, the labels have the same thickness and label type, the tin it comes in is almost identical to the DSLink tin, and the PCBs are very similar as you can see in the photos below.

How are the PCBs similar? They have the same profile, true, but that doesn't mean anything. If they were going to clone the DSLink, wouldn't they have chosen SMT parts and not BGA's? I'd have to see the IC labeling to be able to know for sure.


I meant that the PCBs are similar, meaning the board not the components. I just think they're made in the same factory. It's not important at all, but some people wondered whether it was a clone so I shared my thoughts.
QUOTE(IBNobody @ Jun 11 2007, 01:37 PM)Anyways... Some questions:

1. "You have to load it from the DS menu." Does this mean that the DS option to auto-load the Slot1 card (after you get past the health warning screen) doesn't work?

2. Is there an auto-boot option (ala the DS-X) that bypasses the OS and launches the last played ROM?

3. Does the in-game menu crash any games?

1. No that function works just fine. Remember those are just first impressions, I haven't tested everything yet.
2. Yes, just hold the L+R buttons when booting. But you still get a loading bar and a progress screen as normal, it's just as if it automatically skips through necessary menus.
3. None that I have discovered so far.

 

[SubElement]

Come on give us some Download Play stats! Any games not working so far?

 

[APPS]

So with DLDI patching im guessing its homebrew perfect?

In which case can it use the EZV 3in1 expansion pack like the R4 can as shown in
http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=46742 ?

 

[jenngcia]

Will R4 saves work on the Cyclo? Does it save the same way...512KB for all games regardless of original save sizes?

 

[shaunj66]

Come on give us some Download Play stats! Any games not working so far?

Soonish.

So with DLDI patching im guessing its homebrew perfect?

In which case can it use the EZV 3in1 expansion pack like the R4 can as shown in
http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=46742 ?

Yes homebrew that supports DLDI works just fine with the autopatcher. Homebrew that doesnt need DLDI patching also works fine... Assuming it doesnt need file system access.
Yes it should be able to.
QUOTE(jenngcia @ Jun 11 2007, 01:54 PM)Will R4 saves work on the Cyclo? Does it save the same way...512KB for all games regardless of original save sizes?

My R4s SD card works just fine in the Cyclo and I didn't have to convert/rename ANY save files. It uses the same RAW 512K format yes.

 

[frenzalanimation]

*creams pants* I think my r4 is being relegated to my ex-gf if it turns out that this has tight d/l play support and doesn't require microSDs that are of a decent quality.

 

[IBNobody]

*creams pants* I think my r4 is being relegated to my ex-gf if it turns out that this has tight d/l play support and doesn't require microSDs that are of a decent quality.

Off topic: The R4 isn't as temperamental as you might think. You need to format your card as FAT16 with 64k clusters.

 

[frenzalanimation]

Off topic: The R4 isn't as temperamental as you might think. You need to format your card as FAT16 with 64k clusters.

I'll have to check that tomorrow when I get my ds and r4 back. thanks, cos mine freezes while playing mp3s way too often.

 

[KINGOFNOOBS]

So pretty much this thing is the N-Card but has presumbly softreset and way better download play..

 

[IBNobody]

I'll have to check that tomorrow when I get my ds and r4 back. thanks, cos mine freezes while playing mp3s way too often.

No promises on MP3's... I've never tried it. It works for CoR, though.

 

[dcxbox]

shaunj66, please test all the games that have trouble with other cards. i just hope it plays everything.



i never got any slot 1 or slot 2 cards for my ds yet, i was just waiting a while im between this and the m3/r4(i put the / cause i know theya re the same)