CycloDS Evolution in-house at GBAtemp

[KMC]

Sweet, want to see the review. Seems like just an R4 with more features.

 

[cracker]

Also the real time brightness adjustment for DSLite sounds awesome.

There's already a cheat code for this feature made by chishm.

chism's cheat engine (NitroHax for those who don't know) is useless for running games off a flash cart -- it only works on original DS carts.

 

[ssoccerh]

cant wati for the review

 

[d33t]

Yes it should, it says in there manual that it would work the Rumble Pack and Opera RAM Expansion pack so I'm guessing it would with the EZFlash 3 in 1.

Well, the CycloDS might support a retail rumble and memory pack, but the 3in1 isn't either. You have to be able to tell it what mode to use (hence the 3-in-1 ExpPack Tool by Rudolph). Once you power cycle the DS or pull the card, it doesn't do much of anything (unless you wrote a rom to NOR memory, then it acts like a real GBA cart, which is awesome!). You also need a way to write GBA roms to it in order to play those.....

QUOTE(KINGOFNOOBS @ Jun 11 2007, 02:52 PM)1.) There is no way to know whether or not R4 supports 4GB or not until someone tries it
2.) There will be 4GB SD cards that aren't HC.

1) It doesn't. It's been tried and it doesn't work. They are different standards. SDHC != SD
2) As I understand it, the microSD spec doesn't go past 2GB. People may find ways around it but support on devices will be sketchy at best; most companies will just opt for the proven SDHC instead of wasting money developing a card that won't work on a lot of devices. That's why they are just now announcing 4GB MicroSDHC cards.

Still, my 2GB MicroSD card is plenty for me personally. 43 DS games, 6 SNES roms, 7 Genesis roms, emulators to run them, 10 GBA games and some homebrew and I still have a little space to spare (I stress little though). Still, the CycloDS sounds pretty cool and if the support is as good as it appears (and they add some of the other features they claim to be able to)... VICTOLY!

Pretty anxious for the review (like everyone else) and to see how it plays out over time.

 

[nuge]

What microSD card do you use, d33t? I've been having trouble picking one out, and I'm not sure what brand is best for 2GB. (Sorry for a slight derail)

 

[moviecut]

(blurry) video: Click

Video is from CycloDS with Warcraft Tower Defense. It doesn't seem to work, it asks for a map folder... (is this a common error?)

yes, thats a normal error. there has to be a map-folder in thr root directory of the card...

 

[DeMoN]

This better not get a 9.0 or a 9.5 like all the other carts out there.

I want to see a 10! (so I can finally buy a DS flash cart)

 

[zombielove]

A guy on the teamcyclops forums claims to have made a rom trimmer which doesn't mess up download play.

http://www.teamcyclops.com/forum/showthrea...p?p=833#post833

 

[Haruspex]

Does it saves on-the-fly like M3 DS Simply/R4 or requires a reboot to finish writing the save like older M3's or even G6DS Real?

 

[stop_loading]

wow i'm late to the party, some questions

- how's the GUI speed compared to R4? which one is faster? is it sluggish in any way?
- games that have slow downs/freezing issues, does PoR freeze on slow microSD cards? does Tony Hawk DJ have slow downs like R4?
- download play, i see you still working on that, but 41 random games working is pretty impressive
- I assume you'll be testing battery life?

and please take your time for review

 

[DjoeN]

Yes it should, it says in there manual that it would work the Rumble Pack and Opera RAM Expansion pack so I'm guessing it would with the EZFlash 3 in 1.

Well, the CycloDS might support a retail rumble and memory pack, but the 3in1 isn't either. You have to be able to tell it what mode to use (hence the 3-in-1 ExpPack Tool by Rudolph). Once you power cycle the DS or pull the card, it doesn't do much of anything (unless you wrote a rom to NOR memory, then it acts like a real GBA cart, which is awesome!). You also need a way to write GBA roms to it in order to play those.....

CycloDS Evo can work fine with EZ Flash 3in1 when you use Rudolfs 3in1 ExpPack Tool 1.8

You don't need to DLDI patch it, just place it right out of the zip onto your TF
(Be sure to place the GBA rom into the x:\GBA directory)

 

[DjoeN]

Does it saves on-the-fly like M3 DS Simply/R4 or requires a reboot to finish writing the save like older M3's or even G6DS Real?

It does save right to the TF like said on there feature list. (or like you say it, it saves like the R4)

 

[4saken]

Yes it should, it says in there manual that it would work the Rumble Pack and Opera RAM Expansion pack so I'm guessing it would with the EZFlash 3 in 1.

Well, the CycloDS might support a retail rumble and memory pack, but the 3in1 isn't either. You have to be able to tell it what mode to use (hence the 3-in-1 ExpPack Tool by Rudolph). Once you power cycle the DS or pull the card, it doesn't do much of anything (unless you wrote a rom to NOR memory, then it acts like a real GBA cart, which is awesome!). You also need a way to write GBA roms to it in order to play those.....

CycloDS Evo can work fine with EZ Flash 3in1 when you use Rudolfs 3in1 ExpPack Tool 1.8

You don't need to DLDI patch it, just place it right out of the zip onto your TF
(Be sure to place the GBA rom into the x:\GBA directory)

So it supports soft reset in homebrew so you can use rumble/browser without patching? Sounds great if it does.

 

[felix123]

CycloDS Evo can work fine with EZ Flash 3in1 when you use Rudolfs 3in1 ExpPack Tool 1.8

Are you referring to all 3 functions or just the GBA part? The Opera part is not essential anyway, just patch your rom once.

 

[DjoeN]

CycloDS Evo can work fine with EZ Flash 3in1 when you use Rudolfs 3in1 ExpPack Tool 1.8

Are you referring to all 3 functions or just the GBA part? The Opera part is not essential anyway, just patch your rom once.

I didn't test rumble, i was indeed reffering to the GBA part.

 

[OSW]

0_0 screenshots would be awesome! and useful too.

 

[4saken]

I didn't test rumble, i was indeed reffering to the GBA part.

Okay I guess it doesn't, but if you have the time again, please try it

(soft resetting to enable rumble/ram)

 

[jalaneme]

can you update the cheat codelist via xml files like the R4DS? i heard that the cyclo has a built in one and you can't change it. and does it have DLDI auto patching of homebrew files?

 

[arctic_flame]

I didn't test rumble, i was indeed reffering to the GBA part.


Okay I guess it doesn't, but if you have the time again, please try it

(soft resetting to enable rumble/ram)

You can just patch the ROMs to enable rumble/ram.

Of course the soft-reset won't work, unless it's the same as the R4's routine or the DSLink's routine. Which it most likely isn't.

 

[4saken]

You can just patch the ROMs to enable rumble/ram.

Of course the soft-reset won't work, unless it's the same as the R4's routine or the DSLink's routine. Which it most likely isn't.

Well it is like the DSLink

I didn't expect it to support it at first anyway