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[Schlupi]

i just received confirmation that the r4-like firmware is actually the software from the r4ultra which was coded by team acekard. i've adjusted the 1st post.

-another world

Holy shit. That is pretty interesting. Like other comment stated -- the Acekard team making several clones... What is up with that? It is not like the Acekard 2i does not sell enough already.

It is pretty upsetting to think about all the crazy R4 clones out there. the DNSLLXL3DiLL AVATAR edition is by far the worst of the bunch. or the R4i King lol.

 

[evandixon]

I'm not supporting clones with this post, but looking at this logically, a lot of people here complaining that clones are bad (whether they actually post it or not) probebly use these flashcarts for piracy. Well, how are clone flashcarts any different? The game developers probebly feel the same way because of piracy that Team Acekard feels right now because of clones.

 

[Scott-105]

Oh, yay. Watch this be the new generation of clones.

 

[Bluelaserman]

Go the Geis LOL

 

[env]

This GEi flashcart is more popular here in the Philippines than Acekard,

(Acekard@Others here are like an underground market while you can find most of this GEi thing on malls xD)

 

[Another World]

for the most part, the problem with clones is not the hardware but the software. the r4ultra is an OEM design which was manufactured by acekard with firmware by team acekard. why did they do this? to get more money, why else. the other r4 cards that came out of that came from the OEM design being sold to other developers/teams. acekard was only involved with the r4ultra (as far as i know). i was always under the impression that the m3 (exact r4 hardware copy) was an OEM design sold by r4ds. also more recently look at supercard who made the iplayer (yet they never admit it) and ez flash who is making the ismart premium. at least in regards to these two kits they are currently supported by the real teams. the ismartds team hopes to get 3rd party (akaio/wood) like support, only time will tell. anyways, my point was that if the cards were supported by the original team there would be less of a problem. the hardware is fine (except for the n5, lol), problems are usually software based (as with the ismart premium).

it would be an interesting project to trace the manufacturing date of clones to see which one came first. i'm not even sure the r4ultra was released before some of the other actel chipped clones.

team acekard was attempting to cash in on the r4 name when the r4 team was being sued by the big-N. this is obvious and i don't fault them for it. business is business and money is money. however, after the OEM design was sold and out of their hands the plans ended up in the hands of the people who used them to make the ak2i clone. the problem here is that this clone is an older design, made with different parts, and not designed to fully support the firmware which is coded for the real acekards. further more, the people behind these clones attempted to pass them off as the real thing, which hurt the sales of the ak2i. this topic became so confusing that several threads were started to trace the real kits from the clones. i was working with the admin at akaio.net to build the topic when images stopped coming in. this continues to remain an ongoing project meaning not all of the clones are represented and users might still be purchasing dupes.

so in the end acekard made some money and ended up screwing themselves. gotta love when the pirates don't even have love for themselves.

-another world