Hacking how many flashcarts have you went through

[matrix121391]

Just bought a CycloDS and it arrived today. I hate change, but I upgraded from my R4 to a CycloDS and proud of it!!!

 

[striderx]

See sig for the full inventory...

Started with an R4 (spring) based on recommendations from Shane R. Monroe of Dual Screen Radio. It was great.

Then I went to buy an EZ Flash 3-in-1 for slot-2 and decided to buy it as a package with the EZ-V slot-1 cart.

3-in-1 --> good
EZ-V --> not so good. Build quality sucks. Need pliers to extract the microSD card. The Cart itself bulges such that it jams in the DS slot. Firmware and GUI always one step behind the R4 and confusing by comparison. Until recently the R4 has been my bedrock cart. Got one each (springless) for my kid's DS's too. Got a 3-in-1 phat for my son's DS phat, and to use with a GBA SP.

Then after months of crowing over the R4, "Mr. 'R. Monroe'" switched allegiance to the CycloDS Evolution. After months and months of listening to him sing the Cyclo's praises and waiting for the R4 to get Wii connectivity I finally gave up and bought a CycloDS. I should've done long ago. It's a fine cart and there is NOTHING it does wrong so far. The team support is amazing, the features are unmatched by the competition. It is THE CART to own. (However, the R4's build quality is still superior!)

striderx

 

[Yeloazndevil]

started with an R4 switched to a ez flash v plus had it for 2 weeks so far. Then my 3 in 1 battery died.

 

[VatoLoco]

Introduced to the scene with MMDslot-2 (still use),> R4(still runs),> DSTT(x2, both crapped out), Ak2(x2, for family)> AKRPG (current card )

 

[Panzer Tacticer]

bought an R4, still works great, no troubles at all, and all the celebrated perks from the newbies don't matter to me, so no incentive to upgrade.

Son's R4 has also proven the R4 can remain infefinitely in a teens bedroom and still function a year later

 

[tatumanu]

My first one was a 128mb Flash 2 Advanced (the really old one that came with a parallel port connector) bought it in 2002, still works.

Nowadays i use a G6 Lite for both gba and nds games.

Probably will buy a Cyclods in the near future cause g6 lite is starting to suck at compability.

 

[WangerZ]

haven't gone through my first one yet. i have an r4 and it still works after a year...though, with a lack of updates lately (how long ago was the last update, lol) ive been playing my psp slim with cfw.

YEAH BABY!!! lol, had to do that. and i don't plan on getting rid of my r4 anytime soon. but i may be concerned about future ds games like kh:358/2 days and such...

 

[Raqib12]

DSGBA 512MB (Sold on eBay)

SuperCard SD with PassMe (Sold the SuperCard device to friend, and lost I lost the PassMe)

R4DS (Still have it, just don't use it)

EZFlash 3in1 (Still have it, still use it)

AKRPG (Still using it)



I'm trying to find older GBA Flashcarts actually. EZFlash III to be more specific

 

[Carnivean]

Flash 2 Advanced on GBA > Supercard SD on DS > Supercard Lite on DS Lite > Supercard DS One plus SCL on DS lite

 

[HBK]

DS-X > R4 with EZ Flash 3 in 1

DS-X was given to my sister last year, it died yesterday, apparently. A year and a half working, 3 major problems, reached the end of its life. Was a decent cart, despite crappy developers and rubbish support. I'm planning on getting an EDGE for my sis.

R4 DS works perfectly since last year, no problems, spring still works awesomely. EZ Flash 3 in 1 is great for that occasional Golden Sun play and other stuff like browser and rumble. Completely satisfied.

 

[Zyenet]

Got a Games n' Music back in November or December (don't remember). It was alright, played some homebrew, but had issues. I later learned it didn't play commercial ROMs, and was quite angry. I actually tried installing R4DS firmware to it, but that didn't do anything (obviously). I got my M3DS Real earlier this month, and love it.

 

[Deleted member 76381]

Just the one; M3 Perfect SD. Still going strong!

 

[dice]

I've only ever had my R4 which I purchased well in excess of a year ago. I've been happy with it to this day, as long as it plays all the games (which it has done up to this point). If it counts I also have an EZ-Flash 3-in-1.

 

[JPdensetsu]

r4, M3 Sakura and Cyclo DS + 3in1 expansion pack !!!

 

[Rayder]

I guess you could say I went through 2 before the ones I have now.

I dumped off the R4 because it's no longer supported AND because I wanted SDHC compatibility. Bought 2/17/07....still works. It's the original spring loading style, white....spring still works. It's now just something I have for old stuff.

I dumped off the Supercard miniSD because it slowed down in GBA games, which bugged the hell out of me. Bought 1/12/07...still works. It has been stuck in a GBA SP to be used as a "bathroom unit".

I now have a CycloDS and an M3 Perfect miniSD. Both bought 8/1/08. Both work perfectly.

All of them were bought from RHS. All were received within a week of ordering. I never had any issues with any of them.

When I first got the M3 Perfect, I thought it was defective, but it was just a FAT vs. FAT32 issue. (FAT requires you to hit start to load games, FAT32 loads 'em by hitting A, which is what I was used to) It was a noobish error on my part

and the card is actually fine.

The kind peeps here at GBAtemp sorted me out on that.