Numerous manufacturers have created different versions of R4 cards, called R4 clones. Apart from these, few companies come with totally different SLOT-1 flash storage devices for Nintendo gaming consoles. Let us move ahead to compare an R4 card's clone and a new creation.
R4i Gold
Firstly, we are talking about the R4i Gold card. It is especially designed with a customized firmware, which loads over top of the Nintendo DS and allow the users running unsigned and custom software. The Gold card is said to be a clone of original R4 SDHC card. It supports micros-SD card up to 32GB. Its packaging box has smaller size than that of Supercard DSTWO and Acekard 2i. The cart of Gold card has better build quality than that of Ackeard 2i, but worse than Supercard DSTWO.
The Wood firmware has better user interface than official version. In addition to Gold card, it helped SCDSS1, M3 and others to be popular across Nintendo users. Wood is quickly responsive like AKAIO. You can get numerous skins for this Wood firmware.
The R4i Gold cards are supposed to flash the firmware but it is not updated to be compatible with DSi 1.4. Gold cards often load slowly despite of being a successor to R4 SDHC cards. However, it allows user maintaining games' library only on one cartridge. The inbuilt Moonshell, homebrew media player, plays back video and music files. The R4iDS launched latest v1.3 updates for both first edition and V2 Gold cards.
CycloDS Evolution
Now, let us have a look on CycloDS Evolution cards. It is a multi-functional micro-SD adapter for Nintendo DS Lite and DS gaming consoles. It allows user playing games, listening MP3 music, viewing images, reading e-books and enjoying various homebrew applications.
CycloDS Evolution is the most advanced Media Enhancer for Nintendo DS and DS Lite. It boasts quality components, European design and better functionality. The additional highlights are SlowMotion mode, LCD brightness adjustment while playing game, in-game reset and RealTime Save.
Its cheat code engine supports Action Replay codes directly. Surprisingly, this Evolution card comes with more than 300 games' cheat codes. You can save game progress at any point and resume again from the same point using RealTime Save feature. It allows you mastering the game without facing much difficulty. In fact, RealTime Save is quite similar to the 'saved states' found on few emulators.
Inbuilt operating system of CycloDS Evolution can work with homebrew software without installing any patch. In addition, you will get faster loading than any other R4DS card. You just have to simply tap and play any game without troubles or significant delays. In addition, these Evolution cards save you from manually applying DLDI patches. They automatically install the required DLDI updates.
Like R4i Gold, the CycloDS Evolution uses micro-SD cards for storage. The Evolution cards come with micro-SD USB Reader to transfer games, files, and homebrew software. Its user interface is exclusively designed to be user friendly and works quite well with the stylus. What's more? The user interface is multi-lingual and supports Portuguese, Latin American Spanish, Spanish, Korean, Italian, German, French, and English.
The above comparison helps you while selecting between the Gold card and CycloDS Evolution cards. Both are SLOT-1 based Flash card solutions but have different features.
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