Help with info and differences to buy/rebuy Krikzz flashcarts

[walterg74]

Hi folks, wondering if you can help me out with the following:

 

Some time ago I purchased some of Krikzz's carts:

 

 

- Everdrive MD

 

- Everdrive GG

 

- Master Everdrive

 

- Super Everdrive

 

- Turbo Everdrive

 

 

 

So now I want to buy the ones I'm missing (N64, GB and NES) but I also see that on one hand, some systems have two different carts, and on the other some of the ones I have there are newer versions out, so I will consider upgrading.

 

 

 

Can you help answer these questions?

 

 

 

- How can I check/verify what version of carts I have? (not applicable for GG and MasterSystem as I see there is only 1 version)

 

 

 

Being that my main focus s the games, and not developing, etc:

 

 

 

- What is the difference/what additional feature would I get between the EverDrive-64 v2.5 and v3?

 

- What is the new thing you gain with the Everdrive MD v3 with respect to v2, and What is the difference/what additional feature would I get between EverDrive MD and Mega EverDrive v2?

 

- What is the new thing you gain with the Super Everdrive v2 with respect to v1, and What is the difference/what additional feature would I get between Super EverDrive and SD2NES?

 

- Is there any advantage between the EverDrive N8 Famicom and the EverDrive N8 NES besides the form factor?

 

- If you add the DSP1/2/3/4 option to the Super Everdrive, can you play all games that had these chips?

 

- Is it actually worth it, adding the DSP1/2/3/4 support to a Super Everdrive being there is only a handful of games that require/had them? (and maybe 1 or 2 I care about)

 

Thanks so much for your help!

Edited August 26, 2015 by walterg74

[108 Stars]

Krikkz actually has every feature listed on the products page on his website, so you can easily compare yourself. http://shop.krikzz.com/main.sc

Basically, the Mega Everdrive offers larger ROM sizes, going back to the menu without resetting the console, updatable firmware, a USB port for homebrew development an online gaming, savestates and faster loading than Everdrive MD.

[CGQuarterly]

This guy is pretty unattractive to look at, but the videos give you a run down on the Mega Everdrive and N64 Everdrives:

 

(N64)

 

(Genesis)

[walterg74]

Krikkz actually has every feature listed on the products page on his website, so you can easily compare yourself. http://shop.krikzz.com/main.sc

Basically, the Mega Everdrive offers larger ROM sizes, going back to the menu without resetting the console, updatable firmware, a USB port for homebrew development an online gaming, savestates and faster loading than Everdrive MD.

 

Yes, I of course saw that already, but there has to be something more, which I'm sure owners of the cart will know...

 

I mean, for example the N64 carts. Looking only at what you say the difference is only:

 

•256Kbyte battery RAM (Save RAM).

•RTC (real time clock).

•Gamepack saves does not require reset.

•USB port 800k - 1Mbyte/s. USB port useful for developers.

 

And there is a 70% cost increase between one and the other, 68 dollars more... doesn't seem like those features alone are worth that much, that-s why I'm asking these questions.

[walterg74]

This guy is pretty unattractive to look at, but the videos give you a run down on the Mega Everdrive and N64 Everdrives:

 

 

Thanks, I'll take a look Also have to figure out what it was that my version were..

Edited August 26, 2015 by walterg74

[SiLic0ne t0aD]

A big difference/improvement vs. v2.5 and v3.0 Everdrive 64 carts is that v3.0 allows saving the game without having to hit the reset button as required with v.2.5..

Its real easy to forget to press reset after a few hours of OoT and lose all that progress.. although I couldn't afford the latest revision, my 2.5 does pretty good all-in-all

I got the Board only kit and an old sports game shell.. I can make it look as nice as anything SAG puts out.. made out pretty cheap that way.

[walterg74]

A big difference/improvement vs. v2.5 and v3.0 Everdrive 64 carts is that v3.0 allows saving the game without having to hit the reset button as required with v.2.5..

Its real easy to forget to press reset after a few hours of OoT and lose all that progress.. although I couldn't afford the latest revision, my 2.5 does pretty good all-in-all

I got the Board only kit and an old sports game shell.. I can make it look as nice as anything SAG puts out.. made out pretty cheap that way.

Yeah, I saw that. But I'm wondering if just that capability is worth an extra almost 70 bucks... I can almost get another cart for that...

 

Also in the video that Jibbajaba posted, the guy says it was advertised as more comoatible than v2.5 but right niw in the product page they both say the exact same thing:

 

High compatibility. Near to 100% compatibility with N64 game library

 

So I don't know if all I get extra is the save without reset feature, I might just buy 2.5?

[108 Stars]

Many people just like to buy the best possible, if they decide to invest in a flashcart at all. None are really cheap, but it makes people feel they are set for the future and won't regret missing a feature later. All or nothing.

 

But if you are on a tight budget (which I understand very well, trust me) I don't think you will do wrong with any of those carts.

 

For me personally the Reset save thing would be a deal breaker, but if you are fine with that, that's cool and will save a good deal of money.

 

I am undecided myself if I want a Super Everdrive or an SD2SNES, another big difference in price.

[walterg74]

Many people just like to buy the best possible, if they decide to invest in a flashcart at all. None are really cheap, but it makes people feel they are set for the future and won't regret missing a feature later. All or nothing.

But if you are on a tight budget (which I understand very well, trust me) I don't think you will do wrong with any of those carts.

For me personally the Reset save thing would be a deal breaker, but if you are fine with that, that's cool and will save a good deal of money.

I am undecided myself if I want a Super Everdrive or an SD2SNES, another big difference in price.

 

Well, if it's just the save thing, I think I would pass... Just gotta remember to restet and if not tough luck...

 

Now if it's incompatble games, then I might think about it (but even then it would also have to be games I want to play)

 

 

Regarding your SnES one, I see the main bonus is the support for extra custom chips. But in my case I don't really care for any of the games that have the supported chips so the sd2sness is a definite NO buy for me (I'm even thiking of not adding DSP1/2/3/4 support to the super everdrive since there's maybe just 1 or 2 games I care about with those chips and I'd rather save the $20...

[spoonman]

This guy is pretty unattractive to look at, but the videos give you a run down on the Mega Everdrive and N64 Everdrives:

 

(N64)

 

(Genesis)

And which attractive men do you prefer to look at?

 

Necro bump, but there is some good info on this page and Krikzz is currently running his annual Black Friday weekend (20% off) so I thought I'd share.

 

[CGQuarterly]

And which attractive men do you prefer to look at?

Lol, it's just a joke. I'm pretty good friends with that guy.

[Newsdee]

SD2SNES supports the MSU1 enhancement. Some rom hacks add CD quality music to several games, and there's also some original stuff like this:

[Yakumo1975]

I recently made a video about the Mega Drive EverDrive X5 after seeing quite a bit of false info outthere on some YouTube channels.

 

[CGQuarterly]

I recently made a video about the Mega Drive EverDrive X5 after seeing quite a bit of false info outthere on some YouTube channels.

 

 

 

Glad to hear you calling out the cheap Chinese crap right off the bat. I get some heat for that in the comments of my videos (some idiots think that Everdrives are a "rip-off"), but I don't care.

 

I honestly didn't know about the VGM player. I'm going to have to check that out!

[CatPix]

It would be nice to explain that the Chinese doesn't create anything, but that the copy the Everdrive.the guy behind Krikzz isn't a benevolent man that give his knowledge and skills for free. He get money out of his Everdrive. Buy the Chinese copies and not his original carts, and he'll quit making them. And there will be a long time before someone improve on multicarts since idiots won't accept to pay the full price then no one will delve into making improved multicarts.

[+Gemintronic]

I try to buy original Krikzz product. Usually direct through the online store or StoneAageGamer.

 

I recently found the there were two different Krikzz stores though..

 

This: https://krikzz.com/store/

 

and this: https://shop.retrogate.com/

 

Are they both legit? It seems sometimes the prices differ.

[CGQuarterly]

It would be nice to explain that the Chinese doesn't create anything, but that the copy the Everdrive.the guy behind Krikzz isn't a benevolent man that give his knowledge and skills for free. He get money out of his Everdrive. Buy the Chinese copies and not his original carts, and he'll quit making them. And there will be a long time before someone improve on multicarts since idiots won't accept to pay the full price then no one will delve into making improved multicarts.

 

 

I agree completely. I get comments on my videos from people who say I am a hypocrite for telling people not to buy knock-offs of a product that is designed to allow you to pirate video games. But that's just it. He can always stop making them and then we're stuck with the cheap Chinese crap.

[OldSchoolRetroGamer]

I try to buy original Krikzz product. Usually direct through the online store or StoneAageGamer.

 

I recently found the there were two different Krikzz stores though..

 

This: https://krikzz.com/store/

 

and this: https://shop.retrogate.com/

 

Are they both legit? It seems sometimes the prices differ.

Yes those are legit along with Stoneage gamer, it is sites like alixpress and chinese import sites you have to worry about, you get what you pay for in that case.

[mickcris]

I try to buy original Krikzz product. Usually direct through the online store or StoneAageGamer.

 

I recently found the there were two different Krikzz stores though..

 

This: https://krikzz.com/store/

 

and this: https://shop.retrogate.com/

 

Are they both legit? It seems sometimes the prices differ.

there is a list of all the authorized sellers on the site

https://krikzz.com/store/content/6-dealers

so all those plus the main store are legit