The K-Team developed a system on a chip (SoC) design that allows the K101 Revo to run GBA ROMs and Homebrew on actual hardware. Users should consider only posting well researched comments that further the overall effect of the review and nothing more. Such comments will be deleted without warning or explanation. Do not post congratulatory comments or comments speculative in nature, negative in nature, or the like, that has nothing to do with the review or the review’s content. Please remember that the comments must adhere to our strict guidelines. GBAtemp has recently opened all reviews for user comments. In an effort to increase efficiency and minimize the amount of repetitive rewording, many sections of the K1 GBA SP review have been used verbatim, while other sections have been adjusted to more accurately describe the new product. With this goal in mind, a full review has been constructed. However, the desire of this endeavor was to provide a standalone guide to help interested consumers make more informed purchases. As there are only a few distinctive differences between both units, their software options, and their intended functionality, a review of the K101 Revo as a supplemental update to the K1 GBA SP review began to make more sense. These commonalities were made apparent during compatibility testing, and when the RTC functionally was disregarded, the results were exactly the same. It is extremely important to point out that the K1 GBA SP and K101 Revo use the same SoC and currently feature the same firmware updates. While many ROMs have been tested during the review process, a complete listing of working 8-bit ROMs will not be discussed or listed in this review.īefore beginning this review, it became crystal clear how inefficient it would be to rewrite a review of core-hardware which has already been scrutinized. The K101 Revo offers embedded 8-bit emulation, and due to the amount of available ROMs, these emulators will be discussed for their features more than for their compatibility. Incorporating the first ever implementation of a hardware-based Real Time Clock (RTC), this wider form factor features a stereo headphone jack, micro-USB charging, and upgradable firmware. The K101 Revo is the second implantation of their SoC, which was previously released in a GBA SP form factor. The K-Team’s software-on-a-chip (SoC) aims to revolutionize the “clone” handheld market by being the first hardware based solution. While some of these gaming devices have taken on familiar shapes, each of these devices has had one thing in common they are all based on emulation. With hardware comparable to the SNES and backwards compatibility with more than 800 software titles, the GBA proved that sprites could continue to entertain gamers in an emerging 3D-gaming market place.Ĭhinese developers have set out to exploit the GBA-generation one handheld at a time. In 2001 the market was ripe for something that would fit these needs, and Nintendo answered with their 32-bit sprite-based handheld, the Game Boy Advance. Being an innovative company, they probably considered the importance of backwards compatibility, better graphical experiences, a simple design, long battery life, and hardware that was easy to develop for. File Manager with Folder support to easily locate and store your game files.Following the success of the Game Boy, Nintendo began to look towards the future of portable gaming.Plays MP3 files, so it can be used as a MP3 Player.RTC support for playing games that have time related events like Pokemon Ruby, Sapphire and Emerald.2.5mm AV out port for displaying on a TV or projector.Standard 3.5mm jack for plugging in headphones. Emulates GBC, GB, SMS, NES, GG, PCE games using the K card and a micro SD card.Plays homebrew games, Rom Hacks or translation patches.Multiplayer compatibility if you use a standard Game Boy Advance Link cable.Plays GBA game Rom files from a Micro SD card in the K card.Backlit Screen with 5 Levels of brightness intensity to choose from.Plays GBA Games from GBA carts Perfectly without emulating.Note: GB and GBC games emulate the picture and audio very well, NES games picture runs great, but the audio notes merge together and doesn't sound correct, SMS, GG and PCE games run too slowly. It will run at full speed, as the RevoK101 Plus does not use emulation for GBA games.Īs an extra bonus feature it also runs (GB)Game Boy Original, (GBC) Game Boy Colour, (SMS) Sega Master System, GG(Game Gear), NES and PCE( PC Engine/ Turbo Grafx) through the Emulation though, so with some of those consoles that sound and speed of the games is a bit off. Either using the GBA game carts themselves, or using Rom files with the SD card feature on the Revo K101's K-card that is included within package. The Revo K101 Plus is a great new way to play your (GBA) Game Boy Advance games today.
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