R4i Gold review - R4i Gold revolution for Nintendo 3DS and DSi V1.4.2

July 4, 2011 - PRLog -- What is R4i Gold
R4i Gold card fit Nintendo console very well. Many players choose gold r4i card to enjoy games and multi-medias. R4i Gold card is also called R4 Gold or R4i Golden. There are three kinds of R4i cards with gold package in the market now, the R4i Gold V1.4.1 from R4ids.cn, R4i Gold V2.0 from R4ids.com and R4i-gold upgrade from r4i-gold.com. Both of these r4i cards support most games on DSi V1.4.2. Each card has its own merits. Users can choose any of them to fit your Nintendo console.

R4i Gold over view
R4i Gold V1.4.1 from R4ids.cn can be runned in DSi V1.4.1 straightly. It's latest software is Gold R4i V1.50 kernel. what is more, it can also load wood r4 kernel for more games.
R4i Gold V2.0 from R4ids.com use AKAIO kernel. It is compatible with Acekard kernel. How ever, R4i V2.0 gold card needs upgrade to support DSi V1.4.1. Download V1.4.1 Update Patch file for DSi V1.4.1. R4i Gold V2.0 updated to support Nintendo 3DS console on April 6th, 2011. R4i-Gold Upgrade card from r4i-gold.com can also support DSi V1.4.1. Its latest kernel is R4i V1.62b. This upgrade r4i card offers many kinds of Gold r4i packages.  latest R4i 3DS card is out, users can buy R4i 3DS card for 3DS console.

R4i Gold Compatibility
* R4i Gold card from r4ids.cn support most Nintendo consoles, including: DSiLL, DSiXL, DSi V1.4.1, DSi V1.4.2, DSi V1.4.3, DS and DS lite. While R4i Gold 3DS card support Nintendo all consoles.
* R4i-Gold from r4i-gold.com support DSi V1.4.2 and before version, DSi V1.4.3 is not compatible yet.
* R4i Gold V2.0 card support Nintendo 3DS, DSi V1.4.1, DS and DS lite. Unable for DSi V1.4.2 and V1.4.3

R4i Gold Card Setup method
Different R4i Gold cards has different kernel. How ever, the installation method are almost the same, users can do exactly as below:
1. Download Latest R4i Gold kernel to your compueter.
2. Unzip the patch, you can get some files.
   * Wood R4 kernel for R4i Gold contain 3 files: "_rpg", "_DS_MENU" and "WOODR4.NDS".
   * AKAIO Kernel for  R4i Gold V2.0 contain 4 files: "_aio", "_DS_MENU", "_MENU_.NDS", " akmenu4.nds".
   * R4i-Gold Kernel of r4i-gold.com has 5 files: "homebrew", "moonmemo", "moonshl2", "R4iMenu", " R4.dat".
3. Connect the TF card to computer through a USB reader, and format the TF card.
4. Copy all these files to the root directory of the TF card.
5. You should also copy some game or media files to the TF card.
6. Insert the TF card to R4i Gold card, and put the R4 card to Nintendo console, start to play.

R4i Gold News
* R4i-gold Kernel - R4i V1.58b released on March 15th,2011.
* R4i v1.59b released for R4i Gold upgrade and R4i-Gold 3DS card on May 3rd.
* R4i V1.60b released from r4i-gold.com on May 11th, 2011.
* R4i V1.61b released to support Nintendo DSi V1.4.2 on May 24th.
* R4i V1.62b updated on June 20th, it is the latest software for r4i-gold card.
* R4i Gold V2.0 card updated to support Nintendo 3DS console on April 6th, and the latest kernel - AKAIO V1.8.6a released on April 10th.
* Wood R4 V1.29 released for R4i Gold V1.4.1 card from r4ids.cn on May 2nd.
* R4i Gold V1.4.2 updated for Nintendo DSi V1.4.2 firmware (r4ids.cn).
* Wood R4 V1.30 released for R4i Gold and R4i Gold 3DS card(r4ids.cn) on May 19th.
* Wood R4 V1.31 updated to support R4i Gold 3DS working on N3DS V2.0.0 console.
* R4i Gold 3DS updated to support Nintendo DSi V1.4.3 on June 30th.
* Wood R4 V1.32 released for R4i Gold V1.4.2 and R4i Gold 3DS card.

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