Surprise 3DS reveal due to Japanese press leaks

April 6th, 2010, 17:15 Posted By: wraggster

Nintendo's surprise announcement of a new 3D handheld was an effort to stem leaks from the Japanese press, according to Billy Pigeon, analyst at M2 Research.

The company said last week that it would unveil the 3DS console at E3 in June – unfortunately it came at the same time the company was launching the super-sized DSi XL in the US and the UK.

"Apparently, the Japanese press was all over it and talked with suppliers there and Nintendo just wanted to get out ahead by breaking the news to prevent a leak," Pigeon, told CNBC.

The move was also evidence that Nintendo's Japanese division makes all the big corporate decisions, said Pigeon, at the expense of its marketing offices in North America and Europe.

"The XL is old news, however, in Japan – and Nintendo is a very Japan-centric organisation. This is just the corporate parent in Japan maybe not acting in the best interest of Nintendo of America."

The 3DS will offer 3D gaming without the need for special glasses, with speculation that the hardware will use parallax barrier technology.

Pigeon suggested that now news of the hardware has been made official, Nintendo is in a better position to cut the price of other DS consoles on the market, without giving the impression it has reduced RRP due to competition.

"It gives them a reason to bring down prices on the DS from a position of strength," he said

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...se-press-leaks

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Miyamoto: "People are scared of gaming technology"

April 6th, 2010, 17:18 Posted By: wraggster

Veteran Nintendo games designer Shigeru Miyamoto has said that videogame technology is still intimidating to new audiences.

Speaking in an interview with our sister site Eurogamer.net, the creator of Donkey Kong and Super Mario 64 said he feels it's his and Nintendo's responsibility to continue to educate larger audiences of the benefits of gaming.

"The fact is many people are afraid or scared of gaming technology," he said. "Actually it's very convenient, useful technology and as long as you can have some time to get accustomed there's nothing to be afraid of at all.

"So my responsibility here must be to try to let people understand how convenient and useful game technology is and try to remove hurdles so that even your grandpa and grandma are waiting to turn on the power switch of your console easily without hesitation."

Nintendo has already made significant inroads in expanding the audience for videogames, with the Wii motion controller simplifying control and helping the system sell to a wider demographic.

Sony and Microsoft are only now preparing to release similar motion systems for their home consoles, a move that Miyamoto feels validates Nintendo's approach – although the company will continue to keep innovation at the forefront of hardware design.

"We feel it's an honour that some form of entertainment style we created is now going to be taken for granted thanks to the attitude taken by the other companies," offered Miyamoto.

"On the other hand, Nintendo is a company that is always striving to create something unique and unprecedented. And if we can do that, if we can establish to the world that videogames have such huge potential for daily life, the existence of games will be even more highly appreciated by the public."

But gaming still has a long way to go before it is established as a credible entertainment medium for the mass market, said Miyamoto.

"Very frankly speaking, I have to admit videogames still have some way to go in order to reach the level of movies when it comes to social acceptance by the general public. We still have to carry on making a great effort."

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...ing-technology

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Ubisoft's Just Dance tops 2 million sales

April 6th, 2010, 17:20 Posted By: wraggster

Ubisoft's Just Dance has sold over 2 million copies worldwide since its release, the publisher has revealed.

The milestone means the game is now the Wii's fastest selling new IP from a third-party publisher to date.

"The consumer response to Just Dance has been overwhelming," said Tony Key, senior VP of sales and marketing at Ubisoft. "With Just Dance's success we've seen a renewal of the music video game genre, as this is truly a game that is accessible and enjoyable for everyone."

Just Dance has been a regular in the UK chart since its release in November. It currently sits at number five in the all-formats chart, and number one in the budget Wii chart.

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...-million-sales

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Greenberg: Publishers 'struggle' on Wii

April 6th, 2010, 17:39 Posted By: wraggster

Xbox product director Aaron Greenberg has claimed that third party publishers "have struggled" on Wii - and that Xbox 360 has the "best development tools" of any console.

Greenberg also claimed that over 70 per cent of third party publishers were creating software for Project Natal - support that exists because these firms have "thrived" on Xbox 360.

"Over 70 per cent of third parties that are selling games today are actively making games for Project Natal," Greenberg told the April issue of Edge. "That's impressive for something so new, that doesn't even have an installed base yet.

"A couple of things play into that: People know we're a software company, we have the best tools and internal support; and second, people who buy Xbox 360 buy a lot of games. Third parties have really thrived on our platform.

"Look at Wii - while it's done really well, third parties have struggled, so we've left a lot of room for people to believe in the ecosystem, and Natal is a part of that."

http://www.computerandvideogames.com...VG-General-RSS

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Nintendo certifies ShiVa 3D

April 6th, 2010, 17:49 Posted By: wraggster

Nintendo has certified Stonetrip’s ShiVa 3D engine to their Wii platform. The engine is now licensed to Windows, Mac OSX, Linux, iPhone, iPad, Android, browser-based apps and the Wii.
Stonetrip CEO Philip Belhassen called the Wii a very appealing platform for developers.
“The Wii offers the largest install base of the next-generation platforms. By adding support for Wii, we are expanding the cross-platform opportunities available to developers using the ShiVa 3D engine.” he said.
“We will continue to develop and add tools and technology that make the development process easier, so game developers can unleash their creativity without having to focus as much on the technological aspects of making games.”

http://www.develop-online.net/news/3...ifies-ShiVa-3D

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Nintendo 3DS to feature 3.4-inch Sharp parallax barrier display?

April 6th, 2010, 18:22 Posted By: wraggster



There aren't many mass production options on the market when it comes to glasses-less 3D displays for Nintendo's forthcoming 3DS handheld gaming console. And according to early leaks from Japan, the special Nintendo 3DS display is supposedly built by Hitachi and Sharp using a parallax barrier system. So guess where this new 3.4-inch, 480 x 854 pixel display is likely headed? While Sharp doesn't say for sure, it's a good bet that this parallax barrier 3D LCD will be fronting the user interface on the 3DS. Unlike the 3D displays you'll find in modern 3D HDTVs requiring the viewer to wear active or passive glasses, Sharp's display uses a parallax barrier system to create a sense of depth by using a series of vertical slits in an ordinary LCD to direct light to the right and left eyes. The panel offers a 500nit brightness, 1,000:1 contrast, and is available with or without a touchscreen. A non-touchscreen version of the display goes into mass production before June but there's no specific mention of the touchscreen timeline (but we imagine it won't be far behind). In other words, we could have a Nintendo 3DS on the market before the holidays. Just saying. Guess we'll find out for sure at E3 in June.

Update: Akihabara News went eyes-on with the display and came away impressed with the colors and brightness. "Sharp have succeeded to do what Sony and Panasonic did without the need for 3D Glasses," the publication praised. Well, that sounds hopeful.

http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/02/n...rrier-display/

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Nintendo shuts down fan-made Pokemon MMO

April 6th, 2010, 18:45 Posted By: wraggster



Another fan project based on a beloved game series has fallen. Nintendo has issued a cease-and-desist notice to the creators of the open source Pokémon MMO Pokenet (Google cache of the site here), requiring that they take down their website and surrender the pokedev.org domain name used for the game, claiming unauthorized use of Nintendo trademarks.

Pokenet was a work in progress, with the "Valiant Venonat" version of the beta nearing release, but it was already operating online at the time of shutdown. "Nushio," one of the programmers on the project, told us that over 7,000 players had logged time in the game, which set every player as a Pokémon trainer in the regions of Kanto and Johto (with more coming later). "You could even catch, evolve, trade," Nushio told Joystiq.

http://www.joystiq.com/2010/04/02/ni...e-pokemon-mmo/

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GTA: Chinatown Wars accounts for 50% of M-rated sales on DS

April 6th, 2010, 18:47 Posted By: wraggster

Here's how you make Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars sound like a massive sales success: "As of February 2010, Chinatown Wars' unit sales in the US represented nearly 50 percent of the unit sales of all M-rated DS titles in the history of the platform." That's Take-Two CEO Ben Feder, via MCV, putting Chinatown Wars' sales into perspective. That means it met the combined sales of the 6 M-rated games on DS to date, which include Dementium: The Ward, Resident Evil: Deadly Silence and Ultimate Mortal Kombat, and the smaller releases: Theresia, Touch the Dead and C.O.R.E.

Despite comparing GTA's sales to 3 games most people have never heard of, 2 games that most people didn't know were on DS, and Dementium, Feder kind of admitted that the game's sales weren't where Take-Two wanted them to be, echoing Nintendo's statement last December. What's to blame? Piracy, of course. "Piracy is a real and present danger for our industry and must be addressed, especially in the handheld market," he said. "The commercial performance of Chinatown Wars has certainly suffered at the hands of piracy."

http://www.joystiq.com/2010/04/02/gt...d-sales-on-ds/

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Evolve Full Case for NDS Lite

April 6th, 2010, 18:55 Posted By: wraggster

New from Divineo China



This replacement case is designed to offer all-around external surface protection to your NDS Lite without compromising usability. It provides the maximum protection for your console against everyday hazards and scratches while allowing easy access to all buttons and ports. It molds perfectly to the console´s shape to highlight its beauty while providing full access to all controls. Buttons and covers are included.

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Nintendo DSi XL Burgundy/Bronze

April 6th, 2010, 19:29 Posted By: wraggster

Newly released:



description
Graphics quality of NDS games are increasing and it's much easier to appreaciate the beautiful animations through a big screen.

The NDSi XL has two 4.2 inch screens with an enlarged viewing angle. Gather your friends and family together when you need help with a puzzle or simply to show them a cool AMV sequence, everybody could get a view now.

Camera, DSi menu, music player and the DSi Ware functions remain the same, the console already comes with two brain training games and a dictionary.

http://www.play-asia.com/SOap-23-83-...j-70-3rqu.html

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Red Steel 2 Bundle (w/ Wiimotion Plus)

April 6th, 2010, 19:30 Posted By: wraggster

Newly released:



Red Steel 2 returns with an artistic style and flair created just for Wii. Set in a desert-bound, high-tech metropolis, Red Steel 2 is a revolution in the action-fighting genre, taking full advantage of the capabilities of the Wii MotionPlus™ accessory. Your movements are faithfully replicated on-screen, putting the emphasis on swinging, shooting and fun! With the ability of the Wii MotionPlus to sense the strength of a swing, you will literally be able to make an impact on your adversaries through power and precision.

http://www.play-asia.com/SOap-23-83-...j-70-3hmw.html

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GTI Club Supermini Festa!

April 6th, 2010, 19:32 Posted By: wraggster

Newly released:



features
Race through open cities, tackle oncoming traffic and pedestrians, and journey through high mountainous roads (locations include France, UK, Italy, USA, Japan) to uncover new routes and secret courses
Drive 16 fully customizable cars based on the old classic arcade version plus all-new additions
Use pick up and play controls utilizing instinctive manipulation with the Wii Wheel, or Wii Remote (Nunchuck optional)
Take to the streets in a Supermini to take on big jumps, tight turns, and secret shortcuts
Compete online (via Wi-Fi Connection on the Wii) with 1-4 players in free for all events, team play, or a variety of party games
Enter the garage, design your car from the ground up or tune your engine's performance

description
GTI Club Supermini Festa! shifts its way onto the Nintendo Wii! Staying true to the original racing frenzy of the award-winning arcade game, players will race through the cityscapes of France, the UK, Italy, USA and Japan. Speed through tight bends and back roads of the urban sprawl, up steep mountainous roads and caves. Tackle a wide variety of driving conditions in the ultimate race to the finish.

http://www.play-asia.com/SOap-23-83-...j-70-3p0h.html

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OpenBOR v3.0 Build 2731

April 6th, 2010, 20:02 Posted By: wraggster

The Openbor Engine has again been updated for consoles, Wii, Wiz, GP2x, Dreamcast, Dingoo and PSP:

History
----------------------
As fans of the 'Streets of Rage' series that originally appeared on the SEGA
megadrive/genesis, we always wanted to see streets of rage 4. But the waiting
proved futile, and streets of rage 4 never came. That's why we tried to correct
this mistake and fill the void by making the ultimate tribute to Streets of Rage:
Beats of Rage!!


Development
----------------------
Beats of Rage was created by Senile Team. However, the character sprites and
some parts of the backgrounds are taken from 'the King of Fighters' games by
SNK Playmore. Therefore special thanks go out to SNK Playmore and SEGA who
unknowingly helped in creating this game.

Beats of Rage and OpenBOR are a free, fully functional game, which includes
music, and features six playable levels plus a bonus level. It is available
for many systems

Whats New:

Freezetime and Frozen are now available to getentityproperty(). Previously they were only open to changeentityproperty().

Level spawn aggression setting is now added to model's original aggression setting instead of replacing it.

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ScummVM 1.1.0

April 6th, 2010, 20:35 Posted By: wraggster

ScummVM has been updated, heres what it is for those who dont know what it is:



ScummVM is a program which allows you to run certain classic graphical point-and-click adventure games, provided you already have their data files. The clever part about this: ScummVM just replaces the executables shipped with the games, allowing you to play them on systems for which they were never designed!

Some of the adventures ScummVM supports include Adventure Soft's Simon the Sorcerer 1 and 2; Revolution's Beneath A Steel Sky and Broken Sword I & II; Flight of the Amazon Queen; Wyrmkeep's Inherit the Earth; Coktel Vision's Gobliiins; Westwood Studios' The Legend of Kyrandia and games based on LucasArts' SCUMM (Script Creation Utility for Maniac Mansion) system such as Monkey Island, Day of the Tentacle, Sam and Max and more. You can find a thorough list with details on which games are supported and how well on the compatibility page. ScummVM is continually improving, so check back often.

Its out for most consoles we cover which are:

Dreamcast
Nintendo DS
Apple Iphone/Ipod Touch
PSP
PS2
N64
S60/UIQ Phones

Heres the release news:

Heres whats new in this release:

1.1.0 (2010-04-04)
New Games:
- Added support for Blue's Art Time Activities.
- Added support for Blue's Reading Time Activities.
- Added support for Freddi Fish 5: The Case of the Creature of Coral Cove.
- Added support for Pajama Sam: Games to Play on Any Day.
- Added support for SPY Fox 3: Operation Ozone.
- Added support for Dragon History.
- Added support for TeenAgent.

General:
- Added support for a custom SJIS font for FM-TOWNS and PC98 games.
- Added support for 16bit graphics. (GSoC Task)
- Removed QuickTime MIDI backend on Mac OS X; it was buggy and did not
compile on modern systems.

CinE:
- Added support for Amiga style menus for Amiga versions of Future Wars.

KYRA:
- Added support for the Amiga version of The Legend of Kyrandia.
(sound support was done as a GSoC Task)
- Adapted KYRA to support the custom SJIS font.

SCUMM:
- Added support for the PC-Engine version of Loom.
- Added support for music and sound effects in the the Amiga version of
The Secret of Monkey Island. (GSoC Task)
- Fixed some other bugs related to game versions for the Amiga.
- Added support for original save/load dialog in MM NES.
- Added support for savepoint passcodes for Sega CD MI1 via debugger command 'passcode'
- Added support for Kanji rendering in Japanese version of Monkey Island Sega CD.

Thanks to the ScummVM guys for one of the premier homebrew releases this year

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ScummVM 1.1.0

April 6th, 2010, 20:35 Posted By: wraggster

ScummVM has been updated, heres what it is for those who dont know what it is:



ScummVM is a program which allows you to run certain classic graphical point-and-click adventure games, provided you already have their data files. The clever part about this: ScummVM just replaces the executables shipped with the games, allowing you to play them on systems for which they were never designed!

Some of the adventures ScummVM supports include Adventure Soft's Simon the Sorcerer 1 and 2; Revolution's Beneath A Steel Sky and Broken Sword I & II; Flight of the Amazon Queen; Wyrmkeep's Inherit the Earth; Coktel Vision's Gobliiins; Westwood Studios' The Legend of Kyrandia and games based on LucasArts' SCUMM (Script Creation Utility for Maniac Mansion) system such as Monkey Island, Day of the Tentacle, Sam and Max and more. You can find a thorough list with details on which games are supported and how well on the compatibility page. ScummVM is continually improving, so check back often.

Its out for most consoles we cover which are:

Dreamcast
Nintendo DS
Apple Iphone/Ipod Touch
PSP
PS2
N64
S60/UIQ Phones

Heres the release news:

Heres whats new in this release:

1.1.0 (2010-04-04)
New Games:
- Added support for Blue's Art Time Activities.
- Added support for Blue's Reading Time Activities.
- Added support for Freddi Fish 5: The Case of the Creature of Coral Cove.
- Added support for Pajama Sam: Games to Play on Any Day.
- Added support for SPY Fox 3: Operation Ozone.
- Added support for Dragon History.
- Added support for TeenAgent.

General:
- Added support for a custom SJIS font for FM-TOWNS and PC98 games.
- Added support for 16bit graphics. (GSoC Task)
- Removed QuickTime MIDI backend on Mac OS X; it was buggy and did not
compile on modern systems.

CinE:
- Added support for Amiga style menus for Amiga versions of Future Wars.

KYRA:
- Added support for the Amiga version of The Legend of Kyrandia.
(sound support was done as a GSoC Task)
- Adapted KYRA to support the custom SJIS font.

SCUMM:
- Added support for the PC-Engine version of Loom.
- Added support for music and sound effects in the the Amiga version of
The Secret of Monkey Island. (GSoC Task)
- Fixed some other bugs related to game versions for the Amiga.
- Added support for original save/load dialog in MM NES.
- Added support for savepoint passcodes for Sega CD MI1 via debugger command 'passcode'
- Added support for Kanji rendering in Japanese version of Monkey Island Sega CD.

Thanks to the ScummVM guys for one of the premier homebrew releases this year

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DS1943 2.0 - Arcade Emulator for Nintendo DS

April 6th, 2010, 21:41 Posted By: wraggster

Copper has released a new version of his arcade emulator for the Nintendo DS:

Heres whats new etc:

This is the second version of my emulator 1943 emulates Roma 3 sets for MAME game capcom. A big thank you to Kukulcan to the menu and the screen displays ...

Version History:
V2.0: 05/04/2010
* Version 1.4.3 + compiled with libnds (FIFO optimized) and R30 devkitARM
* Version freedom meant

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FCEUltra MM wip 03-04-2010

April 6th, 2010, 21:45 Posted By: wraggster

News via http://emu-russia.net/en/

CaH4e3 released a new version of his FCEU MM (NES emulator with improved mappers support based on FCE Utlra). Changes:
- UNIF BMC-810544-C-A1 - new "200-in-1 - Elfland (Unl)[!]" dump;
- mapper 0 - F-BASIC v3.0 internal SRAM increased to 8K;
- mapper 245 - disable bankswitching for VRAM carts added, "Yong Zhe Dou E Long - Dragon Quest VI" redefined to 245 with CRC check.

http://cah4e3.shedevr.org.ru/

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Nestopia Unofficial 1.41

April 6th, 2010, 21:46 Posted By: wraggster

News via http://emu-russia.net/en/

Unofficial version of one of the best NES/Dendy emulator has been released. Changes:
1. Removed manual option to set priority of Nestopia's main emulation loop thread. Instead, Nestopia now boosts its own process base priority AND its own main emulation thread priority whenever it is the active foreground window (and/or running in full-screen mode). This brings Nestopia much closer to real-time performance and responsiveness.

2. Removed some screwy input polling logic, and added some calls to input.Poll(), to ensure that the input devices are always polled immediately before the input state is utilized. This was the key change that got rid of most of the lag.

3. Removed some screwy input timing logic that was causing input polling to work only on certain clock intervals, rather than allowing it to work every time it was called.

(As far as I can tell on my own hardware configuration, these three changes taken together have completely eliminated the lag problems that have been present in Nestopia for several releases. Your mileage may vary.)

4. Updated the Visual Studio solution/project to build successfully under Visual C++ 2008 Express Edition.

5. Added this releasenotes.txt file and bumped the version number to 1.41.

http://forum.emu-russia.net/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=2142

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sixtyforce v0.9.5 beta 1

April 6th, 2010, 22:48 Posted By: wraggster

News via http://www.aep-emu.de/

A new version of sixtyforce, a N64 emulator for Mac OS X has been released.


Quote:
It´s Gerrit´s birthday...

To celebrate sixtyforce 0.9.5 beta 1 has been released!

This verison has major improvements to nearly everything. An improved Cocoa interface, better graphic compatibility, better emulation compatibility and improved sound. Plus a new sound plugin is included for Intel Macs: Azimer Audio 0.55.1.

This version has been tested quite a bit, but if you find any bugs make sure to send them in.

http://www.sixtyforce.com/

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JMEBoy v1.5.3

April 6th, 2010, 22:49 Posted By: wraggster

News via http://www.aep-emu.de/

JMEBoy is a Game Boy emulator available for mobile phones using J2ME.


Quote:
1.5.3 (based on HG rev. 424)
- added Japanese translation, provided by Diana Blaszczyk

http://sourceforge.net/project/showf...roup_id=219240

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Tactics Ogre complete!

April 6th, 2010, 22:56 Posted By: wraggster

Tactics Ogre doesn’t really need much introduction. It’s basically the model for Final Fantasy Tactics, and is quite the impressive feat for the SNES. The plot is full of intrigue and branching paths, the gameplay is complicated and allows for lots of customization, the music is standard (amazing) Sakimoto material.

Every little task in this game was like pulling teeth. The simplest thing took hours, crashes kept popping up where there weren’t any before. It’s still not perfect, but it’s pretty damn good for what it is.

http://www.romhacking.net/forum/inde...pic,10581.html

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New gccVB version and ROM-shrinker

April 7th, 2010, 01:09 Posted By: wraggster

News via http://www.planetvb.com/modules/news...hp?storyid=297

A new version of the gccVB compiler has been created by dasi. This is still version 2.95 like the last release from 2007, but has added bitstring and NVC instructions. It also comes precompiled, so all you have to do to is install Cygwin and drop the unzipped archive in your "/c/cygwin/usr/" folder.

Another release comes from RunnerPack. His VB ROM-image Shrinker utility is something like an "inverse padder" and allows you to shrink Virtual Boy ROMs to their smallest possible size (which still has to be a power of 2 of course).

Furthermore, you can find a TTF format font, modeled after the Virtual Boy one, made by RunnerPack here.

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FCE Ultra GX 3.1.4

April 7th, 2010, 01:11 Posted By: wraggster

Tantric has released a new version of his emulator for the Wii:

FCE Ultra GX is a modified port of the FCE Ultra Nintendo Entertainment
system for x86 (Windows/Linux) PC's. With it you can play NES games on your
Wii/GameCube.

-=[ Features ]=-

* Wiimote, Nunchuk, Classic, and Gamecube controller support
* iNES, FDS, VS, UNIF, and NSF ROM support
* 1-4 Player Support
* Zapper support
* Auto Load/Save Game States and RAM
* Custom controller configurations
* SD, USB, DVD, SMB, Zip, and 7z support
* Custom controller configurations
* 16:9 widescreen support
* Original/filtered/unfiltered video modes
* Turbo Mode - up to 2x the normal speed
* Cheat support (.CHT files and Game Genie)
* IPS/UPS/PPF automatic patching support
* NES Compatibility Based on FCEUX 2.1.2+
* Open Source!

3.1.4 - March 30, 2010]

* DVD / USB 2.0 support via IOS 202. DVDx support has been dropped. It is
highly recommended to install IOS 202 via the included installer
* Multi-language support (only French translation is fully complete)
* Thank you to everyone who submitted translations
* SMB improvements/bug fixes
* Minor video & input performance optimizations
* Synced with official FCEUX (various game fixes)
* ROMs larger than 3 MB now load
* Now also searches in application path for gg.rom and disksys.rom

http://code.google.com/p/fceugc/downloads/list

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Hackmii News - Hardware hacking on the cheap

April 7th, 2010, 01:13 Posted By: wraggster

News via http://hackmii.com/2010/04/hardware-...-on-the-cheap/

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Snes9x GX 4.1.6

April 7th, 2010, 01:16 Posted By: wraggster

Tantric has released a new version of his emulator for the Wii:

Snes9x GX is a Super Nintendo™ / Super Famicom emulator for the Nintendo Wii.
Snes9x GX is a port of Snes9x (http://www.snes9x.com).

Snes9x GX is a "homebrew application" which means you will need a way to run
unsigned code on your Nintendo Wii. The best website for getting started with
Wii homebrew is WiiBrew (www.wiibrew.org).

* Based on Snes9x 1.52
* Wiimote, Nunchuk, Classic, and Gamecube controller support
* SNES Superscope, Mouse, Justifier support
* Cheat support
* Auto Load/Save Game Snapshots and SRAM
* Custom controller configurations
* SD, USB, DVD, SMB, Zip, and 7z support
* Autodetect PAL/NTSC, 16:9 widescreen support
* Original/filtered/unfiltered video modes
* Turbo Mode - up to 2x the normal speed
* Zoom option to zoom in/out
* Open Source!

[4.1.6 - March 30, 2010]

* New core! Updated to Snes9x 1.52. Old save states will not work!
* DVD / USB 2.0 support via IOS 202. DVDx support has been dropped. It is
highly recommended to install IOS 202 via the included installer
* Multi-language support (only French translation is fully complete)
* Thank you to everyone who submitted translations
* SMB improvements/bug fixes
* Minor video & input performance optimizations
* Now uses .srm files without "Auto" appended, if found
* Added option to disable crosshair

http://code.google.com/p/snes9x-gx/downloads/list

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Visual Boy Advance GX 2.1.3

April 7th, 2010, 01:21 Posted By: wraggster

Tantric has released a new version of his emulator for the Wii:

Visual Boy Advance GX is a modified port of VBA-M.
With it you can play GBA/Game Boy Color/Game Boy games on your Wii/GameCube.

-=[ Features ]=-

* Wiimote, Nunchuk, Classic, and Gamecube controller support
* Rotation sensors, Solar sensors, and Rumble support
* Optional special Wii controls built-in for some games
* SRAM and State saving
* IPS/UPS/PPF patch support
* Custom controller configurations
* SD, USB, DVD, SMB, Zip, and 7z support
* Compatiblity based on VBA-M r927
* MEM2 ROM Storage for fast access
* Auto frame skip for those core heavy games
* Turbo speed, video zooming, widescreen, and unfiltered video options

[2.1.3 - March 30, 2010]

* Fixed ROM allocation. Should solve some unexplained crashes
* Numerous performance optimizations (thanks dancinninja!)
* DVD / USB 2.0 support via IOS 202. DVDx support has been dropped. It is
highly recommended to install IOS 202 via the included installer
* Multi-language support (only French translation is fully complete)
* Thank you to everyone who submitted translations
* SMB improvements/bug fixes
* Minor video & input performance optimizations
* Disabling rumble now also disables in-game rumbling
* Fixed saving of GB screen position adjustment

http://code.google.com/p/vba-wii/downloads/list

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TetriCycle v0.3b

April 7th, 2010, 01:23 Posted By: wraggster

TetriCycle v0.3b released by Calvinss4.

TetriCycle is Tetris projected onto a cylindrical surface. Rotate the cylinder left/right such that the descending piece falls into place.

TetriCycle is freeware, can be distributed freely and should never be charged for.

v0.3b
3rd Release: 4/5/10
Better menus.
Ability to reverse the direction in which the Tetris cylinder rotates.

http://wiibrew.org/wiki/TetriCycle

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Priiloader v0.4

April 7th, 2010, 01:25 Posted By: wraggster

Priiloader v0.4 released by DacoTaco

Priiloader is a modded version of Preloader. Just like preloader, Priiloader places itself in boot sequence before the system menu. By this priiloader has the ability to:


Patch memory just like StartPatch or Preloader. Hacks.ini should be on the sd root(only once, they get copied to NAND) and can be found here.
Save wii from banner & other kind of bricks that aren't ios/boot2/nand corruption related
Start something else than system menu on power up (a dol file, bootmii, homebrew channel)

v0.4 : Death of the Memory Hog and revenge of the IOSith
Added support of all versions of the EU/US system menus(JP/KR are untested)
New entrypoint. this means :
Old forwarders should work again
Many other memory related restrictions should be gone.
Added support for more usb hard drives
Added an option to ask for a password either when entering priiloader menu or doing autoboot. (NOTE : this -CAN- lock you out of your own wii. please be very careful with this)
Added a menu to list all installed Wiiware/VC titles and start one
Added a new magic word to force system menu to be started. (the word is "Pune")
Added an option to redirect Gecko output to the screen instead of to a USBGecko(NOTE: this slows down priiloader DRASTICLY)
Fixed loads of minor bugs

http://wiibrew.org/wiki/Priiloader

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Möle v0.1

April 7th, 2010, 01:26 Posted By: wraggster

Möle v0.1 released by andersers.

Möle is a video game in the garden protection simulator genre. A vicious arvicola amphibius is destroying your beautiful garden. You must protect your garden by smäcking down the möle with your hammer. If you smäck it down more than 93 times you win the game, yay! So yeah... the game is a clone of whack-a-mole.

http://wiibrew.org/wiki/M%C3%B6le

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libmii v1.0

April 7th, 2010, 01:27 Posted By: wraggster

libmii v1.0 released by mdbrim.

Libmii is a library for use with Nintendo Wii homebrew. It allows programmers to access the Mii data on the Wii and use it in homebrew applications. Libmii retrieves the raw data associated with each mii on your wii. To use this data to draw your miis, please see Libmii/Rendering Miis.

http://wiibrew.org/wiki/Libmii

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Wii Double Down v2.0

April 7th, 2010, 01:28 Posted By: wraggster

Wii Double Down v2.0 released by mdbrim.

Wii Double Down is a blackjack game / simulation for the Wii.

Latest version (2.0) is ready and can be downloaded using the link to the right.

Version 2.0 features the debut of Miis in homebrew. Now you can have your Miis appear as logos on the table or cards or even have your favorite me be your assistant!

Enjoy!

The object of blackjack is to get a higher card total than the dealer, but without going over 21.
Source code will be available soon with full comments.

http://wiibrew.org/wiki/Wii_Double_Down

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DarkCube v1.0

April 7th, 2010, 01:30 Posted By: wraggster

DarkCube v1.0 released by NoNameNo.

DarkCube is a little game that lets you move cubes, the goal is to have all cubes down. This game is only some lines of code using GRRLIB. I coded it to promote GRRLIB and to show peoples that GRRLIB is not only a nice 2D lib, but also a nice, simple and powerful 3D lib, with objects renderer, texturing, light sources... and much more, ALL DONE BY GX !!

http://wiibrew.org/wiki/DarkCube

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FridgeMagnets v0.01

April 7th, 2010, 01:31 Posted By: wraggster

FridgeMagnets v0.01 released by Titmouse.

Fridge Magnets is a little game that lets you move magnetic fridge letters about, bit of fun and learning for children.

http://wiibrew.org/wiki/FridgeMagnets

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Splatter Castle v.20100402

April 7th, 2010, 01:40 Posted By: wraggster

Splatter Castle v.20100402 released by SpiderDave.

Splatter castle is a platform game for Wii, still in development. Use at your own risk

Added in v.20100402
Sound effects (hooray!)
More backgrounds
Rain effect
New/tweaked areas, new enemies

http://wiibrew.org/wiki/Splatter_Castle

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Riivolution v1.02

April 7th, 2010, 01:43 Posted By: wraggster

Riivolution v1.02 released by AerialX.

Riivolution is an on-the-fly game patcher for use with retail discs. It allows users to place content on their SD or USB devices, which will be read by the game during regular play.

It can be used for custom textures, music, levels, memory patches, game translations, and more!

v1.02
March 28th, 2010

Disc file addition
More memory patch improvements
Network hostname lookups
Network stability improvements
Games will now connect to the network alongside Riivolution/RiiFS
Foreign character support in XMLs (Latin-1)

http://wiibrew.org/wiki/Riivolution

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Wii7800 v0.3

April 7th, 2010, 01:45 Posted By: wraggster

Wii7800 v0.3 released by Raz0red.

Wii7800 is a port of the ProSystem emulator developed by Greg Stanton. Additional changes developed by Ludovic Jacomme aka Zx-81 (PSP port), Leonis, and gdement.

Changelog
0.3 - March 29, 2010
GX based scaler (smoother scrolling in Plutos, Xevious, Motor Psycho)
Ability to adjust screen size to any size/dimensions via the "Screen Size" option under "Display". If this is entered after loading a cartridge, the last frame will be displayed to assist in sizing.
Fixed graphical glitches in Ballblazer
Implemented RANDOM (read) and SKCTLS (write) for Pokey sound emulation
Ballblazer now plays all sounds
Minor refactor of Pokey code
Some minor adjustments to the Light Gun related code
Updated palette (from Underball)
Updated menu code, GX rendering of dip switches and debug information
Ability to set HBLANK period, Dual-analog support in ProSystem database

http://wiibrew.org/wiki/Wii7800

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TowerDefense 0.95

April 7th, 2010, 01:49 Posted By: wraggster

News via http://www.plaatsoft.nl/wiibrew/posts/

PlaatSoft has released TowerDefense v0.95. The following changes were made:

31-03-2010 Version 0.95
GUI:
– Update menu screen information.
Core:
– WiiMote timeout increase from 60 to 300 seconds.
– Improve stability.
– Use libfat 1.0.7 as disk access engine.
– Use libogc 1.8.3 as Wii interface engine
General:
– Make source code compliant with r21 compiler.
– Build game with devkitPPC r21 compiler.

Wii TowerDefense is an classic 2D action game. Protect your base with all kind of defense systems and kill all the waves of enemies. If ten enemies reach the base the game is over. Good luck!

Key Features:

2D gameboard with special graphical effects
WiiMote device support
18 game maps
6 weapon systems
25 enemy types
Nice background music
Nice game sound effects
Game score is stored local and on internet

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SpaceBubble 0.95

April 7th, 2010, 01:57 Posted By: wraggster

News via http://www.plaatsoft.nl/wiibrew/posts/

This evening SpaceBubble 0.95 is released by PlaatSoft. The following changes were made:

31-03-2010 Version 0.95
GUI:
– Update menu screen information.
Core:
– WiiMote timeout increase from 60 to 300 seconds.
– Added local highscore position calculation.
– Improve stability.
– Use libfat 1.0.7 as disk access engine.
– Use libogc 1.8.3 as Wii interface engine
General:
– Make source code compliant with r21 compiler.
– Improve source code documentation.
– Added screenshots to source code documentation.
– Build game with devkitPPC r21 compiler.

If anybody has a good idea how to improve this game, please post a comment

SpaceBubble is a classic board puzzle game based on bubble breaker. Select multiple bubbles with the same color and destroy them, the more you hit in one the higher score you will get. Special thanks to my family for their support during the development of this game.

Key Features:

2D bubble gameboard with special graphical effects.
Support one to four concurrent players
Seven game levels
Game player score is shared on internet.
Easy menu system.
WiiMote IR device support
9 background music tracks
Several sound effects

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RedSquare 0.97

April 7th, 2010, 01:58 Posted By: wraggster

News via http://www.plaatsoft.nl/wiibrew/posts/

This evening RedSquare 0.97 is released by PlaatSoft. The following changes were made:

31-03-2009 Version 0.97
GUI:
– Show played game level on high score screens.
– Update menu screen information.
Core:
– Improve stability.
– WiiMote timeout increase from 60 to 300 seconds.
– Use libfat 1.0.7 as disk access engine.
– Use libogc 1.8.3 as Wii interface engine
General:
– Make source code compliant with r21 compiler.
– Build game with devkitPPC r21 compiler.

If anybody has a good idea how to improve this game, please post a comment

RedSquare is an classic 2D action game. Click and hold the red square. Now, move it so that you neither touch the walls nor get hit by any of the blue blocks. If you make it to 31 seconds, you are doing brilliantly! Special thanks to my family for their support during the development of this game.

Key Features:

2D gameboard with special graphical effects.
Support one to four concurrent players
Game player score is shared on internet.
Easy menu system.
WiiMote IR device support
10 background music tracks
Several sound effects

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BibleQuiz 0.95

April 7th, 2010, 02:00 Posted By: wraggster

News via http://www.plaatsoft.nl/wiibrew/posts/

This evening BibleQuiz 0.95 is released by PlaatSoft.

31-03-2010 Version 0.95
GUI:
– Update main menu screen information.
– Improve game icon.
Core:
– WiiMote timeout increase from 60 to 300 seconds.
– Improve stability.
– Improve network thread.
– Use libfat 1.0.7 as disk access engine.
– Use libogc 1.8.3 as Wii interface engine.
General:
– Make source code compliant with r21 compiler.
– Added source code to Google Code Repository.
– Added source code documentation (Javadoc style).
– Added Doxygen (automatic documentation generation tool) config file.
– Build game with devkitPPC r21 compiler.

If anybody has a good idea how to improve this game, please post a comment!

BibleQuiz is an open-source quiz game. Test your knowlegde about the bible. Special thanks to my family for their support during the development of this game.

Key Features:

2D Quiz gameboard with special graphical effects.
Support for four concurrent players
Many questions about many topics available
Game player score is store on SD Card.
Game available in five languages
WiiMote device support
10 background music tracks
Several sound effects

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Pong2 1.00

April 7th, 2010, 02:02 Posted By: wraggster

News via http://www.plaatsoft.nl/wiibrew/posts/

This evening Pong2 0.99 is released by Plaatsoft.

31-03-2010 Version 1.00

GUI:
– Update main menu screen information.
– Improve game icon.
Core:
– Improve stability.
– Improve network thread.
– Use libfat 1.0.7 as disk access engine.
– Use libogc 1.8.3 as Wii interface engine.
General:
– Make source code compliant with r21 compiler.
– Added source code to Google Code Repository
– Added source code documentation (Javadoc style).
– Added Doxygen (automatic documentation generation tool) config file.
– Build game with devkitPPC r21 compiler.

If anybody has a good idea how to improve this game, please post a comment!

Pong2 is an open-source game based on the original game of Pong. Pong2 has improved features over the original. The paddle can be moved horizontally and vertically. 10 tracks of background music are available during game play. The first player to score 10 points in each level is the winner. Special thanks to my family for their support during the development of this game.

Key Features:

2D pong gameboard with special graphical effects.
Five game levels
Multi player mode support
WiiMote, Classic Controller device support
10 background music tracks
Several sound effects

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PlaatScore 0.50

April 7th, 2010, 02:07 Posted By: wraggster

News via http://www.wii-addict.fr/forum/Plaat...50-t19370.html

PlaatScore is an application being developed by wplaatIt is an application that allows you to manage the highscores of all games for Wii PlaatSoft, ie: TowerDefense, RedSquare, Spacebubble, Pong2 & BibleQuiz.

CHANGELOG v0.50
===============
Show popup window-When Internet connected facts.
-Added release notes window.
-Added donate window.
-Added credits window.
-Build with QtCreator v1.3.1

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Sonic Robo Blast 2 Wii v1.5.0

April 7th, 2010, 02:09 Posted By: wraggster

News via http://www.wii-addict.fr/forum/Sonic...50-t19460.html

Sonic Robo Blast 2 Wii is a port, realized by Callum, The PC game of the same name. It is of course a game in which Sonic embodies.
the game is very long to load the 1st launch

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DeSmuMe Wii R133

April 7th, 2010, 02:12 Posted By: wraggster

News via http://www.wii-addict.fr/forum/DeSmu...30-t19465.html

Wii Emulator DeSmuME is a Nintendo DS for the Wii developed by Castlevania
You must put your ROMS in. Kts in SD: \ DSROM \

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bsnes 0.063.10 beta

April 7th, 2010, 16:06 Posted By: wraggster

News via http://emu-russia.net/en/

WIP version of Super Nintendo emulator has been updated recently. Changes:
- added accurate S-PPU emulation;
- improved emulation of Air Strike Patrol.

http://byuu.org/

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DS86 News - Dos Emulator for Nintendo DS - Mouse work

April 7th, 2010, 16:15 Posted By: wraggster

Pate posted this news concerning his Dos Emulator for DS:

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BallyWally 31/03/10

April 7th, 2010, 16:18 Posted By: wraggster

Janmulder has updated his Game for the DS, heres the details:

In BallyWally you have to get the ball in the hole.
The only way to do that is by tilting the platform
by touching the bottom screen. In the Menu you have
6 options:
- FULL: Play all levels from start. The only way to unlock new levels
- LEVEL: choose a level (which is already unlocked) and play.
- SAVE: Saves the game (BW.SAV on your flashcard)
- RECORDS: Shows the levels in the top screen
- SHOP: Change the ball in a football(300points), basketball(400points) or a diceblock(450points)
- MAKE YOUR OWN: possibility to make your own level.
- draw wall (draw rectangle)
- draw trap (draw rectangle which is the same as water in the default levels)
- play! (play your own game (after touching the touch screen))
- back to menu (go back to menu (after touching the touchscreen))
- draw target (set the place of the hole)
- draw ball (set de place of the ball)
- eraser size: ... (erases walls by drawing and erases traps by tapping in the rectangle
adjust size by pressing right and left)
- save (saves the game (after touching the touchscreen))
- delete all (delete all walls and traps and saves)
switch functions with up and down.

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Lost Marbles

April 7th, 2010, 16:19 Posted By: wraggster

News/release from Sych:

Hi!

My first game Lost Marbles is based on the old Loose Your Marbles game for PC!

The objective is to make lines of 3+ balls with the same color vertically on the LineZone (White Stripes), and with that lines you'll send balls to the opponent filling his board.

I'd appreciate comments and suggestions; The graphics and music are very basic!

Thank you!

Sych

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Helicopter DS .20

April 7th, 2010, 16:21 Posted By: wraggster

News/release from 34®ß0*3®

Helicopter DS is a game in which you press the A button to increase your altitude, in which to avoid all of the green obstacles. Also, get the +500 points, and you will get 500 more points. Concerning physics, this game is better than the Flash Game, But not as good as the Wii one.

Controls
In game:
A||Touchscreen: increase altitude
Left/Right: change color or ship
Up/Down: change size of ship
Start: Pause/Un-pause
In menu: (if you have at least half a brain, you wont need to read the menu's controls)
Up/Down: Change selection
A||Start: Load level
X: Change theme
Select: Show credits

New version!
.20!
Download Link

Go to my development blog, it has up to date information regarding my progress.
http://earboxer.drunkencoders.com/

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Impossible Tic-Tac-Toe

April 7th, 2010, 16:23 Posted By: wraggster

News/release from 34®ß0*3®

I believe I have made an Impossible tic-tac-toe game.
Post a screenshot if you beat it.
Controls
Touch Screen: Place your X
Select: Reset
A: Push this after you reset

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1144404/tictactoe.nds

Reasons to play this

You have no life
You want to know good tic-tac-toe strategies
You want to beat it
The current version has not been beaten.

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GeneriDex | Pokédex mediocrity.

April 7th, 2010, 16:29 Posted By: wraggster

News/release from Anthony

This is a test version containing all 493 pokémon. I haven't tested it much yet, so any feedback is appreciated.

Code:
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3/31/10
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-Addition of 'Name That Pokémon' and 'Name That Cry'
-A few aesthetic changes
-Fixed a few descriptions
-Removal of redundent files
Keys:
Up - Scroll Up
Down - Scroll Down
Left - Scroll up by 10
Right - Scroll Down by 10
X - Pokemon Cry(Provided you download the cries version)
L & R - Cycle through alt. forms.
Touchscreen/Stylus for pretty much everything else including clicking on a pokémon in the list.

Things you should know
-Moves and Loc aren't implemented yet. I definitely want to do it via a map, but it seems like a bit of a shitstorm to be honest.
-There's roughly 22,500+ individual pieces of information regarding the pokémon. I'd be willing to bet I've screwed up quite a bit.
-The unown forms can be seen via pressing 'L' or 'R' at their main sprite screen.
-Alternate forms will adjust the stats and such accordingly.
-IVs range from 0-31; EVs range from 0-255; Nature can be negative(-), neutral(o) or positive(+); Level ranges form 1-100. More on this here.
-Mr. Mime and Mime Jr. both need spaces and periods for the minigames. The male and female symbol will put (m) and (f), respectively, onto the end.
-With that being said, I uploaded v0.2, sans the search functionality. Easy mode for the mini-games provides you with 6 names, one being the correct pokémon. Hard mode has you input the name yourself.

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fb4nds : Facebook for DS v1.2

April 7th, 2010, 16:31 Posted By: wraggster

Lino has released a new version of his Facebook app for the DS, heres whats new etc:

Fixed a bug during the connection the user and pass now are correct.
Fixed a bug in the listboxes now the current selected item is visible always and it dont freeze.
Fixed a bug in times management.
Fixed a bug parsing the news, now all news are showed.
... and others small fixes and added.

Simple client for Facebook's chat. The current version is a beta, Im using Pidgin's source code for Facebook's protocol, for other featuers like GUI etc etc, Im using PAlib and libNDS. The project is compiled with devkitARM and the support of the others libs, like libdswifi, libgif, libctaocrypt, libcyassl

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NitroTracker! News

April 7th, 2010, 16:35 Posted By: wraggster

Oxtob posted this over at GBAdev forums

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Rockbot 0.1 beta 4

April 7th, 2010, 16:40 Posted By: wraggster

News/release from protomank

This is a multi-platform game I am developing:

http://rockbot.upperland.net/

I've placed an experimental NDS build at:
http://rockbot.upperland.net/files/nds.rar

You need to place it at /Apps/Rockbot to run, hope it works for you guys.
Current DS port bugs include:
- no sound, once SDL_mixer do not work
- when holding left and pressing the jump button, it do not responde if you do not press a second or third time
- some small moving speed/adjustments
- can't run from anywhere

Any help is welcome, this is a open-source project. Thank you.

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Pocket Physics News

April 7th, 2010, 16:41 Posted By: wraggster

Oxtob posted this snippet about his app for the DS:

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Wolfenstein 3D DS - WIP News

April 7th, 2010, 16:43 Posted By: wraggster

LazyOne posted some more WIP news concerning his Wolf3D port to DS:

I've decided to rework the graphics/menu portions of the Wolfenstein source, right now this is being done in a testbed app first.
http://yfrog.com/5bdesmumescreenshot0p

What I'm hoping to do is replace all the software blitted 320x200 graphics with ones better suited to the DS's screen and use the DS's 2D hardware properly.
This will take some time to do but hopefully in the end it will be worth the wait

http://forum.gbadev.org/viewtopic.php?t=13795&start=270

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Lobster island

April 7th, 2010, 16:59 Posted By: wraggster

News/release from yoshi123

Kill those lobsters with the stylus and post your record time here.

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Sprite Combat 2.1

April 7th, 2010, 17:02 Posted By: wraggster

News/release from Winterace

"Sprite Combat", a game by WinterAce, is a unique and perfected implementation of the popular Rock, Paper, Scissors game to the Nintendo DS. Instead of the usual Rock, Paper and Scissors, you have to choose between Sword, Energy and Shield, in a "Combat between Sprites" scene to reach 10 points before your opponent. The game features 6 opponents to choose from.

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Marios space quest

April 7th, 2010, 17:06 Posted By: wraggster

News/release from yoshi123

Basically its a platformer in space and you are mario.
If any one whants the pac"n"go just pm me.

mAJOR update!
Added level3, (what I hope will be the last space level however if no one donates sprites it wont be )
Changed the (as eldude calls them) jump pads to look like different sprites, (looks bad though, so donate sprites!)
Changed the value of fl in some places to make it even more exact,
Slowed down some of the text when you speek to the hover craft man.
In game over ensted of going back to level 1, you go to last visited level

Next version I hope to add:
Level 4,
Animation of mario (or a different better sprite if some one sends it in)
ADD any suggestions

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Pong3.11

April 7th, 2010, 17:08 Posted By: wraggster

News/release from RHY3756547

Hey everyone. I saw quite a few people talking about this on the scratch forums and thought I should give it a go. So, after like 2 hours I finally came up with something acceptable!

The game is virtually glitchless and works quite well on No$GBA. The only problem is I can't seem to figure out how to make decimal Velocities without the game spazzing out, no sound and the background compression makes it look... Well. Just plain ugly. (background is 256 colours anyway...)

Tell me what you think of it and and suggestions on how to solve some gameplay problems (some problems with the random num)

Cheers,
RHY3756547

UPDATE 2.0

Instructions:
Destroy all of the onscreen blocks to advance to the next level! (3 levels constantly playing with no end atm)

Controls:
You can use the D-Pad or stylus to move. To launch the ball press the A button or position the paddle with the stylus and let go. I figured out bitshifts so movement is MUCH better.

Enjoy!

UPDATE 3.1 FINAL

For details check the games section of the main site, or the 2nd page..

UPDATE 3.11 Bugfix

Added reflection for 1upblock thanks to DSGM 4.8 update.

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SNES menu updated with GFX

April 7th, 2010, 17:10 Posted By: wraggster

News of a new release of software for the Snes Flash Cart, nice to see the dev community supporting a great device:

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TTTexT (text converter)

April 7th, 2010, 17:12 Posted By: wraggster

News/release from Baro

Hello guys!
I’ve just uploaded one of the tools I made and find useful, because that’s why I made it. I use it for dialogs and such in Tanuki tail.
It’s TTTexT, and it’s just a text parser that generates text files from a text file, admitting scape sequences and generating separated text files from a single text file. I’ve also included the source file, because you’ll probably want to edit the scape sequences to match your personal desires and needs.

You can find the download and [probably] all the info you need in ITS PAGE AT MY BLOG

If everything went well and I understood dovoto correctly, this post also pops the cherry of the tag filtering thing and appears in the main page. I think it’s okay since it’s a release of something.

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Status Update: Ocarina of Time 2D

April 7th, 2010, 17:13 Posted By: wraggster

News from supremedirt

Status update and test of the whole filtering thing. Abuse it I will, regardless of whether anyone cares about this.

After about two weeks of screwups, I’ve finally managed to get the DS devkits installed on my laptop. Once I find an IDE I like, I will begin work on a few things to get used to programming on a DS, including a generic “Extreme Pong” game.

The main thing here is that I’m not quite sure I want to go ahead with OoT2D still. I’ve made attempts at it several times in the past, either with Game Maker or with C. I’ve gotten halfway through making the engine, and then tend to get frustrated with something.

So I’m thinking of making a Legend of Zelda Strategy game, in the vein of Final Fantasy Tactics, Disgaea, and Fire Emblem, with quite a bit of influence from the Shining series.

The thing is, I need ideas. My intention is to make the game revolve around the Sealing War, or perhaps some other canonical war.

Classes are something major that I need. Especially for Zoras; there is very little said of how they fight except for from Majora’s Mask. I’m thinking of making them a spellcasting race primarily.

Any ideas would be quite helpful. Unless there are people who really want me to finish OoT2D.

I also found an old Game Maker version of OoT2D on my computer. Figured I’d post it.

~Supreme Dirt

http://ajmm610.webs.com/Games/OoT2DB1Pre.exe

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DSI Homebrew Exploit News

April 7th, 2010, 17:16 Posted By: wraggster

News via http://www.nintendomax.com/portal.php

The Team Twiizers pressed worst enemy of Nintendo?
And yes the Team Twiizers resumed its activity in the search for loopholes in order to run our favorite homebrew. It is the turn of the DSi be offered the opportunity to run homebrew without a linker. For now the exploit is not yet available to the general public but we hope in future to do so.




Interesting news but will Nintendo quickly plug the exploit when its released ?

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LabClone v1.0

April 7th, 2010, 17:17 Posted By: wraggster

News via http://www.nintendomax.com/portal.php

brain suggests "LabClone" little game where you must take the monkey of the Green Zone in the red zone without touching the void that is black.

Use

Unpack LabClone-App.zip to the Apps directory of your HomeBrew Channel.

Use the Wii Remote Wii Remote to move the monkey from the green starting zone over the yellow path to the red zone target. Take care never to touch the black background! The yellow path Will Become smaller and twisty in EACH level.

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Super Smash Bros. Crash! DS - Demo 5

April 7th, 2010, 17:20 Posted By: wraggster

News via http://www.nintendomax.com/portal.php

miguel28 offers the fifth demonstration version of its adaptation of the famous fighting game Super Smash Bros. for the DS, Super Smash Bros. Crash! DS. This new frame is mainly: 6 additional characters which is 17 now, bug fixes, the addition of 2 scenario.

Demo 5 Improvements:

1. Set the score at the end of the battle (perhaps not always).
2. A default menu set the rules.
3. Added the function to be suspended.
4. Adding Data menu.
5. Addition of 6 characters and more.
6. Adding two more scenarios.
7. Fixed error when deleting catch in the "Photos".
8. Added sound effects (in protection).

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Micro Lua DS v3.0

April 7th, 2010, 17:21 Posted By: wraggster

News via http://www.nintendomax.com/portal.php

The Lua interpreter for the DS "Micro Lua DS" from Risika now in version 3.0. Abandoned in pre-release in 2009 with a few bugs, source code was released, thus the community μLua DS leaned over to finalize the release.


Risika wrote:
News:

- Added support for WiFi
- Added support for datetime
- Added support for the Rumble
- Added support of Motion
- Changed the syntax of the library's
- You can now read several modules (mods) at the same time
- Support sound effects (SFX). You can play WAV files
- Added a function render (). StartDrawing functions () and stopDrawing () still exist but are no longer mandatory
- Added a global variable MICROLUA_VERSION that returns the current version of Micro Lua
- You can now customize the colors of the shell in the file shell.ini
- Support the stylus in the shell
- Over-limit position for the direct drawing (lines, rectangles etc ...). They can now go beyond the screen.
- Added a function that returns Font.getStringWidth width in pixels of a string in a given font

Bug fixes:

- More than double click problem
- No problem loading jpeg images, you can now safely use
- Optimization of loading and unloading of images, fonts and maps. You can now load and unload at infinity
- More Oops unhandled error "
- Fixed problem Canvas ATTR_Y2
- The scaling is now permanent
- No problem with the Stylus.newPress
- Large speed increase during the launches scripts with dofile. Micro Lua DS is now looking much more quickly

Deleted:

- Bookstore keyboard but you can download open source on the site and thus modify

As for the final version 3.0, it brings compared to the prerelease:

- Loss of bug with relative paths. Txt files and. Ini. This is because this version was compiled with a version of the latest libfat, which was impossible in the 3.0 prerelease because of its many boots now unified.
- Weight reduction package and included new material, which is actually part of the wiki (see below).

What is it?
No.
Now there is a wiki very full and evolving, where you can find various support and ties, test versions of Micro Lua development, contribute to the project by writing articles, fixing bugs, etc. ...
Visit this page for more information: http://code.google.com/p/microlua/ (Note that the page GoogleCode project, which belongs to Risika already existed, but not the wiki and all that goes with it).

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A Fake Prototype 3DS Appears!

April 7th, 2010, 17:27 Posted By: wraggster

News via http://www.ds-scene.net/?s=viewtopic&nid=9328



Saw this posted on 2ch earlier. Said to be a Prototype 3DS but looks fake as arseholes to me. The guy explains that the system has features such as smoothing filters for playing up-scaled DS games, a pressure sensitive touch screen, rotatable controls, and 3D Augmented Reality capabilities. Even though it's obviously a fake there's plenty of nice screenshots to look at on the blog.

http://hamstern.air-nifty.com/mogumo...post-3c64.html

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DeSmuME Wii R136

April 7th, 2010, 22:50 Posted By: wraggster

News via http://www.wii-addict.fr/forum/DeSmu...34-t19465.html

DeSmuME Wii is Nintendo DS emulator for the Wii developed by Castlevania

You must put your ROMS in. Kts in SD: \ DSROM \

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Death Star Run - Alpha 1

April 7th, 2010, 22:53 Posted By: wraggster

News via http://www.wii-addict.fr/forum/Death...-1-t19474.html
Death Star Run is a game entirely realized with Wii Game Studio Pro by Lord Ashe. This game based on the Star Wars is a scrolling shooter that is played at the wiimote.

QUOTE
I wish I had a more polished verion for you. The latest compiled for this game Took approx 18 hours. The latest version Stiller Has A Few Bugs That I fixed the compile goal has-been running for over 24 hours am and is Still Not done. So I am posting what i have. If I manage to compile the revised version of I Will post it as a goal seperate file so members can judge me That Based On What I Had finished by the deadline.

A few "notes:

- Please read the instructions in the game, They Provide the story online, EXPLAIN controls, and show you What You Are Up Against. They Are not just some cheesy instruction pages.
- Note the slight drift on the instruction page making it look like the cockpit flying Actually IS.
- Note That the x-wing firing alternates from the left and right wing.
- Note That firing Reduce the energy picture and after about 4 shots Lathus You Need to let the photo energy recharge. IS Scale for photos shown on bottom right.
- Being hit by Mark Enemy fire (except t-fighter rockets) drains shields. After about 5 hits you lose all your shields (next hit kills you). Scale for shields IS is shown bottom left.
- You can press A to skip the intro animation order please watch it at least an ounce.
- Dry 1 restarts the level.
- Pressing 2 Access the Game Menu (Which est aussi a pause).
- You can use the Level option to jump to different Levels as Follows:

Button 1 = 1
Button 2 = 2
Button A = 3
Button B = 4
Button - = 5
Button + = 6

Level 1 = 1234
Level 2 = 2463
Level 3 = 3645
Level 4 = 4654

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Pimp My Wii 1.40

April 7th, 2010, 22:55 Posted By: wraggster

News via http://www.wii-addict.fr/forum/Pimp-Wii-140-t19475.html

Pimp My Wii is a 1.40 homebrew developed by Attila, Administrator of the forum Wii-info.
This homebrew allows the installation of an automatic or manual hack, it detects if you have the latest available versions of IOS, BC, MIOS System Menu 4.1et Nintendo official channels.
The novelty in this version 1.40 is the installation of cIOS 38 rev 19 (IOS249) and cIOS 202/222/223/224 v5.


Refer to readme.txt for usage.

QUOTE
Version 1.40
- In addition to detecting if you have cIOS (and updated), now you can install directly cIOS249 rev19 (base IOS 38) and Waninkoko cIOS 202/222/223/224 (v5) of Hermes in Pimp my Wii.
The cIOS not offer to settle only if Pimp detects that you do not already have. To reinstall, switch to "Manual Installation".
Note: Do not patch the cIOS because the patches are already included in it. (Thanks for helping Waninkoko and Orwell and the whole team Wii Info for testing).
- Change the text displayed when switching to offline mode.
- At the end of the scan, a message is displayed to prevent the scan returns to the menu without saying anything if no problems were detected.
- If the Internet connection gives an error -116, Pimp asks if you want to retry the connection (error -116 can be temporary and usually allow several attempts to connect).
- "Minimal Install" is now "Hacker Wii / Minimal Install" because it installs now cIOS.
- Compiled with devkitPPC release 21, libogc 1.8.3.

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Nintendo teams with Google for glorified 'Google Fight' gameplay for Wii

April 7th, 2010, 23:24 Posted By: wraggster

A 'Google Fight,' in case you're unfamiliar, is pitting one keyword against another on Google and seeing which one gets more hits. It's a favorite pastime around the Engadget HQ, where it's often used to keep intern ego in check, when we point out their inferior PageRank. Apparently it's a bit of trend at Nintendo as well (or maybe Nintendo just likes money), because they've teamed up with Google to release a game for the Wii in Japan called Ando Kensaku comprised of just such a mechanism. Players compete by guessing the most popular search term, an action we hope is somehow augmented by a dramatic Wiimote flourish. Unfortunately, with a name like Ando Kensaku and no specific plans mentioned, we're not sure if we should even hope for a US release. Oh well, we'll always have the interns.

http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/07/n...ight-gameplay/

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Easy Piano for Nintendo DS shipping now for little Tchaikovskys

April 7th, 2010, 23:26 Posted By: wraggster



Mention piano lessons to kids and watch them cringe. Mention playing really awesome games on the Nintendo DS and watch them get all excited. Now, mention piano lessons on the Nintendo DS and watch them squirm in confusion, a definite improved reaction that's all thanks to Easy Piano, which is now shipping to retail. It's a $40 game (of sorts) plus 13 key mini-piano that, if you're lucky, your children might confuse for the Guitar Hero: On Tour controller. Upon it gamers can learn to tickle the (plastic) ivories and even compose their own tunes of up to three minutes in length. That's not enough for a proper concerto, but plenty for your little wunderkind to get an early taste of chiptuning.

http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/06/e...-tchaikovskys/

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Nintendo dates Q2 line-up

April 8th, 2010, 20:19 Posted By: wraggster

Nintendo's wheeled out the European Q2 2010 calendar and confirmed the spring line-up for Wii and DS.

Among the list are star attractions Super Mario Galaxy 2 (which we played yesterday), Sin & Punishment 2 and Monster Hunter Tri.

We knew about those. We didn't know that Samurai Warriors 3 would be out for Wii on 28th May, apparently, nor that DS game Rooms: The Main Building had slipped to 4th June.

Another DS pick is portable music maker Jam with the Band, which will be available on 21st May. Might as well be called How To Make Friends on the Train.

The full Q2 line-up is below.

Wii Software Q2 2010

NewU Fitness First Mind Body Yoga & Pilates Workout (Black Bean Games) - 2nd April
Monster Hunter Tri (Capcom) - 23rd April
2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa (EA SPORTS) - 29th Apr
Circus Party (505 Games Ltd) - 30th April
Iron Man 2 (SEGA) - April
Sin and Punishment: Successor of the Skies (Nintendo) - 7th May
Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands (UBISOFT) - 13th May
No More Heroes 2 (Rising Star Games) - 22nd May
Samurai Warriors 3 (Nintendo) - 28th May
B-Unts-Build It! (505 Games Ltd) - 28th May
Shrek Forever After (Activision) - May
All Star Karate (THQ) - May
Repetto presents Ballerina (Deep Silver) - May
Tournament of Legends (SEGA) - May
Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Nintendo) - 11th June
Toy Story 3 (Disney Interactive Studios) - 17th June
NatGeo Quiz! Wild Life (Black Bean Games) - June
DanceDanceRevolution HOTTEST PARTY 3 (Konami) - June
U-SING Girls Night (Mindscape) - June
Vacation Isle: Beach Party (Warner Brothers Interactive Entertainment) - June
Top Model Academy (SevenGames) - Q2
The Crown of Midas (SevenGames) - Q2
Nintendo DS Software Q2 2010

Runaway A twist of fate (Focus Home Interactive) - 15th April
Diva Girls: Diva Ballerina (505 Games Ltd) - 23rd April
Mind, Body & Soul: Spellbound 2 (505 Games Ltd) - 23rd April
Emergency Rescue (505 Games Ltd) - 23rd April
Mind, Body & Soul: Blend It! (505 Games Ltd) - 23rd April
WarioWare: Do It Yourself (Nintendo) - 30th April
Iron Man 2 (SEGA) - April
Sonny With a Chance (Disney Interactive Studios) - 7th May
Petz Fantasy (UBISOFT) - 12th May
Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands (UBISOFT) - 13th May
Galactic Taz Ball (Warner Brothers Interactive Entertainment) - 14th May
Jam with the Band (Nintendo) - 21st May
B-Unts-Build It! (505 Games Ltd) - 28th May
Shrek Forever After (Activision) - May
Shooting Watch (HUDSON SOFT CO.,LTD.) - May
Repetto presents Ballerina (Deep Silver) - May
Sports Island DS (Hudson Soft) - May
Cradle of Egypt (Rising Star Games) - May
Rooms: The Main Building (Nintendo) - 4th June
Club Penguin : Herberts Revenge (Disney Interactive Studios) - 17th June
Toy Story 3 (Disney Interactive Studios) - 17th June
Sherlock Holmes and the Mystery of Osborne House (Focus Home Interactive) - 24th June
Mega Man Zero Collection (Capcom) - June
Top Model Academy (SevenGames) - Q2
The Crown of Midas (SevenGames) - Q2

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/ni...tes-q2-line-up

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Nintendo dates Q2 line-up

April 8th, 2010, 20:19 Posted By: wraggster

Nintendo's wheeled out the European Q2 2010 calendar and confirmed the spring line-up for Wii and DS.

Among the list are star attractions Super Mario Galaxy 2 (which we played yesterday), Sin & Punishment 2 and Monster Hunter Tri.

We knew about those. We didn't know that Samurai Warriors 3 would be out for Wii on 28th May, apparently, nor that DS game Rooms: The Main Building had slipped to 4th June.

Another DS pick is portable music maker Jam with the Band, which will be available on 21st May. Might as well be called How To Make Friends on the Train.

The full Q2 line-up is below.

Wii Software Q2 2010

NewU Fitness First Mind Body Yoga & Pilates Workout (Black Bean Games) - 2nd April
Monster Hunter Tri (Capcom) - 23rd April
2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa (EA SPORTS) - 29th Apr
Circus Party (505 Games Ltd) - 30th April
Iron Man 2 (SEGA) - April
Sin and Punishment: Successor of the Skies (Nintendo) - 7th May
Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands (UBISOFT) - 13th May
No More Heroes 2 (Rising Star Games) - 22nd May
Samurai Warriors 3 (Nintendo) - 28th May
B-Unts-Build It! (505 Games Ltd) - 28th May
Shrek Forever After (Activision) - May
All Star Karate (THQ) - May
Repetto presents Ballerina (Deep Silver) - May
Tournament of Legends (SEGA) - May
Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Nintendo) - 11th June
Toy Story 3 (Disney Interactive Studios) - 17th June
NatGeo Quiz! Wild Life (Black Bean Games) - June
DanceDanceRevolution HOTTEST PARTY 3 (Konami) - June
U-SING Girls Night (Mindscape) - June
Vacation Isle: Beach Party (Warner Brothers Interactive Entertainment) - June
Top Model Academy (SevenGames) - Q2
The Crown of Midas (SevenGames) - Q2
Nintendo DS Software Q2 2010

Runaway A twist of fate (Focus Home Interactive) - 15th April
Diva Girls: Diva Ballerina (505 Games Ltd) - 23rd April
Mind, Body & Soul: Spellbound 2 (505 Games Ltd) - 23rd April
Emergency Rescue (505 Games Ltd) - 23rd April
Mind, Body & Soul: Blend It! (505 Games Ltd) - 23rd April
WarioWare: Do It Yourself (Nintendo) - 30th April
Iron Man 2 (SEGA) - April
Sonny With a Chance (Disney Interactive Studios) - 7th May
Petz Fantasy (UBISOFT) - 12th May
Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands (UBISOFT) - 13th May
Galactic Taz Ball (Warner Brothers Interactive Entertainment) - 14th May
Jam with the Band (Nintendo) - 21st May
B-Unts-Build It! (505 Games Ltd) - 28th May
Shrek Forever After (Activision) - May
Shooting Watch (HUDSON SOFT CO.,LTD.) - May
Repetto presents Ballerina (Deep Silver) - May
Sports Island DS (Hudson Soft) - May
Cradle of Egypt (Rising Star Games) - May
Rooms: The Main Building (Nintendo) - 4th June
Club Penguin : Herberts Revenge (Disney Interactive Studios) - 17th June
Toy Story 3 (Disney Interactive Studios) - 17th June
Sherlock Holmes and the Mystery of Osborne House (Focus Home Interactive) - 24th June
Mega Man Zero Collection (Capcom) - June
Top Model Academy (SevenGames) - Q2
The Crown of Midas (SevenGames) - Q2

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/ni...tes-q2-line-up

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Space One v0.8

April 9th, 2010, 00:04 Posted By: wraggster

News via http://www.nintendomax.com/portal.php

Iron hand we offer version 0.8 of Space One, a space invader perfectly reconstructed side graphics, the game closely resembles Xav shooter , but with a real nostalgic side.
Finally, it is known that this game followed the tutorial to make a space invader with Wii Game Studio ( here ), but there are some elements that were added, making the game more exciting.

Hi
i have modified this Invader great tutorial. Now the enemys can shoot back and attack you by climbing down the screen. Also enemys speed changed, life, score and highscore counter included. This Makes the Game Challenging and bit more exciting

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DS Doom v1.1.2a

April 9th, 2010, 00:05 Posted By: wraggster

News via http://www.nintendomax.com/portal.php

Until version 1.1.3, here is the tutorial to install version 1.1.2a, which is identical to version 1.1.2, except that it is a Wad Selector! For any questions about wadsel.ini and installing wad, post here.




Changes
Dsdoom unlikable previous releases this one Has a wad selector!

Installation
Step1 "
Patch the data / dsdoom / dsdoom.nds with your DLDI patch.
Step2
could the "data" folder in your root directory. Otherwise it will not work

Wad Installation:
it's easy just put the wads in désigné they're Proper folders
Installing custom wads. If you want to play custom wads dsdoom you'll Need to edit the Wadsel.
[Freedoom]
savpath Freedoom = /
wad = FreeDoom/freedoom063.wad
[Ultimate Doom]
savpath doom1 = /
wad = doom1/doom.wad
[Doom 2]
savpath = doom2 /
wad = doom2/doom2.wad
[TNT]
savpath = tnt /
wad = tnt / tnt.wad
[Plutonia]
savpath Plutonia = /
wad = Plutonia / plutonia.wad
For a custom PWAD to work you Have to do the following, I'll use KDiP.wad year as an example.

[Knee Deep in Phobos]
savpath KDiP = /
wad = KDiP/doom2.wad
wad = KDiP / kdip.wad

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V-Box for Wii

April 10th, 2010, 14:21 Posted By: wraggster

New from Divineo USA



The V-Box for Wii by XCM is more than just a VGA Box to connect your Wii console to any PC screens. It is USB based, you connect to any PC via USB 2.0 port and let you record or capture all that your Wii display on the screens.
An add-on recorder also can allow you to record DVDVCDCD via the V-Box from the disk player to your PC hard drive.

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SNES Controller + USB + Accelerometer

April 10th, 2010, 14:31 Posted By: wraggster

As we posted about [Atarity]’s XBMC hiding in an SNES controller, we were finishing work on a tutorial for [Adafruit]. The tutorial combines a Teensy USB development board with a 3D accelerometer inside of an SNES controller. The Teensy is programmed to poll the SNES controller buttons and read the accelerometer values. The buttons are set to keystrokes and mouse buttons, and the accelerometer values are processed into mouse movement. Programmed to play Portal, we created a video showing how to use the device. You can see it after the break.

It was not quite as easy or quick as the typical PC gamer left hand: WASD, right hand: mouse stance. However, we can think of a number of other games that could be improved with the use of a device that, with a bit of hacking, could time keystrokes as the user needed. With a bit more hacking, the device could be made to brute-force passwords. What else would you do with this?

http://hackaday.com/2010/04/09/snes-...accelerometer/

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How To Train Your Dragon

April 10th, 2010, 14:34 Posted By: wraggster

Newly released today:



features
Six types of dragon species and thousands of ways to customize their appearance and abilities
“Level Up” your dragon’s speed, power, fire, and more through challenges and training
Use your arsenal of dragons to battle your friends in a variety of unique environments

description
Battle your friends in this all-new adventure, based on the world of DreamWorks Animation’s movie, How to Train Your Dragon! With countless ways to customize, you’ll design the coolest dragons to ever live on the Island of Berk. Explore this epic world as Hiccup or Astrid in Adventure Mode or experience fierce battle action in Arena Mode as you fight, fly, and fire your way to victory!

http://www.play-asia.com/SOap-23-83-...j-70-3pe9.html

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Sushi Go Round

April 10th, 2010, 14:37 Posted By: wraggster

Newly released today:



features
Based on the hit online casual game from Miniclip.com, Sushi Go Round has been played 60m+ times
Enjoy sushi-to-go or as a sit-down experience on Wii
Use the Wii motion to select sushi ingredients and pass your rolled sensations to customers
Experience frantic, addicting gameplay as you create delicious sushi, serve customers, and keep your ingredients well-stocked
Try your hand at a different flavor of game in modes such as Endless Day, Forbidden Mode, Time-Attack and Puzzle Mode

description
Sushi Go Round™ puts you in charge of a Sushi Restaurant, and it's your job to turn it into a successful enterprise and keep your customers happy! Your memory and skills will be pushed to their limits as you memorize recipes, prepare meals, order ingredients and expand your business in the hustle and bustle of a busy restaurant.

http://www.play-asia.com/SOap-23-83-...j-70-3kqy.html

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Spectral Force Genesis

April 10th, 2010, 21:46 Posted By: wraggster

Newly released today:



description
Choose your own motherland, invade and unify the world of Neverland by becoming the overlord of the rest of the thirty nine countries. This game has already made a name for itself with the last installments by having a cast of intriguing characters and a complex web of political as well as personal relationships between them.

This newest installment makes use of the touch pen facility in battle wars to make controls more intuitive. Direct your armies with your touch pen and indicate the speed they should march at with your movements. Some armies are better with speedy battles and some are better with prolonged sieges, understand your forces before you deploy them.

Each character has a different set of attacks when they enter the battlefield. Use your touch pen to initiate special attacks against your enemies. You need to deal with random events like taxation, diplomatic missions, battles etc at random intervals, so be sure that you are equipped for all of these tasks at all times.

View event scenes once you have accomplished a specific task. There is a library section that allows you to review all the scenes and graphics awarded to you. Since the game consist of elements from all the previous installments, there is a glossary section for you to look up the terms. This feature is especially helpful for the beginners who start their Spectral Force experience with this game.

http://www.play-asia.com/SOap-23-83-...j-70-3pe7.html

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Fceux 2.1.3

April 10th, 2010, 21:58 Posted By: wraggster

News via http://emu-russia.net/en/

NES emulator for Windows has been updated recently. Changes:
- Now playable: SD Kiji Blader, Ganbare Goemon Gaiden, and Ganbare Goemon Gaiden 2, Jajamaru Gekimadden (mappers 82, 25, 21, and 18)
- Now playable Fire Emblem (J) and Fire Emblem Gaiden (J) (mappers 253 & 226)
- Fix crashing on game loading for any battery backed roms with mappers from MapInitTab (fixes Esper Dream 2 - Aratanaru Tatakai (J)
- SDL - A GUI! A graphic user interface (using GTK) with many basic menu options
- SDL - ported to SDL 1.3; compatibility maintained with 1.2
- unix netplay is now functional; gtk network gui created
- SDL - fixed dpad/joyhat support
- New lua functions: gui.parsecolor(), joypad.getup(), joypad.getdown(), emu.emulating()
- fixed zapper.read() to read movie data if a movie is playing. Also changed the struct values to x,y,fire. This breaks lua scripts that used it previous, sorry
- gui.text() now has out of bounds checking.

http://fceux.com/web/htdocs/

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Hachi DS v0.02 WIP (Chip 8 Interpreter for NDS)

April 10th, 2010, 22:02 Posted By: wraggster

News via http://www.pdroms.de/news/archive/2010/04/

My good mate Snesy is working on a Chip 8 interpreter/emulator, which is supposed to become a "Super Chip 8" and "Chip 8" emulator once everything is in final shape.

There is no release of "Hachi DS" yet! http://snesy.planetkedo.de/nds/

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logoNES v0.1 (NES Application)

April 10th, 2010, 22:03 Posted By: wraggster

News via http://www.pdroms.de/news/archive/2010/04/

logoNES is created with the VJ / visualist in mind. It allows you to scroll static screens in different directions, as well as color cycle the palette for simple animation effects. Click here to download it!
http://www.no-carrier.com/software.html

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ASCII PacMan (27-03-2010) (NDS Game)

April 10th, 2010, 22:04 Posted By: wraggster

News via http://www.pdroms.de/news/archive/2010/04/

ASCII PacMan does say it all!
http://www.eviltroopa.com/38_vieux-projet-ascii-pacman/

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GameBoy Advance GORF

April 11th, 2010, 02:27 Posted By: wraggster

News via http://www.gbadev.org/

Release from ArugulaZ

...this is officially the final, final release candidate for GORF. Fish gotta fly, birds gotta swim, and I’ve got to move on to new projects.

There’s only one major change to this release...faster quark shots for the player. I was worried about how this change would affect the gameplay, but judging from my playtesting it seems to be an improvement. The game feels a bit peppier than past releases, although if you’ve gotten used to the timing in the earlier versions, you’ll have to retrain yourself.

So that’s it. The last dance, the final countdown, the whipped cream and cherry on the sundae. I may include box artwork and an instruction booklet at a later date, but unless there’s a cataclysmic bug somewhere in the code that I missed, there will be no more work done on GORF.

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NitroGrafx V0.3

April 11th, 2010, 02:30 Posted By: wraggster

FluBBa has released a new version of his PC-Engine/TurboGrafx16 emulator for the DS

Heres whats New:

Some more CD-ROM games work plus "Makai Hakkenden Shada (J)".

*Fixed cache for 16x64 sprites.
*Fixed sprite DMA flag.
*Fixed more CD-ROM emulation issues.

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FCE Ultra GX 3.1.6

April 11th, 2010, 02:34 Posted By: wraggster

Tantric has released a new version of his Emulator for the Wii:

FCE Ultra GX is a modified port of the FCE Ultra Nintendo Entertainment
system for x86 (Windows/Linux) PC's. With it you can play NES games on your
Wii/GameCube.

-=[ Features ]=-

* Wiimote, Nunchuk, Classic, and Gamecube controller support
* iNES, FDS, VS, UNIF, and NSF ROM support
* 1-4 Player Support
* Zapper support
* Auto Load/Save Game States and RAM
* Custom controller configurations
* SD, USB, DVD, SMB, Zip, and 7z support
* Custom controller configurations
* 16:9 widescreen support
* Original/filtered/unfiltered video modes
* Turbo Mode - up to 2x the normal speed
* Cheat support (.CHT files and Game Genie)
* IPS/UPS/PPF automatic patching support
* NES Compatibility Based on FCEUX 2.1.3
* Open Source!

[3.1.6 - April 9, 2010]

* Fix auto-save bug

[3.1.5 - April 9, 2010]

* Most 3rd party controllers should work now (you're welcome!)
* Translation updates (German and Dutch)
* Other minor changes

http://code.google.com/p/fceugc/

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Snes9x GX 4.1.8

April 11th, 2010, 02:44 Posted By: wraggster

Tantric has released a new version of his Emulator for the Wii/Gamecube:

Snes9x GX is a Super Nintendo™ / Super Famicom emulator for the Nintendo Wii.
Snes9x GX is a port of Snes9x (http://www.snes9x.com).

Snes9x GX is a "homebrew application" which means you will need a way to run
unsigned code on your Nintendo Wii. The best website for getting started with
Wii homebrew is WiiBrew (www.wiibrew.org).

* Based on Snes9x 1.52
* Wiimote, Nunchuk, Classic, and Gamecube controller support
* SNES Superscope, Mouse, Justifier support
* Cheat support
* Auto Load/Save Game Snapshots and SRAM
* Custom controller configurations
* SD, USB, DVD, SMB, Zip, and 7z support
* Autodetect PAL/NTSC, 16:9 widescreen support
* Original/filtered/unfiltered video modes
* Turbo Mode - up to 2x the normal speed
* Zoom option to zoom in/out
* Open Source!

[4.1.8 - April 9, 2010]

* Fix auto-save bug

[4.1.7 - April 9, 2010]

* Freezing issue fixed
* Core timing fixes, should solve some problems with some games
* Most 3rd party controllers should work now (you're welcome!)
* 7z crash fixed
* GameCube only - DVD/SD Gecko fixed (thanks emukidid!)
* Translation updates (German and Dutch)
* Other minor changes

http://code.google.com/p/snes9x-gx/

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Snes9x GX 4.1.8

April 11th, 2010, 02:44 Posted By: wraggster

Tantric has released a new version of his Emulator for the Wii/Gamecube:

Snes9x GX is a Super Nintendo™ / Super Famicom emulator for the Nintendo Wii.
Snes9x GX is a port of Snes9x (http://www.snes9x.com).

Snes9x GX is a "homebrew application" which means you will need a way to run
unsigned code on your Nintendo Wii. The best website for getting started with
Wii homebrew is WiiBrew (www.wiibrew.org).

* Based on Snes9x 1.52
* Wiimote, Nunchuk, Classic, and Gamecube controller support
* SNES Superscope, Mouse, Justifier support
* Cheat support
* Auto Load/Save Game Snapshots and SRAM
* Custom controller configurations
* SD, USB, DVD, SMB, Zip, and 7z support
* Autodetect PAL/NTSC, 16:9 widescreen support
* Original/filtered/unfiltered video modes
* Turbo Mode - up to 2x the normal speed
* Zoom option to zoom in/out
* Open Source!

[4.1.8 - April 9, 2010]

* Fix auto-save bug

[4.1.7 - April 9, 2010]

* Freezing issue fixed
* Core timing fixes, should solve some problems with some games
* Most 3rd party controllers should work now (you're welcome!)
* 7z crash fixed
* GameCube only - DVD/SD Gecko fixed (thanks emukidid!)
* Translation updates (German and Dutch)
* Other minor changes

http://code.google.com/p/snes9x-gx/

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Visual Boy Advance GX 2.1.5

April 11th, 2010, 02:48 Posted By: wraggster

Tantric has released a new version of his Emulator for the Wii:

Visual Boy Advance GX is a modified port of VBA-M.
With it you can play GBA/Game Boy Color/Game Boy games on your Wii/GameCube.

-=[ Features ]=-

* Wiimote, Nunchuk, Classic, and Gamecube controller support
* Rotation sensors, Solar sensors, and Rumble support
* Optional special Wii controls built-in for some games
* SRAM and State saving
* IPS/UPS/PPF patch support
* Custom controller configurations
* SD, USB, DVD, SMB, Zip, and 7z support
* Compatiblity based on VBA-M r927
* MEM2 ROM Storage for fast access
* Auto frame skip for those core heavy games
* Turbo speed, video zooming, widescreen, and unfiltered video options

[2.1.5 - April 9, 2010]

* Fix auto-save bug

[2.1.4 - April 9, 2010]

* Fixed issue with saves (GBA) and snapshots (GB)
* Most 3rd party controllers should work now (you're welcome!)
* Translation updates (German and Dutch)
* Other minor changes

http://code.google.com/p/vba-wii/

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Roxoptr2 v0.2~a2

April 11th, 2010, 02:51 Posted By: wraggster

Roxoptr2 v0.2~a2 released by free-zombie.

Roxoptr2 is a simple game in which you pilot a little helicopter around things. Level data is loaded from SD card (contributions welcome).

http://wiibrew.org/wiki/Roxoptr2

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Crazy Intro 1.1

April 11th, 2010, 02:56 Posted By: wraggster

Crazy Intro 1.1 released by WiiCrazy/I.R.on.

Crazy intro is an autoboot homebrew to use along with Preloader.

You can use Crazy intro to customize the opening of your wii. You can display your selected picture and play the music of your choice at each start of your wii. Also you can assign your frequently used channels/programs to any button on your wiimote. You can use B or your configured button to quickly access homebrew channel. It's also possible to use a custom greeting screen when one of your miis have a birthday.

1.1 - 10/04/2010 - http://www.wiidewii.com/data/CrazyIntrov1.1.rar

Compiled with latest Grrlib 4.2.0
Mii display support for the birthday feature (thanks to mdbrim)
see example here : http://www.wiidewii.com/data/crazyintro-mii.jpg

Being forced to the first wiimote issue fixed.
Few effect fixes as well

http://wiibrew.org/wiki/Crazy_Intro

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PlaatScore 0.60

April 11th, 2010, 12:30 Posted By: wraggster

News via http://www.wii-addict.fr/forum/Plaat...60-t19490.html

PlaatScore is an application being developed by wplaatIt is an application that allows you to manage the highscores of all games for Wii PlaatSoft, ie: TowerDefense, RedSquare, Spacebubble, Pong2 & BibleQuiz.

QUOTE
CHANGELOG v0.60
===============
- Added new entry window.
- Added copy row to new data entry window.
- Disable inline editing table.
- Disable main window if subwindow is open.
- Build with QtCreator v1.3.1

http://www.plaatsoft.nl/

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Wii Web Server 1.30

April 11th, 2010, 12:32 Posted By: wraggster

News via http://www.wii-addict.fr/forum/Wii-W...30-t19505.html

Cboomf and Felix123 has just released a new version of their Web server for the Wii.

Here are the improvements of version 1.30

QUOTE
CHANGELOG v1.30
===============
Password-protected Quitting by going to / quit, make sure password is set in / data / wws / pass.txt
Password-protected / admin page (same as for / quit)
More HTTP rfc-compliant stuff
Server-generated index page if index.html Can not Be found in a directory
Support-trace method
-Basic Compression support
-Compiled Against libogc 1.8.3
INCREASED-buffer sizes

http://wiibrew.org/wiki/Wii_Web_Server#Changelog

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Miyamoto: “My best is yet to come”

April 11th, 2010, 22:04 Posted By: wraggster

World-renowned games designer Shigeru Miyamoto has said his best work is yet to come, and the challenge of building the next line of consoles comes down to how unique Nintendo can make theirs.
In an interview with GamesTM he said: “In the past five years I’ve been working on such unusual titles like Wii Fit Plus and Wii Sports Resort.
“Ten years ago I could never have been able to imagine that I would be making games like that. That’s why I can say that the best is yet to come to me.”
GamesTM also quizzed the Nintendo legend on a HD Wii console.
“Technology is always evolving and Nintendo, just like other companies, is going to integrate those technologies into our new products as they develop,” Miyamoto added.

“Whether that be a Wii HD, Wii 2 or an entirely new console, I am not in a position to say at the moment.
“I think that in the next generation of hardware, the challenge is how unique and different a product Nintendo is able to make.”
When GamesTM told Miyamoto that they’d love to see a new Starfox game for Wii, he replied: “Me too.”
He also previously said to Japanese games magazine Famitsu that the Wiimote could be used to control the Arwing in Starfox.
Miyamoto picked up a lifetime achievement award at the video game BAFTAs last month. He created many of Nintendo’s original franchises, including Mario and Zelda.

http://www.mcvuk.com/news/38434/Miya...is-yet-to-come

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DSx86 News - Dos Emulator for DS - Version 0.10 Beta released!

April 11th, 2010, 22:30 Posted By: wraggster

Pate has released a new version of his Dos Emulator for the Nintendo DS, heres whats new:

This is not version 0.08 alpha, but version 0.10 beta! I decided to increase the version number and move DSx86 forward from the Alpha state with this version, as it has quite a lot of changes and new features. This also means it probably has quite a lot of new bugs as well, so everything might not work quite right yet. But, this version does run Wolfenstein 3D, at least! :-)


Here is the almost complete list of changes I made into this version (direct from my updated TODO list). If you recognize the game name (in parentheses), feel free to test the game again in this version, you should get further in the game now!

VGA Mode-X support (Wolfenstein 3D, Fox Ranger). DSx86 now supports all 320-pixel wide Mode-X (and Mode-Y) variations (320x200, 320x240, 320x400, 320x480). In the modes with 400 or more lines the screen is prescaled vertically to 200 or 240 lines, even in ZOOM mode. This is to keep the aspect ratio sensible. If this scaling makes small fonts hard to read, try using screen update mode "Direct", as that will alternate between odd and even rows to display (a sort of jittering effect).
Mouse support (MJLAPTOP, etc.). You can select whether the D-Pad emulates cursor keys or mouse by toggling the "Mouse"/"Keybd" text on the touchpad. A/B buttons emulate the mouse buttons when in mouse mode.
CGA 640x200 monochrome mode support added (MJLAPTOP).
Key Repeat support (4DOS, etc.). Now when you keep the button (real or virtual) down, it will repeat, like in a real PC keyboard. This is the one change that I am most worried might have broken something.
Bug in "mov reg16,[BP+SI]" and "mov reg16,[BP+DI]" opcodes fixed (WIN).
Bug in "Interrupt Enabled" flag setting after returning from INT2F fixed (Wolfenstein 3D).
Bug in moving data within the EGA VRAM fixed.
Fixed the Brown color in the default EGA palette (KEEN4).
New game-specific "jpe" opcode hack added (CALGAMES).
New game-specific "jpo" opcode hack added (TOUTRUN).
Added "insb" opcode handling (OPENING).
Added all "imul r16, r16, imm16" opcodes (NCMAIN).
Added "imul r16, [di+disp16], imm8" opcodes (UNP2).
Added "imul r16, [idx+disp8], imm16" opcodes (STARTREK).
Added support for input from port 3C2 (FD).
Added support for input from port 3CC (RAIDEN).
Added support for input from port 3D9 (Crazy Cars).
Ignore "Tandy 1000SL/TL - SET UP SOUND MULTIPLEXOR" BIOS call (MIDWNTR).
Support for moving data from EGA VRAM to RAM added (REVENGE, BL, RAMPAGE).
EGA opcode "and es:[di],ax" added (BARD, DK).
EGA opcode "mov byte es:[disp16],imm8" added (KEEN1).
EGA opcode "mov es:[si],ax" added (G).
EGA opcode "and ax,es:[di+disp8]" added (SR).
MCGA Direct mode opcode "mov es:[di],bh" added (CREEPERS).
MCGA Direct mode opcode "mov es:[bx],al" added (MW).
Opcode "aad" handling added (JS3).
Added handling for opcode "repe scasw" when direction=down (STAROPEN, SS, PAL).
Opcode "sar word [bp+disp8],imm8" handling added (RUNVGA).
Added support for teletype text output in EGA mode (ULTIMA).
Added support for teletype text output in MCGA mode (EAGLE).
Added support for "GET ALL PALETTE REGS (VGA)" BIOS call (BASH1).
Added support for "WRITE STRING" BIOS call (RICK2, !STUNTS).
Added support for DOS text output in EGA mode (SIMCITY, SKWEEK).

The new Mode-X support requires it's own complete set of graphics opcodes, pretty much similarly to the EGA handling. I have only added very few of those opcodes, so it is extremely likely that any other games besides those I have tested that use Mode-X will crash with an unsupported opcode error. Please just send me the log file for all such games, and I'll add those opcodes to the next version! Btw, if a game displayed several small screens in the previous DSx86 version, it most likely used Mode-X, so please test it again in this version.

The past couple of days I have been working on improving the EMS memory support, as it is currently the only major obstacle in making Master of Orion (which uses Mode-X) run in DSx86. I actually tested MOO by giving it the full megabyte of EMS in DSx86 and got it to display all of the intro and go into the initial menu, but the graphics were pretty badly garbled as it kept receiving wrong data from my broken EMS handling. Sadly, so far I haven't been able to fix my EMS implementation and am having a hard time figuring out what exactly goes wrong there, so this version still has the limited amount of EMS enabled. Also, some games (like MOO and Wolfenstein 3D) want to check the availability of EMS using the EMMXXXX0 device, which is not yet supported in DSx86. That's why Wolfenstein 3D does not see the EMS memory (in case you were wondering :-).

I still have quite a lot of issues remaining in my TODO list, and I'll keep on working on the EMS memory problem, but feel free to send me your log files and information about other isues in this version again! Also, let me know if you find the above style of my reporting fixed issues by game useful.

http://dsx86.patrickaalto.com/DSblog.html

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Glace DS 11/04/2010

April 11th, 2010, 22:35 Posted By: wraggster

s_hansse has released a new version of his Game for the DS:

It will be a remake of Glace by Tommy Visic. You can find the orginal Glace by searching for Glace Tommy Visic.


But here's the last version with the greater text colors.
Please give me repeat, if the scrolling has to be changed anymore. My little sister want Glace to move slower, as she always flews off the ice-blocks.

What do you think?

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Mind Maze BETA 2

April 11th, 2010, 22:39 Posted By: wraggster

News via Ninmax

Nightfox offers us the BETA 2 Mind Maze, a homebrew containing a total of three mini-games, all playable 100% touch screen, including a memory game, a puzzle game and a maze game, the latter with mild 3D graphics. When you play for the first time there is a load that lasts about one minute.
In Mind Maze must hold the DS to the horizontal.

So if, as Promised yesterday, here you Have the Mind Maze BETA 2.
Beside The Obvious Improvements Since the last version, Were Also added 6 puzzles end the first Three of the hands of ToniMax and 3 FOLLOWING Kerun Sue (not leave here to visit Blog Loved blogs.gamefilia.com / suekeruna, giving a Variety of Styles That I hope you enjoy it.

http://blogs.gamefilia.com/knightfox

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Facebook for Nintendo DS v1.3

April 11th, 2010, 22:46 Posted By: wraggster

Lino has released an updated version of his Facebook app for the nintendo DS:

No idea whats new with this release:

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Knytt Stories DS 1.0a

April 11th, 2010, 22:56 Posted By: wraggster

News via gxmod

RRC2soft offers a small update of its adaptation of the game Knytt Stories for the Nintendo DS. Various corrections were made to remedy the problems that we could meet to play or finish certain levels.

http://www.rodrigoroman.com/rrc2soft/nds_dsknytt.html

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WiiXplorer R157

April 11th, 2010, 22:59 Posted By: wraggster

News via gxmod

dimok publishes a new version of its project named WiiXplorer. LibwiiGui Using this program offers many functionality and a sleek design (done by Neorama).

Features:

- Copy / move / delete files / folders present on SMB / USB / SD.
- Ability to rename files
- Information about the files / folders
- Exploration SD / USB / SMB
- Address bar with the path
- Boot files .dol / .elf via a double click
- New style / images Neorama
- Support files TXT/PNG/JPEG/MP3/OGG
- Unzip the ZIP file (do not work via SMB)
- Image Viewer (functions: next, previous, zoom, zoom out and roation)
- Support USB 2.0
- FTP Access
etc. ...


New / fixed:

- Added a new class for the Scrollbar
- Added parameters for the Scrollbar (0 for the fastest and slowest 20)
- Numerous changes TextEditor which should correct the major bugs
- Added an updater for the language files in the Explorer this language in the settings (when you click on the language)
- Slight change explorer language
- Slightly changed the menu layout Home and addition of a "shutdown" (off)
- Fixed a bug in the assembly FTP virtual devices
- Fixed problem launching. Dol.bak

Download Here --> http://code.google.com/p/wiixplorer/

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Nintendo launches Wii Netflix service

April 12th, 2010, 16:59 Posted By: wraggster

Nintendo of America has announced the launch of Netflix on its Wii console, providing members with the opportunity to watch "thousands of movies and TV episodes" and bringing the machine into parity with the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 in the US.

The service is available to any Netflix subscriber with an 'unlimited' membership (costing $8.99 upwards per month, and access to a broadband internet connection. Users will also need a "Netflix instant streaming disc" which can be ordered on the Netflix website and delivered first class for free.

"More than 28 million people already use the Wii console to play games, stay fit and have fun," said Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime. "Now they have another reason to use the system every day - to enjoy great movies from Netflix and other video content."

And Netflix co-founder and CEO Reed Hastings added: "Launching Netflix on the Wii home console marks a significant advance in the evolution of our service. Wii has created immense consumer excitement and has meaningfully altered the consumer electronics landscape.

"Bringing Netflix to Wii catapults us toward our goal of being ubiquitous on the connected devices most popular with consumers."

Netflix was first launched on the Xbox 360 platform in November 2008, and subsequently expanded its offering to PS3 owners a year later.

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...etflix-service

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More evidence of rumble in DS

April 12th, 2010, 19:07 Posted By: wraggster

A US patent application by Nintendo - spotted by GoNintendo, via Broke My Controller and Kotaku - shows more evidence that the company is considering putting force feedback in a future version of the DS handheld.

The patent concerns a "coin-sized" motor to be inserted in a handheld device that, in diagrams, looks an awful lot like a DSi or DS Lite.

This patent follows an earlier filing by Nintendo for rumble in a handheld, unearthed in February this year.

If Nintendo is planning to implement the feature, it could well be part of its plans for the Nintendo 3DS, due some time between now and March 2011. Nikkei claimed the 3DS would feature force feedback shortly after its announcement.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/mo...f-rumble-in-ds

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Force feedback for the Nintendo DS

April 12th, 2010, 21:44 Posted By: wraggster




This cool mod brings force feedback to the Nintendo DS. There’s a motor with an offset weight mounted inside the DS for vibration and some nice SMD LEDs plopped in there for good measure. The force feedback is being controlled via a picaxe mocrocontroller and triggered from the analog audio signal. While using the analog audio may not be the most precise method, he says that the results are pretty decent.

http://hackaday.com/2010/04/12/force...e-nintendo-ds/

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1964Video R67

April 12th, 2010, 21:56 Posted By: wraggster

News via http://emu-russia.net/en/

GPU plugin for Nintendo 64 emulators has been updated recently.

http://code.google.com/p/emu-1964/

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bsnes 0.064 RC1 beta

April 12th, 2010, 21:57 Posted By: wraggster

News via http://emu-russia.net/en/

WIP version of Super Nintendo emulator has been updated recently. No changes info available.

http://byuu.org/

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ASCII Mess (27-03-2010) (NDS Game)

April 12th, 2010, 22:05 Posted By: wraggster

News via http://www.pdroms.de/news/archive/2010/04/?page=2

Find a specific letter or sign within the ASCII Mess.
http://www.eviltroopa.com/27_vieux-projet-ascii-mess/

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Mastermind on the DS: Homebrew

April 12th, 2010, 23:41 Posted By: Dave_Ryman

Hi there,
New here. I've written a couple of homebrew programs for the DS which I've posted on FileTrip. One is my implementation of the puzzle game "Mastermind", which allows you to play several variations of the game.

The address is:

http://filetrip.net/f9315-Dave039s-M...nd-DS-1-2.html

Regards
Dave

PS: There's another post for the other application I've developed.

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Music on the DS: "Glockencord"

April 12th, 2010, 23:50 Posted By: Dave_Ryman

Hi again,
Here's the other post I mentioned in my "Mastermind" thread.

I've developed an application called "Glockencord", which is a combination of a glockenspiel and a harpsichord. When you tap the keyboard on the lower screen, hammers strike the glockenspiel on the top screen.

There's also an automatic mode that plays music defined in "Music rolls" (punched rolls of paper like those used in pianos and fairground organs) - well, an electronic version of them, anyway. A compiler is provided to allow you to produce your own music rolls from text files.

And there's more.... I've included some ready-made music rolls for you (7 of them at the time of writing).

The URL (fileTrip) is:

http://filetrip.net/f10354-Glockencord-1-1-2.html

Regards
Dave

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Atoms DS v0.7

April 13th, 2010, 00:07 Posted By: wraggster

News via http://mobiles.gx-mod.com/modules/ne...p?storyid=9219

Updated DS Game Atoms remember it again, is only a multiplayer game.
Each player turns up an atom on the grid, if more atoms are placed in the same place, then they become unstable and explode place additional atoms horizontally and vertically. If new atoms land on a site that already contains other atoms they add.

News / Corrections:

- Updated graphics
- Explosions work properly

http://forum.palib.info/index.php?topic=6701.0

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Helicopter DS .21

April 13th, 2010, 00:36 Posted By: wraggster

News via http://palib-dev.com/forum/index.php/topic,71.0.html

Helicopter DS is a game in which you press the A button to increase your altitude, in which to avoid all of the green obstacles. Also, get the +500 points, and you will get 500 more points. Concerning physics, this game is better than the Flash Game, But not as good as the Wii one.

Controls
In game:
A||Touchscreen: increase altitude
Left/Right: change color or ship
Up/Down: change size of ship
Start: Pause/Un-pause
In menu: (if you have at least half a brain, you wont need to read the menu's controls)
Up/Down: Change selection
A||Start: Load level
X: Change theme
Select: Show credits

New version!
.21!
Download Link
the change: it now has a 321go countdown

Go to my development blog, it has up to date information regarding my progress.
http://earboxer.drunkencoders.com/

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Physical Dexterity Maze

April 13th, 2010, 00:39 Posted By: wraggster

News via http://dsgamemaker.com/forum/viewtop...df8c66df7f2c34

The instructions for this game are included within. Mike Ploor sent me a Powerpoint game and I ported it to the DS.

I did it in the car, it took around 45 minutes to create & perfect it. The Source is also attached as a Pack'N'Go for those who are interested. There are collisions, transitions, recursive movement, variables etc.

You can design more levels if you like using the one included level graphics. Send them to me and I will add them. The logic is real simple.

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Navy Wars - NitroFS version.

April 13th, 2010, 00:42 Posted By: wraggster

News via http://nightfox.drunkencoders.com/2010/04/12/navywars/

Hello!

After remove the use of EFS on my lib and use NitroFS insead, i recompiled my game, Navy Wars with it, to get a faster bootup and more compatibility with new flashcards.

User manual.

- How to install:
Simply copy the “navywars.nds” on your flashcard then run it.
If your card don’t supports “argv”, run it from “Homebrew menu“.

- Game goal:
Deploy your army then try to destroy all enemy ships before your opponent does.

- Controls:
PAD, Y, X, B, A -> Move screen (Pad righthanded, buttons lefthanded).
Touch Screen – > Position your ships, check the boxes to reveal enemy ships.
R, L -> In battle and in your turn, allows you to move TOP screen with the pad or buttons.
Select -> Surrender. You lose the game immediately. “Game Over”

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Learn Chinese and other languages on your DS!

April 13th, 2010, 00:45 Posted By: wraggster

News via http://syslock.drunkencoders.com/201...es-on-your-ds/

Hello Everyone!

In my first post on drunkencoders, I want to write about the DS project I’m currently working on. It’s a language learning tool called “Chinese Touch“. In contrast to the only commercial Chinese learning app and another homebrew one i have seen myself for DS so far, I’m not trying to create a complete course for a specific level of language skill on my own. One reason is, that I am a beginner in Chinese myself. The other reason is that I want to utilize a great advantage DS homebrew has over most commercial DS products – that being easy read/write access to mass storage and the possibility to use data provided by the user – to create a very generic and extensible learning tool, useful for any skill level and not necessarily for Chinese.
Extensibility, especially if it can be done by the user, is a huge benefit for a learning tool, because there are very different requirements and already loads of good language learning materials available, free and non-free.

Enough of theory. Let me give you an introduction to the features already implemented in Chinese Touch.

The first picture shows the lesson menu. You can create and organise multiple books and each book may contain any number of lessons. Chinese Touch reads available books from a directory structure on your SD/flash memory card.
This is the word trainer. You can browse through lists of new words defined in one or more lessons and hide portions of the dictionary entry visible on the top screen. Try to remember and write down your solution on the touch screen. There are no character recognition capabilities for now, but you can control yourself using the hide/show buttons on the top edge of the touch screen. You also can give a rating to each individual word and generate dynamic word lists for each rating per lesson or per book.
The text browser in Chinese Touch is one of the most important features. As the text format needed by the program is just UTF-8 encoded plain text, you can easily copy any text from the internet and try to read it on your DS. Scrolling of longer texts is done intuitively by grabbing the touch screen. If you do not know the meaning of a word you can tap on it, thus doing a dictionary lookup on it. You can browse multiple hits using the left/right on-screen buttons.
This is the latest, bleeding edge feature in Chinese Touch. If you have downloaded one of the large dictionaries provided on the project site, you can do fulltext search in the translation and pronunciation fields. The screenshot also shows, that you can use Chinese Touch for other languages, Japanese in this case. I plan to implement a localization feature, that allows to chose from a set of interface languages.
If you tap on the small blue button next to the left button, available in most modes when a word is currently displayed on the top screen, you can copy the word definition onto the touch screen, thus empowering you to recursively lookup characters or words found in dictionary entries itself.

You can get the latest copy of Chinese Touch from http://code.google.com/p/chinese-touch/downloads/list

Any proposals? Like to join hacking on that piece of code? Which open licensed dictionaries do you like and want me to convert for the use in Chinese Touch? Please share your thoughts and leave me a comment

Regards

http://code.google.com/p/chinese-touch/downloads/list

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Mednafen now supporting Virtual Boy!

April 13th, 2010, 01:01 Posted By: wraggster

News via http://www.planetvb.com/modules/news...hp?storyid=298

The latest WIP version 0.9.0 of the multi system emulator Mednafen has just been released on the official forum. It introduces support for the Virtual Boy. From the games I tested with earlier betas, everything ran perfectly, even those writing directly to the framebuffers, like Red Alarm, which were previously unplayable in any other VB emulator for Windows. Future versions will also feature a debugger, something developers should be really looking forward to.

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Reggie Fils-Aime: Nintendo 3DS is Nintendo's next 'platform'

April 13th, 2010, 20:43 Posted By: wraggster

It may sound like the obvious statement to make, but for how much Nintendo has enjoyed marginally improving its handheld over the last few years, it's a big deal. According to an interview with Businessweek, Nintendo president Reggie Fils-Aime has stated that the upcoming 3DS will indeed be Nintendo's next platform -- not simply another revision of its already existing DS tech.

"The Nintendo 3DS for us is our next handheld platform," Fils-Aime assures. Even though Nintendo's business is "fundamentally about software, not hardware," the new tech will be "a means to an end" -- the final goal being "a great consumer experience."

Reggie wouldn't offer anything else on the proposed new handheld, other than mentioning Nintendo's plans of debuting it at E3. We'll be there.

http://www.joystiq.com/2010/04/13/re...next-platform/

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New DSi bundle has Bowser's Inside Story inside

April 13th, 2010, 20:45 Posted By: wraggster

Last month, Nintendo released the new DSi XL. So, of course, now it's time to promote ... the original DSi, with a new spring bundle! On April 25, Nintendo will release a bundle containing a white DSi and a copy of Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story, at a $169.99 price point -- which is what the DSi costs by itself. If you'd like a free copy of Mario & Luigi, we suggest you take advantage of that offer.

For whatever reason, Nintendo is no stranger to the "previous hardware bundle." A little over a month after the DSi's North American release, Nintendo offered a lime green DS Lite/Personal Trainer: Cooking bundle. Nintendo UK bundled a DS Lite with the first Professor Layton game, long after the release of the DSi and soon before the release of the second Layton. It's Nintendo -- don't try to understand it, just expect it to make money.

http://www.joystiq.com/2010/04/13/ne...-story-inside/

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Game Boy video out adapter

April 13th, 2010, 20:51 Posted By: wraggster




A bit light on the details, but we enjoyed seeing this video out device for the Nintendo Game Boy. A parallel cable connects to a modified Game Boy and transmits signals to the adapter which is housed in an old VHS cassette. We gather that some Super Game Boy hardware does the signal processing but from there your guess is probably better than ours.

[NeX] mentions that he originally wanted a screen to be included in the cassette. We’ve seen custom portables with small screens before, but he’s also developed a bare bones hand-held without a screen so that’s where the inclusion in the cassette would have been handy. We also wonder how the images will look on a big TV of the 50+ inch size. [NeX] has been pretty busy with the hacking lately, don’t miss the wire porn of his homemade Game Boy project.

http://hackaday.com/2010/04/12/game-...o-out-adapter/

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Dolphin 2.0 Released

April 14th, 2010, 00:11 Posted By: wraggster

Dolphin the Gamecube and Wii Emulator for Windows has been updated, heres the release details:

Today we release the first official version of Dolphin since the project went open source ~2 years ago!

Windows, Linux, and OS X builds are available in the Downloads section.
NOTE TO OS X USERS: The OS X build will be down until we get input working properly.

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Dolphin 2.0 Released

April 14th, 2010, 00:11 Posted By: wraggster

Dolphin the Gamecube and Wii Emulator for Windows has been updated, heres the release details:

Today we release the first official version of Dolphin since the project went open source ~2 years ago!

Windows, Linux, and OS X builds are available in the Downloads section.
NOTE TO OS X USERS: The OS X build will be down until we get input working properly.

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Alien Puzzle Wii v0.5

April 14th, 2010, 00:32 Posted By: wraggster

Alien Puzzle Wii v0.5 released by GEMISIS

Alien Puzzle Wii is a homemade puzzle game for the Nintendo Wii. The goal of the game is to get to the end of each level while collecting as many points as you can from the gems scattered throughout each level. The key trick to this game is the fact that once you start moving, you can’t stop (except for in certain cases which are talked about in the documentation). This requires precision as each level is scattered with TNT, which will explode on contact. Some of them move, some of them just sit there. Each level is unique, as is the rest of the game. Good thing you have three lives. And if you beat the level, you get to carry your score on with you to the next level. Thus, you can get amazingly high scores! You can play alone, or with a friend. Just be careful, if you collide with your friend, you both will bounce. And don’t worry, if you don’t want to play the actual game, you can always relax to some nice music via the built in mp3 player, which can be accessed by pressing the “home” button on the Wii controller. While you’re doing that, you could also make levels in your own paint editor, without even having to learn how to draw! (Described in the documentation) And with the online shop, you can download new levels for absolutely free.

http://wiibrew.org/wiki/Alien_Puzzle_Wii

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DeSmuME Wii R149

April 14th, 2010, 00:36 Posted By: wraggster

News via http://www.wii-addict.fr/forum/DeSmu...49-t19526.html

DeSmuME Wii is Nintendo DS emulator for the Wii developed by Castlevania

You must put your ROMS in. Kts in SD: \ DSROM \

Source: http://code.google.com/p/desmumewii/

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