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The following Translations have been submitted and approved to the database (in submitted order oldest to newest):

Ace Combat 3: Electrosphere (English)(In Progress)(PSX)
Advance Wars (Portuguese)(Complete)(GBA)
Ys - The Oath in Felghana (Italian)(Complete)(PC)
Dragon Quest V (English)(Complete)(PS2)
Advanced Daisenryaku 2001 (English)(In Progress)(DC)
Otenba Becky no Daibouken (English)(Complete)(MSX)
Sqoon (English)(Complete)(NES)
Phoenix - Gao’s Adventure (English)(Complete)(NES)
Knights of the Zodiac: The Golden Legend: Final Chapter (English)(Complete)(NES)
Sukeban Deka II (English)(Complete)(SMS) ...

News via http://www.pdroms.de/

Jum has updated his Atari 5200 emulator Jum52. Available for Windows, Ubuntu and PSP.

Changes:

- Implemented key remapping to make it easier to use with arcade controller panels (Win32/Ubuntu only).
- Implemented 3x and 4x scaling (Win32 / Ubuntu only).
- Fix to 2nd fire button handling ("top" side buttons).
- PSP version uses frameskip to get full speed.

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News via http://www.pdroms.de/

Jum has updated his Atari 5200 emulator Jum52. Available for Windows, Ubuntu and PSP.

Changes:

- Implemented key remapping to make it easier to use with arcade controller panels (Win32/Ubuntu only).
- Implemented 3x and 4x scaling (Win32 / Ubuntu only).
- Fix to 2nd fire button handling ("top" side buttons).
- PSP version uses frameskip to get full speed.

Download and Give Feedback Via Comments ...

PlayStation Network is one step closer to Virtual Console with support from Hudson’s TurboGrafx games and maybe SNK’s NeoGeo catalog.

The ESRB rated Alpha Mission II, Baseball Stars Professional, League Bowling, and Super Sidekicks as individual PlayStation 3 and PSP games. That’s interesting because a PsOne port of Super Sidekicks doesn’t exist

This leak suggests SNK’s library of NeoGeo games are going to be distributed as PlayStation Network downloads just like Hudson’s TurboGrafx-16 titles, which are PS3 and PSP compatible.

http://www.siliconera.com/2010/03/01...ation-network/ ...

PlayStation Network is one step closer to Virtual Console with support from Hudson’s TurboGrafx games and maybe SNK’s NeoGeo catalog.

The ESRB rated Alpha Mission II, Baseball Stars Professional, League Bowling, and Super Sidekicks as individual PlayStation 3 and PSP games. That’s interesting because a PsOne port of Super Sidekicks doesn’t exist

This leak suggests SNK’s library of NeoGeo games are going to be distributed as PlayStation Network downloads just like Hudson’s TurboGrafx-16 titles, which are PS3 and PSP compatible.

http://www.siliconera.com/2010/03/01...ation-network/ ...

PlayStation Network is one step closer to Virtual Console with support from Hudson’s TurboGrafx games and maybe SNK’s NeoGeo catalog.

The ESRB rated Alpha Mission II, Baseball Stars Professional, League Bowling, and Super Sidekicks as individual PlayStation 3 and PSP games. That’s interesting because a PsOne port of Super Sidekicks doesn’t exist

This leak suggests SNK’s library of NeoGeo games are going to be distributed as PlayStation Network downloads just like Hudson’s TurboGrafx-16 titles, which are PS3 and PSP compatible.

http://www.siliconera.com/2010/03/01...ation-network/ ...

The doomBox is a dedicated gaming rig for lovers of ID Software’s classic title. [JJ] built this from an old Kodak DC290 camera that had a broken lens. Since this runs the Digita OS, he was able to use the Doom port that already exists. But the camera’s factory buttons were not well suited as controls. By whipping up his own button board, and using the traditional keyboard keys for the button caps, he achieved a much more comfortable (yet squint-inducing) gaming experience. The finished project resides in an all-too-familiar black project box. See him fire it up after the break.

The original Doom for Digita OS pages seem to be down so here’s an alternate if you’re interested.

http://hackaday.com/2010/03/01/doomb...t-tiny-screen/ ...

Platform: XBLA
Developer: Regolith Games
Publisher: Konami

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KrissX: The Verbose Vocabulary Vendor

KrissX, pronounced “Criss Cross”, is an Xbox Live game with its central focal point being the manipulation of letters to form words. It’s simple, basic, and yet it proves to be quite an engrossing, addictive and surprisingly educational game.


As said above, the aim of the game is to complete puzzles, these puzzles resemble crosswords filled in with anagrams. While the game doesn’t get much more sophisticated or complicated, it still is rather difficult to put down. The game is broken into a few different modes, Quest, Time Trial, Survival, Categorised and a Free Play mode, but they are all pretty similar. The quest mode has 150 stages to beat before you’ve “cleared” the game and after beating the game, this actually seems too short. Each stage has about 8 or 9 words connected like a crossword and as you hover over each word a clue will pop up to make things that bit easier. In general, a basic knowledge of English will be enough to get you through this game but throughout it, I encountered a few words that left me confounded. “Macabre” was one, as was “Zenith” and this brings me to the educational part of this game. I always thought I had a good grasp of the English language but of course after playing KrissX, I had to put dictionary.com in my bookmarks.

If you look at the bottom left of the screen, you’ll notice a small circle half full of liquid which represents your hint points. When you hit your right trigger, two tiles will flare, and swapping them won’t always give you the word you’re looking for but will bring you that bit closer. To get these hit points, as well as extra time and points, there are small circular symbols which fall from words when you match them up. These symbols, will come down in three different colours corresponding to the X, Y and B buttons on the pad. This seems to be added in to add a sense of competitiveness to the game as trying to get all of them before they float below the bottom of the screen can require extremely dexterous fingers.


Graphically, the game contains some wonderfully colourful backgrounds and Wordsworth the Owl is ever present (unless a word reaches that corner of the screen in which case he becomes transparent). The tiles are all easy to read but sometimes the clues can be tricky to make out. I had two clues: “fail” and “fall” and I could never tell them apart but in general everything can be made out, even on my abysmal SD TV. The effects when you get a cascade, which is like a domino effect of solving words, is pretty impressive if somewhat overwhelming the first time you see it.

The audio is actually well suited to the game, with very pleasant, easy on the ears melodies and the victory chime as you solve a word is subtle enough to be ignored in general and yet hugely appreciated when you crack a word you’ve been staring at for five minutes. Although there is a voice that says “Stage Complete” at the end of every stage which is actually quite humorous.

The achievements for KrissX are actually not too shabby, most of them can be obtained through casual play but a few, like the Extreme Wildfire one actually took some time to pull off. They are doable but not for the casual gamer that KrissX ultimately appeals. And that’s probably the most important thing to note about KrissX. It is a casual game. I turned it on for something to kill 20 minutes. My girlfriend was happy to play it. My mother even tried to give it a shot. It’s a nice game but I’m not sure if it’s worth the 800 points that it’s advertised for. I’d definitely pick it up for 400 but for 800 you would really want to like your word games.

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via The Bulletin


Even the most hard-core gamers are sounding the alarm about the rise in the number of satanically-themed video games that target God and Christianity, invite players to make pacts with the devil, and elevate Satan to hero status.
For instance, in one game, players kill the Archangels Michael, Gabriel and Raphael before going on to destroy God. Another game requires players to sell their soul to the devil and rewards them for “killing unbaptized infants.”

All of these games seem to have one central theme - God is the enemy and the devil is the hero. And they do nothing to hide it. One game guide glibly states: “The Judeo-Christian God is portrayed as the prominent villain in the series . . . “
His list of the most egregious games includes:

• Tecmo’s Deception: Invitation To Darkness (Playstation) – Players “make an unholy pact and sell their soul to Satan in exchange for power” with the object of the game being to ensure the resurrection of Satan and obtain his power. (This game is rated “T” for teens.)

• Nocturne (Playstation 2): A game in which the hero (a demon) destroys the three Archangels St. Michael, Gabriel and Raphael, then goes on to destroy God.

• Shadow Hearts (Playstation 2): The hero uses his power to intercept and destroy God and “save the world.” (Some games in this series are rated “T”.)

• Dragon’s Age Origins (Playstation 3/Xbox 360): The game revolves around the story of God going mad and cursing the world. A witch attacks believers and players can “have sex” with her in a pagan act called “blood magic” so she can “give birth to a god.” Another scenario allows players to have sex with a demon in exchange for a boy’s soul.

Other games with satanic themes are Dante’s Inferno, Guitar Hero, Devil Summoner, Koudelka, Trapt, Bayonetta, and Darksiders.

Game publishers are cashing in on the satanic, anti-Catholic and the general anti-religion content themes and using them as a draw for buyers. For instance, Electronic Arts launched a catchy ad campaign to sell its new hell-inspired game, Dante’s Inferno. Buyers interested in the game were greeted at the site by a phony new game called, “Mass: We Pray.” When they clicked on the link, they were declared a heretic and re-routed to Dante’s Inferno. After ordering, fans were offered a “Number of the Beast” discount of $6.66. The same game was advertised during the Super Bowl with the teaser, “Hell awaits.”

Game publishers such as Electronic Arts and Midway Games have not responded to The Bulletin’s requests for comment.

Even though most of these videos are rated by the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) as “M” for mature audiences, many are rated “T” for teens. But regardless of the ratings, they can easily fall into the hands of children from older siblings or parents, Mr. Christian says, and points to a recent YouTube video of an eight year-old playing a popular adult Satanic-themed game.

Paul Bury, editor of Family Friendly Gaming said the envelope is definitely being pushed with these games. “Role playing games (RPGs) have progressively gotten worse over the years,” he said. “It is difficult to find a role playing game that is not ‘T’. . . . There have been some ‘M’ rated ones where all kinds of decadence is allowed.”

Another problem is that the ESRB has been “shifting” its standards much like movie rating bureaus have been doing. “Compared to movies in the past, they are now allowing more for a PG rating. I have noticed the same thing from the ESRB. Games that in the opinion of Family Friendly Gaming that should receive a ‘M’ rating, are getting a ‘T’ rating. They are letting more through.”

Eliot Mizrachi, spokesman for the ESRB, says their rating system focuses on violence, language and sexuality and is based on what the average consumer’s expectations would be about content.
We checked these summaries and although they proved helpful, few mentioned the overt satanic content of the games.

Mr. Mizrachi says concerned parents should use the rating system on ...