[Daniel] let us know that he finished up a SNES arcade cabinet he has been working on for awhile. It looks so good, he says that his wife has even agreed to let him keep it in the house!

http://hackaday.com/2011/03/20/hacka...march-20-2011/ ...

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Double_A provides an update of SysCheck, originally developed by Erik Spyder. To recap, this homebrew does several checks on IOS and CIOS installed:

- IOS Stub;
- Fake signature (aka Trucha Bug);
- ES_DiVerify (aka ES_Identify);
- Flash Access;
- NAND Access;
- Boot2 Access;
- USB 2.0.

New / fixed:

- Improved detection based IOS
- Preparation of having USB support (for the next version)

SysCheck generates a report to the root of the SD card (SD: / sysCheck.csv).

SysCheck v2.0.1 b7 ...

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New version of "Pimp My Wii" a homebrew developed by Attila that will install the tracks that are missing or outdated and needed to install CIOS on your console.

The program will then detect missing or outdated IOS and also check that you have the latest version of the Wii Menu. It also verifies that you have the latest version of the BC and MIOS and the Shop Channel, Weather, News, Mii, Photo and Photo 1.1.
Pimp installs cIOS 38 (249) cIOS 57 (250) rev 20 and cIOS 202/222/223/224 rev5.1.
If you do not have the latest versions of these titles, the program will download or play them on a USB device or SD card to install them. Using this program you will have all the benefits accumulated from 4.1 to those of 3.2, and this without any problem!

The homebrew is automatically displayed in french or English depending on the language of the console. It is also compatible Wii NTSC-U NTSC-J and PAL (Wii Koreans theoretically compatible but ios specific for this version will not be installed).

New / fixed:

- Passage to last libfat SVN and SVN libogc (Pimp of the previous 1.8.3 was due to a bug introduced in libogc 1.8.4). This therefore provides corrections to libogc, including among others a better USB compatibility and stability fixes. __jf__ Thank you to the resolution of the bug libogc.
- Pimp Now whether you want to run trucha signed games on DVD on the disc channel and if you answer no, ios are installed and unpatched (except for the ios ios 36 and used by the menu system, because without it can not play another game or WiiWare wad on SD card via the SD tab). You always have the choice to put these patches a "Yes" if you wish.
- Fixed the return to the Wii Menu using a forwarder / a string.
- In case of crash download Title / ios, it will be retried 2 times.
- Added support for file names in letters WAD obtained with NUS Downloader for Mii Channel, Photo, News and Weather.
- Export of information is now on the USB drive if you do not have SD card inserted.
- Fixed a bug with minus and plus buttons (next and previous) in the selection of ios / titles to install.
- Fixed support Wad files misnamed.
- Added display of the IOS source, revision of the IOS source and version number of Hermes CIOS installed (ex: Source v5.1 IOS 57 rev 5661).
- Added display of the IOS source and revision of the IOS source cIOS Waninkoko and some IOS installed (eg IOS source 58 rev 6176). This lets you know for example if you have an IOS with a revision number changed (pimp modifies the revision number of ios stub as 60).
- From the "Wad" now prevents you install or uninstall a file format that is not WAD.
- Since the last priiloaders no longer need ES_Identify on ios used by the menu system, Pimp will not detect its absence as a problem.
- To hack the Wii, now pimp patch the IOS 36 instead of 15.
- This also fixes the fact that during the very first hack a Wii, CIOS 249 could not settle until after the 2nd passage.
- In the menu Wad file names are now truncated if too long.
- Clears the memory used after installation of CIOS.
- The patch downgrade es (es check version) is now also functional IOS for less than 28 (non-modular).
- If the Wii could not initialize (in case of faulty bluetooth module?) And if you do not have a GameCube controller, you can now use the power and reset buttons. Power = A, B = Reset This mode is disabled if there is no problem with Wiimotes.
- Added Korean IOS updating 4.3V2 (40, 43, 45, 46, 48, 52) in the part of ios "stubs" necessary.
- Increase the revision of IOS 41 installed to the latest release.
- Fixed some information displayed in exports "info".
- Fixed export of key "information" which in some cases was not done.
- Check if Pimp has full access (HW_AHBPROT). Otherwise, pimp you to use HBC and to position the meta.xml to function properly.
- Added another protection against the brig. You can not install an IOS stub if the menu system uses the IOS. To find yourself in this case would have you changed your menu system to use the IOS for example 16, because Pimp IOS installs a stub 16.
The only other possible case would be if you take the IOS 60 stubs, you change the name of the wad file and you change the version in 6174 in the tmd (version not stubbée). But here, you really look at Brick console ...
This protection is not implemented in the mode "WAD". So be careful with wads that you manually install.
- Various minor changes.
- Pimp version string (id PIMP) is provided.

Pimp My Wii 2.20

Official site: http://www.wii-info.fr ...

Some more news from the Pandora Makers:

Some things in Pandora life are weird. Totally weird.
Like the new LCD cables.

We are all used to delays and deadlines that didn't work out.

It seems different with the new company who does the LCD cables (the new ones, way more robust and extensively tested that should NEVER cause a purple haze again).

The leadtime for the LCD cables was 6 weeks - so they should've been finished early until mid April.

However, they just called us today to tell us the cables will be ready within the next few days.
So we now have more than enough of the new cables to finish Batch 1 and start the first 1000 units of Batch 2.

We don't know yet though if the catastrophe in Japan will cause any delays with Batch 2... some parts (like ICs from Panasonic and TDK) are being used in both the Pandora and iControlPad - and they come from Japan.
The parts are ordered and according to the schedule from the distributor would've been there early April, so just ready for Batch 2.

With the current happenings in Japan, nobody knows what will happen right now. It will surely cause a major chaos in parts and electronic production.

But to be honest, if delaying Batch 2 by one or two months would help to reduce the suffering in Japan, we would gladly do so.
Sadly, it won't help... we can only pray for those people right now.

So of course we'll try to get everything ready ASAP, but right now, no one worldwide knows what will happen within the next few days

http://boards.openpandora.org/index....ly-2010-03-18/ ...

Filip messaged me last week and sadly like always i do forget to read my PMs, he told me about the release of his new game Fish Fillets for the PSP:

This is a PSP port of the wonderful puzzle game Fish Fillets from ALTAR interactive.
PSP port is based on a cross-platform game engine recreation by open-source community.
The official homepage of Fish Fillets NG is http://fillets.sourceforge.net/


Game description:


One of the most hardcore puzzle game. Find a way out for two fish agents.


Fish Fillets NG is a puzzle game. The goal in each level is to find a safe way out for both of the two fish. It's comparable to other sliding puzzle games such as sokoban and klotski. In Fish Fillets the play is complicated by a few additional elements and rules. The game has background music and, on many levels, some animated effects, though neither normally has an effect on game play.


* one of the most hardcore puzzle game you can ever play
* 13 languages - English, Czech, French, German, Italian, Polish, Spanish, Dutch, Bulgarian, Swedish, Slovenian, Brazilian, Russian
* 80 pixel-drawn polished unique levels
* hundreds of beatiful animated creatures
* thousands of unique and funny objects
* 2 fish agents with different capabilities
* hundreds of the different sounds
* thousands lines of the funny conversations
* several branches and several mysteries for a smoother progress
* hours and hours of gameplay
* amazingly detailed and colored graphics
* lots of cute little companions











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You know with the PSPgo how you’re able to save the exact state of any game, exit out to the XMB to do whatever and return to said game later on, picking up exactly where you left off, regardless of checkpoints, save points etc. You remember the days before PSPgo when Dark_AleX released PspStates for 5.00 M33, which did exactly as the PSPgo, only with the ability to save more than one game state at a time? Back in the day Total_Noob also released a modified version of PspStates for 5.50 GEN. If you’ve been a longtime reader you know exactly what’s up, and if you’re a newcomer, get a load of PspStates because neur0n has released a patched version for 6.20 HEN and 6.3X CFW.
Note: PspStates is only compatible with models succeeding the “Fat” PSP-1000; models with more RAM. Refer to the included readme.txt (the original from Dark_AleX) to learn what’s what.
Update: This just in from @Toddimyre —
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A developer going by the name USpeed has released a handy plugin, particularly handy for those who share their PSP with siblings and/or other peeps. If that’s you then you should give USpeed’s Profile Manager a run. Profile Manager creates separate, customizable profiles for each user (up to 20) and most importantly keeps your game saves safe and isolated from one another.

Install

• [COLOR=blue !important]Copy[/COLOR] “profileManager.prx” to “PSP/sepugins”
• Edit “PSP/seplugins/vsh.txt” and/or “PSP/seplugins/game.txt” to add the line “ms0:/seplugins/profileManager.prx 1″
• Reboot your PSP.

How’s it work?

• USpeed Profile Manager will switch between all folders “SAVEDATA_” in order to activate current profile on “SAVEDATA” folder.
• The plugin can manage up to 20 different profiles (folders “SAVEDATA_”)
• Current profile is on “SAVEDATA” folder to work with standard.
• A savegame in folder “USPM20110315″ will allow to customize your name, [COLOR=blue !important]icon[/COLOR] and colors.

How to customize your profile

• Go to “PSP/SAVEGAME/USPM20110315″ or “PSP/SAVEGAME_/USPM20110315″
• Change “profile.bmp” picture but keep image size to 28x28px and resolution at 24 bits in BITMAP format.
• Edit “profile.infos” as you like:
  
  • “name” : profile name that is displayed (up to 15 chars, truncated after !)
  • “box” : frame color (hexa value like “FF0000″ for red)
  • “border” : border color (hexa value like “FF0000″ for red)
  • “text” : name text color (hexa value like “FF0000″ for red)

Controls

• Press “Square” button (and keep it pressed) to display “USpeed Profile Manager”.
• Once displayed, you can change current profile to which you want by pressing “L” or “R” trigger.
• Release “square” button when you’ve made your selection.
• Once your profile is selected you can stop the plugin by pressing “L” and “R” simultaneously

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