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    by Published on August 11th, 2008 19:44



    SuccessHK have dropped the price of the Famicom Style GBA Micro to a decent $51 or say £25

    Remember they are worlwide region free and all GBA Games and Homebrew Flashcarts etc work perfect on it. ...
    by Published on August 11th, 2008 19:40



    SuccessHK have today announced a restock of the Silver and White 40GB PS3 Consoles. So for those in the rest of the world who dont like the Black PS3 your in luck :P

    Those interested in the UK should note that all PS3 Games are region free and the PS3 itself is worldwide power supply compatible, no silly dropdown converters.

    Some UK blueray films wont work in a Jap PS3 but most are multi region these days.

    The price is a rather decent $403 or say around £199, shipping via airmail is around £30 and ask for it to be marked as a sample to avoid those nasty customs charges. SuccessHK are one of the only firms to ship that way and its very decent of them. ...
    by Published on August 11th, 2008 19:33

    SuccessHK have today announced a restock of the PSP GPS Adapter for the PSP



    For those who want to try out Deniska`s Map This your gonna need the adapter, luckily SuccessHK ship worldwide, this news will only be of interest to those in the USA etc who still havent seen the release in thier country. ...
    by Published on August 11th, 2008 19:24

    bassacegold has posted an entry into the Neoflash Summer Coding Contest:

    Heres the post in full:

    Project description:

    A Simple pixel art tool for the NDS with many features listed below:

    -Saving and Loading of 24 bit bitmap images 256X192 or less
    -zooming & grid when fully zoomed
    -Multiple draw sizes
    -colors
    -fill tool
    -line tool
    -rectangle tool
    -circle tool
    -copy and paste with color transparency supported
    -eraser
    -Supports D-Pad Mode for plotting pixels (When fully zoomed)
    -10 pallets ready for customization
    -15 levels of undo!
    -color editor: Supports all colors the hardware can support!
    -Custom pallet save support (press Enter on the keyboard to save pictures and pallets)
    -Guitar Hero On Tour controller support as tool shortcut buttons : Enable in Options
    -typewriter mode for writing text
    -stamp tool


    Version 1.10 changes

    -added GH controller to options menu to prevent problems
    -fixed many menu related bugs
    -slightly more optimised
    -fixed large saving bug
    -added transparency to copy and paste functions - define transparency color in the color creator default is white
    -remembers draw sizes now when switching tools
    -cursor on small color strip now updates according to color picked in the color editor
    -added typewriter mode
    -added spray can tool
    -fixed D-pad plotting mode
    -added title and loading screen
    -fixed a color range bug on the color screen: now allows to make the full range of colors 0-31
    -added number displays for color values in the color screen
    -started stamp/tile placing tool -this isn't finished so more features will be added later to this
    -can start and save stamps in app
    -can now fine tune tool sizes by tapping + or - buttons
    -G6/M3 compatible



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    by Published on August 11th, 2008 19:17

    News/release from Preussie

    Grafoon is an ( buzzword alert! ) ‘Arcade Style Puzzle Shooter‘ with a lot of classic elements like: Doors/Keys, Mines ( including chain reactions ), various walls with different behavior, laser barrier, nasty enemies and a lot more…

    The main target is to pick up all Hobbels and bring them home to advance to the next map. Don’t touch the walls, they will destroy your ship. Touching enemies or enemy shots drain you ships energy. Collect green gems to increase your ships energy…

    UPDATE:
    Version 0.9 of Grafoon is available for download:
    http://preussie.miscstuff.de/ds/?page_id=57

    Changes are:

    - added moving walls
    - added hobbel carrier enemy ( this enemy drops a hobbel if killed )
    - added timed doors ( opens for 5 seconds if the 'key-switch' is touched or shot )
    - hobbel speed-up ( pressing the 'Y' key increases the hobbel speed )
    - support for 'external' maps via DLDI interface
    - 27 level ( 9 tutorial maps, 8 built in map, 10 maps in an external level set, wich requires DLDI patch )
    - larger maps ( support for variable map size )
    - scoring item
    - custom control configuration
    - high score list
    - more sounds
    - some bug fixes


    I have added support for external map files. This means you can make and play your own Grafoon maps. If you are considering building maps, drop me a line and I'll explain how it works...

    have fun
    preussie

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    by Published on August 11th, 2008 19:13

    News from Halfbyte

    Looks like after more than one year of lurking around you guys here, I can finally step up and announce something.

    OSCpad is (or at least will be) a software to use your NDS as a universal controller for OSC aware applications. Currently it sends data for the touchpad and for the ndsmotion, buttons and probably microphone volume are to follow soon.

    yes, I know, there are things like Kaossds, but while I really like all the DSMI stuff, using OSC gives me much more flexibility, better controller resolution (no freakin' 7-Bit MIDI values), plus OSC feels at home in UDP packages so there's no additional software needed.

    OSC aware applications are, for example:


    Max/MSP
    PureData
    SuperCollider
    ChucK
    Reaktor



    I did not package a release, because there are some important things missing (like network configuration), the curious might want to check out the working prototype (please read the README) at

    http://github.com/halfbyte/nds-oscpad/tree/master

    Feel free to fork, patch or simply bash it, I would love to hear some criticism on my whacky C code (I am more used to higher level languages nowadays) or if you have any ideas for additional features I probably forgot.

    Oh, and if someone with a little more expertise could take a look at the touchpad pressure calculation and why it's totally not working, that'd be super duper.
    ...
    by Published on August 11th, 2008 19:07

    pirato nervo has releaseda new version of his excellent shell for the PSP, heres whats new:

    This version has 105 new/changed features (NOT 105 NEW FEATURES)
    For this version I created my own file format which is .upt. It is used by the network updater to know the information about the latest update which is hosted in consoleworld.net's server.

    The file is created by a program I made for ubuntu, I may release it one day with source code. it uses GTK+ 2.0

    Here's the change log for this version:
    * Recovery: Added flash1 mounting
    * Recovery: Added configuration backup tool
    * Recovery: Added configuration restorer tool
    * Recovery: Added themes backup tool
    * Recovery: Added themes restorer tool
    * Recovery: Added documents backup tool
    * Recovery: Added documents restorer tool
    * Recovery: Added NervOS backup tool
    * Recovery: Added NervOS restorer tool
    * Recovery: Added Erase Backups option
    * Recovery: Added the ability to start the Installer by pressing the R button
    * Recovery: Added "Press X to start or O to cancel" question to re-create configuration
    * Recovery: Added "Press X to start or O to cancel" question to "Fix Automatically"
    * Added Circular GUI
    * Added another GUI
    * Added USB Mounting window which allows you to mount MS, FLASH0, FLASH1, FLASH2, FLASH3 amd UMD.
    * USBHostFS: Fixed 2 bugs
    * Improved extension checker and fixed some bugs regarding extensions.
    * Music Player: you can press L&R to skip songs (it reads the songs from MUSIC and PSP/MUSIC)
    * Picture Viewer: you can press L&R to skip pictures (it reads the images from PICTURE and PSP/PHOTO)
    * Picture Viewer: Added Information Window (press Start), it shows the file name, file size, image size(width*height) and modification date
    * Picture Viewer: Added slide show
    * Picture Viewer: shows current picture/total pictures on the top of the screen
    * Added Task Bar
    * Task Manager: Fixed 2 bugs and simplified code
    * Added a real music player which shows album name, music title, album picture (same name as the album name .jpg or .png)
    * Music Player: Added Information Window (press Start), it shows the file name, file size and modification date
    * Music Player: Added Shuffle
    * Added click sound
    * Added boot sound
    * Added switch sound
    * Added shut down sound
    * You can customize the splash screen from now on. If splashscreen.png exists inside the theme folder, it uses that one.
    * Added splash.txt to themename/info (it contains a message to be displayed over the splashscreen.png)
    * Added ISO Browser
    * Added Homebrew Browser
    * USBHostFS: Added ISO support (with UMD inside)
    * Added bridge.pbp and patchexit_driver.prx (this is used to patch sceKernelExitGame to return to NervOS after running a homebrew, iso, psx or umd)
    * Changed nosautoboot.prx, it has a screen now. (there are 2 autoboot prx, just read the readme inside system/extra_autoboot)
    * Added Welcome Screen
    * Added Good Bye screen
    * Added user image which is displayed on Welcome Screen
    * Control Panel: Added system information option
    * Control Panel: Added launch recovery option
    * Control Panel: Removed PSX Launcher option
    * Added PSX Icon under applications
    * Added System Information
    * NervOS Installer: asks you if you want to backup your documents when uninstalling
    * NervOS Installer: Added patch feature, so it patches only the files you want to update
    * Fixed lots of memory issues
    * Theme Browser: Shows preview.png if it exists inside the current highlighted theme folder
    * Theme Browser: Press start to view theme information
    * Theme Browser: Added theme.txt to themename/info/theme.txt which has the Author information, theme name information and theme version
    * NervOS Configurator: Added GUI type (so you can swtich between the 3 available GUI's)
    * NervOS Configurator: Added scrollbar
    * NervOS Configurator: Changed "Login Editor" to "Login Settings"
    * NervOS Configurator: Added Random Theme option so you can turn it on or off while in NervOS
    * NervOS Configurator: Added Media Engine option, lets you turn it on or off
    * NervOS Configurator: Added "NervOS Sounds" option.(you can turn them on or off)
    * NervOS Configurator: Added "Sounds while playing music" option. Yes or No.
    * Added theme randomizer at startup.
    * Music Player: Uses Media Engine (if you want) which makes it faster with no lag.
    * Music Player: Added wav(uses pgeWav lib by IWN, I only added 3 functions) aa3 and flac streaming support (aa3, flac, mp3 and ogg uses sakya's code(PROPS TO HIM) I added the ability to change the sound (when ME is enabled)))
    * NervOS Configurator: Added "User Image" option. The user image MUST be inside the documents folder (can be .jpg or .png)
    * File Browser: fixed 2 bug
    * File Browser: Added "root" screen which shows 3 options to browse: ms, flash0 and flash1
    * File Browser: You can now browse flash0
    * File Browser: You can now browse flash1
    * File Browser: Changed the highlight type (from arrow to a different text colour)
    * Text Editor: fixed 2 bugs
    * Text Editor: Changed the keyboard to QWERTY
    * You can take screenshots from anywhere inside NervOS as the "check SELECT" function is run in a separated thread.
    * Fixed alpha of reset icon.
    * Task Manager
    ...
    by Published on August 11th, 2008 18:55

    When asked for a single choice, parents are more concerned about their children’s exposure to games such as Grand Theft Auto than alcohol, violence, and pornography, according to a recent online poll conducted by family-centric consumer game site What They Play.

    A separate survey also showed that most parents considered viewing violence as more acceptable than exposure to content involving sex and sexuality.

    The initial poll, conducted April 4-10, 2008, found that, asked 1,266 participants what they are most offended by in video games. 37% responded that they were most offended by a man and a woman having sex, whereas 27% answered “two men kissing,” 25% responded “a graphically severed head,” and 9% chose “multiple use of the F-word.”

    The second poll, conducted August 1-6, 2008, and - like the first - only tracking single answers, as opposed to letting people pick multiple choices - asked over 1,600 respondents what they’d be most concerned about their 17-year-old child indulging in while at a sleepover.

    49% revealed that they’re more apprehensive about their child smoking marijuana, and 19% responded that they are most concerned with their children playing Grand Theft Auto. 16% answered that they are most disturbed by their children watching pornography, while 14% are most concerned with them drinking beer.

    Said What They Like president John Davison: “These poll results demonstrate that parents are as apprehensive about their children’s media diets as they are about traditional social issues such as alcohol, drugs, violence and sex."

    http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/new...hp?story=19772 ...
    by Published on August 11th, 2008 18:54

    Phantasy Star Portable continues its fine run in Japan with Sega confirmed that it has shipped 500,000 copies of the game to retailers in its first week. A great performance for Sega which Mainichi says is not unlike Virtua Fighter 2’s launch on the Dreamcast.

    In another article at Mainichi, PSP (the system) is the best selling hardware for the fifth month in a row based on Enterbrain’s figure. Around 250,000 units of our favorite handheld were sold in July and Namco Baindai’s Gundam Battle Universe contributed to that with 190,000 copies sold during the month, the third best selling software of the month. Dragon Quest V took top stop with an amazing 860,000 copies with Persona 4 at 2nd with 260,000.

    http://www.psphyper.com/psp/sega-500...ped-in-a-week/ ...
    by Published on August 11th, 2008 18:52

    News/release from Miro:

    Miro, creator of "MIRO LUA" has release mirCronometro StopWatch v1.0

    Features:

    - Very accurate (counts till nanoseconds) thanks to the reading of CPU clock
    - Capability to put it in pause, reassuming from where it was stopped
    - It evaluates best time, worst time and middle time
    - A Beep scan time every second (useful to rubik's cube players)
    - Capability to learn up to five best times
    - capability to execute it also in standby mode, with max accuracy
    - CPU is set to 111/111 to saveup battery life
    - Limit time is of one hour

    Buttons:

    - Cross : Start / Pause
    - Square : Stop
    - Triangle : Reset (it works only when it's in pause or stopped)
    - Circle : Memorize a time
    - Select + UP : Enable / Disable beep
    - Select + RIGHT : Reset intertime list
    - Select + LEFT : Reset statistics for best, worst and middle time


    thanks goes to kris_15 for testing the homebrew

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