Sony announced on Monday that it would be cutting the price of the PlayStation 3 in North America to $499 in the US and $549 in Canada, and that the 80GB version of the console, originally announced to be coming to Korea only, would also be making its way to North American soil in August. However, the company refused to say whether or not price cuts and the 80GB machine would also be coming to other regions, stating simply that, "This is a North American announcement only." However, a Sony Europe spokesperson said that an announcement "following on from the SCEA one" would be coming later in the week.

Today, Sony Computer Entertainment Europe CEO David Reeves confirmed in a press conference that the price cut would only be for North Americans, and that the console would definitely not be getting a price cut from the current £425/599 euro price (approx $850). Aussies are getting a similar deal--there will be no price drop from the current price of A$999. Another blow was dealt to European and Aussie gamers with the news that the souped-up 80GB version would also not be coming to the regions.

Instead, a new bundle called the "value pack" will be put on sale for the same price at which the stand-alone console was previously available, which will include a 60GB PS3, two controllers, and two games--Resistance: Fall of Man and MotorStorm. This will be available for the usual price in all the regions, although the games would vary from region to region.

It's not all bad news--the new PlayStation Portable will be coming to Europe at the beginning of September in black, silver, and white "initially."

The new bundle will be available immediately in SCEE territories, and will be rolled out in all other territories by August 1. David Reeves commented: "Why are we doing this? We believe added value works in the PAL territories."

The Sony exec also hinted the company would be revealing three new features and services for the PlayStation Portable at the Leipzig Games Convention that would be exclusive for Europe, and that there would be "something really special" for the PS3, as well as more PSP colors.

We spent some alone time with the newly announced PSP redesign. At first glance, the system appears to be identical to the original system, but getting our hands on the system revealed that this is, in fact, a significant upgrade to the original. The most immediate thing we noticed was how light the system is: the original was in no ways heavy, but the new handheld is certainly much lighter, without making it too feathery.

The glossy new finish of the redesigned PSP is very attractive, although we're afraid that it might attract fingerprints much more easily than the already susceptible original. Regardless, the shiny new sheen makes the system makes the original look dull in comparison.

The new system is thinner, mostly due to the newly designed UMD door. Instead of having mechanical gears that force the system open, this system features a latch that must be opened by hand. The door feels much more secure than the original. According to John Koller, dropping the system won't result in the UMD shooting out, as it did in the previous system design.

In addition to being slimmer, the new system also has redesigned buttons that feel much more responsive than the original. The D-Pad and face buttons all have a little bit more resistance to them, making the tactile sensation of using the system that much better. Unfortunately, Koller explained that the analog nub is not improved, although we found that a brand-new system works better than our system from launch.

There are also a few more minor changes, such as the omission of the unused IR port. The Wi-Fi switch has been moved to the top of the system, where it's less likely to be hit by accident. The Memory Stick port was moved to the other side of the system, and is much more cramped. We're a little disappointed by that change, because it makes swapping the Stick out of the system a little bit more difficult than previously.

The new headphone jack (pictured, above) not only moves further to the left of the system, but utilizes a new pin system that allows for the system's video-out. Component or composite cables can be used for TV out, but Koller explains that PSP game output will only be component-compatible. Movies (of both Memory Stick and UMD flavors) can use either component or composite cables. The video output of UMD video is especially impressive, due to the UMD's high video resolution. Many people have forgotten that UMD movies are encoded in DVD resolution: 480p. We're certain that this new feature will make UMD movies more viable than they have in the past.

- 100% Game compatibility
- Extremely simple to use: just drag and drop files to the G6 Cart . No drivers or any software required .
- Work as U disk with USB 2.0 ultra fast burning speed. Standard FAT system
support .
- Build-in high speed memory. (Run game without lag or slow down. Speed of all the games is same as original.)
- Exclusive Super Cheat Function: Fully AR Cheat Code compatible engine. A Ready-Made Cheat Code database file is available for download (English, Chinese, Japanese)
- Supports reading individual cheat code file too. (xml, cht, dht)
- Special Game features can be enabled during game playing: (such as SlowMotion mode…)
- Software reset function
- The highest download play compatibility. (Mario Kart, New super Mario etc...)
- 100% clean dump supported without the need for any patching. (no update is
necessary for patching.)
- Hardware automatically game save type detect . (No need to update the save
type database file frequently.)
- Excellent homebrew support thanks to the DLDI auto-patcher .
- Upgradeable system . No size limitation of Flash rom .
- Robust and skinnable GUI .
- Built in PassMe (NO need for any boot cart/passcard etc.)
- Supports Slot-2 expansions card. (Rumble, Ram , Browser memory and Gba
Game card etc.)
- Boot Slot-1 automatically. Users may also select to appear Console Main Menu first or begin G6 Main Menu directly (Convenience for download play.)
- Includes a fully touch screen and button control operating system /GUI Menu
- NDS-GBA Linkage works fine .
- The strongest media features: Build-in Media-Extend application + Moonshell media player. MP3 ,OGG music and DPG /DSM / GBM movies )…
- Super E-book function, supports Word/ Txt file directly
- Super picture viewer function , support *.BMP¡¢*.JPG¡¢*.GIF¡¢*.PNG directly
- Built in PDA (Worldwide Time ,Memo , Note ,Phone book ,Calculator ..)
- Supports DS sleep mode .
- Brightness adjustment within GUI .

Presentation:
It is a small play of shot very strongly inspired by this play which consists in drawing on all that moves while avoiding the projectiles.

12/07/07: Version BETA 0.5
- Addition of information on the screen the top (time, score, life bars).
- the enemies are of two types different (lents/rapides with more or less from life; and they balance projectiles).
- the gun is from now on mobile.
- gfx improved.

Bug in galaxies should have been fixed… (let me know)

Rules are now available in 5 languages : English, French, Italian, Spanish and German. Thanks to the translators.

This version has been compiled with the last version of dswifi lib (0.3.2).

DLDI patch still needed.

You’ve to remove all old files starting by “PuzzleManiak” from your linker before launching version 1.7

If wifi is not working for you, please tell me your configuration in the forum. And version 1.6 is still working for the daily challenge.

NEO2 Ultra Menu V2.00 [July.12th 2007]

history:
(please format your neo2 again before use it)
* Improve the FAT core a lot,more faster than before
* Support load GBA ROMs form SD directly and run,load 128M rom need 15s
* Disable the SMS fuction temporary,for debug
* Can copy and converte the GBA ROMs to SD directly if want the ROM compress and BOMA support, just need to add the ROMs on the SD page then will compress and export to SD
* Can drag and drop the GBA ROMs to SD directly too if don't need the BOMA and compress support


download: http://www.neoflash.com/forum/index....ic,4452.0.html