News From Lik Sang which will interest those in Europe and Asia more than the USA but heres the article:

Now we could go into a long news item explaining how Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories is in stock now for PSP, but then again, those few words are just about all most people need to hear. The pre-orders are getting processed, and for those who didn't order in advance, here's the link to pick up a copy now, and it'll be on the way within 24 hours.

Back in our GTA coverage two weeks ago, we mentioned how it was rumored you'll be able to stream your own custom soundtracks from your Memory Stick. Rockstar kept their lips sealed on this, but out now, we can confirm GTA: Liberty City Stories does indeed allow custom MP3 soundtracks through a choice called "Our Radio". What songs will your station play? Post your music to kill by in a forum topic here.

Furthermore since our past news item, along with the new trailer below, three more of the seven multiplayer modes have been revealed, such as the "Wedding List", a Gone In 60 Seconds style rush to grab cars and take them to specific shipping crates. Then "The Hit List" has one player be the mark, and survive as long as possible as everyone else hunts you down. Each person has a turn at being the mark, and who ever lived the longest wins. As a reward to those who kill the mark though, they get additional time added to their score. Lastly, "Street Rage" is a race to the finish with a GTA twist, i.e with weapons, power-ups, car switching and more.

Check out the videos and more at Lik Sang ...

Famicom Wars blazes onto Nintendo GameCube with a platoon of real-time strategy (RTS) action. Whether players are hoofing it across the plains as a lone infantryman or commanding an entire platoon from atop an armored tank, the challenge is real and the mission is critical. Command forces in the heat of battle, but beware: clever enemy AI will adapt to every move. Hop behind the wheel of multiple attack vehicles, such as jeeps, tanks, helicopters, airborne gunships, fighter jets, transports and more. Take the fight to foes with a massive arsenal of weapons such as rifles, bazookas, flamethrowers, machine guns, mortars, rocket launchers and many others. Countries will rise or fall based on players' tactics, and guiding troops has never been easier. Want to station forces on a ridge? Send a scout team to spy on the enemy? Charge headlong into the breach? Famicom Wars lets players do it all at the touch of a button.

http://www.yesasia.com/?/info.php?pro...6&lsaid=219793 ...

Anyone Who knows the GP32 scene will have heard of Rlyeh who has released some incredible emulators for the GP32, nows he working on the GP2X, heres what he posted:

Ah! Got it at least! Kudos and thanks go to Craigix at GBAX.com for donating me such a nice prototype. Meanwhile here you have a few photos taken with my new mobile phone (ph33r my 20 eur Grundig 402i!):

By another hand, I'm still updating my HPL library and I just added inputs, sound, palettized video modes, and boring stuff. So far, the library is becoming very nice to code it with.

That's all for now, stay tuned (Screens via the comments) ...

A new version of the Gamecube emulator Dolphin has been released! Since talk is cheap let me just quote what Knuckles wrote about this version in This Thread.


This is right, I've got the permission from FiRES to release the latest beta of Dolphin. This version is classified as an open beta, development on the emulator has already been stopped for a good while now and since there is no work in sight, this version is getting released.

I know a lot of people were waiting for it and there it is. It's still buggy, not compatible with a lot of games, slow and all but it's still better than the previous one.

What's new in this one:
-Improved Audio plugin
-improved Dolphin default input plugin
-Added Falcon4ever's nJoy 0.2 input plugin (recommended)
-Added Memory card support
-----slot 1 & 2, 2MB ones are inserted by default, can't be changed,
-----WARNING: if you format your memcard with an US game, you will be only able to use it with US games (same goes for EUR and JAP ones)
-Better recompiler compatibility and stability

that's all I can remember of the changes....

Enjoy

Download Here --> http://gcemu.dcemu.co.uk/dolphin.shtml ...

Review from SuccessHK

PSP owners should all be familiar with the 32MB memory stick that comes with the purchase of the Sony PSP. This small amount of space is capable of saving all of your game files, as well as a few songs or a few minutes of low-quality video. With the release of the 2.0 firmware recently, the PSP is not merely a holding device of games, but a multimedia device.
It currently supports a variety of photo and music files and can even display video in 4:3 and 16:9. However, a lot of owners are missing out on these features because of their 32MB restriction.

Luckily, Lexar put this problem to an end. The Lexar Memory Stick Pro Duo 1Gb is capable of holding not only your save files, but also several full-length, high quality movies, hundreds of .mp3 or ATRAC3 music files or even thousands of photos. Obviously it seems a right decision, but some PSP owners still have concerns involving performance issues. After benchmarking the Lexar Memory Stick Pro Duo 1Gb against the stock Sony 32MB Memory Stick Pro Duo, we can finally put all of these concerns to rest.

Well there you have it, the Lexar Memory Stick Pro Duo 1Gb outperformed the stock of Sony 32MB Memory Stick Pro Duo in every single aspect imaginable. Strangely enough, transferring photos is unbearably slow on both devices, but that is more of a problem with the PSP*s hardware than the memory stick. Surprisingly, even the PSP*s web browser had noticeable speed increases just by switching to Lexar *s memory stick. Unless you intend to just use your PSP for playing video games and nothing more, then you should definitely consider a Lexar memory stick.

The files transferring speed of Lexar Memory Stick Pro Duo 1Gb is much faster than PSP`s has been proved, however the owners focus on its price. Unless you intend to just use your PSP for playing video games and nothing more, then you should definitely consider a Lexar memory stick.

The 1GB memory stick just sold $89.

While there is no absolute answer regarding capacity, the best we can do is give approximations of how much data can be stored. Although it*s advertised as a 1GB memory stick, only 949 MB of it is usable from the start, due to system overhead. Depending on the length of the movie and the quality, you should be able to fit 2-4 movies on the memory stick without a problem. We managed to fit 2 hours of high quality of footage with enough excess space to hold save games. Again, with the music the number of songs that can be stored also depends on quality and length. Roughly 350 .mp3 should be able to fit on the memory stick, but we would recommend going with the ATRAC3 format to save space without sacrificing too much sound quality. The file size of pictures won*t vary from the PC to your PSP because it is now able to support everyday files, like .JPG formats. In short, the Lexar Memory Stick Pro Duo 1Gb will be more than satisfactory for your portable multimedia needs.

In conclusion, the Lexar Memory Stick Pro Duo 1Gb is clearly the best memory stick available for the PSP. Not only it is the highest capacity memory stick on the market, but also it outperforms Sony*s memory sticks. Simply put, if you*re ever going to buy a PSP memory stick, buy from Lexar.

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News from IGN

Sony's latest firmware update makes the PSP compatible with Sony's Location Free Base Station, a device that attaches to your home entertainment center and broadcasts your media through your internet connection, allowing you to view television and videos on the PSP when in the vicinity of a wireless internet connection. This new compatibility has produced an unexpected bonus, useful for those wanting to play PS2 games on the go.

The Location Free Base Station unit is compatible with a variety of devices, including Sony branded digital video recorders. The PSX, a failed entertainment hub device that combines a PlayStation 2 with a hard disk and DVD recorder, is on the Location Free compatibility list, leaving one with the question: can you load a PS2 game disk into your PSX and then play it on the PSP?

In its latest issue, Japan's Weekly Famitsu reveals that the answer to this question is yes. Just as you can use the PSP to watch any videos stored away on your PSX, you can also play a game that happens to be loaded into the system. The action appears in a window on the left side of the PSP's screen, with a digital version of the PSX's remote control taking up the right side. To get into a game, you go through the PSX's Cross Media Bar, which appears in the video window exactly as it would appear on your television (you'll have to be sure to not confuse it with the similar looking Cross Media Bar that the PSP users for its interface). The digital remote includes the PSX's "End Game" button, allowing you to switch off your game and go back to viewing the other media on your PSX.

Famitsu tried out a few games, including a fast action title like Dragon Ball Z Sparking and slower adventure games and RPGs. The magazine reports that, while the image quality is clean, the two to three seconds of lag time from when you push a button to when you see a reaction on the screen makes faster titles impossible to play.

We'd have tried this out for ourselves, but the Location Free Base Stations cost about $300 or so. That's quite a bit to pay for a laggy game experience, but those who want the convenience of accessing their digital video recorder on the go (along with the bonus of PS2 gaming on the go, assuming your DVR is a PSX) ought to look into the Location Free technology.” ...

Ys Strategy for the Nintendo DS was first announced last month, but details on it were scarce. Thankfully, the latest issue of Famitsu sheds a little more light on Marvelous Interactive's new departure for the venerable series of role-playing games.

As the name suggests, Ys Strategy strays from the series' action role-playing game roots in favor of a focus on real-time strategy. The storyline also deviates from the series' past formula. This time around, players won't be taking on a diabolical enemy as the fate of the world hangs in the balance. Instead they'll be thrown in the midst of a major war between the nations of Ys.

The series' main character Adol might sit this one out as well, as players will take control of Abel Lenford, a mercenary swordsman in the employ of one of the warring nations. However, Abel suffers from amnesia, and similarities in name, costume, and trademark red hair suggest there will be some connection between the two.

Ys Strategy uses the DS's top screen to display an overview map and a menu of the player's remaining resources. The bottom map is used for the main game screen, where the player issues commands to units on the field with the stylus. Some old-time Ys fans might not be used to RTS games, so the developer is including tutorials and advice functions to lower the learning curve for strategy game novices.

The touch screen and stylus aren't the only DS features that Ys Strategy makes use of. In addition to allowing local wireless multiplayer matches, the game also supports the Nintendo Wi-Fi service. Ys Strategy is slated for release in Japan during spring of 2006 by Marvelous Interactive. ...

New battery from Sony:

20% more battery life than original PSP battery pack
3.6V / 2200mAh
Official Sony PSP accessory

This is essentially an enhanced/extended battery with about 20% more battery life capacity than its predecessor, the original Sony PSP battery pack

More here --> http://www.yesasia.com/?/info.php?pro...7&lsaid=219793 ...

Now im a bloke who loves freebies (/me looks at all PSP Gaming and Accessorie Manufacturers ) and my friend Pascal pointed me to a Survey on Eurogamer where you can win some great PSP Gear just by filling in a Quick Survey, heres the stuff on offer:

1 Sandisk Memory Stick PRO Duo 1GB
3 Sandisk Memory Stick PRO Duo 512MB
5 PSP Logitech PlayGear Amp
15 PSP Logitech PlayGear Mod
30 PSP Datel X2 Battery
50 PSP Logitech PlayGear Pocket

You can win 1 item if you are drawn so why not

Heres the Link --> http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=61233

Tell us if you entered im just about to

Anyone know of any more legit Competitions (Not Scam ones or ones like we have seen already in the scene) then let us know in the submit news comp.

Remember Free is Good as long as it really is free and not some scam.

The end date for this comp is October 31st so get entering. ...