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This is just two part small application written in LUA that allows you to draw and save images onto your psp via the LUA player. PspDraw has the ability to create images and come with the functions of pen, line, solid rectangle, eraser, and color picker. You could even save images onto the Memory Stick.

PspNotepad uses the grid-matrix text input system using the analog stick and the face buttons, while the D-pad is used to move the cursor around.

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The PlayStation 3 didn't come out of Sony's integration group, ya know. There isn't an IR receiver on the unit, and naturally you can't control it through RS-232.

So here you have a very fine Blu-ray Disc player that you cannot readily integrate with an HDTV set or surround sound. Sadly, the PS3 and its companion remote communicate via Bluetooth, and there aren't a lot of TVs and sound systems, let alone universal remote controls, that employ this protocol.

We thought, perhaps, there would be some promising news when Sony showed the STR-DA5200ES A/V receiver a few months ago. There was so much buzz about the user interface mimicking the Cross Media Bar GUI of the PS3, we thought maybe the two devices could communicate with each other. But there was nothing there. You'd think Sony would at least find a way to integrate the PS3 with its own receivers.

Indeed, you can incorporate the PS3 and its Blu-ray Disc player into your home theater environment. Daniel Tonks at RemoteCentral.com proves it in his elegant review, "How to Add Infrared Remote Control Capabilities to the PS3."

At one point, Tonks reminds us, Sony talked about incorporating consumer IR (CIR) into its PlayStation Portable (PSP), which might have been useful for something, but alas it was not to be.

What You Need

- Sony PS3 system
- PSX/PS2 Controller to USB adapter
- Original DVD remote control for the PS2 with external IR receiver

Good luck trying to find the required PS2 remote. Look for one that says "with IR receiver unit."

The remote will give you these functions on the PS3: Up, down, left, right, options menu, quit player, Blu-ray menu, enter, previous chapter, scan+, scan-, next chapter, display, pause.

Note the mapping of the PS2 buttons to the PS3 command set is not intuitive--the PS2's START button, for example, activates the PAUSE command on the PS3--but Tonks provides the details.

The rest is easy, just learn those buttons into a universal remote, and you have a modicum of integration between the PS3 and your other entertainment devices.

Tonks says:

Using a universal remote control this way works fairly well, although the PS3 is a little less quick to respond to repeated commands from the adapter, so you can’t press "up-up-up" as rapidly as with the Bluetooth controller. The 35 other commands on the Sony PS2 DVD remote control? They don’t do anything. There’s also no way to power on the unit using infrared nor navigate the Cross Media Bar, although this isn’t as inconvenient as it sounds since the PS3 will turn on and automatically play a movie when one is inserted.

For all the caveats and the hookup details read Tonks' complete review.

For every IR code for every IR device on the planet (it seems), go to the RemoteCentral.com File Area.
Any Hope for PS3 & SideShow Remotes?

Here's a thought: The first batch of universal remotes with Microsoft's SideShow technology communicate via Bluetooth with Vista PCs. The remotes that we've seen so far, including Interlink's reference design and SideShow remotes from Ricavision and Philips, also include IR for controlling A/V and other IR devices.

Has Sony enabled third parties to develop Bluetooth remotes for the PS3? If so, wouldn't it be nice to have a SideShow remote that controls the PS3 and all your A/V gear? ...

news via igniq

Tis the season for giveaway downloads. First it was Bethesda with its free Oblivion add on pack, and now Sony has stepped up to the plate to provide a free glimpse at Gran Turismo’s future for PlayStation 3 owners.

Of course the number of people who can take advantage of the free download is limited, but it sounds like one that’s worth snatching up.

Gran Turismo HD Concept will be available as a free download on the PS3’s PlayStation Network starting on Christmas Eve, according to Gamasutra.

The concept was originally planned to be a full release that would actually ship without cars or tracks in hopes gamers would buy them through mini-transactions, but that craziness was given up on earlier this month.

According to Gran Turismo creator Kazunori Yamauchi, the free download will give gamers a very good idea of what the game’s future holds. “With the power of the PS3 technology, the world of Gran Turismo is refined by its full HD visual presentation and unique interactive experience, resulting in an even more realistic and true driving simulator.”

I can’t wait to check this one out and get a better idea of the PS3's full power! Resistance Fall of Man looks awesome, but Marvel Ultimate Alliance holds a lot to be desired thus far. ...

news via punchjump

Wii owners on Fri. began to receive e-mail confirmations that wrist strap replacement orders for Nintendo Co.'s Wii console are being processed.

Last week, the Kyoto, Tokyo-based company issued a recall on 3.2 million wrist straps for the Wii's remote controller after reports of damage and / or injury.

In select cases, exuberant players experienced flying remotes that damaged their television screens or injury to another player.

Nintendo offered to replace current wrist straps with a thicker version at no cost to help prevent the occurence.

The recall is a blemish on the successful track reocrd of the Wii at worldwide retail.

In the U.S. the innovative video game machine has sold more than 600,000 units. In Japan, it sold 400,000 units in two days and in Europe the Wii amassed sales of 325,000 units.

The new complexity of video game machines have forced manufacturers to provide enhanced repair services to customers.

This week Microsoft announced that it would extend the warrant of its Xbox 360 to one year from a previous 90-day warranty after reports of console malfunction. ...

news via punchjump

Wii owners on Fri. began to receive e-mail confirmations that wrist strap replacement orders for Nintendo Co.'s Wii console are being processed.

Last week, the Kyoto, Tokyo-based company issued a recall on 3.2 million wrist straps for the Wii's remote controller after reports of damage and / or injury.

In select cases, exuberant players experienced flying remotes that damaged their television screens or injury to another player.

Nintendo offered to replace current wrist straps with a thicker version at no cost to help prevent the occurence.

The recall is a blemish on the successful track reocrd of the Wii at worldwide retail.

In the U.S. the innovative video game machine has sold more than 600,000 units. In Japan, it sold 400,000 units in two days and in Europe the Wii amassed sales of 325,000 units.

The new complexity of video game machines have forced manufacturers to provide enhanced repair services to customers.

This week Microsoft announced that it would extend the warrant of its Xbox 360 to one year from a previous 90-day warranty after reports of console malfunction. ...

news via jakartapost

The time has come to choose a new video game console for households and video game kiosks. Console producers, especially Wii (pronounced wee) from Nintendo Co., have targeted their systems to appeal to both young and old alike.

The question now is which console will rule the Indonesian market. Will it be Wii, PlayStation 3 (PS3) from Sony or XBOX 360 from Microsoft?

It is easy to tell who will not rule. XBOX 360 has already been out for a year without a game title that people really want to play.

Nintendo's Wii, with its innovative remote sensing controller, beats the PS3 in several aspects. Wii is the cheapest among the three consoles. With a retail price of US$249 (Rp 2.2 million), a gamer can go home with a full set, including a multi-sport game and a controller. The PS3, on the other hand, retails for $500 or and $600, with the difference depending on hard disk space.

The relatively affordable price makes the Wii more attractive for people who only want to play games. Sony, with its price, has a double objective. Its system is actually a subsidized Blu-ray player, the next wave in home video systems. If Blu-ray sells well, then High Definition Video spearheaded by other companies will have to dim its lights. Sony, however, failed to dominate its own Betamax to VHS two decades ago in the world market.

Nintendo, well known for its mustachioed plumber Mario series, is more player-oriented than PS3 in terms of innovation and playability.

Shigeru Miyamoto, creator of Super Mario Bros and the Legend of Zelda, says high-tech or realistic graphics are not their main concern. "I stood behind the gamers to study how to make the experience of gaming more fun to everybody," Shigeru said as quoted by CNN.

Nintendo has invented a new controller, a remote control-like device that people use as a magic wand or sword in fantasy games, a racket in tennis games or a gun in shooting games.

The drawback so far is that the strap, which is used to hold the controller close to the wrist, can break and fly off in the excitement of the moment. A change to a stronger strap, however, is on the way.

PS3 duplicatedcontroller concept to some extent in that it also uses motion sensor. However, their wireless controller still looks like a conventional controller which is held with both hands.

Nintendo has created pixelized characters that old school gamers have fallen in love with. Link, an elf-like hero from Legend of Zelda, and Samus Aran, probably the first superstar female to fight aliens in a game called Metroid, have ongoing series.

Not only are these characters marketable, their gameplay has been highly fluid, exact and responsive to players, compared to other video games.

The success of the current Nintendo console will depend on how many third-party game producers will support the console with their titles. Nintendo has been known to exclude many third-party releases, and this has made it suffer in the past as gamers bought other systems.

Wii's predecessor, the Nintendo 64, was left behind when the original PlayStation came out. Customers had a chance to play more games with PS than with the Nintendo 64.

Nintendo's strategy, which was to play it safe and not cater to games with violent content, has deterred mature players from buying the console.

PS2, the best-selling console of all time with over 100 million units sold, has been successful because of the multitude of titles available under its belt and moderate retail price. From role playing, shoot-em-ups to silly puzzle games, they have them all. PS3, with all its might, will have a hard time replacing PS2 in most local video game kiosks if it remains so expensive.

For Nintendo, the number of consoles sold correlates to third-party software. Could the big guys at Nintendo tolerate games such as the popular Grand Theft Auto franchise? If they can, then PS3 will be in for a much harder race.

Satoru Iwata, president of Nintendo, says that Wii should attract both avid gamers and non-gamers alike. Simple and easy to learn games could have the whole family enjoying playing video games together. In this sense, graphic details and computing power, which is the strength of PS3, is not a concern for Wii.

PS3, which created hysteria during its launch day, turns out to be a complicated machine. Gamers have to deal with its hard-to-understand operating interface to be able to enjoy its capabilities.

Iwata says that Wii has adapted to the increasingly busy lives of people, so a small learning curve is paramount. A person should be able to pick up the controller and learn to play a game within minutes.

Nintendo DS, a handheld released in 2004, has been ...

news via jakartapost

The time has come to choose a new video game console for households and video game kiosks. Console producers, especially Wii (pronounced wee) from Nintendo Co., have targeted their systems to appeal to both young and old alike.

The question now is which console will rule the Indonesian market. Will it be Wii, PlayStation 3 (PS3) from Sony or XBOX 360 from Microsoft?

It is easy to tell who will not rule. XBOX 360 has already been out for a year without a game title that people really want to play.

Nintendo's Wii, with its innovative remote sensing controller, beats the PS3 in several aspects. Wii is the cheapest among the three consoles. With a retail price of US$249 (Rp 2.2 million), a gamer can go home with a full set, including a multi-sport game and a controller. The PS3, on the other hand, retails for $500 or and $600, with the difference depending on hard disk space.

The relatively affordable price makes the Wii more attractive for people who only want to play games. Sony, with its price, has a double objective. Its system is actually a subsidized Blu-ray player, the next wave in home video systems. If Blu-ray sells well, then High Definition Video spearheaded by other companies will have to dim its lights. Sony, however, failed to dominate its own Betamax to VHS two decades ago in the world market.

Nintendo, well known for its mustachioed plumber Mario series, is more player-oriented than PS3 in terms of innovation and playability.

Shigeru Miyamoto, creator of Super Mario Bros and the Legend of Zelda, says high-tech or realistic graphics are not their main concern. "I stood behind the gamers to study how to make the experience of gaming more fun to everybody," Shigeru said as quoted by CNN.

Nintendo has invented a new controller, a remote control-like device that people use as a magic wand or sword in fantasy games, a racket in tennis games or a gun in shooting games.

The drawback so far is that the strap, which is used to hold the controller close to the wrist, can break and fly off in the excitement of the moment. A change to a stronger strap, however, is on the way.

PS3 duplicatedcontroller concept to some extent in that it also uses motion sensor. However, their wireless controller still looks like a conventional controller which is held with both hands.

Nintendo has created pixelized characters that old school gamers have fallen in love with. Link, an elf-like hero from Legend of Zelda, and Samus Aran, probably the first superstar female to fight aliens in a game called Metroid, have ongoing series.

Not only are these characters marketable, their gameplay has been highly fluid, exact and responsive to players, compared to other video games.

The success of the current Nintendo console will depend on how many third-party game producers will support the console with their titles. Nintendo has been known to exclude many third-party releases, and this has made it suffer in the past as gamers bought other systems.

Wii's predecessor, the Nintendo 64, was left behind when the original PlayStation came out. Customers had a chance to play more games with PS than with the Nintendo 64.

Nintendo's strategy, which was to play it safe and not cater to games with violent content, has deterred mature players from buying the console.

PS2, the best-selling console of all time with over 100 million units sold, has been successful because of the multitude of titles available under its belt and moderate retail price. From role playing, shoot-em-ups to silly puzzle games, they have them all. PS3, with all its might, will have a hard time replacing PS2 in most local video game kiosks if it remains so expensive.

For Nintendo, the number of consoles sold correlates to third-party software. Could the big guys at Nintendo tolerate games such as the popular Grand Theft Auto franchise? If they can, then PS3 will be in for a much harder race.

Satoru Iwata, president of Nintendo, says that Wii should attract both avid gamers and non-gamers alike. Simple and easy to learn games could have the whole family enjoying playing video games together. In this sense, graphic details and computing power, which is the strength of PS3, is not a concern for Wii.

PS3, which created hysteria during its launch day, turns out to be a complicated machine. Gamers have to deal with its hard-to-understand operating interface to be able to enjoy its capabilities.

Iwata says that Wii has adapted to the increasingly busy lives of people, so a small learning curve is paramount. A person should be able to pick up the controller and learn to play a game within minutes.

Nintendo DS, a handheld released in 2004, has been ...

new release from rattmuffen

Zlink 0.5-P

heres what rattmuffin had to say-

From readme:

1.

Three Mini games

Zelda-Quiz!

Z-Type , a shoot'em up game

2.

-Mini games

Avoid - Avoid the snakes and go to the door and there's no turning back!

Controls: D-Pad = Move
Start = Exit
Select = Restart

Bounce - Bounce three rupees against the wall and don't miss 'em
This game still has some weird bugs, but what the heck! That's just fun

Controls: D-Pad = Move
Start = Exit
Select = Restart

Chase - Catch rupees and be faster than the freaking mummy!

Controls: D-Pad= Move
A-Pad= Move
Start= Exit
Select= Restart

Zelda-Quiz
10 questions about Zelda stuff.
Are the questions too easy? Or maybe too hard? Pleaaase give me some feedback.
Questions will be exchanged in every release (I hope!)

Controls: Triangle,Square,Cross = Answers
Start = Exit
Select = Restart

Z-Type
A shoot-em' up game. Kinda crappy, but I'll work hard on this one.
Next release will have three levels and it WILL be better.

Controls: D-Pad = Move
Cross = Shoot
Start = Exit
Select = Restart

3.

Programming: Rattmuffen
GFX: Mostly ripped from R-Type, Zelda & Zelda II, but I did the menus!

Music:

Filename Composer Original song name

Intro.xm DreamSection Link returns
gameover.xm Anak Zelda save screen bounce.xm Andreas Rhodin Mr.Gamers Zelda
dung.it Cheap Alert Omg dungeon
disco.it Unknown Zelda - Disco Remix
void.s3m Unknown Void of the vortex

I wouldn't have made it this far without Evilmana's and Charlie's wonderful tutorials on Evilmana.com, and
a thanks to Bronx for his HUGE Lua scripts/examples/snippets thread on PSPU.

LUA 3D Cube in Z-type -> Options -> Usb'n'Stuff is made by Nils

4.
Next release (1.0-P) will probably contain the following:
Z-Type: Two new levels, better controls, better graphics
Zelda-Quiz: Ten new questions, better graphics
Bounce: Fix all nasty bugs
Avoid: Better music!

And a whole new Adventure game!
Maybe some more mini games, who knows?

Planned release date: 20XX
-------------------------
End of readme

Known Bugs:
Slowdown in the first boss level
"Bounce" IS a bug!
Select-restart in Avoid, caused crashes so I removed it

If you want to help me with these bugs just mail to me.

Oh, and sorry for bad English, I'm from Sweden!

screenshots:




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It has been confirmed that yes this downdater indeed works and it is not fake nor was it created to intentionally brick psp's. The downdater was tested by fanjita himself and he has assured everyone that it does indeed work!

The problem is that the downdater doesnt read if you have all the files that are nessesary to downdate in the correct places on your memory stick. So intern the downdater just runs the downdating process without a check to see if you have the files in the right spot.

So there is conformation that this downdater works. We do advise that everyone wait untill a easy downdater installer is released, this way it will make it alot easier for users to downdate there psp.

If you are going to downdate please be sure to read the instructions properly and make sure that you have the correct files in the right places. We are truly sorry for all who have bricked there psp's and im sure the brick tally is quite high. Please remember to read instructions and congrats to all who have downdated successfully!

Thank you ...