The daily Dreamcast FreeSCI build site has been updated with a new "Glutton" release, more information here --> http://freesci.linuxgames.com/dc/ ...

Tyne has released a new version of his Quake Mod for the Dreamcast, heres whats new:

- Vigil has a new attack, stand still and hold down attack - its not completely finished yet
- Vigils wall jump kick is now an effect way to combo after his uppercut slice!
- Hit point bars from Wazat's Conquest mod have been plugged into TAoV! Now you're able to see an enemies health!
- Vigil is now able to wall grab when he is in his first set of pain frames while in air, to put it simply; loosened controls.
- New animations on Vigil, his idle frames have improved
- Arch Ghoul & Electric Squid now make an appearence! They've been added to the dungeon level
- Fixed a few minor bugs
- Minor tweaks to a lot of different aspects, every time I play the mod I notice something that could be improved, look better or act better
- Twister now gradually causes enemies to spin around it and be thrown in a random direction most of the time
- Firebeam's damaging has been completely recoded, more faithful on the amount of hits and is now able to hit the Wraith
- Skeleton's feet are no longer sinked into the ground, raised the models Z height by 3
- Vigil's default standing frames have been replaced with a more aggressive one

Download Here ...

Gamespot has coverage of the appearance on an official Korean Xbox site of a "Halo 2 X-Pack". The possible expansion is another possible way for Bungie and Microsoft to get the heavily foreshadowed ending to fans of the series. From the article: "Such a Halo 2 expansion could be a twofold boon for Microsoft, adding another incentive for gamers to join its online service and squeezing further dollars from the nearly 7 million gamers who already have Halo 2." ...

sd card adapter
well if anyone wants to buy an official sd card adapter the one from
"lik-sang" I've got one for sale so that you don't have to go messing up your memory card or putting a lot of work into soldering and potentially frying your card, here's the deal:

for sale: gamecube sd card reader and 32mb sd card
I am selling my official nintendo gamecube sd card reader and 32mb sd card together or separately. Item can not be found here in U.S. , buy from me and avoid all the extra s&h charges from having to ship internationally.

Great to save games onto with more memory than most standard memory cards. Also can be used to boot backup games with sdload.

they're shipping time: 2 weeks - 1 month
my shipping: 2 - 7 days (U.S. only)

card reader: 29.00 + 6.95 s&h
32mb sd card:12.00 + 2.95 s&h
both: 40.00 + 6.95 s&h

price on lik-sang.com for both 44.90 + about 6.95 s&h
and the sd card they offer is just 16mb.

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I'll throw in an action replay for 24.00 more, an action replay retails at 29.99 + tax ...

Fangorn has released v1.0 of his Spectrum emulator for the Tapwave Zodiac, heres whats in this release:

Features:

Emulates the 48k, 128K and Plus2 hardware, running at full speed
Supports images SNA, Z80, TAP, SP, TZX (limited).
Displays SCRshots.

Download Here. ...

The Nintendo DS emulator DSemu has been updated, heres whats new:

I've ported the sprites from gladius' GPU, so there should be a lot more working GBA demos than there were yesterday. I know for a fact that at least a few sprite-based demos do work fine. I did have to add a double check for Y-coordinate bounding, on top of gladius' code, though; that seems strange.

I only have one DS demo that uses sprites, really, and that's Nibbles. However, it doesn't even start; it jumps to 0, just as many other DS demos do. It feels like a core bug to me, and until I fix that, I probably won't get much DS output.

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Desktopman has released updated versions of his 2 homebrew Nintendo DS Games, Nibbles DS and Tetris DS, heres the news from this release:

Minor update to both Nibbles and Tetris. Both now uses the template from bottledlight, although with a different makefile for the arm9 part. You can now compile both emulator (arm9) binaries and hardware (passthrough) binaries easily.

Also fixed some logic bugs in Nibbles, and slowed it down a bit. And now you can eat cherries aswell Nibbles now comes with (messy) source, due to requests.

Download Nibbles DS and Tetris DS. ...

Yoshi's Touch and Go is very nearly the best thing on DS. For all its charm it is just a bit too short to beat Wario and Mario.

Still, if you can't wait until May (when it hits the UK) and you're toying with the idea of importing it, you'll find a minor classic and one of Nintendo's most original games of recent times. Fact.

It's a game of two parts, reuniting Yoshi with Baby Mario in similar fashion to Yoshi's Island on SNES and GBA. The first part of the game is an extension of the old DS demo that showed clouds being drawn under a plummeting Mario to break his fall. Here you've got to draw clouds with the stylus to avoid enemies and collect coins.

The second part of the game has Baby Mario being carried by Yoshi and, again, you've got to draw clouds and platforms so Yoshi can continue on his merry way.

The Yoshi bit has more to it though, as tapping the stylus over an enemy lets you chuck a saurian bum-egg at them, a move that can also be used to collect coins and egg-bestowing fruit. Tapping on Yoshi makes him leap, and doing so again enables his flutter jump. Finally, blowing into the microphone destroys all the clouds you've created.

It's all incredibly simple and brilliantly implemented, offering both unparalleled use of both the touch pad - there's absolutely no way you could control this game in any other fashion - and the dual screens. Enemies, coins and fruit appear over both screens, so you'll be frantically drawing platforms and egging things. It all gets very hectic.

It's also a game of great subtlety, as going for high scores (which is pretty much the aim of the main mode) requires lightning-fast stylus use and dazzling accuracy.

To be the best you'll need to egg-snatch, dispatch enemies and grab coins with a single projectile. It's the very paragon of the Nintendo ethic - anyone can play it but it's as deep as an ocean and very challenging.

Where the game falls down, though, is that it's small. The main mode contains only two levels - the Baby Mario and Yoshi elements we've just discussed.

This isn't a sprawling adventure at all, and as such seems a little mealy-mouthed, offering the unique experience you can only get with DS on the one hand, but a jarringly small portion of it with the other.

It's a disappointing realisation, but that's not really the be-all and end-all of Touch and Go, as the three other modes - Endless, Time Attack and Challenge - offer distinct riffs on the main template.

Endless is particularly good. You take Yoshi on an endless and increasingly difficult journey, with every 1000 metres reached seeing you swap over to a differently hued Yoshi. Like tackling Tetris' Marathon mode, it's hugely addictive and brain-meltingly enjoyable.

Touch and Go is a new breed of platformer, and while it doesn't quite reach the heights of Wario Ware and Mario 64 DS, it is still an essential DS purchase.

Yoshi's Touch and Go is out now in Japan and will be out for DS in the UK later this year

Overall: 4/5 ...

Mobile Nintendophiles who fancy poker and off-roading got a double dose of godo news today. Majesco has announced that it will be releasing two titles for the DS, Texas Hold 'Em Poker and ATV: Quad Frenzy. Both titles are slated for release "later this year".

Texas Hold 'Em Poker follows the Game Boy Advance game of the same name, also from Majesco. The card-slinging game features no limit and limit variations, as well as competition against 10 computer opponents or five human opponents in a tournament via the Wi-Fi capabilities of the DS.

ATV: Quad Frenzy brings four-wheeling action to the dual-screen DS. Gamers will race across 40 different tracks and upgrade their ride using the DS's stylus. The racer will also feature Wi-Fi support for multiplayer racing. ...