News via http://www.nintendomax.com/viewtopic...1d31df8b4103cc

Bobbyloujo proposes a new final version of his homebrewPopper Plane"You are flying a plane on a map that scroll continuously and must collect red balloons while avoiding obstacles.

http://dsgamemaker.com/forum/viewtop...=4383&start=15 ...

News via http://www.nintendomax.com/viewtopic...1d31df8b4103cc

genecyst offers version 2.0 of its puzzle game for the Game Boy Advance "Holy Hell.

update with a lot of new cool stuff.

to do:
- Music
- To complete rankings algo
- Insert cut scene in story mode.
- Training mode

http://forum.gbadev.org/viewtopic.php?t=16917 ...

News/release from Ryan

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Pate has today released a new version of his Dos emulator for the nintendo DS:


http://dsx86.patrickaalto.com/DSblog.html ...

News via http://www.eurasia.nu/index.php

modrobert writes: "The new Xbox360 S(lim) has been disassembled by solomods.com. This particular console has a Philips/Lite-On DG-16D4S DVD drive installed with firmware version 9504 which should be possible to dump using the MRA method assuming the chipset is same as in previous drives. Lets hope someone flashes the DVD drive with iXtreme soon rather than doing a LED case mod."

http://solomods.com/2010250gb.html ...

News from the Openpandora Team


Phew - just answered over 100 eMails to day and did now catch up with my Inbox.

notaz and me also did work some more on HotFix 3, while DJWillis is currently setting up the official Pandora repro (including sourcecodes).

I'm also trying to catch up with infos about what happened in assembly (news you're all working for).

I'll post a longer and comprehensive post within the next days - also including infos about what you can expect with Hotfix 3 (which should be ready next week)

But I got some nice little interesting document for you guys today:

The official Pandora Hacker Manual v1.00, straight from the creator Michael Weston himself!

Enjoy.

Be sure you know what you're doing though - we take NO RESPONSIBILITY if you kill your Pandora while hacking around!

http://www.openpandora.org/index.php...emid=2&lang=en ...

News from the Openpandora Team

Hi folks!

As promised, here is our current report about things that happened and things that will happen.

First, let's start with the most important information for most of you:

How is Mass Production going?

Well, I'm honest here: Could be better - but could've been A LOT worse.

All in all, we're pretty content. And a bit proud it all worked out and there are now real units out there! We can either speed up production but have a bad quality - or work a but slower and make sure the units we deliver are properly working (and that's the path we chose).

There were a few issues we had to solve - but that's normal for a first batch. And it's nothing serious - thank god!

Here is a quick list:

* Shoulderbuttons: The first units had been assembled as fast as possible - without taking much time to optimize the shoulder buttons as good as possible. Ever since we saw the first complaints about them, we take more time. And they are working good now, so... issue fixed.

* LCD-Cables: Quite a few LCD cables failed after assembly. A few ones failed after delivery. This was a bit puzzling - but we found the issue: Spikey solder blobs on the speaker cables killed the LCD cable when closing the lid. Fix for now: Be more careful while soldering them. Fix for Batch 2: Move the solder points beneath the LCD cable. Since we know about this, no LCD cables failed anymore. Issue fixed

* Nubs: This is some weird thing. We had quite a few broken ones which had been send to customers who didn't care. Some were fixable. We have fix for now: We got 14.000 nubs, more than enough for 4000 boards. Michael set up a device to test the nubs before soldering them in. The good ones will be sent to the MP company in Texas to be used in the boards, the bad ones back to the nub production company. They need to figure out what's wrong with them. Still, as we have more than enough nubs for the boards, this issue is basically fixed for the first batch.

* Sound: On some units, the sound was scratching quite often. After I got hold of such a unit and sent it to notaz, he found it was a software bug. The next HotFix will have that one included... so, issue fixed

* Boards: On the first batch, quite a few boards came broken from the mass production company. Some problems were apparent (parts missing, sometimes even big ones like the powerswitch), some only occured after testing each functions. This was kind of a bummer - since the boards had been tested there... That did cost us a lot of time, as we were not expecting broken boards - and therefore built a lot of units just to find out they have issues when testing them. It also costs time and money, since those boards need to go back to be fixed. We told the company to test them better - and the last 200 boards we got were way better and more reliable. So yes, issue seems to be fixed.

Basically, all problems have been fixed so far. This slowed things down at the beginning - but a two-man team can now assemble 50 Pandoras in an 8-hour-day including quality testing. As Craig has a four-man team, 100 Pandoras could be built per day (as long as we have the boards and cases ready)

And of course - if you have any hardware problems with your Pandora, they will be fixed for free!

So far, about 600 Pandoras have been built and delivered (or are will be delivered next week) About 100 had some issues we need to check. This might be broken LCD cables but fine boards, broken boards that need to go back to Texas, etc.

Production was slow but steady until now, but speed has continually increased while maintaining the quality control. The MP company is also working to make production of the boards more reliable - not only to please us: They only get the money for working boards, so broken boards need to be fixed by them for free, and that's something they surely try to avoid.

All in all, we're pretty content it worked out that well. We feared the worst, but it turned out to work out pretty well. Very few RMAs so far, a lot of very happy users on the boards.




The Cases

Except for the painted buttons, the cases were fine, so there was no need to not continue the mass production. In fact, we already ordered the next ones weeks ago. I can't give you an update though, as Fatih is currently on a well-deserved honeymoon (yep, he got married just after the Pandora production began) and therefore is not online. He's still in regular contact with the chinese company to ensure they are working on it.

I'll have more information once he's back to work.




The software - and future development

Since quite a few developers already received their Pandoras, there's currently a lot going on in OS / Software development for the Pandora.

There's currently being a list setup on the Wiki which includes a To-Do list and what the status is on some issues. Also, if you as a user have feature requests or want to help out, be sure to post that on the official bugtracker.

If you want to help out as developer: We're just organizing everything (IRC, GIT, etc.) and will let you know here when everything is setup!

Finally, quite a few fixes ...

Newly released for Pandora



Sonic Robo Blast 2 is a 3D open-source Sonic the Hedgehog fangame built using a modified version of the Doom Legacy port of Doom.

Download here ...

Newly released for Pandora



Ur-Quan Masters is an open source port of Star Control II:
(FROM http://uqm.stack.nl/wiki/Star_Control_II):
Star Control II, the sequel to the original Star Control, is a space adventure game that features role-playing elements alongside a robust 2D combat system. It was a milestone for non-linear gaming and an undeniable influence on modern space travel games such as Homeworld; many consider it one of the best computer games of all time. The player assumes the role of the captain of a single starship wandering a detailed environment of solar systems, gradually gathering information and resources in order to defeat a mysterious and implacable enemy; the plot contains numerous mysteries and other half-explained elements that contribute to the beauty of the game,1 along with a rare sense of humor that manifests numerous times, inevitably having the player rolling on the floor laughing.

Download Here ...