Hi there everyone,
I've seen some guys being angry about all the delays and keep asking "what's going on"... and yes, I can understand them.

If it were for us, we'd have the Pandora released already, believe me. I can't sleep well since a few weeks since these delays really make up a bad mood, and I don't think it's much different for the rest of the guys in the dev team.

So I thought I'd tell you a story... because, yes, back in September 2008, we really thought we could release the Pandora until the end of the year!

However, there was one bad thing that happened... which caused all the mess and nearly did kill everything: In the beginning of October, right after the preorders had been paid, craigs bank froze his account (as you might know).
However, not only the money from craigs preorders was on that account, but also the money from the rest of us which was meant to develop the Pandora boards, etc.

Everything had been set: We had the complete circuits (I posted videos before September), we had the nigh complete case (we did post pictures of the FDM case) and we had fixed appointments with the company in mid October to do the first mass production testing of the boards.
However, we couldn't access the money anymore for actually STARTING the mass production - that's why it didn't happen.
Also, we couldn't pay the hinge, the prototype battery, the LCDs, the prototype of the flat ribbon cable for the LCD... and without all that, we couldn't continue to work on the case.
And without any prototype boards, the devs couldn't work on the software.

It was scary. Everything we had setup so far didn't work out - simply because of a frozen account. And this was the beginning of all those delays...

It took craig about one month to unfreeze the account - and yet, not all reorderings of CC orders haven't taken place. At least, we had access to some money and could continue to develop that thing - about mid-November.
Luckily, mass production test run did go pretty fast, so by the end of November, most devs got their boards.
It didn't work so well with the LCDs though - ours had been reserved but sold elsewhere as we didn't have the money at that time. We had to wait until January to get them all (and yes, we have them, as well as all major other parts needed!).

The company that does the battery also started to work as we paid them - and right in December, they told us they couldn't fit that high capacity within the space they had planned for. So they needed to make it a bit bigger - and we needed to change the case.

That was what happened until January.

Now that it's mid-January, we're basically back on track - just a bit late.
We got the parts, the design of the case has been finished according to our deadline on January 15th, it's currently being FDMed and right after that (if everything is okay, which really should), the case will be being CNCed.
The keypad is also ready for mass production as well as the boards.

The first prototype will be used to do FCC and CE testing, so don't worry about that.

Then mass production will finally begin - yes, we know it's a few months late, but believe us: We didn't want that. Still, we're just right before the finish lane, so we won't give up.

Thank you all for your patience - and again, sorry for the delay!
Maybe now you can understand a bit more what has been happening!

Hi there everyone,
I've seen some guys being angry about all the delays and keep asking "what's going on"... and yes, I can understand them.

If it were for us, we'd have the Pandora released already, believe me. I can't sleep well since a few weeks since these delays really make up a bad mood, and I don't think it's much different for the rest of the guys in the dev team.

So I thought I'd tell you a story... because, yes, back in September 2008, we really thought we could release the Pandora until the end of the year!

However, there was one bad thing that happened... which caused all the mess and nearly did kill everything: In the beginning of October, right after the preorders had been paid, craigs bank froze his account (as you might know).
However, not only the money from craigs preorders was on that account, but also the money from the rest of us which was meant to develop the Pandora boards, etc.

Everything had been set: We had the complete circuits (I posted videos before September), we had the nigh complete case (we did post pictures of the FDM case) and we had fixed appointments with the company in mid October to do the first mass production testing of the boards.
However, we couldn't access the money anymore for actually STARTING the mass production - that's why it didn't happen.
Also, we couldn't pay the hinge, the prototype battery, the LCDs, the prototype of the flat ribbon cable for the LCD... and without all that, we couldn't continue to work on the case.
And without any prototype boards, the devs couldn't work on the software.

It was scary. Everything we had setup so far didn't work out - simply because of a frozen account. And this was the beginning of all those delays...

It took craig about one month to unfreeze the account - and yet, not all reorderings of CC orders haven't taken place. At least, we had access to some money and could continue to develop that thing - about mid-November.
Luckily, mass production test run did go pretty fast, so by the end of November, most devs got their boards.
It didn't work so well with the LCDs though - ours had been reserved but sold elsewhere as we didn't have the money at that time. We had to wait until January to get them all (and yes, we have them, as well as all major other parts needed!).

The company that does the battery also started to work as we paid them - and right in December, they told us they couldn't fit that high capacity within the space they had planned for. So they needed to make it a bit bigger - and we needed to change the case.

That was what happened until January.

Now that it's mid-January, we're basically back on track - just a bit late.
We got the parts, the design of the case has been finished according to our deadline on January 15th, it's currently being FDMed and right after that (if everything is okay, which really should), the case will be being CNCed.
The keypad is also ready for mass production as well as the boards.

The first prototype will be used to do FCC and CE testing, so don't worry about that.

Then mass production will finally begin - yes, we know it's a few months late, but believe us: We didn't want that. Still, we're just right before the finish lane, so we won't give up.

Thank you all for your patience - and again, sorry for the delay!
Maybe now you can understand a bit more what has been happening!

Hello,

i ported "Run Rabbit RUN!" to gp2x, it's a full 3D game which use the 3D engine Irrlicht, i ported the latest version of this engine on gp2x too (use SDL/two software rasterizer), some would say that it's unplayable but actually it's pretty good, the only problem i got is that i can't stay with original models which require too much polys for the gp2x, so if there is a 3D modeler somewhere who want to do 2-3 very low polys models (actually there is only 3 "floor" model, one rabbit models and carrot to do), it would be cool, i think even billboards would be sufficient for carrots/rabbit.

I compiled an alpha version with original models replaced by quick simple primitives (box etc, ~70polys on screen) which run at 14/15fps without overclocking and memory tweaks (20fps at 266mhz), also it use the first software renderer which have clipping problem, it's pretty unoptimized since the game use alot of real-time stuff to check collisions etc... sorry for F100 owner, my irrlicht port has no pads events, only touchscreen. (it will be fixed in a final release)

Download link for the alpha port: http://www.garzul.tonsite.biz/RunRab...n_rabbit2x.zip

Controls: Only touchscreen since the game need only one button to play, just press to jump.

Models are in .obj format and can be textured, more type of floor can be added too. (check the media folder)

/ Stella atari 2600 emulator for Wii
///////////////////////////////////////////////


Introduction:
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This project is based on the atari 2600 opensource emulator called stella. You can
find the original sources on its sourceforge page:

http://sourceforge.net/project/showf...group_id=41847

This version uses the same sources than the original. It uses wii-linux to run on a
wii, cwiid for wiimote interface, and the SDL libraries for this system.

What you need:
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- A console ready to run homebrew
- Wiimote
- SDCard


Installation:
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- Copy the "app" and "stella" directories (and its contents) to the root of yout SDCard.

- Put your roms inside the "stella" directory, in the root of your sdcard

- Put the SDCard on the front slot sdcard adapter of your wii

- Launch the Homebrew channel, and load the Stella´s .dol file



Instructions:
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When the program starts, it tells you to press the "1" and "2" buttons of your wiimote. Wait until the emulator
starts, an then press 1 and 2 at the same time, until the wiimote's leds starts to blink (you can press them at any moment).
Here is the button relation between the wiimote and the keyboard:

[A]: Enter (select an option or the rom)
[Home]: Escape (to return to "roms select" menu)
[B]: Tabulator (to navigate through the menu buttons)
[-]: F1 (Reset) (in a game)
[+]: F2 (Select) (in a game)

First player: Wiimote
[1]: Pad button
[Digital pad]: Arrows

Second player: Nunchuck
[C]: Pad button
[Analog pad]: Arrows

Thanks to
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- The gc-linux team for their effort in porting linux to the wii console
- The stella team, for their great emulator
- The CWiid develeoppers, for their great applications to interface the wiimote