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by Published on August 11th, 2008 19:13
News from Halfbyte
Looks like after more than one year of lurking around you guys here, I can finally step up and announce something....
OSCpad is (or at least will be) a software to use your NDS as a universal controller for OSC aware applications. Currently it sends data for the touchpad and for the ndsmotion, buttons and probably microphone volume are to follow soon.
yes, I know, there are things like Kaossds, but while I really like all the DSMI stuff, using OSC gives me much more flexibility, better controller resolution (no freakin' 7-Bit MIDI values), plus OSC feels at home in UDP packages so there's no additional software needed.
OSC aware applications are, for example:
Max/MSP
PureData
SuperCollider
ChucK
Reaktor
I did not package a release, because there are some important things missing (like network configuration), the curious might want to check out the working prototype (please read the README) at
http://github.com/halfbyte/nds-oscpad/tree/master
Feel free to fork, patch or simply bash it, I would love to hear some criticism on my whacky C code (I am more used to higher level languages nowadays) or if you have any ideas for additional features I probably forgot.
Oh, and if someone with a little more expertise could take a look at the touchpad pressure calculation and why it's totally not working, that'd be super duper.by Published on August 11th, 2008 19:07
pirato nervo has releaseda new version of his excellent shell for the PSP, heres whats new:
This version has 105 new/changed features (NOT 105 NEW FEATURES)...
For this version I created my own file format which is .upt. It is used by the network updater to know the information about the latest update which is hosted in consoleworld.net's server.
The file is created by a program I made for ubuntu, I may release it one day with source code. it uses GTK+ 2.0
Here's the change log for this version:
* Recovery: Added flash1 mounting
* Recovery: Added configuration backup tool
* Recovery: Added configuration restorer tool
* Recovery: Added themes backup tool
* Recovery: Added themes restorer tool
* Recovery: Added documents backup tool
* Recovery: Added documents restorer tool
* Recovery: Added NervOS backup tool
* Recovery: Added NervOS restorer tool
* Recovery: Added Erase Backups option
* Recovery: Added the ability to start the Installer by pressing the R button
* Recovery: Added "Press X to start or O to cancel" question to re-create configuration
* Recovery: Added "Press X to start or O to cancel" question to "Fix Automatically"
* Added Circular GUI
* Added another GUI
* Added USB Mounting window which allows you to mount MS, FLASH0, FLASH1, FLASH2, FLASH3 amd UMD.
* USBHostFS: Fixed 2 bugs
* Improved extension checker and fixed some bugs regarding extensions.
* Music Player: you can press L&R to skip songs (it reads the songs from MUSIC and PSP/MUSIC)
* Picture Viewer: you can press L&R to skip pictures (it reads the images from PICTURE and PSP/PHOTO)
* Picture Viewer: Added Information Window (press Start), it shows the file name, file size, image size(width*height) and modification date
* Picture Viewer: Added slide show
* Picture Viewer: shows current picture/total pictures on the top of the screen
* Added Task Bar
* Task Manager: Fixed 2 bugs and simplified code
* Added a real music player which shows album name, music title, album picture (same name as the album name .jpg or .png)
* Music Player: Added Information Window (press Start), it shows the file name, file size and modification date
* Music Player: Added Shuffle
* Added click sound
* Added boot sound
* Added switch sound
* Added shut down sound
* You can customize the splash screen from now on. If splashscreen.png exists inside the theme folder, it uses that one.
* Added splash.txt to themename/info (it contains a message to be displayed over the splashscreen.png)
* Added ISO Browser
* Added Homebrew Browser
* USBHostFS: Added ISO support (with UMD inside)
* Added bridge.pbp and patchexit_driver.prx (this is used to patch sceKernelExitGame to return to NervOS after running a homebrew, iso, psx or umd)
* Changed nosautoboot.prx, it has a screen now. (there are 2 autoboot prx, just read the readme inside system/extra_autoboot)
* Added Welcome Screen
* Added Good Bye screen
* Added user image which is displayed on Welcome Screen
* Control Panel: Added system information option
* Control Panel: Added launch recovery option
* Control Panel: Removed PSX Launcher option
* Added PSX Icon under applications
* Added System Information
* NervOS Installer: asks you if you want to backup your documents when uninstalling
* NervOS Installer: Added patch feature, so it patches only the files you want to update
* Fixed lots of memory issues
* Theme Browser: Shows preview.png if it exists inside the current highlighted theme folder
* Theme Browser: Press start to view theme information
* Theme Browser: Added theme.txt to themename/info/theme.txt which has the Author information, theme name information and theme version
* NervOS Configurator: Added GUI type (so you can swtich between the 3 available GUI's)
* NervOS Configurator: Added scrollbar
* NervOS Configurator: Changed "Login Editor" to "Login Settings"
* NervOS Configurator: Added Random Theme option so you can turn it on or off while in NervOS
* NervOS Configurator: Added Media Engine option, lets you turn it on or off
* NervOS Configurator: Added "NervOS Sounds" option.(you can turn them on or off)
* NervOS Configurator: Added "Sounds while playing music" option. Yes or No.
* Added theme randomizer at startup.
* Music Player: Uses Media Engine (if you want) which makes it faster with no lag.
* Music Player: Added wav(uses pgeWav lib by IWN, I only added 3 functions) aa3 and flac streaming support (aa3, flac, mp3 and ogg uses sakya's code(PROPS TO HIM) I added the ability to change the sound (when ME is enabled)))
* NervOS Configurator: Added "User Image" option. The user image MUST be inside the documents folder (can be .jpg or .png)
* File Browser: fixed 2 bug
* File Browser: Added "root" screen which shows 3 options to browse: ms, flash0 and flash1
* File Browser: You can now browse flash0
* File Browser: You can now browse flash1
* File Browser: Changed the highlight type (from arrow to a different text colour)
* Text Editor: fixed 2 bugs
* Text Editor: Changed the keyboard to QWERTY
* You can take screenshots from anywhere inside NervOS as the "check SELECT" function is run in a separated thread.
* Fixed alpha of reset icon.
* Task Managerby Published on August 11th, 2008 18:55
When asked for a single choice, parents are more concerned about their children’s exposure to games such as Grand Theft Auto than alcohol, violence, and pornography, according to a recent online poll conducted by family-centric consumer game site What They Play.
A separate survey also showed that most parents considered viewing violence as more acceptable than exposure to content involving sex and sexuality.
The initial poll, conducted April 4-10, 2008, found that, asked 1,266 participants what they are most offended by in video games. 37% responded that they were most offended by a man and a woman having sex, whereas 27% answered “two men kissing,” 25% responded “a graphically severed head,” and 9% chose “multiple use of the F-word.”
The second poll, conducted August 1-6, 2008, and - like the first - only tracking single answers, as opposed to letting people pick multiple choices - asked over 1,600 respondents what they’d be most concerned about their 17-year-old child indulging in while at a sleepover.
49% revealed that they’re more apprehensive about their child smoking marijuana, and 19% responded that they are most concerned with their children playing Grand Theft Auto. 16% answered that they are most disturbed by their children watching pornography, while 14% are most concerned with them drinking beer.
Said What They Like president John Davison: “These poll results demonstrate that parents are as apprehensive about their children’s media diets as they are about traditional social issues such as alcohol, drugs, violence and sex."
http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/new...hp?story=19772 ...by Published on August 11th, 2008 18:54
Phantasy Star Portable continues its fine run in Japan with Sega confirmed that it has shipped 500,000 copies of the game to retailers in its first week. A great performance for Sega which Mainichi says is not unlike Virtua Fighter 2’s launch on the Dreamcast.
In another article at Mainichi, PSP (the system) is the best selling hardware for the fifth month in a row based on Enterbrain’s figure. Around 250,000 units of our favorite handheld were sold in July and Namco Baindai’s Gundam Battle Universe contributed to that with 190,000 copies sold during the month, the third best selling software of the month. Dragon Quest V took top stop with an amazing 860,000 copies with Persona 4 at 2nd with 260,000.
http://www.psphyper.com/psp/sega-500...ped-in-a-week/ ...by Published on August 11th, 2008 18:53
via Joystiq
If those pesky Achievements for the game are to be believed, Viva Piñata: Trouble in Paradise will support four player online co-op. 360sync.com lists all the "bleep bloops" for the upcoming candy-filled animal simulator and one 10-point achievement, named "Full House," comes with with the description: Play 4 Player Online Co-op for 1 hour.
We're still not exactly sure what co-op entails, as there also Achievements listed for playing two player co-op, both online and off, for one hour. We should get more details soon before VP: TiP starts getting whacked at retail on Sept. 2. ...by Published on August 11th, 2008 18:52
News/release from Miro:
Miro, creator of "MIRO LUA" has release mirCronometro StopWatch v1.0
Features:
- Very accurate (counts till nanoseconds) thanks to the reading of CPU clock
- Capability to put it in pause, reassuming from where it was stopped
- It evaluates best time, worst time and middle time
- A Beep scan time every second (useful to rubik's cube players)
- Capability to learn up to five best times
- capability to execute it also in standby mode, with max accuracy
- CPU is set to 111/111 to saveup battery life
- Limit time is of one hour
Buttons:
- Cross : Start / Pause
- Square : Stop
- Triangle : Reset (it works only when it's in pause or stopped)
- Circle : Memorize a time
- Select + UP : Enable / Disable beep
- Select + RIGHT : Reset intertime list
- Select + LEFT : Reset statistics for best, worst and middle time
thanks goes to kris_15 for testing the homebrew
Download and Give Feedback Via Comments ...by Published on August 11th, 2008 18:48
Updated release from Kriogen:
Description:
This is the card game Uno, can play from 2 to 4 players via the Internet (or local area network). You can play against 3 players controlled by the Wii.
Wiimote buttons:
B: Put a letter if you can put it. If you put a wildcard choose the color.
1: Like the B but saying ONE!.
2: Jump your turn.
+ If after skipping your turn has brought a letter that you can put the pones.
-- If after skipping your turn has brought a letter that you can make, not the pones.
Right: Moves your hand on your right to see more cards.
Left: Move your hand to the left to see more cards.
Below: contested a player (only in your turn). Select the player to which contested. You can challenge a number of players in your turn.
Contested on:
If a player contested fairly, that player steals a letter, if not just your stolen.
We follow the following rules:
- A player did not say when ONE put its penultimate letter the last time it was his turn.
ONE-A player said when he fell over a letter the last time it was his turn.
Configurations:
Edit server.xml and adjusts the server's IP and port with which want to connect (if you're going to act as a server you also have to configure, but it can be the IP private rather than public)
Features:
-- Changes in the format of the files in order to allow different graphic formats (Regarding V9)
-- Time letter and letter among the players who ship controlled by the Wii in the way Local (Regarding V8)
-- Multiple decks (barajas.xml file), with the B button switch on the main menu (Regarding V7)
-- Source in TrueType, if you want to change it changes the file TTF (Regarding V7)
-- Changing the format of some files (Regarding V6)
-- Probal that the Wii not challenged nor say ONE (Regarding V6)
-- Messages in the file mensajes.xml (Regarding V5)
-- Contested and Uno (Regarding V4)
-- Improved graphical game (Regarding V3)
Download and Give Feedback Via Comments ...by Published on August 11th, 2008 18:40
via Computer and Video Games
The list of unlockable Achievements for Fable II has appeared on the internet and as you can imagine for a Lionhead game, it's full of fun and debauchery.
There's orgies, Goths, chicken-kicking and... well see for yourself.
The full game is out on October 24, and the Pub Games arrive on Xbox Live Arcade this Wednesday. Here's our pick of the Achievements:
- The Bigamist -10g
- Get married a second time, whilst still married to your first spouse.
- The Swinger -5g
- Take part in an orgy, responsibly
- The Romantic -10g
- Take a villager on a perfect date. You will need the right location and expression.
- The Goth -5g
- Dye your hair black, wear an outfit made entirely out of black clothes, and wear some black make-up.
- The Chicken kicker -5g
- Kick a chicken a respectable distance. As if kicking chickens was remotely respectable.
- The Cliff Diver -5g
- Cliff dive 500 feet.
by Published on August 11th, 2008 18:30
via IGN
If your idea of a superhero is someone with an invincible ego who can type e-mails while wearing boxing gloves, then the Wii Shop Channel has great news for you. The legendary Strong Bad (from the popular Homestar Runner Web series) makes his eagerly anticipated WiiWare debut this week. For even more laughs and clever gaming kicks, you'll also find a satirical space-age shooter on the Virtual Console, along with a classic billiards game for those who prefer to keep their feet planted firmly on the ground.
Nintendo adds new and classic games to the Wii Shop Channel at 9 a.m. Pacific time every Monday. Wii owners with a high-speed Internet connection can redeem Wii Points to download the games. Wii Points can be purchased in the Wii Shop Channel or at retail outlets. This week's new games are:
WiiWare
Strong Bad Episode 1: Homestar Ruiner (Telltale Games, 1 player, Rated T for Teen -- Crude Humor, Mild Cartoon Violence, Mild Suggestive Themes, 1,000 Wii Points): Charming. Suave. Awesome. These are the words Strong Bad would use to describe himself. In a world gone mad, only one man can be trusted to save the day. A man with an attitude. A man called Strong Bad. As the star of the Homestar Runner Web cartoons, Strong Bad has been answering e-mails (in boxing gloves), pranking his friends, pummeling his enemies, and making people with questionable taste snort milk out of their noses for years now. And he's branched out to star in Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People, a monthly five-episode series. In Episode 1: Homestar Ruiner, Strong Bad's plans to beat the snot out of Homestar backfire, and he ends up with an unwanted houseguest cramping his style. Now he needs to get life back to normal by any means possible. But wait, there's more: Teen Girl Squad comics, achievements, funny costumes and arcade games. You can even send pictures and messages to Wii Friends using Strong Bad's computer. So how about it? Can you handle Strong Bad's style?
Virtual Console
Break In (TurboGrafx16, 1-4 players, Rated E for Everyone -- Tobacco Reference, 700 Wii Points): Gather up to four players for an authentic game of pool right in your own home. Choose from six billiards games including 9-Ball, Rotation and Carom (a game played without pockets). Use Simulation mode to calculate the perfect shot, or select Action mode and check out what went wrong with your missed shots. With all that to choose from, Break In gives players -- from beginners to experts—all the elements necessary to enjoy a great game of pool. But it doesn't stop there. Select Technique to practice your angles or even go for a trick shot. Get some help from the CPU and hone your skills. With Break In, you'll be a pro in no time.
Star Parodier (TurboGrafx16 CD-ROM, 1 player, Rated E for Everyone -- Mild Cartoon Violence, 900 Wii Points): Star Parodier is the hilarious spoof of the classic Hudson shooter Star Soldier. In this parody, there are three playable ships for players to choose from: the ingratiating Paroceaser, the hot-headed Bomberman, and the ever-so-introverted PC-Engine. Players control one of these unique and original ships and set off to blast their way through eight stages on the planet Paroson. The comical characters take the color and flavor of the Soldier series to the next level and are guaranteed to leave players mesmerized. In addition to the normal game mode, there are also the familiar two-minute and five-minute attack modes, making Star Parodier the complete package that is sure to have players coming back for more. ...by Published on August 11th, 2008 18:30
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