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    by Published on August 7th, 2007 18:16

    via engadget



    We've seen some pretty wild Wiimote mods in our day, but this control rig for the Xbox 360 definitely springs into the upper echelons of Wii-hackdom. This particular DIY effort involves a rather varied list of components, including a Wiimote and Nunchuk (obviously), an Xbox 360, a PC (in this case the Samsung Q1), a MagicBox XFPS, custom drivers, and a "black box" consisting of a hard coded microcontroller and spliced PS2 cable. Just a few things to get the job done. And the end result? A fully compatible, reticule-smoothing, Halo 2-ready Wii control system for your Microsoft gaming rig.

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    by Published on August 7th, 2007 15:34

    The last week the world of modchips has took a massive beating and lets be fair anyone selling pirated discs and consoles chipped along with pirated discs is themselves to blame, but in a world with Global Terrorism so high on the agenda and so many other worrying global events like Global Warming its staggering that worldwide authorities are so devoted against modchips. Piracy does ruin consoles and the global games market but wouldnt it be better to actually join forces and fight the real evils of this world, heres the newspost of a massive raid in the UK from Next gen:

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    The discovery of chipped Wii and Xbox 360 consoles at a residential property was made after officers first raided a tradesman’s stall at a Halifax market. When his residence was later searched, West Yorkshire Police unearthed a staggering 246 Wii and 168 Xbox 360 consoles.

    Also included in the haul were 19 PSPs, 12 DS Lites, 6 PlayStation 2s and 6 PlayStation 3s, along with other pirating material such as computers used for the duplication of copied discs, illegal chips, 300-400 copied games discs, and £5,000 in cash.

    The original operation at the market also resulted in the seizure of over 5000 illegal discs with a retail value of over £50,000.

    Ed Balls, Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families and one of Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s closest allies, remarked that the operation, codenamed Poseidon, highlighted an excellent use of government funding in the fight against video games copyright crime.

    All seized consoles have now been sent to ELSPA’s (Entertainment & Leisure Software Publishers Association) Anti-Piracy Unit (APU) for forensic examination.

    “I congratulate West Yorkshire Trading Standards and west Yorkshire Police for what stands as a landmark seizure of chipped consoles and illegally copied discs. The scale of the operation and the removal of counterfeit material from the market place will have an immediate impact on local businesses in the area,” said Michael Rawlinson, managing director of ELSPA.

    “Copyright crime is driven by greed and causes a loss of millions of pounds to retailers of West Yorkshire and to members of the music and entertainment industry every year,” said Graham Hebblethwaite, chief officer of West Yorkshire Trading Standard.

    “The haul of items from this operation should send out a clear warning to individuals involved in the illegal copyright industry that they will dealt with severely. This sort of crime carries a maximum sentence of 10 years imprisonment,” he added.

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    by Published on August 7th, 2007 15:17

    SSChevy2001 has released an Xbox 360 inspired theme for PSP owners. His theme known as 'P360' looks super cool, and although it's not completely finished yet, it is practically close enough





    Credits
    SSChevy2001 building the theme
    Blackbolt Team for the xbmc skin
    BStronga for the common_gui.prx
    Schmilk for his cool wave

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    by Published on August 7th, 2007 12:39

    With the Wii Shop Channel being down for 3 hours yesterday, it was because Nintendo updated the firmware on the Wii to include many small but nice features and even according to anecdotal evidence increase the speed of the UI. Also updated is the Wii Shopping Channel.


    Channels:
    • Digital Clock added to the Wii Menu right under the channel bar
    • Forecast Channel now displays the current condition (cloudy, raining, etc.) directly in the Wii Menu in the Forecast Channel box
    • News Channel can now show 2 scrolling headlines at a time in the Wii Menu, 3 when you click on the button
    • Message Board now has the "Today's Accomplishments" message as a white message which allows it to stand out from other messages
    • Address Book entries can now be shifted around using A+B (supposed to be a launch feature) but only to empty spaces.
    • Calendar in Message Board no longer shows "Today's Accomplishment" only days as having messages.

    Wii Shop Channel Overhauled
    • New Welcome screen detailing 4 Recommended Titles and the points they cost (gone is the title screen bar that had linkable games)
    • Titles You've Downloaded was moved to the main shop menu
    • New ways to browse
    • Popular Titles (2 pages of 10 and includes launch games so not only based on recent info)
    • Newest Additions remains the same
    • Search for a title which can use partial names
    • Search by Category
    • System shows the different systems and how many titles have been released under each
    • Publisher showing different publishers and amount of titles released (Nice logos!)
    • Genre (different genres listed and amount of titles under each)


    Mod Chip Warning

    After you update and go back to the update section to before a "test update" you will be greeted with a message that says something to effect that if you have a modified Wii your console may be disabled or lock up. Mod Chippers owned? If you want to cancel you have to power down your system.

    Source: Vooks

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    by Published on August 7th, 2007 01:01

    Mupen64k is a mod of the Mupen 64 emulator for kaillera support.

    Changelog:

    v1
    - Imported Kaillera library (sync not working)
    - private beta

    v2
    - now syncs.
    - removed the child property for kaillera window

    v3
    - added old kaillera support
    - added a special feature for super smash brothers and save data
    - fixed packaged RSP plugin causing lag
    - fixed some menu bugs

    v4
    - fixed some crashes caused by mupen
    - made setup a little more automated

    v5
    - removed some nasty crashes
    - cleaned up GUI for more support
    - removed debugview

    v6
    - players drop from game correctly now
    - added hack allowing older jabo plugins to work correctly
    - added beta ingame chat (control + m)
    - released to public
    - pause on development

    v7
    - resumed development due to user challenge
    - cleaned up GUI
    - fixed bug regarding game list not displaying correctly
    - online recording/offline playback works
    - recording to avi at full speed
    - supports goldeneye hacked roms
    - fixed bug where a different rom would load in kaillera even though it wasn't the one selected to play
    - updated SupraclientCPPE to final version
    - improved performance of online play
    - recording avi from current play & recording from movie file
    - better chat callback
    - displays CRC for speed benchmark and simple debugging
    - wrote a custom movie file format .mkr (Mupen64K Recording)
    - tons of new little features ...
    by Published on August 6th, 2007 22:45

    Today sees a new release for Okiwi the Web Browser for the Nintendo DS:

    Heres whats new:

    At last, after several days in which I have been one with my computer, I'm releasing the second alpha of Okiwi (version 0.2).

    It allows to read files from the card (by entering addresses like file:///path, like, for example, file:///test.html) or Internet (http://...). Some pages are displayed fairly well (specially blogs, like this, which is preconfigured as the home page), while others don't work at all, so I'll have to investigate little by little what Okiwi fails to know.

    By now it's able to interpret numerous CSS 2.1 properties, like margins, paddings, floating, colors, etc., altough there are several missing. Some other things not done yet are: tables, forms, cookies and images. There are also some other bugs and lacks I'm aware of.

    To scroll a page, dragging with the stylus is still the only way. 75% and 150% zoom levels, which were missing in the first version, have been added. To follow a link, it's enough to "click" on it, altough it doesn't work always, and I must debug it.

    The good news is that, from now on, new versions will be released with a much higher frequency. I'll release one each time I implement one of the lacking features or fix important bugs.

    The installation procedure of this release is the same as the last, so I encourage the reading of the instructions I published that time. If someone has still the old version in his card, it's recommended to erase it completely before installing this one.

    Well, I hope you like it and keep on there.

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    by Published on August 6th, 2007 22:35

    This is the official post about Massager application for GameCube / Wii. My entry for the Wii/GC Coding Contest 2007 by DCEmu and GPX2 store.

    Can your Playstation 2 give you massages?? My GameCube can!
    Simply start this little application, choose your favorite massage and put the controller/s in any place of your body!

    Controls:

    start - start massage
    digital pad - choose massage
    R+L+Z - go back to sdload menu
    R+L+A+B+Start - reset your GC/Wii








    Download link: MASSAGER

    It includes .dol file and source.


    EDIT:

    Ouch! All the hurries to finish it on August 6th and now I realize the entries should be submitted before 7th August or on 7th August. I'm pretty stupid... lol ...
    by Published on August 6th, 2007 22:08



    Last week we had the storys of stores and homes being targeted by USA authorities but now something more of a concern for the Homebrew and Hacking Scene, Tehskeen website which has a wealth of information about Gamecube and Nintendo Wii Hacking and Homebrew and Modding has today shut it doors with a RIP sign on the website.

    Speaking to Brakken he claimed outside pressures but with the actions taken last week its pretty obvious that the site has been taken down by a mixture of legal threats both to him and his hosts.

    DCEmu UK would like to offer any Homebrew and Emulation coders for the Wii and Gamecube a home at our network. Hopefully tehskeen will arise somehow but its a concerning moment for any Hacking Site/ Community.

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    by Published on August 6th, 2007 20:53

    via joystiq

    Microsoft's XNA development kit is showing some love to the competition, revealing at the Assembly summer event support for Nintendo's Wii remote. Microsoft's Chad Hower gave a demonstration of the support by playing a very basic tech demo with the wand. The picture contained in the slideshow also showed the nunchuk attachment, though we're not sure if that's also supported or if Microsoft simply went with the first stock photo they could find.

    Even though XNA is technically a platform for both PC and Xbox 360 support, it should be noted that the Wii remote support is only for the PC, and those looking to truly bastardize the console wars by using Nintendo input with Microsoft's consoles can only shrug their shoulders, snap their fingers and go, "Aw, shucks." However, it now looks like homebrew enthusiasts can create games using the Wii remote while pushing PC hardware so far that the software couldn't possibly be played on the Wii itself.

    Update: As noted by Brian Peek of Coding4Fun, the Wii remote support is actually part of the .NET library (not inherent, but you can download the library made by Peek or others). And since XNA supports .NET, so too does it support the Wii remote. Here are some examples of applications made using Peek's Wii remote library. Peek also noted to a post by Hower discussing the Wii remote and XNA. Thanks for the information, Brian! ...
    by Published on August 6th, 2007 20:52

    via Nintendo DS Fanboy


    Want a little Mega Man in your life? We sure hope so if you're looking for a new game this week, because it seems that's what there is. And perhaps Pet Alien, which didn't seem to make it out last week.

    United States
    • Mega Man Star Force Dragon
    • Mega Man Star Force Leo
    • Mega Man Star Force Pegasus
    • Pet Alien
    Europe
    • Top Trumps: Dogs and Dinosaurs
    Japan
    • 1500DS Spirits Vol. 1: Mahjong
    • 1500DS Spirits Vol. 2: Shogi
    • 1500DS Spirits Vol. 3: Block Kuzushi
    • 1500DS Spirits Vol. 4: Reversi
    • 1500DS Spirits Vol. 5: Hanafuda
    • Akagi DS
    • Donkey Kong: Jungle Climber
    • DS ga Tehodoki! Hannya Shingyou Nyuumon
    • Eijukugo Target 1000 DS
    • Eitango Target 1900 DS II
    • I Love Dolphin
    • Itsuwari no Rinbukyoku
    • Machi no Pet-Ya-San DS
    • Minagara Oreru DS Origami
    • SD Gundam G Generation: Cross Drive
    • Simple 1500 Series Vol. 20: The Senkan
    • Wantame Uranai Channel
    • Yu-Gi-Oh Duel Monsters GX Card Almanac
    Australia
    • Ratatouille
    • Settlers 2: 10th Anniversary
    ...
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