We posted the Alpha release yesterday and already Edison Carter has updated that release, heres what he posted:


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Fungostar posted this news:

Java Runtime and Devkit 1.0 Beta 2 have just been released

Here follows a list of changes and bug fixes.

Bug:
- Fix for the audio delay in the game "Paperotte"
- Fixed many bugs in the sdljava layer, especially in palettized images

News:- Added support for Zaxxon's bitmapped font, now the launcher uses a combination of ttf and bitmapped fonts
- Added support for SFont compatible fonts
- Launcher can now over/underclock applications before launching them
- The launcher now adds a background service (disableable) for all applications: the Battery Monitor, a thread that monitors batteries state and turns on the battery led when they are low. The led blinks when batteries level is critical.
- Added the following gp2x fnctionalities:
* Battery led control (on/off)
* Backlight control (on/off)
* overclock/underclock
* Battery state retrieval
- Added another test program that allows you to experiment with new functions

Improvements:
- Modified Ryo's version of the SFont library, added font scaling and antialiasing
- Modified surface initialization to hardware surfaces
- Applied VM optimizations (-O2) and enabled advanced threading tecniques

ToDo/Roadmap for Beta 3:
- Make SFont's fonts changeable (actually only white)
- enable double buffering hardware
- j2me support

Performances are much better. "Paperotte" is now fullspeed and audio is in sync.
The Jam-Test application starts clocked at 50Mhz by default and performs at 12FPS, it reaches 85Fps at 200Mhz.

Thanks to:
- Zaxxon for his bitmapped fonts
- Ryo for GMenu2X, it's a masterpiece and a vault of informations
- SFont's original author, Karl Bartel

Downloads from the Italian GP2XDev.net Forum:
RUNTIME: http://repository.gp2xdev.net/viewfile.php?id=49
DEVKIT: http://repository.gp2xdev.net/viewfile.php?id=52

Cheers,
Fungostar ...

pcklee123 has yet again updated the GBA Emulator for the GP2X.

Dont know the changes

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Today Namco Bandai announced that the music puzzle game Gunpey DS has gone gold. In homage to the game's late, legendary creator Gunpei Yokoi, Q Entertainment has finished putting its updated spin on the title, a fast-paced puzzle game that flaunts sharp graphics and music-based gameplay. With a slew of playable characters, unlockable musical extras, multiplayer capabilities, and a plethora of original music, Gunpey is a portable puzzle game to watch this holiday season.

"While deceptively simple upon first glance, Gunpey offers hardcore gamers a true challenge and surprising depth as their skill level develops," said Naruo Uchida, VP of Localization at Namco Bandai. "Frenetic gameplay combines seamlessly with Q Entertainment's trademark visuals and music to create a truly unique, visceral puzzle gaming experience."

The game's original designer, Gunpei Yokoi, was on Nintendo's payroll for years and is the man behind the Game & Watch series, the Game Boy, and, unfortunately, the Virtual Boy. He also designed the WonderSwan handheld system, but was killed in a car crash before its release. Gunpey was his last game design.

Via IGN ...

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In a total shocker of an announcement, Nintendo revealed they will be showing Mario Party 8 for Wii at the Nintendo World 2006 exhibit. Yes, I’m being sarcastic. Also shown will be some Virtual Console games, the Mii channel, and hopefully some new Wii channels as well.

But I’m glad Nintendo is finally doing a year-end Nintendo-only show again in Japan. I still have the exhibit booklet of Spaceworld 2001 where they first showed some levels of the GameCube’s Super Smash Bros DX (later called Melee). And guess what? Within the next 24 hours the first in-game level & character footage from Super Smash Bros Brawl will be shown in Nagoya, Japan! Rumor has it they might even show a new character. See the list of Wii games for show at the bottom.

I couldn’t make heads or tails out of the Nintendo DS exhibition list, but 1UP translated it and found they have revealed Picross DS, 100 Poems by 100 Poets: DS Shigureden, likely a software version of their art exhibit in Kyoto, and DS Bimoji Training, a Japanese calligraphy training tool. Also slipping onto this list is Bandai Namco’s Mojipittan DS, a fast-paced word puzzle game which has already seen success on the PlayStation 2, PSP and Game Boy Advance. See the list of DS games for show at the bottom.

Full list of Wii games for show:
1. Wii Sports (Nintendo)
2. Hajimete no Wii: Your First Step To Wii (Nintendo)
3. Odoru Made in Wario (Nintendo)
4. Zelda no Densetsu: Twilight Princess (Nintendo)
5. Pokemon Battle Revolution (Nintendo)
6. Excite Truck (Nintendo)
7. Wii Yawaraka Atama Juku (Nintendo)
8. Super Mario Galaxy (Nintendo)
9. Fire Emblem: Akatsuki no Megami (Nintendo)
10. Mario Strikers Charged (Nintendo)
11. Mario Party 8 (Nintendo)
12. Metroid Prime 3: Corruption (Nintendo)
13. Hajime no Ippo - The Fighting! Revolution (AQ Interactive)
14. Call of Duty 3 (Activision)
15. Tony Hawk’s Downhill Jam (Activision)
16. Caduceus Z: 2-tsu no Chou Shittou [Trauma Center] (Atlus)
17. Marvel: Ultimate Alliance (Activision)
18. GT Pro Series (MTO)
19. Need For Speed Carbon (EA) - Elebits (Konami)
20. Dragon Quest Swords: The Masked Queen and the Tower of Mirrors (Square Enix)
21. Necro-Nesia (Spike)
22. Bleach Wii: Hakujin Kirameku Rondo (Sega)
23. Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz (Sega)
24. Sonic to Himitsu Ring (Sega)
25. Cooking Mama: Minna to Issho ni Oryouri Taikai! (Taito)
26. Densha de Go! Shinkansen: 06 Sanyou Shinkansen Hen (Taito)
27. Furu Furu Park (Taito)
28. Swing Golf Pangya (Tecmo)
29. Sudoku (Hudson)
30. Wing Island (Hudson)
31. Kororinpa (Hudson)
32. Bomberman Land Wii (Hudson)
33. Tsuri Master (Hudson)
34. SD Gundam: Scud Hammers (Bandai Namco)
35. Ennichi no Tatsujin (Bandai Namco)
36. Tamagotchi no Pika Pika Daito-ryo-! (Bandai Namco)
37. Dragon Ball Z Sparking! NEO (Bandai Namco)
38. One Piece Unlimited Adventure (Bandai Namco)
39. Crayon Shin-Chan: Saikyou Kazoku Kasukabe King Wii (Banpresto)
40. Bokujou Monogatari Wii (Marvelous)
41. The Dog Island (Yuke’s)
42. Monster 4X4: World Circuit (Ubisoft)
43. Rayman Rabbids Party (Ubisoft)
44. Red Steel (Ubisoft)

Full list of DS games for show:
1. Kirby: Calling On! Dorocche Gang [Squeak Squad] (Nintendo)
2. Common Sense Training for Adults (Nintendo)
3. Pokemon Diamond/Pearl (Pokemon/Nintendo)
4. Talking DS Cookbook! (Nintendo)
5. Tetris DS (Nintendo)
6. English Training (Nintendo)
7. More Brain Training (Nintendo)
8. Everybody’s Play Encyclopedia (Nintendo)
9. Big Brain Academy (Nintendo)
10. DS Rakubiki Jiten plus Kanji (Nintendo)
11. Adult Brain Training (Nintendo)
12. Nintendogs [Dalmatian and Friends] (Nintendo)
13. 100 Poems by 100 Famous Poets (Nintendo)
14. DS Prose Training [Calligraphy Training] (tentative name, Nintendo)
15. Wish Room: Angel’s Memory [Hotel Dusk] (Nintendo)
16. Phantom Wario: the Seven [Wario Land Thief?] (Nintendo)
17. 1000 Healthy Recipes DS Collection (Nintendo)
18. Jump Ultimate Stars (Nintendo)
19. Chibi-Robo! DS (tentative, Nintendo)
20. Picross DS (Nintendo)
21. Rhythm Tengoku (GBA, Nintendo)
22. Sekaiki no Meikyuu (Atlus)
23. SimCity DS (EA)
24. Phoenix Wright 4 (Capcom)
25. Meteor Rockman: Dragon/Pegasus/Leo (Capcom)
26. Atelier Lees: Ondore Alchemist (Gusto)
27. Castlevania: Gallery of the Labyrinth (Konami)
28. Powerful Pro Baseball Pocket (Konami)
29. Boktai: Django & Sabata (Konami)
30. DS Kageyama Method Computerized Repetition: Math (Shogakukan)
31. It’s a Wonderful World (Square Enix)
32. Chocobo and the Magical Picture Book (Square Enix)
33. Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker (Square Enix)
34. Gotouchi Kentei DS (Spike)
35. Bleach DS 2nd: Kokui Hirameku Requiem (Sega)
36. Fashionable Witches Love and Berry ~DS Collection~ (Sega)
37. Romance of the Three Kingdoms DS (Sega)
38. Mysterious Dungeon: Fuurai no Siren DS (Sega)
39. Naruto: Ninja Biographies (Takara/Tomy)
40. Puzzle Series Vol. 9: Sudoku 2 (Hudson)
41. Word Puzzle: Moji Pittan DS (Bandai-Namco) ...

Via Videogameblogger

In a total shocker of an announcement, Nintendo revealed they will be showing Mario Party 8 for Wii at the Nintendo World 2006 exhibit. Yes, I’m being sarcastic. Also shown will be some Virtual Console games, the Mii channel, and hopefully some new Wii channels as well.

But I’m glad Nintendo is finally doing a year-end Nintendo-only show again in Japan. I still have the exhibit booklet of Spaceworld 2001 where they first showed some levels of the GameCube’s Super Smash Bros DX (later called Melee). And guess what? Within the next 24 hours the first in-game level & character footage from Super Smash Bros Brawl will be shown in Nagoya, Japan! Rumor has it they might even show a new character. See the list of Wii games for show at the bottom.

I couldn’t make heads or tails out of the Nintendo DS exhibition list, but 1UP translated it and found they have revealed Picross DS, 100 Poems by 100 Poets: DS Shigureden, likely a software version of their art exhibit in Kyoto, and DS Bimoji Training, a Japanese calligraphy training tool. Also slipping onto this list is Bandai Namco’s Mojipittan DS, a fast-paced word puzzle game which has already seen success on the PlayStation 2, PSP and Game Boy Advance. See the list of DS games for show at the bottom.

Full list of Wii games for show:
1. Wii Sports (Nintendo)
2. Hajimete no Wii: Your First Step To Wii (Nintendo)
3. Odoru Made in Wario (Nintendo)
4. Zelda no Densetsu: Twilight Princess (Nintendo)
5. Pokemon Battle Revolution (Nintendo)
6. Excite Truck (Nintendo)
7. Wii Yawaraka Atama Juku (Nintendo)
8. Super Mario Galaxy (Nintendo)
9. Fire Emblem: Akatsuki no Megami (Nintendo)
10. Mario Strikers Charged (Nintendo)
11. Mario Party 8 (Nintendo)
12. Metroid Prime 3: Corruption (Nintendo)
13. Hajime no Ippo - The Fighting! Revolution (AQ Interactive)
14. Call of Duty 3 (Activision)
15. Tony Hawk’s Downhill Jam (Activision)
16. Caduceus Z: 2-tsu no Chou Shittou [Trauma Center] (Atlus)
17. Marvel: Ultimate Alliance (Activision)
18. GT Pro Series (MTO)
19. Need For Speed Carbon (EA) - Elebits (Konami)
20. Dragon Quest Swords: The Masked Queen and the Tower of Mirrors (Square Enix)
21. Necro-Nesia (Spike)
22. Bleach Wii: Hakujin Kirameku Rondo (Sega)
23. Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz (Sega)
24. Sonic to Himitsu Ring (Sega)
25. Cooking Mama: Minna to Issho ni Oryouri Taikai! (Taito)
26. Densha de Go! Shinkansen: 06 Sanyou Shinkansen Hen (Taito)
27. Furu Furu Park (Taito)
28. Swing Golf Pangya (Tecmo)
29. Sudoku (Hudson)
30. Wing Island (Hudson)
31. Kororinpa (Hudson)
32. Bomberman Land Wii (Hudson)
33. Tsuri Master (Hudson)
34. SD Gundam: Scud Hammers (Bandai Namco)
35. Ennichi no Tatsujin (Bandai Namco)
36. Tamagotchi no Pika Pika Daito-ryo-! (Bandai Namco)
37. Dragon Ball Z Sparking! NEO (Bandai Namco)
38. One Piece Unlimited Adventure (Bandai Namco)
39. Crayon Shin-Chan: Saikyou Kazoku Kasukabe King Wii (Banpresto)
40. Bokujou Monogatari Wii (Marvelous)
41. The Dog Island (Yuke’s)
42. Monster 4X4: World Circuit (Ubisoft)
43. Rayman Rabbids Party (Ubisoft)
44. Red Steel (Ubisoft)

Full list of DS games for show:
1. Kirby: Calling On! Dorocche Gang [Squeak Squad] (Nintendo)
2. Common Sense Training for Adults (Nintendo)
3. Pokemon Diamond/Pearl (Pokemon/Nintendo)
4. Talking DS Cookbook! (Nintendo)
5. Tetris DS (Nintendo)
6. English Training (Nintendo)
7. More Brain Training (Nintendo)
8. Everybody’s Play Encyclopedia (Nintendo)
9. Big Brain Academy (Nintendo)
10. DS Rakubiki Jiten plus Kanji (Nintendo)
11. Adult Brain Training (Nintendo)
12. Nintendogs [Dalmatian and Friends] (Nintendo)
13. 100 Poems by 100 Famous Poets (Nintendo)
14. DS Prose Training [Calligraphy Training] (tentative name, Nintendo)
15. Wish Room: Angel’s Memory [Hotel Dusk] (Nintendo)
16. Phantom Wario: the Seven [Wario Land Thief?] (Nintendo)
17. 1000 Healthy Recipes DS Collection (Nintendo)
18. Jump Ultimate Stars (Nintendo)
19. Chibi-Robo! DS (tentative, Nintendo)
20. Picross DS (Nintendo)
21. Rhythm Tengoku (GBA, Nintendo)
22. Sekaiki no Meikyuu (Atlus)
23. SimCity DS (EA)
24. Phoenix Wright 4 (Capcom)
25. Meteor Rockman: Dragon/Pegasus/Leo (Capcom)
26. Atelier Lees: Ondore Alchemist (Gusto)
27. Castlevania: Gallery of the Labyrinth (Konami)
28. Powerful Pro Baseball Pocket (Konami)
29. Boktai: Django & Sabata (Konami)
30. DS Kageyama Method Computerized Repetition: Math (Shogakukan)
31. It’s a Wonderful World (Square Enix)
32. Chocobo and the Magical Picture Book (Square Enix)
33. Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker (Square Enix)
34. Gotouchi Kentei DS (Spike)
35. Bleach DS 2nd: Kokui Hirameku Requiem (Sega)
36. Fashionable Witches Love and Berry ~DS Collection~ (Sega)
37. Romance of the Three Kingdoms DS (Sega)
38. Mysterious Dungeon: Fuurai no Siren DS (Sega)
39. Naruto: Ninja Biographies (Takara/Tomy)
40. Puzzle Series Vol. 9: Sudoku 2 (Hudson)
41. Word Puzzle: Moji Pittan DS (Bandai-Namco) ...

It's hard to shake the sense that F.E.A.R. is 'so last-year.' With Gears of War and Call of Duty 3 both just days away, and Rainbow Six Vegas debuting later this month, we're not sure there's reason to invest in Monolith's shooter -- at least, not until it lands in the bargain bin. Bottom line: a mostly stable port of the solid PC original, with some decent extras, like Instant Action, tacked on (the achievements are a bitch though).

Peep the word:

IGN (91/100) - "F.E.A.R. for me was a totally new experience and, as console games go, an excellent one ... While F.E.A.R. has been low on the hype meter for a while ... I think hardcore gamers will discover its greatness real quick" [Another Take].

Team Xbox (87/100) - "While F.E.A.R.'s core story is essentially run-of-the-mill in terms of video game plots, the game makes up for it by creating a world in which danger lurks around every corner. ... If you're looking for an intense shooter that will occasionally scare the living crap out of you, F.E.A.R. is exactly what the doctor ordered."

Game Informer (Second Opinion) (80/100) - "Maybe it's because I've played this game before, but F.E.A.R. doesn't get my blood pumping like it once did ... Or maybe it's just because I've played more intense shooters since the original came out ... Those who have played through F.E.A.R. on the PC don't have much reason to pick up the console version..."
Current overall average: 87/100 ...

Australians have known for a few months that a Wii console will set them back AU$399.95 ($309.72) when it comes out in the country on December 7, but other pricing details have so far been sketchy. Now, Nintendo has revealed exactly how much Aussie gamers will have to pay for a complete Wii fix.

Nintendo today confirmed Australian pricing for Wii accessories, Virtual Console games, and Wii points. While the AU$399.95 Wii console will come with one Remote and one Nunchuk controller, extra Remotes will set gamers back AU$69.95 ($54.18). Extra Nunchuks will cost AU$29.95 ($23.20), as will the Classic Controller. A Wii component video cable will go for AU$49.95 ($38.70).

As for Wii Points, the currency which will be used to purchase Virtual Console games for the Wii, Aussie gamers will have to pay AU$30 ($23.24) for 2,000 points (US gamers pay $20 for 2,000 Wii points). Virtual Console NES games will cost 500 Wii points, Super NES will go for 800, and N64 titles will be 1,000 points. Sega Mega Drive titles (known as Sega Genesis in the US) will cost 800 points. And while US gamers will have 30 Virtual Console titles to choose from in December, Australians will only have 26, consisting of 16 Nintendo games and 10 Sega titles.

Nintendo also revealed the pricing of its launch games. Twilight Princess will retail for $99.95 ($77.45), Wii Play will come bundled with a Wii Remote and retail for $79.95 ($61.95), and Wii Sports will be bundled as a pack-in with the Wii. In addition to its trio of first-party launch games, the company expects around 20 third-party titles to be available in Australia for the new console in December. The full list of confirmed games can be found below.

Nintendo
Wii Sports
Wii Play
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess

Ubisoft
Red Steel
Rayman: Raving Rabbids
Monster Truck 4x4: World Circuit
Open Season
GT Pro Series
Far Cry: Vengeance
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Double Agent

Activision
Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam
Call of Duty 3
Marvel Ultimate Alliance

THQ
Cars
Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz
Barnyard
SpongeBob Squarepants: Creature From the Krusty Krab

EA
Madden NFL 07
Need for Speed Carbon

Virtual Console NES games
Baseball
Donkey Kong
Donkey Kong Jr.
Ice Hockey
Mario Bros
Pinball
Soccer
Solomon's Key
Tennis
The Legend of Zelda
Urban Champion
Wario's Woods

Virtual Console SNES games
Donkey Kong Country
F-Zero
SimCity

Virtual Console N64 game
Super Mario 64

Virtual Console Sega Mega Drive games
Sonic the Hedgehog
Altered Beast
Golden Axe
Columns
Gunstar Heroes
Ecco the Dolphin
Space Harrier II
Toe Jam & Earl
Ristar
Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine ...

Guitar Hero II, the rhythm-based rocker for the PlayStation 2, is getting some rock-star power to help promote its Los Angeles launch. On hand to debut the game to retail will be Dave Navarro, former guitarist of Jane's Addiction and The Red Hot Chili Peppers and former cohost of the reality show Rock Star: Supernova.

Navarro will meet fans and sign autographs at the Best Buy in West Los Angeles when the clock strikes 12:00 a.m. on November 7. Gamers can get their Guitar Hero SG guitar controllers signed by the musician, whose former band, Jane's Addiction, has a song featured in the game.

Game publisher RedOctane today also announced the list of real-world music-gear manufacturers that will be featured in the game. Gamers will rock out with digital versions of equipment from BOSS Effectors, DW Drums, Eden Bass Amplification, EMG, Epiphone, Ernie Ball Strings, Gibson Guitar, Guitar Center, Hofner, Kramer, Krank, Line 6, Mesa Boogie, MusicMan Basses, Orange, Randall Amplifiers, Roland, VHT, and Zildjian. ...