We now know seven of the titles for the Wii Virtual Console, and they’re all recognizable and beloved blasts from the past. The information comes by way of “The Office of Film and Literature Classification”, which is an Australian governmental department and not the product of the Patriot Act.

The titles from Nintendo Entertainment system are as follows: Super Mario Bros., Donkey Kong, Donkey Kong Jr., and Pinball. And from the next-gen of its time SNES system, we’ve got F-Zero, Simcity, and Super Mario World. All of the titles are rated G.

Have no fear, this list is far from complete. There are many more Virtual Console titles expected, with Nintendo having already promised at least 20 VC titles by years’ end. And after that, gamers should expect 10 a month for a long, long while. NES games are expected to run $5 a pop, SNES for $8, while N64 will cost a somewhat steep $10 each

- Some improvements in the auto-frameskip. Some more fps.
- Default video sync option is now named "Video Sync Normal". New option "Video Sync Off" to make games run as fast as possible without any synchronization delay. Some more fps. This is mainly useful to play CPS-1 games (Street Fighter 2 runs very well now). Older games will run too fast.
- Some old optimizations in the CPS-1 renderer done by Chui (they were deactivated due to some incompatibilities, only useful in the default view: not scaled and not rotated video mode).
- GP2X Clock selector is now selectable from 66 to 300 MHz. Lower frequencies can be used to play oldest games saving batteries. Thx, Reiboul, for the suggestion.
- The menu now runs at 66 MHz, to save batteries.
- In pause mode, the clock frequency is lowered to 66 MHz, to save batteries.
- A new option to do not switch to TATE mode controls automatically when in TATE mode. See the readme.txt for the information to activate this function. Thx, colt chillin', for the suggestion.

11 Cities, 50 missions, a full voice track, new 3D models, real time lighting effects, It's taken almost 11 months but finally the full game and demo are here, an exclusive & updated version Payback has arrived on the GP2X.

'An excellent blend of originality, humour and out-and-out destruction ... Apex Designs have done a wonderful job... Payback is much more than just Grand Theft Auto...' - Amiga Active

The Amiga, Nintendo and Apple Mac smash hit Payback has crashed onto the GP2X with some serious flames.

Updated for the GP2X with all new graphics, sound, special effects and music creating an awesome next gen handheld game which will quite literally blow you away - with a shotgun, a rocket launcher or even a tank.

It's time for Payback.

Watch the Movie above. Warning: Video contains cartoon violence & rap music.

A stunning 3D crime action adventure game, steal cars, take on the Mafia, escape prisons or just go on a bloody rampage... Want to see what the GP2X can really do?

In Depth:
Payback is entirely non-linear - to complete a level you simply have to obtain a certain number of points - how you get those points is entirely up to you; you can do what the local kingpin tells you, uncover secret missions or just go on a mad killing spree. There are lots of hidden surprises to discover, so you'll have to play the game through several times to find all the extras.

Take on the police, stage a prison break, take on the Mafia, steal cars, trucks, buses, taxis, tanks and even helicopters!

Use a flame thrower to set fire to your enemies, run over the local police chief, rob the city's biggest bank - you choose what you do to succeed - or how you die trying.

The GP2X version features a full voice & radio tracks, awesome 3D visuals, full TV out support, jukebox mode (make your own soundtrack), over 50 missions and 11 cities to cause mayhem in.

Boxed version comes on a huge 512MB SD card.

Requires at least 2.0 firmware.






+ New for the GP2X: Full high dynamic range lighting - a first on a handheld machine. The lighting in scene is calculated based on the real laws of physics - so a red wall illuminated by bright sunlight will tint the environment around it red, sunlight dazzles the player, street lamps leave trails, vision takes a moment to adapt when you enter a dark alleyway.

+ New for the GP2X: New & Redesigned vehicle models with 50x as many polygons than previous versions

+ New for the GP2X: Streaming dialogue for every mission.

+ New for the GP2X: Totally redesigned front end and HUD.

+ Varied soundtrack - 20+ songs, including 7 new tracks added for the GP2X version. Also new to the GP2X version is a converter which allows you to add tracks from your own library to the game.

+ Fully 3d environment, with spectacular particle effects and totally destructive vehicles. Based on the highly optimised GBA core, the 3d engine has been radically reworked and optimised for the GP2X, making this version of the game by far the most advanced yet made.

Thanks for all the feedback on compatibility with various homebrew methods over the last few days and apologies if your choosen method isn’t working at the moment.

Since the only hardware I own is a SuperCard CF it was always going to be difficult to get all devices working straight away. With help from The Caffeen Kid, I was able to test v0.1a on a SuperCard SD before releasing it.

The main problem with other hardware is due to the FAT file system driver. I am using an unmodified version of Chism’s nds_fat_lib which has issues with some types of card, including the M3.

There is an unofficial version of the nds_fat_lib that has been modified to increase
compatibility, which has been included in the Rein project. I plan to merge this version into SpeccyDS for the next release.

Chism is also working on a new driver named fatlib which is currently in alpha stage. The driver is a huge improvement over the old nds_fat_lib but it does have a few key features missing, such as listing the files in a directory, which SpeccyDS requires.

If fatlib is released before the next version of SpeccyDS then I will start to use that instead.

Other than that, thanks for all the kind words!

I have updated the GP2X User Guide to version 2.1.0, amongst the changes are a redesigned layout of the guide which looks a bit nicer (I hope) and a new firmware update guide which now has two seperate sections for updating to v2.0.0 and to v2.1.0 as they are slightly different. The guide has also been updated with the new features found in firmware v2.1.0 and two new sections have been added, one for GP2X Menu Skins and the second for the Breakout Board. Finally I have updated the development introduction section with a new setup I created. More information on this is in the other news posted just above.