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by Published on January 26th, 2006 18:06
Japanese videogames giant Nintendo has announced its financial results for the third quarter of the fiscal year, revealing that profits surged to almost double their previous level thanks to strong sales and favourable currency movements.
The quarter ended December 31st saw profits rising to 55.6 billion Yen (392 million Euro) from 21.3 billion Yen (150 million Euro) in the same period last year, although operating profit remained largely flat at 63.2 billion Yen (446 million Euro).
Like most other videogames firms, the third quarter is the most important one of the year for Nintendo, encompassing as it does the vital Christmas season during which the company recorded incredibly strong sales for its DS console around the world.
The fourth quarter may also be a strong one for the Kyoto-based firm, with the Nintendo DS sold out throughout the retail channel in Japan - indicating that strong reorders are likely - and a new version, the DS Lite, set to launch at the beginning of March.
However, Nintendo has maintained its profits forecast for the full year, and continues to anticipate net profit of 75 billion Yen (529 million Euro), a decline from last year's profit figure of 87.4 billion Yen (616 million Euro).
That expectation may be tempered by concerns over the volatile currency market, which has in the recent past driven Nintendo into the red in its quarterly figures as the massive reserves of assets which the company holds overseas were devalued by the weakened dollar. ...by Published on January 26th, 2006 18:02
News from Lik Sang
The rumors have ended... 10 days later than what Japanese retailers and Lik Sang were speculating on. Nintendo of Japan has now made the official announcement everybody was waiting for: the Nintendo DS new look is named DS Lite and is coming out in Japan and on Lik-Sang.com this March 2nd of 2006, in five weeks from now. We are writing down reservations from this minute on for US$ 169. We recommend getting yourself in the preorder queue quickly if you want to be one of the first lucky few to hold it in your hands, "there is never enough of the good stuff on a launch day" as veteran gamers have learnt to know well already.
As the "Lite" extension suggests, the Nintendo DS dimensions and weight have been reduced by 42% and 21% respectively. The NDS Lite will be 148.7mm wide, 84.7mm high and 28.9mm deep and 215 grams only. The screens apparently will not be affected even though Nintendo did not go into that clearly in their statement. Oh, and guess what, it will be portable and fits in your pocket. Apart from that, there is no other major change except for a cool brightness adjustment feature that has been added, with four modes to select from. Start and Select are moved to the right, the power button is not visible on the face of the machine and may have been moved to the side, while the microphone has moved to the hinge between the two screens. Nintendo of Japan has only released two images of the fashionably-white Nintendo DS Lite at press time, we'll post more as it reaches our desk. ...by Published on January 26th, 2006 17:57
News from Lik Sang
The rumors have ended... 10 days later than what Japanese retailers and Lik Sang were speculating on. Nintendo of Japan has now made the official announcement everybody was waiting for: the Nintendo DS new look is named DS Lite and is coming out in Japan and on Lik-Sang.com this March 2nd of 2006, in five weeks from now. We are writing down reservations from this minute on for US$ 169. We recommend getting yourself in the preorder queue quickly if you want to be one of the first lucky few to hold it in your hands, "there is never enough of the good stuff on a launch day" as veteran gamers have learnt to know well already.
As the "Lite" extension suggests, the Nintendo DS dimensions and weight have been reduced by 42% and 21% respectively. The NDS Lite will be 148.7mm wide, 84.7mm high and 28.9mm deep and 215 grams only. The screens apparently will not be affected even though Nintendo did not go into that clearly in their statement. Oh, and guess what, it will be portable and fits in your pocket. Apart from that, there is no other major change except for a cool brightness adjustment feature that has been added, with four modes to select from. Start and Select are moved to the right, the power button is not visible on the face of the machine and may have been moved to the side, while the microphone has moved to the hinge between the two screens. Nintendo of Japan has only released two images of the fashionably-white Nintendo DS Lite at press time, we'll post more as it reaches our desk. ...by Published on January 26th, 2006 17:04
Dave Gnukem PSP
About Dave GNUkem
Dave Gnukem is a 2D scrolling platform shoot-em-up. It is very similar to (and inspired by) Duke Nukem 1.
Credits
David Joffe - Coding, sprites, levels.
Felix Richter - Documentation contributions.
Steve Merrifield - Level contribution.
Denis Televnyy - PSP Port.
PSP version features:
1) improved sound fx handling
2) music soundtrack support. I dropped an ogg file from NOIZ2SA as an example; any ogg/s3m/xm/mod file
can be used, just name it stage.[ogg/xm/s3m/mod] and drop it in the sounds directory.
3) snaphot mode
4) c/c++ source code with makefile profided for those who want to study/improve the game.
5) the game is very much modable: you can create new levels with the windows version editor and edit the
game's graphics.
INSTALLATION
--------
1.5 users: copy contents of 1.5 folder to ms:/PSP/GAME
1.0 use EBOOT.PBP from 1.0 folder with data files from 1.5 folder
2.0 Please let me know if either version works with the latest eboot loader for 2.0 firmware
CONTROLS
----------------
[LEFT/RIGHT] MOVE LEFT/RIGHT
[R_TRIGGER/TRIANGLE] JUMP
[UP/SQARE] ACTION KEY
[X] SHOOT/MENU SELECT
[START] PAUSE/MENU SELECT/EXIT
[L_TRIGGER] SNAPSHOT
Enjoy,
DENIS
Screenshots and Downloads via comments. ...by Published on January 26th, 2006 14:22
Another new Commercial Release for PSP fans:
Heres the info:
The best Tennis game across all systems, screenshots and more here --> http://www.yesasia.com/?/info.php?pro...9&lsaid=219793 ...by Published on January 26th, 2006 14:15
New Commercial release for the PSP, heres the info:
A new PSP version of the anime adventure game series originally released in Japan for PS one, produced by Sony Computer Entertainment and Production I.G. The game is a two-part graphic adventure based on Production I.G's animated film, with detailed images and over two hours of footage of the vampire girl's PlayStation adventure. The PSP title includes both the first and second volumes of the PS2 game along with a strategy flow chart, a CG gallery and specially edited movies.
More information and to buy go here --> http://www.yesasia.com/?/info.php?pro...6&lsaid=219793 ...by Published on January 26th, 2006 14:08
Nintendo have today announced a slimlined version of the Nintendo DS called DS Lite, The DS Lite will be less than two-thirds the size of the original Nintendo DS and more than 20 percent lighter. Screenshots and more information at Nintendo DS News. ...by Published on January 26th, 2006 12:05
Hey wandering if anyone could help me out.
I bought a viper chip a while back, installed it into the GC according to several pics i saw, soldering done was good, flashed the chip, and also taped one of the wires down (as someone told me this causes the chip not to work properly when it comes into contact with the heat plate).
Now, when the GC starts up a blank screen comes up with a few flashing lines...GC doesnt seem to start up with the chip installed for some reason...any ideas? Help will be greatly appreciated. ...by Published on January 26th, 2006 11:55
Nintendo have today announced the New DS Lite Console, heres some details thanks to Joystiq
Nintendo President Satoru Iwata today announced Nintendo DS Lite, a slimmer version of the best-selling Nintendo DS™. Also featuring brighter screens, Nintendo DS Lite will launch in Japan in March. Nintendo DS Lite will be less than two-thirds the size of the original Nintendo DS and more than 20 percent lighter.
Nintendo DS has enjoyed extremely strong sales in Japan and around the world, selling more than 14.4 million units worldwide. The Japanese sell-through of the existing Nintendo DS hardware exceeded 5 million within 13 months, which made Nintendo DS the fastest-selling video game system there.
Nintendo will announce more information about the availability of Nintendo DS Lite in North America and other territories in the future.
More details:
Japanese release date: March 2, 2006
Weight: 218g (compare to 275g for the current Nintendo DS)
Dimensions: 133mm x 73.9mm x 21.5mm
Screenshots via the comments: ...by Published on January 26th, 2006 07:02
(Awesome News Submission by Turulo)
<img src="http://nixgeneration.com/~jaime/psp/openttd/screenshots/openttd-1.png">
Hi,
I have started a port of OpenTTD game based on the original Transport Tycoon Deluxe. Now the port is playable but save/load doesnt work by the moment.
UPDATED: Looks like release isnt working in 2.00, any help with this is very much appreciated as i dont have access to a 2.00 psp for testing ;(
More info about the game and full feature list:
http://www.openttd.org/about.php
I include the readme that contains all the information about port status, etc ..
Also, some screenshots and the game
Sources and binary can be downloaded via the comments:OpenTTD is a clone of the Microprose game "Transport Tycoon Deluxe", a popular game originally written by Chris Sawyer. It attempts to mimic the original game as closely as possible while extending it with new features.
OpenTTD is originaly developed by the openttd team http://www.openttd.org and has been ported to the PSP by Jaime Penalba. This code is licensed under the GNU General Public License version 2.0. For more information, see the file 'COPYING' included with every release and source download of the game.
INSTALLATION
============
NOTE: when i wrote this and pacakged the release i was very stoned, and made
some mistakes with version (lol) 1.52 means 1.50 sorry for this.
To run OpenTTD it is *required* that you install certain files needed from the
original retail Transport Tycoon Deluxe, whether for DOS or Windows.
1.- Copy the "ottd/" directory into your psp at "/PSP/GAME/" (game data)
2.- Depending on your psp version (game executable)
* 1.0 & 2.0 (2.0 not tested), Copy the "1.00/ottd/" dir to "/PSP/GAME/"
* 1.52, Copy the "1.52/ottd/" & "1.52/ottd%/" dirs to "/PSP/GAME/"
3.- Now you must install some data files from the retail Transport Tycoon Deluxe
you will find the game easily on some abandonware sites or p2p networks. To
install them you must copy the following files to "/PSP/GAME/ottd/data/"
* Required files: TRG1R.GRF, TRGCR.GRF, TRGHR.GRF, TRGIR.GRF, TRGTR.GRF, SA
MPLE.CAT
CONTROLS
========
- Digital pad: 1px movement
- Analog stick: 2px movement
- Cross: mouse left click
- Circle: mouse right click, hold it and press pad to move arround the map.
- Square: hold it and press pad or analog, to move a window.
- Triangle: Closes the window under mouse cursor (BE CAREFULL, you will see)
- L trigger: Zoom out
- R trigger: Zoom in
- L trigger + R trigger: Delete all non vital windows
STATUS
======
This port is still in early development, if you want to contribute, contact me.
By the moment it cannot save or load games, but game is playable, i have managed to play for more than 1 hour without problems. Just create a new game with random generated terrain to play
Here is the list of things pending to be fixed.
- Pending major fixes
* Fix saveload functions
* Enable network mode
- Pending minor fixes needed
* Support midi tracks
* Resize some windows
* Fix dropdown menus positioning
* Screenshots support
* Fix map button/dialog
WELL KNOWN CRASHES
==============
If you want to be the best playing this buggy release is not enough to be a good
tycoon player, you may know the bugs if you want to keep playing :P
The two major well known crashes are:
- If you press triangle and there isnt a window under the mouse cursor it will
delete main window, so game ended...
- The other one is when you press the map button, the game segfaults, so dont
press it.
Now you can be a real tycooner.
SOURCE & UPDATES
================
Source code and updates can be found at:
http://nixgeneration.com/~jaime/psp/openttd/
BUGS & CONTACT
==============
Any kind of patch, sugestion or contribution is wellcome, contact me.
And some screenshots ...- Search DCEmu
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