ZodTTD has updated his rather excellent Playstation Emulator for the GP2X, heres the latest news from the coder:

From the readme:
UPDATED January 25th, 2006:
New in this version:
- HLE should now work. Remember some games simply won't work with HLE. But try it out, as it may improve performance.
- Compiler options have been tweaked a bit to speed things up slightly.
- Code is still being cleaned up even further.
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Yup, I think I fixed the bug that caused HLE to not work. It might also allow games previously not working with or without HLE to now work. The bug came from my testing of a ripped ISO that wasn't properly ripped. The ISO was Tactics Ogre, so if someone has the time to rip Tactics Ogre to a full BIN file and test it out on this version, please do! I'm hoping I didn't break other games with this release.

So HLE works now. I alsowould like to let people know that I am using the minimal library, and there is not one bit of assembly code in this project. I am speaking to some people who know ARM assembly to help improve performance. If others are out there that can help, once again, please message me!

Oh, I removed the PSX boot splash from loading, as it was tedious to watch. I also removed some debug text about CDROM labels and such.

So there you have it. I get around 8 FPS in 3D rendered scenes in FF Tactics, without overclocking. There's still a long ways to go. :/

Thanks for the support everyone!
ZodTTD

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Look at this for a screenshot:



Turkeyman posted this news in our Submit News forum:

I just wanted to let the home brew community know about a game i've been working on for the past little while. We call it Caelestis, and its coming together slowly but surely. Its not yet at a stage where i'm happy to release a binary or source openly, but i'll show some screenshots for the moment just to let people know the project exists.

For the record, I'm desperately searching for more talented artists to help make this game look and feel very professional. What you see is average coder art which i'd like to replace with real artists work at some point

I attach screenshots running on PSP and on PC.

Check out the other awesome screenshot and give feedback or even volunteer to help the project over in this thread --> http://www.dcemu.co.uk/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=17745 ...

Arguru has released a sweet port of Mario Bros to the 2.01/2.5/2.6 firmwares. Many homebrew users have been looking for a port like this for a long time now, and now the void is finally filled. We have first-hand tested the Mario Bros port, and it is simply outstanding! Great job arguru, we hope to see you around in the PSP development scene in the future, and we can't wait till the next version is released. (thanks to PSP3d for the newspost )

Features in this initial release include:
- Nice 24bit ripped sprites.
- Skinnable sprites bmp.
- 256 random generated levels.
- 4 different enemies.
- Flip/Kick enemy mario bros style.

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Naboo has an awesome remake of the classic game Bombjack for the PSP, heres the info

Hi!

BombJack is out in beta stage, only 4 levels available in this version, please try it and report problems, improvements and suggestions! You can edit levels with BombJack Level Editor (14 levels included, full pack).

I’m searching for betatesters with PSP firmware 2.01 or greater.

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Hooka has updated his port of Wolfenstein 3D for the GP2X, this release has the controls fixed up properly.

Download from the homepage here --> http://sourceforge.net/projects/gp2xwolf3d ...

GPF is a one man coding sensation at the moment, in between propping the DS scene up hes back again with another great release for us Dreamcast Fans, heres a screen:



This is a port of CloneKeen for the Sega Dreamcast. CloneKeen is an almost almost complete open-source clone of the old classic DOS game, Commander Keen: Invasion ëf the Vorticons by ID Software. CloneKeen requires the original game data files to work. You can play all three episodes of the game.

CloneKeen currently runs under win32, with SDL, and under Linux/X11, with SDL. and now the Dreamcast.

Downloads and feedback can be found at GPF`s Site here --> http://gpf.dcemu.co.uk ...

PSmonkey has posted some news about his awesome Iris project for the PSP, for those who dont know heres a screen:



Heres what he posted:

Hey guys, I though it would be a good time to give you all a status update. It has become increasingly apperent to me that the code base is getting messy and I still have yet to properly plug things into the correct location or made it easy to expland on parts (like say suport for multiple model file formats, ex md2/md3/md4/hl). So I have desided now is probably the best time to port & rewrite the project to CPP. This way it will be cleaner and easier to work on. I also plan to start making parts open source for others to include into their project.

So the plan is to now stop where I am at and rewrite everything into cpp. Once the rewrite is done, I think everything is acceptable enough to push the long over due BspViewer 0.3 out the door. After that I plan to polish up more game mechanics for the iris 0.2 release.

Oh also sometime tonight or today. I will post up a video of the current build to BspViewer/Iris engine so you can see it in action. It's quite nice with improved box collission, jumping, & sliding suport (now you can go up & down stairs or slopes in the enviroment).

So that is about it for now. I promiss I wont disapoint for the next wave of releases regarding both projects.

Help PSmonkey out, if your into wad making then you could be part of a team that brings out a 3D Game for the PSP that rivals Commercial PSP Games.

Check out the official site (hosted by DCEmu ) here --> http://nemo.dcemu.co.uk/

Lets Help PSmonkey release a killer game for our PSP Homebrew Scene.

Remember Teamwork and feedback mean so much ...

There’s little doubt that Nintendo DS as revived a couple of gaming genres, including puzzle games. Polarium, Meteos and even the Brain Training series are all part of the puzzle genre. Coincidentally, all of these games are also hot sellers on the DS. Not to be out done Sony decided to dust off a couple of PSP classics for re-release this March. You’ll be able to get a copy of XI Coliseum (Devil Dice in the USA) a remake of the brain bending dice rotating puzzle game, Bomberman: Bakafuu Sentai Bomberman with wireless action and I.Q. Mania a remix of Intelligent Qube with even more puzzles than the original. All of these games all you to play with ad-hoc (i.e. people next to each other PSPs in hand) wireless, but you don’t need to have the same game to play over Wifi. So if you have a copy of Bomberman and someone else has I.Q. Mania both of you can play Bomberman. Each game also comes packaged with a couple of mini games like Mahjong and Bowling. Could these games attract the same “non gamer” audience that the DS is going for?

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KaosOverride has ported XRick to the GP2X, this is a test release but hey get trying it

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