To celebrate Kojote's first quarter century of life on 20th June 2005, here is another competition. PD Roms Coding Competition #3.33. The compo will start on the 20th June 2005 @ 00:00 GMT +2 and will end 25 days later on the 14th July 2005 @ 23:59 GMT +2.

Create a classic (8-bit graphics era, everything between 1 and 256 colors) looking game (remake or original ideas are accepted). It just has to graphically look like an 8-bit game (C64, MSX, NES, ...) which does not mean it technicaly has to be one. The game can be of ANY (!!!) genre. The design of the sound/music issues is up to you, but keep in mind it has to fit into your game.

There is one prize, which is a "GameKing" (probably the Backlight version) with few Games.

Allowed systems: Atari 2600, Atari 5200, Atari 7800, Atari Jaguar, Gameboy Classic, Gameboy Color, Intellivision, Neo Geo Pocket Classic, Neo Geo Pocket Color, Odyssey 2, Wonderswan Classic, Wonderswan Color, Game Gear, NES, Master System, Pokemon Mini, Watara Supervision, Gameboy Advance, Megadrive/Genesis, GP32, PC Engine, SNES, Dreamcast, Arcade Hardware (NeoGeo, NeoGeo CD, CPS1), Sega 32x, Playstation 1, SegaCD, Virtual Boy, Vectrex

SPREAD THE WORD TO YOUR FRIENDS :-] ... and happy coding!

Sidenote: Yes I know it is not the 20th yet, there are a few hours to go, but I have to start my night-shift work soon.

http://www.pdroms.de/pdrc3_33-rules.php ...

Julian Henn has submitted a playable classic style shoot-em-up:

This is my first game I've written for the GBA - a simple shoot-em-up game,
written in Catapult. The graphics are fairly basic but the game's quite playable, and features high score saving.

This has some nice touches like acceleration for the controls of the main ship and bouncing bullets that can hit enemies from behind
http://www.gbadev.org/ ...

StoneCypher has established a bounty on the first Nintendo DS TCP/IP implementation to be released to the community as open source.

1. The implementation may not contain code from the SDK or any illegal source. If such a source is suspected, you will be immediately disqualified and will not be eligible for any later bounties from StoneCypher.

2. The implementation must compile in a free compiler (preferably GCC.)

3. It is acceptable for the implementation to use existing libraries, provided that their licenses are non-contaminating (BSD license, MIT license, LGPL are fine; GPL and MPL are not.) To that end, it is recommended that the TCP/IP Stack List be briefly perused. Remember, commercial stacks cannot be used without written special dispensation from their vendors.

http://sc.tri-bit.com/dswfb ...

Zoo Digital will be publishing Snood 2: On Vacation for Nintendo DS in Europe this October. Read on for the first details and packshot.

Game Overview
Available on GBA and DS

Downloaded over four million times, one of the biggest Shareware games of all times is back with a vengeance. Playable on Game Boy Advance and DS, this hit game can now be played anywhere.

More that just a puzzle game, Snood is an engrossing experience. The object is to free the Snoods using the Snood-O-Matic cannon. Join similar Snoods to set them free and watch them drop to safety. But don't take too long because every Snood launched increases the danger level.

Features :
– Battle against friends with multiplayer action via link cables
– Four different single player modes to keep the gamer entertained for hours
– Five different difficulty modes always providing a challenge
– Fifty puzzles and fifty Time Attack levels providing diverse game play

http://nintendoinsider.com/site/EEEAEkpVEuJpyhnFmL.php ...

Widely hailed as what could be the killer app for the Nintendo DS, Animal Crossing DS looks to truly deliver the dream experience attempted by the GCN predecessor. With the addition of online play, the bar for games with long-lasting gameplay has been raised even more.

Game Features:
– In this sequel to the wildly popular Nintendo GameCube™ game, players and up to three friends can hang out in the same village and interact in real time - either through wireless LAN or over Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection. Now players can visit a friend's village from thousands of miles away.

– The touch screen makes item management and world navigation a breeze. Typing letters and designing patterns are now just stylus strokes away.

– Days and seasons pass in real time, so whether players want to decorate their homes, catch bugs or fish, collect brand-new items like hats and sunglasses or just chat with the wild and wacky characters in their villages, there's always something to do.

http://nintendoinsider.com/site/EEEAEVAZAVMseHYXbj.php ...

17th June 2005: Tutorial seven is up describing how to use the FIFO registers to pass data between the ARM7 and ARM9 processors. Next on the list is likely to be using interrupts or something graphics related. Probably using extended rotation backgrounds or something similar. Feel free to email me if you have anything in particular you'd like covered.
16th June 2005: The next tutorial will be up in a day or two covering the FIFO registers and how they can be used to communicate data between the ARM7 and ARM9.
http://www.double.co.nz/nintendo_ds/ ...

Here you go, great board game from Mr.Siggler and Phantom - now for Dream Inducer package.

<a href="http://www.prv.pl/klikometr/index.php?i=6508">Download</a> ...

Mic has released a new version of what is probably the best Nintendo DS emulator for Windows at this time, heres whats new in this release:

MMU: Added support for new IPC format (memory tab, IPC version, v2)
MMU: Fixed incorrect size for VRAM bank I
MMU: Fixed accesses to VRAM bank I while in LCDC mode
MMU: Mirrored RTC data to new IPC location (0x23FFxxx)
GPU: Added support for extended OBJ palettes
GPU: Added support for extended 1D character OBJ mapping
GPU: Added support for OBJ vertical flipping
GPU: Fixed a bug where screen offsets would be doubled
GUI: Added VRAM bank I to the palette viewer
GUI: Layers can now be enabled/disabled on a per-core basis

Download from our Dualis Page here --> http://nintendo-ds.dcemu.co.uk/dualis.shtml ...

Keith of Emufanatics has informed me on IRC that a new release of iDeaS the Nintendo DS emulator for windows has happenned, heres whats new from the author Lino

And it's finally time to release the new iDeaS version 1.0.0.5.
Here are the main changes:

Implemented IPC Synchronise Register
Implemented IPC Fifo Control Register
Implemented graphic modes 3 e 5
Implemented Memory Card Register
Added extended palette layers
Added extemded palette sprites
Fixed some errors in FIFO 3D
Fixed some errors in texture loading
Fixed some errors in Video Memory remap
Fixed some errors in new System Control Coprocessor
...and other small things

Download from above or our iDeaS page here --> http://nintendo-ds.dcemu.co.uk/ideas.shtml ...