Hi All,

Exult is a famous game engine to play all Ultima 7 RPG series from the early 1990's !
For more details please see http://exult.sourceforge.net/.

Here is a port of this smashing game engine to pandora !

Sources are included, and this package is under the GNU public licence, read COPYING.txt file for more information about it.

You will need to copy manually orignal Ultimate VII files (see the README.pandora for details)

Everything is on my blog :
here


Enjoy,

Zx. ...

If you go to Bannco's website, all hardware related products and software has been removed from the site. The only thing left is search feature and the forum. However, inside the forum, it directs you to a french website to download software files for FRAGnStein and Scorch 360.

You can read our review on Bannco's Scorch for Xbox 360 here.

Source: Finnegan ...

I think folks will like this update - featured changes include auto load/save for all save ram types, with both flash and SD games saving to the SD card, if present. If you don't have an SD card, or are using a flash-only cart, the saves go to the GBA cart SRAM. Please read the readme for details. For the most part, it's totally automatic, or very simple to deal with. The other obvious change is the addition of a splash screen, and backdrops for the browser and loader. Many thanks to sanni for his help with the images.

A minor change compared to previous versions - if a rom isn't recognized, the save type now defaults to external cart. This was done to keep games that don't use save ram from using space in the GBA cart SRAM on flash-only carts.

Neo Myth Menu Google code page
NeoFlash forum thread

EDIT: Made a quick update to v1.6.

Fixed a quirk with the game flash menu interpretation so that "odd" banks are dealt with properly. This should take care of those roms that seem to not run from the cart. You could recognize them by the bank number - if you're looking at the bank number and see them go like bank 0, bank 1, bank 2, bank 192, that oddball 192 is not really a bank number, it's the Mbit offset to the rom. There was a similar issue with the rom size that I took care of quite a while back.

You can now also provide your own backdrop images for the splash, browser, and loader (any or all). Just make a "/.menu/n64/images/ directory and put the custom images there. They should be non-progressive jpeg images of 320 pixels wide by 240 lines tall named as follows: "splash.jpg", "browser.jpg", and "loading.jpg". If the files exist on the SD card, the menu will use them in place of the ones in the menu resources.

You can also now delete slots in the slot selector (when running a game with save ram from a flash-only cart). Just press Z to delete the currently high-lighted slot. ...

via IGN


It was reported earlier this week that Microsoft’s Xbox 360 motion camera Kinect will be able to recognise sign language – it seems, though, that the version making it to retail cannot.

In a statement released to Kotaku a Microsoft rep claims:
The site goes on to quote “sources close to the evolution of Kinect's development” as saying that early versions of the Kinect hardware included a higher-res camera (over twice the resolution) than the 320x240 version found in the retail iteration of the device.

This enabled them to recognise individual fingers. However, the downscale in camera – which Kotaku claims was a cost-cutting measure – means that finger recognition is no longer possible.

MCV has contacted Microsoft about the accuracy of Kotaku’s claims. ...

via Computer and Video Games



Image from CVG

Activision's partnered with Nintendo for a Limited Edition Controller Bundle for GoldenEye on Wii.

The bundle will include an exclusive gold Classic Controller Pro, apparently inspired by Francisco Scaramanga's infamous golden gun.

The controller does have a more practical application too (apart from looking glamorous) as it allows players to use a more traditional control scheme as opposed to the Wii Remote and Nunchuk control scheme.

GoldenEye 007 executive producer Julian Widdows recently said his team has something to prove with the remake and is pushing the Wii "incredibly hard".

GoldenEye 007 is one of two upcoming Bond games, the game is going head to head with the Bizzare Creations title, James Bond: Blood Stone. ...

Hi all,

ACM Simulation Engine is a LAN-oriented multiplayer aerial combat simulation developped
a long time ago by Riley Rainey for Unix/SunOS.

Here is a port on Pandora of my "custom version of ACM" i've ported and modified
for linux ten years ago.

Changelog :
- Add position of other players/drones
- Add message logs (missile, drone, aircraft crash ...)
- Redo all design to fit Pandora Screen
- Add pandora keys (see README-pandora.txt for keys binding)
- PND Package

This version have been tested with another client running on a linux host on
the same local area network. I've tested with both wired and wireless pandora
network connection.

My linux version is also provided if you want to enjoy the multiplayer mode
using a PC with a linux distro.

ACM on my blog

This package is distributed under the GNU license. Have a look to the COPYING file for details.

Enjoy,

Zx. ...

via Computer and Video Games


Despite being manufactured in China, the current generation of home consoles are illegal in the giant country - and have been since 2000. However, Microsoft is currently lobbying to sell the 360 in China.

Microsoft China exec, Zhang Yaqin, told Shanghai Daily that the company is continuing efforts to acquire approval but ultimately "it all depends on the government".

The decision to allow the legal sale of Microsoft's games console will involve acquiring approval from "several government bureaus".

Although it is still unclear why consoles are banned, a Niko Partners researcher recently said that the government felt that this action would prevent the youth from wasting their mind.

"The government thought that was the best way to protect Chinese youth from wasting their minds on video games, after a parental outcry".

Not only is the Xbox 360 banned in China, but Chinese law has also blocked the sale of Microsoft's Kinect. ...

via MCV


The Ace Combat series will be ‘reborn’ on Xbox 360 and PS3 next year, Namco Bandai has told MCV.

Ace Combat Assault Horizon marks the first time the franchise has appeared on PlayStation 3.

Developed once again by Project Aces, the team has set about creating a more destructive air combat game – which the studio says is not a sequel to 2007’s Ace Combat 6, but an entirely new chapter for the franchise.
...

via IGN


According to internal Nintendo sales figures, total Wii sales in the United States have now reached 30 million units since the console's launch in November 2006.

Nintendo says this milestone was reached in only 45 months, which was 15 months faster than the next best-selling console, and further establishes Wii as "the fastest-selling console in the history of the industry."

Nintendo revealed last month that worldwide Wii sales topped 73 million units.

Nintendo also provided the top 10 best-selling Nintendo published and third-party published titles through June 2010 in the United States, provided by research firm NPD.

Top 10 best-selling Nintendo-published Wii games:

1. Wii Play
2. Mario Kart Wii
3. Wii Fit (with Wii Balance Board accessory)
4. New Super Mario Bros. Wii
5. Wii Sports Resort
6. Super Smash Bros. Brawl
7. Super Mario Galaxy
8. Wii Fit Plus (with Wii Balance Board accessory)
9. Mario Party 8
10. Link's Crossbow Training

Top 10 best-selling Wii games from third-party publishers:

1. Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock
2. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games
3. LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga
4. Carnival Games
5. Game Party
6. EA Sports Active
7. Just Dance
8. Rayman Raving Rabbids
9. Deca Sports
10. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games

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