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    by Published on July 4th, 2008 01:54

    T4ils has again updated his Portal game for the DS:

    StillAliveDS is a puzzle game inspired by Portal: The Flash Version which is a 2D renewal of Portal, developed by Valve Corporation.
    Portal consists primarily of a series of puzzles that must be solved by teleporting the character and other simple objects by using a Portal Gun. The unusual physics allowed by the portal gun are the emphasis of Portal.


    Hello everybody

    The wait is over once again, as the 1.15 version is now available in the download section

    Here is what's new :

    [Level Editor]
    + 5 new elements (see below).
    + Grid (press select to hide/show).
    + You can save your map when you want
    + You now have to upload your maps through the level editor. Only possible if the map was finished.
    + New clear button which deletes everything on screen.
    + The "Build" feature is automatically called when you save/upload a map.

    [Game]
    + red energy wall : you can shoot portals through them but can't pass.
    + razor wheels : These will kill you if you touch them.
    + moving platforms : Jump on them to move in the map. They kill you if you're stuck. You can put portals on them.
    + acid pool : Don't try to swim in it.
    + reflecting wall (which is also a slippery floor) : Shoot a portal on it and it will be reflected. Up to 5 bounces are possible.
    + If multiple red plasma switches are set, you have to deactivate all of them to clear the green energy field.

    [Menu]
    + language selection
    + customizable controls : just click on a control to change the associated action.

    [Other]
    - Backgrounds are now loaded from the flashcart
    - Updated EFS lib to V2.0 finale, maybe G6 and M3 will load the game now ...

    Please report me any bug since this version was hard as hell to finish, I had some weird punctual glitches like the upload system that just stopped working one time ...

    Enjoy

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    by Published on July 4th, 2008 01:41

    Dragonminded of DS Fame has released a new Media Player for the Nintendo Wii, heres the release details:

    DragonMedia Player will pick up files anywhere on your SD card, and plays sequentially once a file has started. Simply install into the HBC by copying the dmp folder in the zip file to /apps/ and run the program. Do not rename the folder as DragonMedia Player expects things to be in the correct order to function.

    Supported Formats
    Currently, this list is limited, as I have tried to set up the application framework before porting codecs. I am working on getting common formats such as flac and ogg integrated, and I am interested in supporting as many strange formats such as spc, sid, nsf, etc, so look forward to more support.

    it
    mod
    mp1
    mp2/mpa
    mp3
    s3m
    wav (8/16/24/32 mono/stereo)
    xm
    Supported File Sources
    Again, this list is very limited, nothing from DVD, USB, or Internet supported yet.

    Front SD
    Future Plans
    Things I would like to add when I get the time.

    Random play
    Playlists
    File source from Internet (and DVD/USB if documentation comes out)
    More interactive theme support
    Icons on file browser
    Video (?)

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    by Published on July 4th, 2008 01:37

    If true this is very controversial and i expect the Whole DS Scene to give a backlash back at the R4 team

    Heres brakken of Tehskeens newspost in full:

    In a surprising move the team behind the R4 Nintendo DS entertainment, development and backup unit are planning on bricking your Nintendo DS or Nintendo DS Lite - that is if you're using a cloned product. Knowingly or not the R4 Team plans on releasing a firmware that will wipe your Nintendo DS's on-board BIOS to smithereens.

    In a move to fight other factories from replicating their flashcart without permission the R4 Team will release a new firmware to combat the situation. Cloning happens a lot in the scene as factories either steal the design or the unit is reproduced using cheap parts. Most cloning is done by a few companies including Divineo and in that companies instance the clones are promoted on sites Divineo owns such as **********.com.



    quote

    Important point:

    1. After 15 September, Team R4 will do something for the fake card, original program(firmware) with Fake R4 may damage your DS machine (brick), original R4 will have no problem with this program.

    2. Make sure you have buy a original R4 (see photo below), if you brick your DS with fake R4, please go ask the selling shop and Team R4 will not admitted this liability.





    From their point of view they are probably thinking they are doing a good thing, but what will little Johnny think when he installs a new firmware and his Nintendo DS suddenly stops working? Not much other then the R4 Team's comments on the situation are known. No word on when the firmware will be released, but the R4 Team states they won't provide any type of warranty or solution to fixing your Nintendo DS and sites all the blame on the reseller of the cloned R4 unit.

    I believe this is a bad move on their part as it will give Nintendo another reason to dislike flash carts as having one out there that ruins your Nintendo DS will taint the entire market just as Darkfader's virus did. Hopefully people with flashme installed will be able to recover, but that is only speculation at this point in time. What do you think about this move? Please tell (or vote in the right column) ...

    Personally i see this as a very bad move by the R4 People, What are your verdicts on this ? ...
    by Published on July 4th, 2008 01:31

    Seems like some folks could use some help getting the J2ME games installed and a startup file written. I whipped up this script to make it easier. Use Termula2X or a console to install a new game.

    http://www.gp2x.de/cgi-bin/cfiles.cgi?0,0,0,0,8,2637 ...
    by Published on July 4th, 2008 01:30

    A FileManager / Launcher, which can copy, move, delete, rename, etc. files. Associations of filetypes with external programs is possible.

    http://www.gp2x.de/cgi-bin/cfiles.cgi?0,0,0,0,7,2625 ...
    by Published on July 4th, 2008 01:26

    Soulanger posted this cool news:



    Fuzzy's project had now hit a milestone, by releasing a demo. Super Smash brothers Rumble, The 21th Smash brother clone in my map
    Is another SSB clone. Very impressive and functional, but just a warning though, dont spruce your expectations too much again.

    site: http://ssbrumble.blogspot.com/
    video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvsU46knul8

    If I remember correctly he was using libnds but somehow it looks PAlib. Anybody know what language he is using?

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    by Published on July 4th, 2008 01:22

    News/release from Torch

    This is a simple plugin I made a long time ago for my personal use. I just found the source code while going through some old stuff on my computer, so I thought I'd clean up the code a bit and release the plugin.

    I realize that there are other plugins that feature similar functionality but I wrote my own because I wanted to be sure its coded optimally, as there are a few careless ways in which these functions can be improperly used (the point of this after all is to conserve battery life).

    It does the following when the Hold switch is enabled:
    * Switches off the LCD backlight.
    * Switches off the actual LCD screen.
    (This is important because the backlight and actual screen are two different things. You can have an image being displayed on the screen while the backlight is switched off, such that you can see the image if you use a flashlight. You can also have the screen switched off while the backlight still illuminates the powered off screen.)
    * Underclocks the CPU to 61MHz
    (Sony has changed the clock speed functions such that only certain combinations of speeds work correctly. Simply trying to underclock to arbitrary values will result in the CPU simply running at the stock speed. I have verified that Hold+ successfully underclocks to 61MHz.)
    * The original screen brightness and clock speed are restored when the Hold switch is released.
    * Prevents the PSP from going into suspend mode if you accidently push the power switch too far when turning off Hold mode.

    Installation:
    You can install it in the seplugins folder, and make an entry in VSH.txt. Thus it will be active in the XMB. Its also possible to use it in games by adding it to GAME.txt, but some games may crash etc., if the CPU is underclocked to such a low value.

    Optionally, its also possible to install it in your PSP's flash0 so that it will work without a memory card. For this you can use FreePlay's "NewBTCFNedit" and enable it for VSH mode in the all the PSPBT?NF.bin files. Add it after vshmain.prx.

    Credits:
    Thanks to adrahil for helping with preventing the suspend mode.

    Changelog v2.1
    ----------------------------------
    Fixed a bug where if the Hold switch was turned off and quickly turned on again, the PSP would not suspend after being left idle for a few minutes (the idle timeout didn't work).

    Note:
    I never made any previous hold plugins, those are not by me.

    If you want to change the clock speed to your own values, you can use a hex editor to change them. The offsets in the file for v2.1 are
    0x278, 0x284 - CPU,GPU (Both should be same)
    0x27C - Bus (Should be half the CPU speed or less)

    The values should be entered in hexadecimal. The default value for CPU/GPU is 3C (60 MHz in decimal) and the default value for bus is 1E (30 MHz in decimal).

    Note that simply using any arbitrary value will not work. You will have to test and see which values for CPU/GPU and Bus speed work.

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    by Published on July 4th, 2008 01:20

    What are you playing this weekend? On a Thursday? Sorry, but we got some independence to celebrate. That's what we'll be doing all day tomorrow instead of hunting for game cakes, posting crazy wild speculation and bringing you the freshest of Tifa hentai. We'll be shootin' guns, lighting M-80s and stuffing our fat faces with saturated fats and washing it all down with a frosty cold... well, you know. We might even find some time to do a few posts. In fact, I'm pretty sure of it.

    We might even play some games! Playing through Too Human has given me a loot gathering itch that only Diablo II and/or Phantasy Star Online can scratch. Say, that reminds me. This weekend is a free Day of Defeat: Source weekend, meaning you can game on Valve's dime should you have a Steam account. Have a good one, America!

    http://kotaku.com/5021992/what-are-y...oliday-weekend ...
    by Published on July 4th, 2008 01:19

    Out with the old, in with the NEW. The weekly Media Create sales chart is packed with new Japanese releases, with Derby Stallion DS snatching first place from Tales of Symphonia. It's a big week for the Wii and Nintendo DS overseas, as a ton of new titles for Nintendo's hardware platforms sell and sell big.

    This week's chart is potentially less good news for the PSP, as two of its big sellers — Super Robot Taisen A Portable and Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G — fall out of the top ten. Will this spell the end to PSP hardware dominance in Japan?

    01. Derby Stallion DS (DS) - 148,000 / NEW
    02. Tales of Symphonia: Knight of Ratatosk (Wii) - 137,000 / NEW
    03. Daigasso! Band Brothers DX (DS) - 120,000 / NEW
    04. Hisshou Pachinko * Pachi-Slot Kouryaku Series DS Vol. 12: CR Neon Genesis Evangelion - Shito, Futatabi (PS2) - 55,000 / NEW
    05. Higurashi no Nakukoru ni Kizuna: Dai-Ichi-Kan - Tatari (DS) - 42,000 / NEW
    06. Wii Fit (Wii) - 34,000 / 2,292,000
    07. Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (PS3) - 34,000 / 566,000
    08. Mario Kart Wii (Wii) - 31,000 / 1,508,000
    09. Mario Super Sluggers (Wii) - 31,000 / 89,000
    10. Mobile Suit Gundam: Operation: Troy (Xbox 360) - 28,000 / NEW

    11. Ken to Mahou to Gakuen Mono (PSP)
    12. Sengoku Basara X (PS2)
    13. Super Robot Taisen A Portable (PSP)
    14. Bleach: The 3rd Phantom (DS)
    15. The King of Fighters '98 Ultimate Match (PS2)
    16. DS Bimoji Training (DS)
    17. Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G (PSP)
    18. Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball Portable 3 (PSP)
    19. Battlefield: Bad Company (Xbox 360)
    20. Disgaea: Hour of Darkness (DS)
    21. Ookami to Koushinryou: Boku to Horo no Ichinen (DS)
    22. Bokura no Telebi Game Kentei (DS)
    23. Wii Sports (Wii)
    24. Aria the Origination: Aoi Wakusei no El Cielo (PS2)
    25. World Neverland Olerud Okoku Monogatari & Pluto Kyouwakoku Monogatari 2 in 1 Portable (PSP)
    26. The Tower DS (DS)
    27. Taiko Drum Master DS: Seven Island Adventure (DS)
    28. Pro Yakyuu Team o Tsukurou! (DS)
    29. Wii Play (Wii)
    30. DS Yamamura Misa Suspense: Maiko Kogiku - Kisha Katherine - Sougiya Isa Akashi - Koto ni Maru Hana Sanrin: Kyoto Satujin Jinken File (DS)

    http://kotaku.com/5022003/portable-h...r-sweeps-japan ...
    by Published on July 4th, 2008 01:18

    Another retailer has shown that Microsoft is planning to drop the price of the Xbox 360 20GB model — formerly known as the "Pro" — to $299, as a Best Buy employee has forwarded us (obligatorily blurry) cell phone pics of an upcoming weekly ad. The model currently retails for a suggested price of $349 in the United States.

    The ad, photographed off-screen from the Best Buy computer system, is said to run the week of July 13th. That matches up with previous price drop rumors from Kmart and an unnamed "major retailer."

    http://kotaku.com/5022121/best-buy-a...360-price-drop ...
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