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by Published on December 6th, 2007 12:30
via Kotaku
Even though SEGA isn't producing the Dreamcast anymore, the console lives on. Heck, tiny Japanese hobby developers still make shooters for it. The DC's legacy continues in our hearts, minds and Czech children's books. Over at UK:RESISTANCE, a reader writes:
"Hello from Czech republic. I like to read UKR so I decided to send you pics from book I found in niece's hands. It shows many common life things include electronics in form of drawn pictures. The author of book had to be very distinguished as Dreamcast was choosed as example of true video game system (and not the Sony crap) which should be recognized by kids"
The Mac clearly dates the book, but still. There's a generation of Czech kids who equate the Dreamcast with a video game console. Think about that! ...by Published on December 6th, 2007 06:45
News from Play Asia
Welcome to this week's Games & Toys update, our weekly summary featuring all new product arrivals from the last seven days.
It's been another incredible week for gamers across the globe in this year's Christmas rush. The most popular releases have one again been published for Xbox360™, including Sega's Virtua Fighter 5 Live Arena (Japanese / Asia / Korean), Lost Odyssey (Asia / Japanese) and Kingdom Under Fire: Circle of Doom (Korean Regular / Limited Edition).
For PlayStation3™ we've got the Asia version of Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed and the US release version of Time Crisis 4 with Guncon 3, while No More Heroes and Wii Fit have been the most demanded Wii™ releases.
On the handheld side, Tales of Innocence, Arkanoid DS (also available with Paddle Controller) and Geometry Wars: Galaxies for Nintendo DS™ as well as the Japanese editions of Silent Hill Zero and Minna no Golf Portable 2 (Japanese / Asia) have been selling well.
As usually, here's a summary of all new releases from this week, followed by a quick preview of what is expected to be hot in the coming week.
Xbox360™:
Assassin's Creed Limited Edition US US$ 79.90
Bee Movie Game ASIA US$ 44.90
Conan JPN US$ 64.90
Final Fantasy XI: Vana'diel Collection 2008 US US$ 49.90
Final Fantasy XI: Wings of the Goddess US US$ 34.90
Kingdom Under Fire: Circle of Doom KOR US$ 59.90
Kingdom Under Fire: Circle of Doom [Limited Edition] KOR US$ 99.90
Lost Odyssey JPN US$ 64.90
Lost Odyssey ASIA US$ 49.90
Momotaro Densetsu 16 Gold JPN US$ 59.90
Virtua Fighter 5 Live Arena JPN US$ 69.90
Virtua Fighter 5 Live Arena ASIA US$ 49.90
Virtua Fighter 5 Live Arena Stick JPN US$ 79.90
Virtua Fighter 5 Live Arena [Limited Edition] KOR US$ 89.90
Viva Pinata: Party Animals / Atsumare! Viva Pinata - Let's Party JPN US$ 49.90
PlayStation3™:
Assassin's Creed ASIA US$ 59.90
Assassin's Creed Limited Edition US US$ 79.90
Conan JPN US$ 64.90
Kane & Lynch: Dead Men ASIA US$ 59.90
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End JPN US$ 59.90
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End [Premium Box] JPN US$ 129.90
Time Crisis 4 with Guncon 3 US US$ 109.90
Uncharted: Drake's Fortune / Uncharted: El Dorado no Hihou JPN US$ 59.90
Vantage USB Headset JPN US$ 38.90
Nintendo Wii™:
Alvin & the Chipmunks US US$ 49.90
Code Lyoko: Quest for Infinity US US$ 44.90
Cranium Kabookii US US$ 49.90
Cruis'n US US$ 34.90
Disney Princess: Enchanted Journey JPN US$ 59.90
Doraemon Wii: Himitsu Douguou Ketteisen! JPN US$ 59.90
Game Party US US$ 24.90
Haneru no Tobira Wii: Kirigirissu JPN US$ 39.90
History Channel: Battle for the Pacific US US$ 44.90
Minna de Asobou de! Namco Carnival JPN US$ 49.90
Monster Jam US US$ 49.90
No More Heroes JPN US$ 64.90
Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords US US$ 34.90
Rabbids Party Returns / Rayman Raving Rabbids 2 JPN US$ 59.90
Tamagotchi no Furifuri Kagekidan JPN US$ 49.90
Wii Fit (w/ Wii Board) JPN US$ 189.90
PlayStation2™:
Alvin & the Chipmunks US US$ 44.90
Disney Princess: Enchanted Journey JPN US$ 59.90
Final Fantasy XI: Vana'diel Collection 2008 US US$ 49.90
Final Fantasy XI: Wings of the Goddess US US$ 34.90
Finalist (Princess Soft Collection) JPN US$ 34.90
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories JPN US$ 39.90
Iinazuke (Princess Soft Collection) JPN US$ 34.90
Mahjong Haoh: Battle Royal (Mycom Best) JPN US$ 19.90
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End JPN US$ 59.90
Popcap Greatest Hits Volume 1 US US$ 24.90
Ryu ga Gotoku (PlayStation2 the Best Reprint) JPN US$ 19.90
Ryu ga Gotoku 2 (PlayStation2 the Best) JPN US$ 19.90
SD Gundam G Generation Spirits KOR US$ 64.90
Shoukan Shoujo: Elemental Girl Calling JPN US$ 64.90
Shoukan Shoujo: Elemental Girl Calling [DX Pack] JPN N/A
WWE Smackdown Vs. RAW 2008 KOR US$ 59.90
Yu-Gi-Oh Dual Monsters GX: Tag Force Evolution JPN US$ 64.90
Nintendo DS™:
Alvin & the Chipmunks US US$ 34.90
Arkanoid DS JPN US$ 39.90
Arkanoid DS (w/ Paddle Controller) JPN US$ 49.90
Boku to Sim no Machi: Resort ni Genki o Torimodosou! JPN US$ 48.90
Boogie US US$ 34.90
Doko Demo Raku Raku! DS Kakeibo (Special Price) JPN US$ 29.90
Geometry Wars: Galaxies US US$ 34.90
Gintama: Gin-Oh Quest JPN US$ 48.90
Haneru no Tobira DS: Tanshuku Tetsudou no Yoru JPN US$ 29.90
Juushinden: Ultimate Beast Battlers JPN US$ 58.90
K-1 World GP JPN US$ 48.90
Kokoro wo Yasumeru Otona no Nurie DS 2 JPN US$ 39.90
Maru Kaite DonDon Oboeru: Kyoui no Tsugawa Shiki Kanji Kioku Jutsu - Kiso Gakushuu Hen JPN US$ 39.90
Master of Illusion US US$ 39.90
Nep League DS JPN US$ 39.90
Paddle Controller DS (Black) JPN US$ 19.90
Paddle Controller DS (Pink) JPN US$ 19.90
Paddle Controller DS (Silver) JPN US$ 19.90
Paddle Controller DS (White) JPN US$ 19.90
Pororon! Dokomodake DS JPN US$ 48.90
Power Pro Kun Pocket 10 JPN US$ 48.90
Silicon Cover Portable (Black) JPN US$ 9.90
Silicon Cover Portable (White) JPN US$ 9.90
Tales of Innocence JPN US$ 58.90
Tales of Innocence DS Lite Accessory Set JPN US$ 14.90
Tomodachi Tsukurou! Mahou no Koukan Nikki JPN US$ 39.90
Touch Pen Leash DS Lite (Brown) JPN US$ 4.99
Touch Pen Leash DS Lite (Melon) JPN US$ 4.99
Touch Pen Leash DS Lite (Mint) JPN US$ 4.99
Touch Pen Leash DS Lite (Orange) ...by Published on December 6th, 2007 06:41
ZodTTD has updatedhis excellent full speed GBA Emulator for the iPhone/iPod Touch, heres the release details:
gpSPhone has been updated to version 1.1.1. This is a quick update and will be ready for Installer.app shortly.
What's new in this release:
Changes 1.1.1:
- Included controller skins from Scottmandoo and Hazed of the zodttd.com forums.
- Selected skins now immediately set without restart of gpSPhone.
Changes 1.1.0:
- Added a menu button to the controller overlay (between L and R) that closes a game to the ROM list menu.
- Added customizable overlays/skin functionality. Artists can now create overlays and define button's touch regions.
- Added option to select an overlay/skin within the settings menu.
- Added the option to mute the emulator in the settings.
- Added the option to scale to fullscreen or not in the settings.
This is definitely a recommended update from version 1.0.0.
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Thanks for playing!
Download and Give feedback Via Comments ...by Published on December 6th, 2007 06:37
Mr305 has updated his XMB app, heres the release news:
What's this for?:
It lets you control XMB with Left & Right shoulder buttons for a different XMB experience. [Can also be disabled, read below]
Changes from 1.2 Final to 1.6:
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1) Perfect synchronization between the Status message and actual disabling of this L R navigation feature; past versions had problems where the message appeared either too early or too late.
2) Now compatible with M33 VSH Menu; To see it, Press Select, Then press Up or Down. However, it's acting buggy.
3) To Enable/Disable Shoulder button Navigation feature:
Press & Hold HOME BUTTON for about 2.5 seconds until the status message reads "ON" or "OFF".
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via mr305 ...by Published on December 6th, 2007 06:32
Eelim has updated his Read Japanese homebrew application, heres whats new:
Hello everyone,
I teamed up with hackePeter a few days ago, and we have done alot to bring you a better and more comfortable learning expirience.
0.023 - > 0.089
-Rewrite of the whole Program
-change background for session in options menu
-options menu added
-on startup, a random background is loaded
-first installment of Kanji learning
-English translation for Kanji added
-added code to prevent doubles while training kana
-switch from heartbeat mode to statemode
-Complete Set of new Graphics and Pictures
-tons of minor bugfixes
as you can see, we started to add the kanji character set, in order to give you an organized learning aid we decided to split the kanji into sets, in order to do this in a useful manner we are going to do that by using the japanese school system, where the kanji are devided by grade, in this
release you will see the kanji that japanese children learn at 1st grade. in future versions of the program we will add 2nd grade, 3rd grade and so on.
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via eelim ...by Published on December 6th, 2007 00:48
via Engadget
Just under a fortnight ago, we found that the audio input pins on the iPod touch were indeed active and able to record audio. Now, a modder has constructed a smallish dock appendage that plugs directly into the touch and enables you to input audio. Apparently, the gizmo sports a built-in microphone and pre-amp, which could theoretically be used in VoIP applications or for recording simple voice notes. It seems as though the creator is offering these up to anyone interested, but you'll have to drop him an email to find out how much such an accessory will run you. ...by Published on December 6th, 2007 00:32
via IGN
We've known for a while that David Jaffe has been extremely busy since he left Sony's Santa Monica Studios and formed his own development studio known as Eat Sleep Play. While he and fellow co-founder (and former Incognito founder) Scott Campbell have been hard at work on three brand new PlayStation 3 titles, they've also been working away at a brand new take on a classic franchise. Today, on the official PlayStation.Blog site, Jaffe showed off some of the first screens and footage of their upcoming title, Twisted Metal: Head-On: Extra Twisted Edition.
Vigorously stressing that Eat Sleep Play is not "a port house," Jaffe pointed out part of the reason behind returning to the series that he'd worked on so many years earlier. According to Jaffe, "We started talking and thinking and wondering: what if we could make it so much more? What if we could just stuff the thing to the brim with bonus features and new levels and updated graphics and really give the Twisted Metal franchise a fantastic send-off on the PlayStation 2? And when we thought about it like that, we got really excited."
As a result, the team at Eat Sleep Play have been remaking the PSP experience of Twisted Metal: Head-On for the PS2, keeping the same number of vehicles and weapons while adding a number of improvements to the title. The first significant change is updating the visuals to take advantage of the PS2's hardware, which appears to bring it more in line with the graphics found within Twisted Metal: Black. Along with this visual enhancement will be a brand new Twisted Metal: Head-on level, as well as four brand new stages that have been included from the never released Twisted Metal: Black 2 game.
Apart from adjusting the gameplay, the Extra Twisted Edition will feature a number of bonus features that have never been seen before, including a behind the scenes documentary, end movies from the first Twisted Metal that were cut from the game, the ability to control Sweet Tooth outside of his Ice Scream Truck, and other extras.
Slated to be released in Spring 2008, Twisted Metal: Head-On: Extra Twisted Edition will be exclusive to the PS2. We'll have more on the title as soon as it becomes available, but for now, check out the latest screens and teaser trailer for the game. ...by Published on December 5th, 2007 23:09
Chris Kohler, editor over at Game|Life, has up a great interview with Super Mario Galaxy director Yoshiaki Koizumi. They discuss the development of the Mario and Zelda games, clarifying Shigeru Miyamoto's tense relationship with stories (and sentences), and discussing the lineage of the Mario titles:
"In terms of spiritual successors, I've never found that to be the case. Whereas with the Zelda series, each game seems to follow pretty closely from the last with a few stylistic deviations. But Galaxy really feels like it went back to earlier roots with Super Mario Bros., in terms of trying to find that same tempo, that same feel. But for me, it's a matter of thinking what to do with each next step. There's nothing you really throw away. You think about these ideas and refine them constantly with every iteration of a game series. So for all the camera problems that you may have found in Mario 64 and Sunshine, even though we didn't realize how to fix those problems then, those solutions presented themselves over time and found their way into this game. I feel like you really can't have Galaxy without all of the things we learned from Sunshine."
http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl.../12/04/2031227 ...by Published on December 5th, 2007 23:06
Hot on the heels of the enormous Wiimote cabinet comes an absolutely gigantic Xbox 360 that truly has to be seen to be appreciated. Thankfully, there's a video of the thing waiting in the read link, but this beastly player opens up to reveal the perfect storage area for periodicals and pamphlets that are sure to collect dust and rarely ever be touched by human hands again. Additionally, a light was added behind the power button (no, it's not red) for good measure, but last we heard, the original Xbox controller (a.k.a Duke) was no longer on speaking terms with its biological cousin (pictured).
http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/05/h...-as-a-cabinet/ ...by Published on December 5th, 2007 22:58
Jayenkai has posted a new version of his Retro Game collection which now features 12 games:
A collection of retro styled games, kicked up a notch.
Gameplay>Graphics
The Notice
DLDI Patch the _dldi.nds version to keep your highscores. There are no other differences between the two versions.
The Credits
The Games were coded by Jayenkai.
The Graphics were drawn by Jayenkai.
The Sound Effects were created by Jayenkai.
Some Music was also made by Jayenkai, but then he took it out because it got annoying.
The Email
Contact [email protected]. if you have suggestions/bugs/additional game ideas. All game ideas are taken into consideration, but not all will be added!
The Games
Centipede : Shoot the centipede. Don't let it escape.
Snake : Guide the Snake. Grab the numbered blocks.
Invaders : Shoot the aliens. Don't let them get to the bottom.
Light Cycles : Try to get your opponents to crash.
Asteroids : Destroy the asteroids before they destroy you.
Pacman : Run around and collect things.
Frogger : Leap your way across 2 busy roads.
Pong : Beat your opponent, "one" ball at a time.
Tetris : Build low!
Extract : Keep Blue away from Red, and grab the Greens.
Missile Command : Tap to fire. Stop the missiles.
DotPop : Tap the squares. The quicker you tap 'em, the more you score.
and also posted news of a future release:
Right now things are flowing rather well.. For reference, release #3 - 18 games - should be ready for another Saturday launch.
But there's one thing I've not yet attempted.
At some point, in the worryingly close future, I'm going to have to start adding levels to some of the games.
That is, you can't have a maze game if you don't have a maze..
And a platform puzzler is only as good as it's puzzles.
What I'd really like to do is to implement some sort of pseudo-random level generation system, so that each game can still be random without having to deal with "only the X levels I bothered to make"
I'm not entirely sure how possible that's going to be, and it would depend on each game.
For now, I'm avoiding "Level" based stuff completely, and focusing on purely random gameplay.
But if I get stuck, I might take you up on your offer, and send a big giant garbled pile of C code, most of which would be entirely undecipherable
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