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    by Published on November 4th, 2007 09:25

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    Rumor: Fall Update adds new family timer - Planned for December?
    >> From xbox360fanboy.com:
    [QUOTE]
    According to a post made by JasonX1 over on the Xbox.com forums, he spotted some potential Fall Update facts on the back of his recently purchased Guitar Hero III keychain. More specifically, the keychain text hints at a new family timer and reads ...

    Family Timer
    - A simple tool that lets you manage how much time your kids spend on their Xbox 360.
    - Manage time in daily or weekly increments. Easy for parent to suspend or add time.
    - Available in December 2007 only through Xbox Live.

    As you can see, the text doesn't solely mention family timer options for GHIII and instead uses the broad "Xbox 360" label.

    http://www.xbox360fanboy.com/2007/11...-family-timer/ ...
    by Published on November 4th, 2007 01:31

    Alot of people Have been having Problems With The manual method of patching manhunt 2, AND the .exe auto patcher that has recently been released, so now, i present to you, "ppf-o-matic"

    this is an auto patcher for Manhunt 2 On the psp, which is guaranteed 100% to work on the FULL UNTOUCHED ISO.

    Heres how to use it.

    Download the .rar file i have attached, and extract "Manhunt auto patch(easy)" to your desktop.[there should be two files in that folder, "ppf-o-matic3" and "patch.PPF"

    Put your ripped manhunt 2 iso in the same folder as the auto patcher

    now, open up "ppf-o-matic", there should be two white boxes, "iso file" and "patch".

    click the disket icon on the "iso file" box and browse over to where the manhunt 2 iso is and click open.

    click the disket icon on the "patch" box and browse over to where the "patch.ppf" file is.

    now click the icon which says "apply"

    you should now have the uncensored version of manhunt 2, simple, easy, and hassle free.



    You must own your own version of Manhunt 2, any discussion of how to get isos will lead to a ban.

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    by Published on November 4th, 2007 00:38

    Gamasutra has up a pair of articles discussing the numbers from this round of the console wars. One focuses on the current frontrunner, Nintendo. Their numerical superiority is highlighted by the number of million selling titles they currently have on tap. Both the DS and Wii are carrying multiple-million sellers, with the current tally for (recently released) Diamond/Pearl sitting at 12,170,000. Meanwhile, in a lengthy article, the site fully explores the impact of console sales in numerous markets and venues, with comparisons between all three consoles (and a focus on Nintendo's sales).
    "PlayStation 2 titles make up the bulk of software sales in the U.S. and Europe again in 2007, as they have in previous years. The Wii's 2007 numbers equal the GameCube's in 2006, but its software growth isn't yet matching its hardware's. Microsoft's Xbox 360 has benefited largely from the Xbox's demise and the PlayStation 2 sales' slow decline. Even with the PlayStation 3 hardware's current state in Europe, its software sales in Europe are relatively low."

    http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl.../11/03/1516210 ...
    by Published on November 4th, 2007 00:30

    PeterM a respected coder at DCEmu who has released homebrew for the PSP and Gamecube Scenes has posted his review of the new GP2X F200, heres the details:

    My GP2X F-200 arrived yesterday, so now that I’ve had some time to play with it I thought I’d post up my initial impressions of the device.

    Price
    I ordered the console from Play-Asia for around £83 plus £17 UPS delivery. I decided to pay the extra for UPS so I could track it’s progress and try to be at home when it arrives.

    Delivery
    Despatch and delivery was very quick. I ordered on the 29th and delivery was attempted on the 1st (3 days later). Unfortunately there was an unexpectedly large customs charge attached which I wasn’t able to pay at the time, so the console had to be delivered again on the 2nd.

    All in all I was pleased to order from Play-Asia but would probably not pay for UPS again. I would recommend UK customers to either go for standard delivery or purchase from a UK stockist.

    Packaging
    The packaging is of very high quality (better than DS and PSP boxes) but I was somewhat surprised to find the GP2X at the very top of the box with the screen facing upwards. Despite the thickness of the box, it’s possible that a well-placed sharp impact during transit could damage the console. Fortunately Play-Asia had further padded the package using bubble wrap.

    Console build quality
    The GP2X seems to be of great build quality, on par with the DS and PSP. The plastic is thick enough and the finish doesn’t seem to attract finger prints like my black PSP.

    The buttons feel responsive and I was happy to see that the button names are engraved instead of printed, so they can’t rub off.

    Despite carrying a couple of AAs, the unit doesn’t seem unusually heavy for its size. It appears to weigh a little less than a DS (using my highly scientific method of holding a console in each hand and swapping a couple of times).

    The directional pad
    One of the redesigned features of the GP2X F-200 is the directional pad. The 4 major directions are buttons in their own right instead of being joined together as one solid piece of plastic like the DS or PSP (or pretty much every controller ever made).

    If you normally press the pad near the outside it can be quite uncomfortable to switch directions or press diagonals. The buttons are quite sharp near the outside and have some resistance to being pressed. However, if you keep your thumb in the centre of the pad buttons, the pad becomes much more comfortable and responsive. Pressing diagonals is then quite easy due to the size of the direction buttons.

    The stylus
    The pen which comes with the GP2X is telescopic and metal. It doesn’t feel like it’s of good quality at all, it feels brittle even, and the pointing end is too large to use with any precision. I would recommend using a Nintendo DS pen instead, as the GP2X pen is really quite nasty.

    Unlike the DS, there doesn’t appear to be anywhere inside the GP2X to store the stylus, so if you want to take the pen around you’ll need to attach it with a string (classy) or keep it in your pocket.

    The screen
    While the pen seems cheap, the touch screen itself is completely the opposite. Colours are vibrant and the viewing angle seems quite large for most applications.

    I found that movies or games with dim colours or low contrast tend to have a more shallow viewing angle. Cave Story’s gloomy backdrops don’t always stand out very well, but Sonic the Hedgehog’s bright colours are very clear indeed.

    The OS
    The F-200 comes with GamePark Holdings’ latest GP2X OS - version 4. As I’ve never owned a previous version of the console I can’t say what the differences are, but I can say that this version is rather amateurish.

    Each section of the OS has a different layout, which makes using the device unnecessarily difficult. The graphics are very poorly drawn, to the point of being unpleasant. To add insult to injury, navigation is clunky and unresponsive, as buttons presses don’t usually have an immediate effect on-screen.

    Each time you turn on the GP2X, the OS takes about 20 seconds to start up, which seems inexcusable compared to the lightning quick boot times of the PSP and DS.

    All in all, the OS is a pain to use and I can’t wait until there’s a way to bypass it.

    Video playback
    One of the reasons I bought the GP2X was to watch movies and TV shows on the bus. I tried a couple of different DivX/Xvid movies and was very impressed by how smoothly they played back. The image was of very good quality given the 320×240 screen and subtitles were clearly readable.

    MPEG movies don’t seem to be playable from inside the OS but perhaps there’s a 3rd party player.

    Software library
    I’ve only tried a few programs, but I’ve been very impressed so far. Some programs are apparently incompatible with the new hardware/firmware but I would expect many of them to be sorted pretty soon. MAME, for example, has already been fixed.

    The F-200’s speakers
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    by Published on November 4th, 2007 00:26

    Takka has released a new version of his Unnoficial work on Exophases excellent GBA emulator for the PSP, as far as i can tell the only thing whats new/improved is the TV Out support on PSP Slims

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    by Published on November 4th, 2007 00:19

    Mario is a Nintendo® GameBoy emulator for PalmOS, Java, Java Micro Edition (J2ME), Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, and POSIX platforms.

    Changes: Fixed bug in CPU's SBC instruction.

    Download Here ...
    by Published on November 4th, 2007 00:00

    News/release from JimE:

    WabbitDS is a TI-83+ Emulator. It features:
    ROM\8xu loading

    Rewinding\Fast Forwarding

    Rotatable Interface (ie portrait mode)

    Touchscreen Interface

    Disassembler

    Key Configuration

    Sleep Mode

    Fast Application Loading

    Perfect Gray Scale for Gaming


    Source is included. Please give me Feed back on any issue you think there may be.

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    by Published on November 3rd, 2007 23:15

    Alex has again updated his puzzle games collection for the DS:

    would like to say again that this is a beta version.
    It can have bugs, as this is also amateur development… Never forget it, please.

    In this beta 4, I fixed a bug concerning the ‘Undo’ button, which is not accessible anymore when a game is over (thanks to gh0st for finding this bug).

    As a new feature, for this beta 4, you can play (and play) (and play again) (and play again again) the past daily challenge puzzles. For that, go to “hi scores” and then to “daily challenge ranking”. On the score pages, a “PLAY” button is available, you can try it

    Even with this feature, I can’t beat the 2 unbelievable scores of Kimi & Johnathan easily.
    So, that’s now sure, they are coming from another planet!!!
    (Read this post to get the full story).

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    by Published on November 3rd, 2007 23:01

    The Moon Books Project is featuring martial arts films this week. The first group of films released is the infamous Street Fighter series of films, which includes The Street Fighter, Return of The Street Fighter and Sister Street Fighter. Every day we will be releasing and spotlighting more martial arts films.

    Street Fighter is not for the faint of heart however. The Street Fighter series is nothing like Capcom's popular martial arts games. In fact it has more in common with such films as Ichi The Killer or A Clockwork Orange.

    http://moonbooks.net/moonbooks/news.php?item.181.15 ...
    by Published on November 3rd, 2007 23:00

    Franxis has released a new version of his excellent Arcade emulator for the gp2X

    - The GP2X F200 compatibility has been fixed. It seems to be a bug in the new firmware 4.0.
    The 15360 and 33075 Hz sound frequencies don't run (16000 and 32000 Hz frequencies are now used instead).
    Thanks to Eclipse for his help testing in the F200.

    - The Z80 C core has been replaced by the MAME 0.53 one. It is more accurate and not slower. Thanks to TTYman.

    Download Here ...
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