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by Published on October 10th, 2006 19:25
Christ posted this news/release:
Hello,
AMAP4DS (a map for DS) is a PARIS-METRO DS homebrew major update (v2.0).
AMAP4DS is a simple, fast and easy to use map viewer for the Nintendo DS.
The application's name has changed. The new name is "AMAP4DS" (a map for DS) following by the name of the map included.
Ex : "AMAP4DS-Paris-Metro", not so difficult to understand
I project to release several new maps soon.
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AMAP4DS v2.0 TECHNICAL DATAS
- 4 zoom levels
- Large map resolution: 192 x 192 to 1024 x 1024 pixels
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CONTROLS
- Scroll the map => Stylus or Pad
- Zoom "+" => "Plus" icons, or Space between the two "Plus" icons, or Zoom indicators top, or "R" button, or "X" button
- Zoom "-" => "Minus" icons, or Space between the two "Minus" icons, or Zoom indicators bottom, or "L" button, or "B" button
- Setting distance between the two screens (screen space) => "Black box" icon, or "SELECT" button (not available in the lowest zoom level)
- Show credits => "?" icon, or "START" button
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VERSIONS
V2.0
- Larger map (1024 x 1024 max)
- Better map design
- 4 zoom levels (new "low" zoom level with upper screen magnification - "Thumbnail" mode)
- Zooms are now centered to bottom DS center screen
- "Screen Space" icon. You can choose the distance between the two screens: You choose between 0 pixels (no hidden part between the two screens) or 96 pixels (real hidden part between the two screens)
- Proportional scrolling. Slow scrolling for slow Stylus move (map moves at the Stylus speed), fast scrolling for fast Stylus move (map moves twice the Stylus speed).
- "Zoom indicators" icons to zoom and to display actual zoom level
- Filters to avoid abnormal stylus jumps
- Filters to stabilize horizontal and vertical scrollings
- Better global ergonomy
- Economy mode: Switch off the screen lights and pause mode when you close the DS without switching it off (first step to bio-softwares
I hope you will have nice underground trips with this homebrew
Christ
Download and Give Feedback Via Comments ...by Published on October 10th, 2006 19:04
Dmitry Gazko has released version 0.06 of his Quake I port for Series 60 1.x and 2.x phones. This new version improves speed and rendering quality.
More info --> http://quakes60.sourceforge.net/ ...by Published on October 10th, 2006 18:41
Critical has updated his BBC B Micro emulator for the GP2X. Heres whats new:
EDIT: now version 0.3.1 - used scaling (no more cut-off Snapper), changed rendering, slightly fiddled with 6502 core, added [ (LEFTBRACKET) and ] (RIGHTBRACKET) mapping and a .kbd file for Labyrinth showing their use..
Download and Give Feedback Via Comments ...by Published on October 10th, 2006 18:27
Web search leader Google Inc.'s (GOOG.O: Quote, Profile, Research) $1.65 billion deal to buy Web video-sharing site YouTube.com is part of a broader strategy to invest in the emerging online video market, a top executive said on Monday.
Google Chief Executive Eric Schmidt told investors and news reporters on a conference call following news of the deal that YouTube will be "one of many investments" Google plans to make in the video field.
Schmidt said that Google will run YouTube as an independent company but also preserve its own Google Video as a separate operation. He described YouTube as the "clear winner in networking and the social side of video" for the way the site encourages its users to share videos with their friends.
"We were very impressed and that's what led us to begin conversations with YouTube," Schmidt said.
David Drummond, Google's senior vice president of corporate development and general counsel, said the $1.65 billion acquisition price will be slightly dilutive to Google earnings for the remainder of this year and into 2007.
"There will be some slight dilution this year and next, but we think this is a good structure," Drummond said.
The deal was structured as an all-stock transaction to make it tax-free for YouTube shareholders and also cheaper for Google than paying out of its roughly $10 billion in cash horde, Drummond said.
In response to a Wall Street analyst's question, Schmidt declined to quantify this impact on earnings, reiterating the company's policy against commenting on its financial outlook.
The YouTube deal is expected to close in the current fourth quarter, Drummond said. "All necessary corporate approvals by both companies boards are complete," he said. ...by Published on October 10th, 2006 18:25
News via BBC
Consumer electronics firms in Japan needed to merge and adapt to a world where the TV was becoming a portal to the internet, Nobuyuki Idei said.
Mr Idei, who is still chief corporate adviser to the company, said Sony had suffered from high costs during a period of global competition.
Meanwhile, other countries' firms had powered ahead - with Korean firms in particular winning new business.
Caught out
In a frank interview at the European Technology Round Table in Barcelona, Nobuyuki Idei explained what had gone wrong during his 10-year tenure at the helm of Sony.
Mr Idei ran Sony from 1995 to 2005 - a period when the Japanese giant's fortunes suffered, with its finances faltering and rival products such Microsoft's Xbox and Apple's iPod eating into its reputation for world-beating innovation.
Asked to explain why Sony had been caught out by the iPod's success, he said that Apple chief Steve Jobs liked Sony and had studied its record carefully.
"He'd have probably liked to be Sony's CEO," he said.
Mr Idei said he hoped Sony's next chief would be younger
The success of Microsoft's Xbox 360 games console in beating Sony's Playstation 3 to market was because "Microsoft is not a technology company", he said.
Sony, he explained, had gone down the route of developing a new processor with IBM for the PS3 and that had caused delays.
Hollywood mistake
Mr Idei also cast doubt on whether it had ever been a good idea for Sony to get involved in Hollywood through its acquisition of Columbia pictures in 1989.
"The mistake was to buy the company," he said.
Last year Sony appointed Welsh-born Sir Howard Stringer, as the company's first non-Japanese chief executive.
Asked whether that was the right decision, Mr Idei said: "I think so."
But he went on to express his hope that the next chief executive would be a younger Japanese manager, someone he described as "a net citizen".
Mr Idei said Sir Howard had retained his Welsh sense of humour.
Japanese executives were studying how to understand his jokes, he said - "but Welsh humour is very difficult to understand." ...by Published on October 10th, 2006 18:23
Winnydows has released a new version of his video conversion software the PSP.
Heres whats new:
Changelog
Fixed change resolution in AviSynth sript.
Added protection from invalid resolutions.
Fixed DVD aspect calculation.
Fixed copying and moving files for MP4 PSP 2.80 format.
Speedup DVD scaning speed and switching between titles.
Fixed autocrop for joined files and for DVD with multiple vobs.
Fixed aspect and resolution correction for switching between titles.
Fixed loss of analysis file for second pass of x264. Was only on some machines.
Added import for *.qt, *.3gp, *.hdmov files. Same as for *.mov required QuickTime Alternative 1.76.
Added spanish localization.
Download Here ...by Published on October 10th, 2006 18:21
We've heard Microsoft's thoughts many a time, but what does Sony's crew down-under think of Nintendo's radical console?
Michael Ephraim, Managing Director of Sony Computer Entertainment Australia, recently spoke with Australian newspaper, The Age, discussing his company's plans for the PlayStation brand this Christmas, and, more interestingly, how Nintendo will affect what's in-store.
When asked about Nintendo's goal of attracting the mass market - something that Sony has achieved with impressive results - Ephraim said, "Nintendo is a great company as far as games development goes, they have been around for a long time, they know how to deliver an entertaining product. My only question for this Christmas on Wii is the price point. Even though it's affordable, at $400 plus whatever you need to buy accessories-wise, I'm guessing you need to spend about $500 to take home a Wii and enjoy it," he said
While playing may equal believing, Ephraim has yet to experience Nintendo's revolutionary system, but said, "I've heard good things about it. For this Christmas, I think that price point is still not family entertainment because $500 is a lot to fork out, but we welcome the Nintendo heritage of gaming where they can appeal to a broader audience because long-term that is critical for the industry."
"What we've done on PlayStation 2 with social gaming has broadened the audience and we're glad that [Nintendo is] attempting to do similar things to open up the market to families and never-before gamers. Time will tell. For this Christmas I think the price for what it specifically does as a video games machine is a bit pricey," said Ephraim, continuing by believing that it's a long term plan, for which Sony has "great respect for."
Ephraim also shared his thoughts on the handheld scene, and specifically the success of the Nintendo DS compared with the PSP. "The DS really appeals to a lot younger, very female skewed [audience], and the DS has done a fabulous job," he said. "PSP is a product that if you go back to the analogy of PlayStation and PlayStation 2, they are leaders in their field as far as the consumer offering. Price points, perceptions, or consumers coming to grips with what the device truly offers and the value that it offers, does take time."
Nintendo's Wii hits Australian shores in just over 57 days, while people wanting Sony's PlayStation 3 will have to wait until March 2007, at the earliest, when the system is expected to debut for around a 'grand'. ...by Published on October 10th, 2006 18:19
News from the DS-xtreme Website with news about their upcoming DS Flashcart.
...It plays music too!
There have been a lot of question asked about the music playback capabilities. I'd like to take this opportunity to tell you a bit about what you can expect.
Yes, it plays music
To give you a little background, for a short while I personally was on the fence about what we should provide regarding music playback. There is so much great homebrew out there already which does an excellent job at it. And as fun as it can be, it doesn't often make sense to reinvent the wheel so-to-speak. We also want to support and drive the homebrew community and want to make sure people are exploring all the great stuff that has been created.
On the other hand, we want to ensure that you will be able to take the device out of the box, plug it in, and immediately be able to copy your songs over and play them. It is a benefit for the users who are not quite as familiar with the homebrew scene. We also have this great skinning engine which will lend itself well to the creation of some fantastic media player skins.
To make a long story short (too late), I and the other members of the development team spent a lot of time reading the forum posts and talking to you guys, and it really felt like the consensus was that it would be a good idea to include it as an out-of-the-box feature. So, we did it
We didn't want to give you a simple "Ugly-long-list-of-filenames-in-a-single-directory-from-which-you-can-pick-one-and-play-it" type music players. Instead, we scan the filesytem for music files, and automatically organize them into a music library for you, by artist, album, genre etc. From that music library you can either pick an artist, genre, song, album etc. and play it immediately, or you can queue it up into an on-the-fly playlist. We also provide full shuffle and repeat functionality. And of course it's all completely run by our skinning engine. Finally, there's one other super fun feature which I will hold off on discussing, as I'm sure I wouldn't do it justice in words. I believe we should have a video up soon so you can check it out.
I hope I was able to answer your questions adequately.
Peace
You can preorder this latest new flashcart for the Nintendo DS from Divineo Spain, Divineo Germany, Divineo USA, Divineo China, Divineo UK ...by Published on October 10th, 2006 18:14
News from Play Asia:
Weekly Special: Bullet Witch for Xbox360™ at US$ 28.90 only - offer valid for 1 week
From the publisher: The human race is on the verge of extinction.The human population is being decimated by natural disasters, hunger, war, plague, and by armies of hideous monsters.
The world population has decreased to less than a billion due to the numerous disasters inflicted by these resurrected demons.
Right when everyone had lost hope and accepted the end of mankind as being inevitable, a beautiful lady in black possessing the power of a witch and a huge gun with a silhouette of a "broom" arrived. Her name is Alicia. In a city filled with despair, people desperate to escape from the horrors of death. An armed group of men fighting against the demons while struggling to cling on to what little hope they have left...
Fate may finally be smiling on these people?s desire as the demons continue trying to end that hope.
In this ruined world, the ultimate battle between Alicia the witch and the demons is about to begin...
More details --> http://www.play-asia.com/SOap-23-83-...9-en-84-n.html ...by Published on October 10th, 2006 18:10
News from Play Asia
In these classic gaming news updates you will find a frequent summary of all classical titles which were added to our site. Availability is subject to frequent changes and fast decisions are recommended as we usually have only very few copies of those titles that are listed below. As always we are trying to expand our catalogue regularly.
Heres the full listing of whats new
Dreamcast™
18 Wheeler - American Pro Trucker JPN US$ 29.90
Advanced Daisenryaku 2001 JPN US$ 59.90
Advanced Daisenryaku: Storm over Europe - German Blitzkrieg [pre-owned] JPN US$ 34.90
Advanced Daisenryaku: Storm over Europe - German Blitzkrieg JPN US$ 39.90
Aero Dancing: Torodoki Taichou no Himitsu Disc [pre-owned] JPN US$ 24.90
Aikagi [pre-owned] JPN US$ 49.90
Air [pre-owned] JPN US$ 44.90
AirForce Delta [pre-owned] JPN US$ 34.90
BioHazard Code: Veronica [Limited Edition] [pre-owned] JPN US$ 24.90
Bounty Hunter Sarah: Holy Mountain no Teiou [pre-owned] JPN US$ 24.90
Candy Stripe [Limited Edition] [pre-owned] JPN US$ 49.90
Charge 'n Blast [pre-owned] JPN US$ 34.90
Chu Chu Rocket! (w/Controller) [pre-owned] JPN US$ 39.90
Cosmic Smash [pre-owned] JPN US$ 64.90
Crazy Taxi [pre-owned] JPN US$ 29.90
Crazy Taxi 2 [pre-owned] JPN US$ 34.90
Dance Dance Revolution Club Version Dreamcast Edition [pre-owned] JPN US$ 34.90
Dancing Blade II: Tears of Eden [pre-owned] JPN US$ 44.90
Dancing Blade II: Tears of Eden JPN US$ 49.90
Dancing Blade: Katte ni Momo Tenshi [pre-owned] JPN US$ 44.90
De La Jet Set Radio [pre-owned] JPN US$ 69.90
Dead or Alive 2 [Limited Edition] [pre-owned] JPN N/A
Dead or Alive 2 [Regular Edition] [pre-owned] JPN N/A
Dreamcast Visual Memory Card (Segagaga Design) [pre-owned] N/A
Dynamite Deka 2 [pre-owned] JPN US$ 49.90
Frame Gride [pre-owned] JPN US$ 29.90
Giga Wing 2 [pre-owned] JPN US$ 64.90
Godzilla Generation Maximum Impact [pre-owned] JPN US$ 39.90
Godzilla Generations [pre-owned] JPN US$ 19.90
Guilty Gear X [pre-owned] JPN US$ 34.90
Happy Lesson: First Lesson [pre-owned] JPN US$ 24.90
Heavy Metal: Geo Matrix [pre-owned] JPN US$ 39.90
Hundred Swords [pre-owned] JPN US$ 34.90
Jet Coaster Dream [pre-owned] JPN US$ 24.90
Langrisser Millennium [pre-owned] JPN US$ 39.90
Macross M3 [Limited Box] [pre-owned] JPN N/A
Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes [pre-owned] JPN N/A
Moero! Justice Gakuen [pre-owned] JPN US$ 39.90
Mr. Driller [pre-owned] JPN US$ 39.90
Ouka Houshin [pre-owned] JPN US$ 29.90
Panzer Front [pre-owned] JPN US$ 59.90
Pop'n Music [pre-owned] JPN US$ 34.90
Pop'n Music 3 Append Disc [pre-owned] JPN US$ 34.90
Pop'n Music Controller [pre-owned] US$ 54.90
Power Stone [pre-owned] JPN US$ 24.90
Power Stone 2 [pre-owned] JPN N/A
Puzzle Bobble 4 [pre-owned] JPN US$ 49.90
Rainbow Cotton [pre-owned] JPN US$ 59.90
Revive... Sosei [pre-owned] JPN US$ 39.90
Rez [pre-owned] JPN N/A
Sakura Taisen 2: Kimi, Shini Tamou Kotonakare [Limited Edition] [pre-owned] JPN N/A
Sakura Taisen 3 [Limited Edition A] [pre-owned] JPN US$ 49.90
Sakura Taisen 4 [Limited Edition] [pre-owned] JPN US$ 59.90
Samba de Amigo Ver. 2000 [pre-owned] JPN US$ 49.90
Sega Tetris [pre-owned] JPN US$ 39.90
Segagaga (Dreamcast Direct Release) [pre-owned] JPN US$ 64.90
Sentimental Graffiti: Yakusoku [pre-owned] JPN US$ 49.90
Shanghai Dynasty [pre-owned] JPN US$ 34.90
Shenmue Chapter 1: Yokosuka [Limited Edition] [pre-owned] JPN US$ 29.90
Shenmue II [Limited Edition] [pre-owned] JPN US$ 39.90
Shutokou Battle [pre-owned] JPN US$ 24.90
Silent Scope [pre-owned] JPN US$ 24.90
Spawn: In the Demon's Hand (Limited Edition) [pre-owned] JPN US$ 54.90
Street Fighter III: W Impact [pre-owned] JPN US$ 44.90
Sunrise Heroes [pre-owned] JPN US$ 19.90
Super Street Fighter II X (for Matching Service) [pre-owned] JPN US$ 54.90
Tentama: 1st Sunnyside JPN US$ 19.90
The King of Fighters Dream Match 1999 (DriKore) [pre-owned] JPN US$ 49.90
US Shenmue [pre-owned] JPN N/A
Web Mystery: Yochi Yume o Kenru Neko [pre-owned] JPN US$ 24.90
Yu Suzuki Game Works Vol.1 [pre-owned] JPN N/A
Zero Gunner 2 [pre-owned] JPN N/A
Zombie Revenge [pre-owned] JPN US$ 29.90
Zusar Vasar [pre-owned] JPN US$ 29.90
Nintendo 64™
1080 Snowboarding [pre-owned] JPN US$ 24.90
Akumajo Dracula Mokushi Hashumi [pre-owned] JPN US$ 29.90
Akumajo Dracula Mokushiroku: Legend of Cornell [pre-owned] JPN N/A
Animal Crossing / Doubutsu no Mori (Controller Pack) [pre-owned] JPN N/A
Bakuretsu Muteki Bangaioh [pre-owned] JPN US$ 74.90
Densha de Go! 64 (Driver Pack) [pre-owned] JPN US$ 49.90
Doom 64 [pre-owned] JPN US$ 44.90
Excite Bike 64 JPN US$ 49.90
Excite Bike 64 [pre-owned] JPN US$ 39.90
Ganbare Goemon: Mononoke Sugoroku JPN US$ 34.90
GoldenEye 007 [pre-owned] JPN US$ 64.90
Mario Golf 64 [pre-owned] JPN N/A
Mario Kart 64 [pre-owned] JPN US$ 44.90
Mario Kart 64 (Special Edition w/ black joypad) [pre-owned] JPN US$ 64.90
Mario Story [pre-owned] JPN N/A
Mario Tennis 64 [pre-owned] JPN N/A
Neon Genesis Evangelion 64 [pre-owned] JPN US$ 64.90
Rakuga Kids [pre-owned] JPN US$ 59.90 ...- Search DCEmu
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