Source - http://www.pcsx2.net/

Final Fantasy XII Demo that was released with Dragon Quest VIII in North America goes ingame! :O

Thanks to some recent work by Refraction and a new contributor ZeroFrog, we can now walk around the first demo area of this game. Given this is VERY early work in progress (W.I.P), there are some major bugs to be ironned out, like various graphical issues!

However to celebrate this breakthrough, there is a video and several screens, and be sure to check out the official forums for some up-and-comming new shots, progress and general discussion!

This video is a AVI (Xvid) and should be playable under any decent media player and is being shared using Bit Torrent, thus you will need a Bit Torrent client such as uTorrent to get this video!

This video is being shared through Bit Torrent, we ask if you could seed (share) this file for aslong as possible!

Visit the PCSX2 site for additional high resolution screenshots! ...

Franxis the author of GP32MAME has updated the port of the MAME Arcade Emulator to the GP2X, heres whats new:



MAME GP2X 1.3 (January 08, 2006) http://www.talfi.net/gp32_franxis/

- Improvements in Cyclone compatibility. All Neo·Geo games are running perfectly now. But no Metal Slug with activated sound yet due to lack of RAM :-(.

- Some bugs corrected in CPS-1 games (taken from MAME 0.35b2). Knights of the Round is running ok now, King of Dragons does not get locked after first level, you can insert credits to continue the game, etc... Also there are new supported games (MAME 0.35b2 ROMs): Final Fight (US) (ffightu), Street Fighter II (US rev A) (sf2a), Street Fighter II (US rev B ) (sf2b), Street Fighter II (US rev E) (sf2e), Three Wonders (US) (3wonders), Wonder 3 (Japan) (3wonderj), King of Dragons (Japan) (kodj), Captain Commando (US) (captcomu), Captain Commando (Japan) (captcomj), Knights of the Round (Japan) (knightsj), Street Fighter II' - Champion Edition (World) (sf2ce), Street Fighter II - Champion Edition (Japan) (sf2cej), Varth (Japan) (varthj), Street Fighter II' - Hyper Fighting (US) (sf2t), Street Fighter II Turbo (Japan) (sf2tj)

- Configurable controls, analog controls sensitivity and inverted X and Y axis.

- You can fire now with volume controls in rotated screen mode.
- Relative paths used now in the emulator, you can put the emulator in the folder you want in the SD card.
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Thanks to all paypal donators: gp32x.de, Federico Mazza, Nandove, Videogame Stuff, Denis Evans, Ricardo Cabello, Elías Ballesteros, J.Antonio Serralvo Martín, bagmouse7, Suj, funkyferdy, Gieese, Vincent Cleaver, William Burnett, Bleeg, Martin Dolphin, Ilarri, Glen Stones, Dr.Konami, Augusto Carlos Pérez Arriaza, Charles Box, Borochi, Kayday, George Tavoulareas, Timofonic, Fabrice Canava, Rdox, Javitotrader, remowilliams, Scott Contrera, Jinhyun Seo, Hardcore Gamer (Chapas H-G), Craigx (gp2x.co.uk), Shane Monroe.

Download Here --> http://gp2x-emulation.dcemu.co.uk/mamegp2x.shtml

Awesome work Franxis ...

Elxx has released a new version of his PSP Webserver, heres whats new etc:

Here's a nice and supercharged version of my PSP web server, powered by the recently released LuaPlayer 0.16.

What this does is basically let you download files from your PSP using your wireless network connection. You can browse through the memory stick wirelessly, using only the web browser on your computer. HTML pages will even be sent so you could run a website off your PSP. Thus, it turns your PSP into an HTTP Daemon.

In 0.4, there have been some huge changes to the transfers. LuaPlayer 0.16 has apparently fixed the issues with the WLAN connection dropping randomly, so you should be able to run the server for several hours. Remember to have it hooked up to the charger though! Now, you will also be prompted at the start of the app to choose which WLAN connection to use.

In addition, I have once again improved the error handling. With a nice quality connection, you can easily hit speeds of over 100 kb/s! That means you can listen to the MP3's on your PSP without even having to wait for them to download (if you have software that can stream like that). I eagerly await your comments on how fast you were able to push the server. Just keep bumping up the chunk size and see how fast your transfers can get.

Have fun, and don't hesitate to give comments and suggestions.

Changelog for v0.4:
* Added WLAN profile chooser at startup [thanks modsyn]
* Improved error handling now resends only missing portions of chunks, allowing higher speeds
* Default chunk size increased to 8192

Download via comments: ...

Rerofumi has released a great looking puzzle game for the GP2X:



Download Here --> http://gp2x-emulation.dcemu.co.uk/TailTeiru.shtml ...

Rerofumi has released an Arcade style dodge the oncoming cars game for the GP2X.



Download Here --> http://gp2x-emulation.dcemu.co.uk/cargp2x.shtml ...

Rerofumi has released a Sprite Demo for the PSP.

Guyfawkes posted this about it:

It is a demo which shows some sprites on screen and rotates them (A button), press Right to add an extra sprite on screen.

Screenshots and Download via comments ...

Blue 2K today released in This forum topic his release of MBShell Artiliery for the PSP v0.05, for those who dont know what that is, its a shell for PSP, which changes the look of the PSP etc, heres what he posted:

Well then, here it is. MbShell Artillery 0.05. Please check the readme for installation instructions, it is already in 1.5 format for easy installation. Here is a screenshot of the new theme:

Artillery 0.05 features:
- New theme
- UMD loading + return to shell function
- Slideshow application (reads png and jpg)
- Jpg image support up to 1280x960
- Graphical MP3 player (under construction, but functional)
- USB connection
- Detailed battery indicator
- Icon and windowing support with drop shadows

The graphics have been done by Afinnity and the programming as usual by me. Here is another screenshot with the applications running:

Now the original release had problems but a fixed release was put up a short time ago, download via the comments and check the cool screens too ...

Heres another quick survey of sorts to find out what you use your PSP for, heres what i use mine for in order

1) Emulation and Homebrew
2) Commercial Games
3) Movies
4) Photos
5) MP3s
6) Browsing The Internet

Of course you really need 2 PSPs to do all those things to the best but it will be interesting to see what order you all use your PSPs features.

Answer via the comments ...

The first PSP News & Lik Sang Coding Competition was a great start to a series of competitions for the Homebrew and Emulation scene on the PSP, the winner of that Competition was indeed Deniska with the port of NOIZ2SA (v0.7).

This competition sees a top prize of the excellent 4GB Hard Drive by Datel



A decent prize for any Developer or infact any fan of the PSP.

The competition ends on January 10th 2006.

Full details can be found Here --> http://psp-news.dcemu.co.uk/psp30codingcomp2.shtml and questions etc can be posted here --> http://www.dcemu.co.uk/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=15195

Thanks again to Lik Sang for supporting the PSP Emulation, Homebrew and Development Scene

Remember that it can be a new version of an already released game but that new version must not be made public until after the competition winner has been announced

2 Days to go, spread the word to your favourite developer ...