NDS Freakz

1. Added multi track support to SID files (finally!).
2. Added support for the gbs file format.
3. Added confirmations to text editor on save or exit.
4. Added /describe to irc.
5. Added basic cookie support.
6. Tied Y to the stop function on the web browser.
7. Changed IRC receive mode to hopefully squash memory error.
8. Changed internet enabled applications to allow downloading/processing while the lid is closed.
9. Decreased memory footprint to allow larger images to load again.
10. Fixed annual dates causing every day to underline in some cases.
11. Fixed e^x freezing in some instances.
12. Fixed inconsistent save message on scribble screen.
13. Fixed IRC bug that appeared while typing with fixed width irc.
14. Fixed aac/mp3 streams skipping sometimes.
15. Fixed bad font characters in the smallest font.
16. Fixed a html rendering crash with css pages.
17. Fixed random crash that happened when switching tabs in web browser.
18. Fixed garbage display in hbdb if you cancelled the list then pressed left or right.
19. Fixed graphical issues with themes loaded.

Please feel free to chat on IRC with your Nintendo DS, nice homebrew from Cluster.

Download ClIRC v0.4b.
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DS Port of the famous hentai flash game Hizashi no Naka (Demo Version).
You can spread the legs on a couple of lolis but that's it for today.

Download Game.
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NightFox updated its puzzle brew. His more than a little trouble so it should be more difficult.
The next version could be the final version, with a few patches and the end credits to be added.

Add-ons for this version :

1. Fast keys for drop, left and right
2. Options menu to enable/disable combo/score display
3. Save records to disk
4. Save options to disk
5. Minor changes on code
6. Increase dificulty

Myersn024 communicated Clonemines v0.2. A puzzle game that looks like a mix of Tetris and Lumines.

This version has many changes. The first thing you notice is the reduction of playable area. It has been reduced from the full-page screen down to 16 X 10. This is the same size as the area playable for Lumines for the PSP. The second big change is that removal is blocked every 10 seconds instead of 15. Furthermore, the abolition bloc is also independent of a block to be abandoned. There is still no sweeper destroyer line or block. The sweeper of the line should be in the next version, but I do not know yet on the destroyer bloc.

Download Clonemines v0.2.
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The figures in the chart are on track British, and it is confirmed: Sega's Sonic & Mario Olympic Games nabbed succeeded in the first place in terms of sales, for the week ending January 19 this year. Who would have known it unlikely that such a clash of world - that being, the fungus kingdom and the people of Mobius - would rock more than 4 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, Assassin's Creed, and Super Mario Galaxy? No one, but we must give credit where it is due - and the guys in the Sega deserve pique.

Below is a list of ten major titles:

1. Mario & Sonic Olympic Games (Sega)
2. 4 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (Infinity Ward)
3. The Simpsons Game (Electronic Arts)
4. Dr Kawashima's Brain Training (Nintendo)
5. More Brain Training Dr Kawashima (Nintendo)
6. Assassin's Creed (Ubisoft Montreal)
7. FIFA 08 (EA Canada)
8. Super Mario Galaxy (Nintendo)
9. Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (Neversoft)
10. Wii Play (Nintendo)

Looking at the list, there are certainly many and engines. Wii Play, for example, managed to jump to the tenth place after being blocked at the 36th place in the Chart Track. Super Mario Galaxy is another, making the jump from 15th to 8th place. For those unfortunate enough to take a few notches, it is none other than FIFA 08, which fell five places to the top of the second place. (source:QJ.net)

Learn about the best DS games of 2008, can't wait for them!

The NPD Group has finally launched the sales figures in North America for the month of December and the full year 2007. Not only for all parties involved for a good momentum in sales, but the industry in general received an annual growth rate of up to 43 or 17.94 billion US. It's a whole lot of growth, right there.

As usual, we see Nintendo taking the first places in the categories of equipment - with the Playstation and Nintendo DS very healthy obtain data on sales in December and 2007. On the software side, we see that the Xbox 360 in the lead with Activision's Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare and Bungie Halo 3, followed closely by Super Mario Galaxy and the all-time favourite Wii Play. In all, a very interesting month and year very interesting insofar as the sales figures are concerned.

December Hardware:

1. Nintendo DS - 2.47 million (from 1.53m)
2. Wii - 1.35 million (from 981K)
3. Xbox 360 - 1.26 million (from 770K)
4. PlayStation 2 - 1.1 million (from 496K)
5. PSP - 1.06 million (from 567K)
6. PlayStation 3 - 798K (from 466K)
   

1. Nintendo DS - 8.5 million
2. Wii - 6.29 million
3. Xbox 360 - 4.62 million
4. PlayStation 2 - 3.97 million
5. PSP - 3.82 million
6. PlayStation 3 - 2.56 million
   

1. Call of Duty 4 (Xbox 360, Activision) - 1.47 million
2. Super Mario Galaxy (Wii, Nintendo) - 1.40 million
3. Guitar Hero III: Legends Of Rock w/guitar (PlayStation 2, Neversoft/Budcat/Activision) 1.25 million
4. Wii Play w/remote (Wii, Nintendo) - 1.08 million
5. Assassin's Creed (Xbox 360, Ubisoft) - 894k
6. Halo 3 (Xbox 360, Microsoft) - 743k
7. Brain Age 2 (DS, Nintendo) - 660k
8. Madden NFL 08 (PS2, Electronic Arts) - 655k
9. Guitar Hero III: Legends Of Rock w/guitar (Xbox 360, Neversoft/Activision) - 625k
10. Mario and Sonic: Olympic Games (Wii, Sega) - 613k
    

1. Halo 3 (Xbox 360, Microsoft) - 4.82 million
2. Wii Play w/remote (Wii, Nintendo) - 4.12 million
3. Call of Duty 4 (Xbox 360, Activision) - 3.04 million
4. Guitar Hero III: Legends Of Rock w/guitar (PlayStation 2, Neversoft/Budcat/Activision) 2.72 million
5. Super Mario Galaxy (Wii, Nintendo) - 2.52 million
6. Pokemon Diamond (DS, Nintendo) - 2.48 million
7. Madden NFL 08 (PS2, Electronic Arts) - 1.90 million
8. Guitar Hero II w/guitar (PS2, Activision) - 1.89 million
9. Assassin's Creed (Xbox 360, Ubisoft) - 1.87 million
10. Mario Party 8 (Wii, Nintendo) - 1.82 million (source : ds.qj.net)
    

DSOrganize is meant as a homebrew application organizer for the Nintendo DS, which should have been built in the first place. He is currently capable of storing notes and daily schedules, addresses, task lists and simple scribbles. It also includes a file browser and calculator. The file browser is capable of displaying images and playback of many audio formats, as well as to launch homebrew and viewing / editing text and html. DSOrganize Internet capabilities include an IRC client, a homebrew online database, streaming audio support, and a simple Web browser.

DSOrganize v.3.1129 new features :

1. PNG files now support proper alpha channel.
2. Added server-based auto perform to irc.
3. Added missing ascii characters to all fonts, changed some fonts slightly.
4. Added SSL support to web browser.
5. Fixed side tab icons not showing up when startup screen was irc or web browser.
6. Fixed random crash on shutting the lid.
7. Fixed inconsistent help messages on configuration.
8. Fixed more incorrectly written pages that don't display.
9. Fixed deflate raw encoding not working.
10. Fixed random scroll down on pages that fit entirely on top page while on favorites.
11. Fixed invalid directory configuration message not showing up.
12. Fixed orientation messing up when viewing pictures in web browser.
13. Fixed some image placeholders overlapping each other before rendering.
14. Fixed disappearing cursor on scribble pad.
15. Fixed graphics corruption on side tabs with other themes.
16. Disabled help from appearing while files are downloading in web browser to stop freezes.
17. Updated dswifi to 0.3.4

Cid2Mizard has updated Super Mario Galaxies. Just small bug fix by the sounds of it.

Download Super Mario Galaxies v0.71.
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R4 Released New Kernel V.1.14 date 2008-1-8 . It solved the 1905 problem.

Download R4 V.1.15 Kernel.
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Cid2Mizard has updated Super Mario Galaxies. Now with English Language, 8 worlds, and DLDI support.
What's new:

1. 2 Languages English and French. -8 Worlds and 8 levels.
2. Support DLDI (A patch if necessary).
3. Backup hiscore.
4. Addition of the Pause.
5. Adding sound and music.
6. Adding CheckLid
7. Using the EFSlib of Noda for. Mods.

This application is used to calibrate a real your touchscreen.
History:
22/12/2007:

1. User Interface finalised
2. No backup in the firmware
   

1. Functional Interface
2. No backup in the firmware
   

It is a port of Rise of the Triad for the Nintendo DS.

Currently it is a work in progress. New version is 0.7 (released December 6, 2007).

Many thanks to GPF for portering SDL to the DS. I built on his work: the rewriting of parts of the video code, fixing a bug in the handling of the keyboard, mouse and the addition of a driver for the touch screen.

Recent Changes:

1. Improving the music
2. MissileCam added (on the menu commands)
3. Standby mode (closing the lid DS)
4. Update for devkitARM r21

LucasArts has unveiled a portrait short demo of some of these powers of the Force treated in the latest video game Star Wars franchise with Star Wars: Force Unleashed.

Ben Kuchera of Ars Technica has received a guided tour of some of the powerful physical play the game will feature. He had a chance to watch some of the highlights of the spectacular game in action at CES 2008.

Here are some of those teasers whet appetites Jedi or Sith yours:

1. The main character, the secret of Apprentice Darth Vader, is played by Sam Witwer, BattleStar Galactica's Crashdown
2. He holds his lightsaber behind his back in a way that seems very unorthodox but pleasantly threatening, and also allows players to see all the lightsaber from the camera is always behind the player.
3. Boss bottles will be enormous in scope, including a Rancor fight. There will be God of War-like tapping button at the end of the battle, but it will not be for most points, you will not lose a fight by missing a button press
4. There will lightsaber character and customization, but you will not be able to carry twice or have the double helix lightsabers
5. The Wii version of the game will include a two-player duel mode where you can show your lightsaber skills against a friend in the same room.
6. The PSP version will contain scenes of classic Star Wars other films with the most over-the-top Unleashed powers of the force.
   

A new version of XtenDS was published. Making your own is simple with XtenDS. If you have always wanted to create a homebrew but you have no programming experience, this program could be the ideal place to start.

"Using easy to learn, click-drop actions, you can create professional looking games in a very short time. You can play with backgrounds, characters, music and sound effects, and more ! And when you are more experienced, you can use in the construction of scripts, which gives you the full flexibility of creating games with XtenDS.

Download XtenDS Ver.7.2
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We have long known the Nintendo DS is capable of downloading content such as demos kiosks, but "complete games" will soon be downloadable through the Wii, then Wi-Fi transferable to the DS, according to Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils - Aime of the interview with the NYT. But for the moment, only one game has been announced, Professor Layton. So, we are left with more questions than answers. Nintendo will open their retro gaming console virtual Gamboy older titles? But even more importantly, Nintendo will really let you download games without catching?

For example, how the games will be stored on the DS? Or will they be stored at all? DS detail in kiosks, demo content is only shared with the DS in a temporary buffer, nothing is really written to the system's hard disk, because this unit has no such storage. So, once you turn off the DS, you lose your demo forever.

Nintendo could deal with this problem in two ways. First, they could use a system like DSVision or R4, which is essentially a cartridge DS in writing, to retain these titles downloaded. Or, as the company is facing piracy incredible amounts already (before putting the emulation technology in the hands of all consumers), Nintendo could limit the system just as they do DS kiosks. It is possible that consumers have access only to games downloaded from the moment they are synchronized, and the time that the DS is turned off.

Save games could become a problem in this scenario, but we must ask ourselves why would Nintendo Wii in the equation at all, otherwise. (source)

A new release fo an animation program for DS.
What's new in ver.1.3
-Error checking on file access.
-Changed export format to .avi instead of .flc.
-Added a button so you can save without exporting, since it takes a while.
-Added a progress bar when saving.

Download Animanatee 1.3
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This is the great and holy Introduction to the Nintendo DS manual, the ultimate source for beginners knowledge about programming the Nintendo DS.

The manual covers topics such as the legality of homebrew and politics behind the display screens on both backgrounds, sprites, and a little mechanical game.

What's new in v.06
This manual now covers additional aspects of Nintendo DS Programming including multiple sprites, multiple backgrounds, multiple palettes, the touch screen, Slot-1 devices, and more. The manual's case study has undergone a significant rewrite and covers more ground than ever before.

Read the Manual Online
Download the Manual with Source Code
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The last of the series, FIFA Street 3 (Xbox 360, PS3, DS), took a page off this concept with its off-the-wall arcade style gameplay unconventional. You can not get more unconventional that the various parts of your football team, players can engage in. happy

On the rooftops of a city bustling downtown, a bridge overpass, even an abandoned oil wells, developers want to see some hardcore soccer action anywhere in the stadium typical asides ground.

The game includes up to seven different places (range, roofs, Mediterranean, Samba, Shipyard, and Riverside Oil Rig), with an additional three new locations available as downloadable content.

The developers' goal was to create a different kind of reality, real life, where players can really blend in some environments rather improbable play lays the "Considering the rapid pace of arcade-style gameplay, seeing a play Ronaldinho Toit in a city without a name actually Asian looks quite natural.

Pocket Physics has been updated, an application created by the physical 0xtob.
Draw a couple of items on your DS and the gravity and physics kick in immediately and allowed to interact with each other.

What's new in v0.2 (2008-01-03)

1. Pins! Pin things in the background or pin two things at once * Box2d digital sets in, hopefully, better stability
2. Removed dynamic adjustment timestep => Subjectively slower, but reproducible results
3. Standby mode

This concept DS by Gizmodo Jesus Diaz/3D modeler Phil Nolan is absolutely not true, but it is awesome. As two iPhones in the thralls of erotic kissing and spread wide enough to Larry Flynt, their lovechild is a sublime two-tone DS technically it is not inconceivable for Nintendo in the next release. What do you think?

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With all our stealth to sneak peaking Street Fighter IV, many of us have been ignoring the question of the future potential of platforms, rather than allow our jaws dropped to the superb balance of 2D and 3D fighting since reports arcade film. In this clip, we discover that Capcom plans SFIV for every platform under the sun. Producer Yoshinori Ono casually mentions arcade machines, PC, PS2 and DS while acknowledging that, yes, go SFIV will be multi-platform a big way.

From January next year, NSDL games for FC will be available – courtesy Cyber Gadget.

The Nintendo DS Lite or NDSL is a dual screen handheld console. The FC game console is capable of playing almost all Nintendo games. FC cassettes can be inserted through a slot and the NDSL screen will play the Nintendo DS Lite games. There will be more gaming fun for Nintendo fans.

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Games on one console are often missing from others. Gamers have to depend on gaming companies to arrive with versions of the same game playable on different consoles. Gamers have always felt the necessity to integrate the consoles so that game on one can be easily downloaded on the other.

To make its DS business more profitable Nintendo might soon allow the owners of Nintendo Wii owners to download games on to Nintendo DS handheld consoles. Details of the new project have not been made public yet. Nintendo America’s President and COO, Reggie Fils-Aime has said that the future DS devices will be integrated to the Wii consoles.

Games can be downloaded on Wii over its broadband connection and then transferred wirelessly to DS. It is not clear whether all exciting DS games will be downloaded using Wii.
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Update(2008.01.01): DSONE() OS3.0 SP1 released

DSONE/DSONE(sdhc) OS3.0 SP1 released. It redesigned the realtime save program. Realtime save function speed is much faster than before. Especially for SDHC version. It can be saved and loaded in 2 seconds. It has become a very very applied function. We supercard team release it as a new year gift for all DSONE user.

Main Feature:

1. Upgraded the Realtime save function speed. Now, save/load speed is much faster than before. SDHC version can save and load in 2 seconds.
2. Added RESET plug in. Homebrew software Imgview can press START to use RESET function.
3. Fixed DLDI data align problem.
4. Homebrew software do not creat *.sav and *.sci files to save the storage space.
5. Added the config database for each game. Player can setup patch info. for each game dividual.
6. dded write card check-up to avoid error when writting card.
7. Fixed some problems in patch database.
8. If realtime save make noise, please close NDS to sleep mode and open can fix the problem.
   

The new scaler makes text a lot more readable, at the expense of some slowdown in some of the newer games.

New function keys should make all the AGI games playable.

This is a beta release, therefore there are not full instructions. This is designed for those who already know how to use ScummVM DS. Full instructions for the older version 0.10.0 are provided on the ScummVM DS website. Please refer to these instructions, as this beta works in mostly the same way.

Also, I have been told that the same code which runs Day of the Tentacle and Sam & Max can also run some of the earlier HE games, so I have added these to the list below. They seem to work fine. Please test them too!

Changes

Beta2
- Future Wars and Gobliiins now work again
- Swapping the screens while the software scaler is enabled no longer causes odd effects

Download ScummVM DS0.11.0 Beta 2
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Homebrew developer brettk has released a slew of new builds for his DS port of the classic NetHack game. NetHack DS is currently in version 1.15a.

Since version 1.12b, there have been a lot of bug fixes and new features added to the game. One of the more notable changes being the removal of triggermode.

Version 1.15a Released

Fixed a map rendering bug in graphics mode caused by wall tile substitution in the NetHack core (this was evident when going from the regular dungeons to Sokoban, where the wall colours are supposed to change, but didn't).

Download NetHack DS v.1.15a
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German developer Martin just updated his No$gba freeware application for PC that allows emulation of Nintendo Gameboy Advance and DS. Both game developers and those who just want to play the handhelds on their computers should be delighted to find out that No$gba version 2.6 has 3D software rendering.

Previous builds of No$gba used simple 3D video functions, but this time, the app can now render 3D twice as fast as OpenGL. Other features remain intact, so you can check out all the changes listed on Martin's official website. For easy installation, don't forget to muse over the Readme file that comes with the download.

Download No$Gba v.2.6
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