The first and last reminder for the PDRoms Coding Competition 2… if you have not started yet you might want to. Deadline is next Sunday at 23:59 GMT+1. Rules and Details on the compo-page (see the minibanner on the left side). The concept is easy, rules are not really strict. Allowed systems are Gameboy Classic/Color/Advance, Neo Geo Pocket/Color, Dreamcast&GP32!

Flavor just released an updated version of his JPEG Viewer vor GP32. This version includes a gamma correction. Thanks to Flavor himself telling me the news via ICQ.http://www.personal.triticom.com/~erm/GP32/JpegView/

GBAGI is a brand new Sierra adventure game interpreter/emulator for the GBA. It can play classics including King’s Quest 1-4, Space Quest 1-2, Police Quest and Leisure Suit Larry. It’s a great release and if you do not have access to these games a pre-built binary can be downloaded with demos of some games. More information, binary, injector, source code downloads can be found on the homepage athttp://www.bripro.com/gbagi/index.php. Be sure to check it out!

Falken80 who did a few WAD’s to use with the GP32 port of the doomengine has now his own hompage.http://falken80.gp32news.com

Debray Matthieu released a sweet looking shooter for the GBA. Check it out at GBAdev.orghttp://www.gbadev.org/

A group of people managed to run Linux on the Gamecube. They were able to boot Kernel 0.2.6. Main goal of the team is to create a thin client and multimedia-terminal.http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/hag-28.01.04-000/ (German Article)

Thor updated his port of the fighting game engine KOF 91. You can get the latest version including source at his homepage at geocties.http://www.geocities.com/rtb7/

Emuman updated his WIP GP32 game Andyman in Paint-a-Balls Land today. This version now has sound effects, a title screen and new levels. More information and the downloads can be found on the homepagehere.

Vorton is a remake of the classic game Highway Encounter. It is built with Simple DirectMedia Layer libraries, portable on Windows, Linux, Dreamcast, GP32. After the three Alpha’s there is now the first Beta version avaliable.http://vorton.sourceforge.net/

Bastian Pflieger made a snake style game for the Gameboy Advance. You can get the download from GBAdev. Here is what the author says:

From time to time there appear some special symbols to collect. Every special symbol has two effects, a good one and a bad one. So its up to you to collect it and hope for the good effect or wait a few seconds until the symbol disappear. For example onecould cut down the snake length or increase it a lot, another one ends the level or make you nearly invisible and so on

http://www.gbadev.org/