ant512 comes up with a remake of “Earth Shaker“, a “Boulder Dash” like game, originally released on ZX Spectrum in 1990. It’s not yet complete, but looks very promising already and the first few levels are playable.

Changes:

– All levels complete;
– Added main menu on title screen;
– Added sound test menu;
– Added all sound effects;
– Added map screen;
– Miscellaneous bugfixes and tweaks.

http://forum.gbadev.org/viewtopic.php?t=17531

Skull Panic by DuskWolf is a Nintendo DS game, written using Micro Lua. You’re having one minute to collect items on the screen, but avoid skulls at any cost!

Changes:

– new menu options
– improved collisions
– minor placement fixes

Thanks to http://www.nintendomax.com/viewtopic.php?t=13357&f=19 for the news.

http://microlua.xooit.fr/t730-Skull-Panic.htm

Project Legends DS-DSi is a Megaman Legends homebrew game/tech demo for NDS and/or NDSi. It’s currently a work in progress and has a long way to go! DSi mode available via sudokuhax DSi or DSi-mode compatible flashcard.

http://gbatemp.net/t293071-project-legends-ds-dsi

BassAceGold updated his replacement Supercard DSTwo plugin menu “BAGPlug”. It’s really only of use for DSTwo owners, others can ignore this plugin!

Release notes:

Release 3 – 2:
-fixed exiting of “open with” sub menu
-added -EOSSETTINGS flag for arg files which forces BAGplug to fill in globalsettings.ini for the launched program. (internal launcher will launch the default EOS version installed for commercial roms)

*Upgrade Notes*
-nds.arg has been updated to show use of -EOSSETTINGS flag

http://gbatemp.net/t285447-bagplug

Livingstone Supongo is a remake of the Spanish game with the same name, originally released by Opera Soft S.A. The game has been remade by Spanish developer prizzio.

Thanks to http://www.nintendomax.com/viewtopic.php?t=13337&f=19 for the news.

http://www.nightfoxandco.com/forum/index.php?topic=159.15

ant512 comes up with a remake of “Earth Shaker“, a “Boulder Dash” like game, originally released on ZX Spectrum in 1990. It’s not yet complete, but looks very promising already and the first few levels are playable.

Changes:

– Letters scrolling into view on title screen scroller draw correctly.
– Increased duration of each block’s appearance in the title screen slideshow.
– Select button cycles through levels in level select.
– Up/down buttons wrap around when cycling through levels in level select.
– Start button can be used to select levels on title screen.
– Start button pauses the game.
– Added the majority of sound effects.
– Added music to title screen.
– Score and life counters get reset when a new game is started.
– Fixed bitmap recolouring when starting a new level.
– Remaining time scoring at end of level is more accurate.
– Player death graphic shown when player runs out of time.
– Barriers take away more time when pushed.
– Fixed gravity direction indicator.
– Blocks land correctly when they hit the bottom of the level.
– Finished level 8.

http://gbatemp.net/t292171-earthshakerds

Bombjack DS is a single game Arcade emulator of Bombjack. The original Arcade ROMs are required, but not bundled with the download. As the game is still subject to copyright, there is also no way for us to provide the ROMs.

Changes:

– bombjac2.* renamed to bombjack2.* (Thanks AnotherWorld)

Supported are:

Bomb Jack (set 1)
Bomb Jack (set 2)

Thanks to http://www.nintendomax.com/viewtopic.php?t=13312&f=19 for the news.

http://www.dev-fr.org/index.php/topic,4229.0.html

MrDo DS is a standalone Mr. Do! Arcade emulator for Nintendo DS by Copper. It also emulates related clones. The original Arcade ROMs are required, but not bundled with the download. As the game is still subject to copyright, there is also no way for us to provide the ROMs.

Changes:

* ROM set naming fixes:
– docastl2.* renamed to docastle2.*
– docastlo.* renamed to docastleo.*
– dorunru2.* renamed to dorunrun2.*
– dorunruc.* renamed to dorunrunc.*
– dorunrca.* renamed to dorunrunca.* (Thanks AnotherWorld)

Supported are:

Mr. Do!
Mr. Do! (prototype)
Mr. Do! (Taito)
Mr. Do! (bugfixed)
Mr. Lo!
Mr. Du!
Yankee DO!
Mr. Do’s Castle (set 1)
Mr. Do’s Castle (set 2)
Mr. Do’s Castle (older)
Mr. Do vs. Unicorns
Do! Run Run (set 1)
Do! Run Run (set 2)
Do! Run Run (Do’s Castle hardware, set 1)
Do! Run Run (Do’s Castle hardware, set 2)
Super Pierrot (Japan)
Mr. Do’s Wild Ride
Jumping Jack
Kick Rider

Thanks to http://www.nintendomax.com/viewtopic.php?t=13317&f=19 for the news.

http://www.dev-fr.org/index.php/topic,4246.0.html

“Retro Game And Watch” is a collection of currently 3 mini games, featuring Game & Watch feeling.

http://www.nightfoxandco.com/forum/index.php?topic=184.15

BassAceGold updated his replacement Supercard DSTwo plugin menu “BAGPlug”. It’s really only of use for DSTwo owners, others can ignore this plugin!

Release notes:

-fixed freezing in favorites when scrolling
-fixed audio skipping when entering directories with lots of files
-fixed memory corruption in DSTwo.nds breaking arg support for .plg files. Should be more robust for various sd cards/formats now
-improved memory management for icons
-fixed stylus input in open with menu
-fixed memory leaks in graphics loading/cloning functions of core library – cleaning up nds icon handling and no file icon corruption
-fixed icon transparecy support
-improved open with handling in favorites menu
-improved performance in favorites menu with game covers
-improved performance in scrolling nds files in browser
-covers for non-commercial nds files require the file extension in the cover name. eg: game.nes / game.nes.png
-improved minimizing from media player to current menu
-fixed freezing when deleting favorites
-fixed crashing when entering EOS Settings
-improved scroll bar handling
-optimized nds icon loading
-optimized directory scanning
-added option to enable nds icon transparency
-improved handling of text lists (favorites, hidden files / folders)
-favorites.txt, hiddenfiles.txt, hiddenfolders.txt, and settings.ini now go in /bagui/user files/ folder
-nzip support added with built in nzip manager for deleting unzipped games
-nzip cpu speed option added to settings
-optimized top screen refreshing in main browser
-misc bug fixes

-NitroZip tool included
-added “NZIP” section to readme
-modified the “Adding new file support” section to include information on file specific arg files in readme
-updated “Game Covers” section in readme

*upgrade notes*
-New skin parts: delete, exit, nzip, selectall -see BAGplug 3.0 or Default skin for examples
-more text added to language.ini
-favorites.txt, hiddenfiles.txt, hiddenfolders.txt, settings.ini, unzipped.txt all go in /_bagui/user files/
-nzip.arg added to /_bagui/ext/ folder

Thanks to http://www.nintendomax.com/viewtopic.php?t=13332&f=19 for the news.

http://gbatemp.net/t285447-bagplug