Eke-eke has released a major update for GenesisPlus GX a Sega Genesis emulator for the Nintendo Wii / GameCube. Along with the massive list of updates (below) it comes with DVD-ROM ROM loading.

Changes:

[Genesis]
– YM2612(MAME): fixed LFO phase update for CH3 special mode: fix sound effects in Warlock & Aladdin (thanks to AamirM)
– YM2612(MAME): fixed EG attenuation level on “KEY ON”: fix Ecco 2’s splash sound
– YM2612(MAME): fixed SSG-EG emulation: fix Bubba’n Stix (Track 5) and many others
– YM2612(MAME): replaced sample interpolation with libsamplerate support, High Quality mode is now more accurate
– implemented cycle-accurate HINT timings: every timing sensitive games/demos are now *finally* working fine
– fixed a bug affecting CRAM/VSRAM DMA timings
– fixed Sprite Attribute Table address mask for VRAM writes
– improved accuracy of 68k access to Z80: fix music in Pacman 2 when entering PAUSE menu
– disabled “Address Error” emulation when UMK3 hack is loaded: fix game crashing after a round ends up
– added support for some more unlicensed games: Pocket Monster, King of Fighter 98, Soul Blade (credits to Haze)
– improved Menacer emulation: fix lightgun support in Body Count & T2: The Arcade Game
– added Konami Justifier emulation: fix lightgun support in Lethal Enforcers 1 & 2
– added Sega Mouse emulation (Populous 2, Body Count, Shangai 2, Fun’n Games, …)

[NGC/Wii]
– added Wiimote support for Menacer/Justifier/Mouse
– added DVD support in Wii mode (no modchip required)
– added “Gun cursor” option to enable/disable gun position display
– added “Invert Mouse” option to invert Sega Mouse vertical axe (required by some games)
– improved Controller options: Wiimote/Nunchuk and Classical Controllers can now be affected separately to ANY player

Thanks to brakken / http://www.tehskeen.com for the news.

http://www.tehskeen.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3919

PockeTwit is a twitter client for the Windows Mobile Professional platform.

Features:
– A unique user interface
– Display public, user, and friends timelines
– Update status
– URL shortining with is.gd
– Reply to tweets
– Show profiles
– Clickable @names and URLs
– Option to check for new version on startup

Changes:

Bugfixes. Less Memory. More configuration settings

Discussion: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=411536

http://code.google.com/p/pocketwit/

2nd SFS 360 is a new XNA created flight simulator game for the 360 which requires an XNA subscription to run on your 360. More information and the downloads available from the homepage.

Thanks to Guyfawkes / http://www.emuboards.com for the news.

http://www.archorwright.com/games/xbox360/2ndsfs.htm

WiiPhysics is a physics playground for the Wii, much like Crayon Physics or PocketPhysics. It uses Box2D and libwiisprite.

Changes:

+Added fully scrollable world with ground
up, down, left, right to pan (Or just move the pointer to the edge of the screen)
+Added minimap for scrolling around world
+Added ability to fix camera to an object for easy following around world – Hit 1 on any object to attach camera (works best on circles and squares) – (To detach, just hit 1 anywhere on the screen)
+Added sky, with dynamic clouds – (You now know when you are in freeze b/c the clouds stop moving)
+Fixed jumping of rectangles on draw
+Lots of bug fixes

http://wiibrew.org/wiki/WiiPhysics

Manage your contacts and more with iContact Burt Edition.

Features:

– It’s totally free
– Finger-friendly contact management
– Contact pictures support
– Integrated Call History
– Favorite Contacts list
– Quick jump to contacts by alphabet letters
– Filter contacts by categories
– Fast and comfortable work even on slow devices, loading time is less than 1.5 seconds for 100 contacts on 200MHz devices
– Optional SIM contacts support
– Full-scale T9 search
– Ability to Call, SMS or E-Mail to a contact
– Handy contact details screen
– Quick access to standard Outlook’s contact viewing or editing dialog
– VGA support
– Fully skinnable interface. Two QVGA skins included, more skins can be found in my Skin Downloads area or at forum.xda-developers.com

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=402724

Twitula – Twitter client for Windows Mobile PDAs.

Discussion: http://forums.thoughtsmedia.com/f323/twitula-windows-mobile-professional-mobile-twitter-client-90173.html

http://www.kevdaly.co.nz/Software/Twitter/Twitula.aspx

Snap2Face is a free Facebook client for Windows Mobile devices (Pocket PC and Smartphones). With Snap2Face you stay in touch with Facebook friends all the time…

Snap2Face is completely free. Data usage charges may apply depending on your mobile carrier. We recommend you get an unlimited data plan from your carrier.

Discussion: http://forums.thoughtsmedia.com/f323/snap2face-free-wm-facebook-client-hits-v1-0-a-90274.html

Thanks to http://www.dcemu.co.uk for the indirect news hint – The webboard at Thoughtsmedia holds a buch of interesting releases which will effect future Pocket PC news.

http://www.magnifoca.com/download_snap2face.html

“The DStillery” is a new website about Nintendo DS homebrew games and applications.

Quote:

The DStillery is a place where Nintendo DS homebrew developers and users come together. It’s a place where developers can host their applications (version management included) upload screenshots (pictures say more then words) and respond to questions from their users. Users can bookmark, vote and leave comments on their favorite applications. So whether you are developer or end-user there is always something for you on The DStillery.

Thanks to www.drunkencoders.com for the news.

http://www.dstillery.com/

S2U2 (Slide2Unlock2) is a simple lock/unlock application which has the iPhone style slide unlocking. It can be used as a screensaver while you don’t use your device. And it’s has a CallerID function.

Changes:

– added the option to lock the device when the LCD is blanked (e.g. by S2P or other music app).
– fixed the bug that the OffLCD did not work on some devices.
– fixed the bug that occasional power drain might occur on some devices when ActiveSync is running in the background.
– fixed the bug that ShowAppointment could not display any appointment on some devices.
– extended the ShowAppointment to display the next week appointments.
– fixed the bug that the registry values looked messy.
(To make it works, after the installation of this version, please run the S2U2 Settings & save the settings once.)
– some minor bugs fixed.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=412418

Listen to the sound of “South Park” with this application by Arthur6.

Release notes:

So here I present my first homebrews NDS then it’s really not much things beside Marble or Video Games Hero. In fact it is an application that contains a few sentences of characters in one of my favorite series: South Park.

http://www.dev-fr.org/index.php/topic,3700.0.html