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Free MC Boot v1.5 (PS2 misc)

Free MC Boot is an ‘exploit’ that allows a user to install it on official 8MB Sony MC’s as well as 3rd party cards. (with the exception of those needing a boot disc to be recognized or cloned Chinese cards).

http://psx-scene.com/forums/freevast/58292-official-free-mc-boot-releases.html

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Simple Media System v2.8 (Revision 5) (PS2 Application)

Eugene Plotnikov has updated his SMS (Simple Media System) multimedia playing application for the Sony PS2. Using this program you can view multimedia files including DIVX, AVI, XVID, MPEG, MP3, etc … on your Sony Playstation 2 video gaming console.

http://home.casema.nl/eugene_plotnikov/

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PS3 2 Player Pong v1.0 (PS3 BD-J Game)

Here is another PS3 homebrew game by dragula96. It’s a “2 Player Pong” game.

http://forums.qj.net/showthread.php?t=142875

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PS3 Snake v1.1 (PS3 BD-J Game)

Here is a very simple snake game coded by dragular96. “Snake” speeds up and gets longer the more “apples” you eat.

Changes:

-added snake head
-added apple image

http://forums.qj.net/showthread.php?t=142918

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SameGame (PS3 BD-J Game)

Here is another game made with BD-J. It’s a small port of Drakon’s old SameGame made for J2ME and PSP.

http://forums.qj.net/showthread.php?t=142966

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Minimal BD-J Devkit (PS3 misc)

FreePlay released a Minimal BD-J (Java) Development Kit for Playstation 3.

Release notes:

BD-J for PS3 minimal devkit by FreePlay

NOTE: For this to work properly, you *MUST* copy it to the root of your C: drive – that is, to C:bdj-ps3. DO NOT rename the folder.

Included is everything you’ll need to get started except for:
1. a working installation of JDK, the Java Development Kit (get that from http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp – currently, the latest version is JDK 6 Update 7)
2. a copy of bdj.jar, the BD-J API. I can’t provide this, since you need a license to use it; however, if you have a PC program capable of making or playing Blu-Ray discs – like Nero or PowerDVD – you can get this file from there. (In Nero 8, the file is located in C:program FilesCommon FilesNeroNeroBLCBDJjl ib .)

I don’t have any real documentation on BD-J, though I’m sure you can find some on the HDCookBook website. In the ‘docs’ folder is some basic info on BD-J on a very high level.

So far as I can tell, there are some pretty strict limitations on the PS3’s implementation of BD-J:
1. You cannot read or write local files.
2. You cannot list the contents of a directory.

I may be wrong, so feel free to correct me, but I ran a few tests and couldn’t do those things.

I’ve also included a sample Hello World application and silenoz’s RSS reader, as well as a build.bat file for building, packing, and signing the programs. This batch script is pretty much universal, unless you need to add in other JAR files for your compilation.

Source files for each project should go in a folder called rootorghomebrew. For example, if you make a project called “Test App”, in your “Test App” folder you’ll place the universal build.bat , then make a rootorghomebrew folder and place your .java files in there. The ‘root’ folder will become the root of your JAR file; any files you place in that structure will become part of the JAR.

The ‘disc files’ folder contains the file structure for what you’ll copy to your storage device. Once you’ve built your 00000.jar file, copy it to ‘AVCHDBDMVJAR’ and you’ll be ready to test it.

Good luck!

http://forums.qj.net/showthread.php?t=142706

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Magic – The Homebrew WIP (PSP Game)

wololo presents us a video of his upcomming game “Magic – The Homebrew”.

Quote from wololo:

Just pimping my project here.

Not sure if there are Magic fans here, it’s been 12 years since I last played it myself… but I wanted to start coding for the PSP a while ago, and decided to go with something “simple” : a card game. But because standard card games felt boring, I went with this one…(did I say “simple” ?)

Well it took some time, but I now have something almost playable…
http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=-EnzknIS_bI

stay tuned, it might be downloadable someday, once I get rid of the hundreds of bugs I have

http://forums.qj.net/showthread.php?t=142985

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PockeTwit (r09) (PPC Application)

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:

Dynamic right-menu. Scroll speed improvements

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

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

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NES.app v2.3.0 (NES emu for iPhone)

NES.app emulates the hardware in a Nintendo entertainment system, allowing you to play games on your iPhone. There are many public domain, home-brew games available which have been written for the Nintendo platform, and depending on your country of origin, you may be entitled to play images of commercial games which you rightfully own.

Changes:

[jonz] Added accelerometer support]

http://www.zdziarski.com/projects/nesapp/

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BlobbDS v0.6 (NDS Game)

BlobbDS is a 3D Tamagotchi style game in early stages for Nintendo DS. Make sure to take care of your Blobb! 😉

http://www.elotrolado.net/hilo_proyecto-blobbds_1028976

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