Scott McFly has updated his Blackjack game for Nintendo DS. It now features graphics, compared to the previously v0.1 which only had “Text”.

http://palib.info/forum/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?viewmode=flat&type=&topic_id=3846&forum=9

Blast Riot! is a fast paced retro shoot-em-up. Two Parts Crossroads, One part Llamatron.

Run around the maze collecting disks. Gather 5 disks to go to the next level. Disks gives you health, and provide power ups.

http://archive.gp2x.de/cgi-bin/cfiles.cgi?0,0,0,0,30,2242

BackupBuddy is a simple utility that finds all the new .sav files on your card and uploads them to an FTP server. The idea here is that you run this utility when you plug your DS in to charge at night. A few minutes later, you can rest assured that all your day’s hard play will be backed up.

http://forum.gbadev.org/viewtopic.php?t=14519

Bunjalloo is a web browser for the Nintendo DS. It is still under development, but can already display simple pages and follow links.

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

PuzzleManiak is a port of the marvelous Simon Tatham’s Portable Puzzle Collection on Nintendo DS. All 27 games are ported on NDS: Tents, Dominosa, Mines, Bridges, Light Up (aka Akari), Pattern (aka Picross), Net (aka Netwalk), Untangle (aka Planarity), Sudoku (aka Solo), Galaxies, Slitherlink (aka Loopy), Blackbox, Mastermind (aka Guess), Map, Filling, Solitaire (aka Pegs), Sixteen, Fifteen, Slant, Rectangles, Netslide, Samegame, Unequal, Flip, Inertia, Twiddle and Pyramid (adaptation of Cube).

Changes:

The ‘hall of fame’ feature is back in this version 3.1 and some bugs found in the version 3.0 have been corrected.

http://www.puzzlemaniak.com/blog/?p=181

morganDS has released his version of a Sudoku game for Nintendo DS.

Release notes:

Features:
-Two generation options: random or seeded
-Quick puzzle generation (about a tenth of a second)
-Checker
-Corrector (can be turned on or off)
-Timer (can be turned on or off)
-Scoring system (can be turned on or off)
-Shows possibilities for current cell based on numbers you have already input in the puzzle (can be turned on or off)
-Select the number of givens
-Can use freebies if needed
-Choose from several backgrounds
-Choose from different music
-Nice touch-screen support

Known issues:
-On occasion, the program will freeze while trying to generate a puzzle. This happens, however, very rarely. Seeded puzzle #10 cause the program to freeze.
-The sound file for “Crossbones” is a little fuzzy due to several files conversions and compression. I’m planning on rerecording this file to improve sound quality.

Let me know what you think or if there are any bugs or improvements I could make.

http://palib.info/forum/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=3843&forum=9

DefenderDS was intended to be a port of an Amiga version of Defender to the DS, written using PALib in C++.

There isn’t an awful lot here yet, but someone might find it useful (it has a sprite class, palette cycler class, sprite number management, etc).

http://palib.info/forum/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=3842&forum=9

Please note, updating will destroy the ability to try homebrew!

Here are news from Apple about the recent update:

This document describes the security content of the iPhone v1.1.2 and iPod Touch v1.1.2 Updates, which can be downloaded and installed via iTunes.

For the protection of our customers, Apple does not disclose, discuss, or confirm security issues until a full investigation has occurred and any necessary patches or releases are available. To learn more about Apple Product Security, see the Apple Product Security website…

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306993

gpSPhone is a GBA emulator based ZodTTD’s port of gpSP to the GP2X. gpSP is a great GBA emulator written by the talented Exophase. ZodTTD ported it to the GP2X, and added an (iPhone/iTouch compatible) dynarec. By using this coding technique, fullspeed performance of GBA is obtained on the iPhone/iTouch.

Release notes:

Don’t let the version 0.0.5 fool you, this is a large update. Thanks to a large amount of help from NerveGas (NES.app author), we now have a much improved GUI and sound! Also some performance fixes were implemented via the default frameskip settings and some dynarec tweaks.

There’s still some work to be done in terms of compatibility/performance, but it’s rapidly improving. And thanks to NerveGas we now have a nice iPhone and iTouch GUI and sound is now outputted!

Be sure to leave comments, and if you decide to make a video, please link to it here! I love seeing these videos.

http://www.zodttd.com/

Lilou Combox box is a complete communication box for your DS. It allows you to transfer files with different protocols : FTP and HTTP. It allows you to download or upload files on your private network or on Internet. Lilou HTTP allows you to explore files over internet (similar to your file explorer on your PC). With this, you can download your files, favourite homebrew, video on your ds without extracting your card, micro DS. Lilou FTP allows you to run either a FTP server a FTP client on your DS. With this, you can download your music sound, video on your ds without extracting your card, micro DS… It allows you to transfer files between 2 DS, your computer and a FTP server on Internet.

Thanks to http://www.dev-fr.org for the news.

http://masterlilou.wordpress.com/