GP2x Firmware 3.0.0 has been released. This firmware mainly consists of design change and minor changes.

Update 23:52: Few people seem to complain about the new layout and it’s functionality – if you want to be on the save side, stick with the latest stable 2.x.x Firmware.

http://www.gp2x.de/cgi-bin/cfiles.cgi?0,0,0,0,42,2129

LittleGPTracker (a.k.a ‘The piggy’) is a music tracker dedicated to run on portable game consoles. It is currently running on Game Park’s GP32, GP2x and there’s a windows version for wusses too.

Changes:

1. LSDj like tables for heavy modulation. Tables can be triggered either from a TABL command or linked to an instrument in the instrument view. LSDj style instrument automation is possible. Table view is accessed either from Phrase or Instrument view by pressing RT+DOWN
2. Cloning of instrument/table
3. Renderer application released. This is a windows only app that will dump all channels in separate audio files rather than send it to the audio out. The created files are *.raw and are 16bit raw soundfiles.
4. CRUSH command and extended bit reduction capabilities
5. Implemented backward sample playback if sample END is set before sample START
6. Allow to return to the song selection list by pressing LT+RT+SELECT (esc under windows)
7. Configurable color scheme

http://www.10pm.org/nostromo/lgpt/

This is a drawing application written in Lua.

http://www.xtreamlua.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=136

This is a game written in LUA and has been made by Guyver2, Yan2yan and Genevois.

Thanks to http://dcemu.co.uk for the news.

http://www.xtreamlua.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=139

This is a magazine in PSP size format.

Content:

-Interview with Hiroaki Yura, creator of Eminence Symphony Orchestra, who are performing ‘A Night in Fantasia 2007: Symphonic Games Edition’ this year!
-Reviews: DJ Max Portable 2, 300: March to Glory, Puzzle Quest, Burnout Dominator
-PS3 Reviews: Motorstorm, flOw, Super Rub a Dub
-PC Reviews: Sam & Max Episodes 3, 4 and 5
-New rant – Domfunkle’s rant!
-Movie Review: Mr Bean’s Holiday!
-All the old favourites – News, Cooking with Mof, Movie Watch
-All new instalment of the Gamers Galaxy comic!
-And much more!

http://www.gamersgalaxy.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=2402

Maids and Elevators has been udpated. You are a maid, you need to get to the top of the hotel using the stairs – and don’t get hit by the elevators!

Changes:

Changed background colors to be a bit darker, more closely approximating what color actual hotel decor might be. In my mind, anyway.

Also: elevators’/stairs’ color changes every level. Almost. It’s a 10-level pattern, where the first and last level (in the pattern) are the same. I.e., Levels 1, 10, 11, 20, 21, 30, etc. are white.

http://www.atariage.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=96750&st=100

Black Onyx for Coleco Vision is a conversation of an old MSX game, of the same name. The game is still in early stages.

http://www.atariage.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=104734

ProSystem is the best emulator of Atari 7800 game console, running on Windows system. It has been written by Greg Stanton.

Here is a port on GP2X of the version 1.0 that ZX-81 had previously ported to PSP.

http://zx81.zx81.free.fr/serendipity/index.php?/archives/171-GP2X-7800-Atari-7800-emulator-for-GP2X-v1.0.1.html

This is a dice game for Nintendo DS. More details are available in french languge at it’s release thread.

t4ils has released an english readme text (gameplay instructions), upon my request. Here it is: http://t4ils.free.fr/Projets_NDS/DiceSoldiers/readme_en.txt

http://www.playeradvance.org/forum/showthread.php?t=6645

Here are some WIP news for mpc2x. There is no release yet:

mpc2x is a mpd client for the gp2x handheld console. A gp2x is a Linux based ARM powered multimedia platform, which because of it’s Linux OS is very well suited for writing your own applications. At the moment mpc2x is nowhere near any release state, and has only a functioning song display at the moment.

mpc2x is written with help of the SDL multimedia library which is as far as I know the best option on the gp2x because it would be rather an overkill to use and X server and some tk to create the interface.

http://error32.sarine.nl/cms/index.php?page=mpc2x