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Manic Miner for Windows and Xbox 360, written using XNA. Graphics courtesy Andy Noble – http://www.andynoble.co.uk If you want to see the game in action you might visit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bBbwrCXPDg

Metal Blob Solid is a PSP adoptation of METAL BLOB SOLID from Parallel Realities – http://www.parallelrealities.co.uk Metal Blob Solid is an open source tactical 2D platformer. Features: – Over 25 missions – More than 8 hours’ gameplay! – 4 difficulty settings – Large levels with different environments, such as water, lava, ice and slime. – Use a variety of different … Read more

Geckoloader is a native Wii application which helps you to load and execute Wii homebrew binaries in the easiest and fastest way possible. It acts as a server which will receive binaries directly using a USB Gecko adapter. A client tool to transfer such files is included. Changes: a gamecube pad isn’t required anymore, the wii reset button is used … Read more

This is a Python script for exporting 3d models into a format that the Nintendo DS can understand. This script outputs a C source code file that can be compiled and linked into your DS homebrew application. See the DrunkenCoders Documentation on the format of the display list. Thanks to http://www.drunkencoders.com for the news.

The Plan 9 community is recruiting student ds developers for google summer of code 2008. If anyone is interested you can make contact on the plan9 irc channel on freenode or through the plan9 google group. The group also has a project page found at code.google.com/p/inferno-ds/ This should be a great opportunity to combine your studies with DS homebrew. Thanks … Read more

oXo brings us this fine Nintendo DS homebrew release called DSBall. You must guide the bouncing ball save trough the level, that’s it – if there wouldn’t be obstacles and holes 😉

nczempin made a simplistic clock for Poker tournaments. It allows you to set a time per round (in minutes), and when that time has passed, it will emit a noise (shamelessly stolen from wintermute’s libnds sound example). It can also pause/go, and change the current level, reset, and do your washing.

This is a card game where you have to get rid of all your cards before the computer does. How to play: Each arrow defines the direction (way) of the pile : an up arrow means you have to put cards with superior value (4 then 5 then 6 …) and a down arrow inferior value (6 then 5 then … Read more

nczempin started working on converting the original “Football Manager” to the DS. Paul Robson has ported, or reverse-engineered, or remade, the original Football Manager by Kevin Toms. The current status is: A pre-alpha version is running. You can see some of the menu screens, and once it comes to match day, you can actually see a match. It is not … Read more

Traperic brings us a new game to the GP2x named “Night of the Living Nerd”. The game has been written using Allegro and C++. The objective is to control a programmer alien who wishes to protect an opensource program. Go ahead and destroy the nerds trying to invade.