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zlib v1.2.3 (PS2 misc)

ragnarok2040 has updated the zlib library port to PS2.

Release notes:

I updated the zlib port to version 1.2.3. It’s at http://homebrew.thewaffleiron.net/ragnarok2040. I made a patch as well so updating the svn repository should be easier. Not much work was really needed except for reorganizing the directory structure of the files and copying over the Makefiles from the old port.

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Laser Invaders v5 (PSP Game)

This is a laser control game based on the PSP laser control idea by califrag. Laser Invaders is coded from scratch, using the ps2dev.org Go!Cam demo as a template.

Changes:

– Implemented Intrafont library.

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Playfield Death Ray (Atari2600 Techdemo)

jrok released a techdemo.

Quote:

So, I’ve been working on designing some routines that use the playfield to draw laser beams that can destroy playfield-drawn terrain. Enclosed is my first effort, which I think could do with a lot of improvement. It its current state, my death ray does the following:

– Calculates the playfield position of the sprite from which it originated.
– Draws a progressive line in one of eight directions depending on the player’s direction when the fire button is released.
– When the laser reaches it’s full range or hits a playfield pixel, the line progressively erases (also erasing the pfpixel at its endpoint.)

Ultimately, I’ll want to add a second player, and vary the length of the death ray depending on how long the button was held down. But there are many things that i’d like to improve about this code before I can take this to the next stage. Hoping a few of you could take a crack at optimizing down this code… I’ve been staring at it all weekend and it seems to be begging for a clever function or two to tidy it up. Also, there is a small bump in the scanline count that happens during beam collisions that I can’t seem to nail down.

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Mobile Learning Engine (MLE) v0.8.0.1 (J2ME Application)

MLE – The Mobile Learning Engine is a learning application for mobile phones written in Java (J2ME). It enables you to use your phone at anytime and at anyplace for computer-aided, multimedia-based learning. It is a content independent engine.

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Microlog v1.1.0 (Snapshot) (J2ME misc)

Microlog is a small logging library for Java ME (J2ME) like Log4j. It has support for logging to console, file, RecordStore, Canvas, Form, Bluetooth, a serial port (Bluetooth, IR, USB), Socket(incl SSL), UDP, Syslog, MMS, SMS, e-mail or to Amazon S3.

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