Circus Calcticus, which was known as “DUEL” for a short time, has been updated. It’s a futuristic gladiator tournament, where combatants duel each other to the death for the pleasure of the galactic empire. The game will comprise the player’s fighting career, with the difficulty and rewards ramping up with each new match. A match ends when one gladiator loses all of his shields, and is fried by his opponents laser beam. The player begins a match with three shields, while each new opponent gains more shields up to a maximum of five.

Release notes:

I’ve worked a bit on my “hurry-up” routine for the game. When a the game-timer reaches a certain point, two walls seal off the defensive zones, and the shield material becomes a wave of deadly electricity that fries you. The time between the beginning of the round and when the walls appear decreases as you progress through the game.

EDT: Fixed a sound effects bug

http://www.atariage.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=136119&st=25

atariland2600 has posted an update of his Atari 2600 homebrew game “Jack and the Beanstalk” which is based upon a fairy tale with the same name.

Release notes:

They’re supposed to be clubs, but you can have them be whatever you want them to be.

Update:
+ Added Jack to the title screen.
+ Added three new screens to level 2.
To access the password screen, press up then down at the title screen and put in “28” and then press “fire” to get to these latest screens.

http://www.atariage.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=118991&st=50

The Homebrew Browser allows you to download the latest homebrew applications and games all through your Wii. You don’t need to take your SD card out. You don’t even need a computer! You can also delete homebrew you no longer want.

No more dead links, no more extracting files, no more finding out that the homebrew application doesn’t include an icon.png and meta.xml in the zip file!

Changes:

Fixed XML issue which caused a code dump
Added update text so it now tells you what’s new before you update

Thanks to http://www.tehskeen.com for the news.

http://wiibrew.org/wiki/Homebrew_Browser

TxtoPS is a Text Editor for PSP with many unique new designs, developed with reliability,speed and smooth response as high priorities. Files can be read, viewed and edited, then stored on the PSP Memory Stick Duo.

Thanks to brakken / http://www.tehskeen.com for the news.

http://dangee.net/tt2.html

YDL (Yellow Dog Linux) v6.1 is now available to be downloaded. This free Linux distribution supports the Sony PS3 and distro’s like this are why homebrew isn’t really needed on a PS3 as you can use all of Linux’s versatile programs for most of your multimedia, Internet and gaming needs.

Thanks a lot to brakken / http://www.tehskeen.com for the news.

http://us.fixstars.com/products/ydl/

Alekmaul has updated the port of xRick for Nintendo DS. xRick is an open source remake of “Rick Dangerous”, a well known adventure platformer from the Amiga days.

Thanks to http://www.nintendomax.com for the news.

http://www.portabledev.com/pages/ds/jeuxdev.-perso/xrickds.php

Quickly and easily convert between various units including daily updated currencies.

Features:

– Convert as you type or select input/output formats
– Currencies, updated automatically or manually
– Distance
– Volume
– Weight
– Time
– Area
– Temperature
– Stores latest conversion in each category
– Pretty icons 🙂

Sidenote: At the point of posting this program has been marked as beeing freely available without costs. As this program is hosted with the AppStore the status might change. Authors like to publish their programs for free for promotion purpose and then make it commercial. Also it could happen that the author decides to take the program down.

http://appshopper.com/utilities/convert-any

Get all of the balls to the same color as fast as possible in order to win this simple yet addicting game.

Great for long trips, rather than twiddling your thumbs you can take out your iPhone and play “Oh Balls!.”

Never listen to screaming children again, just pass ’em your phone and they will be entertained to their hearts fullest desire.

Sidenote: At the point of posting this program has been marked as beeing freely available without costs. As this program is hosted with the AppStore the status might change. Authors like to publish their programs for free for promotion purpose and then make it commercial. Also it could happen that the author decides to take the program down.

http://appshopper.com/games/oh-balls

RedFlagDeals.com for the iPhone makes it easy to stay on top of the latest Canadian deals, coupons, and freebies from wherever you are!

Check for deals and compare prices while you’re in the store and never overpay again!

The RedFlagDeals.com App is being released just in time for Canada’s biggest shopping day – Boxing Day! Check Boxing Day flyers as soon as they are released and carry them with you as you shop!

Sidenote: At the point of posting this program has been marked as beeing freely available without costs. As this program is hosted with the AppStore the status might change. Authors like to publish their programs for free for promotion purpose and then make it commercial. Also it could happen that the author decides to take the program down.

http://appshopper.com/lifestyle/redflagdeals

Rewards is similar to the ‘star charts’ used to encourage children in their good behaviour (possibly in potty or toilet training). But that doesn’t mean it is just for children – we all have goals that we are trying to reach!

Rewards is a simple, polished application with subtle animations and beautiful graphics to keep you checking off those stars! When all the stars are filled in – its time for a reward! (rewards not supplied)

The number of stars is configurable (between 2 and 25). Make your goals as easy or hard as you like.

Sidenote: At the point of posting this program has been marked as beeing freely available without costs. As this program is hosted with the AppStore the status might change. Authors like to publish their programs for free for promotion purpose and then make it commercial. Also it could happen that the author decides to take the program down.

http://appshopper.com/lifestyle/rewards-2