GMenu2X is a very very good alternative frontend for the GP2x/Wiz/Caanoo. It supports overclocking, sound volume setting, touchscreen, etc.

GMenu2X allows you to create direct links for your games & applications so that you can directly launch them without having to browse through all the filesystem manually, resulting in a better user experience.

Changes:

– Wiz and Caanoo support implemented (including battery readings and overclocking)
– Completely rewritten font code: fonts are now standard truetype fonts with a 1px outline.
– Skins can specify a custom font, change its size and the color of the outline and of the font itself.
– Completely rewritten input system: the screen is redrawn only when it needs to be updated, idling when there is no input by the user.
– Additional system informations displayed in the about dialog
– Cpu clock increments by steps of ten
– File selectors from the “edit link” menu now start browsing from the link directory
– Reduced size of the binary
– Lots of bug fixes

This release offers caanoo users the ability to return automatically to gmenu2x after exiting from launched apps/games despite the broken autorun implementation.
The exit link is not available at this time, since I still need to find a good solution, but booting back to the default menu is as simple as rebooting with the sd card pulled out of the console.
For users upgrading from earlier versions I recommend starting from scratch and eventually copying over only the links from the old installation.

http://www.gp32x.com/board/index.php?/topic/58178-gmenu2x-v0-11-released/

Quake port for the Caanoo by Pickle with enhancements from Rikku2000.

Changes:

– Multiplayer Create Game Menu Fix
– Mods and Maps Menu Fix
– Sound Sample Freq set 11025
– Add command cl_playdemo disable the Game Demos
– Add command -cpu XXX setup the CPU Clock
– Server downloads color Fix
– Add Haptic(Vibration)
– Add command cl_haptic disable vibration

http://dl.openhandhelds.org/cgi-bin/caanoo.cgi?0,0,0,0,30,573

Jump to the Moon is a game inspired to the popular iPhone game Doodle Jump, featuring exclusive gameplay additions. Your little cosmonaut jumps from platforms to platform while you tilt the Caanoo to give him a general direction. The goal is the reach the moon… And then jump even higher in outer space!

http://dl.openhandhelds.org/cgi-bin/caanoo.cgi?0,0,0,0,35,628

Deadly Eye is a frenetic shooter game with a great arsenal of weapons!

http://dl.openhandhelds.org/cgi-bin/caanoo.cgi?0,0,0,0,30,629

The island of Malis is in grave danger! The infamous Beast King and his army of monsters try to invade the peaceful homeland of the blobs, in order to reign the whole island. Those small, kind creatures are to be enslaved and most of them are unable to oppose their tormentors. However if YOU take the role of Blob, one will rise to defend their freedom.

http://dl.openhandhelds.org/cgi-bin/caanoo.cgi?0,0,0,0,9,622

GPFCE is a Nintendo Entertainment Systeme (NES) emulator for Caanoo.

Release notes:

Updated by Rikku2000:
Update:
Fixed clock setting, sw scaling, and rotation code. Pickle
Fixed clock setting, Caanoo Controls and remove rotation code. Rikku2000

Disclaimer: This Wiz port is only for test purposes! It was done by Pickle and Orkie (Thanks guys!).
The original code was done by notaz. Don’t blame him for any problem occur with this port!
This product don’t come with the “Notaz Seal Of Quality (TM)” 😉

Path and filename changed, icon added and edited, shortcuts, Wiz menu fixed, zipped
and uploaded by sbock. So blame me… 🙂

Credits:
Original code: notaz (Great work, as always…)
Wiz port: Pickle, Orkie
Caanoo port: Rikku2000
Libcastor: Orkie

Thanks to Dejunai for tips for the exit solution…

sbock

http://dl.openhandhelds.org/cgi-bin/caanoo.cgi?0,0,0,0,9,623

LittleGPTracker (a.k.a ‘The piggy’) is a music tracker optimised to run on portable game consoles.

It implements the user interface of littlesounddj, a very famous tracker for the Gameboy platform that has been tried and tested by many users over the years, leading to a little complex but yet extremely efficent way of working.

Piggy currently supports 8 monophonic 16Bit/44.1Khz stereo sample playback channels. Additionally, the program can drive MIDI instruments (with the gp32 and gp2x a custom MIDI interface is required).

All versions are available for free ; however, if you like the project and want to contribute, don’t hesitate to do a small donation.

Release notes:

Hi all,

Just a quick post to announce that I made the first port of littlegptracker to the caanoo. LittleGPTracker is a sample based tracker (music program) optimized for game consoles. It is based on the famous lsdj for gameboy.

The first beta of the port is available at

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/323652/lgpt_caanoo.rar

And will be updated offically on the lgpt site as soon as I finish polishing the angles.

Cheers
Marc.

http://www.gp32x.com/board/index.php?showtopic=58085

FreeWiFi Hotspot Connection is a simple tool, that might be useful for those who want to connect to all “FreeWifi” wireless hotspots in France using their Caanoo + official GPH WiFi dongle.

http://zx81.zx81.free.fr/serendipity/index.php?/archives/487-Freewifi-hotspot-connection-for-caanoo.html

Sqrxz 2 is a Jump’n’Run which requires a sharp mind and fast reflexes, high frustration is guaranteed. Original Sqrxz made by Marcus Vesterlund (Maze) and John Holmvall (Hojo). Sqrxz 2 is a sequel to this game created by Rodolphe Boixel (Thor), Shahzad Sahaib (Kojote), Alexander Wiklund, Simon Butler and Jane Mumford (Jayne). Caanoo port is courtesy of Pickle.

Story:

Another day another journey… As living on planet earth and its surrounding solar system seemed boring Sqrxz decided to check out another location in the universe. Just in case and to be extra careful he took a pocketful of emeralds with him to keep him in ready cash, but after starting his exciting journey he realized all his emeralds are suddenly missing! Retracing his steps Sqrxz notices mysterious creatures popping up all over the place to hinder him in his search… Oh what troublesome days… Help poor Sqrxz get back all his emeralds!

Features:

* Tough challenging gameplay – Extremely difficult; not for weaklings!
* Retro graphics!
* Hidden passages to discover!
* 10 tricky n’ hard levels!
* 11 marvelous chiptunes!
* Top 10 highscore!
* Infinite continue mode, which you will need badly in order to practise! 🙂

http://www.sqrxz.de/sqrxz-2/

Commander Genius aka CloneKeenPlus is an engine which interprets Commander Keen 1-4.

Release notes from Pickle:

Ive updated the all of the archives for the latest source code for cgenius.
One notable feature for this update is support for streaming the hqp ogg files, which are included (all except for gp2x too slow, but ogg support is compiled in if you have to have it)
Also added support for a the caanoo.
Also includes enhanced graphics replacements and also includes keen1 and keen4 sharware data.
Keen4 work has begun you can jump and run through levels and collect items so far.

http://dl.openhandhelds.org/cgi-bin/caanoo.cgi?0,0,0,0,35,618