Miscellaneous News
Domm has updated his port of VisualBoyAdvance SDL for the GP2x. The speed has been improved but the emulator is still unplayable.
This is a straight port of VisualBoyAdvance SDL. It isn’t isn’t very fast and there is no sound. Most of the time it rounds around 6fps. You can tweak frame skipping and other settings in VisualBoyAdvance.cfg.
http://archive.gp2x.de/cgi-bin/cfiles.cgi?0,1,0,0,5,1018
critical has updated his port of UAE4ALL (UAE for DC) for the GP2x. Release notes:
0.4.2 changes the overclocking options so it leaves whatever’s already set well alone until the overclock option is selected on the menu. I also fixed the volume control in mouse mode bug.
http://www.vividvillage.com/
NJ has updated his work on the Neo Geo CD emulator NeoGeo CDZ.
http://neocdz.hp.infoseek.co.jp/
FluBBa has updated his Colecovision emulator for the GBA. Changes:
Fixed keypad/joystick reading (lots of Atari games).
http://hem.passagen.se/flubba/gba.html
DSOrganize is a Organizer Suite for the DS. Changes:
Added file browser/nds launcher (NDS launcher for GBAMP only) Fixed issue with slow repeat times in lists Added touch ability to select vcard/dayplanner/browser lists. Fixed cursor disappearing bug when cancelling a created vCard. Changed Day Planner to show current day on top screen, and added next/previous day buttons. Fixed last wordwrap bug! Seem to have fixed the data corruption bug in the Address viewer. Many new translateable fields in this release! Fixed uppercase chars being assigned to lowercase in translated files.
http://www.youngmx.com/?loc=ndsdev/DSOrganize
The”eBoot Loader”has been updated in form of a patch. eBoot Loader allows you to play homebrew on ANY PSP. Changes:
No more ‘corrupted data’ icons in the save games folder – the backup savegame information is now saved in /psp/eloader. Corrected config file path Various TIFF loader stability fixes Removed most crashes with L+R+START Replaced the beta icons Improved editability of file paths.
http://www.fanjita.org/
Fanjita, creator of the eboot loader for the PSP, which enables all current PSP’s to play homebrew using a bug/exploit in GTA:LCS has been interviewed by the guys from pspngo. There is a french and english language version available.http://www.pspngo.fr/…
Squidge has updated his SNES/Super Famicom emulator SquidgeSNES. It’s in beta stage and it’s said that it doesn’t work on every GP2x handheld. Changes:
Volume control
TV-Out support
Background layer toggling (eg. if a transparent layer is rendered opaque and stopping your progress, you can turn it off)
http://squidge.wordpress.com/
Homer has released an updated version of RIN, a Gameboy and Gameboy Color emulator for the PSP. The core is based upon Mr. Mirakachis RIN. Changes:
Sound
Timestamps on savestates
Added quick savestate
Savestates are saved as png
Saves are compressed
Added zip support
Added wallpaper png support (press Start when selecting a PNG)
Added reset rom option
Added exit from emulator option
More rom compability
More realistic rom speed
Added battery life indicator (Bottom right)
Wallpapers and text color config are now the same with all roms (global)
Pro Action Replay (Gameshark) cheat code support
http://xn--stjrna-dua.net/psp/rin/
fullerlee has updated his scrabble game”Wordingo”. Changes:
AI player with customisable difficulty level
Board editor.
Tile score/freq editor.
Anagram / Word finder now takes notice of blanks.
Clock&battery monitor displayed on screen at all times.
Numerous bug fixes.
http://forums.ps2dev.org/viewtopic.php?t=5078