hiei03 and mastersonic released an update to their shell application “X-Soft”. It comes with a bunch of simple mainstream tools such as picture viewer and music player.

Thanks to http://www.nintendomax.com/index.php?topic_id=10650 and http://nds.scenebeta.com/noticia/x-soft for the news.

http://off-topic-world.forosactivos.com/x-soft-f17/

Pang DS is a single game arcade emulator for various Arcade variants of Pang. The required ROM images do not come with the emulator.

Supported ROMs:

Pang (World)
Pang (bootleg, set 1)
Pang (bootleg, set 2)
Buster Bros. (US)
Pomping World (Japan)
Super Pang (World 900914)
Super Pang (Japan 901023)
Super Buster Bros. (US 901001)

Thanks to http://www.nintendomax.com/index.php?topic_id=10649 for the news.

http://www.dev-fr.org/index.php?topic=4430

Car Playing is a simple surviving game. Avoid to crash with things.

Thanks to http://www.nintendomax.com/index.php?topic_id=10648 for the news.

http://microlua.xooit.fr/t395-CarPlaying.htm

Ghuntlet is a Gauntlet clone for Nintendo DS coded with Micro Lua.

Changes (Powered by Bablefish, unmodified):

– Addition of the ” portal” who are generators of monsters (as in Gauntlet)
– Addition of the doors and of keys (the first s’ opening if you have the second)
– the function skirt which makes it possible not to remain wedged against the walls.
– tiny optimizations

Thanks to http://www.nintendomax.com/index.php?topic_id=10646 for the news.

http://microlua.xooit.fr/t365-Ghuntlet.htm

ScummVM is a program which allows you to run certain classic graphical point-and-click adventure games, provided you already have their data files. The clever part about this: ScummVM just replaces the executables shipped with the games, allowing you to play them on systems for which they were never designed!

Some of the adventures ScummVM supports include Adventure Soft’s Simon the Sorcerer 1 and 2; Revolution’s Beneath A Steel Sky, Broken Sword 1 and Broken Sword 2; Flight of the Amazon Queen; Wyrmkeep’s Inherit the Earth; Coktel Vision’s Gobliiins; Westwood Studios’ The Legend of Kyrandia and games based on LucasArts’ SCUMM (Script Creation Utility for Maniac Mansion) system such as Monkey Island, Day of the Tentacle, Sam and Max and more. You can find a thorough list with details on which games are supported and how well on the compatibility page. ScummVM is continually improving, so check back often.

Release notes:

-Please help test ScummVM DS 1.0.0 beta3! Download here!

Please test this new beta version of ScummVM, and post your results here. It would be good to know which games you have tested.

This is the big one – version 1.0.0. It’s a big milestone for the whole ScummVM project, as this means the project is out of the first development phase and into a real prime-time release!

So it’s important that this version is as good as it can be. Whether that happens will be down to all you great forum users. If you try this and post any bugs you may find, you’ll be helping to make ScummVM DS better for everyone. I can only test a small number of games, so if you have played a game and know it works, please post that here too.

New features in this version:

New Features

* A mouse pad area underneath the on-screen keybaord allows you to move the mouse with the keyboard open.
* Using the laptop trackpad-style controls, moving the cursor to the edge of the screen now scrolls the view
* The usual round of bugfixes.

Download here:
http://scummvm.drunkencoders.com/scummvmds1-0-0beta3.zip

Supported Games

Build A:
Manic Mansion
Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Loom
Passport to Adventure
The Secret of Monkey Island
Monkey Island 2: LeChuck’s Revenge
Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis
Day of the Tentacle
Sam & Max Hit the Road
Bear Stormin’ (DOS version only)
Fatty Bear’s Birthday Surprise (DOS version only)
Fatty Bear’s Fun Pack (DOS version only)
Putt-Putt’s Fun Pack (DOS version only)
Putt-Putt Goes to the Moon (DOS version only)
Putt-Putt Joins the Parade (DOS version only)

Build B:
Beneath a Steel Sky
Flight of the Amazon Queen

Build C:
Simon the Sorcerer 1/2
Elvira 1/2
Waxworks (Amiga version only)

Build D:
Sierra AGI games
Gobliiins 1 – 3
Bargon Attack
Ween: The Prophecy
Future Wars
Lost in Time

Build E:
Inherit the Earth

Build F:
Kyrandia 1

Build G:
Lure of the Temptress

Build H:
Nippon Safes

Thanks to http://www.nintendomax.com/index.php?topic_id=10638 and http://mobiles.gx-mod.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=8977 for the news.

http://forums.scummvm.org/viewtopic.php?t=8050

Jovin is working on a top down racing game for Nintendo DS.

You can see the first video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCx-rmjz99c

http://forum.gbadev.org/viewtopic.php?t=16904

Leo and Suikoden77 are working on something which might be interesting for fans of the TV series “Lost”.

Quote:

Lost Counter is a program based on the computer of the 2nd season of Lost. This program is done exacly that the computer of the Lost (sounds, graphics and happenings…), then isn’t recommendable who haven’t seen the season 2.

We will include a eastereggs to do the delay more funny. If you will colaborate, send me a quotes of Lost (characters and objectes…) to complete de easteregg.

When we will have finished the easteregg, we will release the game (because the program is finished).

Regards,
Leo & Suikoden77

http://forum.palib.info/index.php?topic=7939.0

ContactsDS by Hero2 is a contacts organizer for the Nintendo DS.

Quote:

It is a WIP, has the simplest of features at the moment, and is insufficient. Nevertheless, I will be updating the app very often, so check for updates in this thread.

http://forum.palib.info/index.php?topic=7938.0

TheSMSCenter is a messaging network that uses the Short Message System protocol allowing you to send SMS to any mobile number (WiFi connection needed). To be able to use TheSMSCenter, you have to create an account. For now the service is only available in France and Italy.

Thanks to www.nintendomax.com for the news.

http://smscenter.supercard.fr/index.php?lang=eng

Guitar-ZyX by filteredperception is a LiveDVD/USB operating system distribution, that can immediately boot both your Nintendo DS, and your x86/64 PC, into a guitar pre-amp f/x processing appliance, complete with wireless dual screen touchpad remote control. You can even velcro or embed the NDS in your guitar if so inclined. In addition to switching among 77+ different f/x presets, the NDS remote control’s touchscreen can also linearly control any two of about a hundred independent f/x parameters in real-time. I.e. a very cost effective TouchScreenWhammyPad.

Guitar-ZyX-0.3.1 uses the excellent Rakarrack open source guitar-f/x software to provide effects. Guitar-ZyX-0.3.1 is derived from Fedora 10 and has compatable full access to the upstream software repositories including updates.

Guitar-ZyX is entirely free and open source software, with all source available, for both the PC and NDS components. All necessary compilers and build tools are also included, allowing anyone to modify and enhance in any way their imagination and code-fu skills allow.

Release notes:

Guitar-ZyX is currently an *alpha* release. NO WARRANTY. Use at your own risk. Interested alpha-testers are encouraged to provide feedback on what works, and what still needs to be improved.

http://forum.gbadev.org/viewtopic.php?t=16906