Scott McFly has updated his Blackjack game for Nintendo DS. It now features graphics, compared to the previously v0.1 which only had “Text”.

http://palib.info/forum/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?viewmode=flat&type=&topic_id=3846&forum=9

BackupBuddy is a simple utility that finds all the new .sav files on your card and uploads them to an FTP server. The idea here is that you run this utility when you plug your DS in to charge at night. A few minutes later, you can rest assured that all your day’s hard play will be backed up.

http://forum.gbadev.org/viewtopic.php?t=14519

Bunjalloo is a web browser for the Nintendo DS. It is still under development, but can already display simple pages and follow links.

http://code.google.com/p/quirkysoft/

PuzzleManiak is a port of the marvelous Simon Tatham’s Portable Puzzle Collection on Nintendo DS. All 27 games are ported on NDS: Tents, Dominosa, Mines, Bridges, Light Up (aka Akari), Pattern (aka Picross), Net (aka Netwalk), Untangle (aka Planarity), Sudoku (aka Solo), Galaxies, Slitherlink (aka Loopy), Blackbox, Mastermind (aka Guess), Map, Filling, Solitaire (aka Pegs), Sixteen, Fifteen, Slant, Rectangles, Netslide, Samegame, Unequal, Flip, Inertia, Twiddle and Pyramid (adaptation of Cube).

Changes:

The ‘hall of fame’ feature is back in this version 3.1 and some bugs found in the version 3.0 have been corrected.

http://www.puzzlemaniak.com/blog/?p=181

morganDS has released his version of a Sudoku game for Nintendo DS.

Release notes:

Features:
-Two generation options: random or seeded
-Quick puzzle generation (about a tenth of a second)
-Checker
-Corrector (can be turned on or off)
-Timer (can be turned on or off)
-Scoring system (can be turned on or off)
-Shows possibilities for current cell based on numbers you have already input in the puzzle (can be turned on or off)
-Select the number of givens
-Can use freebies if needed
-Choose from several backgrounds
-Choose from different music
-Nice touch-screen support

Known issues:
-On occasion, the program will freeze while trying to generate a puzzle. This happens, however, very rarely. Seeded puzzle #10 cause the program to freeze.
-The sound file for “Crossbones” is a little fuzzy due to several files conversions and compression. I’m planning on rerecording this file to improve sound quality.

Let me know what you think or if there are any bugs or improvements I could make.

http://palib.info/forum/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=3843&forum=9

DefenderDS was intended to be a port of an Amiga version of Defender to the DS, written using PALib in C++.

There isn’t an awful lot here yet, but someone might find it useful (it has a sprite class, palette cycler class, sprite number management, etc).

http://palib.info/forum/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=3842&forum=9

Lilou Combox box is a complete communication box for your DS. It allows you to transfer files with different protocols : FTP and HTTP. It allows you to download or upload files on your private network or on Internet. Lilou HTTP allows you to explore files over internet (similar to your file explorer on your PC). With this, you can download your files, favourite homebrew, video on your ds without extracting your card, micro DS. Lilou FTP allows you to run either a FTP server a FTP client on your DS. With this, you can download your music sound, video on your ds without extracting your card, micro DS… It allows you to transfer files between 2 DS, your computer and a FTP server on Internet.

Thanks to http://www.dev-fr.org for the news.

http://masterlilou.wordpress.com/

After six beta’s here is the final v3 of PuzzleManiak. A full changelog is available on it’s release page.

PuzzleManiak is a port of the marvelous Simon Tatham’s Portable Puzzle Collection on Nintendo DS. All 27 games are ported on NDS: Tents, Dominosa, Mines, Bridges, Light Up (aka Akari), Pattern (aka Picross), Net (aka Netwalk), Untangle (aka Planarity), Sudoku (aka Solo), Galaxies, Slitherlink (aka Loopy), Blackbox, Mastermind (aka Guess), Map, Filling, Solitaire (aka Pegs), Sixteen, Fifteen, Slant, Rectangles, Netslide, Samegame, Unequal, Flip, Inertia, Twiddle and Pyramid (adaptation of Cube).

http://www.puzzlemaniak.com/blog/index.php

SquaresDS is a clone of the popular flash game Squares. Object is to catch black squares, while avoiding red ones, which hold good but mostly bad features.

http://www.playeradvance.org/forum/showthread.php?t=15444

DSgf is an SGF file editor on the Nintendo DS platform for GO board game players. This release is a bit older, but probably someone has use for this.

Release notes:

For those of you that might play go board game, we’ve released a basic SGF editor for DS that allows recording and reviewing go games with your favorite portable console.

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

http://sourceforge.net/projects/dsgf/