Wii News
Added Jul 22, 2010, Under:
Wii
WiiMC (Wii Media Centre) is an open source media player for the Nintendo Wii. The GUI is powered by libwiigui.
Features:
Ability to play virtually any video or audio format
DVD playback, with DVD menu support
Picture viewer
Music player
Online media support, courtesy of Navi-X
SD, USB 2.0, SMB, HTTP, and FTP support
Attractive libwiigui-based interface, designed with the Wii in mind
Changes:
* Reverted USB2 changes
* Synced to MPlayer r31761
* Fixed display of radio stream information
* Other minor changes
http://www.wiimc.org/
Added Jul 22, 2010, Under:
Wii
PC utility to extract the NAND AES key from a BootMii beta 4 NAND or key dump, and write it to a new file ready for further use (e.g. Segher’s Wii.git).
http://wiibrew.org/wiki/Getwiinandkey
Added Jul 22, 2010, Under:
Wii
TetriCycle is Tetris projected onto a cylindrical surface. Rotate the cylinder left/right such that the descending piece falls into place. TetriCycle is freeware, can be distributed freely and should never be charged for.
Changes:
Shadow option — see where the current piece will drop.
Preview option — see what the next piece will be.
Multiplayer looks better. Each playfield is drawn from the same perspective, but with a shifted viewport.
http://wiibrew.org/wiki/TetriCycle
Added Jul 22, 2010, Under:
Wii
Visual Boy Advance GX is a Game Boy Advance / Game Boy emulator based on VBA-M.
Features:
Wiimote, Nunchuk, Classic, and Gamecube controller support
SRAM and State saving
IPS/UPS/PPF patch support
Custom controller configurations
SD, USB, DVD, SMB, Zip, and 7z support
Compatiblity based on VBA-M r927
MEM2 ROM Storage for fast access
Auto frame skip for those core heavy games
Turbo speed, video zooming, widescreen, and unfiltered video options
Changes:
* Reverted USB2 changes
Plenty of legal GBA homebrew games to try out can be found here at PDRoms -> http://www.pdroms.de/files/gameboyadvance/
http://code.google.com/p/vba-wii/
Added Jul 22, 2010, Under:
Wii
FCE Ultra GX is a modified port of FCE Ultra. The GUI is powered by libwiigui.
Features:
Wiimote, Nunchuk, Classic, and Gamecube controller support
iNES, FDS, VS, UNIF, and NSF ROM support
1-4 Player support
Zapper support
RAM / State saving support
Custom controller configurations
SD, USB, DVD, SMB, Zip, and 7z support
Cheat support (.CHT files)
IPS/UPS/PPF automatic patching support
NES Compatibility Based on FCEUX 2.1.3
Getting Started
Changes:
* Reverted USB2 changes
Free and legal NES roms to try with this emulator can be downloaded from here: http://www.pdroms.de/files/nes/
http://code.google.com/p/fceugc/
Added Jul 22, 2010, Under:
Wii
SNES9x GX is a Super Nintendo emulator based on the PC emulator SNES9x 1.51. SoftDev is responsible for the original SNES9x 1.51 GameCube port, whose work was continued by crunchy2. Wii support was added by michniewski, and SNES9x 1.51 was ported by Tantric. The project is currently being maintained by michniewski and Tantric. The GUI is powered by libwiigui.
Features:
Based on Snes9x 1.52
Wiimote, Nunchuk, Classic, and Gamecube controller support
SNES Superscope, Mouse, Justifier support
Cheat support
Auto Load/Save Game Snapshots and SRAM
Custom controller configurations
SD, USB, DVD, SMB, Zip, and 7z support
Autodetect PAL/NTSC
16:9 widescreen support
Open Source!
Changes:
* Reverted USB2 changes
* Fixed return-to-menu crash with Filtered mode
Free and legal SNES roms to try out with this emulator can be found here: http://www.pdroms.de/files/supernes/
http://code.google.com/p/snes9x-gx/
Added Jul 15, 2010, Under:
Wii
WiiMC (Wii Media Centre) is an open source media player for the Nintendo Wii. The GUI is powered by libwiigui.
Features:
Ability to play virtually any video or audio format
DVD playback, with DVD menu support
Picture viewer
Music player
Online media support, courtesy of Navi-X
SD, USB 2.0, SMB, HTTP, and FTP support
Attractive libwiigui-based interface, designed with the Wii in mind
Changes:
Synced to MPlayer r31641
Added volume control in Music area
Added option to hide DVD functionality from the UI
UTF-8 SMB support
Ability to use both USB ports (requires updated IOS 202 – WARNING: older versions of IOS 202 are NO LONGER supported)
Increase max SMB shares to 9
Fixed sleep timer
Added “Now Playing†to screensaver
Disable screensaver while slideshow is active
Increased video auto-play limit from 20 to 50
MMS support (thanks denper!)
Improved online stream display (thanks gazstone!)
New SHOUTcast support (WARNING: updating will overwrite your onlinemedia.xml to install new links – backup your old links if necessary)
Audio language setting
Jump to and highlight folder when going up one level
Highlight file when returning to menu
Save settings when power button is used
Added option to use static folder locations
Display parent directory beside Up One Level
Improved restore points behavior
Other miscellaneous improvements/corrections
Language updates
http://www.wiimc.org/
Added Jul 15, 2010, Under:
Wii
Visual Boy Advance GX is a Game Boy Advance / Game Boy emulator for Wii and GameCube based on VBA-M.
Features:
Wiimote, Nunchuk, Classic, and Gamecube controller support
SRAM and State saving
IPS/UPS/PPF patch support
Custom controller configurations
SD, USB, DVD, SMB, Zip, and 7z support
Compatiblity based on VBA-M r927
MEM2 ROM Storage for fast access
Auto frame skip for those core heavy games
Turbo speed, video zooming, widescreen, and unfiltered video options
Changes:
[2.1.8 – July 14, 2010]
* Ability to use both USB ports (requires updated IOS 202 – WARNING: older versions of IOS 202 are NO LONGER supported)
* Hide non-ROM files
* Other minor improvements
http://code.google.com/p/vba-wii/
Added Jul 15, 2010, Under:
Wii
FCE Ultra GX is a modified port of FCE Ultra v0.98.12. With it you can play NES games on your Wii/GameCube. The GUI is powered by libwiigui.
Changes:
[3.1.9 – July 14, 2010]
* Fixed 16:9 correction in Original mode
* Fixed PAL/NTSC timing switching issue
* Ability to use both USB ports (requires updated IOS 202 – WARNING: older versions of IOS 202 are NO LONGER supported)
* Hide non-ROM files
* Other minor improvements
Free and legal NES roms to try with this emulator can be downloaded from here: http://www.pdroms.de/files/nes/
http://code.google.com/p/fceugc/
Added Jul 15, 2010, Under:
Wii
SNES9x GX is a Super Nintendo emulator for Wii and GameCube based on the PC emulator SNES9x 1.51. SoftDev is responsible for the original SNES9x 1.51 GameCube port, whose work was continued by crunchy2. Wii support was added by michniewski, and SNES9x 1.51 was ported by Tantric. The project is currently being maintained by michniewski and Tantric. The GUI is powered by libwiigui.
Features:
Based on Snes9x 1.52
Wiimote, Nunchuk, Classic, and Gamecube controller support
SNES Superscope, Mouse, Justifier support
Cheat support
Auto Load/Save Game Snapshots and SRAM
Custom controller configurations
SD, USB, DVD, SMB, Zip, and 7z support
Autodetect PAL/NTSC
16:9 widescreen support
Open Source!
Changes:
[4.2.1 – July 14, 2010]
* Improved audio timing
* Fixed 16:9 correction in Original mode
* Ability to use both USB ports (requires updated IOS 202 – WARNING: older
versions of IOS 202 are NO LONGER supported)
* Fixed issue with IPS patch files
* Hide non-ROM files
* Other minor improvements
Free and legal SNES roms to try out with this emulator can be found here: http://www.pdroms.de/files/supernes/
http://code.google.com/p/snes9x-gx/