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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.

Changes:

restructured the runtime paths
files from the selected game are now correctly loaded (check the READMII)
increased the virtual screen size for the IR pointer
its now easier to exit the sam & max inventory
fixes the goblins 3 scroll issue
added the keys “y” and “n” to the dpad (for simon the sorcerer)

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Knight0fDragon released a remake of “Duck Hunt”, known from the NES, for Nintendo’s Wii.

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Laser Hockey DS is a 2D hockey game for Nintendo DS.

Changes:

* Using Box2D for physics, still needs a lot of tweaking and bug fixing; it took almost two months but it’s a huge improvement
* Re-initializing memory between screen changes to avoid a memory leak
* Remove remnants of old placeholder engine
* Using Box2D’s body rotation for the sprite rotation
* Player two takes control of physics updates when ball is in his or her court, a vast improvement in responsiveness of game play for player two
* Select button now exits practice and multiplayer games

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Rubik’s Cube for NDS.

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A port of id Software’s Quake to the Nintendo Wii, based upon the Gamecube port.

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Wii Homebrew Launcher is an interface similar to that of the Wii menu. It allows you to start homebrew stored on your SD card in the Wii front SD slot. Each program is represented by its own customizable “channel”.

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The Homebrew Channel is a homebrew application loader by Team Twiizers which allows users to load homebrew applications without having to run the Twilight Hack every time. Once installed, users can access the channel from the Wii Menu just like any other Wii channel. It is currently capable of running homebrew applications from an SD card, a USB Gecko, and TCP, using Wiiload. It is also capable of downloading online updates for itself.

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Gecko Region Free by NUke lets you load Wii games from other regions.

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Touhou Fangame is a homemade version of Touhou for the Wii. It is written from scratch with images from the internet, GRRLIB, and Wiiuse.

Touhou is a danmaku shooter praised for being difficult, beautiful, and a one-man project. This attempts to replicate all those things. The first release is out! Enjoy the beautiful danmaku-ness of the Touhou Fangame!

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Masteroids is a multiplayer Asteroids clone for the Wii. It currently allows up to 4 players to simultaneously play the classic Asteroids game. Gameplay is customisable with an options menu allowing you to alter the amount of lives each player starts with, the amount of bullets a player can fire, whether team killing is allowed, the difficulty and how many players there will be in Multiplayer mode.

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