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Eke-eke has updated yet another emulator for the Nintendo Wii/GameCube. This time he’s updated NeoPop the NeoGeo Pocket Color emulator!

Changes:

– added 4.7GB DVD support for WII drives (the maximal allowed size for Gamecube DVD is still 1.35GB)
– removed MPAL video timings, always use 60Hz NTSC: fix display problems for PAL wii users (no more PAL50 version needed)
– added Console Reboot option in main menu (System Reboot), also used for SDLOAD reboot
– Freezestate files are now compressed (using zlib)
– FreezeState files can now be saved/loaded to/from SDCARD: located in /neopop/saves/ from the root of your SDCARD
– changed initial ROM directory for SDCARD user: now looking for /neopop/roms/ from the root of your SDCARD
– added new font: now use original IPL font, extracted from Bootrom
– modified controls when going into the rom selection menu (DVD or SDCARD):
. use B button to go up one directory
. use Z button to quit the file selection menu
. use L/R triggers to go down/up one full page
. use Left/Right buttons or Analog stick to scroll the selected entry’s filename when it can’t be full displayed
– various menu rearrangment, minor bugfixes & sourcecode cleanup

Thanks to brakken of http://www.tehskeen.net/ for the news.

http://www.tehskeen.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3921

Simple Media System for Playstation 2, it plays different video and audiofiles on your PS2.

Changes:

– added functionality to launch applications from USB device (“mass:”) upon exit;
– network adapter driver is rewritten. Data transfer rate is reached ~2+MB/s;
– new configuration options are added to the SMS menu
– ‘Display settings -> Advanced settings’ to fine tune video synchronization parameters (to avoid display flickering in different video modes). ‘Parameter 1’ is for ‘audio playback’ mode and ‘Parameter 2’ is for GUI/Browser mode.
– fixed ‘crash’ issue for ‘ogg’ files (thanks to ‘vectis’ for the sample clips);

http://home.casema.nl/eugene_plotnikov/

Sqdef is a tower defense game. The goal is to prevent enemies from getting from one side of the map to the other, by placing towers along their way. There are 9 different buildings, with upgrades, tech research, difficulty levels, and a whole lot of maps to try your defense skills on!

Changes:

Sqdef 1.1C is out. It runs faster in the later, busy levels, and fixes a number of things. Same download link.

http://archive.gp2x.de/cgi-bin/cfiles.cgi?0,0,0,0,29,2261

MathematiX is a simple homebrew game written in Lua for the PSP. Your goal is to catch the falling formulars from the top of the screen with the help of Albert Einstein.

http://devsgen.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=42&Itemid=1

This is a “Radial Menu” techdemo for the Nintendo DS. It’s using different technologies and tries to immitate the Secret Of Mana menu style.

http://www.wiesnewski.de/

Wee Basic is basic interpretor with editor for the Nintendo DS. This is probably yesterdays DS BASIC release with a different name.

http://freescifistories.wordpress.com/2007/07/22/basic-interpreter-for-nintendo-ds/#comments

SMS Plus is a Sega Master System and Game Gear emulator for PlayStation Portable.

Changes:

20% speedup in emulation speed with new 8-bit video rendering
Option to turn off FM emulation (an additional 48% improvement in emulation speed – all games now play at 100% speed with VSync enabled)
Various small bug fixes

http://psp.akop.org/smsplus/

Franxis has updated his MAME port for the GP2x.

Changes:

– Updated Cyclone core by Notaz (The UAE4ALL 0.7.0 one). It fixes Rastan, among other games.
– Optimizations in the sound mixing code.
– Some source code clean-ups.

http://www.talfi.net/gp32_franxis/

Explore a castle with 130 rooms looking for objects that you must take to the wizard ( if you can find him ) to cure you of a dreadful affliction. You turn into a wolf every night. Your task is hindered by a variety of traps and obstructions. There is a time limit within which you must collect 14 of the 28 objects scattered about the castle. There are also 4 extra lives to collect.

http://www.gp2x.de/cgi-bin/cfiles.cgi?0,0,0,0,26,2255

Basic DS is a basic variant for the Nintendo DS.

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

http://forum.gbadev.org/viewtopic.php?t=9575&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=30