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StyxDS v0.2 (Atari ST emu for NDS)

Here is a new release of this StyxDS, an Atari ST emulator for the Nintendo DS.

What’s new ?
In one word : quicker ! (but not yet realtime)
– Auto-frameskip (max 5)
– New screen handling (next version will be ARM asm based)
– Mouse in touchpad mode is quicker.

Which games are really playable ?
Rick Dangerous I & II, Xenon 2, Speedball and many other Atari ST great games.

How to use it ?
Copy bios and disks in the /roms/st.
Bios file (tos102fr.img or other bios) have to to be renamed to tos.bin
Disks have to be in the .st format

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Earth Invaders 0 : Spectre Unit (NDS Game)

Earth Invaders 0 is an old school side scrolling 2.5D game, developped by smealrum(code) and lobo (GFX). Why 2.5D ? Because, as you may notice, the game features a classic 2D gameplay with a 2D background, but every single element, item, character of the game is actually real time rendered in 3D.


Enough of technical stuff. EI 0 is not only a side scrolling platform game but also an infiltration/shooting game which takes advantage of the unique features of the DS, such as the touch screen.

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Fish Tank (NDS Game)

Fish Tank is a work in progress remake of Insaniquarium.

For now only Free Tank Mode is working. You can choose between 5 tanks with their own graphical and musical theme (more to come). In this mode, your goal is to collect enough money to buy all egg parts. You can also just send some relaxing time feeding the fishes and see them live… For that, just buy and feed fish that while growing will drop more valuable items. You can also buy different upgrades to enhance your feeding skills. The game will end if all your fishes starve to death.

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PSPRadio v1.17.1349 (PSP Application)

PSPRadio is a music player application for the PSP. It supports MP3 and OGG files. It can play music from the memory stick, or from an online stream using SHOUTcast/Icecast. PSPRadio is an open source project and is protected by the GPL.

Changelog:

1.17.1349 (2007-03-20)
NEW FEATURES
(raf) Plugins: Added some VERY SIMPLE visualization plugins. This only works under TextUI at the moment. (Look under the Options-Plugins menu)
(raf) Plugins: PSPRadio saves current selected plugin in config file section PLUGINS:DEFAULT_VISUALIZER
(raf) Core: Localfiles: Empty directories are not listed anymore.
(albadross) TextUI: Updated screens for the visualizer plugins. Added new skins: Selector2 and Spectrum.
(raf) TextUI: Converted rendering to use page flipping (double buffering).
(raf) TextUI: Added a PLUGINS:DISPLAY_FPS option to config files. (not there by default — disabled).
(raf) Plugins: Added sample sourcecode for a simple visualizer plugin to the release.
(raf) Core: Changed the default button mapping to be closer to the original mapping, (so it matches the current skins).

BUG FIXES
(raf) Core: Fixed button repeat handling that broke when implemented the button mapping. (This also corrected problems with HPRM)
(raf) Core: If resuming(from suspend) from a paused state, it would not continue from where it left off.

KNOWN BUGS
(raf) TextUI: Sometimes, when switching skins all the text will disappear. Moving Up/Down, or pressing START is the current work-around.
(raf) Core: Static IP connections don’t work correctly. Seems the gateway is not used as it should. (Also, make sure CPU speed is 222 when establishing a WiFi connection).
(raf) Core: Module unloading doesn’t free up all memory correctly. Even though plugins can now be loaded/unloaded, the PSP can eventually crash as it runs out of memory (after loading/unloading enough times; even though I switched back and forth between the text and 3d UIs over 20 times, and everything worked fine).

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