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Beauty and the Beast (01-09-2011) (A2600 Game)

atari2600land updated his remake of “Beauty and the Beast”, based upon the Intellivision game.

Release notes:

Today’s update. Press fire at the title screen to begin. You go up the closed windows, not the open ones.

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Bloo Kid v1.3 (Android Game)

Help Bloo Kid to rescue his girlfriend from the hands of the evil Wizard in this fancy retro-style “one-screen” platformer. Jump and run your way through 60 action-packed levels spread across five unique worlds.

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Last Survivor v2.0 (NDS Game)

Homebrew developers with a scary name, such as “The Dark Master” possibly reflect the scariness to their homebrews too. As the titel “Last Survivor” tells, you are possibly the last survivor of a tragedy. Build yourself a home, avoid monsters and discover the secret.

Thanks to http://www.nintendomax.com/viewtopic.php?t=13814&f=19 for the news.

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Speccy v1.7.5 (Spectrum emu for Android)

Speccy is a Sinclair ZX Spectrum home computer emulator. It will run software written for Spectrum 16k, 48k, 128k, +2, +2A, +3, Timex Sinclair, Pentagon, and Skorpion home computers.

Changes:

* System ROM files are no longer required.
* Soundtrack recording to MIDI.
* Accelerometer support.
* Bigger virtual keyboard and corner buttons.
* Sony Xperia Play buttons are fully supported now.
* Fixed TV scanlines effect.
* Fixed accidental crashes when exiting emulation.
* Synced Speccy to 50Hz, due to Spectrum’s primarily PAL hardware.
* Mapped unused physical keyboard keys to the FIRE button.
* Screenshots-on-exit now optional.

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Nintendo Needs Indies (NNI) (Nintendo misc)

Nintendo do have their “Seal of Quality”, but what does the homebrew scene got? Up till today possibly nothing.

From now on Jayenkai scans through the new NDS homebrew, picks out the best stuff and awards an NNI badge to anything that would live up to the scrutiny of Appleรขโ‚ฌโ„ขs Appstore.

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