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February 3rd, 2010, 23:14 Posted By: wraggster
Yesterday we mentioned the Woot! sale of the Didj, and we had some comments and emails from readers who had purchased one. We couldn’t resist either, and ordered a couple to take apart and modify. We will probably be following the work laid out by [Claude Schwarz], who seems to be one of the leading hackers on the scene. [Claude] has done some work in porting the GP2x libraries to the Didj, which gives a tremendous head start to anyone looking to have a working game system any time soon. There will also be a build log for everyone to follow along at home, and contribute what you want and have, as well as a follow up How-To when a working system is attained. Happy Hacking, everyone.
http://hackaday.com/2010/02/03/leapfrog-didj-followup/
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February 1st, 2010, 23:26 Posted By: wraggster
News via http://www.retroactionmagazine.com/
Commodore Free issue 36 has been released. Commodore Free is a monthly/bi-monthly retrogaming magazine that comes in PDF, HTML, SEQ, Text, .DSK (C64 disk image) and features news, reviews and interviews involving the Commodore scene (C64, Amiga, VIC-20, C16). Highlights of the issue are shown below...
Commodore news
Cloanto Update Amiga and C64 forever
Bubbler found for the C64
Commodore at work
Interview with programmer Mike Dailly
Commodore 16/plus 4 programming
Wild Bunch review
Weblink: http://www.commodorefree.com/
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February 1st, 2010, 23:24 Posted By: wraggster
News via http://www.romhacking.net/forum/inde...pic,10275.html
The following Documents have been submitted and approved to the database (in submitted order oldest to newest):
Shift-JIS Table (Table Files)
Road Rash 2 ROM Hacking Guide (Game Specific)
Chrono Trigger Data Offsets (Game Specific)
Pokemon Red Tileset Configuration (Miscellaneous)
Chrono Lover’s Guide to Modding, Vol I: Background Insertion (Game Specific)
D88 File Structure (File Formats)
Mario’s Picross Level Data (Game Specific)
Neo*Geo MVS Hardware Notes (Hardware Info.)
Creating PC patchers with NSIS (Source Code)
Introduction to Reverse Engineering WIN32 Applications (Assembly)
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February 1st, 2010, 18:58 Posted By: wraggster
Today our good friends over at Woot! are selling the Leapfrog Didj, a low cost educational toy aimed at little kids. Lucky for hackers out there, the Didj is actually a linux device, and gaining serial console access is as easy as soldering two wires. The documentation out there is a little outdated, with a number of broken links and stale wikis, but $25 for a portable linux device is a hard deal to beat. A list of sites which might be helpful are listed after the break, as well as the hardware specs of the Didj.
Let us know if you have played around with hacking the Didj before, and if you have any tips for other readers. Don’t forget to tell us what you do with the Didj as well!
http://hackaday.com/2010/02/01/leapf...-on-the-cheap/
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January 30th, 2010, 23:19 Posted By: wraggster
Nebelwurfer HQ is pleased to release its first 0.50 patch for Dreamcast Advanced Daisenryaku 2001. About half of the Campaign Scenarios are translated. For a complete listing of all scenarios and which have been translated to date, refer to the website.
The Patch zipfile includes a utility I wrote to apply the patch to the original Dreamcast .cdi file. This was necessary due to the huge size of the file (approx 800 MB).
I haven’t had an opportunity to play all the translated scenarios yet, so if you have any problems loading a scenario let me know.
http://www.romhacking.net/forum/inde...pic,10266.html
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January 30th, 2010, 21:31 Posted By: wraggster
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Another fine platform game from the Mojon Twins, and their first one developed in the New Year. Help Lala retrieve all the Great Witch Academy's magical filters and chemicals, which have been randomly scattered across the surroundings of the academy. Lala Prologue is a platform game in the classic sense: search the screens, progress by gaining access to new screens and, of course, avoid the nasties. The ZX Spectrum tape image can be downloaded for free from the Mojon Twins' webpage.
Weblink: http://www.mojontwins.com/juegos_mojonos/lala-prologue/
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January 27th, 2010, 22:20 Posted By: zx-81
Hi All,
Wiz Chess uses the GNU Chess version 5.07 for the Artificial Intelligence.
What's new in this version ?
- Touch screen support !
- Add skin selector feature (see README)
- Add chess piece skins from NinJato
- Bug fix (memory corruption)
How to use it ? Everything is in the README.txt file.
Sources are included, and this package is under the GNU public license,
read COPYING.txt file for more information about it.
http://zx81.zx81.free.fr/
Enjoy,
Zx
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January 27th, 2010, 00:10 Posted By: wraggster
[The Longhorn Engineer] is working on a portable Atari 2600. Instead of taking the old gaming system and cramming it into a portable form factor he’s designed his own circuit board in a new-hardware initiative he calls Project Unity. The handheld will include everything you need to play, including video, audio, controller buttons, paddle control, and a cartridge connector. For the demonstration, embedded after the break, he’s using the Harmony Cartridge to store his Atari ROMs but do note that the system is designed to use cartridges rather than work solely as a game jukebox.
http://hackaday.com/2010/01/26/palm-sized-atari-2600/
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January 26th, 2010, 22:33 Posted By: wraggster
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The RetroGaming with Racketboy Podcast #6: Listener Requests parts 1 and 2 are now available to download. The podcasts include the usual intro/outro retrogaming tunes and interviews with people involved in the retro scene.
Part 1 includes interviews with Steve Cartwright (developer in the industry for over 30 years) and Brandon Cobb (President of Super Fighter Team, who are best known for their two Genesis/Mega Drive games, Beggar Prince and Legend of Wukong).
Part 2 includes interviews with Vince Briel (owner of Briel Computers.com and the designer of the Replica 1 - a fully functional replica of Apple's first computer), David R. Foley (worked on many 16-bit games, before working in the arcade industry) and J.J. Hendricks (owner of videogamepricecharts.com).
http://www.racketboy.com/retro/podca...uests-pt1.html
http://www.racketboy.com/retro/podca...uests-pt2.html
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January 24th, 2010, 22:05 Posted By: zx-81
Hi All,
Dingux Chess uses the GNU Chess version 5.07 for the Artificial Intelligence. It is a port to Dingux of my previous GP2X-Wiz version, with some new graphics (thanks to Satya).
What's new in this version ?
- Add skin selector feature (see README)
- Add chess piece skins from NinJato
- Bug fix (memory corruption)
How to use it ? Everything is in the README.txt file.
Sources are included, and this package is under the GNU public license,
read COPYING.txt file for more information about it.
See http://zx81.zx81.free.fr/
Enjoy,
Zx
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January 23rd, 2010, 23:32 Posted By: wraggster
Before we get started, lets just point out that this C64 was broken. He did not take a functional C64 out of operation for this. What he did do, was to build a hardware interface for for his VICE system. For those unfamiliar, VICE is a cross platform C64 emulator. [Simon] points out that the old games just weren’t as much fun without the original hardware. Having a broken C64 lying around, he put it to good use. It now acts as the interface for all the original fun stuff.
If you are a fan of the hardware, but just want to interface it as a normal USB keyboard, that is possible as well.
http://hackaday.com/2010/01/23/c64-i...your-computer/
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January 22nd, 2010, 23:21 Posted By: wraggster
News via http://www.romhacking.net/forum/inde...pic,10209.html
The following Utilities have been submitted and approved to the database (in submitted order oldest to newest):
DOOM 32X IWAD Converter (Miscellaneous)(32X)
crumb (Pointers)(NA)
CCF Tools (Miscellaneous)(NA)
CursEd (Level Editors)(NES)
NinJax (Level Editors)(NES)
SMB3TE (Game Specific)(NES)
Metroid Password Generator (Game Specific)(NES)
jPSXdec (Miscellaneous)(PSX)
Textures Extractor/Reinserter (Miscellaneous Graphics Tools)(PS2)
Game Graphic Studio (Miscellaneous)(PS2)
Tim2bmp Converter Tool (Miscellaneous Graphics Tools)(PS2)
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January 20th, 2010, 17:25 Posted By: wraggster
An anonymous reader sends in a nostalgic piece about Dungeons & Dragons and the influence it's had on games and gamers for the past 36 years. Quoting:
"Maybe there was something in the air during the early '70s. Maybe it was historically inevitable. But it seems way more than convenient coincidence that Gygax and Arneson got their first packet of rules for D&D out the door in 1974, the same year Nolan Bushnell managed to cobble together a little arcade machine called Pong. We've never had fun quite the same way since. Looking back, these two events set today's world of gaming into motion — the Romulus and Remus of modern game civilization. For the rest of forever, we would sit around and argue whether games should let us do more or tell us better stories."
http://games.slashdot.org/story/10/0...ns-amp-Dragons
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