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March 17th, 2010, 23:57 Posted By: yaustar
On the 10th April, I will be participating in the Skaiti 24 hours event (a Skate Event) organised by Jo Coles to raise funds for Haiti (details and links can be found below). The reason for creating my own donation page is because the company I work for, Electronic Arts, will match the donation total I raise up to £300. (ie. if I raise £150, EA will donate £150, if I raise £400, EA will donate £300) and having my own page makes it easier to keep track  .
So dig deep, even a pound will help in the long run! I am aiming to at least max out the limit, many thanks in advance!
Donation page - http://www.justgiving.com/yaustar
Event details
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March 17th, 2010, 23:40 Posted By: wraggster
News via http://www.dreamcast.es/news.php?readmore=340
Chui Hand in hand, we offer you to download the homebrew games compilation RetroMadrid presented in 2010 (event we will discuss it in depth in another story).
New additions regarding the compilation of last year are:
- OpenJazz con datafiles shareware. - OpenJazz with shareware datafiles.
- Giana's Return. - Giana's Return.
- GP Lady Killer. - GP Lady Killer.
- Neverball - Neverball
- Neverput. - Neverput.
- OpenSonic. - OpenSonic.
- DCastle. - DCastle.
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=9G0GRR5J
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March 15th, 2010, 20:03 Posted By: wraggster
The Lavalit team have released yet another new version of Openbor for the consoles such as PSP, Dreamcast, Dingoo, Wii, Gp2x and Wiz:
OpenBOR
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OpenBOR is a continuation of Beats Of Rage originally created by the wonderful
folks over at http://www.senileteam.com
History
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As fans of the 'Streets of Rage' series that originally appeared on the SEGA
megadrive/genesis, we always wanted to see streets of rage 4. But the waiting
proved futile, and streets of rage 4 never came. That's why we tried to correct
this mistake and fill the void by making the ultimate tribute to Streets of Rage:
Beats of Rage!!
Development
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Beats of Rage was created by Senile Team. However, the character sprites and
some parts of the backgrounds are taken from 'the King of Fighters' games by
SNK Playmore. Therefore special thanks go out to SNK Playmore and SEGA who
unknowingly helped in creating this game.
Beats of Rage and OpenBOR are a free, fully functional game, which includes
music, and features six playable levels plus a bonus level. It is available
for many systems
Whats New
Rev 2727 2010-03-14
Author: plombo
Log message:
Fixed the menu launcher in packages generated by makedeb
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March 14th, 2010, 21:02 Posted By: wraggster
Heres a new product just released by Neoflash and for fans of the Super Nintendo aka Snes a Dream product.
A Little about the reviewer
Ive been an emulation and homebrew fan for as many years as i can remember (since around 1996 i think) but nothing i repeat nothing is better than playing on the real hardware.
Back in the Megadrive(genesis) and Snes days i owned a Super Wild Card and a Super Double Pro fighter, both cost about 300 pounds and ill admit that it was a great way to play games that i would never have been able to afford or because of stupid region lockouts.
So the day when Neoflash announced they were working on a Flash Cart for the Snes called NEO SNES/SFC Myth cart , i wanted one so badly, the chance to relive the best of the Snes and to play games ive never played was too much of a thrill to behold.
Now i must point out that being a webmaster of a homebrew site makes me no expert, im just as clueless as most newcomers, i like websites and i like posting news, i like to know that if i need a certain release i should be able to find it on my sites (hopefully :P).
First off Heres some screens of the Snes Flash Cart in and out its Packaging:
Front Side View in Packaging
Back Side view in Packaging
The NEO Snes Myth cart and Accesories
Neo Snes Cart in Console
You also get a Mini CD with a load of Drivers on for all Neo Products.
Specs of the N64 Snes Cart
Heres what Neoflash claim it does:
The NEO SNES/SFC Myth cart SPEC v1:
* Support ALL SNES/SFC console,all in one solution
* Support the SNES/SFC rom size up to 64M
* Support all save type
* Support 99.5% SNES/SFC games , and sure, some special game need DXP cart support
* Download games from PC to NEO2 cart directly via USB port
* Upload/restore game save to PC via USB directly
* Multi-CIC support, can use any SNES/SFC cart to boot Neo Myth on you SNES/SFC console
* Support Multi games, can download many games at the same time and swap the game via menu on your TV
* Upgradeable! Support upgrade the SNES/SFC Myth cart CPLD logic core through the NDP upgrade kit
Getting Started
The Snes Flash Cart needs the latest software/drivers to make it work, so first off head on over to the Neoflash Forum to download the latest version of the software, once youve downloaded it (15MB) then click on to install to the directory it wants to, pretty straightforward for anyone.
Clicking on the Neo 2 Ultra Menu Icon (look on your desktop or in new programs) will lead you onto a screen that looks like this:
Now get your Neo Myth Snes Flash Cart and making sure that the cart that says 256M is inserted (or the Neo 2 Card with an SD Card inserted), connect the USB Lead to the Cart and Plugit into your Laptop or PC.
It Should have no problems and automatically find drivers installed when you installed the software above, i had no problems using Windows Vista but with Windows XP Pro SP3 it wouldnt load the drivers properly, i did post a thread at Neoflash and was given instructions on how to fix this. (Try a different USB Lead it may be that, infact the Snes Myth cart does come with a lead that identifies in XP right away but this info is essential should you need any help)
Adding Roms etc
Ok carrying on from the screenshot above if everything went ok youll be able to start the juicy part, first off i did a quick format of the card, it took around 30 seconds to do, so no real biggy.
Next on the list was to Add Roms to the Cart (Homebrew Roms and Emulators can be found at links Below)
Adding Roms is as easy as clicking the add rom button and going to whereever your roms are, i was able to add as many roms as the cart would hold but if your using anything bigger than a 256MB card there may be a limit to how many you can hold, i was able to put 15 games on the cart..
Once you have added the roms you require then click on Snes Burn, depending on how big your roms are will depend on how long it takes to copy to the cart, give it a few minutes, it also verifies each burn.
Now one thing to take into consideration is that if you have a USA Snes, you will need a USA game plugged into the back of the Snes Myth Cart, If you have a Pal Snes youll need a Pal game plugged in.
Onto the Gaming
Ok youve Burnt your games onto the Flash cart and you have the Flash Cart installed in the Snes with the correct region game in the back, now its time to turn on:
When the console turns on
Games ive Tested So Far - all Perfect
Donkey Kong Country
Donkey Kong Country 2
Donkey Kong Country 3
Super Mario World
Plok
Super Mario Collection
Zelda 3
Uniracer
Theme Park
Bubsy
Bubsy 2
Cannon Fodder
Great Circus Mystery
Desert strike
Cool Spot
Alladdin
Super star wars
Over at Neoflash theres a more complete list of whats working and save issues etc.
Conclusion
Today was one of them times when i was took back to the reasons i truly love the homebrew/Emulation scene. The Flash Cart seems easy to use, The adding of roms to the cart is as easy as they come so a big plus factor there and unlike the N64 Cart you can have as many roms as you can fit onto the size of the cart.
Having no drivers and documentation on the CD will make it a little hard for newbies but i would think that most people that are going to buy this are the hardcore Snes fans of old.
On the whole the roms it plays is great, although at the moment theres some work to do on the DSP, Super FX and other special chip Snes Games, the best advice is to own at least 1 of each type of Special Chip game to be fully safe for booting other games. There is work over at Neoflash to maybe emulate the chips so the compatability may be even closer to fully 100%.
The price for the Flash Cart is $169 (around 90 quid) so it will put some people off but to retro collectors/major emulation fans it will be very worth it, if you owned one of the back up systems for the Snes this will be much more preferable as theirs no messing around with ruddy floppy disks that take ages to load and usually knacker up whilst loading. Yes for that price you can buy a heck of a lot of the games but theres some genuine gems that are very hard to trace these days and the homebrew factor makes it worth it for me.
My advice is to those who are tempted is go for it, the flash cart does what you really want it to and thats play Snes, a big thumbs up for Neoflash on this retro cart.
I suppose like everything it depends how big a fan you are and what finances you have to spend on gadgets, for me it does what i want it to and its also seen the re-emergence of a Homebrew scene for the Snes, there are a lot of developers getting their fingers into Snes development and the upcoming Neoflash Coding Contest makes Snes Homebrew exciting again.
Links of Interest
Ic2005.com - Official Sellers of the NEO Myth 64 N64 flash cart and Neoflash Products.
Neoflash Forum for all discussion regarding the flash cart.
Snes Development forum at Neoflash.
N64/Snes Homebrew News and Emulation Site at DCEmu.
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March 11th, 2010, 18:18 Posted By: wraggster
The Lavalit Team have released a new version of Openbor for the Wii, Wiz,Dingoo, Dreamcast, GP2x and PSP.
Beats of Rage was created by Senile Team. However, the character sprites and
some parts of the backgrounds are taken from 'the King of Fighters' games by
SNK Playmore. Therefore special thanks go out to SNK Playmore and SEGA who
unknowingly helped in creating this game.
Beats of Rage and OpenBOR are a free, fully functional game, which includes
music, and features six playable levels plus a bonus level.
Heres whats new:
Log message:
Cleaned up borpak code a bit.
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March 8th, 2010, 21:07 Posted By: wraggster
News via http://dcemulation.org/?title=Main_Page
Lars Hannig aka Starcat is back working on Eerievale and posted an update at Dreamcast-Scene.com:
Quote:
The project is still in development and still planned for a Dreamcast release once it is done.
It's an extremly ambitious project and a lot has changed for the better since you may have last heard of it.
Now that my study is finished and I have my degree in game design, I'm back working hard on Eerievale.
This is just a little reminder and a sign of life. Please do not give up hope yet. Good things will come to those who wait.
Thank you very much to all loyal Dreamcast fans out there who still believe in Eerievale.
Regards, Lars.
http://www.dreamcast-scene.com/commu...p=19915#p19915
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March 4th, 2010, 20:04 Posted By: wraggster
Lavalit have today released a new build of Openbor for the PSP, Dreamcast, Dingoo, GP2x, Wii and Wiz
Heres whats new:
New command "counterrange" {start frame} {end frame} {mode} {damage}. Identical to counterframe {frame} {mode} {damage} except allows range of frames.
Counterframe code now uses array.. still haven't solved bug for modes 2+. Will keep at it
Beats of Rage was created by Senile Team. However, the character sprites and
some parts of the backgrounds are taken from 'the King of Fighters' games by
SNK Playmore. Therefore special thanks go out to SNK Playmore and SEGA who
unknowingly helped in creating this game.
Beats of Rage and OpenBOR are a free, fully functional game, which includes
music, and features six playable levels plus a bonus level. It is available
for many systems
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March 3rd, 2010, 17:51 Posted By: Darksaviour69
Recently I asked tursi in his forums, about the DS version of the game he replied:
Well, like most small groups of gamers who try to put together a large project in their "spare time", we've hit a lot of snags. One of which is getting the website updated so I can post news articles, hehe.  Most of the snags in the last while have been administrative, but, we're moving forward. Art and assets are 100%, there's still some more code to write though. We have our Nintendo developer status and are licensed to work on the system. We'll be opening our new office soon and that will allow work to move forward again, hopefully there's not too much left to go.
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