Archive for October, 2005
Halloween and Nintendogs
Did I mention Halloween was my favorite Holiday of the year. I mean besides the Satan Worshipping and the sacrificing of goats it’s just fun to dress up and scare the crap out of people. I think this year I will have to grab a DS , throw my costume on, and check out Gamestop. [...]
Rumble Pak for the DS
Kinda a slow news day huh? Saw this sitting around and thought I would post on it. When Metroid Prime Pinball hits shelves next week, the game will come packaged with a Rumble Pak accessory that shoves right into the Game Boy Advance slot of your Nintendo DS system.
The Rumble Pak, called quite simply the [...]
Sony Launches Giga Pack in Japan
A loyal reader sent me this story: “The PSP-1000 G1 contains the black Sony PSP bundled with a 1GB Pro DUO Memory stick. Sony also bundles a USB cable in this package along with the usual stuff known from the value pack. Sony thinks consumers want custom straps and released a set of Sony PSP [...]
The NES Micro
Hehe. That’s right I said the NES Micro. Check out this link to what appears to be a user created NES micro. Okay so it’s not exactly as small as the GBA Micro or as nice looking, but it is pretty cool and is able to play all your classic NES games. I still think [...]
Mario Kart Bundle and new DS Color
The boys over at Kotaku posted a nice little story about the new Mario Kart DS Bundle. The bundle will hit on Nov. 28 and come with a copy of the WiFi enabled Mario Kart DS and a DS in a brand-spanking new color: Hot Rod Red. The bundle will also include a checkered wrist [...]
Lawyers vs. Doctors on your DS
No it’s not a fighting game, it’s actually two new DS games. One is called Trauma Center and one is called Phoneix Wright: Ace Attorney. Wired has a good little review of both games over on their Web Site. The Trauma Center one actually sounds, and looks, pretty cool since you have to use your [...]
Running a Server on your PSP
Wow it look like the PSP is really taking the lead as far as being THE hombrew authors portable gaming system of choice. Check out this link to a site called PSP Project. They are working on running the first public PSP Web server. That’s right. They are hosting a Web Page off their PSP. [...]
Nintendo and McDonald’s Team Up
Nintendo of America is expected to announce today that it will offer free wi-fi for its Nintendo DS system at McDonald’s restaurants. Customers will be able to play select DS games with other players around the world.
McDonald’s already offers Wi-Fi to laptop users for a fee in 6,000 restaurants nationwide, but the free Nintendo arrangement [...]
Hello GamePark GP2X!
Get ready homebrewers, Gamepark is about to stealthily launch their GP32 successor upon you. The XGP, eXtreme Game Player was confirmed by GamePark earlier this year as the follow-up to their cult-fav GP32. Even though no specs were released at that time, the rumors and geek gossips of the import scene speculated a 64 bit [...]
Trojan for the DS
Next time you boot up that new firmware or that DS game you “borrowed” from the internet beware! It might be the newest Trojan to hit the DS. Check out this article from the dudes over at hackaday for more information. Looks like this sucker will do the following to your DS:
* erase XG flash [...]
