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April 14th, 2005, 22:28 Posted By: wraggster
Tinnus has updated the Littlejohn Palm emulator by adding Sega Master System and Game Gear emulation to the mass of systems already emulated on the Tapwaze Zodiac and Pocket PC, heres whats new in this release:
<BLOCKQUOTE>[SMS/GG] Added!
[SMS/GG] By Tinnus based on GuinePig by skeezix which in turn is based on SMSPlus by Charles MacDonald
[SMS/GG] Save states, scaling with ALL of the special video filters (same as GB) working
[SMS/GG] Sound currently not working
[SMS/GG] SMS games load, but display is all weird. Since most SMS games have GG ports, use the GG ones, if present, for now
[SMS/GG] Some graphical glitches present
[SMS/GG] Really strange bug prevents all of the Sonic games from working
[ALL] Added SMS/GG and VCS systems to launcher. Folder names are SMSGG and VCS repectively.
[ALL] VCS (Atari 2600) is not fully implemented yet but support for it is planned soon
[SMS/GG] Slider in the in-emulation GUI is broken for no apparent reason. Please set frameskipping in the launcher or using the appropriate key.</BLOCKQUOTE>
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April 13th, 2005, 01:19 Posted By: wraggster
YewNes Plus by YewSoft is a NES emulator for S60. In other words, it lets you play over 1,000 8-bit Nintedo games on a Series 60 mobile phone. New features include:
* Supports custom key maps
* Supports zipped NES ROM files
* Auto-search all ROM (.nes and .zip) files on all drives
* Improved sound
* Much smaller application size and memory usage.
http://www.yewsoft.com/
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April 12th, 2005, 18:47 Posted By: wraggster
Finally got my hands on this, tried last night but kept getting the old version.
Metaview has released a new version of his Amiga Emulator for the Tapwave Zodiac, heres whats new:
<BLOCKQUOTE>* Save state support (2 states per game possible, name is given from the current diskname in df0)
* Landscape support (left and right hand mode), mouse and joystick are handled correctly but menu and keyboard is still wrong (doesn't effect Zodiac)
* kind of sound support (it's too slow, needs rework)
* memory access beyond 24bit-range better handled
* reset and quit moved to a on-screen menu
* palette adjusted (much brighter screen)
* left + right mouse button can be pressed together</BLOCKQUOTE>
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April 12th, 2005, 18:23 Posted By: wraggster
Tiger Telematics has announced its intention to knock £100 off the price of its recently launched Gizmondo console, by offering a Smart Adds enabled version which will deliver targeted advertising to its users.
The innovative new bundle will effectively see the cost of the console being subsidised by delivering advertising directly to the handset, with users expected to view no more than three short advertisements a day.
The advertising will be directly targeted at the user according to their personal preferences, and Gizmondo is promising that it will come with a range of benefits as well as simply being marketing material - with users likely to receive a range of money-off offers, free music and movie downloads and other exclusive content and promotions.
Advertising will consist of full-quality videos sent across the mobile network to the handsets, and can feature a range of extra features - such as the ability to pinpoint your nearest cinema using the Gizmondo's built-in satellite positioning functionality after watching a movie trailer, for example.
The advertisements will also not be intrusive, as they won't pop up while the user is actually engaged in an activity on the device - only appearing when the main Home menu is accessed.
Gizmondo plans to work closely with MTV on the service, as it believes that its users share a demographic with MTV viewers, and among the advertisers confirmed for the service so far are Universal Music, Smart Cars, Warners Music, EMI, 20th Century Fox and Warner Bros.
As well as simply subsidising the price of the console - and, crucially, bringing it into the range where the powerful device could possibly compete with the Nintendo DS or as-yet unlaunched Sony PSP on price - Gizmondo believes that the advertising itself is appealing to some people.
"The demographic we're targeting with Gizmondo are the sort of people who actually enjoy good advertising," Smart Adds boss Peter Lilley told GamesIndustry.biz today. "We won't be sending them ads for loo cleaner - the sort of ads we're sending are either entertaining or useful. This isn't spurious, spammy stuff at all - the only ads we will be showing will be ones for relevant products, which are creatively good."
The company has also assured users that the transmission cost of the videos will be picked up by the advertisers, not by the consumer, and that as a result ads will not be sent to handsets when they're abroad, to avoid overseas tariffs. Switched off devices will also not accumulate a backlog of ads, with the three per day limit being strictly observed.
The Smart Adds Gizmondo will retail in two packs - the standard version, which retails at £129 and features the console, battery, charger, headphones, USB lead and SIM card with £5 of credit, and a £199 Value Pack, which contains the above plus better headphones, a 128Mb SD card containing game, film and music demos, a free copy of launch title Trailblazer and a voucher for forthcoming GPS-enabled game Colors.
Both new versions of the console will launch on April 22nd, with the full roll out of Smart Adds on the device planned for the 2nd of May. Gizmondo has also confirmed that Smart Adds packages will be made available when the device launches in overseas markets.
Featuring a powerful ARM processor and NVIDIA graphics chip, along with movie and music playback capabilities, a camera, and SMS and MMS capabilities, the Gizmondo is the most powerful and fully-featured handheld console on the market in the UK at the moment - but it faces an uphill struggle against the established dominance of Nintendo, whose new DS has performed strongly at retail, and the forthcoming PlayStation Portable.
The new price point, however, should give the system a major boost. "At £129 it's ground breaking," Lilley claims. "Frankly, at £229 it's fantastic value, but at £129 it's simply stunning."
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April 12th, 2005, 18:06 Posted By: wraggster
The price of the Gizmondo has been brutally slashed less than a month after it went on sale in the UK amidst a flurry of celebrity parties and shop openings.
Tiger Telematics has introduced a 'new' Gizmondo model that will retail for £129, cutting the original price by £100. This new model will still include all of the handheld's gaming, music, movie, messaging, digital camera and GPS features but subsidise the price cut by sending advertisements called 'Smart Adds' to units.
The price cut has prompted speculation that the handheld is not performing well at retail, but this was denied by a Gizmondo spokesperson: "This pricepoint is definitely not motivated by sales figures. That's something we want to make very clear."
The spokesperson was reluctant to divulge Gizmondo sales figures, citing the unit's relatively limited retail launch across the UK. At present it is only available in selected stores including John Lewis, Gamestation, Carphone Warehouse and Gizmondo's own flagship store in London's Regent Street.
Up to three Smart Adds a day will be sent to the new £129 Gizmondo, offering products, services, downloads and special offers tailored to your location and personality.
It all sounds a bit Minority Report, doesn't it? By using the Gizmondo's GPS features the Smart Adds can track your location and offer you specific ads and offers, and even direct you to the nearest, say, fast food joint to use them.
The Smart Adds will apparently not intrude on your use of the handheld, but rather appear in the start menu for you to browse when you want. They'll also auto-delete when appropriate so your unit doesn't get clogged up.
As well as the standard Smart Add-enabled unit (which includes battery, charger, earbud earphones, USB lead and a SIM card with 5 credit) you'll be able to pick up an Extra Value Pack for £199. This pack includes hifi stereo earphones, a 128MB recordable SD card pre-loaded with demos, a copy of the Trailblazer game and a voucher for Colors, the first Gizmondo game to use the GPS system - it's all worth £90, apparently.
If you don't fancy receiving Smart Adds you can still buy the standard Gizmondo unit at the original price of £229. And if you've already bought one you'll get the opportunity to upgrade to the Smart Adds service and receive a voucher for all the additional goodies you get with the Extra Value Pack.
"We've enjoyed an accelerated success with the Gizmondo, and in doing so have met the conditions we set ourselves for the introduction of this Smart Add-enabled version of the device," said Carl Freer, co-founder and chairman of Tiger Telematics.
"We are very excited about the prospect of offering cool advertising to our demographic," he added. "It's attractive to the consumer not only because of the lower price point, but also as it could effectively pay for itself in product discounts and free merchandise."
Both new Gizmondo packs will be available to buy in the UK from April 22, with North American and European launches to follow.
Gizmondo is up against serious contenders in the handheld market. Nintendo's DS launched last month across Europe and has sold exceptionally well, while Sony's PSP is waiting in the wings. Only time will tell if this new pricepoint can keep Gizmondo afloat in the turbulent handheld market.
Let us know what you think in the forums.
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April 11th, 2005, 19:16 Posted By: cazmellor
can anyone please send me a link so i can get a media player for my sons ngage qd as i cant find one anywhere
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April 10th, 2005, 12:33 Posted By: wraggster
Les Bird has released a new American Football game for the Tapwave Zodiac, downloads, screenshots and more info <a href="http://ngage.dcemu.co.uk/xofootball.shtml" target="_blank" >Here</a>.
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April 10th, 2005, 12:23 Posted By: wraggster
Metaview has released a new version of his Amiga port to the Tapwave Zodiac Console, heres whats new:
<BLOCKQUOTE>mouse support enhanced
much more robust (fixed a bug regarding non-32-bit aware Amiga apps, includes WB 1.3)
screens with 320 pixel width are centered
memory and speed (frameskip) configurable
"Wings" runs
fixed joystick handling
keyboard enhanced
less busy waiting, should save your batterie...
</BLOCKQUOTE>
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April 9th, 2005, 00:18 Posted By: wraggster
Vilmos has ported an Asteroids type game called Outpost to the Tapwaze Zodiac console, download <a href="http://ngage.dcemu.co.uk/outpost.shtml" target="_blank" >Here</a>.
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April 8th, 2005, 23:01 Posted By: wraggster
Vectoroids is a clone of the classic arcade game "Asteroids" by Atari.
Your objective is to maneuver a space ship within a field of asteroids, and shoot them into smaller and smaller pieces, eventually destroying them completely.
This game is for the UIQ range of Mobile Phones, download <a href="http://ngage.dcemu.co.uk/vectoroids.shtml" target="_blank" >Here</a>.
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April 7th, 2005, 19:32 Posted By: exnor
Hey all,
Pro-G are running a competition for you to win 1 of 3 Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory packs, each containing the game and an N-Gage mini-mag light. The competition ends 14/04/2005.
You have to make an account so that you can be e-mailed if you win (you just enter a username, email and pass and you're done).
http://www.pro-g.co.uk/competition/coid/12/
Good luck!
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April 6th, 2005, 20:13 Posted By: wraggster
A new freeware game for the Nokia N-Gage and Symbian 60 0s phones called Cheez has been released. As you can guess its a mouse hunting some cheese kinda game, check out the cool screenshots and download from <a href="http://ngage.dcemu.co.uk/cheez.shtml" target="_blank" >Here</a>.
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April 6th, 2005, 18:57 Posted By: wraggster
Gizmondo Europe Ltd, subsidiary of Jacksonville, Florida-based Tiger Telematics Inc. (other OTC, TGTL), announces signing game titles for the new multi-entertainment handheld from Ubisoft, a leading producer, publisher and distributor of interactive entertainment products.
The first title confirmed under the deal is Rayman®, one of Ubisoft's most popular franchises. Rayman is one of the world's most recognizable game characters and brands, having sold over 15 million units globally on handhelds, home consoles and PC.
Based on the most recent titles developed by Ubisoft, the future Rayman game will be converted externally for the uniquely featured Gizmondo handheld and will take full advantage of the device's NVIDIA 3D graphics accelerator. Additional titles from Ubisoft to be converted for the Gizmondo handheld will be announced at a future date.
John Parkes, EMEA marketing director at Ubisoft, says: "Gizmondo has a feature-rich product with ambitious plans that will invigorate the handheld gaming sector. We're delighted that our Rayman franchise will be making its debut on this new format, and look forward to exploring further partnerships in the near future."
Carl Freer, Co-founder and Chairman, Tiger Telematics, says: "All of the titles we've signed have enormous appeal to our core demographic and will look great on the Gizmondo. We're delighted to be announcing Rayman today, and look forward to releasing details of the other titles we have under wraps."
The Gizmondo is powered by Microsoft Windows CE advanced real-time operating system, boasting a 2.8-inch TFT colour screen with a Samsung ARM9 400Mhz processor and incorporates the GoForce 3D 4500 NVIDIA graphics accelerator. It provides cutting-edge gaming, multimedia messaging, an MP3 music player, Mpeg4 movie playing capability, a digital camera and a GPRS network link to allow wide-area network gaming. Additionally, it contains a GPS chip for location-based services, is equipped with Bluetooth for use in multi-player gaming and accepts SD and MMC card accessories.
The Gizmondo device and its games are in retail stores now in the UK, and in North American and Continental Europe markets from Spring 2005.
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April 5th, 2005, 19:38 Posted By: wraggster
UIQ Phone owners (lots of phones are UIQ phones) now have a nice freeware game called Enigma ported to the UIQ by Someone, heres some detail:
<BLOCKQUOTE>Enigma is a puzzle game involving falling blocks, exploding bombs, and pushing stuff around. </BLOCKQUOTE>
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April 5th, 2005, 19:15 Posted By: wraggster
Metaview has updated his Amiga emulator for the Tapwave Zodiac and pocket pcs, the emulator also has a name change to avoid the confusion with 2 emulators with nearly the same name :P
Heres whats new:
<BLOCKQUOTE>I'm kind of happy with this release, it runs on my T3 as well as on my Zodiac. I think, I've fixed another issue in yoyo's starter, it may run on a Treo650 now, but who knows. You can now configure the keys, the joystick emulation is almost working (north vs. south is playable, but still a bit jerky). I made some new icons, but they look horrible. If someone has something better, please email me (But I fear the Amiga Logo is copyrighted). I wasn't able yet to boot up a workbench, but maybe my adf's are crap. Use "Portrait" for Tungsten T3, the screen rotation necessary for landscape mode on T3 isn't supported yet (but will come, definately). As in ZDoomZ etc. Whenever you see a white button in the middle of the screen, tap with the stylus on the screen, it's for debugging.</BLOCKQUOTE>
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April 5th, 2005, 18:16 Posted By: wraggster
Recently launched handheld device Gizmondo is selling well, according to its creator, Tiger Telematics, with the roll-out across Europe continuing and the shipment of pre-ordered devices commencing.
The firm claims to have taken over 560,000 pre-orders for the system from customers around the world, and has now started shipping the device - which incorporates a game console, camera, movie and music player, GPS receiver and mobile communication deck - on a first come, first served basis.
The system was originally on sale only in a branded store in London's Regent Street, but is now being made available through a number of other retailers in the UK, and a pan-European launch is in the works. Gizmondo hopes to open a number of other flagship stores, similar to the Regent Street location, in cities around the world.
"The site will continue to take orders as the pan-European retail rollout commences, and we will ship to customers on a first-come-first-served basis," according to Tiger Telematics chairman Carl Freer. "We're visibly gathering momentum in the UK and that will naturally have a spill-over effect on to mainland Europe. Streetdate announcements will follow shortly detailing the pan-European launch diary and heavy hitting marketing campaigns planned for each territory."
In related news, the company has also released a statement to the financial markets regarding recent major fluctuations in its share price, assuring investors that the Gizmondo is on track to meet its targets.
The firm has expensed all development costs on the console in 2004 and early 2005, according to the statement, and funding is already in place for the launches across the rest of Europe.
"Based on a review of the recent share price volatility, this could be attributed to a combination of market conditions," stated Freer. "However, the trading patterns seem artificial in light of the recent announcements regarding our launch progress and success."
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April 5th, 2005, 18:13 Posted By: wraggster
Gizmondo may have launched, but: a) the initial games line-up is nothing to write home about; and more importantly b) we still have yet to receive one of the handhelds for a full hands-on review. But while we await situation 'b' to be addressed, early adopters of the jack-of-all-trades device might like to know there are rumblings closely associated with situation 'a' - rumblings of the 'we've got 89 games coming out in 2005' variety.
89 games? Yes, as incredible as it sounds, that is indeed the number of titles Gizmondo Europe Ltd. claims it has planned for this year. Blanket bombing at its finest then, and with that many games out you can bet that virtually every videogame genre known to mankind is covered.
According to Eric Peterson, who heads up Gizmondo's global development operation, the games "will be comprised of original titles, both internally and externally developed, as well as very high profile licensed products."
"Our goal is to deliver a broad spectrum of high quality games, canvassing all genres. Gizmondo owners will be spoiled with all the choices they will have for games entertainment, this in addition to the music and video content already available," Peterson adds.
Microsoft Games Studios, SCI, Disney's BuenaVista Games, Team 17, and Fathammer and Ubisoft are among the companies that have signed up to support Gizmondo, and Gizmondo Europe Ltd additionally states that a further announcement concerning "one of the world's leading developer and publisher of interactive entertainment" is pending. Our money's on Activision or EA.
And so, on to some of the Gizmondo games that have been announced so far then. Apparently, "Many of these new titles will be subject to their own announcement releases," according to Gizmondo Europe Ltd., with the company also stating that the games are unique to the Gizmondo and "will be optimised to use the distinctive features of the device, including the GPS, digital camera, Bluetooth, and GPRS connectivity."
Here's a select few from the Gizmondo 2005 catalogue:
Richard Burns Rally - SCi
(New) Battlestations: Midway - SCi
Carmageddon - SCi
(New) Conflict: Vietnam - SCi
Age of Empires - Microsoft Game Studios
MechAssault - Microsoft Game Studios
It's Mr Pants - Microsoft Game Studios
Colors - Gizmondo Studios
Chicane - Gizmondo Studios
Sticky Balls - Gizmondo Studios
(New) Supernaturals - Gizmondo Studios
(New) Race - Gizmondo Studios
(New) Ghost - Gizmondo Studios
Furious Phil - Gizmondo Studios
(New) Hit and Myth - Gizmondo Studios
Johnny Whatever - Gizmondo Studios
Milo and the Rainbow Nasties - Gizmondo Studios
Momma, Can I Mow the Lawn - Gizmondo Studios
Interstella Flames 2 - Gizmondo Studios
(New) Jump - Gizmondo Studios
Worms World Party - Team 17
(New) Alien Homonid - Tuna*
(New) Casino - Hustler*
(New) Goal - Factory 1*
(New) Verbier Ride - JoWood*
(*Deal agreed in principal and will be subject to separate announcement).
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April 4th, 2005, 14:19 Posted By: wraggster
Finally, after months of waiting and attending lavish, celeb-packed launch parties for a machine we only half believed existed, we've finally got Gizmondo in our hands.
So, what can you expect to glean from the handheld should you find yourself in the rare position of being able to find one for sale? What do you get for your £229?
The machine itself is surprisingly small. We were expecting a much bigger, heftier unit, but this is unexpectedly diminutive and fits snugly between your palms. It's much nicer to hold than DS, for instance.
It's quite sturdy too. Before leaving us with the gadget, the Gizmondo PR gent showcased this by bashing it hard against our desk. This is not something we've had the confidence to try since, but you'd feel safe carrying this about, which is more than can be said for the delicate-feeling PSP.
The other noticeable exterior feature is its camera. So, when you tire of playing games you can entertain yourself by taking low-quality pictures of your surroundings with its a 0.3 megapixel camera.
We're told the camera will one day affect gameplay, where looking around in first-person shooters or steering a car is achieved by tilting the device, although none of the games we tested featured this ability.
Which brings us conveniently to Gizmondo's main reason for existing - the games.
We tested a mixture of early and full versions of the Gizmondo line-up and, based on this, it's clear Gizmondo has a long way to go before it can be considered a device capable of challenging PSP or DS.
The first game we booted up was Colors. According to the Gizmondo team, Colors is the handheld's killer app, its triple-A title, its Halo. This is apparently the game everyone will want. So, what better way to begin our evaluation?
Ultimately, it reminds us of GTA San Andreas but without anything to do or anywhere to go. It's quite rubbish.
On the demo version we played, you start the game in the middle of the street, with a couple of guns.
Walking forwards reveals a man who we can only presume is a pimp, as he immediately launched into tedious and obvious banter about prostitutes before setting us up for our 'mission'.
We then wondered the baron cityscape, noticing the flat, box-like cars that not only look the same but are devoid of wheels. We then shot someone. It took a clip and a half before they fell over, and not once did the character attempt to run away.
A high point was when we encountered the big, grey wall that signifies both the end of the world and the moment when the programmers gave up and went to the pub. And let's not forget the subway with the massive step at the bottom that you can't climb back out of...
Reeling from the experience of playing Colors, we bravely moved on to the Fathammer classics collection, containing Angelfish, Super Drop Mania and Stunt Car Extreme.
Angelfish is a 2D top-down shooting game, which, while being simple and much like games from the mid '80s that have since been bettered, pleased us by working correctly as a game should, unlike 'killer app' Colors.
Super Drop Mania is probably the game we've played most in our time with Gizmondo, thanks to it being genuinely addictive. You're tasked with grouping coloured blocks before making them vanish by way of special flashing blocks of the same colour. Simple, fun and quite polished too.
Unfortunately the quality soon dropped again with Stunt Car Extreme. This is a simple racing game requiring the player to do laps while, every so often, steering into and over ramps of varying heights and styles. It's a bit shoddy and looks like one of the first 3D games to ever be invented.
Next up was a 45% complete version of Richard Burns Rally. While it's far too early to judge the game at this stage, it's hard to see it being good. This is going up against Ridge Racer for PSP, yet looks like a budget PC racing game running in software mode.
Becoming visibly drained from this Gizmondo ordeal, we played puzzle-racer Trailblazer. This game is not so much about the skill of negotiating the track, as it is patiently failing at the game's levels over and over again until you've formed a mental map of its obstacles, which becomes really tiresome.
Finally, we had a Sega Classics pack, featuring versions of Altered Beast, Super Shinobi, Sonic, Outrun and Golden Axe, which were all made by real game developers and all worked just the same as they ever have, making them by far the best games on Gizmondo.
In all honesty the disappointing truth is that, currently, Gizmondo is definitely not worth the cash. It can play movies (which is does OK, although PSP's screen does this much better) and music, and has GPS functionality that no one in this office managed to get working - but all the extras don't save it.
It needs games. Decent games that rival those found on other systems. Not games that you can't quit out of without taking the battery out of the machine, or that don't allow you to adjust the volume in-game.
It's all such a shame; such a waste. We don't want to write Gizmondo off completely - we'd like to see the good ideas come to fruition. But from what we've seen thus far we are massively underwhelmed. Its games are a mess - limited in scope and imagination and delivering virtually no modern-day appeal.
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April 4th, 2005, 00:38 Posted By: wraggster
Vlimos has updated his port of Mame for the Tapwave Zodiac, heres whats new:
<BLOCKQUOTE>Changes: If the FPS can get to 100% then "Best" sound is close to perfect in most games. If you can't get the speed up to 100% then it will sound choppy and you will need a lower (and worse sounding) setting.
68K works, cinematronics works, NeoGeo works on at least some of the roms, although many are WAY too large. Rom File loading was fixed so a TON of games work now that didn't before, and I haven't even started the compatibility list yet.
PMame is now UDMH compatible and you will need it for some of the larger roms.</BLOCKQUOTE>
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