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The number of floating point operations (FLOPS) performed by a next-generation game console outranks early days supercomputers like the Cray.

Cray-2 = 1.9 GFLOPS
http://www.dcemu.co.uk/vbullet...
Dreamcast | CPU: 1.4 GFLOPS | GPU: 0.1 GFLOPS | Combined: 1.5 GFLOPS
PS2 | CPU: 6 GFLOPS | GPU: 0 GFLOPS | Combined: 6 GFLOPS
Xbox | CPU: 1.5 GFLOPS | GPU: 5.8 GFLOPS | Combined: 7.3 GFLOPS
Wii | CPU: 60 GFLOPS | GPU: 1 GFLOPS | Combined: 61 GFLOPS
Xbox360 | CPU: 115 GFLOPS | GPU: 240 GFLOPS | Combined: 355 GFLOPS
PS3 | CPU: 218 GFLOPS | GPU: 1800 GFLOPS | Combined: 2018 GFLOPS
PS4 | CPU: 102.4 GFLOPS | GPU: 1843 GFLOPS | Combined: 1965 GFLOPS

Console games are getting to the point of having 2 TeraFLOPS of 32 floating-point performance

They worked with Sega on an operating system for the Dreamcast, based on Windows CE. According to this list, only 48 of the 688 commercially-released DC games used it.

Hi, we at dcemu use vbulletin 4 for our forums, heres a link http://www.dcemu.co.uk/vbulletin/forum.php Our CMS uses the vbulletin forum but isnt quite what you need --> http://www.dcemu.co.uk/vbulletin/forum.php Then our subdomain websites are normal websites but use some of the features of vbulletin, like the news feed, whos online, members etc but are totally free of that standard forum look , for example --> http://real-ales.dcemu.co.uk/

Hi, we at dcemu use vbulletin 4 for our forums, heres a link http://www.dcemu.co.uk/vbulletin/forum.php Our CMS uses the vbulletin forum but isnt quite what you need --> http://www.dcemu.co.uk/vbulletin/forum.php Then our subdomain websites are normal websites but use some of the features of vbulletin, like the news feed, whos online, members etc but are totally free of that standard forum look , for example --> http://real-ales.dcemu.co.uk/

Hi, we at dcemu use vbulletin 4 for our forums, heres a link http://www.dcemu.co.uk/vbulletin/forum.php Our CMS uses the vbulletin forum but isnt quite what you need --> http://www.dcemu.co.uk/vbulletin/forum.php Then our subdomain websites are normal websites but use some of the features of vbulletin, like the news feed, whos online, members etc but are totally free of that standard forum look , for example --> http://real-ales.dcemu.co.uk/

It gets worse; the source thread refers to it as "Super Mario World" which itself is completely different.

Even sites like http://psp-news.dcemu.co.uk/ and http://dreamcast.dcemu.co.uk/ these days are struggling because the vast majoriity of users have left these consoles behind and new consoles just arent getting hacked like they used to and the likes of Nintendo etc release so may updates that it seems genuine homebrewers dont stand a chance, hacking of consoles for pirating however is as strong as ever.

Even sites like http://psp-news.dcemu.co.uk/ and http://dreamcast.dcemu.co.uk/ these days are struggling because the vast majoriity of users have left these consoles behind and new consoles just arent getting hacked like they used to and the likes of Nintendo etc release so may updates that it seems genuine homebrewers dont stand a chance, hacking of consoles for pirating however is as strong as ever.

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It ran wince but it is not a part of the console. The Dreamcast doesn't have an internal operating system. That came depending on what came on the game discs it booted from and only a tiny fraction of games employed wince. Interesting of note out of all Dreamcast's library of games (which is small already) there is not one top title which uses wince.

List of wince games here:

http://www.dcemu.co.uk/vbulletin/threads/43804-WinCE-games-List

You could easily build up a collection of A-B rated titles without having any that use wince.

Why would you sell on CDR?

If you're a new artist, without the major labels' promotion machine and unsure that you can sell 1000 copies, then the CD replication companies will switch you from "replication" (1000 or more on CDs stamped from a glass master) to "duplication" (fewer than that on CD-R). You can't just wait for 1,000 orders before your replication run, as PayPal and other payment processors want merchants to ship within 20 days.

I would love it.... but alas I am more of a collector then a dev, my skills are laughable at best....

Anyway yes it should go to some one who would use it, there are a ton of people here who would probably sell some body part to get something like that.

http://dreamcast.dcemu.co.uk/

where exactly is the ps3 a top seller? not here: http://media.arstechnica.com/news.media/npd-1108-a.png

M$ "me-too" entry in the console market continues in last place, sixth out of six as of August 2009:

• 01 Nintendo Wii - 95,357
• 02 Nintendo DS - 85,737
• 03 PlayStation Portable - 33,049
• 04 PlayStation 3 - 8760
• 05 PlayStation 2 - 3617
• 06 Xbox 360 - 3552

PS2, PSP, and PS3 fluctuate a bit, but Wii keeps climbing albeit not steadily.

The Red Ring o Death we all passed in the stores whenever Xbox was on display is only minor compared to the quality and duration of the eipc failure. The M$ console hardware failures have been around forever, on about as long as the unit has been on the market. It's not just bricked units and years of scotched discs. It's been four or five years of property damage and even occasional injury and death, with fires in many countries.

But, hey, if defective M$ hardware burns down your family, it's your fautlt. To be fair M$ is right about that: The buyers were warned in prior to purchase by the M$ brand clearly marked on the packaging. C'mon, M$ hardware is as poor as M$ software. The fault lies with those who decided to deploy xbox instead of one of the top-selling game consoles like Wii, PS2, or PS3.

Games are optional. Other activities are not. At some point families will ask the courts to ask how hospitals decided to deploy M$ products like C#-based gewgaws or for-novelty-purposes-only systems like XP on the desktop or server instead of functinal Java- or Python-based applications or systems actually designed for a networked environemnt, such as Solaris and Linux. The Microsofot brand is a warning, those who ignore that warning and deploy the product anyway are in the wrong. Multiple counts of { voluntary | criminally negligent } manslaughter. Who goes to the gas chamber, the techs deploying the known defective technology or the administrators who bullied them into doing so? "Just following orders" is not a valid defense for any politically motivated group, even one with heavy marketing and lobbying.

where exactly is the ps3 a top seller? not here: http://media.arstechnica.com/news.media/npd-1108-a.png

M$ "me-too" entry in the console market continues in last place, sixth out of six as of August 2009:

• 01 Nintendo Wii - 95,357
• 02 Nintendo DS - 85,737
• 03 PlayStation Portable - 33,049
• 04 PlayStation 3 - 8760
• 05 PlayStation 2 - 3617
• 06 Xbox 360 - 3552

PS2, PSP, and PS3 fluctuate a bit, but Wii keeps climbing albeit not steadily.

The Red Ring o Death we all passed in the stores whenever Xbox was on display is only minor compared to the quality and duration of the eipc failure. The M$ console hardware failures have been around forever, on about as long as the unit has been on the market. It's not just bricked units and years of scotched discs. It's been four or five years of property damage and even occasional injury and death, with fires in many countries.

But, hey, if defective M$ hardware burns down your family, it's your fautlt. To be fair M$ is right about that: The buyers were warned in prior to purchase by the M$ brand clearly marked on the packaging. C'mon, M$ hardware is as poor as M$ software. The fault lies with those who decided to deploy xbox instead of one of the top-selling game consoles like Wii, PS2, or PS3.

Games are optional. Other activities are not. At some point families will ask the courts to ask how hospitals decided to deploy M$ products like C#-based gewgaws or for-novelty-purposes-only systems like XP on the desktop or server instead of functinal Java- or Python-based applications or systems actually designed for a networked environemnt, such as Solaris and Linux. The Microsofot brand is a warning, those who ignore that warning and deploy the product anyway are in the wrong. Multiple counts of { voluntary | criminally negligent } manslaughter. Who goes to the gas chamber, the techs deploying the known defective technology or the administrators who bullied them into doing so? "Just following orders" is not a valid defense for any politically motivated group, even one with heavy marketing and lobbying.

It's a big step in the right direction. I had been hoping to answer the other question but it looked like it was going to be too hard to find information on an embedded GPU core (like for cellphones and stuff.) I wonder what's in the GP2x Wiz

Does it play 3D games?

Doom?

Quake?

Duke Nukem?

As others have already said, using sliding motion(s) for touch based typing is nothing new. One of the methods I haven't seen mentioned in the comments yet is the QUONG layout, or HexInput (has nothing to do with hexadecimal). The thing about HexInput is the hexagon shaped softkeys arranged in a honeycomb pattern, wich gives surrounded keys 6 easily available neighbours for sliding onto.

I tried it once on my DS, using BLARGH Text Editor. After a few practice rounds, I could touch type a lot faster than with traditional tapping based touch typing.

However, as my main language is not English, I would need a custom layout for it to be effective for me in everyday situations.

So I can spend half as much (or more) as a new console in order to transform a PC into a tv machine

You have to buy multiple controllers for a console too, and it's still a lot cheaper than buying multiple PCs, monitors, keyboards, and mice for a typical LAN FPS. Besides, you may already own suitable controllers:

• Xbox 360 controllers work in a PC since Windows XP Service Pack 1.
• PS3 SIXAXIS controllers work in a PC with a driver.
• Controllers for PlayStation and PlayStation 2 work through the EMS USB2 adapter ($16).
• Rock Band for Xbox 360 comes with a USB hub so that you can plug more than two controllers into the front of a PC.

and play whichh games that support two or four player on the same screen?

Plenty of EA Sports titles work, as do the official arcade emulators by Atari, Midway, Namco, and Capcom, as well as the titles on this list. And once you're done gaming, you can use the TV to watch YouTube, Hulu, or any other internet video application.

Nah, the console is designed for that environment and as I say, it just works.

If you think HTPC gaming is impractical, then on which platform should an indie developer publish its first party game?

i couldn't load the linked article, but for some reason, this image of the Pandora handheld does seem to be accessible.

and, yes, this is news to a lot of people. personally i'm pretty psyched about a new powerful (and open source) handheld being brought to market. this will be another platform that homebrew developers will be able to explore--and one that they are actually welcomed on. if nothing else, Pandora will finally give consumers a viable alternative to the PSP for a robust portable entertainment system.

i was never too impressed with the GP32 and GP2X, but Pandora looks very promising. in terms of hardware, its 600 MHz clock speed trumps the PSP's 333 MHz (underclocked at 222 MHz on old games), and its 128 MB DDR SDRAM also trounces the PSP/slim's 32/64 MB. we may finally have a portable entertainment system that can surf the web without running out of memory after a few graphic-intensive web pages. a 43 button QWERTY keyboard means e-mail, web browsing, instant messaging, word processing, etc. won't be as troublesome as it is on the PSP. the dual analog nubs also enables more robust game controls, which are particularly important for FPS games.

but what's most exciting about this news is the fact that Pandora was developed with consumers in mind. they designed the handheld based on community feedback on the GP2X/GP32 consoles. i've always felt that the PSP was a fine piece of engineering, but Sony's greed-driven constant mishandling of the system meant that most of the system's hardware potential was never realized.

Pandora seems to take a very different approach. instead of opposing homebrew development, they will tap into the dedication and zeal of the homebrew community to improve the console. this means that rather than wasting time releasing firmware updates just to hinder homebrew development, they will actually incorporate homebrew applications into the console itself. this progressive pro-consumer attitude is something that should be applauded. Pandora shows a lot of potential IMO, and i will be paying close attention to its development.

From what specifics I could find on it, they are planning on supporting Flash 7.0 and I think this means one could play swfs on it (of which I know several addictive games online).

As for other support, I'm kind of disappointed that they went far enough to support Lyrics (Lyc) files but they only support TXT for their E-Books. I would be nice to see Plucker supported by default so that all the Project Gutenberg books would be readily accessible in something better than just plain text. But, I suppose that's just a matter of recompiling for the targeted architecture. I wonder if proprietary e-Book formats will ever be supported on devices like this? That's probably just wishful thinking--why would Amazon divert sales of the Kindle to something like this?

If you go to the root of the site, it still works:

http://pspzproject.dcemu.co.uk/

I'm just wondering if they'll close this off (running BD-J off of non-disc media) in a forthcoming firmware update...

Custom hacked firmware that allows backups and homebrew to boot now? No mod-chip required.

Sources: Engadget
DCEmu

So this here may have caused an influx of sales.

Already the Nintendo Wii is home to emulators for Snes, GBA, GBC, Nintendo 64, MAME, Nes, Genesis, Master System, Game Gear and more With the homebrew channel it makes the system even better. Lets hope piracy doesnt ruin a great homebrew scene. For those interested in emulators be sure to check out Wii News http://wii-news.dcemu.co.uk/

Hack it for homebrew, and you can have on and offline google maps with GPS Support, http://deniska.dcemu.co.uk/mapthis-0-5-20-with-holux-support-for-slim-psps-79825.html and PSP SSH http://zx81.zx81.free.fr/serendipity/index.php?/categories/34-SSH-Client with an IR Keyboard. Oh, and here is Doom II on the PSP http://psp-news.dcemu.co.uk/doompsp.shtml

PS. Infrared keyboards only work with the original PSP, the updated PSP has more ram and therefore the web browser likely works much better (I have to browse with images off less I run out of memory) So its a tradeoff.

Hack it for homebrew, and you can have on and offline google maps with GPS Support, http://deniska.dcemu.co.uk/mapthis-0-5-20-with-holux-support-for-slim-psps-79825.html and PSP SSH http://zx81.zx81.free.fr/serendipity/index.php?/categories/34-SSH-Client with an IR Keyboard. Oh, and here is Doom II on the PSP http://psp-news.dcemu.co.uk/doompsp.shtml

PS. Infrared keyboards only work with the original PSP, the updated PSP has more ram and therefore the web browser likely works much better (I have to browse with images off less I run out of memory) So its a tradeoff.

DCEmu have challenged the Homebrew Community across all the consoles for some of the very talentted coders to port it to as many systems as possible details here http://www.dcemu.co.uk/sim-city-source-code-released-whos-up-for-the-challenge-85355.html

I got old (fat) PSP for Christmas so I spent some time modding it out and here's what I've found.

4gb memory sticks can be found for $60 online and are a great investment.

You can use this program to backup your UMD disks and then compress them, put them on the memory stick, and tada.

iR Shell is awesome, it provides a the ability to control IR devices, nice skinnable shell, good file browser, lets you switch out of games (think alt-tab), play MP3s while you're playing a game and mute game music, toggle CPU speed, do adhoc wifi transfers between PSPs, take screenshots and much more, you can find a larger list of features (and the un-official forum) here.

PSP Vault has a very nice downloads section, tons of guides and very active forums.
Psp-homebrew has a great list of homebrew you can sort by firmware version. compatibility
QJ.net is another good resource.

PSP Radio lets you stream internet radio on your PSP.

There are NES, SNES, GB, GBC, GBA, Sega Genesis, Neo-Geo, N64, Atari 2600, C64 and probably others.

Wifisniffer is a great probably that does just what it says.

PSP Weather is another good one.

PSP HTTPD lets you use your psp as a webserver.

Portable VNC lets you control your PC with your PSP and there is software that will let you use your PSP as your gamepad for your PC.

PSP XTI is a TI-92 (Graphing calculator) emulator for the PSP. GPS is soon coming to the PSP (USA only), it will be available as a UMD but no release date or price has been set.

There are many others, just browse the file collections and forums.

If you have a PSP with the factory firmware and wish to downgrade it can be an annoying process, it depends on what version firmware you're running.
This forum post as has the information you need.

Used PSPs can be had for less than $100 in stores near me, including a 1gb pro-duo stick, I think I've squeezed $100 worth of features out of it.
Si Hoc Legere Scis Nimium Eruditionis Habes

I got old (fat) PSP for Christmas so I spent some time modding it out and here's what I've found.

4gb memory sticks can be found for $60 online and are a great investment.

You can use this program to backup your UMD disks and then compress them, put them on the memory stick, and tada.

iR Shell is awesome, it provides a the ability to control IR devices, nice skinnable shell, good file browser, lets you switch out of games (think alt-tab), play MP3s while you're playing a game and mute game music, toggle CPU speed, do adhoc wifi transfers between PSPs, take screenshots and much more, you can find a larger list of features (and the un-official forum) here.

PSP Vault has a very nice downloads section, tons of guides and very active forums.
Psp-homebrew has a great list of homebrew you can sort by firmware version. compatibility
QJ.net is another good resource.

PSP Radio lets you stream internet radio on your PSP.

There are NES, SNES, GB, GBC, GBA, Sega Genesis, Neo-Geo, N64, Atari 2600, C64 and probably others.

Wifisniffer is a great probably that does just what it says.

PSP Weather is another good one.

PSP HTTPD lets you use your psp as a webserver.

Portable VNC lets you control your PC with your PSP and there is software that will let you use your PSP as your gamepad for your PC.

PSP XTI is a TI-92 (Graphing calculator) emulator for the PSP. GPS is soon coming to the PSP (USA only), it will be available as a UMD but no release date or price has been set.

There are many others, just browse the file collections and forums.

If you have a PSP with the factory firmware and wish to downgrade it can be an annoying process, it depends on what version firmware you're running.
This forum post as has the information you need.

Used PSPs can be had for less than $100 in stores near me, including a 1gb pro-duo stick, I think I've squeezed $100 worth of features out of it.
Si Hoc Legere Scis Nimium Eruditionis Habes

Gamecube Homebrew has been on the Wii for ages using the SD Media Launcher. the list of homebrew thats works on Gamecube and Wii is an impressive one. Heres the full list from the Gamecube Emulation Site http://gcemu.dcemu.co.uk/ Arcade Midway Space Invadors Emulator XMame (GC Linux) Atari 2600 StellaGC Chip 8 Chip 8 Emulator Dotriem Dotriem Emulator GBC Gameboy Emulator GnuBoyGX GBA GBAEmuPlus VBA Genesis Genesis Plus Master System SMS Plus Neo CD NeoCD Redux Neo Geo Pocket Neopop Nes FCE Ultra GC Nintendo 64 Mupen64 PC Engine Hugo Playstation GCSX ScummVM ScummVM for Wii/GC Super Nintendo Snes 9x GC Emulator Snes 9x GC(Linux) Snes 9x GX Edition Snes9xgx2 Snes9xGX Unnoficial Homebrew for Gamecube All in One Emuloader ASCII Fighter CubeDoom GameCube pong GC Forth GC FTP Gcos Massager Memory Card Backup Mines Nitrorally OpenTyrianGC Quake Gamecube SD Boot Speed Pong 4p Supertux Tetris Terraringma demo Wolfenstein 3D XRickGC Yeti 3D

Over at Wii News they posted an article with link to several online stores who are selling Pal, US and Jap Wiis and even Modded Nintendo Wiis in different consoles and chipped too. http://wii-news.dcemu.co.uk/need-a-wii-lets-help-you-us-wiis-for-378-39-185--81022.html/

Here's a link to DSreader which isn't too bad - http://www.dcemu.co.uk/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=68172

To tell you the truth I'm disappointed with all the DS ereaders I've tried because they don't support being held sideways like the Brain Age games. That's almost a dealbreaker for me. However, most support scrolling with the stylus which is quite precise and handy.

There was an article on Kotaku about unlocking the Hard Mode the other day;

http://xbox360.dcemu.co.uk/bioshock-has-gone-gold- playable-demo-on-xbox-live-now-70961.html

Nintendo recently announced (citation missing) a homebrew contest on the Wii.

Makes me glad my roommate bought one, although my arm hurts today...

Sony messed up on a lot of things for the PSP but the PSP brought Homebrew and Emulators on the PSP to the mainstream like never before and the releases of Custom Firmwares that play PSone Games at full speed really brought the PSP to the masses. Fanjita and Dark Alexs downgraders/homebrew loaders have shown the best of what can be done on the PSP. To date there has been over 1000 Homebrew and Emulation releases on the PSP. The PSP isnt all that bad.

Sony messed up on a lot of things for the PSP but the PSP brought Homebrew and Emulators on the PSP to the mainstream like never before and the releases of Custom Firmwares that play PSone Games at full speed really brought the PSP to the masses. Fanjita and Dark Alexs downgraders/homebrew loaders have shown the best of what can be done on the PSP. To date there has been over 1000 Homebrew and Emulation releases on the PSP. The PSP isnt all that bad.

PS2 News over at DCEmu has emulators and some games for a Modded PS1. http://ps2emu.dcemu.co.uk/

You use a memory card (SD + GameCube adapter) and a boot disc, as described here. Datel sells everything you need for $50.

Pokemon Ruby wasn't a GameCube Game. It would be like the Ps3 not being able to play PSP games. Now there was a 3rd party device that let you play GBA games through an adapter that worked through the memory card port. That sould still work.

I know I'm an odd one, but I was a late-comer to the PS2, and mostly bought the games that are now incompatible. I have GH, GHII, a few DDR's and Kingdom Hearts. So for me not being able to play most of my games matters.

Imagine fitting 40 gbs of homebrew and roms on your DS with this hard drive, it would be awesome, but lets be fair this will never catch on unless its shrunk down to miniscule size and even then with news from the Nintendo DS Emulation scene of a new flash cart the same size as a normal game cart who really needs it.

On my trawl of PSP news sites i came across one which had an article about Sony linking to a hacking site , i thought this is of course rubbish, but a closer look at PSP Connect has verified that news.
Now i went to the site in question and theres an iso loader called DevHoook for the PSP. Surely sony dont want to offend all the game companies by linking to sites like this.
Are Sony that desperate for users to use the playstation portable that they link to a hacking site.?

Just so you know, IGE are also the people who own the QJ/PSPupdates sites who have also tried to buy out sites like PSP News. The QJ sites charge 3 dollars a week to forum users so they can remove ads/popups (which firefox moves ok), Like IGE they are buying out the competition, the recent buy was a Podcasting site, they have also Paid Homebrew coders Like Fanjita for exclusives and threatened Legal proceedings against PSP Homebrew sites who didnt link to them for the release. For the "premium forum acess" QJ people get money off vouchers for other sites owned by IGE. All in all a real scam network

Quoted:

- GPS support: ability to read and interpret NMEA sentences from a GPS receiver communicating through PSP's serial port. Rather simple DYI hook up with GPSlim 236 receiver from Holux is explained in following thread: http://www.dcemu.co.uk/vbulletin/showthread.php?t= 30035

RTFA.

Those of you interested in Nintendo DS Homebrew and Emulation should check out Nintendo DS Emulation, which has to be the most updated site for DS Related News, also Drunkencoders is another great site for Homebrew news. Those 2 sites are all you need to keep fully up to date with all the latest homebrew releases and news.

The person who submitted this article carefully linked to the PSPUpdates/qjnet spam machine which charges it uses 3 dollars a week to view the forums with no ads, on the newsposts them selves they have not linked to the real coders sites or indeed release threads. This network have been banned from digg for these actions of spamming and well i hope slashdot do too. If your looking for better PSP News Sites that actually link properly then check out these sites: PSP News - http://psp-news.dcemu.co.uk/ PSP 3D - http://psp3d.com/ PSP Hacks.com - http://www.psp-hacks.com/

http://www.dcemu.co.uk/ is DCEmu UK, while http://www.dcemulation.com/ is DCEmu.

Apparently, the Gameboy Advance is up to the tast of generating Sudoku puzzles. The DS shouldn't have a hard time at all.

(I thought could have sworn there was a homebrew Sudoku puzzle generator for the DS, but I can only find ones with premade puzzles. Someone please point to one if I'm incorrect)

The Dreamcast still has 2 great sites supporting it - DreamCast Scene and the Homebrew and Emulation site DreamCast News. Even a few weeks ago a game released in Japan sold 10,000 which was exceedingly impressive for the commercially dead console, that game was Under Defeat a game much like Thunderblade.

The Dreamcast still has 2 great sites supporting it - DreamCast Scene and the Homebrew and Emulation site DreamCast News. Even a few weeks ago a game released in Japan sold 10,000 which was exceedingly impressive for the commercially dead console, that game was Under Defeat a game much like Thunderblade.

this seems kind of like a scare tactic towards Nintendo for offering free games on Revolution.

That, or it's a reaction to the Nintendo DS's back-compatibility. Or it's a reaction to homebrew emulation efforts.

Note: Before people try to launch crazy ideas again: No this does not allow you to copy retail games (signed for XBOX360DVD media only) to the HD and play them. It's a tool that gives you access to the Xbox 360 HD and Memcard from a PC, it does not hack/bypass any security.