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Homebrew on Consoles Detailed

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the keep-em-emulated dept.

Yoshi writes "DCEmu have released an article detailing the current State of the Homebrew Scene on all consoles from the PSP to GBA and even to the Next Gen Nintendo Wii, the article explains whats needed to run emulators and games and if its worth bothering for each console."

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  1. DS Lite? by remembertomorrow · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Will there be anything (expected to be) fundamentally different about the Nintendo DS Lite? I have heard so much good stuff about the DS, I may buy one of the Lite's when they're available.

    It's always nice to be able to expand the uses of hardware in ways the developers never intended. :)

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    1. Re:DS Lite? by demongeek · · Score: 3, Interesting

      The DS Lite and the DS are the same consoles with certain improvements. Similar to the advancement between the GBA and the GBA-SP, the DS-Lite's screen is much improved and the case is smaller. And I'm sure, sooner or later, we will start seeing a lot more customized case colours (lots have been released in Japan, but only a few select in NA and Eu.

  2. Re:Horrible Article by kesuki · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Well I hadn't been paying attention to the homebrew community lately, so i found all the information about the GPx2 to be quite interesting. :) It would be really nice if could find a way to fit one in my budget, afterall I've loved emulation for a long time. I'm glad that some companies have even found ways to make legitimate money off emulation instead of it staying as an 'illegal' undergound kinda thing.

    My keyboard is all screwy, and it took me a long time to type this. sigh. All i wanted to do today was relax :)

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  3. Wii by hyfe · · Score: 4, Interesting
    Anybody know if random people will be able to program for it? If we can, I image will see a shitload of cool stuff, as that controller is sooo begging for simple cool games. I mean, just something like pong would be insanely fun :)

    The Wii-equivalent of 'Mount and Blade' would utterly, utterly rock (M&B is a simple down-to-earth fighting game RPG'ish which gets simple fight-dynamics sooo right)

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  4. Emulators for DS by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting
    I picked up a DS for Nintendogs and because I could run Sam and Max Hit the Road via http://scummvm.drunkencoders.com/ ScummVM DS. The rest of the emulator scene, however, is a little hit-or miss.

    The DS benefits because it can also run homebrew that was developed for the GBA, and consoles from the NES and earlier are emulated well. The SNES and Genesis emulators are just in their infancy, however.

    Besides the emuilators, there are a lot of good homebrew games and applications, including most of the usual favorites from linux distributions. Congratulations to the coders of the DS homebrew scene for making such progress on a unique system!

  5. Re:The other consoles differ. by tepples · · Score: 2, Interesting

    in the realm of home console, DreamCast is the only thing that let your run whatever you like.

    That's good for gaming in front of a TV. But which handheld system sold in brick-and-mortar retailers in the United States is the same way?