Call Of Duty 4 (DS!!!)

Call of Duty 4 DS
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The device I alluded to in my Ninja Gaiden post is called "Top Toy" apparently. Yes I know it's a sucky title for a quite sophisticated piece of tech, but at the moment it means I've got the lovely COD4, the affore mentioned Ninja Gaiden and indeed, a quite lovely Metroid Prime type thing... (Hunter?) And all for free folks!!

Call Of Duty 4 is pretty neat, aiming with the stylus and picking off insurgents. It's as good as one could hope for in terms of squeezing a 360 FPS classic onto our little two screen favourite...

But as my touch screen is totally shot, making the stylus thing a tad awkward, I'm enjoying a little Gameboy love by playing the rather fabulous GBA version of Tony Hawk's Pro- Skater 2.

Oh and on the old phone it's Tomb Raider: Underworld. Merry Christmas!

Mega Man!

Lately I've been entertaining myself with the Mega Man series. It was the first time I played one of those hallowed games but, as it's becoming somewhat of an habit of mine, I didn't just stick with one or two games, much like what I did with Contra I'm trying to play and beat every game. Or at least most of them, since I'm not really feeling like playing the Gameboy versions. They seem too similar to the NES games. Still, they might be worth checking out according to these reviews.

Rick gets Dangerous on the DS. For free.

Here's a little something that Oddbob discovered ages ago to break the silence of this not quite deserted blog: XrickDS. Or, to use its true name, Rick Dangerous DS, a fantastic freeware retro-remake that utilizes both DS screens, sports lovely 16-bitsy graphics and even includes a version of that lovely comic book of the game. In case you have never played Rick on any of the platforms it appeared on (that would be Spectrum, CPC, C64, Amiga, Atari ST, PC and possibly more) or still have fond memories of its unfair but addictive gameplay, here's your chance. Well, here too, but it wont be portable...

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Ninja Gaiden DS

I've just got this lovely game, as well as International Track And Field for my DS. The funny thing is it's on some device like the "Games 'N' music" thingy, I bought some time back.

I bought it off one of Ginger Ninja (middle son Marty's) friends for twenty quid (£20).

Apparently it lets you rip current games off the internet, as well as view full movies on your DS.

I'd like to tell you more or even be able to name the device. But I have no clue! All I know is this is my latest DS distraction... Enjoy the vid!

PPC Knight Lite DX for free

Knight Lite DX is indeed among the better Pocket PC games available and a rather addictive action-puzzler-memory game thingy with retro-esque pixel art graphics too. Now it's also been made available for free download and you can grab yourselves a copy here. Oh, and if you lack a Pocket PC, there's an equally freeware PC version available too.

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An Atari 7800 on the go

Not exactly pocket-sized, but definitely portable and quite a bit impressive. Also, and as is usual with these things, this portable Atari 7800 is a Ben Heck creation, sporting a shiny 7" LCD screen, an A/V output jack, rechargeable batteries and a combination driving / paddle controller. See it over at Engadget and read a bit more on it at Joystiq. Oh, and here is a detailed presentation of the portable and how it was built by Mr. Heckendorn himself.

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Sonic chronicles DS... A first peak from IGN

Hmm... A handheld roguelike would be nice...

BB Gadgets has started what could hopefully evolve into a groundbreaking discussion. A discussion that might even convince someone to actually go on and produce a cheap console for everyone's beloved roguelikes. Probably even for roguelike-likes like the utterly impressive (and incredibly power hungry) Dwarf Fortress. A discussion, as you should have already figured, about handheld consoles focused on ASCII rpgoids of the NetHack variety. Now, read on, read on...

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The Dreamcast on PSP video

Dreamcast on PSP?

The following article appears over at the excellent Sega Nerds site, a lovely haven for all things Sega. I'll reprint the post in full, but be sure to pop over yourself. Many of the commentors on the post over at Sega Nerds, felt that the video must be a fake. Personally, if it is it's a darn good one! My other thought on that subject is who would be sad enough to spend their time faking something like that? Oh well it takes all sorts I suppose...

Anyway enjoy the article and video, and see what you think! I'll reprint their text in the usual maroon colour, so you don't think I'm trying to pass them off as my own! Here goes:

"Finally an affordable hand held Dreamcast right on your PSP?
[Update: A lot of people think that the video is a fake. In all honesty I’m not sure - it certainly had me convinced. Hopefully the guy will put up some more videos, and I shall try to do some digging in the mean time. If it’s a fake then I shall hold up my hands and say “Yeah you got me, well done.” But if it’s real then… “Woohoo!”]
We’ve seen a few hand held Dreamcasts being made over the last few years, one we reported on quite recently.
The biggest problems with these hand helds is that you either need to be a technical/electronics wizard, or have a healthy cash flow - and buy it off those that are wizards. But it seems now you won’t need to possess much more than the Internet (which, if you are reading this, you must have already), and a PSP!
I knew that the emulation and homebrew scene has been steadily growing over the past few years, but this is the first time I have actually seen a PSP running Dreamcast games. And to be honest, I’m pretty damn excited by the concept! As you can clearly see, the video shows the PSP running Sonic Adventure 2, and it looks pretty much perfect in game play.
Unfortunately I’m not totally sure on all the information here. All that I can really tell you is that it is running on the “AutoBrew” emulation software - which supports several retro consoles, including; Ps1, N64 and (of course) Dreamcast.
Hopefully we can find some more information on this for you guys soon."