DS Flashcards and You Part IV: Miscellaneous by Jared “Gapporin” Bottorff Here I will tie up some ends about various aspects of the DS flashcard. [/>

DS Flashcards and You Part III: The Applications by Jared “Gapporin” Bottorff Did you know your DS can do more than just play games? It can also function as a web browser, an IM client, an IRC client, a PDA, text reader and more. Since I use only a few applications myself, I will only be hitting the high notes in this article. Read on to find out how to use these features for yourself. – ClIRC: When the homebrew scene first came about, many developers wanted to try their hands on seeing what the built in Wi-Fi connection in… (read more)

DS Flashcards and You Part II: The Emulators by Jared “Gapporin” Bottorff The DS actually offers a lot in terms of emulating your favorite consoles and computers. Read on for a rundown of the most popular ones available. – CrocoDS (Amstrad CPC): CrocoDS, an original emulator programmed for the DS, is an emulator for the Amstrad CPC. For those who are unfamiliar with the Amstrad, Wikipedia lists that it was “designed to be a direct competitor to the Commodore 64 and Sinclair ZX Spectrum systems. The CPC range was very successful and over 3 million were sold during the machine’s… (read more)

Jared “Gapporin” Bottorff has written an excellent overview of homebrew and flashcards for the Nintendo DS. Here is part one of Jared’s four part series. DS Flashcards and You Part I: Introduction/DLDI/The Games by Jared “Gapporin” Bottorff So you’ve bought a flashcard for your Nintendo DS. You’ve taken that first step into the world of DS homebrew. There is one question, however, that still lingers: Where to begin? The sheer amount of applications and games available is staggering, and no one certainly has the time to try everything that has come down the pike. That’s where I hope this guide… (read more)

One feature of my new LCD television I hadn’t given much thought to was the VGA input. Downstairs I already run a PVR system, so when I saw the VGA port on my new television I decided I would build another computer and hook it up upstairs, so I could watch divx and other downloaded video files easily. But then it hit me — can’t new consoles such as the PS3 and Xbox 360 stream media? I’ve heard about people using the original Xbox for multimedia streaming, but had never personally tried it. This weekend I decided to give it… (read more)

At the time of its release, Venus Corporation’s Multi Game Hunter (MGH) was a unique console copier that could connect to both Super Nintendo and Sega Genesis game consoles. The Multi Game Hunter included two interchangable adapters allowing it to plug into either machine; a third adapter, which allowed the MGH to play and dump Sega Master System ROMs while connected to the Genesis, was also available. These luxuries, however, were not cheap; MGH units (without the optional SMS adapter) originally sold for around $400. The MGH is a large unit that overhangs the power and reset buttons of the… (read more)

Right after the Christmas of 1994 I attended HoHoCon, the first “modern” hacker con that later inspired DefCon and HOPE (Link). I remember seeing a lot of cool things that weekend, but one of the coolest was a console copier. As I watched DrunkFux (the founder of HoHoCon) and several members of the Cult of the Dead Cow demonstrating the unit, I knew I had to have one. Tracking down a console copier was not as simple of searching eBay back then. After a few months of searching, in the Spring of 1995 I tracked down Anthrox (a SNES demo… (read more)

Although predated by a few consoles including the Sega CD and the 3D0, it was the Sony PlayStation that ushered in the era of CD-based consoles to the masses. Cheap manufacturing costs and the ability to store 650 megs of game data per CD won out over cartridges, which were more expensive to produce and limited in storage capacity (64 megabytes, on the Nintendo 64). The unfortunate product of CD and DVD based games was piracy. With CD and DVD burners installed in even the most inexpensive computers, it was only a matter of time before enterprising hackers put two… (read more)