No entries for this fantastic compo from a fantastic company. So far, two entries in the PSP game category have been entered. None in the PSP App or GBA/NDS App OR Game. THere's a great splash, with great prizes. Info:
NEO Spring coding contest 2008 for NDS(GBA) and PSP first announcement
*** close time: March.20th 2008 ***

* NDS(GBA) and PSP Game division
There are 10 winners for NDS(GBA) game and 10 winners for PSP game, total 10+10 winners.

* NDS(GBA) and PSP APP division
There are 10 winners for NDS(GBA) App and 5 winners for PSP App, total 10+5 winners.

In this neo coding contest, the main concept is for R6 Gold / MK6 Motion cart / PSP Motion kit applications, it's mean you will have more chance to win with an Apps using the full motion function.


The rules of NEO Spring coding contest 2008:

[1] All original entries will get +5 "original score " , but the second entry (same project from last contest but improved, and just enter one more time again ) will don't get any "original score" in this contest.

[2] From this contest we try to use a new judge way --- everyone can become the judger! You just need test all contest entering and submit your very detailed test report to us , if can come with your top 10 winner judgement will be best, here have one nice judgment sample come from anjanj26 --- http://www.neoflash.com/forum/index.php/topic,4601.msg31451.html#msg31451 .
We will set a new award --- "NEO Professional Reviewer Award" from this contest, we will check all review reports and choose top 3 from NDS division and top 3 from PSP division too, so will have 6 top "NEO Professional Reviewer" will get our prize.

[3] The result of public contest projects poll just use for judger refer, but it'll not affect the project score again.

[4] The No.1 winner from last Neo contest can't use their same project (even it has updated a lot) to enter this contest again.

[5] You can enter the PSP/NDS/GBA's GAME contest and APP contest at the same time, without any limit.

[6] You must put the splash screen of "NEO Spring coding contest 2008" to your production.

[7] If your production have enter other contest before, you can enter this NEO contest still.

[8] If your project can support NEO Motion function, then you will get +5 "Motion Score".

[9] You don't need public your source code, but if you can PM to us for refer will be welcome.



the NEO SPRING COMPO 2008 splash for PSP :



the NEO SPRING COMPO 2008 splash for NDS, you can choose the bottom screen OR both:
top screen:

bottom screen:



the NEO SPRING COMPO 2008 splash for GBA :


please add these splash to your project and sumbit it before March.20th 2008.


The top 10 prize list for NDS(GBA) and PSP contest,4 divisions are same:

The No.1 : US$300 cash , OR choose anyone item from the final NEO product prize list.

The No.2 : US$200 cash , OR choose anyone item from the final NEO product prize list.

The No.3 : US$100 cash , OR choose anyone item from the final NEO product prize list.

The No.4 ~ No.10 : can choose anyone item from the final NEO product prize list.

The top 6 NEO Professional Reviewers (3 from NDS/GBA division and 3 from PSP division) can choose anyone item from the final NEO product prize list.

Total winners : 41



NEO Spring Coding contest 2008 close time : March.20th 2008
Winner prize send out time : April.20th 2008

Note: We will keep the right for use the neo contest production in the NEO products,like use for demo.

I'm sure that anyone with a DS or PSP (or even a PS2, for that matter) can't fail to recognise just how many Retro compilation packs there are in the market all supposedly "filled with classics you remember from your childhood". Yet, as I'm sure many of you who have succumbed to temptation and actually bought one of these compilations will know, although you do remember these games from your childhood, they seem to have gotten worse due to extra features that don't complement the original game, but in fact, they ruin the experience of playing the game.

For example, The latest remake of Rainbow Islands (Rainbow Islands Revolution for Nintendo DS), seems to have touch screen elements (using the touch screen to create rainbows) which were tacked on at the very last minute, in order to make a remake of a game over 15 years old seem "revolutionary", yet, it manages to take the game I knew and loved from my childhood (playing the game when I was 5 years-old at a seaside arcade in the mid 1990s), and totally destroy all the fun I had, replacing it with monotony and boredom.

Although there are other arcade remakes and compilations which are much better than that atrocity, please take this as a cautionary tale from me. Although there are some good old school/ retro compilations (Sega MegaDrive Collection ,aka Sega Genesis collection for you USA people, comes to mind here) NEVER buy one that messes around with the original formula, you'll just be disappointed, as I found out.

I end this cautionary tale on a lighter note- a list of retro compilations I recomend-
NES Classics range (GBA)
Sega MegaDrive/Genesis Collection (PSP/PS2)
and Taito Legends- Power Up (PSP)

First of all: my goal in this post is to be 100% neutral and bias-free.  My preferences may come out subconsciously, but this is not a psychology class, so I won't go into that.  Just trust me when I say that I am not trying to push my console preferences.

It happens every time new consoles come out: the console wars heat up and gamers take their choices in consoles very seriously.  It leads to insults (look at the comments of any console wars-related post on QJ), stress, and distraction from the entertainment of gaming.  We are all guilty of it.  You, me; even the people who repeatedly state the same kind of thing I'm saying right now are soldiers in the console wars.  But as a gamer since the 16 bit days, I can tell you that I never first picked the console that would eventually win until the DS (and that war isn't technically over yet), but I've still loved every console I ever had.  The console wars mentality is a problem, and as I hope to explain in this post, meaningless.

Reasoning and explanation after the jump.

Many of you have been graced by Lick's ability at producing ingenious homebrew, (examples include LoveLight and the libcartreset libraries) and he has released an update to the popular homebrew app, DSLiveWeather. For those who dont know, DSLiveWeather is a simple application that will check the weather in your area, as well provide you a plethora of other information. It can also fetch forecast information from the weather.com site..

I'm sure you've just skipped paragraph, so I'll jump to the chase m'kay? To install this app, go grab it from Lick's site (click here ), and follow the simple instructions below. This build of DSLiveWeather is patched using DLDI, so should work with most flashcarts out there. Anyways, the instructions:

1. Download DSLiveWeather (doh!)
2. Unzip it, and place it on your flashcart.
3. Make sure to create a folder called DSLiveWeather on the root of your memory stick, otherwise you will not be able to save profiles, reports and forecasts.. Which is a pain in the backside to be honest.
4. Launch up your DS, browse to the DSLiveWeather file, and launch it.
5. Now, the all important part. In order to find your weather.com Location ID, goto weather.com, at the top will be a search box (Has Enter zip or US/Intl city) Simply type in your town/city, and you'll be brought to your relevant page.
6. Look at your address bar now, at the end of the URL should be somesort of a code after the /local/ bit.. (Eg: USDC0001) That is your Location ID, now simply type this into the Location ID box on DSLiveWeather, and your done.
7. Give your profile a name (Eg: My Town) then press the START button on your DS. Providing you followed the earlier instructions properly, (like actually making that DSLiveWeather folder that I asked in bold) all your details should now be saved.
8. Use your stylus/finger/thumb to press the currently tab on the bottom screen. There will be two little icons. A smile face (which probably isnt smiling right now) and a grey icon below it. Press on the smile face, and this should initiate your wireless connection to your access point. If you cant connect, I suggest you have a look at your wireless configuration settings. (Launch a game which supports wireless play, and go into wifi settings)
9. Once you are connected to your router/access point, the smile face will actually smile now. Press the tick icon below to retrieve your weather information. Hopefully if you typed in a correct weather.com Location ID, then the tick icon will turn green, and you'll have your weather information! Tada :D

~ Trunkz.

P.S - I am not the developer, therefore I do not provide support for his app. Also, please dont simply swamp Lick with questions that can be easily answered by the wonderfull QJ staff over at the forums. (Make sure you post in the correct section, and follow the rules, otherwise iBall will bite your head off) However, if you're problem is of a serious nature (such as a major bug or flaw in the system, or an incompatibility with your flashcart) you go ahead and give Lick a shout. Make sure to be as descriptive as possible, indicating how you got the error, the hardware you are using, and how the error can be reproduced by Lick, so that he can try to fix the error in the next version of DSLiveWeather)

Yes it is true. I am leaving the pspdev scene for however long it takes. I need to leave for an amount of time. I will come back sooner or later and bring you all gifts for the psp. Here's a few things i will be doing.

After i am finished with learning XNA i will come back and i am more than 3/4 the way through.

I need to get a Xbox 360 to test on.

Dont Worry Me and DarkWolf669 will still continue KIWI Hacks_51.

If you do not know what kiwihacks51 is then it is a Video Tutorial and Podcast place when myself and others tell about how to do stuff, not just psp related. Stuff so simple but n00bs keep on makin me angry because they ask the same questions.

Here is the Pod/Vidcast link

http://feeds/feedburner.com/kiwihacks

And if you want to help out here are the forums

http://kiwihacks.x.am

If you are mad at me because i dident tell you about this earler i am sorry.

If you have any questions please ask them at my email adress.

nivlaman32@allenthinks.com