A well-known PSP hacker by the name of Dragula96 set out to find an exploit in the current PlayStation 3 firmware, and managed to do so in a single days work - here’s video of his proof-of-concept “Hello World” application. While he isn’t convinced that his exploit will result in ISO loading capabilities, there’s a good chance it will open the doors for homebrew applications.
When you’re knee deep in the dead, forget chainsaws - you’re going to need a real weapon…like Rick Astley’s hit single “Never Gonna Give You Up”.
This NES port of Final Fantasy VII is far from your average rip-off. It’s the work of a gifted group of Chinese programmers, who utilized revolutionary techniques to squeeze a relatively complete version of the PSone classic onto a cartridge that plays on ancient 8-bit hardware.
If you yawned your way through Asshole Mario, check out I Wanna Be The Guy. It’s actually a Battletoads ROM hack, but you’d never guess - a number of classic titles make cameo appearances. Check out this epic boss battle with Zangief from Street Fighter II, and download the game here if you’re not too scared.
Video of an entire play through the game is available at Nikumatic’s YouTube profile.
via Destructoid
It’s 10:30pm, you’ve got two mates on the way over to play Rock Band, and you’ve nearly snapped your kick pedal in half thanks to the kick fills in Faith No More’s Epic on Expert. If, like me, you’re a little more McGhetto than McGuyver, you’ll scout around the house and find the dregs of a roll of gaffer tape along with a broken chopping board that should have been thrown out months ago. Then you’ll rig up something like this bad boy.
After two weeks of solid rocking, the yellow drum pad on OXM’s Rock Band drum kit was toast. Despite EA’s generous replacement policy, they decided to take matters into their own hands. If you’ve got the prerequisite skills with a soldering iron, this step-by-step guide looks like a much better solution than waiting for a replacement to arrive (and the only one for importers) - although it won’t help with the issue where multiple rapid hits don’t register on certain pads.
via OXM
Some diligent fans have crafted their own Metroid arcade cabinet. The guts of the system is a home-built PC with a 17-inch Samsung LCD and sound system with subwoofer. The outside is adorned with glowing buttons, every controller port you could want and a clay-sculpted Mother Brain.
via Engadget
Members of Finland’s Tampere University of Technology Student Union and Universimo gaming company have teamed up to build the world’s largest Tetris game. The team used the windows of the Mikontalo student housing complex staircase to create giant color changing pixels that can be controlled by a mobile phone. The university plans to implement other student created games on the wall as well.
Too bad the guy playing in the video sucks at Tetris.
via MikontaloLights
This guy has provided simple instructions on how to make your Rockband drumkit playable in Windows. Essentially all that is involved is making the device recognized as a standard Xbox controller. All you would need is a simple program that can translate joystick/gamepad buttons into midi commands, and you’ve got yourself a free, but rudimentary midi drum kit for all your amateur music production needs.
