Sales for Microsoft Corp.'s Xbox 360 increased on Fri. at Amazon.com, the first day of a new price cut for the video game hardware.

The Xbox 360 Arcade SKU held 1,712 percent increase in sales to rank at No. 25 in Amazon's Video Games division.

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If you've often daydreamed of running Neo Geo games on your DS, but never thought it'd actually happen because of your technical incompetence, unfounded fears, or bad credit, Racketboy will make your dreams come true with a homebrew guide for loading up NeoDS and playing these expensive arcade releases.

Though the process is a bit more complicated than emulating (non-pirated) games for other systems on the DS, this walkthrough breaks down all the required steps for getting started. Jump past the post break for a video preview of Fatal Fury: Mark of the Wolves, King of Fighters 2003, and Metal Slug X will look like on your portable once you get NeoDS running.Continue reading Quick guide for running Neo Geo games on your DS

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StrategyInformer a mis la main sur plus de 40 screenshots de la version Xbox Live Arcade de Duke Nukem 3D. Comme vous pouvez le constater, les graphismes sont identiques à ceux sur PC : 3D Realms s'est contenté de prendre la version 800x600, de l'étirer un poil et d'ajouter des dessins tout autour au lieu de se prendre la tête à faire tourner le jeu en 16/9ème.

Gamespot a également réalisé une vidéo où ils parlent des deux nouvelles fonctions : la possibilité de rembobiner le jeu et les achievements.

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With the Nintendo Wii retailing for $249, Microsoft now says that it is cutting the price of its Xbox consoles! This move will lower the price of its 360 Arcade by $80, to $199, and other models will see a $50 reduction, to $299 and $399. Microso...

When I was in Norway last week, in a shopping arcade in Kristiansand there was a bakery selling sandwich bagels. The bagels seemed to have categorized as such simply because they were tori made out of bread: ovoids eight inches in diameter and about as high as the edge of a pizza crust. Was this the least bagel-like bagel on the planet?

This is something only the wisdom of the crowds can answer. If you’ve come across a national, regional, or industrial version of a bagel that is less bagel-like, let me know. Otherwise, the laurel will remain on Kristiansand’s brow. (It’s a lovely city. I just wouldn’t go there for the bagels.)

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Bungie: Inevitably, this will be blown out of context, misread and misunderstood, but let's do it anyway.

For a number of reasons ranging from obvious to sublime, Title Update 2 (which is the new, hip, Xbox 360-version way of saying "Auto Update" or "Patch"), introduces new Achievements to Halo 3. Last weekend at Penny-Arcade Expo we played Assembly on the TU2, which meant that folks would see and buzz about the new achievements. These will be made live when TU2 turns on later this month - the previously announced date may slip a bit closer to the Halo 3 one-year anniversary.

What follows is a look at these achievements which can be earned via the Legendary Maps and Halo 3 Campaign:

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Avec un peu de retard, plusieurs sets de ROMs Arcade ont été mis à jour selon les derniers fichiers dat de Logiqx et R.Scherzer:
- CPS-1 20080823
- CPS-2 20080714
- MAME Samples 20080326
- MAME v0.127
- Neo-Geo 20080716
Bon week-end à toutes et à tous !

Here is a console comparison video for EA's pathetic arcade boxing game dubbed Sh!tBreaker by us. Doesn't matter if the game looks slightly better on any console, the fact it is that the team behind Fight Night Round 3 should have put their full power into bringing out FNR 4 sooner.

Fast 2d tank arcade game with multiplayer and split-screen modes.

Microsoft's recent move to reduce Xbox 360 prices across the board may turn out to be especially significant for the console wars. It means that for the key holiday season, the mass-market Xbox 360 Arcade SKU is less expensive than the Wii -- and Wii may see additional challenges from supply constraints. And with both consoles now entering the $200 "inflection point" analysts say has historically helped spread console sales to new audiences, has Xbox ...

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Resistance Retribution was a surprise hit last month at E3 and we had another chance to play it last week's Penny Arcade Expo. With more playtime, however, comes burning questions that need to be answered. Thankfully, Sam Villanueva, Senior Designer at Bend Studio, was at hand to answer our queries and make sure we could sleep soundly again.

Will you be optimizing Resistance Retribution for the PSP Brite?

That's a good question. We'll be evaluating this. We're pretty deep in development right now. We'd like to optimize, but that could potentially mess with launch time. If we can do it without affecting the date our game comes out, we will.

How does the game fit into the series?

Retribution fits nicely between Resistance 1 and Resistance 2. It's a continuation of the European campaign, whereas Resistance 2 is the start of the American campaign. You are James Grayson and you're going in to destroy another Chimeran tower. We wanted the story to deal with some pretty deep, dark stuff. Lots of drama and mystery. Your brother has been infected and you're forced to kill him.

Is there a multiplayer mode?

Absolutely. We've got lots of cool multiplayer stuff which we'll be announcing soon.

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Resistance Retribution was a surprise hit last month at E3, and we had another chance to play it at last week's Penny Arcade Expo. With more playtime, however, come burning questions that need to be answered. Thankfully, Sam Villanueva, Senior Designer at Bend Studio, was at hand to answer our queries and make sure we could sleep soundly again.

Will you be optimizing Resistance Retribution for the PSP Brite?

That's a good question. We'll be evaluating this. We're pretty deep in development right now. We'd like to optimize, but that could potentially mess with launch time. If we can do it without affecting the date our game comes out, we will.

How does the game fit into the series?

Retribution fits nicely between Resistance 1 and Resistance 2. It's a continuation of the European campaign, whereas Resistance 2 is the start of the American campaign. You are James Grayson and you're going in to destroy another Chimeran tower. We wanted the story to deal with some pretty deep, dark stuff. Lots of drama and mystery. The game starts with your brother being infected and you're forced to kill him, for example.

Is there a multiplayer mode?

Absolutely. We've got lots of cool multiplayer stuff which we'll be announcing soon.

Gallery: Resistance: Retribution

Continue reading Joystiq Interview: Resistance Retribution's Sam Villanueva

 

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Maybe it was the bad economy. Maybe it's the back-to-school season or an attempt to generate more interest ahead of Christmas shopping period. In any case, Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) hopes to see a sales boost now that its XBox console is now cheaper than rivals Nintendo Wii and Sony (NYSE: SNE) Playstation3, FT reports. Microsoft, which consistently ranks third in console sales behind its two rivals, is cutting prices in the U.S. and Japan. In the U.S., Microsoft's 360 Arcade console, which doesn't have a hard drive, is getting a 29 percent price cut—from $279.99 to $199.99. By comparison, the Wii sells for $249.99. Microsoft's 60Gb hard drive model will now go for $299.99, which is being lowered by $50. That makes it $100 cheaper than a similar PlayStation3. However, price isn't everything, as the 60Gb model doesn't have its Blu-ray drive and Wi-Fi capabilities. The high-end, high-def Xbox 360 Elite, which has a 120Gb hard drive and wireless controller, will retail for $399. The lighter price tag is also designed to complement XBox's moves on the content side. Earlier this summer, XBox, which has roughly 12 million users, struck deals with Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) and NBC Universal.

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Load Inc. diffuse aujourd'hui de nouvelles images de Things on Wheels, un titre à paraître sur le Xbox Live Arcade. Le studio auquel on doit Mad Tracks, poursuit donc dans le domaine des petites voitures télécommandées. Things on Wheels vous invitera(...)

Sagat est au rendez-vous de cette nouvelle vidéo pour Street Fighter IV, ici dans sa version arcade.

Sagat et Bison (Balrog chez nous) sont au rendez-vous de cette nouvelle vidéo pour Street Fighter IV, ici dans sa version arcade.

Sagat et Ryu sont au rendez-vous de cette nouvelle vidéo pour Street Fighter IV, ici dans sa version arcade.

Viper et Ken sont au rendez-vous de cette nouvelle vidéo pour Street Fighter IV, ici dans sa version arcade.

Rufus et Abel sont au rendez-vous de cette nouvelle vidéo pour Street Fighter IV, ici dans sa version arcade.

Créé par BUT, Emuman, K&K, Sword. Mame Plus! est sans problème la meilleure version de Mame pour Windows, avec ou sans frontend. Support multi-langage, tirs automatiques, option anti-sortie, interface interne améliorée, interface de gestion des roms améliorée, effets vidéos supplémentaires (2xSai, RGB, hq3x, 2xPM...), meilleure gestions des contrôles, support de la NeoGeo en mode console, il regroupe également plein de correctifs et de drivers additionnels... - catlist v0.127u2 [s_bastian] - [MAME] sync with 0.127u2 [YuiFAN] - updated Japanese history.dat and story.dat [399@2ch] - [MESS] sync with svn r3171 [Sword] - updated Japanese list (jplist0127u1_0828) [mamelist jp] - updated Simplified Chinese list (0127u1_0829) [kof2112]

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It's Friday the 5th, that means that the $200 Xbox 360 just became the lowest-priced console in the US (as it is in Japan) compared to the perpetually "sold out" $250 Wii and 80GB PS3 selling for double the price of diskless Arcade. With no new price cuts expected from either Sony or Nintendo, the holiday console wars are officially on. Picture proof of the $199 Xbox 360 Arcade in the wild after the break.

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Headoverheels a sorti une nouvelle version de FBA2x qui émule sur GP2X certaines bornes arcade comme le CPS-1 et 2 ou la NeoGeo, des jeux Cave ou encore des shoot them up de Branpresto comme Mazinger Z.
Modifications :
- Remplacement du noyau Z80 de MAME par le noyau CZ80. Mazinger Z et Metamoqester tournent plus rapidement.
- Petites optimisations dans le rendu générique des tiles.
- Désactivation du cache de la lecture du kernel.

Nouveaux jeux supportés :
- Jeux Cave :
Power Instinct 2 (pwrinst2, pwrins2j) (cache requis)
Power Instinct Legends (plegends, plegendj) (cache requis)
- Matériel de Tumble Pop :
Tumble Pop bootleg (tumbleb (bad sound), tumbleb2)
Jump Kids (jumpkids)
Metal Saver (metlsavr)
Pang Pang (pangpang)
Super Trio (suprtrio)
Hatch Catch (htchctch)
Cookie & Bibi (cookbib)
Choky! Choky! (chokchok)
Wonder League Star (wlstar)
Wonder League '96 (wondl96)
Fancy World - Earth of Crisis (fncywld)
SD Fighters (sdfight)
B.C. Story (bcstry, bcstrya)
SemiCom Baseball (semibase)
Date Quiz Go Go (dquizgo)
Jumping Pop (jumppop)
- Matériel de Ninja Gaiden :
Shadow Warriors (shadoww, shadowwa, gaiden, ryukendn, ryukenda)
Tecmo Knight (wildfang, tknight)
Raiga - Strato Fighter (stratof, raiga)
Dragon Bowl (drgnbowl)
- Unico:
Burglar X (burglarx)
- ESD16:
Multi Champ (multchmp, multchmk)
Multi Champ Deluxe (mchampdx, mchampda)
Head Panic (hedpanic, hedpanif)
Tang Tang (tangtang)
SWAT Police (swatpolc)

Corrections de jeux :
- Guwange (guwange)
- Hyper Street Fighter 2: The Anniversary Edition (hsf2, hsf2j) (cache required)
- Aero Fighters (aerofgt, aerofgtb)
- Turbo Force (turbofrc)
- Karate Blazers (karatblz)
- Spinal Breakers (spinlbrk, spinlbru, spinlbrj)

Rockstar Games diffuse de nouvelles images pour leur jeu de course arcade Midnight Club : Los Angeles...

INQUIRER staff , Thursday 4 September 2008. 15:44:00

Feeling the heat from Wii