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Sunday, May 07, 2006 6:24 PM

Hard Rock Casino Announced for PSP

Crave Entertainment have announced a new game for the PSP and PS2: Hard Rock Casino. In Hard Rock Casino players will be able to "Become a high stakes roller at the world’s most exciting casino, The Hard Rock Casino! Challenge your luck at over 20 different casino games including Black Jack, Roulette, Craps, Pai Gow, Let It Ride, Texas Hold’em and MORE!".

The PSP version will feature:
  • 4 uniquely themed casinos, each with different house rules, table limits and games.
  • Over 20 different casino games:
    • 9 Table Games
    • 5 Machine games (10+ varieties)
    • 4 Poker Room Games
    • 4 Sports to Bet on
  • Game Tutorials that will give basic instructions, winning strategies and tips for each game.
  • 3 different Tournaments to participate in, including Slots, Poker, Black Jack and other Table Games.
  • Fully customizable player characters that offer many of options.
  • Up to 4 player wireless (Ad Hoc) play
  • Game sharing via wireless connection with one UMD
Hard Rock Casino is due for release in October 2006, and will be priced at around $29.99, with the PS2 version selling for $19.99.
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Source: PSPUpdates

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Sunday, May 07, 2006 6:21 PM

New PSP Hardware Review Site Launched by DCEmu

Busshy writes "DCEmu have opened a new dedicated PSP review website featuring over 40 unbiased reviews of PSP accessories including Neuros MPEG4 Recorder 2, Neo-PSP Pad 8in1 & Intec Sound System."

Source: Slashdot
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Sunday, May 07, 2006 6:20 PM

PSMonkey hints at upcoming Monkey 64 release

Acknowledging the success of Daedalus, the creator of Monkey 64 (another Nintendo 64 emulator, being developed by PSMonkey) has released some details on what to expect in the next few updates of the software:

- Fixed Textures
- Support for Tlb (Allows emulation of Mario 64)
- Bug-free Rsp Microcode support
- Double Buffering
- Faster Memory Read/Write Support
- Support for F3DEX2 Microcode
- Microcode Detection or Control by INI
- Save Support

PSMonkey plans to release an update to Monkey 64 sometime next week.



Source: PSPUpdates

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Sunday, May 07, 2006 6:19 PM

GTA2 Clone Coming to PSP!

I've got some good news for all the vintage GTA fans out there. Agashka from our forums is working on a GTA clone for the PSP - and he's actually made some decent progress! It's being coded in Lua and although there are no plans for making missions as yet, Agashka has already got the driving part sorted out. Here's what he said about it:

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"Hey guys, My name is Vincent, I am 15 years old and new to programming. I've been working hard today on making GTA2 to PSP. Right now, the basic function is here, drive the car.How it works? Well, left/right will set a value to Rotate, and that value will decide witch degree is the car and 'blit' that car. Then I do a Sinus/Cosinus operation to determinate the X/Y position on that angle."

Don't worry if that makes no sense to you, but basically it allows the car to move using Lua code. This would be a great addition to the PSP homebrew scene, and shows off how powerful Lua really is. Here's the list of goals:
  • 3 layers:
    • collision
    • road and stuff - DONE
    • Things that appear over the car - DONE (not yet implemented)
  • NPC
    • pc-controlled cars (they might be a lot stupid...)
    • pc-controlled peds (they might be a lot stupid...)
  • Huge map
    • scrollable map
    • map of about 1/4 of the city
  • Cars
    • about 10-20 different cars
    • player can select his cars on the menu - DONE (not yet implemented)
    • each car has different handling - DONE (not yet implemented)
    • *MAYBE* cops
  • Scoring
    • hit&run score
    • accidents score
    • max speed and other stats
  • Online (if people help me...)
Source: PSPUpdates
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