YokimaSun - Slashdot User

+ - Android Powered Handheld Nvidia Shield ships in June 0

Submitted by YokimaSun on Tuesday May 14, 2013 @09:02PM

YokimaSun writes "Nvidia has today revealed that thier Android 4.2.1 powered Nvidia Shield handheld console will launch late june at a price of $349, the Tegra 4 powered console boasts some impressive specs, Tegra 4 which has 72 GPU cores, four CPU cores and 2GB of RAM, 5-inch, 720p retinal multi-touch display, 802.11n 2X2 MIMO game-speed Wi-Fi, 16 GB memory, GPS, Bluetooth 3.0, a mini-HDMI output, micro-USB 2.0, a microSD storage slot, a 3.5-mm stereo headphone jack. Public preorders start May 20th."

+ - How Much is the Worlds Rarest Video Game Console Worth ? 0

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 13, 2013 @06:00PM

An anonymous reader writes "Here on Slashdot we have seen an auction of the only English version of Final Fantasy 2 NES Cartridge sell for $50K and the Legend of Zelda NES Nintendo Prototype go for an outstanding 150k and that barmy million dollar plus auction of complete game sets and consoles. How much then would you think a Sega Pluto which is a Sega Saturn variant of which only 2 are known to exist, the auction on Ebay ended at $15.500 but didnt hit the reserve price. How much is possibly one of the rarest consoles in the world worth ?"

+ - WiiU Price Slashed By £50 In The UK 0

Submitted by YokimaSun on Thursday March 14, 2013 @08:43PM

YokimaSun writes "The release of WiiU Nintendo`s latest console was at first a strong seller with a mass of impressive launch titles such as New Super Mario Bros U, Arkham City Armoured Edition, Assassins Creed 3 and Call of Duty Black Ops 2. But recently the WiiU has become very stagnant and sales are far less impressive than required, which has prompted leading UK retailers such as Amazon and Asda to cut a rather big £50 of the price of the WiiU, at this time theres no official word that Nintendo UK are behind the price drop."

+ - Amazon Launches Kindle Fire HD 8.9" in Europe and Japan, Price Cut for USA 0

Submitted by YokimaSun on Wednesday March 13, 2013 @08:05PM

YokimaSun writes "Amazon today announced that Kindle Fire HD 8.9”— the large-screen version of its Android tablet — is now available in the UK, Germany, France, Italy, Spain and Japan. With the expansion of Kindle Fire HD 8.9” to Europe and Japan, Amazon also announced it is able to lower the price of Kindle Fire HD 8.9” in the US, with the Wi-Fi version now starting at $269 and the 4G version starting at $399.Features include: Large 8.9” display (1920x1200, 254 ppi), Custom Dolby audio and dual stereo speakers for crisp, rich sound.Over 23 million movies, TV shows, songs, magazines, books, and audiobooks.Kindle Fire HD 8.9” gets 10 hours of battery life."

+ - Sony Ericsson Windows Phone Appears on Ebay-> 0

Submitted by YokimaSun on Thursday February 28, 2013 @07:25PM

YokimaSun writes "Over at Engadget comes news of a prototype thats being auctioned that was built by the now defunct Sony Ericsson partnership.The phone is one of only seven units made, and is touted as having an 8-megapixel shooter and 16 gigs of storage. According to the details of the Ebay Auction the Windows Phone 7 ROM running on the handset is by no means a final build, there are no issues with voice calling, the camera or Bluetooth."
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+ - Wii Mini Announced for UK Arriving March 22nd 0

Submitted by YokimaSun on Thursday February 28, 2013 @07:11AM

YokimaSun writes "Originally only released in Canada, Nintendo have now revealed that they are to release the Wii Mini in the UK. The Wii Mini is smaller in size than the original Nintendo Wii and doesnt have any internet connectivity, features a top loading tray and isnt compatible with Gamecube games. The console is black and red in colour and you get a matching Wii Remote and nunchuck in red. Retailers such as Amazon UK are going ahead with a price of £79.99 but no official word from Nintendo at this time. The Wii Mini is to be released on the 22nd March."

+ - PlayStation 4: New Teaser Video Released 0

Submitted by YokimaSun on Friday February 15, 2013 @09:38PM

YokimaSun writes "Sony have just released a new Teaser Video which builds things up nicely for their eagerly awaited PlayStation Meeting on Wednesday 20th February which will be the reveal for the PS4. The Video is called Evolution of PlayStation: The Beginning' and is a retrospective look back at the history of PlayStation, chronicling the creation of Sony Computer Entertainment and the launch of the original PlayStation console and the DualShock Controller."

+ - Sony Release a 20" Windows 8 Tablet 0

Submitted by Busshy on Tuesday February 12, 2013 @10:03AM

Busshy writes "They say bigger is better but how big can you go. Sony have brought out a Windows 8 Powered Tablet that makes the likes of Apple`s iPad, Samsung`s Galaxy Tab, Kindle Fire HD and Google Nexus all look small by comparison. The VAIO Tap 20 boasts a 20" LED backlit IPS touch display (1600 x 900), 3rd gen Intel Core i3-3217U processor (1.80GHz), Intel HD Graphics 4000, 500GB hard drive & 4GB DDR3-1600MHz."

+ - The Playstation Portable Lives On 0

Submitted by YokimaSun on Tuesday February 12, 2013 @09:11AM

YokimaSun writes "The release of the PSVita was supposed to bring in a new generation of games for the most powerful conventional gaming handheld. Yet the PSP which was released way back in 2005 still continues to outsell its younger brother. The PSP was the first mainstream gaming handheld to be easily hacked for homebrew without the need for any flash carts and even today we are still seeing new releases of Custom Firmwares and emulators of such systems as Snes, CPS1, CPS2 and NeoGeo for the PSP."

+ - 30 years of VIDEOGAMES COLLECTION On Sale For $500k 0

Submitted by YokimaSun on Thursday February 07, 2013 @07:08PM

YokimaSun writes "Slashdot Readers have seen some crazy auctions for games on here before including 50k for Final Fantasy 2 Nes Cartridge, 150k for Legend of Zelda NES Nintendo Prototype, today a new auction has been posted on ebay with over 30 years of Games, Consoles and Accessories. The games count over 6850 pcs. with about 6780 boxed and 70 loose, and are in various format NTSC Japan or Usa and also PAL. The consoles are over 330, with 307 system boxed and 24 loose. The controllers are about 220 with 167 boxed and 52 loose, from the simple joypad to the special controller like all the konami bemani to the densha de go train controller and the arcade joystick as well.
The auction has 7 days left and the price is a catchy $500.000"

+ - BlackBerry 10 Homebrew Galore 0

Submitted by YokimaSun on Thursday February 07, 2013 @05:59AM

YokimaSun writes "The BlackBerry 10 has only just been released and a coder called Summeli who is famous for his work on Symbian and Meego OS`s has released a mass of open sourced games for the new BlackBerry. The list of games include Freejeweled, Sokoban, Blubbels, Qollision, Flood, Qlines, also there is a working PSP Emulator for BlackBerry which plays around 10-15 games."

+ - The $30 Windows 8 Laptop 0

Submitted by YokimaSun on Saturday February 02, 2013 @10:24AM

YokimaSun writes "The search for a cheap laptop has brought us news from India of a $10 laptop (which later turned out to be a hundred dollars). Today DCEmu.com has details of a laptop which is selling for a measly 30 dollars, what do you get for that, you get a laptop running windows 8, AMD E-Series Processor E-300 (1.30GHz) Graphics Engine, 4GB DDR3 1066MHz memory, 320GB Hard Drive, 15.6” Display. Too Good to be True ?"

+ - Android 4.1 Powered Projector Released 0

Submitted by YokimaSun on Thursday January 31, 2013 @06:47AM

YokimaSun writes "On Slashdot we have seen many gadgets that run on Android, everyone has heard of Phones and Tablets using Googles OS, theres also been an Oven a camera and now you can add a Projector to the list. Over at DCEmu.com they have posted news of a Projector that runs Android 4.1 and features specs such as Full HD 1080p, 1.5GHz dual core processor, 1GB of RAM, 4GB of internal memory, expanded with an SD card of up to 32GB, 2 HDMI ports, 2 USB ports, 1 VGA port."

+ - Nintendo 3DS Hacked for Piracy? 0

Submitted by YokimaSun on Sunday January 20, 2013 @08:11AM

YokimaSun writes "Since the release of the 3DS, Nintendo have been successful in keeping piracy away from its latest handheld with firmware updates which also have blocked Flashcarts that play Nintendo DS Games and Homebrew from working on the 3DS. DCEmu.com have reported today that one flashcart maker has got full DS and even 3DS games working on the 3DS. The video posted shows DS games working then via a switch a solitary 3DS game playing, a worrying start to the new year for Nintendo. Although 3D Homebrew and Emulators would be excellent to see."

+ - GCW-Zero The Open Source Gaming Handheld 0

Submitted by YokimaSun on Thursday January 17, 2013 @09:03AM

YokimaSun writes "Fans of Emulation and Homebrew have not had much to cheer about over the years, the recent generation of consoles have all pretty much killed off any hacking by constant firmware updates. The days of PSP Homebrew have died a death and consoles like the Caanoo, GP2x and even the mighty Openpandora never really lived up to the massive expectation. There is a glimmer of hope from a team of homebrew developers who have developed a new console called the GCW-Zero, a new Open Source Handheld system which uses the OpenDingux Linux OS, the specs are impressive with a Ingenic JZ4770 1 GHz MIPS processor, Vivante GC860, capable of OpenGL ES 2.0, 3.5 inch LCD with 320x240 pixels; 4:3 aspect ratio, 512 MB DDR2 and 16GB of internal memory which can via external memory card be extended by another 32GB. N64 and PS1 emulation and everything below should be at full speed in time."