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TotalRewind.org is a virtual museum of VCRs spanning pre-1970 up to the some of the latest systems and formats. Lots of photos, history and tidbits like this: The name Betamax is derived from a Japanese word “Beta”, which apparently means quality (and can also describe the recording system) plus “Max” to imply maximum quality. Link.
There seems to be a PSP update which makes the USA units go to 1.5.1, not sure what it does- but I’m really reluctant to install this- with all the PSP firmware hacks to run home-brew games perhaps Sony is proactively making it harder to change the USA units. If you’re willing to update your unit though, hit the wireless update menu.
IGN has a blurb about DSpeak at e3. DSpeak let’s DS users make Voice-Over IP calls to other DS owners. The DS has an icon for a headset so perhaps we’ll see something soon. I’d propose a Skype/SIP/Vonage cartridge or prepaid cartridge and turn it in to a real phone. We’re getting more homebrew DS things, so who knows. Link.
Leaving for another day the question of whether consumers have the right to modify video-game software they’ve legally purchased, a federal judge last week dismissed a lawsuit by California game maker Tecmo against the proprietors and users of a game-hacking website, after the company quietly settled with the two main defendants. Not sure what the settlement was so this might not be over yet. Link.
Major Nelson has posted the audio from Xbox 360 keynote briefing here. Also, Popular Science is podcasting from the E3 gaming expo- they’ll be publishing a podcast (MP3 audio program) each day this week. They’re interviewing people, have some commentary and they’re singing too. Link. If you want to see some photos that go along with this too, here are the e3 tagged photos on Flickr.
A bunch of Japanese DIY’ers had a useless old Famicom console and decided to build their own PSP. They started by tearing the console apart…Pretty good photographic dissection and assembly. [
Grand Theftendo is a new homebrew game for the original Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). It is a tribute to Rockstar Games’ Grand Theft Auto III running on the 8 bit, 256×240 resolution, 2 bit colour x 2 bit palette, 1.79 Mhz system, written entirely in 6502 Assembly Language! [