Nintendo 3DS

So the new Nintendo 3DS is out in South Africa and I had a peek at the photos and marketing material. I still need to see it in action but I am tempted to get one.

The marketing material says it can play DS games and the original GameBoy and GameBoy Color games. I am guessing it can play GameBoy Advance games too. I would probably need to rebuy them online but it should be cheap.

The 3DS games look brilliant though, so that already will make it worth the money. I should probably first finish all my PSP games before buying a new hand held console, but it is very tempting.

Official 3DS page.

Playstation 2 Emulation

Recently I started playing all my old NES games on my PSP using emulation. Replaying all the old games I bought over the years is great fun.

I own a PS2 and a few PS2 games but with my new HD LCD TV the PS2 games just look bad. So eventually I decided to ask the Googler if there was something I could do about it and that is how I found PCSX2.

PCSX2 basically emulates a PS2 console, but I can now make use of the nice goodies in DirectX 10, so my old PS2 games really look much better.

Paired with my XBox360 wireless controller these games play just like in the old days, but with better graphics.

NESoid for Android

Something else I discovered while researching what phone to get was this little application. It is called NESoid, and it is a NES emulator for the Android. With the QWERTY keyboard on The HTC Desire Z, I think this little application will work great.

Here is a video showing off the NESoid capabilities ...

Mass Effect 2 and Dragon Age Origins

I bought Mass Effect 2 for a mere R 99.00, it was on special and it is the full game and fully legal. I was just at the right place at the right time.

I also got Dragon Age Origins for R 150.00, again the same shop, just lucky enough to walk in when the special was still running.

Also I feel the need to mention that I was actually on a mission to buy milk and coffee for the house, when I found this. So basically I went out to buy milk and coffee and I came back with Mass Effect 2 and Dragon Age Origins.