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I Didn't Even Know R2-D2 Was a Gamer…

Robin Parrish — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 18:49:02 +0000

Brian De Vitis is a freaking genius. A mechanical engineering grad student from UCLA, he built this fully-functional R2-D2 replica that’s so much more than an R2-D2 replica.

Hidden within its innards are ten game consoles. Yes, I said ten.

There’s an NES, Super NES, N64, GameCube, PS2, PSP, Sega Genesis (which, of course, is situated atop R2′s dome), Sega Dreamcast, Atari 1800, and an original Xbox. And there are ports out the wazoo. Needless to say, he gutted most of those consoles and incorporated their parts and pieces into his astromech unit, but they all work.

The pièce de résistance: a projector for playing the games.

Read more about De Vitis’ amazing gaming droid, which he showed off publicly for the first time at PAX ’10, here.

Sony files patent for Emotion Engine tech on PS3's Cell processor

Mel — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 04:50:45 +0000

When I heard that Sony was going to remove PS2 backwards compatibility on future Playstation 3 units, I decided that I was going to track down a unit that still had the Emotion Engine installed on it. I still have some PS2 games that I want to play and I wanted the option to play it on the PS3. Even though software emulated backwards compatibility was also made available on PS3 units released a year ago, I felt that having the actual hardware on my PS3 was the way to go.

Sony’s decision to remove this feature may have been borne out of the desire to save a few more dollars on production costs but I always felt that the company actually lost more because backwards compatibility is a major come-on for established PS2 gamers with an extensive games library to jump on the PS3 bandwagon. But based on a recent patent that Sony Computer Entertainment filed in the US patent Office, Sony may have a way to put backwards compatibility on PS3s once again.

Sony has apparently found a way to translate the instructions from the Emotion Engine into data that can be referenced by the PS3. The figures above are schematics on how the technology will actually work.

So the question is, will we see this new technology in play as a firmware upgrade in the near future?

Secret Agent Clank PS2 port coming

Mel — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 04:50:25 +0000

Gamers who only own a Playstation 2 and want to play Playstation Portable games will be happy to know that one of the PSP’s best games will be ported to the PS2 this year.

Secret Agent Clank, one of the best reviewed games in the PSP’s game library, will reportedly be going to the PS2. The information is based on Gamefly, which has put a PS2 version of the game in its database. Gamefly has proven to be a reliable source of leaks for this type of information so it may be a sure bet that indeed Secret Agent Clank will get its PS2 port.

Aside from Secret Agent Clank there are also rumors that Wipeout Pulse will also be ported to the PS2. Hopefully, Patapon will get a port too in the future.

Atlus to release a new Shin Megami Tensei game to the PS2

Mel — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 08:19:19 +0000

The Playstation 2 may already be on its last legs but every time someone banners its end by saying that the last great game for the aging console has finally been released, the PS2 surprises its critics by actually getting a game that is considered a great game. This has happened with the last two God of War games and then finally with the release of Shin Megami Tensei / Persona 4 last December.

But the PS2 will prove the critics wrong again as it braces for another quality release this year
– as Atlus has hinted at another Shin Megami Tensei RPG that will be given a North American release. Based on tantalizing clues given by Atlus it looks like it is going to be Devil Summoner: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. King Abaddon.

RPG gamers wait with bated breath for new developments to this exciting new development.

PS2 Controller for PC converter

Griffith — Fri, 25 Nov 2005 15:33:31 +0000

When the XBox 360 was about to be launched we gave you an article about possible things you could do to your old XBox, from turning it into a Media Device until using a bunch of them as a cluster with XBox-Linux.

Now, we bring you the first thing you can do with your PS2, well, not the console itself actually. Many fans complained about the PS3′s new boomerang-like controller, however a company named Buffalo is now selling a couple of adapters that allow you to connect one or a couple of controllers to your PC. They are currently available only through IO-DATA in Japan.

Via AkihabaraNews