Finally, we have a GAME!

Okay, there is actually a GAME ANNOUNCEMENT! Not bad! :) IGN64 has the word about a new first person shooter being developed from N64 Rainbow Six fame Saffire. Here's the chunks of fun....

Rising developer Saffire (Rainbow Six N64) told IGN64 today that it is currently underway with a 3D first-person... Read more...

Didn't they try that already for PSX and it blew goats?

Well there's a new rumor flying around that LucasArts is looking to put out a couple more Epsiode 1 games for the next generation consoles...Dolphin included. Gamespot has the light-saberiffic goodness...

Rumors have spread across the Internet regarding a new Star Wars Episode 1 title in development... Read more...

This isin't really a surprise or anything.

Not that you should be really surprised about this, but InterAct is planning on making peripherals for the Dolphin. Thanks to Dolphin Cove for the info...

On November 11th, Recoton Corporation, a leading global consumer electronic accessory, loudspeaker and car audio company, announced financial... Read more...

More info, yeah. something

IGN64 reads the forums? Who knew? :) . Anyhoo...IGN64 does have more about the Hiroshi Yamauchi interview.

It's no big secret that Nintendo aims to market its next-generation console, codenamed Dolphin, as a mass-market gaming machine. The giant games and hardware manufacturer has repeatedly... Read more...

I believe we can file this under good news.

I have no idea why we missed this one, but The Magic Box had some really interesting words last week from the Chairman of Nintendo of Japan. If this is true or not, or what source got this information, I am not sure. Just clarifying that so you don't think we are like one of those other Nintendo... Read more...

Will you be crankin' out the tunes on your Dolphin?

FGN Online/IGN64 tells us that MTV will be hooking up with the PSX, PC, and next generation systems to produce a "make your own music video," called the MTV Music Generator. Here's the juice:

FGNOnline reports that UK based Codemasters is currently evaluating whether or not to brings its popular... Read more...

So you'll be able to plug in SNES carts? Not quite. At least you'll be able to play the games!

Here's the skinny...

According to Minaduki, Nintendo has released some new details concerning the Game Boy Advance.

First, the unit will be 100% compatible with Super Famicom (Super Nintendo) titles. Meaning not that you can plug in an SNES cart, rather, developers can easily port old SNES games.

Back... and better than ever (as usual).

Well sort of. It took a long time, but we are officially back online. My sincere apologies for the delay. Trust me, I wish it didn't happen either. So what exactly happened? Well to put it lightly...Server changes really blow ass. But I think everything should be back to normal within a few days.... Read more...

That's a large ammount of money right there.

According to Nintendo's vice president of marketing George Harrison, the company will not be pulling any stops when it comes to positioning its next-generation hardware, codenamed Dolphin, and 2000 software line-up. The console and its software, which Nintendo insists will launch in time for the holiday... Read more...

Will we have this hot technology in the Dolphin?

The facts are building supporting Nintendo's use of DVD RAM in their new system. Panasonic (Matsushita) is set to show off DVD RAM at the upcoming trade show COMDEX. Jeff Saake, Group General Manager of Panasonic Industrial Company's Computer Technology Group, alluded to the possible use in games.... Read more...

No, not the Dolphin graphics chip.

Get this, a PC manufacturing company, known as Acer labs, has signed up our Dolphin's beloved Art-X to integrate their graphics chip into Acer's computers. Art-X's chip, known as the "Aladdin 7," contains a 128-bit graphics engine that is twice the power of a 3dfx Voodoo3 2000. It also supplies the... Read more...

This is just the tip of the iceberg

Like most of the people who downloaded the first ever music for a dolphin game (well at least to the public), Factor 5 stated that the very same music could be reproduced on an N64 using MusyX technology. Details from IGN64 below...

Considering that Factor 5's MusyX technology is being utilized... Read more...

Nintendo's Peter Main speaks a few promising words on DVD, GBA, and Net Functionality.

IGN has the poop...

At a press conference in New York today, Nintendo's Peter Main revealed a few new details regarding its next-generation console. While the Nintendo executive spoke broadly about the system, he did touch on important subjects including DVD functionality, Internet connectivity and the Game Boy Advance relationship.

In a speech at the GKM Toy and Interactive Entertainment Conference yesterday, Nintendo's Peter Main spoke regarding "Dolphin," Nintendo's next-generation console.

Here, the transcript of his Dolphin-related comments:

"On the console front, I can assure you that we're hard at work creating a Dolphin machine that will meet or exceed the performance of Playstation 2. But at the same time, we're very comfortable holding our cards close to the vest...Seeing what Sega's delivering...And listening to what Sony is promising."

I smell McNuggets, Chicken McNuggets. My favorite McNugget of all!

The GBA is something I am really looking forward too. What would be the purpose of getting a Game Boy Color now? Could we also see the GBA unvieled at Space World (or E3 for that matter)? Is the GBA just going to look like a souped up Atari Lynx? Diet Game Online News has the fattening goodness....

A date has been set for Space World 2000, an event destined to go down in history for Nintendophiles everywhere...

Dengeki 64, a Japanese magazine, reports that Spaceworld 2000 will take place August 25-27. During the opening of this grandest of entertainment expo's Nintendo president Hiroshi Yamauchi will address the press at the show's kick off. Most interestingly, and importantly, the Dolphin has been reported... Read more...

Konami using FM Radio to distribute games? Strange but apparently true. Scope these details.

FM radio technology in the Dolphin? A very interesting concept, and our good friends from Konami could bring it our way. Nintendojo has da goods...

Konami plans to launch a game distribution service using FM Radio. The game data distribution service would use using FM multiplex broadcasting. Konami plans to incorporate FM reception capabilities for its home console games, arcade games, and toys.

Some details on the hardware being developed for Dolphin.

EETimes reports Toshiba has followed suit and are planning to transfer embedded-DRAM process to Taiwan's Winbond Electronics Corp. and World Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp., and NEC will invest about $755 million on a fab to make Nintendo's graphics chip, which uses a one-transistor SRAM cell from... Read more...

Here's a great idea...let's make games and not tell anyone!

As we reported a few days ago, Majesco has two practically unheard-of GBA games on the way -- Caesar's Palace Advance: Millennium Gold Edition, and Aerial Aces. Since then we've gathered some new info on this silent duo. Apparently Aerial Aces will be out very soon, most likely in November, while according to reader PBN and Doug Hill (of RPGamer), Caesar's Palace Advance is already out.

The developer of the innovative Rocket: Robot on Wheels from N64 lets us know a little of what they are up to.

Rocket: Robot on Wheels is #1 on my list of games to get this year. From everything I have read and seen about the game, it looks likes it's going to be great. Well, I recently e-mailed Sucker Punch to comment on Rocket. The usual stuff, how great it was going to be, yadda yadda yadda. Well,... Read more...