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IMDB Updated: Ving Rhames Listed as Vic's Voice Published on Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:10:18 +0100

The Internet Movie Database (IMBD) has yet again been updated for their Vice City Stories listing. The listing now shows Ving Rhames as the voice of Victor Vance, though IMDB has been wrong before such as the featuring of Lazlow on an entry when he himself hadn't been contacted by Rockstar Games, this information appears correct.

Ving Rhames has an extensive filmography ranging from 1985 and taking part as an actor in over 70 films to date. He is perhaps most well known for his role in the Mission Impossible series, but has also starred in other works like the Dawn of the Dead remake, the 2005 version of Kojak and even voice acting as a character in Driv3r.

We'd like to stress that this isn't confirmed by Rockstar Games themselves yet or indeed by another source but as sourced from IMDB at this late a date in development it is pretty much near certain.

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Credits to Asif for the post

PSP Sudoku v1.0 Published on Mon, 28 Aug 2006 08:35:25 +0100

Youve probably witnessed people playing this everywhere - on the subway, the street, coffee shops, etc Its the worlds latest mind-exercising craze - the Sudoku puzzle. And now, thanks to HPNuts, its available on the PSP! PSPSudoku is written in the LUA scripting language; however, HPNuts has taken the liberty to provide standalone EBOOTs so the LUA player is not required.

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Sudoku is conceptually easy but will certainly get your mind in motion. The object: fill each box and horizontal/vertical line with the numbers 1-9. These numbers can not appear twice in the same box or line. Youll see what I mean

Download: PSPSudoku v1.0

Great work HPNuts, Im an addict!

- source: qj

Thanks PSP-Hacks.com

PSPMaster Updated to 0.0.9 Beta 1 Published on Mon, 28 Aug 2006 08:33:16 +0100

No time for sleep! [Bo]Trops has been hard at work improving on his Sega Master System / Game Gear emulator. Actually, while I was asleep v0.0.8 was released fixing a few bugs, and now Im awake with a fresh copy of v0.0.9b!

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v0.0.9b:

Improved render and video routines.
Two sound filters added: interpolation and reverb.

v0.0.8:

Fixed Game Gear screen.
Fixed a stupid bug: the emulator was not saving SRAM!!
Screen shot bug fixed.

Download: PSPMaster v0.0.9b

- source: [Bo]Trops

Thanks PSP-Hacks.com

Hello World for FW 2.00-2.80! Published on Mon, 28 Aug 2006 08:21:08 +0100

And the weekend finale... drum-roll please... GTA-less "Hello World" on firmware 2.0, 2.01, 2.50, 2.60, 2.70, 2.71, and 2.80!
Yes, you read correctly - all 2.XX firmware! What does this mean? Well, Ill just quote you the entire readme:

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Finally, its here! As of today, the world of homebrew is no longer restricted to owners of Grand Theft Auto.

Following the publication of a new proof of concept TIFF vulnerability by NOPx86, a team of PSP developers has been working hard to turn it into an opening for homebrew on the PSP. Were pleased to announce that the wait is over, with the release of a Hello World demo that runs on all PSP firmwares that are capable of viewing TIFF images!

To install, just unpack this ZIP file to your PSPs PHOTO folder, and then attempt to view hello_world.tif. Hello World will launch automatically. You may find that occasionally the full screen doesnt show - this is a known problem, just restart your PSP by holding the power button until it turns off, then open the image again. To quit, hold the power button until the PSP turns off.

So what happens next? This shows that we can run code via this exploit. It wont be too hard to develop an eLoader that can use this exploit on v2.0 - v2.6. v2.7+ will be harder, due to extra security, but will happen a little later. Kernel mode is unavailable on v2.8, but it is likely that a downgrader is possible on all other firmwares. But then, with the possibility of kernel homebrew running without the need for a game UMD, why would you need to downgrade?

Full credit is given in the Hello World, but repeated here: Thanks to NOPx86 for the initial proof of concept on the x86 processor, and psp250, Skylark, Joek2100, CSwindle, JimP and Fanjita for the PSP work. Thanks also to Ditlew, HarleyG and our families for general support during this work.

'nuff said. My personal thanks to all the developers and people who contributed to achieving this remarkable feat!

Download: Hello World for FW 2.00-2.80

- source: noobz

Thanks for PSP-Hacks.com for the file hosting and the news post itself!

New wallpaper for your desktops Published on Sat, 26 Aug 2006 23:37:03 +0100

Thanks to the new high res artwork released by Rockstar to press networks, I decided to make a fairly quick wallpaper of VCS for you. It's available in a large range of sizes from 800x600 for those of you with under average PCs and 2048x1536 for those of you that have amazing graphics card.

800x600 | 1024x768 | 1152x864 | 1280x960 | 2048x1536

GamesMaster Previews VCS Published on Sat, 26 Aug 2006 14:31:54 +0100

UK magazine, Games Master has another preview of Vice City Stories, unfortunately there's no new screenshots and pretty much the same set of details, but as with each of these previews there are a small number of new details.

A notable thing about Vice City Stories is the '84 version of the city is poorer than the the GTA: Vice City counterpart, that is to say that the areas look shabbier as it's set before a lot of money started to come into the city.
For all those worried that Leaf Links won't be there, the magazine confirms it will be reappearing in the game.
The magazine also confirms that most of the characters are new in the game though there will of course be familliar faces reappearing.
The magazine also makes mention of how easy it is in the transition between water, land and air travel.

Credits to "The Dogs Bollocks" and Ultimate Taz for the update and scans

French OPS2M Mag Published on Fri, 25 Aug 2006 23:26:39 +0100

The French version of the Official Playstation 2 Magazine has a four page preview of Vice City Stories, they do of course show the same screens and much of the same information as the other magazines, but there is some new information:

Vice City Stories takes up a little more memory than the original Vice City on the disc
In the version that they played the streets seemed a little empty, however Rockstar Games assured the editors that in the final version the streets would be twice as full with pedestrians and vehicles
Rockstar are also promising a big surprise concerning the WiFi features of Vice City Stories, though that's all they're saying for the moment.
It's also said that there's going to be a lot of humour in the game concerning the pair of Vances.

Scans below:

Thanks to Rip Raf for mailing me the heads up, and credits go to Genius for the scans.

R* Media Release Published on Fri, 25 Aug 2006 22:39:43 +0100

A sizable amount of Vice City Stories media has been released by Rockstar Games during the course of today at the Liepzig Games Convention, this media includes eight previously seen digital screenshots of Vice City Stories, unwatermarking the six CVG digital shots that we previously featured on the site. These screenshots can be seen below from the press package I recieved earlier:

In addition to the screens were two massive artwork images, showing the man that was speculated as being Diego Mendez, well we can now confirm it is indeed him as the filename is "GTA_VCS_ART_DIEGO.jpg," additionally the second piece of artwork shows the speculated Laura Shrub, though there's no clear indication or confirmation in this filename merely naming her "girl." The media package also included more versions of the Vice City Stories logo as well as the logos for Rockstar North and Rockstar Leeds.

Since these items of artwork were so massive I've resized them, however if you're after the high res versions I've uploaded them just incase: Diego Girl. And of course our digital shots page is now updated.

GoPlay, Digital Shots & Hovercrafts Published on Thu, 24 Aug 2006 11:20:54 +0100

GoPlay

Well today's the 24th and having just bought a copy of GoPlay, I can reveal that the magazine brings no new details other than the previously known soundtrack details and doesn't also show any new screenshots. Indeed it merely features two pages on the game as a sidenote to Sonic Rivals. The magazine heard severals eightie's artists on the radio and mentions the like of Blondie, Frankie Goes To Hollywood and Depeche Mode. That's all from the magazine front for now.

Digital Shots

However Computer and Video Games have posted up for digital shots of Vice City Stories in a news article earlier this morning. Though watermarked, it's nice to see the images clearly I'm sure you'll agree. Images below:

Hovercrafts

We posted three weeks ago about spotting what appeared to be the Vortex in one of the images, well now it seems that Bravo know about the prescence of hovercrafts in the game, on their website they mention "Besides Heli's and hovercrafts, Vic also relies on his muscle power: He can swim!" (Translated.) A new digital version (see above) has now also been released of the image, making what I maintain is the vortex in clearer detail.

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Thanks to Bryan from GTAIreland for the heads up on the digital shots.
And the Bravo news article.

Sony are listening! Published on Wed, 23 Aug 2006 02:07:19 +0100

We have all been making suggestions about the PSP hoping that sony would stumble upon it and add the stuff we want. But have they been listening?

YEP! But not in the way we all hoped

Sony's latest creation,Mylo, is known to many as "a PSP without the games feature". But Sony seem to have added all the things we asked for to the Mylo instead of the PSP,exept homebrew of course . Things we suggested that have been added to Mylo are:
Keyboard
Mult-itasking (listen to music whilst surfng the net)
Instant messengers (Yahoo!messenger ect)
Email
Text editer/reader
File manager

It also ohas stuff we diddent ask for too that are good ideas.And it has Skype,an internet calling program. This is supposed to be a feature added too a future PSP update.Mylo is also updated like the PSP.Will Sony forget about PSP and concentrate on Mylo?
Wil any thing we ask for appear on PSP?
I personally think its all a plan to make us buy the Mylo,add stuff we want to get us o buy. Iif the price is low,i may be temped myself

PS
Theres no mention of Flash yet.

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US PSM Reveals New Details Published on Tue, 22 Aug 2006 19:41:40 +0100

What's this? GTAVCS with no news and GTAPSP saying details are scarce, oh well at least we're there for you.

The latest edition of US PSM magazine has seven pages on Vice City Stories, including some new details as well as one new screen and two new pieces of artwork!

New Details
The magazine confirms that the same style of multiplayer (ad hoc) from Liberty City Stories will be returning to the latest installment on handheld gta.
Though the magazine also says that online multiplayer (or IF) will not be included in the game disappointing many of you who expected it I'm sure.
Rockstar Custom Tracks which was released with LCS so that you could play your own music as a "MP3 Player" radio station will be returning.
Going with the improvements in water related gaming, the water physics are very different to previous gta games and contrast heavily with land based vehicles, even if jetski's handling is similar to motorcycles.

New Screen

Very similar to a previous screen, an image showing Victor just south of downtown.

New Artwork

Trailer 3 Released Published on Tue, 22 Aug 2006 17:27:21 +0100

A third trailer has been released for Gun Showdown, this one detailing the new missions that the game will feature. Remember of course, that these missions were made originally at the time of the development for Gun, so this isn't new voice acting or content. These are the missions which were never included in Gun, but expand the single player mode of Gun Showdown quite signficantly. The new missions are:

Bank Job
This mission has you breaking into the vault in the Empire City bank and stealing the gold, before making your escape on horseback.

Brush Fire
The ranch is under attack and being set alight, protect the rancher and all his family for the attackers.

Viva La Resistance
Introducing land mines, set them down on the path that the enemy coach will be going along and kill the survivors.

Kragen Gang
Take out the gang with your knife, revolver and dynamite. Then killing the gangs leader at the end who is wearing a very stupid helmet.

As well as the trailer (a link to which you can find below,) five new screenshots have also been released of the game, showing some of the new gameplay elements:

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Download the trailer from our database (MOV, 37 MB)

3 New Screenshots from ScreenFun Published on Mon, 21 Aug 2006 21:40:50 +0100

German magazine, Bravo ScreenFun, which has had previews on GTA before like San Andreas, has some new information and three new screens for us. According to the magazine:

It's 1984, mobiles aren't around yet so Vic will be taking his messages by pager instead
Controls are very similar to Liberty City Stories
As the game progresses Rockstar's obvious emphasis on water vehicles moves up to the air with an increase in helicopter based missions and the like.

On two wheels

This image shows Vic on the 1984 version of the PCJ600

Men on a mission

An image showing Vic and an unknown man clearly on their way to wreak some havoc.

Chopper in the sky

Showing that the flatbed (or is that a barracks) will be returning to the game

First Adverts Appear. VCS to be PSP exclusive? Published on Mon, 21 Aug 2006 15:49:44 +0100

German site, GameFront have posted a photo of a Vice City Stories advert on a billboard in Leipzig, where the games convention will be being hosted next week.

In other news, after visting Rockstar Games a representative of 1up has said that Rockstar Games have told him that Vice City Stories will be exclusive to the Playstation Portable and that there will not be a Playstation 2 version as with Liberty City Stories.

QUOTE(1up Podcast)

"They're not going to be moving it to PS2, it's going to be PSP only this time, it's much more focused on that platform." "I think some of it is because the tech is a lot more focused on the handheld and I played it briefly and it was definitely an improvement over Liberty City Stories"

New Staff member Published on Sun, 20 Aug 2006 01:08:52 +0100

Hi!
Im HellsPlumber

Im the latest addition to the staff here. I know everything about the PSP and homebrew. I am know for making mods and maps for games,working on the SOTE mod for JK3 and creating the 2.7+ Homebrew Menu. I am currently working on stuff for people with FW 2.7+ such as special game saves, Flash games formatted for the PSP and other stuff so that 2.7+ users can feel like they are using homebrew. Im also working on re-creating normal homebrew in Flash.

There will be a 2.7+ Homebrew page here soon
Anyway,Hi
Bye

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