More updates

I have been tossing this up for a while and have now come to a decision to discontinue the Wii and DS homebrew section of FUSIONhomebrew.
The homebrew guides and articles will be archived and the site will be taking a more retro focus. I will certainly enjoy putting Linux on an Xbox and should document it if I ever do it.
In the next few months I hope the site will have a more tidy look and may even feature a menu!

A new headquarters is planned to follow in the form of building a house, so that will be keeping me somewhat busy. Can't wait to get into the new place, my partner and I are living in a 4m x 4m room to save money on rent. The house will hopefully be built by April 2010.

I have been getting into PC gaming a bit having finally cottoned onto CounterStrike: Source. I'm not that good but the game has been out since 2004, so alot of other players have a few years up on me! This game is excellent fun to play with mates.
It's very good of my partner to put up with me playing as much as I do, living in such a small room and I tend to stay up late when gaming.

2 Sega Master Systems

Wow, I really haven't blogged in ages have I? I'm not lapsing, I have just been a little busy.

Well, I start off with another collection score:
2 SEGA Master Systems at a Sunday garage sale for $4! Awesome.

Unfortunately one of them doesn't work, but I have sent that one off to a mate who is a fellow collector and will appreciate the display properties for sure.

MyFrag has been going well, we have been trying to keep everyone busy during their school holidays. Also Heller has a point-and-click video games retrospective article coming up soon. Look out for a medal that will tie in with it.
Also, I'm thinking about starting another blog, on MyFrag. It will bring to you some open sourced news about whats going on in the open source world! I look forward to that. It should be happening in the next few months. I've already decided on a name:
Please Pass the Source

Custom SNES Giveaway!

Here's a secret project I've been working on for a while:

A SNES from my collection, customised for MyWii.com.au! Guyver was great and organised a competition to give this SNES away to one very special member of the MyWii community.

Here you can see my photos and notes of the build.

Here is the link to the actual competition.

I had heaps of fun doing this and might do it again in the future.

Recovering Windows Files with Ubuntu Live CD

I've just added a guide to MyFrag.com.au, explaining how to mount your windows partition onto Ubuntu using the live CD. This is super handy when your Windows machine won't boot!

View the guide over here . MyFrag Linux

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Need more members! Go! Sign up! It takes about 1 and a half minutes. You might be able to learn something or help someone out! When you have signed up, tell your friends! Remember it's not ALL about games, there's other stuff there too...

http://myfrag.com.au

Thanks!

MyFrag.com.au now LIVE!!!

MyMedia has just launched their latest site! MyFrag will focus primarily on PC gaming and also just general usage.

Go check it out!

Some Linux Fanboy Pics

There will be some more to come later!

New Homebrew Content!!!

I've just written up a guide for making backups of your Wii games and also how to play them on your Wii... without a modchip! It is quite simple, just follow the steps and you should be kickin!

This is great for us collectors for preserving original titles! Please don't use this for piracy, I wrote the guide because the Wii's slot loading DVD drive is notorious for scratching discs. Only backup games you own, to preserve the originals, thankyou.

Now here is the link! Backing up Guide.

Atari Games!!

Picked up 6 Atari 2600 games from Cash Converters today! I asked how much they wanted for them and the guy said, "How much you gonna give me?"
"One dollar a piece", "You can have all six for five bucks"

Nice!



Also, in Wii homebrew news, BJ (bjblaster.com) and I have been experimenting with WiiGator's backup loader. Hopefully in the next few days, I will be able to put a decent guide up on the main site!(fusion.homedns.org)

Another Wii Update

Same goes again. Don't update yet. I don't know the full consequences of the update yet but as always, it will delete any homebrew channels or unauthorised save games.

New Toys!

Well they say money can't buy happiness. WRONG! We bought new toys on Thursday night.

Rock Band:

We saw rock band in the shops and decided to buy it. The price tag clearly said $199, so we grabbed it, happy to spend that much. But NO, a small, red sticker on one side of the box informed us that the pack with the drum kit, wireless guitar and microphone did NOT include the actual game software! A further $89! Parents watch out for Christmas!

So we thought we would just go all out and get the entire set of the drum kit, 2 wireless guitars and microphone! It's going to be a big hit at Christmas time with everybody playing it.

Now, I have always thought of Guitar Hero as “tetris with timing” and put the upcoming Rock Band into the same category. But I love this game! It is very challenging and involving. The harder the setting, the more fun the songs are! I will be sure to keep the blog updated as we play this more.

Now onto the other toys. First some minor ones (sort of). We bought a coffee maker and a new washing machine. And the news I'm most excited about is that I'm typing this on my new Eee PC. We decided on an Eee PC due to the low price. It was reduced down to $250 from $450. I'm very happy with the Eee PC and will keep the blog updated as I learn more about it!

I have uploaded this entire blog post from my EeePC. Cropped and resized the photos and typed and uploaded all without using my desktop!

Responses to article on Wii's life.

I started a thread on mywii.com.au to get responses to the article on the life-span of the Wii. The responses covered so far are exactly what I was looking to discuss so thanks again MyWii members! Here's the link to the thread, register at Mywii.com.au and join the discussion!

Homebrew Channel beta 9

The new version of the Wii Homebrew Channel has been released to be compatible with Nintendo's new firmware update. Although, it is still recommended that you don't update unless you really need to.

Here's what you get with the new HBC:
-Support for SDHC cards (over 2Gb)
-Reload Button (for SD card swapping)
-Quick return to Wii Menu

How to update:
Just start up the Homebrew channel from your Wii and when the network initializes, it will give you the option to update!

Please note that some Homebrew apps won't work anymore due to some problems with old versions of devkits so you might have to go searching for alternate apps to do your bidding. Maybe don't even update just yet, if you don't need to, i.e. if you are not doing the Nintendo update.

Good luck all.

Retro mod No. 2

I did this mod just today and had heaps of fun doing it. I found my the charger for my immitation dremel and put it to good use.

Hit this link to the main site to check out how it was done! Duck Hunt Clock


Also, I would love to see any gaming related retro mods that any of you have done! Comment with a link!

Retro mod No. 1

This is a segment where I retro fit items from gaming past. This first one I did months ago but since this is the first installment, I thought it would be fitting to start at the beginning.

NES Controller SD Card Reader! Link.

Garage Sale Bargains: Episode 4

Well, I must attract these things. Another SNES for a mere $5, bringing the total now to 6! There were 10 Garages on sale today and this is all we came away with. The only other things to be seen were a couple of Xbox's, one of them was labeled "New! Never Used $150" and the other had an $80 sticker slapped on it.
I'm still looking forward to when someone has an old Xbox and they just scribble "360" next to it, to see if they get a big sale.

Wii Fit and Glowing Wii's

Well, we have been putting it off ever since it came out. We finally bought WiiFit.
First impressions are GREAT! I am actually going to see if it can make me lose weight, just by coming casually to play it everyday (no strict routine).

Also, you may have all noticed that your Wii's are glowing and you may have even read the message about the new firmware update. The message will not go into detail but basically the unauthorised files are your Twilight Hack files.

I've read that when you update, you can no longer install the Homebrew Channel or any .wad files.

So here is what you do:
If you have the Homebrew channel and want to keep it, ignore this update for a while.
If you want to update your Wii firmware, delete the Homebrew Channel, Twilight Hack save file and any Channels that are not legitimate i.e. installed via .wad.

I'm sure it won't be long until somebody works out how to install the HBC on a Wii with the new firmware. When that happens we can all update and reinstall.

Public Announcement

Because I'm an open-source enthusiast, please feel free to use any pictures, files, guides and/or information from the main site: FUSIONhb or the blog.
Use what ever you want, copy, paste, link, whatever but please give credit where credit is due!

Garage Sale Bargains: Episode 3

Grabbed another bargain just one day later, a PSX for $5. Nice. It also came with a wireless controller setup, which was good because I've had a wireless controller of the same brand kicking around for ages with no main unit. So now I have the main unit and 2 wireless controllers. The wireless setup doesn't work with the PSone due to the rounded front. But if someone (me) wanted to make an in-car Playstation with wireless controllers, a dremel tool might do the trick!

Garage sale bargains: Episode 2

Hey everyone welcome to the second episode of Garage Sale Bargains! Bargains! Bargains!...

Today we will see a brilliant offer of "5 bucks for the lot?", refused and haggled all the way back up to $10!

The items on the table were a bright green, Nintendo Gameboy Colour, 5 games and a PSone.
We see Big Al approach and look around the veranda. Looking around... looking... Yes, he's spotted gaming stuff. Swooping in and Oh my God! He's bumped an old lady to the side! She wasn't even looking at the same things as him. Gathering the items into his arms and promptly making his way to the guy in the corner who looks like he might be in charge. "How much much for this stuff?",
"You tell me". "5 Bucks for the lot?", "I'll take $10 for the lot".

WOW. Another exciting episode of Garage Sale Bargains! Bargains! Bargains!
And whats more, the Gameboy had batteries in it and the PSone had Gran Turismo 2 inside!

Collected =
Gameboy Colour with Pokemon Yellow, Pokemon Blue, Wario Land, Blades Of Steel and World Championship Racing.
PSone with Gran Turismo 2.


Also picked up later was a small analogue clock, which is going to be used in an awesome retro fitting project, coming soon!