Neo Geo UNIBios 4.0 is now free for personal use

The UNIVERSE BIOS is for owners of SNK MVS or AES hardware that want an easy way to change country region or between Arcade or Console mode on boot. Also included are other features that are not possible using the standard MVS bios.
 
The UNIVERSE BIOS is also designed to give easy access to things like inserting coins, test mode and memory card management when using the joystick ports only. Of course the BIOS still allows standard operation too.

The free UNIVERSE BIOS versions below can be used for personal use only, before downloading you must accept and agree to the following terms;

• That you own an original NeoGeo MVS, NeoGeo AES or CD system.
• The UNIVERSE BIOS will be for your sole personal use only.
• Not to distribute the UNIVERSE BIOS in any way (physical or digital).
• Not to included the UNIVERSE BIOS in any product that is sold.
• Not to sell the UNIVERSE BIOS on EPROM (or any other physical medium).
• Not to alter the UNIVERSE BIOS image file in any way.
• Not to hold me responsible for any damage caused by using the UNIVERSE BIOS.

Download it HERE

The following codes should be used on the 1up controller while the splash screen is showing or held during power up if the splash screen is disabled;

     (A)+(B)+(C)		UNIVERSE BIOS Menu

     (A)+(B)+(C)+(D)	Memory Card Manager

     (B)+(C)+(D)		Test Mode (MVS only)

     (B)+(C)+(D)		Hardware Test (AES only)

     (Use 2up controller for the following code)

     (A)+(B)+(C)+(D)	Controller Test (AES only)

The following codes are available in game only, they will not work if you have disabled the in game menu (general bios settings);

    (START)+(SELECT)	In Game Menu

    (START)+(COIN)		In Game Menu

    (START)+(A)+(B)+(C)	In Game Menu

NEOGEO X GOLD ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM

NEO GEO X GOLD ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM Announced for Worldwide Distribution

Tommo Inc. sets release date and price for revolutionary gaming “system within a system”

Los Angeles, Calif. – August 13, 2012 – Tommo, Inc., in partnership with SNK PLAYMORE, today confirmed that the NEO GEO X GOLD entertainment system is scheduled for a worldwide release this December. Following the 20th anniversary of the ground breaking NEO GEO AES console, the NEO GEO X GOLD entertainment system provides players with all of the features of a home arcade and the convenience of a handheld gaming device. The NEO GEO X GOLD entertainment system is set for a worldwide release on December 6, 2012 for a suggested retail price of $199.99 (USD).

The NEO GEO X GOLD entertainment system comes complete with the NEO GEO X Station, the NEO GEO X Handheld with 20 pre-loaded NEO GEO classic titles, and the NEO GEO X Joystick. In addition to coming pre-loaded with 20 NEO GEO classic titles, the NEO GEO X Handheld device features a crisp 4.3″ LCD display, an expandable game card slot, internal stereo speakers, and a 3.5 mm headphone jack for a personal gaming experience you can take anywhere. The NEO GEO X Handheld device works with the NEO GEO X Joystick and NEO GEO X Station to charge the handheld device and transfer the action directly to a television set or monitor, via HDMI or A/V out, for a true arcade experience right at home.

The full list of NEO GEO X Handheld pre-installed games is as follows:

1. 3 COUNT BOUT
2. LEAGUE BOWLING
3. ART OF FIGHTING II
4. MAGICIAN LORD
5. ALPHA MISSION II
6. METAL SLUG
7. BASEBALL STARS II
8. MUTATION NATION
9. CYBER LIP
10. NAM 1975
11. FATAL FURY
12. PUZZLED
13. FATAL FURY SPECIAL
14. REAL BOUT – FATAL FURY SPECIAL
15. THE KING OF FIGHTERS ’95
16. SAMURAI SHODOWN II
17. KING OF THE MONSTERS
18. SUPER SIDEKICKS
19. LAST RESORT
20. WORLD HEROES PERFECT

“Great game consoles don’t die; they’re just reborn in much more affordable and convenient packages,” said Tommo CEO Jonathan Wan. “The NEO GEO X GOLD is a love letter to one of my favorite consoles of all time, and working with SNK PLAYMORE to acquire the NEO GEO license, Tommo Inc. looks to provide gaming and entertainment enthusiasts with a classic arcade experience both at home and on the go.”

Distribution of the NEO GEO X GOLD entertainment system for European and Asian territories will be handled exclusively by BLAZE and Success Company. North American distribution of the NEO GEO X GOLD entertainment system will be handled exclusively by Tommo, Inc..

For the latest news as it is released, and for additional information regarding the NEO GEO X GOLD entertainment system, please visit: http://www.NEOGEOX.com.

About SNK PLAYMORE CORPORATION:

Headquartered in Osaka, Japan, SNK PLAYMORE CORPORATION (SNK) develops, publishes and distributes interactive entertainment software in Japan, North America, Europe and Asia. Founded in 1978, SNK is one of the largest privately held interactive entertainment content providers in the world.

Known for such franchises as THE KING OF FIGHTERS, METAL SLUG, and SAMURAI SHODOWN SNK continues to be an industry leader by focusing on their rich arcade history. More information on SNK PLAYMORE CORPORATION can be found at http://www.snkplaymore.co.jp SNK PLAYMORE USA is a wholly owned subsidiary of SNK PLAYMORE CORPORATION.

About Tommo, Inc.:

With over 20 years of experience in logistics and sales, a knowledgeable staff and sales representatives available nationwide, Tommo Inc. is one of North America’s largest distributors of video gaming merchandises. Founded in 1989, Tommo has grown from a wholesaler of imported video games to becoming one of the nation’s main suppliers of video gaming content to national retail chain stores as well as independent retailers.

About BLAZE:
Founded by Jason Cooper over 20 years ago, BLAZE now specializes in the creation and distribution of retro gaming devices. BLAZE currently distribute SEGA and ATARI branded consoles and, in Q1 2012, are set to release the “Game gadget” games console, billed as the “iPod for games”

About Success Company:
Based in Hong Kong, Success Company are specialists in the distribution of all video games formats throughout the Asian region.

© SNK PLAYMORE “NEO GEO” is a registered trademark of SNK PLAYMORE CORPORATION. Used under license from SNK PLAYMORE USA CORPORATION.

Fully Time Deterministic Java

The AIAA (American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics) paper [.pdf] plan to use java (For cost reasons) for safety-critical missions. The first fully time-deterministic and open-source library for #Java: Javolution is ready to fight!

Javolution real-time goals are simple: To make your application faster and more time predictable!
That being accomplished through:

• High performance and time-deterministic (real-time) util / lang / text / io / xml base classes.
• Context programming in order to achieve true separation of concerns (logging, performance, etc).
• A testing framework addressing not only unit tests but also performance and regression tests as well.
• Straightforward and low-level parallel computing capabilities with ConcurrentContext.
• Struct and Union base classes for direct interfacing with native applications (e.g. C/C++).
• World’s fastest and first hard real-time XML marshalling/unmarshalling facility.
• Simple yet flexible configuration management of your application.

 Top 10 Reason to make a try:

1. Javolution classes are simple to use, even simpler than most JDK classes. You don’t need to guess the capacity of a TextBuilder, FastTable or a FastMap, their size expand gently without ever incurring expensive resize/copy or rehash operations (unlike StringBuilder, ArrayList or HashMap).
2. Developers may achieve true separation of concerns (e.g. logging, configuration) through Context Programming or by using classes such as Configurable.
3. Javolution classes are fast, very fast (e.g. Text insertion/deletion in O[Log(n)] instead of O[n] for standard StringBuffer/StringBuilder).
4. All Javolution classes are hard real-time compliant and have highly deterministic behavior (in the microsecond range). Furthermore (unlike the standard library), Javolution is RTSJ safe (no memory clash or memory leak when used with #Java Real-Time extension).
5. Javolution makes it easy for concurrent algorithms to take advantage of multi-processors systems.
6. Javolution‘s real-time collection classes (map, list, table and set) can be used in place of most standard collection classes and provide numerous additional capabilities.
7. Any #Java class can be serialized/deserialized in XML format in any form you may want, also no need to implement Serializable or for the platform to support serialization
8. Javolution provides Struct and Union classes for direct interoperability with C/C++ applications.
9. Javolution runs on any platform from the simplest J2ME CLDC 1.0 with no garbage collector to the latest J2EE 5.0 with parameterized types.
10. Javolution is a pure Java Solution (no native code), small (less than 300 KBytes jar file) and free; permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software is freely granted, provided that copyright notices are preserved (BSD License).

Version control and check latest

I’ve installed the great component from Soeren (virtuemart.net) which allow to display and list all version of software I distribute on joomla forge.

This component also allow me to add in all my components a link "check latest version" which will automatically tell You:

• If You have the latest versions
• Where to download te component
• Where to see the release notes

You can find it on my homepage HERE, please give me time to fill the Database, and release new version with the link "Check latest" (securityimage and joomlacloud already has it)

Naive Bayesian filter worth considering for Mambo?

 Do You think it could be a great idea to have a spamming filter in Mambo in order to reduce spam tentatives? It is one of the most effective methods available right now is Bayesian filtering

A spam filter that evaluates email message content to determine the probability that it is spam. Bayesian filters are adaptable and can learn to identify new patterns of spam by analyzing incoming email.. Instead of identifying subject line or headers of the email, Bayesian filter will review the content of the email to prevent or block spamming. Bayesian filtering is the process of using Bayesian statistical methods to classify documents into categories.

I am currently writing a new component com_bayesianNaiveFilter, the engine itself (naive bayesian filter in php) has not be written by me, but I can surely integrate it quite nicely into akocomment and akobook and write an admin panel for it. Only one problem:

• A filter not well trained won’t recognize any spam messages, each user has to trained it’s own filter. If I want to avoid this, I will be forced to distribute a huge volume of data with my component (a database full of spam words). Maybe we can use some database of well trusted sources (I dont want to implement a P2P network of linked user database, at least not now and not in PHP4)