Homebrew coder Tantric is back to release a new update of DOSBox Wii, a port of the ever-popular DOS emulator for the Nintendo Wii using SDL Wii. The latest update has bumped up the homebrew to version 1.0 and added some new features to further improve the emulator.


Download: DOSBox Wii v1.0

A new update for DOSBox Wii has been released courtesy of homebrew coders Carl Kennera and Tantric. DOSBox Wii is a port of DOSBox for the Nintendo Wii using DSL Wii. The latest release has upgraded DOSBox engine to latest SVN and fixed some previous issue.


Download: DOSBox Wii v0.73.02

Homebrew coders Carl Kennera and Tantric has released a new version of DOSBox Wii, a port of DOSBox for the Nintendo Wii using DSL Wii. Most DOS games are playable in this release but some games still need a little bit of adjustment to the dosbox.conf file. The new update has upgraded the DOSBox engine to 0.73 and some bug fixes.

Download: DOSBox Wii v0.73.01

 

Compared to the previous week, most Nintendo Hardware saw an increase in sales for the week ending April 22. The only other system to see an increase in sales is Sony's handheld, the PSP. The number of PSP units sold this week is even higher than the PS3s and the PS2s combined. Ogle the Media Create sales numbers yourself:

• DSL:  172,359  (+39,034)
• Wii: 77,913  (+2,154)
• PSP: 29,459  (+4,609)
• PS2: 11,398  (-1,474)
• PS3: 11,000  (-948)
• Xbox360: 2,307  (-593)
• GBASP: 860  (+206)
• GBM: 449  (-168)
• GC: 266  (+99)
• DS: 81  (-65)
• GBA: 55  (+29)

The bigger high-definition consoles, Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Sony's PlayStation 3, saw a dip in sales this week. PlayStation 2 sales also slowed down a bit.

What's good to see is that the PSP is getting some much needed love. We see Final Fantasy I 20th Anniversary Edition near the top of the Media Create Software charts (at number 5 actually). Perhaps that had something to do with it?

Finally, this week marks one of the biggest selling weeks for the DS lite since it sold past the 200,000 mark sometime last February, but you all know that everyone and their dog owns a DS lite in Japan, so that's like saying that the sky's blue.

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Please note that these numbers are slightly different from the ones released by VGChartz. These of are obviously from Media Create while the ones Gino D reported on, are from the site he sourced. Different as the numbers may be, the trends they displayed are quite similar. Ninty stuff are on the rise and so is the PSP while the PS3, the Xbox 360, and the PS2 aren't doing so well.

It's 2007 ladies and gentlemen, and for the people in the Land of the Rising Sun, New Year has been a quite a spending spree. As Media-Create noted, the DSL and Wii sales figures constitute for almost 70% of the market sales. As they have conveniently jotted down:

• DSL -  344,878
• Wii - 195,331
• PSP - 118,186
• PS3 - 69,944
• PS2 - 52,037
• Xbox360 - 18,235

As usual, we can see that Nintendo is continuing to ride the waves of success even in its native country, with the DS Lite still maintaining its popularity. So, under the basis of this old belief that the beginning of the year will pretty much signify the trend for the rest of the year, is it possible that 2007 will be Nintendo's year? Or will the PSP or the PS3 bounce back to the top once other PS3 titles are released later this year?