John Riccitiello must be a very happy man right now. Madden NFL 09 (Xbox 360, Wii, PSP, DS, PC, PS3, PS2) has dominated the NPD US charts for August. The game's Xbox 360 version is sitting pretty at the top spot with a million units sold while the PS3 and PS2 versions are in second and third place with 643,000 and 424,500 units sold, respectively.
Nintendo's Wii Fit gave a strong showing, too, getting the fourth spot with 394,900 units sold. At fifth is another Nintendo title, Mario Kart Wii, with 328,700 units sold. Here's a complete list of the top ten games:
Madden NFL 09 (EA Tiburon, Xbox 360) - 1,000,000
Madden NFL 09 (EA Tiburon, PlayStation 3) - 643,000
Madden NFL 09 (EA Tiburon, PlayStation 2) - 424,500
Wii Fit (Nintendo, Wii) - 394,900
Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo, Wii) - 328,700
Wii Play (Nintendo, Wii) - 200,200
Soul Calibur IV (Project Soul, Xbox 360) - 174,000
Guitar Hero: On Tour (Vicarious Visions, Nintendo DS) - 111,200
There's only one DS title in the top ten software, but the Nintendo portable is still number one in the August hardware sales, selling 518,300 units. At second is the Wii with 453,000 units sold, while the PSP is third with 253,00 units sold.
Rounding out the top five are the Xbox 360, selling a total of 195,200 units and getting the fourth spot, and the PS3 with 185,400 units sold. It's worth noting that the Xbox 360 price cut didn't affect the August sales as it took effect only this month.
Whoa! A Nintendo DS app that lets you buy and sell stolen goods? Well no, not quite. Far from it really.
Fencing App is a homebrew application geared towards fencers (the kind with the pointy swords), referees, directors and coaches. According to developer Minty, it's basically n all-in-one timer, scorekeeper, cardcounter and coinflipper.
Now I don't personally know any fencers, but chances are there will be people out there who will get some great mileage out of an app like this. There's no readme file, so here's an explanation from Minty:
First choose your mode:
Pools-5 points, one period.
DEs-15 points, three periods.
free-unlimited points and periods.
Press A to start the timer (it will beep so u know).
Press it again to pause it.
Record Fencers' scores with L and R (when the timer is paused)
If a fencer gets a card (for ex. Yellow) Then click on the yellow card in the touchscreen.
Pressing Select Resets the time (You must do this when a period is finished).
A triple beep will sound when a period is over.
The number above the timer is the period you are in.
When the bout is over a results screen will pop up and you may have each fencer sign
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One of the good thing about the Lua programming language is its portability. One of the latest platforms it has decided to step on is the Nintendo DS. Developer samy recently released a homebrew Lua editor for use on the handheld system.
Lua Editor DS 1.0 allows you to program Lua codes directly on the DS. The homebrew incorporates its own virtual keyboard to code in your scripts.
The pre-rendered scripts to run the editor can be found in the file bundle. It can be loaded through the use of the Lua script launcher, which is also downloadable on the project's release page. You'll also find detailed documentation on one the scripts there, so make sure to go through that before trying your hand at some handheld programming.
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