Wii Homebrew Channel Launched
13 Jul 2008 1:26pm GMT The Homebrew Channel is a homebrew application loader by Team Twiizers which allows users to load homebrew applications without having to run the Twilight Hack every time. Once installed, users can access the channel from the Wii Menu just like any other Wii channel. It can launch homebrew applications in dol or elf -- either from an SD card, or via TCP or USB Gecko using Wiiload. It is also capable of downloading online updates for itself.The Homebrew Channel can be downloaded from the...
Wiibrew chainloader and Twilight Hack
25 Feb 2008 4:40am GMT Everything you need to know about the latest wii loader can be found on wii brew's wiki:http://wiibrew.org/index.php?title=Twilight_HackThe Twilight Hack works by employing a lengthly character name for the horse in the game ('Epona') in order to facilitate a stack smash. This gets triggered when talking to the man next to you when you start the savegame as he loads the name to use it in his dialog or upon entering the next zone when the game loads the horse for you to ride. Nice work...
Wii Hacked - First Homebrew Demo
30 Dec 2007 6:32pm GMT Even better than Hello World, the hackers at 24c3 have figured out how to run their own code on the Wii. By using what they call a 'tweaser' method, they were able to launch the Wii in Gamecube mode then trick the chips into dumping their contents. After rummaging through the dumps they were able to pull out the encryption keys and used a hole in Lego Star Wars cd to boot their own code. The app they demo in the video shows output coming from the Wii-Mote, proving that it is running in Wii mode...
Head Tracking - VR using Wiimote
30 Dec 2007 6:12pm GMT Johnny Chung Lee demo's his Head Tracking Virtual Reality system using the Wiimote.Watch the video:Bookmark this site on your Wii for easy access to Wii Friendly websites: http://tinyurl.com/vcr8m
Wii Browser SDK - Javascript API Supports 4 Wiimotes
23 Dec 2007 2:57pm GMT I came across this on Ajaxian. It looks like opera has opened up the Wii Internet Channel to developers. You can now use Javascript to poll data from all 4 wiimotes.The Wii Remote data is accessed through the opera.wiiremote object. This object offers a single method opera.wiiremote.update(n) which is used to obtain the status of an individual Wii Remote. The method expects a single parameter; the Wii Remote number. The number is zero-based, so it starts at 0 for the first remote, and ends at 3...