Anyone who has played Animal Crossing knows how insanely addictive it is, as well as how much of a pain it is to wait for certain items to become available (Most notably, the hidden NES games). Well wait no longer.

A programmer who goes by the name MooglyGuy produced an open source program called Animal Crossing Trade Code Generator, which generates item codes that can be used at the town store to obtain things for FREE! Almost every item can now be “unlocked” simply by entering your Character Name, Town Name, and the Item Code of what you want to obtain (a complete item code list is provided on his website) into the Trade Code Generator. So, whether it’s a Tiger Bobblehead, T-Rex Skull, Bottled Ship, or Donkey Kong 3, it can all be yours in mere minutes. Dust off your copy of Animal Crossing and read on…

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Everyone who enjoys video games has most likely wondered how they are made, and more importantly how to make their own. The Blitz Reseach company has answered the call for a programming platform specifically for game development (in both 2D and 3D). Let me be the first to inform you that the Blitz platforms are not One-Click solutions to game development, and the user must first learn their BlitzBASIC language to utilize their product. However, BlitzBASIC is an extremely simple programming language that has all aspects of game programming covered, such as sprite generation, collision detection, GUI features, and much more. The only drawback is that this is a Commerical product, but it is modestly priced and quite affordable for anyone. Check out their site and download a demo .

This hack / mod shows you how to create a USB adapter that can plug into the expansion slot of your Xbox controller. Among other things, this allows you to easily use off the shelf USB flash drives as a memory card to save Xbox content / game saves. A big thanks to Mike Chambers for sharing all his hard work! Read the rest of this entry »

Build a CD player with an old GameBoy, an ATAPI drive and some electronics. The CD player it’s a kind of game cartridge to play CD. This is the final version, plug it to a GameBoy and listen to music! This hack isn’t ours, but you should Check It Out!

Inkscape is an Open Source vector graphics editor, with capabilities similar to Illustrator, Freehand, CorelDraw, or Xara X using the W3C standard Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) file format.  Although it’s not as powerful as the forementioned products Inkscape is vastly capable of producing high-quality vector based drawings with a slick, easy-to-use interface.  Casual users (on most platforms) should respect the fact that Inkscape is Open Source, which makes it Free, Community Supported, and Open to Change Based on User Feedback. AltHack.com is currently using it to make diagrams for our upcoming tutorials including our NES Controller Mod.  So, what are you waiting for?  Check them out! http://www.inkscape.org/

First off please let me say that if you have never heard of Bittorrents then, #1 you must be living under a rock, #2 have came to the right place. Althack will give you all you need to know about Bittorents so that you can get the goods to get the goods.

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Most of us remember the “old days” of computer gaming when shotty pixelated graphics were thought to be high-end.

Games like Leisure Suit Larry, Dune, Kings Quest, Populus, Wolfenstein 3-D, and even Duke Nukem 3-D are just a few in an endless list of games that are now branded as Abandonware. Surprisingly enough, those games and many others are readily available on the internet.

This guide will show you how to find and play all your favourite classic games without breaking out the old x486.

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Everyone has locked themselves out of their own system at least once and thought that formatting their hard drive was the only answer. Not true! Now you will never have to lose your data over your forgetfulness again! There are two methods to bypass Windows XP security, both of which are basic at best, but they work beautifully.

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Getting Linux to run on a USB Drive may easily seem to be an overwhelming process, but we put together a very simple guide that an absolute novice could follow.

We successfully installed a distribution of Damn Small Linux on a Lexar 512mb Secure Disk USB 2.0 Jump Drive and it worked quickly and flawlessly. There’s no guarantee that every USB Drive will boot Linux using this method (for example, the new Imation 256mb Wristband Drives would not work properly), but we feel a vast majority will work fine.

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If you’re having problems finding software to run on your modded Xbox this guide is just for you. By using a service called Xbins you will have all the Media Players, Emulators, File Managers, Dashboards, etc. that you could ever want!

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