If you enjoyed the frenetic gameplay of Sander Stolk's AmplituDS, then get ready for even more puzzle game madness in the latest release from the homebrew developer. The fourth public release version of the game includes a lot of new features, as well as some bug fixes which help improve its frenetic gameplay. Check out the new additions since our previous coverage of AmplituDS after the jump.

Download: AmplituDS v4
Download: AmplituDS v4 (source code)

If you're a fan of Harmonix's Amplitude (previous version here) and own a Nintendo DS, then chances are you've played Sander Stolk's AmplituDS. The homebrew game based on Harmonix's PS2 opus is finally updated, so better get ready to tinker with your DS. Check out the changelog in the full article!

Download: AmplituDS v3.1

Calling Sander Stolk! Calling Sander Stolk! Your expertise are needed.

If you remember, Stolk (aka Dark Knight ez) released AmplituDS, a homebrew based from PS2's Amplitude. Basically, the original version is an arcade-style rhythm game that features music as a gameplay element. Stolk was successful in porting it to the DS. His achievement then came to the attention of fellow homebrew developer Nuudles, who wants a DS port of Frequency.

However, Nuudles reports he's having several problems. The point and power-up system are not running yet. Also, there's no spiffy track translucency for cleared tracks as the Alpha system STILL has bugs. The whole thing gets out of sync soon and problems when loading large IT files were encountered as well. Humbly, the developer calls this release 0.00001alpha.

On the brighter side of things, the developer wishes to announce that the WAM and MOD files are working fine. The included WAM file is actually an SDL port of Amplitude. The potentiallygreat homebrew FrequenDS uses the latest version of Chishm's FAT library, so it should support any of the supported cards.

If anyone wants to help in the development of FrequenDS, we uploaded the file for you. Also, feel free to comment and suggest here or at the developer's home site.

Download: [FrequendDS v0.00001alpha]

Sander Stolk, who also goes by the name "Dark Knight ez", has just released AmplituDS. It's a homebrew that features music as a gameplay element. The game is based on Amplitude for PS2.

If you would recall, Amplitude is an arcade-style rhythm game that allows players to mix and remix hit songs. It may be quite confusing to the uninitiated, but to rhythm game lovers, it's one addictive game.

AmplituDS aims to capture the same exciting gameplay on the DS. The music alone is already an added sweetener, but to actually make it a part of gameplay is one sure way make the game as engaging as the game it's based on. It also has two different views and players can opt to use the touch screen control if they want to. What's more, there's an option to insert own music and/or target layout. This just means you can groove to your own music while you control your ship and shoot down targets.

Ingame controls are fairly easy. The D-Pad's left and right buttons are used to control the movement of the ship. Left and right shoulder buttons plus the X button are used to shoot targets. The B button changes the view.

Stolk has put up an online readme file, so anyone who wants to check out AmplituDS can access instructions on how to set up the game. Those who want to add or alter game stages would have to wait a little bit longer as the media-card user version of the game is not yet available. Advanced users should refer to the Amplitrack section of the online readme for further details.

Expect more music and stages, as well as gameplay elements in the next version of the game.

   

Download: [AmplituDS non-media version: Turrican remix]
Download: [AmplituDS non-media version: SMB remix]