Dr. NEO's NeoFlash Spring Coding Competition 2008 has finally come to a close with the announcement of the winning homebrew applications and games for the Sony PSP and the Nintendo DS. Some 76 homebrew applications and games were entered into the contest. Head over the full article to see the cream of the crop.

The Chronicle of Mr. Sun hopes to bring that sunshine attitude at the NeoFlash Spring Coding Competition 2008. Homebrew developer dm79 takes pride in the homebrew game's fun-filled, five-level game experience. More details about the game after the jump.

Download: The Chronicle of Mr. Sun

Crash may be the naughty and fun-loving critter that we love for most of the time, but there are times in a video game character's life when he has to stop, think seriously and take the side of the angels in a noble cause. He's set to stop Dr. Neo Cortex in Crash of the Titans on the Microsoft Xbox 360, Nintendo Wii, Nintendo DS, Sony PlayStation Portable and mobile platforms later this year but before he does, he's got more important things in mind.

Crash is currently involved in the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's School & Youth program which aims to raise awareness and support from America's youngsters about various blood cancers. He'll be appearing in posters, leaflets and different activities to drum up the campaign and get help where it's needed.

If you haven't heard, Crash has been part of the same movement before. Last year, the Society and Vivendi Games have joined forces in a similar plight and ended up with US$ 18 million in funds to donate to research institutions. They hope to top that this year by bringing in more kids to the scene.

Vivendi's executive vice president of Human Resources expressed the company's sense of honor in the part they are playing to fight blood diseases and said, "Crash is a bandicoot with a big heart; he’s brave, he’s loyal and he’s always ready for a good fight and a great cause. We feel this is a winning combination for a tremendous cause."

Crash Bandicoot is one of the most popular platform-type video game franchises of all time, selling more than 35 million copies of its games ever since its field day in 1996.

Dr. Neo has released a new tutorial on how to push your NEO converter/PAD support to up to 32GB over on the NeoFlash forums. Please note that this tutorial is only for PSPs with firmware that don't have the 4GB memory stick limit. Also, please be extra careful when following this tutorial.

Anyway, to modify the Neo 2in1/4in1 converter, you have to first open it up. When that's done, all you have to do is cut the "4GB" short line that can be found on the circuit board, under the Neo Cell. The same steps apply to the 8 in 1 Neo PSP Pad. Just open it up and cut the 4GB short line on the circuit board. Check out the images below for a closer look.

 

Try it out and let us know how it works for you. Again, please be very careful when you do this. These things are a bit expensive.

Homebrewers, it's time to get those programming books out, those photoshopping skills at the ready, and those tutorials from the devs at hand, because Dr. Neo's released the first info for this year's Spring Coding Competition.

Here's the information he gave for people, with a little sprucing up to make it easier to understand. There'll be a ton of winners, actually, with only a handful of people winning the grand prize: a Wii unit, a PSP, a DS Lite, or US$ 200. There are four divisions, two each for the DS and PSP: a game division, and an application division. The rules are simple, according to Dr. Neo: 

1. You can enter the GAME contest and APP contest both.

2. You must put the splash screen of "NEO spring coding contest 2007" to your production.

For the NDS App, the main concept is for MK5 GIGA system / MK motion cart and NEO2/3 applications,it's mean you will have more chance to win with an Apps using the full hardware function.

Second and third place finishers can choose any NEO product as their prize, while fourth to tenth in each division gets a "MK5-8G one set OR NEO2 one set OR Neo-PSP 8in1 Joypad one set OR SNK Converter one set" of their choice.

We advise you to check out the source for the latest updates on the info, but just remember that the contest will end on March 20, 2007, with prizes given out on April 20. Good luck!

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UPDATE: Well, in case you haven't noticed, the NeoFlash penguins are back. Now, for those who have yet to submit their entries to the competition, take a good look at those penguins because you're going to need them. NeoFlash has released the banner that coders have to include with their creations for PSP, NDS, or GBA, and we're guessing this may be NeoFlash's way of reminding contestants that the competition ends on March 20, which is only a few days away. So, better start wrapping up that code!