| newsid | userid | timestamp | news | headline | newstype | gameid |
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| 22 | 278 | 1998-12-04 11:19:38 | <em>Category:</em> Cards<br> Xskat lets you play the card game Skat as defined by the official German Skatordnung on any Un*x machine running X11. Play against the computer or across the network (even on IRC) with multiple players. | xskat 3.0 | new | |
| 23 | 61 | 1998-12-04 11:23:08 | <em>Category:</em> Toy (I know, I know. I'm gonna add a Simulation category Real Soon Now)<br> ACM is a LAN-oriented, multiplayer aerial combat simulation. The main design objective was to provide source code that could be easily compiled and executed on a wide variety of platforms. <p> To that end, acm is written entirely in C, exploiting the programming features of Unix, X11, and the BSD socket interface. A Windows/95 version is also available. <p> Players engage in air to air combat against one another using heat seeking missiles and cannons. <p> ACM is implemented as a distributed simulation. It communicates information via the IEEE Distributed Interactive Simulation protocol (IEEE 1278.1-1994). This should allow ACM to interoperate with other simulations that support that protocol. | ACM | new | |
| 24 | 2 | 1998-12-04 11:29:21 | There's more memory going into the Game Tome server this weekend, so the Tome will be unavailable for a brief period sometime Saturday. We probably won't be down for more than several minutes, but I thought I'd warn you anyway. | Some downtime this weekend | default | |
| 25 | 79 | 1998-12-04 13:23:01 | <em>Category:</em> Action<br> From the homepage: <br> <a href="http://www.happypenguin.org/show?Inner%20Worlds"><img src="http://www.happypenguin.org/images/thumbs/innerworlds.gif" align=right></a> <p> Inner Worlds, is an incredible new side-scroll fantasy action adventure, for DOS, Windows 95 and Linux. This game was developed by a team of very talented and energetic people scattered across the entire globe and brought together by the internet ... <p> In Inner Worlds you play the role of a strong and beautiful woman whose quest-name is Nikita. Nikita has the astonishing ability to turn into a ferocious she-wolf! Nikita's quest is to track down The Claws, the evil creation of a misguided genius. The Claws has plagued the world for generations. | Inner Worlds 1.2 | new | |
| 26 | 2 | 1998-12-04 16:50:15 | <em>Category:</em> Game-related Utility<br> MAMECAT stands for M.A.M.E. Catalog/Launcher. <p> It consists of three programs: <ul> <li>mamecat (curses version of the launcher; text-only) <li>qmamecat (Qt version of the launcher; X11) <li>catgen (a simple catalog generator) </ul> <p> The key-features of MAMECAT are <ul> <li>preview-image support (Qt/X11 version only !), several file-formats (GIFs, BMPs, XPMs etc...) <li>easy, extendable catalog-format (incl. a catalog-generator) <li>X11 (using Qt) and text-only (i.e console or xterm) user interfaces available <li>works with most recent xmame-versions (should virtually work with any release :-) </ul> | MAMECAT 0.22 | new | |
| 27 | 297 | 1998-12-05 22:04:42 | <em>Category:</em> Arcade <p> This is a Zone 66 clone written from the ground up, supporting SVGA, transparency/additive effects, flexible datafiles, etc. It is currently unfinished, and the author would appreciate any comments/help. <p> For those that don't know, Zone 66 was a pretty cool topview fly-around-and-blow-stuff-up-while-avoiding-the-enemy for DOS from a few years back. | Phorus 0.9-alpha6 | new | |
| 28 | 2 | 1998-12-07 14:53:50 | <em>Category:</em> Code Library<p> The latest version is 1.2.x, which is included in the 2.1 kernels. It supports a wide range of devices, and includes patches to 2.0 kernel sources for those who want to have it in their stable series kernel. A list of supported joysticks and related devices is available at the homepage listed below. | Joystick Driver 1.2.13 | new | |
| 29 | 2 | 1998-12-09 20:58:34 | <em>Category:</em> Arcade<br> <em>Avg. Rating:</em> <img src="http://www.happypenguin.org/images/star.gif" alt="*"><img src="http://www.happypenguin.org/images/star.gif" alt="*"><img src="http://www.happypenguin.org/images/star.gif" alt="*"><img src="http://www.happypenguin.org/images/star.gif" alt="*"><p> A very good Boulderdash type game with high quality graphics and sound.<p> This is a major update from the previous version. Quoting the author's web page:<p> <B> Most important changes since pre-release version 0.9b: <BR> </B> - DOS / Windows version <BR> - network multiplayer games (upto 4 players) <BR> - local multiplayer games (upto 4 players) <BR> - soft scrolling with 50 frames per second <BR> - freely customizable keyboard and joystick support <BR> - contains levels to play Boulderdash, Emerald Mine and Sokoban <BR> - distributed under the GNU General Public License <BR> <BR> | Rocks 'n' Diamonds 1.2.0 | updated | |
| 30 | 2 | 1998-12-10 18:47:52 | <img src="http://www.happypenguin.org/images/thumbs/nestra.gif" align=right><em>Category:</em> Arcade<p> Nestra is a dynamic recompiler which translates 6502 code into native code to emulate a NES. Execution of the translated code is quite fast, and the emulator can run at full speed with relatively modest CPU requirements. The current version only support X11 displays. | NEStra 0.5 | new | |
| 31 | 313 | 1998-12-11 14:47:58 | <em>Category:</em> Game-related Utility <em>(yes, you're right. There should be a category for emulators.)</em><p> From the SNES Emulation center's Snes9x page: <p> <blockquote> Snes9x has had a colourful past. Resulting from a merger of two lesser emulators, it dominated the scene with its fantastic features, such as sound and a great GUI. Various platforms had a version and all seemed well for the Snes9x empire. However it was suddenly dropped during a stressed time for SNES emulation. No one really knows why, though at the time all sorts of reasons came to light, such as pressure from Nintendo, rivals groups stealing information, and a general decline in the way the emulation scene was going. So that was that, Snes9x was no more, and we had all lost a great friend. <p> However, time passed and Snes9x, the once greatest emulator to roam the world, is back. Snes9x has been picked up by some different coders, who do not wish to be known, and is cruising down the road to success. However the situation is still about as clear as mud. The Teach is again involved but he claims he is only a Windows porter, and more importantly other members of the old Snes9x team have been saying that they never really dropped the project at all. <p> Whatever the case, Snes9x is back, in fine form, and ready to storm the scene once more. However things are different this time round, ZSNES (another SNES emulator), is now the peoples' favorite. It was first with FX support and a whole host of other features, and it will take some real surprises to knock it off the number one spot. Snes9x also supports FX emulation but uses the ZSNES FX engine. To its credit though the newer releases of Snes9x support a couple of neat features, such as advanced sound support. <p> Snes9x is unique in that it is available of a whole host of platforms, and since it was re-released it is now available for even more platforms, including the Nintendo64, though you will of course need a back-up unit to use it. You can download all these ports below. </blockquote> | Snes9X 1.15 | new |