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1075 3224 2000-02-22 10:46:27 <em>Category:</em> Puzzle<br> <em>Avg. Rating:</em> <img src="http://happypenguin.org/images/star.gif" alt="4"><img src="http://happypenguin.org/images/star.gif" alt="4"><img src="http://happypenguin.org/images/star.gif" alt="4"><img src="http://happypenguin.org/images/star.gif" alt="4"><p> <em>Description:</em> Deduce the layout of a grid of gadgets by experimentation<p> <em>Changelog:</em> It fixes the minor memory leak bug; that's it. GFingerPoken 0.25 updated
1076 2 2000-02-22 11:17:53 <img src="/images/thumbs/blocks[1].jpg" align=right width=200 height=150><em>Category:</em> Puzzle<br> <em>Description:</em> Blocks is a 3D Tetris LookALike using the <a href="http://happypenguin.org/show?Crystal%20Space">Crystal Space 3D Engine</a>. It can run on Linux, Windows, OS/2, BeOS, DOS, Macintosh, NextStep, OpenStep, FreeBSD, SGI, Solaris, ... The source of Blocks is included with recent versions of CS (0.15r002 which is going to be released soon or a recent CVS snapshot). <p> A linux executable for software or OpenGL rendering is available now. Other executables for other operating systems will follow soon. Blocks 1.0 new
1077 2 2000-02-23 00:49:21 <em>Category:</em> Emulator<br> <em>Avg. Rating:</em> <img src="http://happypenguin.org/images/star.gif" alt="5"><img src="http://happypenguin.org/images/star.gif" alt="5"><img src="http://happypenguin.org/images/star.gif" alt="5"><img src="http://happypenguin.org/images/star.gif" alt="5"><img src="http://happypenguin.org/images/star.gif" alt="5"><p> <em>Description:</em> A fantastic arcade game emulator.<p> <em>Changelog:</em> <ul> <li>Everything from mame & mess msdos 0.36b16 <li>Fixed error messages for: "error optionx requires an argument". <li>Fixed --boolean option parsing. <li>Fixed bools in configfiles overriding commandline. <li>Fixed -vectorres for vertical oriented games. <li>Reworked and cleaned up the makefile, you can now choose your os and cpu seperatly. This adds linux-sparc support amongst other things. <li>Made oss.c compatible with linux/powerpc giving sound on this platform thanks to John Cramp. <li>Wrote a generic plugin system, currently only supporting static plugins, but prepared for dynamic plugins. <li>Rewrote the entire sound subsystem, to match a few core changes. Sound-drivers are now plugins, allowing for example esd support. All sound drivers need to be converted to this new system. Platforms which sound-driver(s) haven't been converted, don't have sound. <li>Added a sound-mixer (for volume control) subsystem, again plugin based. <li>Converted the oss driver to be a dsp plugin. <li>Added an oss mixer plugin. <li>Updated (fixed) SDL display driver, thanks to: Ricardo Calixto Quesada (riq@ciudad.com.ar). <li>Added an esound dsp plugin. <li>Fuzzy name matching alla the dos port, thanks to: Andrea Vettorello <molotov@dei.unipd.it>. <li>Don't parse the game specific rc file untill the final name lookup has been done (for fuzzy / random name matching). </ul> Xmame 0.36b16.1 updated
1078 2437 2000-02-24 12:25:27 <em>Category:</em> Role Playing<br> <em>Avg. Rating:</em> <img src="http://happypenguin.org/images/star.gif" alt="4"><img src="http://happypenguin.org/images/star.gif" alt="4"><img src="http://happypenguin.org/images/star.gif" alt="4"><img src="http://happypenguin.org/images/star.gif" alt="4"><p> <em>Description:</em> MUD client with mapping functionality and lots of other features<p> <em>Changelog:</em> <ul> <li>colormanager <li>bugfixes </ul> SMM++ 4.3 updated
1079 -1 2000-02-25 10:43:19 <img src="/images/thumbs/Lw1.jpg" align=right width=200 height=150><em>Category:</em> Action<br> <em>Description:</em> LinWarrior 3D (lw3d) is a free clone of MechWarrior 3D. You're navigating a huge robot through a landscape in quite competive 3d graphics while firing at enemies. <p> The colors of the sky change in real-world-time just like your system timer walks through a day while the clouds are moving. <p> There will be different missions available in which you'll have to follow Nav-Points and complete different objectives to fullfill your mission. You will be able to comand your allies and you'll be able touse different vehicles than mechs too. LinWarrior 3D 0.51 new
1080 -1 2000-02-28 11:09:42 <em>Category:</em> Action<br> <em>Avg. Rating:</em> <img src="http://happypenguin.org/images/star.gif" alt="4"><img src="http://happypenguin.org/images/star.gif" alt="4"><img src="http://happypenguin.org/images/star.gif" alt="4"><img src="http://happypenguin.org/images/star.gif" alt="4"><p> <em>Description:</em> A funny action game written with SDL<p> <em>Changelog:</em> <ul> <li>easier compilation (autoconf) <li>support for "make install" <li>fullscreen mode is default <li>many bugfixes and small improvements </ul> BumpRace 1.20 updated
1081 3257 2000-02-28 11:26:43 <em>Category:</em> Game-related Utility<br> <em>Description:</em> Q-LAMP is a statistical tool for Quakeworld which allows you to keep track of what is going on on yout LAN or Internet game. It gives its output to a HTML page which is created dynamically every time you access it, so you always got the standings in real time. Q-LAMP 0.5 new
1082 -1 2000-03-01 10:51:29 <em>Category:</em> Cards<br> <em>Avg. Rating:</em> <font color=#ffff80 size="-1">(not yet rated)</font><p> <em>Description:</em> Tumbling Dice! is a dice game writte in Java.<p> <em>Changelog:</em> <ul> <li>NLS support for English and German <li>All AWT-Components have been replaced by Swing Components <li>minor bug fixes </ul> Tumbling Dice 2.7 updated
1083 -1 2000-03-01 10:51:43 <em>Category:</em> Arcade<br> <em>Avg. Rating:</em> <img src="http://happypenguin.org/images/star.gif" alt="2"><img src="http://happypenguin.org/images/star.gif" alt="2"><p> <em>Description:</em> A multiplayer, portable, french tetris clone<p> <em>Changelog:</em> Added time attack mode and handicap twinTRIS 0.99 updated
1084 -1 2000-03-01 10:54:16 <img src="/images/thumbs/speedx.jpg" align=right width=184 height=200><em>Category:</em> Under development - not yet playable<br> <em>Description:</em> This is a new GPL racing game. No 3dCard needed. It is not finished but playable. I need Help from programmers to finish it . SpeedX 0.1.0b new