| newsid | userid | timestamp | news | headline | newstype | gameid |
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| 1215 | -1 | 2000-05-02 21:59:05 | <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 Linux port of GLHeretic and Raven Software's popular doom-engine game<p> <em>Changelog:</em> <ul> <lI>assembler (x86) optimizations of some core math functions <li>fixes to make heretic work on alpha's, solaris/sparc <li>sound fixes, so sounds arn't to loud in ExM8 missions <li>rewrite of the OpenGL window/event handling; glheretic uses SDL for OpenGL handling now <li>improved in-game menus; it is possible to change mouse_look, mouse_invert and grab_mouse in the game now <li>the vga version can use hires modes now <li>added support for 89-key keyboards <li>the GL stuff supports big endian architectures from now on <li>fixed two ill-judged memxxx() ops that caused alignment SIGBUSes on the sparc machines <li>improved window/fullscreen and mouse handling <li>the GLU library doesn't need to be specified for glheretic any more <li>bug fixes </ul> | Heretic 1.1 | updated | |
| 1216 | -1 | 2000-05-02 22:00:42 | <em>Category:</em> Game-related Utility<br> <em>Description:</em> The Gnu Gaming Zone is a way for people to play a variety of games across the Internet with both human and computer opponents. Similar to other such endeavors (by Microsoft and Yahoo), GGZ will support multiple rooms where players can login and chat across a table while they play their favorite games. | GNU Gaming Zone 0.0.2 | new | |
| 1217 | 2 | 2000-05-02 22:20:44 | <em>Category:</em> Role Playing<br> <em>Avg. Rating:</em> <font color=#ffff80 size="-1">(not yet rated)</font><p> <em>Description:</em> Arianne is a role playing game with online and off line game support.<p> <em>Changelog:</em> <ul> <li>The server try to resolve the name of the user host instead of writing just the IP address. <li>The file where the info from the server is stored can be specified. <li>Added player spin speed control <li>Added saving the data you have to write to connect to the server <li>Added a better text of why you can connect <li>Removed the main image due to some copyrights problems with the author </ul> | Arianne RPG 0.3.6.2 | updated | |
| 1218 | 2 | 2000-05-02 22:28:23 | <em>Category:</em> Toy<br> <em>Description:</em> XPenguins is a simple program that animates a number of penguins that fall from the top of the screen, walk along the top of windows, up the side of windows, up the side of the screen, and sometimes even levitate with their genetically-modified go-go-gadget 'copter ability. Use the `-h' option to see a list of current options - currently you can specify the display to send the penguins to, the delay between frames and the number of penguins that are created. <p> <i><b>BZ:</b> You need this.</i> | Xpenguins 1.1 | new | |
| 1219 | 2 | 2000-05-02 22:57:26 | <em>Category:</em> Puzzle<br> <em>Avg. Rating:</em> <img src="http://happypenguin.org/images/star.gif" alt="3"><img src="http://happypenguin.org/images/star.gif" alt="3"><img src="http://happypenguin.org/images/star.gif" alt="3"><p> <em>Description:</em> A tetris-like puzzle game where you try to match of four blobs of the same color<p> <em>Changelog:</em> <ul> <li>Merged Denny Mingus's theme <li>Minor bugfixes <li>More installation bugfixes <li>Dialog cleanup for a few dialogues </ul> | Xpuyopuyo 0.3.8 | updated | |
| 1220 | -1 | 2000-05-03 07:32:44 | <em>Category:</em> Action<br> <em>Avg. Rating:</em> <img src="http://happypenguin.org/images/star.gif" alt="1"><p> <em>Description:</em> Tetris clone with nice graphics and effects using SDL.<p> <em>Changelog:</em> <ul> <li>two player mode <li>various backgrounds <li>sound <li>source code available </ul> | LTris | updated | |
| 1221 | 2 | 2000-05-03 07:32:59 | <a href="mailto:natas@bynari.net">NaTaS</a> has posted <a href="http://loki.linuxgames.com">some screenshots</a> from <a href="http://www.lokigames.com">Loki's</a> <a href="http://www.activision.com/games/sof/">Soldier of Fortune</a> demo which is currently in beta testing. | Soldier of Fortune screenshots | default | |
| 1222 | 2 | 2000-05-03 07:32:14 | <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> Fast action deathmatch vs net players or bots<p> <em>Changelog:</em> This is the first version from Epic to include improvements from the OpenUT project (<a href="http://openut.sourceforge.net">http://openut.sourceforge.net</a>) <ul> <li>uses SDL OpenGL and Utah-GLX support for non-Glide users <li>sound mixing less CPU intensive <li>music works, using libMikMod </ul> We've also got a load more updates to fold in as soon as they release the headers for the 413 source. Some of the things mentioned include getting the relics from the Bonus Pack to work, joystick support, and better networking code, The OpenUT website is increasing rapidly - we now have several HOWTOs and an FAQ, as well as various resources including scripts, icons, and a fixed networking library for the 413 patch. There are mailing lists and forums available for people wanting help. | Unreal Tournament 413a | updated | |
| 1223 | 2 | 2000-05-03 08:15:43 | The conspiracy theorists among you are interpreting the Game Tome's recent move to <a href="http://www.sourceforge.net">SourceForge</a> as another sign that <a href="http://www.andover.net">Andover.net</a> is voraciously assimilating the entire Linux community to further its own sinister, veiled agenda. I have either sold out or broken under pressure, goes the story. <p> Whether Andover has a secret world domination plan, I cannot say. But to the allegations that I am now beholden to The Man, I answer <i>pshaw</i>. That's right, <i>pshaw</i> I say! Do you see banner ads suddenly defiling the top of this page? Do you see any fine print that indicates all content at happypenguin.org is now property of Andover? Get over it. This site is an obscure little games database, not a tool of Satan. <p> So there. :-) | Assimilated? | default | |
| 1224 | 2 | 2000-05-03 08:15:21 | <a href="mailto:hart@physics.arizona.edu">Sam Hart</a> wrote in with this: <blockquote> Just wanted to let you know that at Nali City, <p> <a href="http://www.planetunreal.com/nalicity">http://www.planetunreal.com/nalicity/</a> <p> the Unreal Tourney mod (maps/skins/etc) reviewing site they have a new Linux reviewer of mods, namely, me ;). When I review mods, I not only review them for content and playability, but also for friendliness to Linux. (For example, occassionally mod-makers don't use caution when naming their files, or may use strange non-standard file-formats, or binaries.) </blockquote> | Linux friendly Unreal Tournament maps | default |