| newsid | userid | timestamp | news | headline | newstype | gameid |
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| 1657 | 2 | 2001-04-11 15:45:51 | Thus spake <a href="http://www.lokigames.com">Loki's</a> Kayt Sorhaindo: <blockquote> Not one, but TWO Linux games will ship next week from <a href="http://www.lokigames.com">Loki Software, Inc.</a> <p> <a href="http://www.lokigames.com/products/tribes2/">Tribes 2</a> will be HOT on the heels of the Windows release by Sierra On-Line, and the long-awaited <a href="http://www.lokigames.com/products/smac/">Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri Planetary Pack</a> by Firaxis will also make its Linux debut. <p> Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri Planetary Pack will ship to resellers on Monday, April 16, with the low MSRP of $29.95. Tribes 2 will follow suit on Wednesday, April 18, with an MSRP of $49.95. <p> Can't resist both of these exciting games? Take advantage of a promotional bundle and receive both for the special price of $59.95. This offer is available directly from Loki and from select resellers. </blockquote> | Alpha Centauri (no, really!), Tribes 2 to ship next week | default | |
| 1658 | -1 | 2001-04-12 07:57:44 | <em>Category:</em> Role Playing<br> <em>Description:</em> UOP is an open sourced Ultima Online Client designed for playing on UOX or Sphere. It's still pre-alpha, but things are coming along nicely. It has successfully been run on both BeOS and Linux, and hopefully Mac and Windows support isn't far behind. | Ultima Online Project 0.2.8 (CVS) | new | |
| 1659 | 4377 | 2001-04-13 20:30:46 | <em>Category:</em> Game-related Utility<br> <em>Avg. Rating:</em> <img src="/images/star.gif" alt="5"><img src="/images/star.gif" alt="5"><img src="/images/star.gif" alt="5"><img src="/images/star.gif" alt="5"><img src="/images/star.gif" alt="5"> <p> <em>Description:</em> <em>The</em> utility for finding out the status of internet game servers <p> <em>Changelog:</em> <ul> <li>Support for Tribes 2 [-t2s] (builds numbered 22075 or higher) <li>Support for Tribes 2 master [-t2m] <li>Support for Quake 3 and Tribes 2 colorized player names [-htmlnames] <li>Sample HTML templates for Tribes 2 [template/tribes2*] <li>New QStat web site! http://www.qstat.org <li>New mailing lists for QStat users and announcements! (see web site) <li>New template variables <li>Fix 'game' value for some Quake 2 based servers <li>Fixed some cases where QStat will hang <li>Fixed some picky compiler warnings </ul> | QStat 2.4b | updated | |
| 1660 | -1 | 2001-04-15 09:20:41 | <em>Category:</em> Code Library<br> <em>Avg. Rating:</em> <img src="/images/star.gif" alt="5"><img src="/images/star.gif" alt="5"><img src="/images/star.gif" alt="5"><img src="/images/star.gif" alt="5"><img src="/images/star.gif" alt="5"> <p> <em>Description:</em> Cross-platform library for portable low level I/O access <p> <em>Changelog:</em> <ul> <li>Added OpenGL support as a native 3D API <li>Added YUV video display with hardware acceleration <li>More complete thread synchronization primitives <li>Added support for gamma ramp manipulation <li>Much improved alpha blending blit semantics <li>Added official support for the following operating systems: MacOS Classic, MacOS X, Solaris, IRIX, FreeBSD </ul> | Simple DirectMedia Layer 1.2.0 | updated | |
| 1661 | 1907 | 2001-04-15 10:21:33 | <img src="/images/thumbs/gltron.gif" align="right" width="200" height="150"><em>Category:</em> Action<br> <em>Avg. Rating:</em> <img src="/images/star.gif" alt="5"><img src="/images/star.gif" alt="5"><img src="/images/star.gif" alt="5"><img src="/images/star.gif" alt="5"><img src="/images/star.gif" alt="5"> <p> <em>Description:</em> tron-like lightcycle game with a 3D view <p> <em>Changelog:</em> <ul> <li>Usage: <ul> <li>new camera controls, use the mouse to tweak/rotate/zoom <li>simplified the menu structure <li>graphical installer </ul> <li>Graphics: <ul> <li>vastly better visuals due to lighting & shadows <li>fixed many rendering artefacts <li>added recognizers <li>new textures / create your own sets </ul> <li>Audio: <ul> <li>3D positional sound & doppler effects </ul> <li>Gameplay: <ul> <li>more movie-like default <li>much much stronger AI options (try to beat the MCP) </ul> </ul> | glTron 0.0.60 | updated | |
| 1662 | 4666 | 2001-04-17 07:55:53 | <em>Category:</em> Strategy<br> <em>Avg. Rating:</em> <img src="/images/star.gif" alt="4"><img src="/images/star.gif" alt="4"><img src="/images/star.gif" alt="4"><img src="/images/star.gif" alt="4"> <p> <em>Description:</em> TEG, a risk clone. <p> <em>Changelog:</em> <ul> <li>Spanish translations updated <li>Updated documentation <li>Any player can select the type of game <li>Fixed nasty bugs in `show cards' and server <li>Added little support for `pactos' (deals or treats) <li>The robot is executed from full path a not from the path environment <li>The `exchange cards' window appears only then you have a valid exchange <li>Fixed some bugs in the ggz support <li>Added the --observe command line in the client <li>Improved a little bit the GUI <li>...and more </ul> | Tenes Empanadas Graciela 0.6.3 | updated | |
| 1663 | 4666 | 2001-04-17 07:58:04 | <em>Category:</em> Strategy<br> <em>Avg. Rating:</em> <font color=#ffff80 size="-1">(not yet rated)</font> <p> <em>Description:</em> A networked battleship game. <p> <em>Changelog:</em> <ul> <li>GNOME version <li>added support for GGZ <li>updated & improved GUI of client <li>updated the robot <li>and lots of bug fixes </ul> | Batalla Naval 1.0.0 (GNO | updated | |
| 1664 | 793 | 2001-04-17 08:02:03 | <em>Category:</em> Simulation<br> <em>Avg. Rating:</em> <img src="/images/star.gif" alt="5"><img src="/images/star.gif" alt="5"><img src="/images/star.gif" alt="5"><img src="/images/star.gif" alt="5"><img src="/images/star.gif" alt="5"> <p> <em>Description:</em> Helicopter air rescue flight simulator <p> <em>Changelog:</em> <ul> <li>Pconf for source configuration <li>diver or basket hoist deployment selection feature <li>environment SEARCHANDRESCUE_DATA to specify global data directory <li>texture priority support <li>independent file IO layer sarfio.c for scene and mission file loading <li>`far away' visual model support for aircrafts <li>mission success and failed banners <li>improved vertical velocity and pitch oscilation in flight dynamics <li>elevator trim for aircraft flight models (see manual for new keys!) <li>no more landing on water without floats <li>improved glX visuals fetching routine to try getting X Visuals with alpha channels <li> engine quickstarts with rotor currently spinning <li>changed engine key to `e' for engine on and `SHIFT+e' for engine off. <li>Engine display modified on outside view, O = off, S = starting <li>improved map with GPS info display. </ul> | Search And Rescue 0.7d | updated | |
| 1665 | 4641 | 2001-04-17 08:03:19 | <em>Category:</em> Arcade<br> <em>Avg. Rating:</em> <img src="/images/star.gif" alt="5"><img src="/images/star.gif" alt="5"><img src="/images/star.gif" alt="5"><img src="/images/star.gif" alt="5"><img src="/images/star.gif" alt="5"> <p> <em>Description:</em> A scrolling space shooter game. <p> <em>Changelog:</em> <ul> <li>BGM was changed for every stage. <li>A part of enemy was corrected and added. <li>An enemy's offensive balance was adjusted. <li>A part of background was corrected. <li>The title was changed. </ul> | Geki2 0.9.8 | updated | |
| 1666 | 1739 | 2001-04-17 08:04:32 | <em>Category:</em> Action<br> <em>Avg. Rating:</em> <img src="/images/star.gif" alt="5"><img src="/images/star.gif" alt="5"><img src="/images/star.gif" alt="5"><img src="/images/star.gif" alt="5"><img src="/images/star.gif" alt="5"> <p> <em>Description:</em> A 3D racing game featuring Tux, the Linux penguin <p> <em>Changelog:</em> <ul> <li>SDL can be used instead of GLUT for handling OpenGL contexts and mouse/keyboard events. <li>Added a fish pickup sound. <li>Added a "diagnostic log". <li>Fog can now be disabled. <li>Added a loading screen. <li>Build fixes. <li>Arbitrary joystick axes can be mapped to Tux controls. </ul> | Tux Racer 0.61 | updated |