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2338 4 2002-02-25 00:52:58 <em>Category:</em> Action<br> <em>Avg. Rating:</em> <img src="/images/star.gif" alt="*"><img src="/images/star.gif" alt="*"><img src="/images/star.gif" alt="*"><img src="/images/star.gif" alt="*"><img src="/images/star.gif" alt="*"> <p> <em>Description:</em> Linux port of Parallax's Descent 2 space game <img src="http://www.happypenguin.org/images/thumbs/d2x-screenshot.jpg" align="right"> <p> <em>Changelog:</em> <ul> <li>SDL uses mouse wheel to emulate 3rd axis. <li>Player files created with descent 2 should now work with d2x. <li>Savegame thumbnails work in OpenGL <li>Menus now work in OpenGL! <li>Automap works in OpenGL! <li>Fonts work in OpenGL! <li>You can now use the -tmap option to select between the different texture mapping routines at runtime. <li>Fixed assembly bug causing crash on game start. <li>Added code to load hogfiles from a central location, so it now doesn't matter what dir you start d2x from. <li>Enabled option for RELEASE build <li>ggi builds again (still broken, though) </ul> D2X 0.1.2 updated D2X
2339 4 2002-02-25 01:07:58 <em>Category:</em> Arcade<br> <em>Avg. Rating:</em> <font color="#ffff80" size="-1">(not yet rated)</font> <img src="http://www.happypenguin.org/images/thumbs/shot0.0.4.png" align="right"> <p> <em>Description:</em> nInvaders is a Space Invaders clone for ncurses. <p> <em>Changelog (since 0.0.4):</em> <ul> <li>Added a README. <li>Added vi-like key bindings. <li>The aliens are animated and they look a lot better than before. </ul> nInvaders 0.0.6 updated nInvaders
2340 4 2002-02-25 02:32:16 <em>Category:</em> Action<br> <em>Avg. Rating:</em> <img src="/images/star.gif" alt="*"><img src="/images/star.gif" alt="*"><img src="/images/star.gif" alt="*"><img src="/images/star.gif" alt="*"> <img src="http://www.happypenguin.org/images/thumbs/heroes-snap.gif" align="right"> <p> <em>Description:</em> A nibbles clone, just better. <p> <em>Changelog:</em> <ul> <li>Improve responsiveness by not delaying input processing for one iteration of the main loop. <li>Support the new behavior of the libmikmod-config script installed by LibMikMod 3.1.10. <li>Fix the sorting of levels for Quest mode. (Since 0.12d) <li>Fix computation of walls for tile #0 in the level editor. </ul> Heroes 0.20 updated Heroes
2341 4 2002-02-25 02:41:51 <em>Category:</em> Toy<br> <em>Avg. Rating:</em> <img src="/images/star.gif" alt="*"><img src="/images/star.gif" alt="*"><img src="/images/star.gif" alt="*"><img src="/images/star.gif" alt="*"><img src="/images/star.gif" alt="*"> <img src="http://www.happypenguin.org/images/thumbs/xpenguins.jpg" align="right"> <p> <em>Description:</em> Cute penguins walking along the tops of your windows! <p> <em>Changelog:</em> <ul> <li>The squish option: kill toons with your mouse! <li>The themes Bill (images from XBill) and Big Penguins. <li>The ability to run several themes simultaneously. <li>Redraws erased desktop icons. </ul> Xpenguins 2.2 updated Xpenguins
2342 4 2002-02-25 03:20:34 <em>Category:</em> Simulation<br> <em>Avg. Rating:</em> <img src="/images/star.gif" alt="*"><img src="/images/star.gif" alt="*"><img src="/images/star.gif" alt="*"><img src="/images/star.gif" alt="*"> <p> <em>Description:</em> General Aviation Flight Simulator <p> <em>Changelog (since 0.7.8):</em> <img src="http://www.happypenguin.org/images/thumbs/AZ38.jpg" align="right"> <ul> <li>Added support for an unlimited number of fuel tanks. <li>A round of updates to the UIUC flight dynamics model. <li>Switch to JSBSim (jsbsim.sf.net) as our default flight model. <li>Added additional aircraft: Cessna 182, Cessna 172 (ifr panel), and a Cessna 310 (twin prop). <li>Added an entirely new set of flight dynamics modeling code by Andy Ross. Includes several aircraft such as a 747, A4, and DC-3. <li>Added basic man pages. <li>Removed old remnants of plib-1.2.x support. Plib-1.4.x is now required. <li>Added an optional embedded http server <li>Added simple ATIS support. <li>More flexible autopilot that can be tuned per aircraft. <li>Many additions and improvements to the sound effects <li>Interface enhancements. <li>Lots of bugfixes. <li>Fixes for MSVC, cygwin, mingwin and gcc-3.0. <li>Fixes for IRIX, FreeBSD and Mac OS X. <li>Much more (look at the News-file at the homepage) </ul> Flight Gear Flight Sim 0.7.9 updated Flight Gear Flight Sim
2343 4 2002-02-25 12:03:30 <em>Category:</em> Role Playing<br> <em>Avg. Rating:</em> <img src="/images/star.gif" alt="*"><img src="/images/star.gif" alt="*"><img src="/images/star.gif" alt="*"><img src="/images/star.gif" alt="*"><img src="/images/star.gif" alt="*"> <p> <em>Description:</em> 2D graphical RPG game <p> <em>Changelog:</em> <ul> <li>support for big endian systems (solaris) </ul> Adonthell 0.3.2 updated Adonthell
2344 -1 2002-02-26 00:39:14 <em>Category:</em> Puzzle<br> <em>Description:</em> <p>Move the space around the board, completing rows and columns of identical candies to make them crunch away! You only have a limited amount of time, so plan ahead and don't get trapped by the immovable Black Jellybeans! </p> <p>Crunch all you want, but beware the time limit!</p> Candy Cruncher 1.31 new Candy Cruncher
2345 4 2002-02-26 00:59:04 <em>Category:</em> Strategy<br> <em>Avg. Rating:</em> <img src="/images/star.gif" alt="*"><img src="/images/star.gif" alt="*"><img src="/images/star.gif" alt="*"> <p> <em>Description:</em> Dopewars is a game simulating the life of a drug dealer in 1984 New York. <p> <em>Changelog:</em> <ul> <li>Fixes several bugs and annoyances in the Windows version <li>Supports running the Windows server as an "NT Service" <li>The Unix server is now more daemon-like. </ul> Dopewars 1.5.3 updated Dopewars
2346 -1 2002-02-26 06:37:58 <em>Category:</em> Action<br> <em>Avg. Rating:</em> <img src="/images/star.gif" alt="*"><img src="/images/star.gif" alt="*"><img src="/images/star.gif" alt="*"><img src="/images/star.gif" alt="*"> <p> <em>Description:</em> A free OpenGL game based on the Super Nintendo classic Tetris Attack <p> <em>Changelog:</em> <ul> <li>New scoring system. <li>Compiles under Windows. </ul> Crack Attack! 1.1.5 updated Crack Attack!
2347 -1 2002-02-26 06:38:52 <em>Category:</em> Arcade<br> <em>Avg. Rating:</em> <img src="/images/star.gif" alt="*"><img src="/images/star.gif" alt="*"><img src="/images/star.gif" alt="*"><img src="/images/star.gif" alt="*"><img src="/images/star.gif" alt="*"> <p> <em>Description:</em> Breakout-style aracade game in the manner of Arkanoid. <p> <em>Changelog:</em> <p> This release features the possibility to use own graphics and sounds as theme. Also there are various bug fixes and it's now compilable for Win32 with MinGW. LBreakout 2.2.2 updated LBreakout