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2846 ID-Car games -1 ID-Car This looks a bit like the old Games Workshop BattleCars game for the spectrum without the weapons: see <a href=http://mjwilson.future.easyspace.com/crash/issues/09/images/bcars.gif>http://www.mjwilson.demon.co.uk/crash/09/gw.htm</a>. Now that was an amazing game, so I'm really looking forward to see where ID-car goes. Can I get a smokescreen? If not, I might have to code it myself! 2000-09-25 04:43:04 0
2847 ID-Car games -1 ID-Car Needs a lot of work. Runs way too fast on a fast machine, car is uncontrollable. Car gets stuck against wall. Something fishy about the turns, they don't seem right. Graphics are nice though. This has potential if the author keeps working on it. I'd like to see a micro machines approach. 2000-09-25 09:39:27 0
2848 LBreakout games -1 LBreakout Fatal signal: Segmentation Fault (SDL Parachute Deployed) As soon as I try to fire the ball... Aside from that it looked nice. 2000-09-25 09:43:42 0
2849 Setup games 679 Setup I haven't used it myself*, but to respond to the comment below, I think the advantage to Setup is that it is XML-based. * I haven't used it in a project, but I've used it when installing Heavy Gear II and Terminus. I was very happy that both games let me install into a /home/ directory as a non-root user! Whee! 2000-09-25 11:43:28 0
2850 LBreakout games -1 LBreakout Same problem as the guy below... SDL parachutes deployed can mean anything. 2000-09-25 15:39:08 0
2851 LBreakout games 3722 LBreakout Not a bad game. But it needs a fullscreen option. There might be one but I can't find it. Secondly I can't get passed the first level I have played it a few times and the ball gets stuck in an infinate loop. If these issues get addressed it will fast replace xboing as my favourite break out clone. I had no problems compiling it, or getting it to install, and I have not come across a segmentation fault yet. Good work! 2000-09-25 20:35:56 0
2852 Crystal Space games -1 Crystal Space Amazing! I just ried out some demos, but this will be something I *definetly* spend some time learning how to use it. Keep up the good work! 2000-09-26 15:08:15 0
2853 MOTE games -1 MOTE How do u install it? i dont even know where to begin!(im just slow) but u really should include instructions. 2000-09-26 17:32:01 0
2855 Chromium B.S.U. games 971 Chromium B.S.U. This game has excellent graphics (OpenGL rocks!) and a nice "feel" to the controls. Unfortunately, that's about all it has. <p> The gameplay is extremely repetitive (I couldn't even tell a difference between the levels), there are only three different weapons (with no way to strategically choose which weapons to use) and no other items aside from shields, and there are only four types of enemies. This isn't surprising, since the author essentially wrote it as a quick hack. Even so, I don't think that this is more than a shadow of the classic top-scrolling games. <p> Oh, and to the poster below: the problem is likely that you're using software GL. XFree86 4.0 with DRI runs this game (and, for that matter, q3demo) as fast as you could wish on my G400. 2000-09-27 15:03:13 0
2856 LBreakout games 3722 LBreakout Michael Speck the author of LBreakout has just emailed me and explained that the fullscreen option is being added this week, and also that the error I talk about below has been fixed. So I give the game 5 stars, and I suggest you all download it and give it a go. Xboing has some competition now. This game is excellent. 2000-09-27 17:39:29 0