| newsid | userid | timestamp | news | headline | newstype | gameid |
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| 315 | 2 | 1999-05-19 01:41:49 | <img src="/images/thumbs/loser.jpg" align=right width=200 height=150><em>Category:</em> Arcade<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> Side-scrolling, network-capable game for Linux<p> <em>Changelog:</em> <ul> <li>Background scenario (parallax). This looks great! <li>Moving platforms and movable blocks <li>New items and enemies <li>Improved color handling in 8bpp with the color quantizer by Denis M. Souza <li>Fixed a transparency problem in the SVGALib version <li>Some bug fixes </ul> | The LOSER Corps 0.9.11 | updated | |
| 316 | -1 | 1999-05-19 13:03:57 | <em>Category:</em> Cards<br> <em>Description:</em> A simple (so far) Blackjack game. It compiles and runs on all the machines I've tested it on. I plan an X11 and PalmOS port. | Blackjack 0.1 | new | |
| 317 | 2 | 1999-05-19 13:20:05 | John Carmack has <a href="http://www.linuxquake.com/cgi-bin/finger?view=johnc@idsoftware.com">updated his .plan</a> with some info about the next <a href="/show?q3test">Q3Test</a> release (sometime next week), and a bunch of details about adding SMP (multi-processor) support in Q3. Of which platforms will benefit from the SMP code, he says: <blockquote>I am going to shake this out with the Windows (NT) code first, but it should definately make its way to the linux port eventually. </blockquote> He also mentions that (unsupported) BeOS and SGI-Irix ports of Q3 should surface eventually. | Carmack on SMP, Q3Test update | default | |
| 318 | 2 | 1999-05-19 13:39:39 | <img src="/images/thumbs/logo_small.gif" align=right width=48 height=56>I was just checking out the still-warm-from-development <a href="http://www.linux.com">Linux.com</a> site, and saw that in the <a href="http://linux.com/user/edit.phtml">user preferences section</a> you've got the option of selecting an attractive Game Tome icon for display on all your Linux.com pages. The pleasant yellow/blue color scheme blends nicely with the Linux.com decor. I highly recommend it. <p> While I'm at it, allow me to remind you of the stylish yet practical <a href="http://my.netscape.com/addchannel.tmpl?service=net.357">Happypenguin channel at My.Netscape.com</a> and the concise, informative <a href="http://slashdot.org/users.pl?op=preview&bid=HappyPenguin">Happypenguin Slashdot box</a>. With all these resources, you can ensure you're never more than a click away from good old-fashioned Game Tome lovin'. | Tootin' my own horn | default | |
| 319 | 2 | 1999-05-20 11:05:39 | <a href="http://www.canux.com">Canux.com</a> announced yesterday that they're open for business supporting Canadian Linux users. <a href="/show?Civilization%3A%20Call%20To%20Power">Civilization: Call To Power</a> is their first offering, allowing Canadian gamers to bypass the often inconvenient and expensive process of mail ordering from the US. You can read their entire press release <a href="http://www.canux.com/canux/pressrelease.html">here</a>. | Canux.com announces Canadian Linux support | default | |
| 320 | 2 | 1999-05-20 11:15:19 | <em>Category:</em> Under development - not yet playable<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> Pingus is a Lemmings-like game for Linux.<p> <em>Changelog:</em> New Features in CVS: <ul> <li>Particle System: <ul><li>old particle are now erased in a nice way <li>There can be now different types of particles (ground particles for diggers, ping particles for exploding pingus, etc.) <li>the digger throws some particles </ul> <li>Capture Rectange: <ul><li>The Capture rectange changes its color when the selected action could not be applied </ul> </ul> | Pingus 0.0.14 | updated | |
| 321 | 2 | 1999-05-20 11:25:47 | <a href="mailto:loki@lith.com">Jeremy Blackman</a> posted an update to the Lithtech server Linux port list last night. He said the port is complete and up to date, but that a serious bug has surfaced in both the Windows and Linux versions. He's going to spend a couple of days looking at the bug and if a solution isn't immediately forthcoming, he says he'll probably do a release. <p> In case you haven't been paying attention: the <a href="http://www.lithtech.com">Lithtech engine</a> was used in the Windows 3D action games <a href="http://www.shogo-mad.com">Shogo</a> and <a href="http://www.the-chosen.com/home.asp">Blood II</a>. Jeremy Blackman is working on a Linux port of the server for this engine. | Lithtech server update | default | |
| 322 | 2 | 1999-05-20 12:43:01 | There's a new set of binary-only <a href="ftp://ftp.soundblaster.com/pub/creative/beta/sblive-0.2b.tar.gz">SB Live!</a> drivers for Linux at the <a href="http://developer.soundblaster.com/linux">Creative web site</a>. If you have an SB Live! card, you'll probably want to try these out. | New Linux SB Live! drivers | default | |
| 323 | 2 | 1999-05-20 13:48:08 | <img src="/images/thumbs/ss1.jpg" align=right width=200 height=150><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> Space-oriented graphical MUD/game<p> <em>Changelog:</em> <ul> <li>XShipwars has a new home at <a href="http://fox.mit.edu/xsw">fox.mit.edu/xsw</a>. <li>There's a new <a href="http://fox.mit.edu/xsw/dl_main.htm">Download & Quickstart guide</a> to help you, uh, download and start quickly. <li>Economy has now been fully implmented to allow buying and selling. <li>The joystick code has been tweaked a little bit to perform more accurate calculations. <li>The database format has been changed slightly to allow economy data and products. </ul> | XShipWars 0.90 | updated | |
| 324 | 2 | 1999-05-21 10:08:09 | <a href="/images/parsec1.jpg"><img src="/images/thumbs/parsec1.jpg" align=right width=200 height=150></a>There are some beautiful new screenshots of the upcoming freeware space shooter <a href="http://www.parsec.org">Parsec</a>. Parsec is being developed for the Linux, MacOS, DOS and Win32 platforms. It'll support 3D acceleration through Glide and OpenGL. This project looks very promising. Saw this at <a href="http://www.linuxgames.com">Linuxgames.com</a>. | New Parsec screenshots | default |