| newsid | userid | timestamp | news | headline | newstype | gameid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3144 | 3 | 2002-11-29 10:45:51 | <img src="/images/thumbs/Balloonchase.png" alt="" align="right" width="200" height="150"><em>Category:</em> Action<br> <em>Description:</em> Balloon Chase is a game where you fly a hot air balloon and try to blow the other player out of the screen. There is simple AI for single-player mode. | Balloon Chase 0.9.6 | new | Balloon Chase |
| 3145 | 3 | 2002-11-29 10:47:57 | <img src="/images/thumbs/Kwirk.png" alt="" align="right" width="200" height="150"><em>Category:</em> Role Playing<br> <em>Description:</em> You play the role of Kwirk, a lizard wearing a purple dress. You go to school with a lot of other animals, and you hang out with a rabbit, called Kara. Well, more accurately, she hangs around with you. She is kind of annoying sometimes... One day, while you are sitting in the classroom, the school is attacked by a bunch of Goblins. Everyone flees the classroom except you. Not that you are so brave, but your dress is sticked to the chair with chewing gum. The Goblins kidnap Kara. 'Finally,' you think, but then, as all Goblins have disappeared, the mother of Kara appears in pink fluffy clouds... | Kwirk's Quest 0.2.1 | new | Kwirk's Quest |
| 3146 | 3 | 2002-11-29 15:21:10 | <a href="http://www.nvidia.com/">nvidia</a> and <a href="http://www.ati.com">ATI</a> have blessed us with new driver versions:<p> <b>Release Highlights for the <a href="http://www.nvidia.com/view.asp?IO=linux_nforce_1.0-0248">nForce 1.0-0248</a>:</b><ul> <li>Added PCI ID support for nForce2 MCP2-T and MCP2-A to the i810_audio driver. <li>Cleanup of spec file and Makefiles <li>SRPMs and tar files now use local system's i810_audio.c file, and complain if not there (this makes them more distribution independent) <li>Changed code to compile properly with gcc3.X and gcc2.X <li>Added support for Mandrake9.0 and Redhat8.0 <li>nForce2 support for network driver </ul> Please see the <a href="http://download.nvidia.com/XFree86_40/nforce/1.0-0248/readme_nforce-1.0-0248.txt">Readme</a> for more details.<p> <b>ATI's <a href="http://www.ati.com/support/drivers/linux/radeon-linux.html">Linux Driver Version 2.5.1</a> fixes include: </b><br> <ul> <li>"Powered By ATI" products install properly. <li>OpenGL Render reports product name accurately. <li>fglrxconfig program lists Radeon 9000 Pro and 9500 Pro. <li>Updated config program for improved multi-monitor setup.</ul> See the <a href="http://www.ati.com/support/includes/tips-linux.html">installation tips</a> and <a href="http://pdownload.mii.instacontent.net/ati/drivers/410251-420251.html">Release Notes</a>. | New Radeon and nForce drivers available | default | |
| 3147 | 2 | 2002-11-30 07:59:34 | <img src="/images/thumbs/top_banner1a.jpg" alt="" align="right" width="176" height="113">Posted last night on the <a href="http://nwn.bioware.com/downloads/linuxclient.html">Neverwinter Nights Linux client page</a>: <blockquote><i> [Nov 29 2002] Linux development this week has been focused primarily on audio. We have found that sound in general has been taking longer than we had hoped, but such is development. Progress is being made, and we will continue working on the sound until all the remaining issues are resolved. </i></blockquote> No new screenshots this week. <br><i>(thanks, Sebastian!)</i> | NWN Client Update | default | |
| 3148 | -1 | 2002-11-30 09:49:21 | <em>Category:</em> Role Playing<br> <em>Avg. Rating:</em> <font color="#ffff80" size="-1">(not yet rated)</font> <p> <em>Description:</em> An Ultima Online server emulator. <p> <em>Changelog:</em> <br>NoX-Wizard 0.82 Release Candidate 2 is out! A lot of bugs have been fixed: boats, banks, circle of transparency bugs and many others. | NoX-Wizard 0.82RC2 | updated | NoX-Wizard |
| 3149 | -1 | 2002-11-30 09:51:39 | <img src="/images/thumbs/mixed.png" alt="" align="right" width="200" height="144"><em>Category:</em> Arcade<br> <em>Description:</em> Free Fallin' Fred is a very simple clicking game. You see the airplane going across the screen and after a while, Fred jumps. You click on Fred to open his chute. If you fail to open the chute in time, poor Fred will be dead. Don't let Fred die. | Free Fallin' Fred: Open His Chute Or He'll Be Dead 0.1.0 | new | Free Fallin' Fred: Open His Chute Or He'll Be Dead |
| 3150 | 2 | 2002-12-01 00:36:14 | <img src="/images/thumbs/avoidtheroid.jpg" alt="" align="right" width="200" height="150"><em>Category:</em> Action<br> <em>Description:</em> The gameplay of Avoid The Roid 3D is very similar to asteroids. In single player mode, the player moves his ship around, trying to shoot all the asteroids without running into any asteroids. The asteroids show up as light gray dots on the radar when they are in front of you and dark gray dots when they are behind you. The enemy ships show up as light red dots when they are in front of you and dark red dots when they are behind you. <p> Avoid The Roid also has several multiplayer modes. | Avoid the Roid 3D 0.1.1 | new | Avoid the Roid 3D |
| 3151 | -1 | 2002-12-01 13:36:03 | <img src="/images/thumbs/zis.jpg" alt="" align="right" width="154" height="200"><em>Category:</em> Strategy<br> <em>Avg. Rating:</em> <font color="#ffff80" size="-1">(not yet rated)</font> <p> <em>Description:</em> A turn based strategy for the console like GNUlactic Konquest <p> <em>Changelog:</em> <ul> <li>added morale in planets. <li>added bases in planets. <li>added intro movie. <li>added colors, new Ui. <li>added several debugging features. <li>added AI. </ul> | ZIS - Zionist In Space 0.99.4 | updated | ZIS - Zionist In Space |
| 3152 | -1 | 2002-12-01 13:39:51 | <img src="/images/thumbs/foobillard_snapshot01.png" alt="" align="right" width="200" height="148"><em>Category:</em> Simulation<br> <em>Avg. Rating:</em> <a href="#" title="4.71"><img src="/images/star.gif" alt="4.71" border="0"></a><a href="#" title="4.71"><img src="/images/star.gif" alt="4.71" border="0"></a><a href="#" title="4.71"><img src="/images/star.gif" alt="4.71" border="0"></a><a href="#" title="4.71"><img src="/images/star.gif" alt="4.71" border="0"></a><a href="#" title="4.71"><img src="/images/star.gif" alt="4.71" border="0"></a> <p> <em>Description:</em> An OpenGL game of pool <p> <em>Changelog:</em> <ul> <li>exact table polygons (no more black dots) <li>ball traces <li>better sound timing <li>better sound data <li>better rendered reflections due to cube offset <li>bump reflections on edges using NVIDIA opengl extensions <li>place_cue_ball.png real black instead of 0x010101 <li>removed --netgame and --host=... options <li>menu code for textfield entry <li>menu: added textfield for IP <li>menu: added textfield for portnumber <li>menu: added textfield for player names <li>smaller near clipping value <li>fixed shadow flicker bug </ul> | FooBillard 1.9 | updated | FooBillard |
| 3153 | 2 | 2002-12-01 19:33:33 | <img src="/images/tuxgames.gif" alt="" align="right" width="114" height="128">Gamemonger Michael Simms sent in this missive: <blockquote><i> For the third year running, <a href="http://www.tuxgames.com">Tux Games</a> is once again celebrating the festive season. One person, whose order is placed between midnight beginning November 25th and midnight beginning December 25th will receive their order for FREE! The winner will be announced on the 25th of December and the lucky customer will have their money refunded in full. </i></blockquote> | Free stuff from Tux Games | default |