| newsid | userid | timestamp | news | headline | newstype | gameid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 365 | 2 | 1999-06-08 08:24:31 | <em>Category:</em> Action<br> <em>Avg. Rating:</em> <img src="http://happypenguin.org/images/star.gif" alt="5"><img src="http://happypenguin.org/images/star.gif" alt="5"><img src="http://happypenguin.org/images/star.gif" alt="5"><img src="http://happypenguin.org/images/star.gif" alt="5"><img src="http://happypenguin.org/images/star.gif" alt="5"><p> <em>Description:</em> A Linux port of Boom, which is an enhanced version of Doom from id's source.<p> <em>Changelog:</em><ul> <li>Client-server style netgames, including new server program <li>LxDoom starts faster, thanks to an idea borrowed from DosDoom <li>Player colours system sorted out, now your personal player colour is part of your player preferences. <li>Fix for problems with 24bpp screens, new option in config file to deal with this. <li>Fix key setup problems where certain choices of key setup could hinder message typing in multiplayer. <li>Misc stuff </ul> | lxDoom 1.3.7 | updated | |
| 366 | 2 | 1999-06-08 08:27:47 | <em>Category:</em> Game-related Utility<br> <em>Avg. Rating:</em> <font color=#ffff80 size="-1">(not yet rated)</font><p> <em>Description:</em> A Quake3 server browser for X.<p> <em>Changelog:</em> <ul> <li>ping sorting <li>player listing </ul> | X11Spy 0.1 | updated | |
| 367 | -1 | 1999-06-08 08:33:29 | <img src="/images/thumbs/xcrillion.jpg" align=right width=200 height=125><em>Category:</em> Arcade<br> <em>Description:</em> In X-Crillion you control a colored ball through a labyrinth of stones.To win a level you have to destroy colored stones. The game is based on SDL and supports dsp sound. | X-Crillion 1.0 | new | |
| 368 | 1688 | 1999-06-09 11:47:53 | <img src="/images/thumbs/mainscreen4.gif" align=right width=152 height=200><em>Category:</em> Toy<br> <em>Description:</em> Mondriaan produces a set of images that look a lot like the paintings of the artist Piet Mondriaan. By way of selection and genetic operators this set can be manipulated by you. You can try to find images that you think look even more like Mondriaan art, or search for images you find attractive. | Mondriaan 1.0.1 | new | |
| 369 | 212 | 1999-06-09 13:17:08 | I saw on the <a href="http://sunsite.auc.dk/linuxgames/">LGDC</a> mailing list that a project called <a href="http://www.darmstadt.gmd.de/~jameson/sci">FreeSCI</a> is under way to create a Sierra SCI interpreter for Linux! The SCI engine, which is short for 'Sierra Creative Interpreter', was used on such Sierra games as <cite>Space Quest 3</cite>, <cite>Leisure Suit Larry 2 & 3</cite>, <cite>Quest for Glory</cite> and <cite>Hero's Quest</cite>. <p> The developers are working on the virtual machine right now, and promise that though the engine won't be ready for some time, when it is we should be able to run many of Sierra's adventures up to and including some 1998 games. Leisure Suit Larry on Linux..... Now there's a game. | FreeSCI 0.2.0 | default | |
| 370 | 2 | 1999-06-10 10:16:39 | <em>Category:</em> Simulation<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>Sector sizes have been changed! <li>Trial size is set to 2048 XSW real units. <li>New server command disk added, shows sizes of server maintained files and host device capacity. <li>Tractor beam bug fixed. <li>Stream weapons fire are now blitted additivly. </ul> | XShipWars 0.93 | updated | |
| 371 | 2 | 1999-06-10 10:46:49 | <a href="http://www.chanodin.net/">Chanodin.net</a> is running a poll that asks the question <a href="http://www.chanodin.net/cgi-bin/poll/poll.cgi?action=showvote&topic=16">Do you consider Linux to be a viable alternative gaming platform</a>? Go tell them what you think. I spotted this at <a href="http://www.bluesnews.com">Blue's News</a>. | Poll: Is Linux a viable gaming platform? | default | |
| 372 | -1 | 1999-06-10 18:42:29 | <em>Category:</em> Puzzle<br> <em>Description:</em> A logic game where you try to crack a color code that is generated by the computer, has three skill levels to choose from. | Code Breaker 1.0.2 | new | |
| 373 | 2 | 1999-06-11 09:37:06 | <em>Category:</em> Strategy<br> <em>Avg. Rating:</em> <img src="http://happypenguin.org/images/star.gif" alt="5"><img src="http://happypenguin.org/images/star.gif" alt="5"><img src="http://happypenguin.org/images/star.gif" alt="5"><img src="http://happypenguin.org/images/star.gif" alt="5"><img src="http://happypenguin.org/images/star.gif" alt="5"><p> <em>Description:</em> A commercial turn-based strategy game based on the classic Civilization games.<p> <em>Changelog:</em> The version 1.1 upgrade patch has been released, as has a beta Linux PPC version. Both are available for download at <a href="http://www.lokigames.com/support/support.html">Loki's support page</a>. Some notable changes include: <ul> <li>Network, savegame and scenario file compatibility with the Windows version. <li>Fullscreen DGA support if the game is run as root <li>glibc 2.1 compatibility </ul> There are <em>a lot</em> more changes than these. You can see the full changelog <a href="http://happypenguin.org/html/civ1.1-new.html">here</a>. </ul> Thanks, <a href="mailto:natas@natas.kfa.cx">Shane Jordan (natas)</a> | Civilization: Call To Power 1.1 | updated | |
| 374 | 2 | 1999-06-11 10:05:44 | <img src="/images/turnip.gif" align=right width=91 height=107>It's time for more Game Tome love. This morning I randomly selected <a href="mailto:pratzlaff@cfa.harvard.edu">Pete Ratzlaff</a>'s entry from the list of this week's turnip hunters. Pete gets a copy of <em>Quake II: Colossus</em> for Linux. Who loves you, Pete? <p> So now there are just two more chances to get yourself on the receiving end of some happypenguin lovin'. Once again, I've stashed the turnip somewhere in the Tome. Find it, and you can enter to win <em>Quake: The Offering</em> next Friday, the 18th of June. | Another happy turnip hunter! | default |