| newsid | userid | timestamp | news | headline | newstype | gameid |
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| 395 | 2 | 1999-06-19 14:21:29 | <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> It's just about done! Version .95 is schedualed to be the last of the betas. <ul> <li>Image set reference file format changed sligntly. Download the new default image set and review default.isr for example. <li>New image set reference file (isref) parameters are: <ul><li>LoadNow <li>NoImage <li>StayLoaded </ul> <li>ISRefs missing image images are now shared and will be loaded and unloaded properly. <li>Tweeked hit notification protocol between client and server. <li>Engine state now sent through network and kept recorded on server (protocol change!). <li>Prompt widget over scroll left repeat bug fixed. </ul> | XShipWars 0.95 - final beta! | updated | |
| 396 | 2 | 1999-06-19 16:08:20 | <a href="http://http://www.ga-source.com">GA-Source</a> is running <a href="http://www.ga-source.com/interviews/ddt.shtml">an excellent interview with Dave Taylor</a>, the patron saint of Linux gaming. Mr. Taylor, formerly of <a href="http://www.idsoftware.com">id Software</a>, was responsible for the original Linux port of <a href="/show?Doom">Doom</a> in 1995. He went on to found <a href="http://www.crack.com">Crack dot Com</a>, which released <a href="/show?abuse">Abuse</a>, a sophisticated side-scroller for Linux and other platforms (and the first commercial, boxed game for Linux). Crack folded before they finished their next game, <a href="http://www.golgotha.org">Golgotha</a>, but being incredibly cool, they released the source into the public domain so that others could take a stab at it. Dave Taylor now works for <a href="http://www.transmeta.com">Transmeta</a> the secretive startup that also employs Linus Torvalds. <p> Anyway, ddt is The Man and I want to be him. <a href="http://www.ga-source.com/interviews/ddt.shtml">Go read the interview</a>. It's good stuff. Saw this at <a href="http://www.bluesnews.com">Blue's News</a>. <p> No, really. Get over there and read the damn interview. I'm not gonna say it again. | St. ddt interviewed at GA-Source | default | |
| 397 | -1 | 1999-06-20 12:54:16 | <img src="/images/thumbs/gracer.gif" align=right width=200 height=151><em>Category:</em> Simulation<br> <em>Description:</em> Gracer is a 3D motor sports simulator. Currently it only support a vehicle which seems formula car. But in the future, it will include rally car, motorcycle, and maybe bicycle. <p> <em><b>BZ:</b> Suddenly it looks like there won't be any shortage of driving games for Linux, what with this game, <a href="/show?xracer">XRacer</a> and <a href="http://www.blackholesun.com/mmrod/index.php3">Millenium Madness:Roads of Destruction</a> all under development. Now who's going to create the persistent world server that ties these driving games together with the Flight Gear Flight sim and Crystal Space games? :-)</em> | GRacer 0.0.4 | new | |
| 398 | 1773 | 1999-06-20 13:17:09 | <em>Category:</em> Action<br> <em>Description:</em> XRoads is an overhead view maze game for X that is based on Crossroads (An old Commodore 64 game). Run around, shoot the monsters, and collect the powerups. Up to four players can play at once. | XRoads v0.4 | new | |
| 399 | -1 | 1999-06-20 13:18:59 | <em>Category:</em> Simulation<br> <em>Avg. Rating:</em> <font color=#ffff80 size="-1">(not yet rated)</font><p> <em>Description:</em> A clone of WipeOut<p> <em>Changelog:</em> <ul> <li>Added an instrument panel <li>improved the behaviour when you hit a wall <li>lots of bug fixes. </ul> | XRacer 0.5 | updated | |
| 400 | 2 | 1999-06-20 13:51:45 | <a href="mailto:esiege@gamestats.com">Chris 'schnoz' Zeeb</a> wrote me with news of a <a href="http://www.datumplane.com/tribes2/t2linuxpet">petition asking Dynamix to create a Linux client port of Tribes2</a>. The idea is to show Dynamix that there's enough demand to warrant a Linux client. As of this writing, 262 people have signed the petition. If you think this is a worthy cause, head over there and add your name to the list. | Tribes2 Linux client petition | default | |
| 401 | -1 | 1999-06-20 23:26:25 | <em>Category:</em> Action<br> <em>Description:</em> An addictive two player version of Minesweeper. You control a man that walks around a mine field. Beat your opponent by uncovering more then half the mines on the field before he does. | xarman 1.0.0 | new | |
| 402 | 2 | 1999-06-21 09:44:05 | <em>Category:</em> Game-related Utility<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> An excellent X-based Quake/Quakeworld/Quake2 server browser<p> <em>Changelog:</em> <ul> <li>Fixed critical bug that caused segfault on start-up in Qstat2.2 compability mode <li>-DQSTAT23 compile option is enabled by default (see Makefile) <li>Better Q3 support (passwords, custom configs, etc...) <li>Added Australian Q3 master q3.golsyd.net.au </ul> | XQF 0.8.99.4 | updated | |
| 403 | -1 | 1999-06-21 16:13:20 | No more messy compiling!<br> <a href="mailto:erlingj@dk-online.dk">Erling Jacobsen</a> has created RPM and SRPM packages for <a href="/show?abuse">Abuse</a> and <a href="/show?heretic">Heretic</a>. This should make installing these classics a whole lot simpler for those with distributions that use the RPM package format. <p> You can grab the packages from <a href="ftp://tux.context.dk/pub/linux/games">ftp://tux.context.dk/pub/linux/games</a> if you're so inclined. | Abuse & Heretic RPMs | default | |
| 404 | -1 | 1999-06-21 19:33:48 | <em>Category:</em> Simulation <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 clone of WipeOut<p> <em>Changelog:</em> Texture mapped tracks. Track design module complete! You can design your own really complex tracks and fly round them. | XRacer 0.12 | updated |