| newsid | userid | timestamp | news | headline | newstype | gameid |
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| 415 | -1 | 1999-06-24 20:58:28 | <img src="/images/thumbs/lomss.gif" align=right width=200 height=132><em>Category:</em> Role Playing<br> <em>Description:</em> Lords of Midnight was an epic adventure game written for the ZX Spectrum microcomputer (amongst others) in the early 1980's. It differed from other games due to the technique known as landscaping which allowed a the player to view the world, panoramically, from any location. Also, the player could control multiple characters, allowing for complex strategies with radically different, open-ended scenarios. Using his landscaping technique, Mike Singleton was able to develop a game which offered no less than 31,232 views, from about 3904 locations, which was no mean feat on a 48K spectrum. Despite being an 8-bit game, it is still extremely playable, highly addictive and exhibit surprisingly passable graphics. | Lords of Midnight 1.8 | new | |
| 416 | -1 | 1999-06-24 21:03:17 | <em>Category:</em> Game-related Utility<br> <em>Description:</em> A Sega Genesis emulator. DGen was originally a windows program created by "Dave" (last name not given). It was ported to linux by Joe Groff, and has assembler cpu cores and sound support. Here's one less reason for you to boot into DOS ;-) | DGen/SDL 1.14 | new | |
| 417 | 2 | 1999-06-24 21:06:08 | <a href="mailto:jeg@visi.net">John Garrison</a> writes: <blockquote> The PowerPak is my attempt to create a high-level gaming API for Linux. Right now the code is very slow as I am just trying to get all the functions that I want to write written. I would greatly appreciate any help I could get with optimization as I think this is a worthy project. It uses the SDL library and includes functions for not only for loading of sprites from various image formats and drawing/animating sprites but also rotating, flipping, shearing, etc. </blockquote> You can get more information at <a href="http://www.angelfire.com/va/powerpakgsdk">http://www.angelfire.com/va/powerpakgsdk</a>. | Help wanted on new game SDK | default | |
| 418 | 2 | 1999-06-24 23:12:38 | There's more tutorial action happening over at the <a href="http://sunsite.auc.dk/linuxgames">Linux Game Development Center</a>. In tonight's episode, Alexandre Courbot walks you through a simple graphics program first using SVGAlib and then GGI. In the second half, he tenderly explains how to write a simple PCX viewer. Don't miss this very special <a href="http://sunsite.auc.dk/linuxgames/tutorials/courbot_col2a.html">LGDC graphics tutorial</a>. | LGDC graphics tutorial | default | |
| 419 | 389 | 1999-06-25 09:59:01 | <em>Category:</em> Documentation<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> Describes how to install and run Starcraft on a Linux-only system with Wine.<p> <em>Changelog:</em> <ul> <li>Added information on where to get more information if you get stuck in configuring Wine, Linux sound etc. <li>added more specific information concerning crtdll and Wine/Starcraft versions <li>added a links section (useful for those who want to print the document, and maybe others) <li>made other changes (including a change of looks and added a feedback form). </ul> | Starcraft Linux-installation HOWTO 19990623 | updated | |
| 420 | 2 | 1999-06-25 10:27:11 | <img src="/images/turnip.gif" align=right width=91 height=107>Wow. June's pretty much over already. How'd that happen? Robert Dowden is the final winner of some Happypenguin-style turnip love. For finding the turnip this week, Robert wins a copy of <em>Quake II: Colossus</em> for Linux. Congratulations, Robert! | The turnip hunt is over | default | |
| 421 | 2 | 1999-06-27 12:12:27 | <a href="/images/myth2-menu.jpg"><img src="/images/thumbs/myth2-menu.jpg" align=right width=200 height=150></a>On Tuesday, June 29, you can listen to <a href="http://www.lokigames.com">Loki</a> dudes Scott Draeker, Sam Latinga, and Michael Vance talking live on <a href="http://www.ttalk.com">TTalk.com's</a> <a href="http://www.ttalk.com/shows/thelinuxshow/thelinuxshow.shtml">The Linux Show</a>. More details about the show are available <a href="http://www.lokigames.com">on Loki's news page</a>. <p> In other Loki news, the third beta of <em>Myth II:Soulblighter</em> has been released to us beta testers, along with a nice new GTK-based installer program. The game now runs flawlessly on my system, save for a small, non-critical graphics glitch that I'm sure will be cleared up soon. The final product will be as stable and high-quality a product as <a href="/show?Civilization%3A%20Call%20To%20Power">Civ:CTP</a> is. IMHO though, this will be a much better game. <em>Myth II</em> just plain kicks ass as a realtime strategy game for any platform. | Loki updates | default | |
| 422 | -1 | 1999-06-27 12:17:03 | <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> <ul> <li>You can now edit the track and add scenery around the track in an external modeller. Currently we support AC3D only. <li>Simple time trial mode. <li>Windows port. FreeBSD and Solaris ports. <li>Better mouse support. | XRacer 0.27 | updated | |
| 423 | 2 | 1999-06-28 00:56:49 | <a href="/images/psi-theta.jpg"><img src="/images/thumbs/psi-theta.jpg" align=right width=200 height=140></a><a href="mailto:Nectioch@earthlink.net">Christopher Dittrick</a> has begun a new space strategy/simulation game called <em>Psi Theta Seven</em>. He says: <blockquote> Psi Theta Seven is a game that will contain elements of Sim City, Outpost, and Alien Legacy. Although the game is still in early Alpha, there is code available to check out. A playable release will be complete in about a month. </blockquote> Check out <a href="http://home.earthlink.net/~nectioch/">Christopher's Psi Theta Seven webpage</a> for more information about what he has planned. Or you can jump right into the source by downloading from <a href="http://home.earthlink.net/~nectioch/Psi-Theta_alphaR1.tgz">here</a>. | Psi Theta Seven alpha release | default | |
| 424 | 2 | 1999-06-28 11:04:21 | <a href="mailto:steffen.kremser@danet.de">Steffen Kremser</a> wrote in with some news about the <a href="http://www.parsec.org">Parsec</a> team demo'ing their game at <a href="http://www.linuxtag.org">LinuxTag '99</a> in Germany this past weekend. There's a bit of new detail here, but mostly it's nice to hear that this eagerly anticipated game is actually at a playable stage. Here are Steffen's reactions: <blockquote> <ul> <li>using "off the shelf" Celeron 400/Voodoo2 boxen <li>they ran a 4-player network game (peer-to-peer networking) (The first public version (later this year) might already be split into dedicated client and server progams for ~16 players.) <li>playability is good <li>visual quality/rendering speed is amazing <li>audio effects are nice <li>really cool background music (see www.parsec.org for a few mp3's) <li>my favourite visual effects <ul> <li>the "helix cannon" <li>new players "gating in" <li>lens reflections (?) when the "sun" is in the right angle <li>"smoke ring" when ship explodes (best seen from a distance) </ul> </ul> I'll definitely get a copy once they go public. (even if i'll have to find someone to play with ;-) </blockquote> Thanks, Steffen! | Parsec tidbits from LinuxTag 99 | default |