| newsid | userid | timestamp | news | headline | newstype | gameid |
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| 4289 | 8 | 2004-01-15 07:32:41 | <a href="/images/island-2.jpg"><img src="/images/thumbs/island-2.jpg" align="right" alt="" width="200" height="150"></a> <em>Category: </em>action<br> <em>Avg. Rating:</em> <font color="#FF8" size="-1"><a href="#" title="4.67"><img src="/images/star.gif" alt="4.67" border="0"></a><a href="#" title="4.67"><img src="/images/star.gif" alt="4.67" border="0"></a><a href="#" title="4.67"><img src="/images/star.gif" alt="4.67" border="0"></a><a href="#" title="4.67"><img src="/images/star.gif" alt="4.67" border="0"></a><a href="#" title="4.67"><img src="/images/star.gif" alt="4.67" border="0"></a></font> <p> <em>Description:</em> Beautiful OpenGL Scorched Earth Clone <p> <em>Changelog:</em> <br> This is a minor update version and includes fixes for various small issues as well as some new improvements. <ul> <li>Fixed fonts sometimes black-out or plan dialog goes all white (I think) <li>Fixed most display mode problems on Unix <li>Fixed 16bit display mode performance problems on win32/unix <li>Fixed clicking sound sometimes continues after move has been made <li>Fixed shot camera does not get left behind <li>Added Player stats generation and master stats site </ul> For the full list of features <a href="http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=209924">see here</a>. | Scorched 3D Build 36.2 | updated | Scorched 3D |
| 4290 | 8 | 2004-01-15 07:33:15 | <a href="/images/dominions2a.jpg"><img src="/images/thumbs/dominions2a.jpg" align="right" alt="" width="200" height="150"></a> <em>Category: </em>strategy<br> <em>Avg. Rating:</em> <font color="#FF8" size="-1"><a href="#" title="3.50"><img src="/images/star.gif" alt="3.50" border="0"></a><a href="#" title="3.50"><img src="/images/star.gif" alt="3.50" border="0"></a><a href="#" title="3.50"><img src="/images/star.gif" alt="3.50" border="0"></a><a href="#" title="3.50"><img src="/images/star.gif" alt="3.50" border="0"></a></font> <p> <em>Description:</em> Create your own Götterdämmerung! <p> <em>Changelog:</em> <br> New features, game balance changes and bug fixes too numerous to mention here. See the full list at <a href="http://www.shrapnelgames.com/Illwinter/d2/6.htm">Shrapnel Games' Dominions II download page</a>. | Dominions II: The Ascension Wars 2.06 | updated | Dominions II: The Ascension Wars |
| 4291 | 8 | 2004-01-15 10:03:48 | <a href="/images/petebjscrn.jpg"><img src="/images/thumbs/petebjscrn.jpg" align="right" alt="" width="200" height="154"></a> <em>Category: </em>card<br> <em>Avg. Rating:</em> <font color="#FF8" size="-1"><font color="#FF8" size="-1">(not yet rated)</font></font> <p> <em>Description:</em> Fun blackjack Java (tm) card game. <p> <em>Changelog:</em> <ul> <li>When the dealer has an ace showing and the player has black jack, insurance is offered. <li>If the player and dealer both have blackjack, and the player has insurance; the player gets paid a push and insurance. <li>If the player gets two aces, the inital total shown is 12 not 22. <li>The overall layout is changed from a GridLayout to a BoxLayout. <li>Empty space is eliminated. <li>The Layout is changed in several other minor ways. <li>There is now a counter for how many hands have been played. <li>Options menu added with the following options. <ol> <li>Player Blackjack pays 1.5 or 2 times the bet. <li>The initial pot and subsequent pots can be set to $100, $500 or $1000. <li>It can be toggled whether the dealer must hit a soft seventeen. </ol> </ul> | Pete's Blackjack 1.2 | updated | Pete's Blackjack |
| 4292 | 8 | 2004-01-15 10:04:04 | <a href="/images/book2.gif"><img src="/images/thumbs/book2.gif" align="right" alt="" width="200" height="150"></a> <em>Category: </em>puzzle<br> <em>Avg. Rating:</em> <font color="#FF8" size="-1"><a href="#" title="5.00"><img src="/images/star.gif" alt="5.00" border="0"></a><a href="#" title="5.00"><img src="/images/star.gif" alt="5.00" border="0"></a><a href="#" title="5.00"><img src="/images/star.gif" alt="5.00" border="0"></a><a href="#" title="5.00"><img src="/images/star.gif" alt="5.00" border="0"></a><a href="#" title="5.00"><img src="/images/star.gif" alt="5.00" border="0"></a></font> <p> <em>Description:</em> Classic 3D Isometric puzzle game from 1987 <p> <em>Changelog:</em> <ul> <li>Fixes a crash under certain conditions when the player lost all their lives (or won). </ul> There's also a patch available for people who already have 1.0. | Head Over Heels 1.01 | updated | Head Over Heels |
| 4293 | 8 | 2004-01-16 05:56:23 | <a href="/images/moagg.png"><img src="/images/thumbs/moagg.png" align="right" alt="" width="200" height="150"></a> <em>Category: </em>arcade<br> <em>Avg. Rating:</em> <font color="#FF8" size="-1"><font color="#FF8" size="-1">(not yet rated)</font></font> <p> <em>Description:</em> A 2d gravity game combining the idea/fun of SpaceTaxi, GravityForce, etc ... <p> <em>Changelog:</em> <ul> <li>Basic sound effects. <li>Full custom control configuration. <li>New missile warheads. <li>Command line switches to turn off sound and switch to fullscreen. </ul> | Mother of all gravity games 0.3 | updated | Mother of all gravity games |
| 4294 | 8 | 2004-01-16 11:08:05 | <a href="/images/yetanotherfreedroidshotforjohannes.jpg"><img src="/images/thumbs/yetanotherfreedroidshotforjohannes.jpg" align="right" alt="" width="200" height="150"></a> <em>Category: </em>rpg<br> <em>Avg. Rating:</em> <font color="#FF8" size="-1"><a href="#" title="3.75"><img src="/images/star.gif" alt="3.75" border="0"></a><a href="#" title="3.75"><img src="/images/star.gif" alt="3.75" border="0"></a><a href="#" title="3.75"><img src="/images/star.gif" alt="3.75" border="0"></a><a href="#" title="3.75"><img src="/images/star.gif" alt="3.75" border="0"></a></font> <p> <em>Description:</em> A graphical single player sci-fi RPG featuring Tux and evil MS bots <p> <em>Changelog:</em> <br> The most striking changes are that the game is much better now in every respect and also that we're now offering also an 'officially supported' Windows port.<br> <br> The changes are too numerous to list them here. You can find a complete list <a href="http://freedroid.sourceforge.net/news.php">here</a>. | Freedroid RPG 0.9.10 | updated | Freedroid RPG |
| 4295 | 3 | 2004-01-16 18:58:22 | <a href="/images/qjoypad-screen1.gif"><img src="/images/thumbs/qjoypad-screen1.gif" align="right" alt="" width="169" height="199"></a> <em>Category: </em>util<p> <em>Description:</em> QJoyPad is a Linux/QT program that converts joystick or gamepad input into keypresses for XWindows. This lets you play any XWindows game that normally takes keyboard input with your gaming device. Use your game controller in a game that doesn't have joystick support, choose your own custom layouts to play your games how you want, and get rid of extra gamepad plugins for your emulators with QJoyPad. | QJoyPad 1.4 | new | QJoyPad |
| 4296 | 8 | 2004-01-18 02:56:53 | <a href="/images/snapshot.gif"><img src="/images/thumbs/snapshot.gif" align="right" alt="" width="200" height="125"></a> <em>Category: </em>strategy<br> <em>Avg. Rating:</em> <font color="#FF8" size="-1"><a href="#" title="5.00"><img src="/images/star.gif" alt="5.00" border="0"></a><a href="#" title="5.00"><img src="/images/star.gif" alt="5.00" border="0"></a><a href="#" title="5.00"><img src="/images/star.gif" alt="5.00" border="0"></a><a href="#" title="5.00"><img src="/images/star.gif" alt="5.00" border="0"></a><a href="#" title="5.00"><img src="/images/star.gif" alt="5.00" border="0"></a></font> <p> <em>Description:</em> Multiplayable remake of X-COM: UFO Defense game. <p> <em>Changelog:</em> <ul> <li>Internet game server is now used to find opponents and hold tournaments. <li>Reaction (opportunity) fire. <li>Support for data files from X-COM demo added. <li>Many new terrain types support from both X-COM and TFTD added. <li>New sound system allowing use of both original and collector's edition files and simple reassignment of sounds. <li>Enemy turn replay for hotseat game. <li>Strength and energy attributes. <li>Different armor types support. <li>Several user made terrain types added. <li>End of game statistics screen. <li>The game now can be compiled with proper Linux/Unix directory hierarchy support, which allowed to create Gentoo Linux ebuild. <li>Support for different screen resolutions and color depth added. <li>The game now should run fine in linux console (with fbcon driver). <li>Better looking bullets. <li>Other minor improvements and bugfixes. </ul> | UFO2000 0.4.0 beta | updated | UFO2000 |
| 4297 | 8 | 2004-01-18 05:13:59 | <a href="/images/occ.jpg"><img src="/images/thumbs/occ.jpg" align="right" alt="" width="200" height="150"></a> <em>Category: </em>board<br> <em>Avg. Rating:</em> <font color="#FF8" size="-1"><font color="#FF8" size="-1">(not yet rated)</font></font> <p> <em>Description:</em> sophisticated human-human online chess game written in PHP. <p> <em>Changelog:</em> <ul> <li>Fixes a small bug in the checkmate detection: if two chessmen in a row threatened the king the test failed though the first chessman could be taken by some own chessman blocking the second one. </ul> | Online Chess Club 1.0.8 | updated | Online Chess Club |
| 4298 | 8 | 2004-01-18 07:12:39 | <a href="/images/towertoppler.png"><img src="/images/thumbs/towertoppler.png" align="right" alt="" width="200" height="150"></a> <em>Category: </em>puzzle<br> <em>Avg. Rating:</em> <font color="#FF8" size="-1"><a href="#" title="4.36"><img src="/images/star.gif" alt="4.36" border="0"></a><a href="#" title="4.36"><img src="/images/star.gif" alt="4.36" border="0"></a><a href="#" title="4.36"><img src="/images/star.gif" alt="4.36" border="0"></a><a href="#" title="4.36"><img src="/images/star.gif" alt="4.36" border="0"></a></font> <p> <em>Description:</em> Reimplementation of the classic jump and run game <p> <em>Changelog:</em> <ul> <li>Smoother toppler images. <li>Move bonus level switch into game menu. <li>Adds internationalisation. French and German added. </ul> | Tower Toppler 1.0.4 | updated | Tower Toppler |