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8148 4 2008-03-08 18:09:53 <a href="/images/nexuiz-2.jpg"><img src="/images/thumbs/nexuiz-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="4.59"><img src="http://happypenguin.org/images/star.gif" alt="4.59" border="0"></a><a href="#" title="4.59"><img src="http://happypenguin.org/images/star.gif" alt="4.59" border="0"></a><a href="#" title="4.59"><img src="http://happypenguin.org/images/star.gif" alt="4.59" border="0"></a><a href="#" title="4.59"><img src="http://happypenguin.org/images/star.gif" alt="4.59" border="0"></a><a href="#" title="4.59"><img src="http://happypenguin.org/images/star.gif" alt="4.59" border="0"></a></font> <p> <em>Description:</em> A fast-paced free-as-speech ego shooter with excellent graphics <p> <em>Changelog:</em> <ul> <li>Completely new menu design and UI graphics, allowing easier server browsing, player setup, and game creation options such as gametype and mutators <li>Two additional maps (Strength and BloodPrison CTF) <li>Updated models for several items and three weapons, new gibs, and many texture improvements throughout the game <li>Improved performance, networking, and memory usage <li>Graphical improvements including water reflections, completely new particle effects, and improved fog rendering <li>Improved bots, including AI improvements for CTF and Domination game modes <li>Improved map voting system <li>New antilag system (similar to 'unlagged')</ul> Nexuiz 2.4 updated Nexuiz
8149 7378 2008-03-09 08:00:55 <a href="/images/wesnoth-1.3.13-2.jpg"><img src="/images/thumbs/wesnoth-1.3.13-2.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="4.76"><img src="http://happypenguin.org/images/star.gif" alt="4.76" border="0"></a><a href="#" title="4.76"><img src="http://happypenguin.org/images/star.gif" alt="4.76" border="0"></a><a href="#" title="4.76"><img src="http://happypenguin.org/images/star.gif" alt="4.76" border="0"></a><a href="#" title="4.76"><img src="http://happypenguin.org/images/star.gif" alt="4.76" border="0"></a><a href="#" title="4.76"><img src="http://happypenguin.org/images/star.gif" alt="4.76" border="0"></a></font> <p> <em>Description:</em> Fantasy Turn-Based Strategy Game <p> <p>This is a new stable 1.4 series, with lots of major changes; for a full list, see <a href="http://www.wesnoth.org/start/1.4/">here</a>. <p> <em>Changelog:</em> <ul> <li>Seven new campaigns <li>Parts of user interface have been redesigned <li>You can now review scenarios, chat, and set options after victory <li>The multiplayer collection has been revised and extended <li>Changed and rebalanced units <li>Lots of new graphics and animations <li>Hundreds of bugs squashed </ul> Battle for Wesnoth 1.4 updated Battle for Wesnoth
8150 4 2008-03-09 16:09:28 <a href="/images/d2xl.jpg"><img src="/images/thumbs/d2xl.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="4.16"><img src="http://happypenguin.org/images/star.gif" alt="4.16" border="0"></a><a href="#" title="4.16"><img src="http://happypenguin.org/images/star.gif" alt="4.16" border="0"></a><a href="#" title="4.16"><img src="http://happypenguin.org/images/star.gif" alt="4.16" border="0"></a><a href="#" title="4.16"><img src="http://happypenguin.org/images/star.gif" alt="4.16" border="0"></a></font> <p> <em>Description:</em> Descent 2 OpenGL port <p> <em>Changelog:</em> <ul> <li>Fixed: The program crashed when the credits screen was invoked <li>Fixed: Weapon states are now properly transferred between multiplayer clients <li>Improved: Custom Gauss and Vulcan sound handling <li>New: Added D2X-XL credits to the credits screen <li>Fixed: No Gauss or Vulcan firing sound was played if custom gatling sounds were enabled even if 44 khz hires sound wasn't <li>Fixed: Coronas were colored even if colored lighting was disabled <li>Fixed: Sometimes environment sounds were replaced by some addon sound (you heard e.g. a Gauss gun or lightning buzzing instead of hissing lava) <li>Fixed: Gauss and Vulcan ammo wasn't updated properly when firing the Gauss or Vulcan gun <li>Fixed: Addon player sounds (ship engines, Gauss/Vulcan firing sound) were stopped when flying through a fuel center and having lightning effects enabled <li>Changed: Gatling speedup is now host controlled (that means if the host wants it, everybody will have it, and the other way round) <li>Fixed: Light color and brightness of static lights occasionally weren't properly computed, so mines were to bright and all lights were white <li>Fixed: Gauss and Vulcan consumed ammo during spinup <li>Fixed: The program often crashed when using the sound and music menu <li>Fixed: When dropping the Gauss cannon while also having a Vulcan gun, no ammo was left for the Vulcan gun <li>New: You can now turn off the spinup sound for Vulcan and Gauss</ul> D2X-XL 1.12.52 updated D2X-XL
8151 4 2008-03-09 21:16:59 <a href="/images/qscore.png"><img src="/images/thumbs/qscore.png" align="right" alt="" width="153" height="200"></a> <em>Category: </em>util<br> <em>Description:</em> <p>qscore is a tool to parse Quake III: Arena (and compatible) games.log into pretty high scores and statistics. qscore 0.8.0 new qscore
8152 4 2008-03-10 07:41:11 <a href="/images/screenshot7.jpg"><img src="/images/thumbs/screenshot7.jpg" align="right" alt="" width="200" height="150"></a> <em>Category: </em>arcade<br> <em>Avg. Rating:</em> <font color="#FF8" size="-1"><a href="#" title="4.24"><img src="http://happypenguin.org/images/star.gif" alt="4.24" border="0"></a><a href="#" title="4.24"><img src="http://happypenguin.org/images/star.gif" alt="4.24" border="0"></a><a href="#" title="4.24"><img src="http://happypenguin.org/images/star.gif" alt="4.24" border="0"></a><a href="#" title="4.24"><img src="http://happypenguin.org/images/star.gif" alt="4.24" border="0"></a></font> <p> <em>Description:</em> A go-kart racing game featuring Tux and friends <p> <em>Changelog:</em> <ul> <li>New physics handling using the bullet physics engine <li>New kart: wilber <li>Improved 'Shifting Sands' and 'Lighthouse' tracks <li>Improved AI <li>New GUI handling, including resolution switching GUI <li>Improved input handling <li>Jumping is back, and there is a new look-back feature <li>Additional music </ul> SuperTuxKart 0.4 updated SuperTuxKart
8153 4 2008-03-11 19:51:04 <a href="/images/magicor-1.0.jpg"><img src="/images/thumbs/magicor-1.0.jpg" align="right" alt="" width="200" height="155"></a> <em>Category: </em>puzzle<br> <em>Avg. Rating:</em> <font color="#FF8" size="-1"><a href="#" title="4.37"><img src="http://happypenguin.org/images/star.gif" alt="4.37" border="0"></a><a href="#" title="4.37"><img src="http://happypenguin.org/images/star.gif" alt="4.37" border="0"></a><a href="#" title="4.37"><img src="http://happypenguin.org/images/star.gif" alt="4.37" border="0"></a><a href="#" title="4.37"><img src="http://happypenguin.org/images/star.gif" alt="4.37" border="0"></a></font> <p> <em>Description:</em> Old-school puzzle game with "fancy" graphics. <p> <em>Changelog:</em> <ul> <li>snow theme <li>added media <li>polished graphics <li>"walk-under-falling-blocks" bug fixed</ul> Magicor 1.1rc1 updated Magicor
8154 4 2008-03-11 20:09:27 <a href="/images/warsow3.jpg"><img src="/images/thumbs/warsow3.jpg" align="right" alt="" width="200" height="160"></a> <em>Category: </em>action<br> <em>Avg. Rating:</em> <font color="#FF8" size="-1"><a href="#" title="4.45"><img src="http://happypenguin.org/images/star.gif" alt="4.45" border="0"></a><a href="#" title="4.45"><img src="http://happypenguin.org/images/star.gif" alt="4.45" border="0"></a><a href="#" title="4.45"><img src="http://happypenguin.org/images/star.gif" alt="4.45" border="0"></a><a href="#" title="4.45"><img src="http://happypenguin.org/images/star.gif" alt="4.45" border="0"></a></font> <p> <em>Description:</em> A Fast Paced FPS Game <p> <em>Changelog:</em> <ul> <li>fixes for the challenge queue <li>some performance improvements for WarsowTV <li>WarsowTV can now playback demos</ul> Warsow 0.42 updated Warsow
8155 4 2008-03-12 06:43:48 <a href="/images/bovo.png"><img src="/images/thumbs/bovo.png" align="right" alt="" width="172" height="200"></a> <em>Category: </em>board<br> <em>Description:</em> KDE Five-in-a-row board game <p>Bovo is a Gomoku (from Japanese 五目並べ - lit. "five points") like game for two players, where the opponents alternate in placing their respective pictogram on the game board. (Also known as: Connect Five, Five in a row, X and O, Naughts and Crosses) Bovo 0.6 new Bovo
8156 4 2008-03-12 20:09:26 <a href="/images/Childsplay.jpg"><img src="/images/thumbs/Childsplay.jpg" align="right" alt="" width="200" height="150"></a> <em>Category: </em>kids<br> <em>Avg. Rating:</em> <font color="#FF8" size="-1"><a href="#" title="4.26"><img src="http://happypenguin.org/images/star.gif" alt="4.26" border="0"></a><a href="#" title="4.26"><img src="http://happypenguin.org/images/star.gif" alt="4.26" border="0"></a><a href="#" title="4.26"><img src="http://happypenguin.org/images/star.gif" alt="4.26" border="0"></a><a href="#" title="4.26"><img src="http://happypenguin.org/images/star.gif" alt="4.26" border="0"></a></font> <p> <em>Description:</em> A suite of educational games for young children <p> <em>Changelog:</em> <ul> <li>Fixed an error when starting FOX</ul> Childsplay 0.90.2 updated Childsplay
8157 4 2008-03-12 21:30:02 <a href="/images/dungeonsofhack-grab-sm.gif"><img src="/images/thumbs/dungeonsofhack-grab-sm.gif" align="right" alt="" width="200" height="133"></a> <em>Category: </em>action<br> <em>Avg. Rating:</em> <font color="#FF8" size="-1"><a href="#" title="4.22"><img src="http://happypenguin.org/images/star.gif" alt="4.22" border="0"></a><a href="#" title="4.22"><img src="http://happypenguin.org/images/star.gif" alt="4.22" border="0"></a><a href="#" title="4.22"><img src="http://happypenguin.org/images/star.gif" alt="4.22" border="0"></a><a href="#" title="4.22"><img src="http://happypenguin.org/images/star.gif" alt="4.22" border="0"></a></font> <p> <em>Description:</em> A collection of 16 arcade-style action games <p> <em>Changelog:</em> <ul> <li>Several new games were added, bringing the total to 16. <li>The new version also sports an optional OpenGL back-end, enabling smoother animation and nice graphical effects. <li>The new game Dingbat Attack illustrates this. </ul> JGame games collection 3.3 updated JGame games collection