| newsid | userid | timestamp | news | headline | newstype | gameid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8228 | 4 | 2008-04-19 13:29:11 | <a href="/images/hom.png"><img src="/images/thumbs/hom.png" align="right" alt="" width="186" height="200"></a> <em>Category: </em>puzzle<br> <em>Avg. Rating:</em> <font color="#FF8" size="-1"><a href="#" title="4.23"><img src="http://happypenguin.org/images/star.gif" alt="4.23" border="0"></a><a href="#" title="4.23"><img src="http://happypenguin.org/images/star.gif" alt="4.23" border="0"></a><a href="#" title="4.23"><img src="http://happypenguin.org/images/star.gif" alt="4.23" border="0"></a><a href="#" title="4.23"><img src="http://happypenguin.org/images/star.gif" alt="4.23" border="0"></a></font> <p> <em>Description:</em> A logic game inspired by Chromatron <p> <em>Changelog:</em> <ul> <li>new levels <li>load and store from/to a file <li>color support <li>the levels are now organized into a GamePack</ul> | House of Mirrors 0.4 | updated | House of Mirrors |
| 8229 | 4 | 2008-04-19 14:10:13 | <a href="/images/adv770.png"><img src="/images/thumbs/adv770.png" align="right" alt="" width="183" height="200"></a> <em>Category: </em>text adv<br> <em>Avg. Rating:</em> <font color="#FF8" size="-1"><a href="#" title="4.43"><img src="http://happypenguin.org/images/star.gif" alt="4.43" border="0"></a><a href="#" title="4.43"><img src="http://happypenguin.org/images/star.gif" alt="4.43" border="0"></a><a href="#" title="4.43"><img src="http://happypenguin.org/images/star.gif" alt="4.43" border="0"></a><a href="#" title="4.43"><img src="http://happypenguin.org/images/star.gif" alt="4.43" border="0"></a></font> <p> <em>Description:</em> Windows aware, 770 point expansion of the Crowther, Woods, et al. Adventure <p> <em>Changelog:</em> <ul> <li>cures a number of bugs <li>introduces a new experimental Linux bundle (adv770h.tgz) which invokes a local Web browser for a better quality display than can be provided via the xGlk library</ul> | adv770 1.87 | updated | adv770 |
| 8230 | 4 | 2008-04-19 15:18:38 | <a href="/images/picture3.JPG"><img src="/images/thumbs/picture3.JPG" align="right" alt="" width="200" height="150"></a> <em>Category: </em>strategy<br> <em>Description:</em> CubeZ is a collect-em-up <p>CubeZ is a collect-em-up, where you have to collect green CubeZ to score and keep alive, whilst avoiding the red CubeZ. <p>Extra CubeZ are added every so often to both hinder and help. <p>It is a one or two player (competitive and cooperative) game. | CubeZ 1.0.0.1 | new | CubeZ |
| 8231 | 4 | 2008-04-19 17:06:05 | <em>Category: </em>code<br> <em>Avg. Rating:</em> <font color="#FF8" size="-1"><a href="#" title="4.28"><img src="http://happypenguin.org/images/star.gif" alt="4.28" border="0"></a><a href="#" title="4.28"><img src="http://happypenguin.org/images/star.gif" alt="4.28" border="0"></a><a href="#" title="4.28"><img src="http://happypenguin.org/images/star.gif" alt="4.28" border="0"></a><a href="#" title="4.28"><img src="http://happypenguin.org/images/star.gif" alt="4.28" border="0"></a></font> <p> <em>Description:</em> A set of Python modules for creating games in Python <p> <em>Changelog:</em> <ul> <li>pygame.mask for collision masks <li>pygame.scrap for clipboard support <li>new and improved sprite groups <li>blending support for filling and blitting surfaces <li>saving surfaces as jpeg and png <li>buffer access for Surface and Sound objects <li>numpy support for pygame.surfarray and pygame.pixelarray <li>New Windows and Mac installers.</ul> | Pygame 1.8.0 | updated | Pygame |
| 8232 | 4 | 2008-04-19 18:22:59 | <a href="/images/scrnshot13.png"><img src="/images/thumbs/scrnshot13.png" 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="4.40"><img src="http://happypenguin.org/images/star.gif" alt="4.40" border="0"></a><a href="#" title="4.40"><img src="http://happypenguin.org/images/star.gif" alt="4.40" border="0"></a><a href="#" title="4.40"><img src="http://happypenguin.org/images/star.gif" alt="4.40" border="0"></a><a href="#" title="4.40"><img src="http://happypenguin.org/images/star.gif" alt="4.40" border="0"></a></font> <p> <em>Description:</em> Tank arcade game like Scorched Earth <p> <em>Changelog:</em> <ul> <li>Added new Physics option called Violent Death. This causes some tanks to blow up very violently. <li>Added new weapon called Armour Piercing. This is a weapon with a small explosion, but fairly powerful damage. <li>Added dirt balls that fall from the sky, like meteors. This can be activated from the Weather menu. <li>Add a French translation <li>Some bug fixes</ul> | Atomic Tanks 2.9.0 | updated | Atomic Tanks |
| 8233 | 4 | 2008-04-19 22:10:54 | <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> h2h online chess game written in PHP <p> <em>Changelog:</em> <ul> <li>rearranged buttons and added confirm dialogs for draw offers to prevent accidental actions <li>bug fixed in the stalemate detection</ul> | Online Chess Club 1.3.2 | updated | Online Chess Club |
| 8234 | 4 | 2008-04-20 07:03:14 | <a href="/images/BallZIIP1.jpg"><img src="/images/thumbs/BallZIIP1.jpg" align="right" alt="" width="200" height="150"></a> <em>Category: </em>strategy<br> <em>Description:</em> <p>BallZ is the sequel to CubeZ and the original BallZ game. <p>It is a one to four player (each controlling a mouse) game, where the object is to collect as many green spheres as possible. | BallZ II 1.0.0.0 | new | BallZ II |
| 8235 | 506 | 2008-04-20 15:35:46 | <a href="/images/ingame03.png"><img src="/images/thumbs/ingame03.png" align="right" alt="" width="200" height="150"></a> <em>Category: </em>arcade<br> <em>Description:</em> Intense 2D space shooter like Space-Invaders, but not quite. It uses OpenGL and includes particle effects. <p> The objective is to shoot the aliens before they reach the bottom of the screen. | Simplevaders | new | Simplevaders |
| 8236 | 4 | 2008-04-21 20:06:09 | <a href="/images/1-gtk.png"><img src="/images/thumbs/1-gtk.png" align="right" alt="" width="200" height="147"></a> <em>Category: </em>util<br> <em>Avg. Rating:</em> <font color="#FF8" size="-1"><a href="#" title="4.06"><img src="http://happypenguin.org/images/star.gif" alt="4.06" border="0"></a><a href="#" title="4.06"><img src="http://happypenguin.org/images/star.gif" alt="4.06" border="0"></a><a href="#" title="4.06"><img src="http://happypenguin.org/images/star.gif" alt="4.06" border="0"></a><a href="#" title="4.06"><img src="http://happypenguin.org/images/star.gif" alt="4.06" border="0"></a></font> <p> <em>Description:</em> Multiplatform installer for Windows, OS X, Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris, others <p> <em>Changelog:</em> <ul> <li>improves file copying speed on Unix <li>adds the ability to pass installation variables from the command line at build time <li>adds comment preservation in XML when using GUI builder</ul> | BitRock InstallBuilder 5.4.6 | updated | BitRock InstallBuilder |
| 8237 | 4 | 2008-04-21 20:59:20 | <a href="/images/dump.png"><img src="/images/thumbs/dump.png" align="right" alt="" width="200" height="122"></a> <em>Category: </em>simulation<br> <em>Avg. Rating:</em> <font color="#FF8" size="-1"><a href="#" title="4.07"><img src="http://happypenguin.org/images/star.gif" alt="4.07" border="0"></a><a href="#" title="4.07"><img src="http://happypenguin.org/images/star.gif" alt="4.07" border="0"></a><a href="#" title="4.07"><img src="http://happypenguin.org/images/star.gif" alt="4.07" border="0"></a><a href="#" title="4.07"><img src="http://happypenguin.org/images/star.gif" alt="4.07" border="0"></a></font> <p> <em>Description:</em> Simulated obstacle course for automobiles. <p> <em>Changelog:</em> <ul> <li>Upgraded to license GPL V3 <li>Removed texture.cxx and tga.cxx and used plib's ssgTexture instead <li>OpenGL code moved into separate source file </ul> | Stormbaan Coureur 2.1.4 | updated | Stormbaan Coureur |