| newsid | userid | timestamp | news | headline | newstype | gameid |
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| 835 | -1 | 1999-11-23 12:42:17 | <em>Category:</em> Action<br> <em>Description:</em> This is the Linux binary package for Epic's Unreal Tournament. You must have the Windows retail CD to use this Linux version. <p> Unreal Tournament places you in deathmatch combat against other players on the net, or against AI bots in single player mode. The graphics engine is unrivaled. Currently only 3Dfx cards are supported via Glide, but the developers say they're working on an OpenGL/Mesa version. | Unreal Tournament 400 | new | |
| 836 | 2 | 1999-11-23 12:12:44 | <em>Category:</em> Arcade<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 shareware, TCP/IP multiplayer Tetris-like game.<p> <em>Changelog:</em> <ul> <li>New command line option '-dedicated' to run a dedicated server. <li>Remote server administration thru telnet (telnet to server:port (defaults to 3456) and type '//' (without quotes). <li>Added some console-style commands in the chat window. <li>Players that have been gone more than 3 minutes are automatically dropped. <li>Announce game winner when game terminates and everybody is gone. <li>Fixed sorting of players/teams to be consistent everywhere. <li>Fixed small bug: garbage displayed in the demo central. <li>Fixed bug in calculation of points per minute. <li>Fixed crash bug when creating public games with accents in their name. <li>Fixed sync bug when hosting a Survivor mode game without local players. <li>Added support for "dead keys" in input (Linux). <li>Fixed the problem where you could not restart a game server right away (Linux). </ul> | Quadra 1.1.2 | updated | |
| 837 | 2 | 1999-11-23 12:28:36 | <img src="/images/thumbs/tud_shot.jpg" align=right width=200 height=150><em>Category:</em> Strategy<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> action-strategy networked game<p> <em>Changelog:</em> <ul> <LI>Added a metaserver <LI>Removed some more byteorder bugs from communic <LI>Peer is now build in the correct direction ;-) <LI>Fixed some building bugs <LI>Fixed exchange bug (with icons that present more than one part of a resource) <li>Fixed transporter bug <LI>created ferry unit <LI>Fixed (one not all) byte-order bug <LI>Painted new tiles <LI>added a tool for random landscape generation <li>Now you can build a harbour <LI>explosions differ in size (but are still ugly) <LI>Fixed some build bugs </ul> | TUD (The Urgent Decision) 0.9.4 | updated | |
| 838 | 2 | 1999-11-23 12:31:07 | <em>Category:</em> Action<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> ARCHON clone<p> <em>Changelog:</em> <ul> <li>Fixed the bug that would occasionally cause a projectile weapon to miss its target player. <li>Added a new window with tips about getting started with the game. </ul> | X ARCHON 0.45 | updated | |
| 839 | 2 | 1999-11-23 12:41:51 | <img src="/images/thumbs/cloneshot.gif" align=right width=200 height=150><em>Category:</em> Strategy<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> A realtime strategy war simulation - Plays Warcraft II<p> <em>Changelog:</em> <ul> <li>Added PowerPC patches from Ian Farmer. <li>Support for non expansion CD version <li>Icons names must now be prefixed with "icon-" <li>Unit actions now shown with the buttons <li>Corrected display of damage in middle panel. <li>Added fast scrolling with cursor keys and control. <li>Added support for bz2 compression libary. <li>Fixed bug wrong frame for automatic attacks. <li>Rewritten input event loop. <li>Fixed bug construction could be attacked again. <li>Fixed bug clone crashes if an oil tanker tries to go into a oil well that is still building <li>Fixed bug: upgrade costs are now shown correct. <li>Patches from Josh <li>Fixed two constants so that you can load transporters. <li>Sound patch so that missing sounds don't crash clone. <li>Patches from Lokh <li>Added a LoadPicture() function to handle full-screen picture </ul> | CLONE pre 1.16r1 | updated | |
| 840 | -1 | 1999-11-23 19:57:25 | <em>Category:</em> Arcade<br> <em>Avg. Rating:</em> <font color=#ffff80 size="-1">(not yet rated)</font><p> <em>Description:</em> Clone of classic TRON game.<p> <em>Changelog:</em> <ul> <li>Fixed bug which caused wrong colour to flash when player dies in net games. <li>Made the Green players trail brighter, as several people said it was too dark to see. <li>Code a little cleaner. </ul> | TRONtium v0.4 | updated | |
| 841 | -1 | 1999-11-24 14:04:31 | <em>Category:</em> Simulation<br> <em>Avg. Rating:</em> <img src="http://happypenguin.org/images/star.gif" alt="3"><img src="http://happypenguin.org/images/star.gif" alt="3"><img src="http://happypenguin.org/images/star.gif" alt="3"><p> <em>Description:</em> 3D Motor Sports Simulator<p> <em>Changelog:</em> <ul> <li>sound support (exhaust and skirl sound) <li>high score <li>3 new vehicles <li>bug fixes </ul> | GRacer 0.1.4 | updated | |
| 842 | 2 | 1999-11-25 13:52:03 | <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 network game system.<p> <em>Changelog:</em> <ul> <li>Music backgrounding support added to client! You may want to upgrade your YIFF sound server to 2.03 for this. Also, be sure to download the newer ST sound theme 1.3. <li>Added AI resource editing to UNVEdit. <li>Optimizations of universe hash and db made to client and server. </ul> | XShipWars 1.24 | updated | |
| 843 | -1 | 1999-11-25 14:01:05 | <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> Real-time strategy/simulation where you control all aspects of a railroad.<p> <em>Changelog:</em> <ul> <li>Fixed splash screen appearing over main menu in fullscreen mode <li>Fixed 32-bit fullscreen blitting crash (new optimized C blitters) <li>Now clears screen during campaign videos <li>Fixes campaign map corruption for maps 08 through 15 <li>Fixed X shutdown when the game crashes and is started from menu <li>other minor fixes <li>updated for SDL 1.0 </ul> | Railroad Tycoon II 1.54a | updated | |
| 844 | 2 | 1999-11-25 13:58:52 | <em>Category:</em> Game-related Utility<br> <em>Avg. Rating:</em> <font color=#ffff80 size="-1">(not yet rated)</font><p> <em>Description:</em> Yadex is a Doom/Doom II/Heretic level (wad) editor for X.<p> <em>Changelog:</em> <ul> <li>support for Doom alpha 0.4 and 0.5, <li>support for Doom press release pre-beta, <li>support for Heretic (should be complete now), <li>support for Hexen (can view maps but not much more), <li>support for MBF, <li>support for Strife (still missing: things and linedefs types), <li>support for Aliens TC, Basilica, Eternal, Final Doom and Hacx, <li>new linedef selection functions, <li>new flipping and mirroring functions, <li>new exchange-objects-numbers function, <li>new palette viewer (PLAYPAL and COLORMAP), <li>improved linedef and thing flags manipulation functions, <li>improved flats/sprites/textures viewer, <li>improved documentation, <li>fixed focus-on-object function, <li>fixed BSP with Colin Phipps' patch, <li>fixed many compilation problems, <li>fixed the "string art" corruption bug, <li>fixed hang in insert-linedef-and-split-sector </ul> | Yadex 1.2.0 | updated |