| newsid | userid | timestamp | news | headline | newstype | gameid |
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| 9239 | 4 | 2009-04-07 11:15:14 | <a href="/images/MartinBalcomb18_sm.jpg"><img src="/images/thumbs/MartinBalcomb18_sm.jpg" 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="4.34"><img src="http://happypenguin.org/images/star.gif" alt="4.34" border="0"></a><a href="#" title="4.34"><img src="http://happypenguin.org/images/star.gif" alt="4.34" border="0"></a><a href="#" title="4.34"><img src="http://happypenguin.org/images/star.gif" alt="4.34" border="0"></a><a href="#" title="4.34"><img src="http://happypenguin.org/images/star.gif" alt="4.34" border="0"></a></font> <p> <em>Description:</em> X-Plane is a very realistic flight simulator <p> <em>Changelog:</em> <ul> <li>Countless frame-rate and RAM optimizations. <li>Texture loading now uses as many cores as you have. <li>DOME projection option! <li>Garmin-400 support as well as 430 and 530 <li>Marker flares <li>ANY number of instruments can now be added to the panel. <li>Much more.</ul> | X-Plane 9.22 | updated | X-Plane |
| 9240 | 4 | 2009-04-07 13:30:54 | <a href="/images/pennyarcade1.png"><img src="/images/thumbs/pennyarcade1.png" alt="" align="right" height="112" width="200"></a> <a href="http://happypenguin.org/show?Penny%20Arcade%20Adventures%20-%20Episode%20One">Penny Arcade - Episode One</a> is available for 9.95$ instead of the usual 14.95$ until 2009-04-12. | Penny Arcade - Episode One for 9.95$ this week | default | |
| 9241 | 4 | 2009-04-07 14:33:13 | <a href="/images/screenie2.jpg"><img src="/images/thumbs/screenie2.jpg" align="right" alt="" width="200" height="151"></a> <em>Category: </em>arcade<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> Pretty arkanoid/breakout/dxball clone <p> <em>Changelog:</em> <ul> <li>Added some code to try and handle segfault on resolution change</ul> | SDL-Ball 1.0.1 | updated | SDL-Ball |
| 9242 | 4 | 2009-04-07 17:15:43 | <a href="/images/bootndos.png"><img src="/images/thumbs/bootndos.png" align="right" alt="" width="200" height="150"></a> <em>Category: </em>action<br> <em>Avg. Rating:</em> <font color="#FF8" size="-1"><font color="#FF8" size="-1">(not yet rated)</font></font> <p> <em>Description:</em> Save the lifepods from the Evil Empire <p> <em>Changelog:</em> <ul> <li>No official changelog available, but the new version seems to have more complex backdrops.</ul> | Protector 1.4 | updated | Protector |
| 9243 | 4 | 2009-04-08 07:34:03 | <a href="/images/screen03.jpg"><img src="/images/thumbs/screen03.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="4.64"><img src="http://happypenguin.org/images/star.gif" alt="4.64" border="0"></a><a href="#" title="4.64"><img src="http://happypenguin.org/images/star.gif" alt="4.64" border="0"></a><a href="#" title="4.64"><img src="http://happypenguin.org/images/star.gif" alt="4.64" border="0"></a><a href="#" title="4.64"><img src="http://happypenguin.org/images/star.gif" alt="4.64" border="0"></a><a href="#" title="4.64"><img src="http://happypenguin.org/images/star.gif" alt="4.64" border="0"></a></font> <p> <em>Description:</em> Tilt the floor to roll a ball through an obstacle course. <p> <em>Changelog:</em> <ul> <li>Game should not mysteriously crash and lock up any more (for those few people that have had the misfortune of encountering this bug).</li> <li>Mouse buttons can be configured for full view control.</li> <li>A configurable "camera toggle" binding was added for switching between chase and manual views.</li> <li>Game treats a single unrecognised command-line argument as a replay name, allowing replays to be viewed easily by clicking links in web browsers and icons in file managers.</li> <li><a href="http://neverball.org/changes.php">Complete list of changes</a>.</li> </ul> | Neverball 1.5.1 | updated | Neverball |
| 9244 | 4 | 2009-04-08 07:59:14 | <a href="/images/ttt_grassy_fields_snapshot.jpg"><img src="/images/thumbs/ttt_grassy_fields_snapshot.jpg" align="right" alt="" width="200" height="125"></a> <em>Category: </em>arcade<br> <em>Description:</em> Times Table Tanks is the first game from Chompy Games Arcade <p>Chompy Games Arcade is a free gaming system for Linux, Mac and Windows. Times Table Tanks is the first game: players drive around shooting the bad guys while answering times tables questions. Great fun and education for kids aged 6-10. | Chompy Games Arcade 1.0 | new | Chompy Games Arcade |
| 9245 | 4 | 2009-04-08 09:34:44 | <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 redone HUD and user adjustable scoreboard <li>Totally rewritten Client/Server communication to cut the bandwidth usage in half <li>New gamemode "Race". Try to get from start to end of a level as fast as possible. Available as free-for-all and team variant. Further allows to play with or without a qualification period. <li>Added several new weapons (on-hand Grappling Hook, Port-O-Launch, T.A.G. Seeker, Heavy Laser Assault Cannon, Rifle) <li>Map editor NetRadiant included <li>Improved all effects for eye candy and tweakability <li>All maps recompiled with external lightmaps which allow for much crisper shadows <li>Added maps desertfactory (DM, TDM, MinstaGib), racetrack (Race) and made aggressor support Key Hunt <li>New player sounds, announcer sounds/voices, textures, crosshairs, weapon models, effects and menu skins <li>Added support for video capture to OggTheora <li>Integrated the Havoc mod into the menu! Havoc servers use quite different physics and weapons, give it a try! <li>Fixed a crash with ATI drivers on shutdown or vid_restart <li>Fixed several problems with lagging gameplay/crashes/wrong display of effects <li>Improved bots (teamworking, bunnyhopping, swimming, better way finding, support for ladders, less CPU usage, faster map loading) <li>Better visual display of carried items (Strength, Shield, flags and keys) <li>Better parental guidance support with cl_gentle and cl_nogibs <li>Lots of tourney-related features (timeout/in, spectator-slots, allready, warmup mode, lockteams, unlockteams, movetoteam_red/blue/..., nospectators, records, cointoss) <li>Added some effects customization options like cl_casings, cl_weaponpriority <li>Many more map entities allowing for more dynamic maps <li>Restructured and improved menu: demos menu and multiple campaigns are back, also added an advanced menu containing ALL settings of the game</ul> | Nexuiz 2.5 | updated | Nexuiz |
| 9246 | 4 | 2009-04-08 10:26:50 | <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="4.06"><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> Descent 2 OpenGL port <p> <em>Changelog:</em> <ul> <li>Fixed: The renderer didn't work any more <li>Fixed: A shader program quirk that could lighting problems and program crashes <li>Fixed: Hires animations of exploding lights and monitors weren't played <li>Fixed: When D2X-XL was compiled on a 64 bit operating system using a 64 bit compiler, Descent 1 robots didn't properly target the player <li>Changed: Menu background images will now be read from textures/wallpapers on Windows and OS X and from ~/.d2x-xl/wallpapers on Linux</ul> | D2X-XL 1.14.7 | updated | D2X-XL |
| 9247 | 4 | 2009-04-08 13:52:39 | <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> Cross platform installer for Windows, OS X, Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris, others <p> <em>Changelog:</em> <ul> <li>Added support for FreeBSD 7 x86/x64 <li>Fix locale autodetection on OS X <li>Building Windows autoupdate from Linux was broken <li>GTK mode not initialized when path had spaces <li>addEnvironmentVariable breaks if the variable is already defined <li>Fix crash in builder when folder added to wrong element </ul> | BitRock InstallBuilder 6.0.2 | updated | BitRock InstallBuilder |
| 9248 | 4 | 2009-04-08 18:40:57 | <a href="/images/xsudoky.jpg"><img src="/images/thumbs/xsudoky.jpg" align="right" alt="" width="200" height="144"></a> <em>Category: </em>puzzle<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> Sudoku puzzles <p> <em>Changelog:</em> <ul> <li>Fixed bug in 16bit colour depth mode <li>Fixed bug in local make install <li>Fixed bug in checkbox menu <li>Fixed WY-WING method <li>add XYZ-method <li>add dark theme </ul> | xsudoky 1.0.5 | updated | xsudoky |