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Sorry for my lack of interest but it does more or less accurately reflect the lack of going-ons. If you want updates rather than the archive of information on this site you're best checking out Acorn ArcadeDoom It Yourself is now on version 4.4, adding 32-bit compatibility and bilinear resampling to the existing build-it-yourself Doom port.Theo v/d Boogaert has added some new game patches to his website, including ones for Boogie Buggy, Warlocks and Dungeon.Nex has released some free games for RISC OS - check out the website.Tek now (as of late February...) works with Viewfinder cards.A second release of the Tek Pyro update is also now available (er, well, since late January) from Artex's website, which fixes some bugs. I did update my review of Tek to take account of the Pyro update and do various screenshots, but that version is still sitting on my computer about 75% complete. Impressive, I know.David McEwen (he of all the emulators) worked on a port of Elite TNK - The New Kind but it isn't available for download due to David Braben, original Elite co-author, requiring it not be made available - see http://www.newkind.co.uk.Rik Griffin has put up a tutorial for the Popcorn sprite-plotting library.I think it's probably fair to admit that I don't have any plans to update this site regularly from now on - the Acorn games scene is more or less dead (other than the occasional non-commercial effort) and so it's no longer much of an interest of mine. Thanks to the generosity of Richard Goodwin at onepointnought the site will stay online for the foreseeable future as an information resource, and I'll probably put the odd update online from time to time - much like this one, in fact!One other thing - Acorn Gaming is 10 years old this year, and that makes it one of the longest lasting web sites on any subject. It's certainly the longest-running Acorn-related website too, once you exclude pages that have remained completely static for long periods of time (matters of years, I mean). The official birthday is actually November 2003, however. 19/12/02Artex have announced a new version of Tekdue for imminent release. Named the Pyro Update this free upgrade fixes theremaining issues with the previous release and adds in some of the technology which Artexdidn't have time to squeeze into the original release, such as improved pathfinding andartificial intelligence. There are also extra weapons such as rockets and lasers,presumably thus the Pyro of the title! Now that's not bad for free... keep aneye on Artex's site.Not gaming news, but if you rarely keep touch with things Acorn then you might havemissed the news of a new computer being released - and when I say released I mean actually available! Find out more at The IconBarand Drobe Launchpad, or check out the official Iyonix PC site. 6/10/02Alex Macfarlane Smith has resurrected his StrongARM patches page and updated witheven more patches than it had before, including his new one for Simon the Sorcerer whichwill now work with a StrongARM/RISC OS 4/Select (and with music).Christopher Bazley's continuing hard work on improving Star Fighter 3000 furthercontinues to pay dividends and a new version is now available for download from hiswebsite as a patch for the more recent iSV commercial rerelease. Version 2.04 improvesthe sound modelling and provides additional options as well as reinstated support for 8-bitsound if you need it. There are also various bug fixes. 23/9/02Finally put a full Tek review online - sorry for the delay! (due to various reasons, none of which are particularly exciting - apologies to Artex for the length of time it's taken) 1/7/02A new shareware Othello game has been released for RISC OS by new group Little Yellow Moon. Called Desdemona, it features a variety of computer players althoughfor the really tough ones you have to pay £4 for the registered version. See their website.Chris Bazley has developed a new update for the commercially rereleased version of Star Fighter 3000, bringing the version number up to 2.03 and adding lots of improvements tothe sound and more extensive animations. Also new in this release is the ability to savethe configuration and high scores, as well as easier to use cheats and support for analogueand switched joysticks. Check out his website. (temporarily offline at the time of writing)Fantasia Fan have released a new version of their free sprite plotting library, FANlib, available from their website. 30/5/02Fans of the classic Repton games might like to know that it's coming to next generation mobile phones and PDAs later this year thanks to a deal signed by Masabi with Superior Software to licence the game and 32-bit version artwork - all 144 Repton 3 levels will feature! The game is intended to be free with a small charge for each additional level you download. There will also be a web site level editor so you can make your own levels and graphics publically available. Meanwhile Masabi are also keen to convert other classic Superior titles, so if you have any suggestions they'd like to hear from you (check their website for contact details) - current ideas include Pipeline, Ravenskull and maybe Thrust.You might like to take a look at a new free strategy/puzzle-type game called Gems, available from the author's websiteIain Waugh reckons you should take a look at his rereleased free 1995 release, Firebolt - you can download the game and a screen designer from his website. 25/5/02Artex have released their first patch for Tek, available from their website. This fixes the crashes some people were experiencing, including those when saving the game and producing new units, and problems with credits have also been fixed (headquarters now cost 250 not 2500 credits, and you can't have negative credits any more). Also a welcome pause feature has been added - use 'P' to pause and unpause the game. Artex are also pleased that the game sold well at Wakefield, so maybe the missing network play features - which are promised if enough sales are achieved - could eventually be on the way! 14/5/02Tek will make it to this weekend's Wakefield show! As I write R-Comp are busy making the CDs from the release version of the game that Artex have finalised. I've tried this new version and it is definitely faster than the preview I had last week so it's now just fast enough to play on a Risc PC 700, although it still definitely prefers a StrongARM! Official requirement is for a "RiscStation R7500, 16 MB RAM, 60 MB harddisc space, CD drive" whilst the recommend spec is "StrongARM RiscPC, 16 MB RAM, 2 MB VRAM, 60 MB harddisc space, CD drive ". Based on initial plays the game seems like it lives up to most expectations, but look out for a full review in the near future! [An earlier and more detailed version of this news story was lost in a file corruption]Version 1.38 of Ian Macfarlane's desktop card game Vingt et Un is now available - see thewebsite at http://21.riscos.org.uk - and will beon sale at Wakefield. Features include a tutorial and a range of graphics to choose from,and the game is priced at £10 with a demo version available. [An earlier and more detailed version of this news story was lost in a file corruption] 8/5/02I've been playing a prerelease version of Tek, so I can tell you that it definitely exists and it's looking promising! The ability to draw patrol paths and then attach troops to them is particularly nice. The version of the game I have isn't 100% optimised yet so I imagine it will be a few days yet before it's being sent out - in fact this version is just slightly too slow to play on an ARM710 machine unless you're rather patient, but Artex tell me that they'll have a faster version possibly within 24 hours. So it's all looking good - more news as I get it and once I've had more time to playtest, but not until Monday. Typical - no news for ages and then a big event comes along whilst I'm away! :) [An earlier and more detailed version of this news story was partially lost in a file corruption] 15/4/02Well, Tek hasn't quite made its scheduled release date (of today!), but apparently it's very nearly here! Artex say that the game is finished but the installer and manual are yet to be completed, with the first delivered copies arriving at the end of the month or early May. People who've preordered will now be contacted with payment details, and will receive their copies first. In addition, anyone who orders by April 29th will receive a mystery bonus item. The retail price is now fixed at £30 and can be the game can be ordered either from R-Comp or from Artex. See Artex's website for more details (or take a look at the old preview) 5/4/02David McEwen has upgraded his ScummVM LucasArts adventure game player to version 0.50 (10th March).This now features music in most games and uses the latest source - as a result, Sam and Max is now fully playableand a bug with Monkey Island 1 has been fixed, amongst other things such a high-resolution mode. David's also working ona multi-format movie player for RISC OS - more details on his website.Alex Macfarlane Smith has released a new version of DoomWAD, a program which allowsyou to extract Doom WAD files into directories and then put them back together again. It'son his website.There's a patch to let Cannon Fodder run on StrongARM+RISC OS 4 machines athttp://aardvark.mine.nu/canfod.zip, also courtesy of Alex,as well as new patches for Fire & Ice, Gribbly's Day Out, Enter the Realm, Paradroidand Simon the Sorcerer on Theo v/d Boogaert's site at http://www.vd-boogaert.myweb.nl/.Also check out Alex's StrongARM game patches page.Fantasia FAN have released a 32-bit sprite libraryfor RISC OS - it's available for free download from their website, along with theassembly source.And last but not least, congratulations to Katherine Elliott who has just beenpicked out of the electronic hat as the winner of the TEK T-shirt competition! The officialrelease date is now very near - April 15th! 20/2/02Artex have just announced therelease date of TEK. After more than four years of development, thegame is due to be released on the 15th of April (this year!).TEK is a realtime strategy game which features multiple cameras and variousin-game units and levels, and Artex state that it "will be released onCD, suitable for all state-of-the-art RISC OS computers, such as theRiscStation R7500, the RiscPC (including the Kinetic), the Mico, andthe Omega. The game runs in screen resolutions of 640x480 up to1024x768." Also, as previously announced here, the game willcome complete with the full versionsof Ankh, Exodus, Botkiller and Botkiller 2.The final price is not yet fixed but will be around the £30 mark. 22/12/01 - Tek update[Update: This competition is now closed] You can now enter Acorn Gaming's competition to win an exclusive TEK T-shirt -just click here!In addition, Artex have updated their website with thelatest screenshots and additional details about the release version of TEK. 20/12/01 - the last big release?The eagerly awaited real-time strategy gameTEK 1608 is almost here!Artex are now all set to consolidate their excellent reputation builton the success of Ankh,Exodus andBotkiller 2 with therelease of TEK shortly after Christmas.Orders are now being accepted for what must be one of the mostanticipated RISC OS titles of all time - and what will sadlyalso probably be the last major release ever seen on this platform.TEK comes bundles with lots of extras, and if you pre-order(which requires no deposit) then not only do you get full versionsof Ankh, Exodus and Botkiller 2 (plus editor) which will be includedwith every copy of TEK, but you'll also get anadditional mystery gift too - Artex describe it as "a little goodie".Retailing at £30, you can preorder either viarci@rcomp.demon.co.uk or |
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