| FXmame 0.5 Fri Dec 11 17:00:31 1998 CST |
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Version 0.5 of FXmame, the glide driver for xmame, has been released. This new version sports "dirty" update handling that speeds up many games, and is meant for use with xmame v0.34b8.1 only. Grab fxmame-0.5.tgz from the LinuxGames FTP site.
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Update by Lakini
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| Wine 981211 Fri Dec 11 17:00:31 1998 CST |
Wine 981211 has been released. As always this is a "developers' only" release, but we're still free to snag a copy and play some of our favorite games. Highlights of the changelog include:
- A lot of code moved around for a better structure.
- New console support.
- Beginnings of TTY driver.
- Tons of new stubs.
- More DOS and native USER support.
- Lots of bug fixes.
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Update by Lakini
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| Loki vs. Loki Entertainment Fri Dec 11 10:24:26 1998 CST |
I didn't realize that there was confusion on this, but Loki of Monolith Productions and Loki Entertainment are in no way affiliated. Loki (the Lith guy) updated his .plan yesterday and mentioned the confusion:
no, the 'Loki Entertainment' that wants to do Linux ports of commercial games is NOT, despite what people might think, connected to me in any way whatsoever.
I'll probably have trouble convincing people of that since I have a reputation as a die-hard Linux supporter, but I swear it's true.
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Update by Lakini
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| Snes9x v1.15 Thu Dec 10 21:59:39 1998 CST |
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Version 1.15 of Snes9x, the venerable multi-platform Super Nintendo Entertainment System emulator, has been released. This new version is available as a source zip or libc5 binary tarball.
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Update by Crusader
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| Nestra version 0.5 Thu Dec 10 15:03:26 1998 CST |
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Version 0.5 of Nestra, the NES emulator, has been released. There are also a bunch of new screenshots for our viewing pleasure. (including one of the original Zelda, yeah!)
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Update by Lakini
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| Loki Software Press Release Thu Dec 10 11:09:23 1998 CST |
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If I were to open my eyes and take a closer look at my own mailbox I would have seen that I had Loki's press release sitting right there. It was sent from their press contact Linda Marcus. Take a look at it, it includes a lot of information and quotes that I was wondering about before.
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Update by Lakini
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| Shogo Server Port Thu Dec 10 10:44:02 1998 CST |
Loki updated his .plan on Monday with an update on the Linux port of the dedicated Shogo server. Highlights include:
- finished porting 'stdlith' (internal utilities)
- finished porting all the memory management stuff
- finished porting something to use .so files instead of DLLs
- rewritten the GameSpyMgr libraries
- currently concentrating on tcpdriver.cpp, the core of the TCP networking code
He adds a nice comment at the end:
if I take a little longer to reply to mod community e-mails than I have in the past, you'll know what it is that has my attention elsewhere. :)
Sounds like he has the motivation to get this one done! Thanks to Rifter for pointing out that I haven't been keeping up on plan updates.
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Update by Lakini
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| Xmame-0.34b8.1 Thu Dec 10 10:29:02 1998 CST |
A new version of XMAME is out (don't forget the new URL). Changes in the version include:
- Everything from dos beta 8
- DGA now is a compile option for x11
- Most of the joysticks support rearranged and rewritten (up to 4 joysticks are now supported)
- Support for new linux joystick driver interface
- Added support for mame's internal debugger
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Update by Lakini
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| Loki Software Thu Dec 10 10:22:40 1998 CST |
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Ryan J. Evans sent a quick email pointing out Loki Software. There isn't much information on their page quite yet, but they are claiming to be the "first and only company dedicated to commercially porting top selling computer games to the Linux." It doesn't appear that they have started in on any projects or that they're fully staffed yet so I wouldn't exactly consider it time to celebrate, but it's a start. I'm not sure where the quotes came from, but you might want to check out "Linux Garners Game Support" over at MaximumPC for some quotes from Loki's president. (thanks to Lisics for this link)
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Update by Lakini
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| Linux Joystick Driver Mirror Wed Dec 09 17:13:03 1998 CST |
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We are now mirroring the webpage and ftp site for the Linux Joystick Driver. There was just a new version released in case you missed the post on Monday.
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Update by Lakini
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| Heretic 2 Wed Dec 09 10:44:55 1998 CST |
John Scott of Raven Software updated his .finger and at the end included the following in addressing Heretic 2 issues:
Linux version. We are all Windows peeps here at Raven. We are extremely unlikely to do one, although subcontracting this out may be an option. What is involved in doing a Linux port? All our servers are NT based, so testing would be another problem.
If you have any good suggestions for them drop him a line, but please don't flame the hell out of him with "please please please port it" emails, they don't need that, they've apparently considered the idea, now the need hard facts as to what's involved with it.
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Update by Lakini
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| Myth in Wine tutorial Mon Dec 07 13:50:36 1998 CST |
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Brad Meier sent in news of his success running the Myth: The Fallen Lords demo under Wine CVS 981206. Meier has put together a quick tutorial of how he accomplished this at http://obsidian.its.uct.ac.za/wine.
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Update by Crusader
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| XMame URL Change Mon Dec 07 12:58:43 1998 CST |
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XMame, our beloved arcade emulator for X11, has found a new home. Follow the previous link and update your bookmarks.
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Update by Lakini
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| Exult 0.05 Mon Dec 07 12:47:40 1998 CST |
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Version 0.05 of Exult has been released. Exult allows you to walk around in Ultima7's Brittania and may some day become a full RPG game engine. This version incorporates text rendering via FreeType and some new mouse features.
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Update by Lakini
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| Linux Joystick Driver 1.2.13 Mon Dec 07 01:24:27 1998 CST |
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There is a final release of the Linux Joystick Driver. Assuming there are no bugs found in this version, this will be the version included in the anticipated v2.2 Linux kernel. This is a must-have for you emulator freaks.
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Update by Lakini
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| Possible Carmageddon 2 Port Mon Dec 07 00:02:52 1998 CST |
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Geoff Rivell was the first to write in pointing out a thread on the Interplay message board that was apparently started by an Interplay employee that plans to talk to the Carmageddon 2 developers in regards to a Linux port. If you would be interested such a port, go add your comments to the Linux thread and let them know that you're out there.
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Update by Lakini
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| New domain name for the Linux Game Tome Sun Dec 06 16:06:55 1998 CST |
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Bob Zimbinski wrote in to notify us of the new URL for the Linux Game Tome, HappyPenguin.org. Gametome.linuxquake.com should continue to work, but please update your bookmarks to the new address. The Game Tome is a database of available Linux entertainment software.
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Update by Crusader
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| Unreal Server Sun Dec 06 07:48:57 1998 CST |
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On the Unreal Technology, they have a brief blurb on the possible Unreal Linux server port.
Jack "Mek" Porter has come here from Australia for a few months to help with the Unreal Tournament programming, and is currently working on some cool new mouse-based user interface code. He is a big Linux fan, and is talking with Brandon Reinhart about cooperating on a native Linux port of the Unreal server.
Thanks to Medved for this info.
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Update by Raven
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| The Guild Demo Engine Sat Dec 05 10:29:28 1998 CST |
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My sixth sense has told me that The Guild
has released a demo of their alpha engine (v0.82b) for your downloading pleasure. The source code and precompiled binaries are available from http://theguild.linuxgames.com/files.html.
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Update by Raven
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