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xjig

2009-12-03T19:43:05Z

The 'jigsaw' game xjig (port from
[link] ) states in its
help file that 'Any image-file in GIF, JPEG, or PPM format can be used
as the source for the puzzle' - however in practice it only seems to
accept GIF files. Every JPEG I've tried produces the error "not a GIF,

RISC OS Christmas Games Proposal

2009-11-14T19:45:53Z

In case you haven't seen it yet, riscos.info is again offering to port
games to RISC OS in time for Christmas. More details here:
[link]

ScummVM updated

2009-11-08T19:14:02Z

I've updated my port of ScummVM to the latest 1.0.0-rc1 version:
[link]

Star Fighter 3000 on BeagleBoard

2009-11-08T00:13:30Z

Thanks to the assistance and encouragement of Jeffrey Lee, the latest
release of venerable RISC OS flight action shooter 'Star Fighter 3000'
is believed to be compatible with RISC OS on BeagleBoard. As with
other software, this meant tracking down and eliminating unaligned
memory accesses.
You can download a patch to upgrade your copy of the game to version

Port of Freeciv released

2009-11-07T04:04:02Z

I've updated the original very old port of Freeciv. More here:
[link]

Spheres of Chaos for A-Models?

2009-11-06T21:30:04Z

Hello!
I have found the free download of Spheres of Chaos:
[link]
But it works only on RiscPCs. I have a A3010 computer with 2 MB RAM and
I'm sure there was at that time a version for A-models like my A3010.
Is there a free version as download?
Best regards
Amin

Re: BAABE - new text adventure interpreter for RISC OS

2009-11-06T21:25:26Z

In message <slrnhf3r7n.jn9....@compsoc.du r.ac.uk>
How much work do you have to do to create an adventure? Do you for
example get bogged down with flags, variables, indexes?
Andrew

Updated Open Transport Tycoon Deluxe Released

2009-11-04T20:04:15Z

Enjoy:
[link]

Recent developments at starfighter.acornarcade.com

2009-10-30T19:20:20Z

There have been two software releases on my Star Fighter 3000 web site
during the last fortnight. I sometimes make changes which are not
visible to end users because I am as much interested in the practice
of programming as the product. However, this time there are a few new
headline features:
SFSkyEdit version 1.53

32bit version of Freecell - is there one

2009-09-30T12:03:57Z

Anyone know of a 32bit compatible version of a Freecell game?

Kevmon with Danish help

2009-09-28T16:09:30Z

Hi
Thanks to Helge Hammer me Simon clone Kevmon now has a Danish help and
it can be found at
[link]
News about Kevmon an be found here
[link]

New BBC game from Retrosoft

2009-09-24T16:12:02Z

For those of you who like to play games on the BBC Micro or via BBC
emulation there is another brand new game to play.
The Krystal Connection has recently been released and is a platform
game which was originally due to be released by Melbourne House back
in about 1986 but it never happened until now.

Elite is 25 - BBC News article and video

2009-09-21T11:38:22Z

Hi everyone,
Just found this - Elite's 25th birthday. BBC news article and video:
[link]
Enjoy!
Steve

MineSweeper Game With Sound

2009-09-06T09:32:44Z

Hi,
Can anyone recommend a MineSweeper game for RISC OS that has sound?
I've tried these;
Automine (By Musus Umbra)
Minesweep (By Michael Borcherds)
Minen (By Weiss Nuklaus)
None of these have sound, it's just my 3 year old son loves playing
MineSweep on Windows, and complains that the versions on my RPC don't

Lemmings on A7000 need help please

2009-08-28T14:49:41Z

Hi My name is David Heath I have got !Stronggard with !gameon and I am
tring to run lemmings on a A7000 with Riscos 3.6 but it displays the
black screen with the white writing about the company and the 1991
copywrite but does go any futher any help would be great