And that’s not a reference to a typical Triad diet!
Just in time for Halloween, Frank Martinaux of NO RISC – NO FUN, released an update to his port of Rise of the Triad. Version 1.5 of the port sees the game now fully working (and very fast) on the Raspberry Pi. Continue reading »
Hang on a moment! We already know where RISC OS is – don’t we?
The RISC OS game playing community has just gained another first person shooter, thanks to NO RISC – NO FUN‘s Franck Martinaux, who has just announced the release of a port of Rise of the Triad: The HUNT Begins.
It’s like a snippets post, but all for one developer!
Fat32FS, a filing system for USB mass storage devices, has been updated to version 1.40.
Announcing the update last week, developer Jeffrey Doggett explained that with this release the drive label can be changed from the menu, rather than having to use the command line, and that it also shows the partitions (if any) in use on the drive, and now partially supports extended partitions.
At the same time, Jeffrey announced version 1.11 of Doom, his port to RISC OS from the Linux sources of id Software’s classic first person shooter. This, explains Jeff, is to support the latest FreeDoom beta release. Continue reading »
No, fool, that was “beep bleep beep bleep beep” not “beep bleep beep beep bleep”
Kevin Wells has updated his Simon-like game, Kevmon, to version 1.02 – an update that adds sound to the game.
Simon was a simple game designed to test its players’ memory, brought out the 1970s, and played on a small upturned flying saucer console with four flashing lights. The UFO Simon console would flash a sequence of colours, with a corresponding tone for each, in order to test the nearby humans for the players to remember, and then recreate themselves by pressing each of the lights in – hopefully – the correct order. Continue reading »
A perfectly safe way to enjoy magic mushrooms, with no hallucinogenic side effects.
During July, Martin Bazley issued a dire warning that version 1.12 of Magic Mushrooms had unexpectedly escaped into cyberspace!
The game is a complete rewrite for RISC OS computers of a platform game originally written by Neil Raine for BBC computers, and is based around a concept that couldn’t be simpler: Move around the ten levels, collect all the mushrooms, and make your way to the goal, while at the same time steering clear of the exceptionally stupid blobby inhabitants of this strange world.
IF LEN(string$)>255 THEN don’t be left stranded
Last month, Steve Drain announced the release of version 1.50 beta of Basalt, his module that provides extra features to BBC BASIC V. This version provides support for long strings, which Steve refers to as ‘strands’. There is also a comprehensive StrongHelp manual, but as yet there isn’t an online HTML version available.
Briefly explaining strands, Steve says: Continue reading »
First Heretic, then HeXen… now HeXen II, too. Ooh!
With the release of the Hheretic and Hhexen ports, RISC OS users had the first two games in the Heretic/HeXen series, originally developed by Raven Software and published by id Software. Now, a little under six weeks later, Chris Gransden has completed the original trilogy, releasing a port of uHexen2 (aka Hexen II: Hammer of Thyrion).
To play the game, the original HeXen II data files are required – and unfortunately, these aren’t available as a free download; this time the full commercial release of the game is needed. One option is to obtain it via Steam for a very reasonable price, though that does require a suitable Windows or Intel Mac computer onto which the Steam application can be installed, to be used for downloading digital purchases from the Steam store. An alternative source would be to obtain an old copy on CD – for example, from Amazon or eBay. Continue reading »
One game forward, two games back.
A new version, 1.06, of the general mathematical puzzle application, Wrangler, is now available from Sine Nomine Software.
The new version sees the removal of two of the puzzle games that were previously included in the application, Suko and Sujiko, and the addition of a new one, TetraCross.
The removal of the Suko and Sujiko puzzles has come about as a result of a complaint to Sine Nomine Software of trademark infringement – the two puzzles, both invented by Jai Gomer of Kobayaashi Studios, are registered trademarks of Puzzler Media Limited. Continue reading »
Come and ‘ave a go if you think you’re ‘ard enough!
Christopher Martin appears to have taken a break from his ongoing stream of releases of new versions of OpenVector, OpenGridPro and DrawPlus, FFmpeg and FFplay, and DRenderer – and has now announced the release of a port of Dungeons of Daggorath.
The game originally dates back to 1982, when it was originally available for two systems – the TRS-80 Colour Computer, and the Dragon 32/64. Described as a ground-breaking game, which some have referred to as “the original Doom”, it was apparently one of the first to feature role playing and a first person perspective. Continue reading »
Even more ways to avoid being productive.
Hot on the heels of Wakefield, Sine Nomine Software have announced new versions of their popular puzzle games, Wrangler and SuperDoku, adding new puzzle types to both.
SuperDoku is an advanced Sudoku generating and solving application, which can handle more than just standard Sudoku puzzles – it can cope with puzzles of different sizes and shapes, jigsaw blocks, extra blocks, and much more. This update brings it up to version 1.27, which adds Diamond puzzles; Sudoku puzzles with extra blocks, forming an overall diamond shape. Continue reading »