It’s not what you get if you feed steroids to a photocopier! Launched at this year’s Wakefield Show, AmCoG Games new 3D perspective, vector graphic game Xeroid is now available for general purchase. Based on a similar idea to Fervour, originally released by Clares Micro Supplies in 1993, the game sees you guiding your craft along a track, with the blackness of space forming the backdrop – your goal being to remain on the track, overcoming obstacles to reach the end.
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RCI Titanium Support Scheme now available
Announcement from Andrew Rawnsley, 15th April, 2016. We are pleased to announce the launch of the Titanium Support Scheme (TSS). The Titanium Support Scheme is designed to bring software, resources and expertise developed for our new TiMachine computer system, to DIY Titanium board customers.
RapidO Ig and RapidO Ti (full SATA support)
Announcement from Chris Evans, 9th April, 2016. The two fastest ever RISC OS computers are the RapidO Ig and RapidO Ti, and both are now in stock! The RapidO Ig (IGEPv5-based) is now shipping with full SATA support. Existing users who haven’t yet been contacted by us for an upgrade, please email us.
Final Doom released for modern machines
Announcement from Andrew Rawnsley, 7th April, 2016. R-Comp Interactive is please to announce the availability of a new version of the popular Doom game on !Store. This is based on Final Doom (to help clear our shelves a bit), and contains 70+ action packed levels, plus multi-player and mod support.
Coming soon to a browser near you – RISCOSbits
Just don’t mention the acronym in polite company, mkay? A newly registered domain and associated website has popped up, apparently through which its owner – Andy Marks – intends to sell of his collection of Acorn and RISC OS Spares and Extras. (I did say not to mention the acronym in polite company, didn’t I? Oh, yes, I did.)
Show report: Southwest 2016
If I’d finished this two days ago, there might have been a 28 Days Later movie reference here! Oh wait, there still is! This year’s Southwest Show took place on 27th February, and while this year it attracted fewer paying customers through the door than last year (more on that later) there was still a positive vibe, and people – both visitors and exhibitors – seem to have enjoyed the day. So much so that, with next year’s date already set, all but two of this year’s exhibitors have already…
RISC OS Awards 2015 results
The RISC OS Awards poll for 2015 officially drew to a close in mid-February, with the votes being counted and initially announced on the @RISCOSitory Twitter feed about a week later – and those results have now been published on the RISC OS Awards website, and – where possible – the winners will be formally notified by email today.
RCI announce Titanium-based TiMachine early-access
Announcement from Andrew Rawnsley, 25th February, 2016. We are pleased to announce that we will have the first “early access” version of our forthcoming Titanium-based computer system, the TiMachine, for sale at the Southwest Show this weekend.
RapidO Ti to be launched at the Southwest Show (updated)
The first full computer to be based around the Titanium motherboard from Elesar Ltd will be launched at the Southwest Show on Saturday. The computer is to be called the RapidO Ti, as already revealed, and comes from the little shop with a lot of stock, CJE Micro’s – and Chris Evans says they’ll have some on the day that customers will be able to take away with them.
Snippets – 7th February, 2016
It’s catch-up time again after another busy period here at the RISCOSitory bunker, folks – so here’s another batch of news nuggets that have been waiting in the wings: