The penultimate day of 2023 saw another release of ScummVM, which includes a RISC OS version thanks to the efforts of Cameron Cawley. The software is now at version 2.8.0, and the latest version brings with it a number of new engines, enhancements to old ones – and of course, a whole raft of newly supported games.
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ScummVM 2.7.0 brings more new engines and games
A new version of ScummVM is out now, and brings with it new engines, and therefore even more games. The software is a ‘virtual machine’ designed originally to allow games developed with a specific system to be playable on modern computer system, but has gone on to support many more.
Read MoreScummVM gets a maintenance release
If you like adventures of the ‘point and click’ variety, you’ll no doubt be aware – and hopefully using – ScummVM to play the wealth of old games it brings to the platform, most of which never touched RISC OS when they were first released for other computers and operating systems.
Read MoreWanted by CJE at Wakefield… erm, Bradford
While the pandemic may have slowed things down for many people and businesses, it appears that for CJE Micro’s and 4D there has been at least one area where they were kept very busy. That’s selling retro systems to many far flung places around the globe.
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