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ScummVM 0.5.0 Out, With Some Official Game Support

Posted by timothy on from the appropriate-recognition dept.

Ndr_Amigo writes "ScummVM (an interpreter for several different adventure game engines, like Simon the Sorcerer 1 and 2, the LucasArts' SCUMM adventures and Beneath a Steel Sky, earlier Slashdot story) just released version 0.5.0. Among the usual bugfixes, new game support, etc, the interesting thing about this version is that the developers of one of our target games (Beneath a Steel Sky, by Revolution Software) actually supported us. To the extent of not only supplying us with the original assembly source code, but later deciding to release the game as Freeware to coincide with our reimplementation of their engine. This is a complete turnaround from our prior experiences, and shows that there are still a few smaller active game developers out there that are willing to help keep the classics alive for their fans... And of course you can download ScummVM and the freeware release of Beneath a Steel Sky from the ScummVM homepage :)"

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  1. More abandonware games by Mwongozi · · Score: 5, Informative

    If you have the UAE Amiga Emulator, you can find hundreds of legitimately-released games at Back 2 The Roots, enough to keep you entertained for years!

  2. ScummVM is amazing by whitmer · · Score: 5, Informative
    I'm still able to play good ol' Lucasarts adventures like DOTT, Sam'n'Max and Full Throttle even though I don't have "compatible hardware" for running them in "native DOS mode".


    Previously I tried to play them under Win98s DOS, but audio and especially speech support was flaky because I have SB Live 1024. Now with ScummVM, no problems at all. Props to the development team!

  3. And there's more! by Dasaan · · Score: 5, Informative

    Not only has beneath a steel sky been released but Revolution are also helping the scummvm team to add support for broken sword 1 & 2.

    IMO this is a great move as it makes some of the coasters sitting on the shelves of linux converts into much more useful items again.
    Go Revolution

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  4. Re:I love it :) by RedK · · Score: 5, Informative
    Don't forget the Final Fantasy series for SNES...Re-releasing any of those games

    But, they did re-release those games, playable on your Playstation or Playstation 2. Look for Final Fantasy Origins, Final Fantasy Chronicles and Final Fantasy Anthology. With those 3 collections, you get Final Fantasy 1-6 (except 3), all in english plus Chrono Trigger! And better yet, Final Fantasy 1 and 2 have received much needed graphical overhauls.

    Links : Origins, Chronicles, Anthology

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    Anonymous Coward on Monday August 04, @06:49PM