yep, i noticed i forgot it once i pressed 'Submit'. It's damn good too. btw i started playing at it a few times ago, stuck (but not for long i hope) at Riddle 6 (from Jeff). any hints?
you might want to have a look at AntiCrack which is a huge collection of tutorials cracking , reverse engineering, and programming. They also have a copy of the Old Fravia'Site, the new one being about searching).
As underdog, hippo and happypenguin were already listed i though i'd anyway give a list of w32 freeware games links:
Gamedev.net -- good ressources for game developers and lists current projects... some good free games. Download Net -- a great source for freeware and classic pc games (mostly windows) MegaGames -- A good freeware section here. RareWare -- This site is dedicated to all kind of games that have two things in common: they are small in size (max. 10mb) and are great to play.
It's even worse, i heard the subject of the email sent was "Get a free preview of McAfee PCSecurity Suite -- Complete Protection Against Viruses, Hackers & Identity Thieves"....
This is not what we want since we can see on RLVision News Page that the last version is 1.3 dating back to 2002-06-25 (you're right no valid results on google for that version)... BUT it gives us a good deal of info on which filename we're looking for... let's have a look at FileSearching.com for rlv_ag13.exe...
When i switched from the Amiga to the PC, I really missed Deluxe Paint, I finally found a version for DOS. If you liked it too, there's a similar win32 version called ArtGem. Though it is discontinued and not available for download on RLVision website, googling around you can find mirrors for version 1.3.
From the developer:
"ArtGem is a fast and powerful allround image editor, similar to classic DPaint but with the quality of Photoshop. Use ArtGem to scan, resize, merge & retouch your photos, create graphics for your website or to draw icons, sprites and textures for game & multimedia productions. View pictures and convert between different formats. Includes hundreds of high quality imaging tools. Supports JPEG, GIF, PNG, TIFF, BMP & 15 other image formats. Work with filters, selections, gradients & layers in the dynamic realtime interface.
Thanks for the support. I though I'd get replies like these when I read the preview of my post but there was no troll intended, I should perhaps have mentioned that contract work in fact get twice more money, as you did, and that we also have to pay more 'taxes' for that.
Actually I manage to work around 6 month a year, and get 6 month unemployed since 4 years. It's good to stay home, have a beer with friends, read a book, visits some places, etc... For me, unemployment is synonym of good time. And since i work on contract I'm getting unemployment funds while not working. Even have a t-shirt "Work to Live, Don't Live to Work". (The true story is also that I got fired once;-))
Best of all, each time you change jobs, you're facing new problems and it's really challenging sometimes.
Got it severeal times from the sea, even with a sloop;-)
One thing Pirates! left me is that i dont know about my country geography (belgium), but you can go and ask about any small and forgotten island in the gulf of mexico i probably know about it;-) (if it was in the game)
btw, on the C64, sometimes the game just crashed, and if i remember well you could list (a part of?) the program in basic. Anyone knows if this was actually the game source?!
well, may be you should just cut the p2p connection to the internet anyway, if you dont share to the world riaa wont bother you...
so you got annoying emails from riaa?! just apply a judge request about spamming, no, better register their email to watchmybigtits.com -- after all we hate them, but they're just humans... (and i prefer them looking to my sister's tits than in my cd library)
and even better, tell your students how to use irc and ftp, that's HOW one should trade files!
bah, windows xp wasnt updated since a long time too. perhaps SP1a in march, to fix the new bug provided by SP1... well, all in all it shouldn't be worse.
May be you should STOP quitting whatever thing you do once you understand it. Sometimes, it pays to finish what you start... and dont worry being unemployed it's cool too!
P.S.: Could you also buy an almach with the lottery winning numbers BEFORE the 2003-02-01 and keep it ALWAYS with you, i dont know where i left mine and after all you never know if someone will ask you "Advice You Would Give to Your 12 Year-Old Self?".
Dunno how, i messed up with the url, the original./ article is here and it point to the freshmeat one that talk about the use of screen and RatPoison as windows managers (and they're both a must-try).
Slashdot Mirror
Being very fond of those old Lucas Art games, i though giving away a few links about the SCUMM VM may be interresting for other /.ers.
/. here (Linux SCUMM Interpreter), and here (Lucas Confuses ScummVM With Abandonware).
- The SCUMM VM (already on
- The SCUMM Bar, sadly down untill mid-july (but not closed!), is a reference on the genre, with nice interviews with the original developpers of the first games.
- The International House of Mojo
- WWHS
- The Big Whoop Fairground (Monkey Island)
- The Legend of Mokey Island
Well from there you can find tons of links to fan sites...
Actually Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders was my first introduction to the genre when i was around 13, on a now old C64. This game was really crazy and got me so addicted that it was a reason for my parents to buy me a english/french dictionnary. There's a few projects from fans for a follow-up:
- Zak McKracken
- Zak McKracken and the Alien Rockstar
- Zak McKracken Between Time and Space
Finally some of you may also want to have a look to the news groups alt.games.lucas-art.*
have fun!
Yes sure... it was damn hard and i couldnt get past the first operation without reading the books you found in the game... you can download it here
np, documenting reverse engineering broad techniques is an immense work and i'm impatient to see where your project will lead.
Good luck for you two!
btw: what about making a wiki for the book?
yep, i noticed i forgot it once i pressed 'Submit'. It's damn good too. btw i started playing at it a few times ago, stuck (but not for long i hope) at Riddle 6 (from Jeff). any hints?
you might want to have a look at AntiCrack which is a huge collection of tutorials cracking , reverse engineering, and programming. They also have a copy of the Old Fravia'Site, the new one being about searching).
;-)
There's a few games/challenges out there about reverse engineering, cracking, logic and programming. Give them a try if you wish (Arcanum is really nice):
AngularVision, Apotheosis, Arcanum, Aspect, Aspect2, C&CDisIncorporated, CyberArmy, Disavowed, Electrica, Escape, HackME, HackersGames, HackersLab, HackQuest, Hybrid, ICEFortress, Lamebulun, Mod-X, NetSplit, NGSEC'sSecurityGame, ProblemSetArchive, ReverserCourse, SlyFX, TheGame, and Try2hack.
have fun
As underdog, hippo and happypenguin were already listed i though i'd anyway give a list of w32 freeware games links:
Gamedev.net -- good ressources for game developers and lists current projects... some good free games.
Download Net -- a great source for freeware and classic pc games (mostly windows)
MegaGames -- A good freeware section here.
RareWare -- This site is dedicated to all kind of games that have two things in common: they are small in size (max. 10mb) and are great to play.
have fun!
It's even worse, i heard the subject of the email sent was "Get a free preview of McAfee PCSecurity Suite -- Complete Protection Against Viruses, Hackers & Identity Thieves"....
But there's a free online rpg: Tibia, check it out it's damn addicting. Sadly the linux version isnt up to date, but wine handle well the w32 binary.
is there...
with "download artgem 1.2" you'll find three mirrors:
This is not what we want since we can see on RLVision News Page that the last version is 1.3 dating back to 2002-06-25 (you're right no valid results on google for that version)... BUT it gives us a good deal of info on which filename we're looking for... let's have a look at FileSearching.com for rlv_ag13.exe...
And Voila! you got the last version.
More infos on searching techniques may be found at Fravia's SearchLores Website and some tools on a friend's web page.
I hope this helps.
sice
From the developer:
Thanks for the support. I though I'd get replies like these when I read the preview of my post but there was no troll intended, I should perhaps have mentioned that contract work in fact get twice more money, as you did, and that we also have to pay more 'taxes' for that.
sice
I'd call that hollidays :-)
;-))
Actually I manage to work around 6 month a year, and get 6 month unemployed since 4 years. It's good to stay home, have a beer with friends, read a book, visits some places, etc... For me, unemployment is synonym of good time. And since i work on contract I'm getting unemployment funds while not working. Even have a t-shirt "Work to Live, Don't Live to Work". (The true story is also that I got fired once
Best of all, each time you change jobs, you're facing new problems and it's really challenging sometimes.
> english 'aint the only fucking language on the planet.
yet.
and anyway, 7-bit ASCII rulez!
No update since last year, but still worth a look... http://xarchon.seul.org/ have fun!
Got it severeal times from the sea, even with a sloop ;-)
;-) (if it was in the game)
One thing Pirates! left me is that i dont know about my country geography (belgium), but you can go and ask about any small and forgotten island in the gulf of mexico i probably know about it
btw, on the C64, sometimes the game just crashed, and if i remember well you could list (a part of?) the program in basic. Anyone knows if this was actually the game source?!
ok, why the hell dont you want to cut it?
well, may be you should just cut the p2p connection to the internet anyway, if you dont share to the world riaa wont bother you...
so you got annoying emails from riaa?! just apply a judge request about spamming, no, better register their email to watchmybigtits.com -- after all we hate them, but they're just humans... (and i prefer them looking to my sister's tits than in my cd library)
and even better, tell your students how to use irc and ftp, that's HOW one should trade files!
pussies!
bah, windows xp wasnt updated since a long time too. perhaps SP1a in march, to fix the new bug provided by SP1... well, all in all it shouldn't be worse.
--
... to secure a win box is to put it in concrete and throw it deep in the ocean.
--
nothing about grub here, but personally i really like this web site that have a few search engines on it: http://freddo.netfirms.com/. It also refers to Fravia's new website and his invaluable forum.
A good reference about search engines is also Search Engine Watch
have fun...
And i almost forgot the 911 CD...
Linux Care Bootable ToolBox, Knoppix, and a dozen of small diskettes distros...
May be you should STOP quitting whatever thing you do once you understand it. Sometimes, it pays to finish what you start... and dont worry being unemployed it's cool too!
P.S.: Could you also buy an almach with the lottery winning numbers BEFORE the 2003-02-01 and keep it ALWAYS with you, i dont know where i left mine and after all you never know if someone will ask you "Advice You Would Give to Your 12 Year-Old Self?".
Dunno how, i messed up with the url, the original ./ article is here and it point to the freshmeat one that talk about the use of screen and RatPoison as windows managers (and they're both a must-try).
I'm happy since i'm using The AntiDesktop.
a must see...