News - August 2000

Daily news from the world of roguelike games: Roguelike News

31st August 2000

• CatHAngband for Amiga
  Today Bablos compiled CatHAngband 2.9.1.2 for all the Amiga users out there.

• CatHAngband for Mac
  CatHAngband 2.9.1.2 has been compiled for the Macs by Evan Jenkins.

• CatHAngband 2.9.1.2
  Neko released Cat-and-the-Hack Angband 2.9.1.2 and I've compiled DOS and Windows versions of it. Take a look at the list of changes and try it out!
• And Yet Another EyAngband Update
  This time it is just a bugfix release of Eytan Zweig's variant EyAngband.
• Amiga ports
  Bablos compiled EyAngband 0.1.0b and ZAngband 2.4.0 for the Amiga.

• Yet Another EyAngband Update
  Eytan Zweig has much too much free time, since he released the third update to EyAngband within the last two weeks. For downloads, spoilers, and the list of changes take a look at the EyAngband homepage.
• ZAngband for Mac
  Rowan Beentje ported ZAngband 2.4.0 and ZAngband 2.5.1 for 68k and PPC Macs.
• And CatHAngband for Mac
  Evan Jenkins did the Mac ports for CatHAngband 2.9.1.1.

• New stable ZAngband version!
  It has been a while since the last release of a non-development ZAngband version, but now the DevTeam is proud to announce ZAngband 2.4.0. The source code, Windows, and DOS versions are waiting with many new features, changes, and bugfixes. ZAngband 2.4.0 includes the changes made in the development versions 2.3.4 and 2.3.5 such as the rebalanced combat code from OAngband and improved dungeon generation code.
• Amiga EyAngband
  Bablos compiled EyAngband 0.0.2. for the Amiga.

• EyAngband update
  It seems like Eytan Zweig doesn't need any sleep since he already released an update to EyAngband that rebalances mages, rangers and paladins together with many other changes.
• Edit-file patch for Angband 2.9.1
  Jonathan Ellis created a patch that adds a new player race, the Kobold, lots of new monsters, several new artifacts, slightly improved help files, as well as some other changes. This patch replaces the Angband lib/edit/*_info.txt configuration files and doesn't require recompiling the game or any other tricky stuff.

• (J)Angband/64 'beta 6 release 4'
  And yet again Jurriaan Kalkman released a new version of his variant (J)Angband/64.
• CathAngband for Acorn
  An Acorn RISC OS port of Cat-and-the-Hack Angband has been compiled by Thomas Harris.
• New Angband variant
  Eytan Zweig has created a new Angband variant based on Angband 2.9.1. It's called EyAngband and you can find downloads, a list of changes, and background information either here at Thangorodrim or directly on the EyAngband homepage. The biggest changes are probably the new spell system and the added monsters and objects.

• CatH-Angband for Amiga
  Bablos compiled Cat-and-the-Hack Angband 2.9.1.1. for the Amiga.
• Angband Borg screensaver for Windows update
  I've updated the Windows Borg screensaver with several bugfixes and small improvements.
• Angband 2.9.1 for OS/2
  Curtis W. Rendon compiled the OS/2 Warp version of Angband 2.9.1. This version seems to include the Mersenne Twister RNG.

• Angband Borg screensaver for Windows
  I've written a Windows screensaver that runs the APW Borg and automatically restarts it when the character dies (continuous play mode).
• Angband 2.9.1 Amiga port
  Bablos compiled the Angband 2.9.1 Amiga version.
• Mac-Enhanced Angband 2.8.3 beta
  Arcum Dagsson created a Mac-Enhanced version of Angband 2.8.3 for PPCs. Features include a monster recall window that opens when clicking on a monster, an options window, and partial support for Adam Bolt tiles.

• CatH-Angband revived
  It has been a while, but now Neko is back and brings us Cat-and-the-Hack Angband 2.9.1.1. I've already compiled DOS and Windows versions, so head over to the CatH-Angband area and get them!
• Angband 2.9.1 for Macs
  David Thornley compiled the new Angband version for the PPC and 68k Macs.
• PernAngband for Windows
  Pinotage created the Windows version of PernAngband 4.0.9.

© 2000 by Robert Rühlmann, rr9@thangorodrim.net