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18.Aug.2016 Hexen II - Hammer of Thyrion (uHexen2 1.5.8) for AmigaOS, MorphOS and AROS
Szilárd 'BSzili' Biró has ported the engine of the FPS classic Hexen II to AmigaOS 3, MorphOS and AROS. The engine uHexen2 as well as the corresponding game data of the Shareware version are available on sourceforge.net. Warp 3D is supported via MiniGL and StormMesa but a software renderer is available as well. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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15.Aug.2016

Jump'n Run: Super Robin
The Jump'n Run game "Super Robin" (Video) written by Chris Clarke was created with the Reality Game Engine. In each of the 32 levels you have to collect all fruit and then to get to the exit.

Additional to teleporter doors and switches (push up on your joystick and then press fire), there are also bonus levels, which can be accessed at the end pf a level.

The author used the Reality Game Engine because compared to e.g. Backbone it has some benefits. Obviously it has also some flaws and limitations which he mentioned:

Occasionally some graphic glitch on the enemy sprites in the training mode
The main sprite will not be changed. Reality does include a hotspot editor but there are no instructions available on how to use or implement this.
Only one in game music tune can be used throughout the game.
The disk version the game would sometimes crash after a particular level.

Super Robin requires any Amiga with at least 2 MB RAM. A version for CD32 is also offered.

Downloads:

Robin_adf.zip (1 MB)
Super Robin CD32.zip (2 MB) (cg) (Translation: dr)

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15.Aug.2016

Boulder Dash clone: Full version of Robouldix for free download
In 1993 the Boulder Dash clone Robouldix was released as "Payware" (Shareware). Robouldix offers about 150 levels and an optional two player mode. On a separate website, the authors offer the game the full version for free download.

The team currently is about to assemble the game again and to fixes some bugs: Among others levels 134 and 135 are considered to be unsolvable. There is already a list including all paswords for the single player mode. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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13.Aug.2016

Game engines for DOS games Catacomb 3D and Keen Dreams
Szilárd 'BSzili' Biró has released ports of the engines of Catacomb 3D - which is the (technical) prequel of Wolfenstein 3D - as well as of the jump'n run game Commander Keen: Keen Dreams. The engines always need the level data of the original versions.

Additional to the original "Catacomb 3D", there is also the sequels "The Catacomb Abyss", "Curse of the Catacombs" (aka "Catacomb Armageddon") and "Terror of the Catacombs" (aka "Catacomb Apocalypse"). Although all five (Commander Keen included) games are in one Github archive, BirÃ³ has provided a separate executable for each game. The author recommends a 68030 processor, Commander Keen works with 2 MB RAM.

Commander Keen - Keen Dreams:

Catacomb 3D:

Download page for the engine

The Catacomb Abyss:

Catacomb Armageddon:

Download page for the engine

Catacomb Apokalypse:

Download page for the engine

The full version of Commander Keen: Keen Dreams is available for Windows, MacOS and Linux on Steam, the full versions of all Catacombs games are available at gog.com in the Catacombs Pack. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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