1 Pre-Release Version 2.2.0rc7 [?? ??? ????]
2 ------------------------------------------
3 - fixed bug when picking element in the editor
4 - added more custom elements properties
6 Pre-Release Version 2.2.0rc6 [22 APR 2003]
7 ------------------------------------------
8 - fixed small font configuration directive bug
9 - tape recorder font slightly enhanced (now complete character set)
10 - added missing font configuration source file
11 - added updated CHANGES file ;-)
13 Pre-Release Version 2.2.0rc5 [20 APR 2003]
14 ------------------------------------------
15 - added generic selectbox gadget
16 - added special mouse cursor for playfield while playing
17 - font handling now more flexible (support for ISO-Latin-1 fonts)
18 - font graphics adjusted accordingly
20 Pre-Release Version 2.2.0rc4 [30 MAR 2003]
21 ------------------------------------------
22 - changes for menu configuration
23 - not officially announced pre-release version
24 - Emerald Mine text font now much better quality
26 Pre-Release Version 2.2.0rc3 [11 FEB 2003]
27 ------------------------------------------
28 - first custom element properties
29 - animation configuration for dynamically defined element actions
30 - automatically downscaled graphics (small graphics not needed anymore)
31 - ".EDITOR" and ".PREVIEW" suffixes for special editor/preview graphics
32 - toon animations (and number of toons) now fully configurable
34 Pre-Release Version 2.2.0rc2 [13 JAN 2003]
35 ------------------------------------------
36 - added support for stereo WAV sound files
37 - moving objects can now have arbitrary animation length
38 - new batch command for dumping level information
39 - added support for background images for all menu screens
40 - added 128 custom elements that can be decorated with own graphics
41 - added some example levels showing how to create custom artwork
42 - added new contributed levels from the following players:
43 + Emanuel Schmieg: "Into The Ice Caves" (22 levels + artwork)
45 Pre-Release Version 2.2.0rc1 [31 DEC 2002]
46 ------------------------------------------
47 - level series artwork now configurable via level series config file
48 - single graphics and animations can now be replaced with different
49 ones (independantly from default image files which may be larger)
50 by defining and using additional image files
51 - element animation length, speed and mode now freely configurable
52 - automatic tape playing function for game engine and level testing
53 - missing steel wall graphic added (thanks to Equinox Tetrachloride)
54 - added new contributed levels from the following players:
55 + Abby King (14 levels)
56 + Andreas Buschbeck (80 levels with complete artwork set)
57 + David Hutchinson (25 levels with graphics set)
58 + Equinox Tetrachloride (150 levels guaranteed to be solvable)
59 + Sylvan Hancock (39 levels)
61 Release Version 2.1.1 [13 AUG 2002]
62 -----------------------------------
63 - sound bug (causing crashes) fixed (reported by Keith Peterston)
64 - support for /dev/sound/dsp (devfs) added (thanks to Christoph Bauer)
65 - small NetBSD compilation bug fixed (thanks to Adam Ciarcinski)
66 - default keys for "snap field" and "place bomb" fixed for Mac OS X
67 - added new contributed levels from the following players:
69 + Gerrit Holl and Timen van den Berg
71 Release Version 2.1.0 [05 AUG 2002]
72 -----------------------------------
73 - native Mac OS X port (finally!)
74 - graphics, sounds and music now fully configurable
75 - added support for TrueColor PCX graphics files
76 - added support for 16 bit WAV sound files
77 - enhanced sound system (especially regarding stereo and loop sounds)
78 - new structured setup menu (with sub-menues for graphics and sounds)
79 - added "quick save" and "quick load" functions with shortcut key
80 - added single-step playing mode (automatic pause after each step)
81 - behaviour of "Escape" key in level editor now more intuitive
82 - changed default slipping behaviour of gems back to 2.0.0 style;
83 this is now an element property for gems in the level editor,
84 although existing converted levels use the new EM gems behaviour
85 - bug fixed that prevented walking through tubes when gravity on
86 - added Boulder Dash style "snap-pushing" (thanks to Achim Härtel)
87 - fixed memory leak in image loading code
88 - fixed some "solid" elements that were accidentally destructible
89 - fixed some tape stuff
90 - added new contributed levels from the following players:
95 + Flyboy: level group "Cops and Robbers", with own graphics set
96 - added custom graphics set "Animal Kingdom" by Flyboy
98 Release Version 2.0.1 [19 MAR 2002]
99 -----------------------------------
100 - bug in explosion code fixed that broke level 24 of "Baby Ghost Mine"
101 - several Supaplex emulation bugs fixed (thanks to Mihail Milushev):
102 + orange disk does not fall off from slippery elements
103 + infotrons kill electrons and snik snaks and trigger orange disks
104 + explosion chain reactions are now a bit slower than murphy
105 - behaviour of robots adjusted to make them less aggressive
106 (needed for quite some Emerald Mine Club levels)
107 - emeralds and diamonds now fall off normal, steel and growing walls,
108 as this is the correct behaviour in Emerald Mine; existing private
109 and contributed levels will still behave as before, unless saved
110 again (with or without modifications) from the level editor of the
111 current version of the game
112 - icon for Windows executable added
113 - bug when selecting default level series fixed
114 - new IFF style file format for level and tape files
115 - bug in storing amoeba content fixed
116 - nasty tape bugs fixed (completely reworked tape stuff)
117 - fullscreen mode now works with Windows (workaround for bug in SDL)
118 - /dev/dsp support for NetBSD added (thanks to Krister Walfridsson)
119 - file permissions when saving files and creating directories changed
120 - some small sound bugs fixed
121 - added new contributed levels from the following players:
131 Release Version 2.0.0 [01 JAN 2001]
132 -----------------------------------
133 - major code redesign to maintain generic game functions in a separate
134 library and make it easier to port the game to new targets like SDL
135 - can be compiled with SDL library to build native Windows version
136 - DOS and Windows versions can be compiled with gcc cross-compiler
137 - trying to open already busy audio device does not block the game
138 - bug in network playing code fixed (patch from web site)
139 - SDL version can load and play music modules
140 - bug in level editor fixed for EM doors and keys element description
141 - sound sample frequency raised from 8 kHz to 22 kHz
143 Release Version 1.4.0 [27 OCT 1999]
144 -----------------------------------
145 - new Boulder Dash elements for better game emulation
146 - new cool medium-sized crystal font
147 - new elements and graphics for Diamond Caves II levels
148 - new elements and graphics for Emerald Mine Club levels
149 - brushed-up (higher resolution) graphics for Supaplex elements
150 - special oversized Supaplex levels included
151 - new elements for more authentic Emerald Mine elements (doors)
152 - more level editor enhancements:
153 element list scrollbar and level number selection within editor
154 - lots of new levels converted from Emerald Mine Club disks,
155 DX-Boulderdash and Supaplex
156 - new levels created and contributed by players
157 - now over 160 level series with over 14.000 levels
158 - high score list now scrollable to see all 100 entries
159 - new 16-bit elements level format to allow more than 256 elements
160 - re-introduced level handicap for more challange (levels must be
161 solved to be able to play the next one; can be disabled in setup)
162 - new setup option to disable time limit for relaxed playing :-)
163 - GAME_DIR path split into RO_GAME_DIR and RW_GAME_DIR to allow
164 distributors to separate read-only (levels, graphics, sounds)
165 from writable (hich scores) game data
166 - new personal level setup files to store level handicap and
167 last played level for each level series
168 - removed some 32-bit dependent code; should be 64-bit clean now
169 - some little bugs fixed
171 Release Version 1.3.0 [5 FEB 1999]
172 ----------------------------------
173 - strongly enhanced level editor
174 - new elements, graphics and levels for Supaplex style games
175 - completely rewritten platform independent gadget code
176 (buttons, scrollbars, text and number input gadgets)
177 - nasty sound bug fixed (showed up with Linux kernel 2.2.x)
179 Release Version 1.2.0 [5 DEC 1998]
180 ----------------------------------
181 - DOS/Windows version
182 - new WAV sound loader (to replace the old Amiga 8SVX files)
183 - new PCX graphics loader (to avoid GIF license problems)
184 - network multiplayer games with upto four players
185 - no separate network server needed; each client can
186 fork a network server at startup if there's no server
187 running at this moment
188 - possibility to invoke the game to act as a standalone
189 network server (on a separate machine, for example)
190 - local multiplayer games with upto four players
191 - support for upto four joysticks
192 - completely free customizable keyboard and joystick
193 for all four players individually
194 - new joystick calibration screen which can be left
195 (with Escape key) if no joystick is connected... ;-)
196 - new (working) GIF graphics loader (but still support
197 for the old XPM method)
198 - supports private colormap with extremely less flashing
199 on 8-bit (256 colors) displays
200 - soft-scrolling with 50 frames per second (which raises
201 the system requirements and makes it completely
202 unplayable on my "old reference" 486/33 (where 0.9b runs
203 smoothly) and running at 90% speed on my K6-200.
204 - completely new file format for personal setup data
205 in ASCII format which is human readable and easily
206 customizable even with a texteditor; stored in the
207 user's home directory and no longer somewhere in the
208 game's installation directory
209 - high score lists changed: now one file per level and
210 no longer one file per level series; now using readable
212 - useful command line options to specify the X11 display,
213 the game's base (installation) directory, an alternate
214 level directory, standalone server execution and verbose
217 Version 1.1 [???] [NOT RELEASED]
218 --------------------------------
219 - new (but broken) GIF graphics loader to be independent
220 from the XPM library and to replace all graphics by GIF files
222 Version 1.0 [9 APR 1997] [NOT RELEASED]
223 ---------------------------------------
224 - the game now contains many really playable levels,
225 not only a few levels for testing
226 - the game is now even better playable by keyboard
227 (now you have the same gameplay functionality
228 compared to playing with a joystick. Especially
229 there are diagonal directions with keyboard playing
230 and the fire buttons are mapped to the shift keys)
231 - a lot of new elements for better emulation of levels
232 from the games "Boulder Dash", "Emerald Mine" and
233 "Sokoban". New elements to build "Dynablaster" style
235 - enhanced functionality of the level tape recorder
236 to make it possible to go on with a game at any tape
239 Version 0.9b2 [21 NOV 1995] [NOT RELEASED]
240 ------------------------------------------
243 Pre-Release Version 0.9b [4 NOV 1995]
244 -------------------------------------
245 - the game is now completely Freeware
246 - the game is now better playable by keyboard
247 (in the last version, the player was making more than
248 one step for one keystroke in some cases -- thanks to
249 Warwick Allison for the hint with "XSync()"!)
250 - new amoeba type with configurable content (like in the
251 original C64 version, when aboeba cannot grow anymore
252 and explodes to diamonds or some other elements)
253 - compile error with ONE_PER_NAME in high score function
254 removed (thanks to Dmitry Kohmanyuk)
255 - little code cleanup (to get some new bugs ;)
256 - FreeBSD sound and joystick support (thanks to Jean-Marc
259 Pre-Release Version 0.9 [23 OCT 1995]
260 -------------------------------------
261 - first (pre)release version
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