1 Release Version 3.0.3 [08 SEP 2003]
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3 - fixed bug (missing array boundary check) which could crash the game
4 - fixed problem with setting mouse cursor in SDL version in fullscreen
5 - fixed problem with flickering when drawing toon animations
6 - fixed problem with player animation when snapping and moving
7 - fixed several nasty bugs that may have caused crashes on some systems
8 - added envelope content which gets displayed when collecting envelope
9 - added multiple change event pages for custom elements
10 - added support for loading various music formats through SDL_mixer
12 Release Version 3.0.2 [22 AUG 2003]
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14 - fixed bug with messing up custom element properties in 3.0.0 levels
15 - fixed bug with choosing wrong engine version when playing tapes
16 - fixed bug with creating inaccessible elements at player position
17 - fixed bug with not finding current level artwork directory
19 Release Version 3.0.1 [18 AUG 2003]
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21 - fixed bug that caused a crash at startup under Solaris
22 - fixed bug that caused the DOS version not finding its files
23 - fixed bug with missing graphic for active red disk bomb
24 - added custom element property for dropping collected elements
25 - added another 128 custom elements for those who can't get enough
26 - fixed PCX files in the DOS version ("classic" graphics only)
28 Release Version 3.0.0 [05 AUG 2003]
29 -----------------------------------
30 - final version bumped to 3.0.0 due to the massive changes
31 - graphics and sounds now completely and dynamically customizable
32 - custom elements now have lots of configurable properties
33 - advanced custom element settings for powerful, self-created elements
34 - fixed Supaplex gravity tubes
35 - fixed very nasty bug in SDL_image (and X11) PCX loading routine
36 - fixed some very nasty bugs in bitmap zoom routine
37 - fixed very nasty bug in level/artwork loading routine
38 - added new contributed levels and artwork from the following players:
39 * in the section "Contributions - 2002":
40 + Abby King (14 levels)
41 + Alan Bond (30 levels, all solvable, BD style artwork set)
42 + David Hutchinson (25 levels, artwork set)
43 + Equinox Tetrachloride (50 levels + 100 levels, all solvable)
44 + Sylvan Hancock (39 levels)
45 * in the section "Contributions - 2003":
46 + Andreas Buschbeck (85 levels, all solvable, complete artwork set)
47 + Edward Leuf (10 levels, all solvable, artwork set)
48 + Emanuel Schmieg (22 levels, all solvable, complete artwork set)
49 + Gavin Davidson (47 levels)
50 + Jorge Jordan (17 levels)
51 + Rafael Gatti (17 levels)
52 + Randy Johannessen (17 levels)
53 + Richard Valvona (3 levels)
54 + Sam Bateman (35 levels)
55 - great new levels with full artwork are now available from:
56 + Juergen Bonhagen (with complete artwork set)
57 * download these levels from "http://www.jb-line.de/"
58 + Andreas Buschbeck (with complete artwork set)
59 * download these levels from "http://home.vr-web.de/~abuschbeck/"
61 Pre-Release Version 2.2.0rc7 [17 JUL 2003]
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63 - fixed bug when picking element in the editor
64 - added more custom elements properties
65 - fixed bugs when smashing penguin
67 Pre-Release Version 2.2.0rc6 [22 APR 2003]
68 ------------------------------------------
69 - fixed small font configuration directive bug
70 - tape recorder font slightly enhanced (now complete character set)
71 - added missing font configuration source file
72 - added updated CHANGES file ;-)
74 Pre-Release Version 2.2.0rc5 [20 APR 2003]
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76 - added generic selectbox gadget
77 - added special mouse cursor for playfield while playing
78 - font handling now more flexible (support for ISO-Latin-1 fonts)
79 - font graphics adjusted accordingly
81 Pre-Release Version 2.2.0rc4 [30 MAR 2003]
82 ------------------------------------------
83 - changes for menu configuration
84 - not officially announced pre-release version
85 - Emerald Mine text font now much better quality
87 Pre-Release Version 2.2.0rc3 [11 FEB 2003]
88 ------------------------------------------
89 - first custom element properties
90 - animation configuration for dynamically defined element actions
91 - automatically downscaled graphics (small graphics not needed anymore)
92 - ".EDITOR" and ".PREVIEW" suffixes for special editor/preview graphics
93 - toon animations (and number of toons) now fully configurable
95 Pre-Release Version 2.2.0rc2 [13 JAN 2003]
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97 - added support for stereo WAV sound files
98 - moving objects can now have arbitrary animation length
99 - new batch command for dumping level information
100 - added support for background images for all menu screens
101 - added 128 custom elements that can be decorated with own graphics
102 - added some example levels showing how to create custom artwork
103 - added new contributed levels from the following players:
104 + Emanuel Schmieg: "Into The Ice Caves" (22 levels + artwork)
106 Pre-Release Version 2.2.0rc1 [31 DEC 2002]
107 ------------------------------------------
108 - level series artwork now configurable via level series config file
109 - single graphics and animations can now be replaced with different
110 ones (independantly from default image files which may be larger)
111 by defining and using additional image files
112 - element animation length, speed and mode now freely configurable
113 - automatic tape playing function for game engine and level testing
114 - missing steel wall graphic added (thanks to Equinox Tetrachloride)
115 - added new contributed levels from the following players:
116 + Abby King (14 levels)
117 + Andreas Buschbeck (80 levels with complete artwork set)
118 + David Hutchinson (25 levels with graphics set)
119 + Equinox Tetrachloride (150 levels guaranteed to be solvable)
120 + Sylvan Hancock (39 levels)
122 Release Version 2.1.1 [13 AUG 2002]
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124 - sound bug (causing crashes) fixed (reported by Keith Peterston)
125 - support for /dev/sound/dsp (devfs) added (thanks to Christoph Bauer)
126 - small NetBSD compilation bug fixed (thanks to Adam Ciarcinski)
127 - default keys for "snap field" and "place bomb" fixed for Mac OS X
128 - added new contributed levels from the following players:
130 + Gerrit Holl and Timen van den Berg
132 Release Version 2.1.0 [05 AUG 2002]
133 -----------------------------------
134 - native Mac OS X port (finally!)
135 - graphics, sounds and music now fully configurable
136 - added support for TrueColor PCX graphics files
137 - added support for 16 bit WAV sound files
138 - enhanced sound system (especially regarding stereo and loop sounds)
139 - new structured setup menu (with sub-menues for graphics and sounds)
140 - added "quick save" and "quick load" functions with shortcut key
141 - added single-step playing mode (automatic pause after each step)
142 - behaviour of "Escape" key in level editor now more intuitive
143 - changed default slipping behaviour of gems back to 2.0.0 style;
144 this is now an element property for gems in the level editor,
145 although existing converted levels use the new EM gems behaviour
146 - bug fixed that prevented walking through tubes when gravity on
147 - added Boulder Dash style "snap-pushing" (thanks to Achim Härtel)
148 - fixed memory leak in image loading code
149 - fixed some "solid" elements that were accidentally destructible
150 - fixed some tape stuff
151 - added new contributed levels from the following players:
156 + Flyboy: level group "Cops and Robbers", with own graphics set
157 - added custom graphics set "Animal Kingdom" by Flyboy
159 Release Version 2.0.1 [19 MAR 2002]
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161 - bug in explosion code fixed that broke level 24 of "Baby Ghost Mine"
162 - several Supaplex emulation bugs fixed (thanks to Mihail Milushev):
163 + orange disk does not fall off from slippery elements
164 + infotrons kill electrons and snik snaks and trigger orange disks
165 + explosion chain reactions are now a bit slower than murphy
166 - behaviour of robots adjusted to make them less aggressive
167 (needed for quite some Emerald Mine Club levels)
168 - emeralds and diamonds now fall off normal, steel and growing walls,
169 as this is the correct behaviour in Emerald Mine; existing private
170 and contributed levels will still behave as before, unless saved
171 again (with or without modifications) from the level editor of the
172 current version of the game
173 - icon for Windows executable added
174 - bug when selecting default level series fixed
175 - new IFF style file format for level and tape files
176 - bug in storing amoeba content fixed
177 - nasty tape bugs fixed (completely reworked tape stuff)
178 - fullscreen mode now works with Windows (workaround for bug in SDL)
179 - /dev/dsp support for NetBSD added (thanks to Krister Walfridsson)
180 - file permissions when saving files and creating directories changed
181 - some small sound bugs fixed
182 - added new contributed levels from the following players:
192 Release Version 2.0.0 [01 JAN 2001]
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194 - major code redesign to maintain generic game functions in a separate
195 library and make it easier to port the game to new targets like SDL
196 - can be compiled with SDL library to build native Windows version
197 - DOS and Windows versions can be compiled with gcc cross-compiler
198 - trying to open already busy audio device does not block the game
199 - bug in network playing code fixed (patch from web site)
200 - SDL version can load and play music modules
201 - bug in level editor fixed for EM doors and keys element description
202 - sound sample frequency raised from 8 kHz to 22 kHz
204 Release Version 1.4.0 [27 OCT 1999]
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206 - new Boulder Dash elements for better game emulation
207 - new cool medium-sized crystal font
208 - new elements and graphics for Diamond Caves II levels
209 - new elements and graphics for Emerald Mine Club levels
210 - brushed-up (higher resolution) graphics for Supaplex elements
211 - special oversized Supaplex levels included
212 - new elements for more authentic Emerald Mine elements (doors)
213 - more level editor enhancements:
214 element list scrollbar and level number selection within editor
215 - lots of new levels converted from Emerald Mine Club disks,
216 DX-Boulderdash and Supaplex
217 - new levels created and contributed by players
218 - now over 160 level series with over 14.000 levels
219 - high score list now scrollable to see all 100 entries
220 - new 16-bit elements level format to allow more than 256 elements
221 - re-introduced level handicap for more challange (levels must be
222 solved to be able to play the next one; can be disabled in setup)
223 - new setup option to disable time limit for relaxed playing :-)
224 - GAME_DIR path split into RO_GAME_DIR and RW_GAME_DIR to allow
225 distributors to separate read-only (levels, graphics, sounds)
226 from writable (hich scores) game data
227 - new personal level setup files to store level handicap and
228 last played level for each level series
229 - removed some 32-bit dependent code; should be 64-bit clean now
230 - some little bugs fixed
232 Release Version 1.3.0 [5 FEB 1999]
233 ----------------------------------
234 - strongly enhanced level editor
235 - new elements, graphics and levels for Supaplex style games
236 - completely rewritten platform independent gadget code
237 (buttons, scrollbars, text and number input gadgets)
238 - nasty sound bug fixed (showed up with Linux kernel 2.2.x)
240 Release Version 1.2.0 [5 DEC 1998]
241 ----------------------------------
242 - DOS/Windows version
243 - new WAV sound loader (to replace the old Amiga 8SVX files)
244 - new PCX graphics loader (to avoid GIF license problems)
245 - network multiplayer games with upto four players
246 - no separate network server needed; each client can
247 fork a network server at startup if there's no server
248 running at this moment
249 - possibility to invoke the game to act as a standalone
250 network server (on a separate machine, for example)
251 - local multiplayer games with upto four players
252 - support for upto four joysticks
253 - completely free customizable keyboard and joystick
254 for all four players individually
255 - new joystick calibration screen which can be left
256 (with Escape key) if no joystick is connected... ;-)
257 - new (working) GIF graphics loader (but still support
258 for the old XPM method)
259 - supports private colormap with extremely less flashing
260 on 8-bit (256 colors) displays
261 - soft-scrolling with 50 frames per second (which raises
262 the system requirements and makes it completely
263 unplayable on my "old reference" 486/33 (where 0.9b runs
264 smoothly) and running at 90% speed on my K6-200.
265 - completely new file format for personal setup data
266 in ASCII format which is human readable and easily
267 customizable even with a texteditor; stored in the
268 user's home directory and no longer somewhere in the
269 game's installation directory
270 - high score lists changed: now one file per level and
271 no longer one file per level series; now using readable
273 - useful command line options to specify the X11 display,
274 the game's base (installation) directory, an alternate
275 level directory, standalone server execution and verbose
278 Version 1.1 [???] [NOT RELEASED]
279 --------------------------------
280 - new (but broken) GIF graphics loader to be independent
281 from the XPM library and to replace all graphics by GIF files
283 Version 1.0 [9 APR 1997] [NOT RELEASED]
284 ---------------------------------------
285 - the game now contains many really playable levels,
286 not only a few levels for testing
287 - the game is now even better playable by keyboard
288 (now you have the same gameplay functionality
289 compared to playing with a joystick. Especially
290 there are diagonal directions with keyboard playing
291 and the fire buttons are mapped to the shift keys)
292 - a lot of new elements for better emulation of levels
293 from the games "Boulder Dash", "Emerald Mine" and
294 "Sokoban". New elements to build "Dynablaster" style
296 - enhanced functionality of the level tape recorder
297 to make it possible to go on with a game at any tape
300 Version 0.9b2 [21 NOV 1995] [NOT RELEASED]
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304 Pre-Release Version 0.9b [4 NOV 1995]
305 -------------------------------------
306 - the game is now completely Freeware
307 - the game is now better playable by keyboard
308 (in the last version, the player was making more than
309 one step for one keystroke in some cases -- thanks to
310 Warwick Allison for the hint with "XSync()"!)
311 - new amoeba type with configurable content (like in the
312 original C64 version, when aboeba cannot grow anymore
313 and explodes to diamonds or some other elements)
314 - compile error with ONE_PER_NAME in high score function
315 removed (thanks to Dmitry Kohmanyuk)
316 - little code cleanup (to get some new bugs ;)
317 - FreeBSD sound and joystick support (thanks to Jean-Marc
320 Pre-Release Version 0.9 [23 OCT 1995]
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322 - first (pre)release version
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