News - June 2000

Daily news from the world of roguelike games: Roguelike News

30th June 2000

• MJband 0.0.6 for Amiga
  Bablos ported MJband 0.0.6 for Amiga.
• Mac ports
  Gob compiled CthAngband 4.0.1 and BorgBand for PPC and 68k Macs.

• ZAngband 2.5.1 for Amiga
  Bablos compiled the Amiga version of the new ZAngband development version.
• LGDC interview
  Dennis Payne and the team of the Linux Game Development Center published an interview with the new Angband maintainer ... me. :-)

• ZAngband 2.5.1 development version released
  The new development version of ZAngband is now available. The source code, Windows, and DOS versions are waiting with many new features, changes, and bugfixes!
• German Angband user meeting?
  I'll be at the LinuxTag 2000 in Stuttgart (Germany) on Saturday the 1st of July. This might be a good meeting place if any other Angband fans are running around there too. If anybody is interested then mail me so that we can arrange a meeting. Another good meeting place might be the "Oktoberfest" in Munich (16th September - 3rd October), so if anybody wants to talk about Angband and beer ...

• MJband 0.0.6
  Michael Barnes released a new version of his variant MJband. To find out what is new in this release, please take a look at the list of changes.
• New ZAngband DevTeam member
  The ZAngband DevTeam is pleased to welcome Mitsuhiro Itakura as the newest member of the DevTeam. Mitsuhiro is the maintainer of the Japanese version of Zangband.
• Linux binaries
  J. Lang compiled Linux binaries of Prfnoff's Angband a2.9.0b and the unofficial "bleeding edge" version of Angband 2.9.0.

• Prfnoff's ZAngbaA 2.3.5 for DOS and Windows
  I've ported Prfnoff's ZAngbaA 2.3.5 variant to DOS and Windows.

• MJband 0.0.5a
  Michael Barnes released an update of his variant MJband. Please take a look at the list of changes to find out what is new in this release.
• Amiga ports
  Bablos compiled the Amiga versions of MJband 0.0.5a, and Prfnoff's ZAngbaA 2.3.5.
• Unofficial Angband a2.9.0b for DOS and Windows
  I've ported Prfnoff's "Angband a2.9.0b" to DOS and Windows.

• Unofficial Angband a2.9.0b version
  Prfnoff released the source, and Mac versions of an unofficial Angband version called "Angband a2.9.0b". It includes the dynamic e_info patch, several bugfixes, new frontends for X11, Amiga, and Mac and various other enhancements like better configurability. Bablos already compiled the Amiga version.
• Angband 2.9.0 "Bleeding edge" for RISC OS
  Michael Barnes compiled the RISC OS version of the unofficial Angband 2.9.0 "Bleeding edge".
• New variant "MJband"
  And this is not the only thing Michael Barnes released. He also created his own variant MJband that is based on Angband 2.8.5. You can take a look at the list of changes to find out what new features this variant adds.
• Prfnoff's ZAngband variant - ZAngbaA 2.3.5
  Prfnoff released a new version of his variant ZAngbaA 2.3.5 as source code and Mac version.

• Amiga ports
  Bablos compiled the Amiga versions of (J)Angband/64 beta 5 release 4, and the unofficial "Bleeding edge" version of Angband 2.9.0.
• Mac KAmband 1.8c
  Gob released the 68k and PPC Mac versions of KAmband.
• Angband OpenSource Initiative
  I have started the Angband OpenSource Initiative to make Angband available under the GNU General Public License as well as the traditional Angband license. Such a change would bring many benefits for the Angband community like inclusion of Angband on the various Linux distributions, the possibility to use services such as SourceForge, and greater legal security. So if you are an Angband developer and want to support the Angband OpenSource Initiative then join now.
• Unofficial Angband a2.9.0 beta
  Prfnoff released the source of an unofficial Angband version called "Angband a2.9.0". It includes the dynamic e_info patch, several bugfixes, and various enhancements like better configurability.

© 2000 by Robert Rühlmann, rr9@thangorodrim.net