GameRunner distribution v0.3

urodelo urodelomutante at yahoo.com
Fri Feb 18 20:01:00 CET 2011


Well done. Thank you !

On Wed, 16 Feb 2011 15:31:31 +0100, Rafael Ignacio Zurita  
<rafaelignacio.zurita at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello,
>   new version of GameRunner after almost one year.
>
> GameRunner is an Openmoko Linux distribution. It aims to convert the
> Freerunner phone into a Linux-based handheld game console :
>
> http://gamerunner.sourceforge.net/
>
> New Version 0.3 Available :
>
> http://gamerunner.sourceforge.net/download_installation.html
>
> Screenshots, pictures and instructions about how to play :
>
> http://gamerunner.sourceforge.net/games.html
>
>
> Changelog since 0.2 :
>
>  - added "The Battle for Wesnoth" game
>  - added "Free Heroes II" game
>  - added RoadFighter racing game
>  - added Xgalaga game
>  - added GnuBoy emulator
>  - added Xvier (4 in a row) game
>  - fixed the problem with ubifs on nand (previous versions used to  
> corrupt
>    FS on NAND)
>  - added bigger icons for launchers
>  - improved a bit the snes9x performance
>
>
> Some random notes :
>
> - Boot time using qi is 15-20 seconds since second boot
> - Many games use gamerunner gamecontrol which we wrote to control
>   games like an external gamepad. With this tool we do not need to modify
>   games source code in order to use touchscreen and accelerometers as  
> controls.
>   If it is hard for you to play games, please, read the documentation on
>   screen and gamerunner web site. Also, you will find a video explaining  
> the
>   "two modes" feature. The gamecontrol has a lot of command line  
> arguments,
>   so you can set your own settings for it.
> - Use Power button for exiting any game and get back to main menu.
> - Use Aux button for switching mode in games using gamerunner  
> gamecontrol.
> - We have a forum to share suggestions, ideas, contribution work or  
> report of
>   bugs. Also, we think openmoko mailing list is fine as well.
> - "save" does not work on The Battle of Wesnoth. We will work on that.
>
> Sorry about the delay for this new version. We got several suggestions on
> forums, but we have not had time to work on those ideas before. Now we  
> finally
> did, so enjoy :-)
>
> Rafa


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