<![CDATA[Archive Forums - News & News Discussion]]> http://forums.editingarchive.com en Fri, 21 Nov 2008 05:33:20 GMT vBulletin 60 http://forums.editingarchive.com/images/misc/rss.jpg <![CDATA[Archive Forums - News & News Discussion]]> http://forums.editingarchive.com Archive Games 2.0 Preview! http://forums.editingarchive.com/showthread.php?t=5247&goto=newpost Fri, 21 Nov 2008 05:06:08 GMT A little less than a year ago, we launched Archive Games, a utility to easily browse, download, and update games. Since then, we've doubled the size of our games library (okay, from 3 to 6 :P), created a Linux version, added support for Vista, and seamlessly patched in new functionality like download resume support.

Now, a year and one week after my first blog revealing Archive Games, I'm excited to reveal Archive Games 2.0! What's new? Well, the biggest improvement is UI. As you will see below, the AG website is now integrated into the main client!


As you can imagine, this will allow us to present a much more fluid user experience that easier and more fun to use, and hopefully attract new users and developers!

(Article continues into next post, read more for details) ]]> Sim9 http://forums.editingarchive.com/showthread.php?t=5247 IRC Back on Primary IRC Server http://forums.editingarchive.com/showthread.php?t=5236&goto=newpost Sun, 09 Nov 2008 06:43:01 GMT The primary IRC server is back online, and so I've moved everything back on over to it. Included in this move are the logs, which are now updated for the last couple of months and will continue being updated automatically. Your DNS for irc.editingarchive.com should now point to 71.6.216.247 :) ]]> Sim9 http://forums.editingarchive.com/showthread.php?t=5236 Simon the Sorceror... 4? http://forums.editingarchive.com/showthread.php?t=5232&goto=newpost Fri, 07 Nov 2008 15:12:24 GMT Just caught this one via one of Simon Carless's GameSetLinkDump articles: Simon the Sorceror 4 is out, and it sounds pretty fun.

For those unfamiliar, Simon the Sorceror hails from the heyday of LucasArts adventure games (though not a LucasArts game itself), back when SCUMM was king and puzzles were obtuse. It's rather surprising that development has continued on this cult niche series, but it's refreshing to find that the case.

There aren't a lot of details on its release, like is there a North American release (it was made in Germany apparently), if it's already out or just about to, etc. If this is legit and available in the US, though, I think I'm going to have to pick it up. Maybe even subsequently post a review.

Edit: According to the wikipedia entry, a North American release is TBA 2008. They'd better hurry up... only have less than 2 months to go.

Happy Adventuring! ]]> Travis http://forums.editingarchive.com/showthread.php?t=5232 Microsoft Officially Stops Selling Windows 3.1 http://forums.editingarchive.com/showthread.php?t=5231&goto=newpost Thu, 06 Nov 2008 04:16:44 GMT As of last Saturday, Microsoft has ceased license sales (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7707016.stm) of its once popular Windows 3.1 operating system. While not in common home usage today, it is still used for low-power systems in specialized cases, such as aviation. As of last Saturday, Microsoft has ceased license sales of its once popular Windows 3.1 operating system. While not in common home usage today, it is still used for low-power systems in specialized cases, such as aviation. ]]> Sim9 http://forums.editingarchive.com/showthread.php?t=5231 Electronic Arts: Behave in the forums, or we revoke your games! http://forums.editingarchive.com/showthread.php?t=5226&goto=newpost Fri, 31 Oct 2008 00:37:49 GMT Apparently Electronic Arts has a new policy (http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/87102-EA-Get-Banned-From-Forums-Lose-Your-Games) wherein misbehaving in their forums and getting a ban will result in your online EA games being unplayable. To make this worse, apparently they have no posted... Apparently Electronic Arts has a new policy wherein misbehaving in their forums and getting a ban will result in your online EA games being unplayable. To make this worse, apparently they have no posted rules defining what is ban-worthy. Seems a little harsh...

UPDATE: This turns out to be untrue, as EA has revoked this statement. ]]> Sim9 http://forums.editingarchive.com/showthread.php?t=5226 <![CDATA[A Brief History of A & B]]> http://forums.editingarchive.com/showthread.php?t=5225&goto=newpost Tue, 28 Oct 2008 03:19:34 GMT A Brief History of A & B goes through the consoles from the NES to the 360, detailing how the A and B buttons have evolved through generations. In the comments, one astute reader points out that the Sony symbols can be counted in number of brush strokes, thus putting it inline with the SNES controller layout. ]]> Sim9 http://forums.editingarchive.com/showthread.php?t=5225 Homebrew 8-Player SNES Game http://forums.editingarchive.com/showthread.php?t=5222&goto=newpost Fri, 24 Oct 2008 13:34:21 GMT Ars Technica reports (http://arstechnica.com/journals/thumbs.ars/2008/10/22/8-player-snes-game-load-up-on-spells-bring-your-friends) that someone has created an 8-player SNES game (called *N-Warp **Daisakusen*). Previous SNES games (apparently due to a rule from Nintendo) only allowed up to 5... Ars Technica reports that someone has created an 8-player SNES game (called N-Warp Daisakusen). Previous SNES games (apparently due to a rule from Nintendo) only allowed up to 5 players with the use of a multi-tap.

You can get the ROM from here.
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