ScummVM is a program which allows you to run certain classic graphical point-and-click adventure games, provided you already have their data files. The clever part about this: ScummVM just replaces the executables shipped with the games, allowing you to play them on systems for which they were never designed!
Some of the adventures ScummVM supports include Adventure Soft’s Simon the Sorcerer 1 and 2; Revolution’s Beneath A Steel Sky, Broken Sword 1 and Broken Sword 2; Flight of the Amazon Queen; Wyrmkeep’s Inherit the Earth; Coktel Vision’s Gobliiins; Westwood Studios’ The Legend of Kyrandia and games based on LucasArts’ SCUMM (Script Creation Utility for Maniac Mansion) system such as Monkey Island, Day of the Tentacle, Sam and Max and more. You can find a thorough list with details on which games are supported and how well on the compatibility page. ScummVM is continually improving, so check back often.
Release notes:
It was not that long since our previous release, and now here is a new bugfix release hot off the press!
The list of fixed bugs is quite long, and you could read all of it in the release notes, but here is a summary for those of you who are too lazy to follow the links and eager to play the games better.
SAGA: Inherit the Earth is completable again; AGOS, Groovie, Sword2: fixed many sound-related issues; Parallaction: fixed a bug in one of the puzzles; squashed a number of bugs in the GUI. Also iPhone, Symbian, WinCE ports are much improved and NDS and PS2 ports are back again since 0.11.0.
We won’t bother you anymore with the details. Go, download ScummVM and enjoy your play!
Changes:
AGOS:
– Fixed crash after OmniTV video is played in The Feeble Files
– Fixed crashes when exploring Jack the Ripper scene in the PC version of the Waxworks
– Fixed palette glitches in the AtariST version of Elvira 2
– Fixed noise that can occur when sound effects are played, when exploring Pyramid scene in the WaxworksGob:
– Fixed a crash in the Italian version of WoodruffGroovie:
– Fixed some issues with music in The 7th GuestParallaction:
– Fixed the sarcophagus puzzle in Nippon SafesSAGA:
– Fixed a crash in Inherit the Earth
– Fixed glitches in the save/load dialog.Sword2:
– Fixed random sound corruption when using the original sound files.Game launcher:
– Fixed a case where memory could be corrupted
– Fixed the small cursor in the modern theme
– Fixed a bug in the theme engine, which could cause crashes
– Made the file browser bigger in 1x modeiPhone port:
– Fixed backspace handling on the iPhone soft keyboardDS port:
– Added support for the Global Main Menu featurePS2 port:
– Switched to the new GUI and theme code
– All possible devices are supported to store, play and save games (CD, HD, USB, MC and remote)
– Optimized cache/read-ahead for every media
– Added support for the Return to Launcher featureSymbian port:
– Added Bluetooth mouse support
– Added support for the Return to Launcher featureWinCE port:
– Fixed an issue which could cause random crashes with VGA devices