Latley I’ve been the last in news, today I’m hopefully the first :)BigRedPimp released a new build of his”Berzerk Legends”game which is a clone of”Berzerk”. In this version following has changed:* shot code improved drastically* shots fire after user releases fire buttonGrab the latest build from BRP’s Homepage. And feel free to give him feedback, I’m sure he’ll love it to know what others think. Thanks to BigRedPimp himself for the news, he even told me about it before he updated his own page with the news 🙂http://berzerk.pocketheaven.com/

xRhino Releases Debian-based GNU/Linux Distribution for PlayStation 2A version of Debian GNU/Linux targeted for the Sony Playstation 2 has been released to the general public to promote independent hobbyist game and utility development for the console. This release constitutes a 1200+ software package Linux distribution that will hopefully be added to and extended by the general community. We will have a Debian package submission process shortly. For the moment, the current release should be a welcome update from the Kondara(RedHat) 5.2-based distribution released with the PlayStation 2 Linux kit. Note: Due to the massive size of”BlackRhino”it willnotbe avaliable on PDRoms!http://blackrhino.xrhino.com/

Round #11 is over and four news P2 demos are released :)* R-Eleven by NoRecess* Vume-vuu by Adresd* Travel by Nippy* A$$ by DarkSnakehttp://www.thethirdcreation.net/

Gameboy Advance
2 Bit Ball Wall by JustBurn
Arkanoid Demo (8-8-2002) by Jenswa
Blod-Runner v2 by Opus
B-Type by Nicky Hunt
Conways Game of Life by Andrew H Cox
FPocketNES v8U12 by FluBBa
GBonGBA v0.4 by Mael
Hergs Solitaire v0.8 by Harold Toler
Hergs Yahtzee v0.4 by Harold Toler
Mode 4 and Sprites by Jenswa
Runes v1.0 by Headspin
Star-Shot v4 by Opus
Touch v1.1 by Dave Mejia
Uranus Zero by ZoneGN

Gameboy Color
Dyna Mate by Jonas Norberg

GP32
Blop Blop v0.1 (Beta 1 66mhz) by JyCet
GPengine v0.4 by black-
InfoNES r2 (GP32) by Anders Granlund
InfoNES r3 (GP32) by Anders Granlund
LK Go v0.3 by Lapkill
Sokoban v1.0 by clem
Wind-ups v0.9 by Karthur

NES (8-Bit)
Crap Demo Shooter by Jandar
GITS2 by Sergey Ryumik
Raster Demo by Norix
Sack Of Flour v1d by CMU NESdev Team
Tanespot by Jonathan & Hans Knektar

Neo Geo Pocket Color
Slideshow by Thor

Playstation 2
Tabula Rasa by Haujobb

Do you want to join the PDroms-Board? We could really need a few related discussion 🙂

http://www.pdroms.de/phpbb/index.php

Just idled around in #pdroms on EFNET and someone called “Snesy” entered the chat. He left a message that “PDroms has been mentioned in a german magazine for computer games”. Unfortunatlyhe left until he said the name of the magazine. After a few searches on the net I found out that “Computerbild-Spiele” mentioned PDroms somehow. Anyone got a scan of that? I’d really appreaciate it 🙂

Thanks a lot in advance
Kojote

http://www.computerbild.de

[Update 20.02.3003 CET 11:52]
Don’t need the scan anymore. Bought the issue myself 🙂

Hello everyone!

Just a quick note that the internal structure of PDROMS has changed, and an Anti-Leech-Script has been installed! (A big thanks goes to the well known Simon B., webmaster at gbadev.org).

If you notice any problems, for example if you can’t get a file or whatever, please drop me an e-mail. I can’t check everything by myself, so I have to count on your help!

Greets
Kojote

Just recieved an e-mail from Nothnworks telling me this:

Hi just wanted to leave you a quick note that I found your website through an article in the Seattle Post Intelligencer Newspaper dated January 31, 2003 In the Life and Arts section of the paper. The article was titled “Software turns pc into a gamer’s golden-oldies haven”

Thanks a lot for the note, Nothnworks. Anyone could send me a scan or give me an URL of the article please? That would be really cool. I allready searched myself on the newspapers homepage, but had no success :/

PDROMS has been mentioned as legal freeware rom source in an emulation/retro gaming article published in the “New York Times” on the 30th January 2003! I’m really surprised! The link below points to the article. Unfortunatly you need to make up an account first (It’s free of charge). I guess not everyone wants to register, therefor here is a short cutout. (Copyright 2003 by the New York Times!)

Emulators are easier to download and use nowadays, adding to their popularity. “Most emulators have been around for many years now, and the interfaces have matured”, said Bradford W. Mott, project manager at Stella, a popular Atari emulator. “This makes it easy for the average computer user to have access to them”. But game companies and software trade associations are not pleased with the wide array of games and emulators available online. Most sites carry disclaimers saying that the games are meant to be downloaded only by users who already own a legal copy.Some sites, like pdroms (www.pdroms.de), offer games that are in the public domain and legal for downloading. Intellivision Lives (www.intellivisionlives.com) and other sites have acquired the rights to offer some games online. But many sites offer pirated material and are thus illegal. Some emulator sites are also illegal, since they copy original copyrighted code. Most users don’t seem to care either way, as long as they can play their old games.

As said these are just a few lines… to read the full article visit the page below and sign up for an account.

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/30/technology/circuits/30retr.html

Kia’ ora!

As some of you might already know, i’m in New Zealand since 2 weeks as an exchange student for half a year, so i think i won’t have much time for improving pdroms.com. Jep, just wanted to tell ya this 🙂

And now something for the people living in NZ:
If you wanna get in touch with an Austrian student, just write me an email (pancid at pdroms dot de). I’m living next to Auckland and i really enjoy meeting new people!

Ok i think that’s it so far…
See ya!
Pancid