atari2600land is working on a new Atari VCS platformer named Plim. Aliens have landed and are trying to annoy Frank! Can Frank survive the alien onslaught of annoyingness?

http://www.atari2600land.com/plim/

GearHead: Arena by Joseph Hewitt is a mecha roguelike RPG. Set a century and a half after nuclear war, you can explore a world where various factions compete to determine the future of the human race. Features include random plot generation and over two hundred mecha designs. Ported to Pandora by ptitSeb.

http://repo.openpandora.org/?page=detail&app=gearhead_ptitseb

SIR (Simple Image Resizer) by Rafael Sachetto Oliveira is a simple application for resizing images, inspired by GTPY – ImageResizer. It uses C++/QT and QImage class to convert the images. Ported to Pandora by ekianjo.

http://repo.openpandora.org/?page=detail&app=sir

ClipIt by shantzu is a lightweight, fully featured GTK+ clipboard manager. Ported to Pandora by ekianjo.

Features:

– Automatically paste selected item
– Save a history of your last copied items
– Search through the history
– Declare static items
– Global hotkeys for most used functions
– Execute actions with clipboard items
– Exclude specific items from history

http://repo.openpandora.org/?page=detail&app=clipit

R is a free software environment for statistical computing and graphics. Ported to Pandora by MarkW.

Changes:

New version takes binaries to V3.0.1 Corrected paths issue with package installations & included html documentation. Other minor corrections to default profile file. Full details of new release are contained in the version history file

http://repo.openpandora.org/?page=detail&app=markw19

Geany is a lightweight cross-platform GTK+ text editor[2] based on Scintilla and including basic Integrated Development Environment (IDE) features. It is designed to have short load times, with limited dependency on separate packages or external libraries. Ported to Pandora by Ekianjo.

Features:

– Auto-completion
– Multiple document support
– Project support
– Syntax highlighting
– Code folding (partially)
– Symbol lists
– Code navigation
– Embedded terminal emulator
– Build system to compile and execute code using external tools
– Extensible via plugins

Changes:

Just added new themes (thanks zLoud!) to the PND for Geany, and you should try Monokai since it’s pleasant to the eyes if you code a lot.

http://repo.openpandora.org/?page=detail&app=geany

GearHead 2 is a giant robot roguelike role playing game set five years after the events of GH1. Features include random plot generation, detailed character creation, tactical/RPG modes, graphical/ASCII interfaces, and many kinds of mecha to play with. Ported to Pandora by ptitSeb.

Changes:

* Corrected {X} to be reverse, and Backspace to be Fullstop
* Change DPad to be Diagonal movements
* Non-diagonal can be found on “rcdf” now (Quickfire is now h).

http://repo.openpandora.org/?page=detail&app=gearhead2_ptitseb

OpenXcom is an open-source remake of the popular UFO: Enemy Unknown (X-Com: UFO Defense in USA) videogame by Microprose, licensed under the GPL and written in C++ / SDL. Ported to Pandora by Canseco.

How to install:

* Need Timidity Midi Installer.
* Need original data files for Xcom Enemy Unknown or Xcom Ufo defense.
* Data folder: appdata/openxcom/share/openxcom/data
* First execution ask for password to copy /etc/timidity/timidity.cfg to /etc or game will not start.
* More info: http://ufopaedia.org/index.php?title=Installing_(OpenXcom)

Changes:

– Fixed error with type entry.
– Last git bug fixes and features.

http://repo.openpandora.org/?page=detail&app=openxcom

Retrogaming Times Monthly #108 is available. RTM is a retro magazine, sometimes with focus on the homebrew scene.

Content of this issue:

ATTRACT MODE
* Press Fire To Begin
* Retrogaming News

THE RETROWORKS
* More 64! – Seuck Competition 2013
* Sega vs. Nintendo – Des Gamer’s Team
* Des Gamer – Fanboyism, And The 16-Bit Console Wars Part 2: Graphics
* CoCoLicious! – Chasing Sound On The CoCo 3 Reviewing Sound Chaser – a CoCo Music Player from Bill Pierce

THE GAME REVIEW H.Q.
* The Retro Junkies – Kool-Aid Man For The Intellivision!
* MAME Reviews – Fitter/Round-Up
* Apple II Incider – Leisure Suit Larry/Softporn Adventure
* NES’cade – Road Fighter
* Caught On Film – Fix-It Felix, Jr.
* The Pixelated Mage – Aero Fighters 2

POWERING DOWN
* Game Over

http://www.retrogamingtimes.com/magazine/?issue=108&theme=purple

If you still consider yourself an Atari fan there is no need to explain what Sillyventure is about. Checkpoint recently released the official invitation named Sillyventure 2013 Invite and it runs on an old, but wonderful hardware, the Atari Jaguar.

http://pouet.net/prod.php?which=61367