Xash3D Engine is a custom Gold Source Engine rewritten from scratch. Xash3D is compatible with many of the Gold Source games and mods and should be able to run almost any existing singleplayer Half-Life mod without a hitch. The multiplayer part is not yet completed, multiplayer mods should work just fine, but bear in mind that some features may not work at all or work not exactly the way they do in Gold Source Engine. Xash3D has been ported to Pandora by ptitSeb.

Important: You will need HalfLife data to play. Just copy “valve” folder in appdata/xash3d

Changes:

* Added some neon optimisations
* Added some GL optimisation (batching some calls)
* Updated all libs.

https://repo.openpandora.org/?page=detail&app=xash3d_ptitseb

Freeciv is a Free and Open Source empire-building strategy game inspired by the history of human civilization. The game commences in prehistory and your mission is to lead your tribe from the stone age to the space age.

Changes:

– Latest stable release.
– Updated libs and sources. See NEWS-2.5.

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

Tanks of Freedom is a classic turn-based strategy game with two armies fighting against each other. Challenge yourself in campaign against AI or hot-seat battle with a friend. Using easy map editor you can create any imaginable scenario to play. Ported to Pandora by Canseco.

Changes:

– Latest beta release. See CHANGELOG.md

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

Spacy Shooty 2016 is a game by dougeff, which is a rewritten example game from his blog. It’s almost a full game now…you can play through it in 5-10 min. The source code is available as well.

http://forums.nesdev.com/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=14739

The Mojon Twins released their stunning NES homebrew Lala The Magical! Go and get the free ROM to play this great platformer.

Story:

In the ancient ruins (province of Badajoz) lives Lala with her teacher. She is learning magic but still has a long way to go.

“Tell me about the Sky Palace” – asks Lala, and her teacher tells her again about the three Power Gems hidden inside. “I’d love to see them”, but Lala’s teacher would say no… “It’s too dangerous, and powerful magic is required to traverse the palace”.

But now the teacher has left for a few days and Lala is bored… “His Magic Wand should provide a power that’s strong enough to be able to cope with the perils hidden inside the Sky Palace. Problem is, the Wand is locked in a special vault, and the lock is also magical!” Not only she needs to find the key, but become stronger collecting eight magic potions.

Let’s get busy! Help Lala get the Wand and travel to the Sky Palace to find the three Power Gems! Just because she’s bored!

http://www.mojontwins.com/juegos_mojonos/lala-the-magical-nes/

The Retro Hour is your weekly dose of retro gaming and technology news, views and interviews from the UK.

Content:

We get the story on Bubba N Stix, Rick Dangerous and many more from Simon Phipps of Core Design and Gremlin Graphics!

http://www.theretrohour.com/core-design-gremlin-graphics-with-simon-phipps-the-retro-hour-ep48/

Bored? Need something to read? Maybe even free? What about the latest REV’n’GE? Issue #68 is out!

https://www.sendspace.com/file/esh1xu

This is a brief demonstration of the LightConn – a wireless Dreamcast gun that works with flat screen and HDTVs with a VGA connection. The LightConn was created by Chris Diaoglou, the creator of the DreamConn wireless Dreamcast controller.

This is version 2.4.28 of VICE, the multi-platform C64, C128, VIC20, PET, PLUS4 and CBM-II emulator. Ported to Pandora by Canseco.

Release notes:

– Latest beta release. See NEWS for latest changes.

https://repo.openpandora.org/?page=detail&app=vice-sdl2-svn

Yet another interesting Podcast with Dreamcast related content!

Content:

Welcome to DreamPod episode 43! In this instalment of the world’s most popular podcast called DreamPod, regular hosts Tom and Ross convene to discuss the 18th birthday of the Dreamcast and the country-wide celebrations taking Japan by storm. Elsewhere, Ross discusses his love for Shadow of Mordor when viewed on a 4K screen, while Tom reveals his recent purchase of another PS2 and the differences between Ferrari F355 Challenge on the PS2 and Dreamcast. The main topics of discussion however, focus on the new indie releases heading to the Dreamcast (Hermes, Survival Code and Project Bennu), and the official 2017 Sega hardware calendar sold exclusively in Japan. Finally, your hosts discuss the weird and wonderful world of Etsy and investigate what kinds of things you can find if you search for Dreamcast. This is episode 43 of DreamPod, and we hope you enjoy it!

As ever, if you like what you hear please consider leaving us an iTunes review. And if you fancy chucking $1 a month at us for this lovely content feel free to check out our Patreon page. Thanks!

http://www.thedreamcastjunkyard.co.uk/2016/11/dreampod-episode-43.html