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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:

– Last git upstream fixes and new features.

Since Wickeycolumbus sold all copies of Muncher he decided to release the final ROM to the public. You play as a yellow square and your goal is to “eat” the red squares while avoiding aliens.

Releasing the ROM of a commercial/limited edition cart release once everything is sold out is a smart move other developers should be thinking about 🙂

Rabbit 2600 has released his first Jump’n’Run game for the Atari 2600 named Jump! Jump!. It features 15 different screens that are randomly chosen. Use the joystick to move left and right and press the button to jump. Get points by completing a screen. Jump to avoid the fireballs!

In Tumulus by yllawwally you are an adventurer, out to stop the fiends coming from Tumulus. This game is inspired by Golden Axe.

Release notes:

Primarily bug fixes. Screen no longer adds extra line if touching an enemy or for moving left and swinging sword. Having trouble finding the cycles to do hit calcs, with the boss stuff added in. I think I can optimize a little more. Will need to move around all Enemies. Added the ability to actually specify each enemie’s life. Before it was based on enemy number, which is why it took too many hits to kill will o wisp.

Mupen64Plus is a cross-platform plugin-based N64 emulator which is capable of accurately playing many games. Included are four MIPS R4300 CPU emulators, with dynamic recompilers for 32-bit x86 and 64-bit amd64 systems, and necessary plugins for audio, graphical rendering (RDP), signal co-processor (RSP), and input. There is 1 included OpenGL video plugin, called RiceVideo. There are 3 other excellent video plugins being maintained by wahrhaft, called Arachnoid, Glide64, and Z64.

Changes:

* Initial release of v2.0
* Heavily based on mupen64plus-ae
* Per rom config (will not work properly on zipped rom)
* 5 Video plugins, 2 Sound Plugins,1 Input Plugin and 3 RSP Plugins
* No cheat support on the Launcher for now.
* Input Plugin compatible with the Retrode

Backup Saved Games (BGS) by ekianjo is a small application which will check the presence of saved games for a number of set emulators and native games, and save them all together for you, automatically, in a single-file archive on your SD Card.

Changes:

#0.2.1 released October 10 2013 : now includes a progress bar during backup, as well as size estimation of the archive before backup, and free size check before backup on second SD Card. + various fixes.

Virtual MIDI Piano Keyboard (VMPK) is a virtual MIDI piano keyboard. Based on Qt4 and RtMIDI, the program is a MIDI event generator using the computer’s alphanumeric keyboard and the mouse. It may be used also to display received MIDI notes. Ported to Pandora by Canseco.

Changes:

– Compiled with support for jackd.

brik by Repixel8/Retro Reload is a brandnew Atari VCS game adapting the gameplay of Arkanoid. It’s a single player game and the ROM is sized 4kb only.

mooBoy by mrz is an open source Game Boy and Game Boy Color emulator for Pandora, still in beta phase. The compatibility rate is high, but there is still place for improvement.

Qtractor is an audio/MIDI multi-track sequencer application written in C++ with the Qt4 framework. Ported to Pandora by Canseco.

Changes:

– Last stable version, mostly fixes.