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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

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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:

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

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

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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

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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.

🛡️ Click to play — activates YouTube and transfers data to Google.

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

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SciTE Text Editor is a text editor based on Scintilla with syntax highlighing. Ported to Pandora by urjaman.

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

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MAME4ALL emulates multiple Arcade classics on Dingoo’s native OS. This update presented by Slaanesh comes after three years of waiting, so if you happen to have on of these obscure Dingoo’s at home… what you are waiting for?

🔗 http://www.slaanesh.net/2013/05/mame4all-v11-for-dingoo-native.html

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TempGBA by Nebuleon is a Game Boy Advance emulator for the Supercard DSTWO. It’s based upon work from gpSP, gpSP Kai (unofficial) and CATSFC GUI.

Thanks to http://gbatemp.net/threads/tempgba-version-1-40-dstwo-exclusive-gba-emulator.348229/ for the news.

🔗 https://github.com/Nebuleon/TempGBA

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WiiMC (Wii Media Centre) is an open source media player for the Nintendo Wii written mainly by Tantric and rodies.

Changes:

* Fixed YouTube (thanks jhb50!)

🔗 http://www.wiimc.org/2013/03/31/version-1-3-3-released/

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bASMic IDE by WriteASM is a BASIC and ASM integrated development environment for the GBA (coded in 100% ARM7TDMI ARM and THUMB ASM.)

🔗 http://forum.gbadev.org/viewtopic.php?t=17936

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

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

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