Oh yes, today is a good day!
Recently we received a copy of
DinoSaw, the unbelievably rare full version of Tom Cooper's
DinoSaw PD. And today is the day that we release the game to you, for free!
With a download weighing in at a mere 260KB, you would be forgiven for thinking that DinoSaw is a short game. However the fiendishness of the level design will keep you going for days. In over 10 years I've been unable to complete the 4 level demo, and this version features 15 levels!
Luckily there is a split-screen 2 player mode in this version, so if you've got a friend going spare it might be a good idea to get their help.
This version should work fine on anything from RISC OS 2 to RISC OS Select. Get it now from our
free games section. And a big thanks to Andrew Hill for sending us his copy of the game!
UpdateIt seems there was a small problem in the original .zip file that was stopping the game from working on pre-RISC OS 3.5 machines. A new version to fix this has now been uploaded, or if you want you can use the quick fix discussed
here.
Also a version with support for sound and music is in testing, and will hopefully be released later tonight.
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Message #87780, posted at 10:41, 13/1/2006 |
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!Dinosaur will run natively on the Iyonix aswell !
been looking for this game for years, thanks !
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Message #87781, posted at 17:23, 13/1/2006, in reply to message #87780 |
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sorry for f*cking up the formatting! |
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Message #87782, posted at 00:34, 14/1/2006, in reply to message #87781 |
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10 years eh. It doesn't seem possible somehow does it? :o Like Darkwood, Arya and so on!! |
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Message #87783, posted at 20:52, 14/1/2006, in reply to message #87782 |
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Is the updated QTM Tracker version uploaded yet? |
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Message #87784, posted at 01:49, 15/1/2006, in reply to message #87783 |
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Not yet - I'm trying to get it working with Hamsters first. |
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Message #87785, posted at 12:26, 15/1/2006, in reply to message #87784 |
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Just a thought: would using the QTM module work better for some of the Krisalis stuff under emulation? If nothing else, it reduces the amount of 26-bit code. I'm thinking of things like Lemmings II, Mad Prof Mariati etc. |
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Message #87786, posted at 12:30, 15/1/2006, in reply to message #87785 |
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I've had no problem with the first version that was released on the 11th of January 2006.
It's hard!!
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Message #87787, posted at 15:46, 15/1/2006, in reply to message #87786 |
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Lemmings2 using QTM, interesting idea.
Expect some more information about this later tonight, when I release the DinoSaw QTM support. |
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Message #87788, posted at 17:58, 15/1/2006, in reply to message #87787 |
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No it's an erection. |
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Jeffrey Lee |
Message #87789, posted at 00:28, 17/1/2006, in reply to message #87788 |
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You have an erection in your pocket? It must be rather small... |
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Message #87790, posted at 16:33, 20/1/2006, in reply to message #87789 |
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Are there any other games on the cards?
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Jeffrey Lee |
Message #87791, posted at 19:31, 20/1/2006, in reply to message #87790 |
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Deeva, Kaptain Konflict, FRED, RawPower and Worldscape are all sitting on my hard disc in various stages of readyness. I also have a StrongARM patch for Wolfenstein 3D, which I keep forgetting to tidy up and release.
At the moment though I'm trying to track down bugs in a 32bit version of QTM :) |
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Message #87792, posted at 14:26, 21/1/2006, in reply to message #87791 |
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great!!
jeffrey, on ur site there are some HOMM2 maps, it's says on ur site they were last edited in 2005 but then after i unzipped them it sayd they were last edited in 1999?? |
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Message #87793, posted at 14:27, 21/1/2006, in reply to message #87792 |
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great!!
jeffrey, on ur site there are some HOMM2 maps, it's says on ur site they were last edited in 2005 but then after i unzipped them it sayd they were last edited in 1999?? |
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Jeffrey Lee |
Message #87794, posted at 17:34, 21/1/2006, in reply to message #87793 |
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Yes, the page was last modified in 2005, but the maps weren't. I've only had a website for a couple of years, so not all the page dates will match up with the dates on the files. |
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Message #87795, posted at 10:19, 22/1/2006, in reply to message #87794 |
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Jeff, will it be possible if I can Put some of my HOMM2 Maps On to the FTP Section of Acorn Arcade's site? |
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Message #87796, posted at 13:40, 22/1/2006, in reply to message #87795 |
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Levels.acornarcade.com FFffarhp! |
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Jeffrey Lee |
Message #87797, posted at 16:38, 22/1/2006, in reply to message #87796 |
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I've given John Hoare a poke, if we're lucky he'll have some good news about levels.acornarcade.com... |
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Message #87798, posted at 00:21, 23/1/2006, in reply to message #87797 |
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> I've given John Hoare a poke
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Jeffrey Lee |
Message #87799, posted at 19:29, 25/1/2006, in reply to message #87798 |
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> ... if we're lucky he'll have some good news about levels.acornarcade.com...
I guess not then! |
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Message #87800, posted at 18:16, 26/1/2006, in reply to message #87799 |
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is there any chance i can set up a site on AA about Heroes Of Might And Magic 2?! |
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Message #87801, posted at 09:32, 27/1/2006, in reply to message #87800 |
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excellent idea! I'm amazed there isn't one already. |
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Message #87802, posted at 17:00, 27/1/2006, in reply to message #87801 |
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i think there should be pages for newer commercial and PD Games like Open TTD, Desktop Repton PLUS and TEK 1608 |
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Oh yes, today is a good day!