comp.sys.acorn.games FAQ
Revision History
- v1.19
- 2 November 2000
- Updated Stuart Tyrells phone number.
- Removed Quake as it's been released. (For quite some time)
- Added a link to the Exile Tribute pages in the Exile question.
- v1.18
- 3 September 2000
- Removed Overload as it's been released.
- Removed Sourcerers as it's been released.
- Changed URL for 65Host as ftp.acorn.co.uk no longer exists.
- Made some spelling corrections.
- v1.17
- 3 March 2000
- Updated the Overload entry with some more information
- Added a new PC card compatability page
- Added a question about graphic adventures
- v1.16
- 3 February 2000
- Max Palmers PC card link had moved.
- Added Musus Umbra's angband site.
- v1.15
- 13 November 1999
- Some spelling corrections
- v1.14
- 25 July 1999
- Angband and it's little demons added.
- Updated Quake information.
- Another free games download site.
- Iron Dignaty alteration but no really new information.
- Updated the Sourceres! entry.
- Some minor bits of tidying up. Nothing to write home about.
- v1.13
- 3 May 1999
- War Zone has moved from being on hiatus to being discontinued
- A couple more CD-ROM games.
- Added Exile question.
- v1.12
- 1 Apr 1999
- Beefed up the list of games available on CD ROM to reflect the greater
abundance of these games. However I have removed Quake since it still
hasn't been released on any media.
- Added a "What's happened to Iron Dignity" question.
- Reflected change of circumstances surounding King & Country.
- New Metal Fighters information.
- Tweaked Scorpius entry
- Updated a link and added another to the gaming sites question
- Mentioned the public domain 3D engine from TBA in the game writing
question
- Mentioned free source games in the game writing question
- Changed the links to David McEwens emulators to point to where they
really are and corrected my spelling of the poor chaps name.
- 28 Mar 1999
- Finished the HTML re-write
- 27 Mar 1999
- Started Re-writing the FAQ as an HTML file.
- v1.11
- 6 Nov 1998
- Updated King & Countries situation
- v1.10
- 30 Aug 1998
- Removed Destiny as it's been released
- Added some more emulators to the list
- Added "How to complete Quake" question
- 1 Aug 1998
- Tweeked Karma question
- v1.09
- 17 Jul 1998
- Added mention of Frotz in question 4.2
- Upgraded answer 3.1 with regard IBM PC's
- Added another site to question 4.3
- v1.08
- 9 Jul 1998
- Added some more CD ROM based games to question 2.4
- Confusion surrounding Oblivion cleared up, new entry reflects this.
- Corrected correction to Karma URL and added some unsubstantiated
rumours.
- 1 Jul 1998
- Update Oblivion entry to reflect current confusion.
- v1.07
- 28 Jun 1998
- Update Metal Fighters entry and sorted link rot on the Karma URL.
- 3 Jun 1998
- Remove Ankh as it's been released
- 24 May 1998
- Added the Acorn Arcade to the URL list
- v1.06
- 2 May 1998
- Mopped up more spelling mistakes.
- Updated some URLs.
- v1.05
- 1 May 1998
- Minor tweaks.
- v1.04
- 14 Feb 1998
- Deleted Section on Brutal Horse Power as it's been released.
- Delete Doom question too due to legal release.
- Updated Quake question to reflect state of play.
- Updated Strikers Run III question in light of new information.
- Added an ST emulator to the list.
- Added Digital Oasis to the web resources.
- Added Ankh and Tek.
- v1.03
- 13 Feb 1998
- More spelling corrections
- v1.02
- 07 Feb 1998
- Corrected some spelling mistakes.
- Updated Destiny entry to reflect lack of activity.
- Included !Virtu in the Apple ][e section.
- v1.01
- 21 Jul 1997
- Added a little to the Doom question.
- Put in the Quake question that was mentioned in the contents but not
actually there. <Blush>
- v1.00
- 04 Jul 1997
- Approval has come through. Added header information to reflect this.
- Julian Arnold pointed out that text adventures are platform
independent so added them to question 2.10
- Corrected the entry for Daniel Simmin's PC compatible pages
- Updated Stuart Tyrrell's contact details
- Corrected the popcorn address
- I have been talked into changing the Emulators section.
- v0.10
- 06 Jun 1997
- Added proper header for submission to comp.answers and news.answers
- Re-worded and updated 2.3
- Changed some URLs in 3.1 and deleted an incorrect attribution
- Added Quake and BHP to the games under development
- Removed Wizards apprentice as it's been released
- v0.09
- 10 Apr 1997 - Ninth draft
- Moved history up here so people can see what's changed more easily.
- Added 2.10 and 3.3
- Updated 4.3 and 4.4
- Added the addresses section at the end to avoid breaking up the flow
of the document.
- v0.08
- 3 Apr 1997 - Eighth draft.
- Still tidying.
- Got some Tale of Anubus information.
- v0.07
- 12 Mar 1997 - Seventh Draft
- Just tidying up now. I'll get this thing finished yet.
- v0.06
- 14 Feb 1997 - Sixth Draft
- Changed this history list as it was very unhelpful due to the
questions moving around so much. Talking of which, moved all the
questions around again. :-)
- v0.05
- 22 Jan 1997 - Fifth draft
- Used John Surcombe's answer to question 14.
- v0.04
- 16 Jan 1997 - Fourth draft
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- v0.03
- 6 Jan 1997 - Third Draft
- Added the text adventure questions kindly donated by Julian Arnold.
- v0.02
- 2 Jan 1997 - Second Draft
- Removed the acknowledgements because they where already too numerous.
- v0.01
- 22 Dec 1996 - First Draft
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