[freesci-develop] FreeSCI 0.3.4 and 0.6.0 released

[Christoph Reichenbach]

Slightly over a year after the last relese, FreeSCI 0.3.4 has now been made
available for download. This release features a large number of bugfixes,
plus the following new features:

  * Adlib emulation for PCM devices (Solomon Peachy)
  * Dreamcast port (Walter van Niftrik)
  * MorphOS port (Ruediger Hanke)
  * DirectX 8.0a graphics driver (Alexander Angas)
  * Sound support on IRIX (Rainer Canavan)
  * Optional on-screen debug console
  * DirectFB full-screen console graphics driver


Simultaneously, a developers' release of the experimental 'glutton' branch,
0.6.0, has been published; this release features a completely re-written
virtual machine and a number of other changes in preparation for support for
SCI01 (and later) games. Again, this is a developer-only release; while most
games supported in 0.3.4 seem somewhat playable in it, it does not feature
savegame or complete sound support. 

Both versions are available for download from the FreeSCI Savannah downloads
page:

        https://savannah.nongnu.org/files/?group=freesci

For further information or alternate download locations, check out the
FreeSCI web page at

        http://freesci.linuxgames.com


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FreeSCI is a portable re-implementation of the SCI interpreter used in many
of Sierra On-Line, Inc.'s computer games (particularly in those published from
1998 to 1995). It allows games such as Leisure Suit Larry 2 and 3, Quest for
Glory 1 or Space Quest 3 to be played on modern computers.
  The current 'stable' development branch (0.3.x) only supports the first
version of SCI games, which were limited to 16 color graphics and used
a parser-driven interface (with some limited mouse support).


-- Christoph