New Breed Software News

Firefighter places 2nd in homebrew awards

Sun, 22 Feb 2026 05:10:00 +0000

Firefighter placed 2nd in the "Atari 8-Bit/5200 Game: WIP (Original)" category of the 2026 (8th annual) ZeroPage Atari Homebrew awards!

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Vectoroids 1.1.2 source available

Fri, 31 Jan 2025 17:15:00 +0000

midzer's Emscripten port of Vectoroids had been updated to work with SDL2, and I've incorporated those changes and released 1.1.2.

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Vectoroids 1.1.1 source avaialble

Sat, 25 Jan 2025 07:45:00 +0000

I dusted Vectoroids off, put the code up on GitHub, made a few minor improvements, and added on-screen ship controls to make the game usable on touch screens.

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Vectoroids playable in a browser

Sat, 25 Jan 2025 05:00:00 +0000

Thanks to midzer, you can now play Vectoroids right in a browser! (Webassembly port, via Emscripten)

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Firefighter 0.1-beta10 release

Tue, 21 Jan 2025 01:20:00 +0000

A new beta version of our twin-stick firefighting game for the Atari 8-bit has been released. It has higher resolution graphics, fancy fire effect, and some gameplay and speed improvements.

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Tux Paint 0.9.34 released

Fri, 01 Nov 2024 04:00:00 +0000

Tons of new effects and some great new brushes (thanks, Krita!) in the latest Tux Paint. Out now for Windows, macOS, Linux, and OpenBSD. Coming soon for Android and Haiku.

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Circus Linux! playable in a browser

Sun, 15 Sep 2024 20:05:00 +0000

Thanks to ICTylor, you can now play Circus Linux! right in a browser! (Webassembly port, via Emscripten)

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FujiNet ISS Tracker 2024-04-07

Mon, 08 Apr 2024 06:55:00 +0000

My Atari 8-bit version of the FujiNet International Space Station Tracker (and How Many People Are In Space Right Now? app) has been updated. Frank Rachel updated it to use a new FujiNet Library, and I improved the performance of large text blitting and added support for some UTF-8 Latin-1 characters (using the Atari's own International ATASCII character set when possible!) (In other news, ISS Tracker has been recreated for a bunch more platforms!)

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Tux Paint 0.9.32 released

Thu, 01 Feb 2024 07:00:00 +0000

New year, new Tux Paint. This version adds numerous tools for sketching 3D projections (1-/2-/3-point perspective, isometric, dimetric, trimetric, and oblique) and 'Spirograph'-style centered trochoids... among other updates. Tux Paint 0.9.32 announcement.

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FujiNet Astronomy Photo of the Day viewer for Atari 8-bit

Fri, 29 Dec 2023 20:35:00 +0000

We failed to ever mention our APOD viewer for the Atari 8-bit, first released in May 2021, in our news items! A minor update of it is now available. Happy new year!

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Defendgun 0.0.13 for Haiku

Wed, 22 Nov 2023 06:20:00 +0000

The new release of Defendguin is now also available for Haiku, thanks to our long-time friend Begasus.

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Videos!

Fri, 13 Oct 2023 21:25:00 +0000

I've recorded videos of numerous NBS games and posted them to YouTube. Check each game's "Screenshots" page where you'll find them. -bill!

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Firefighter with FujiNet support

Tue, 26 Sep 2023 19:15:00 +0000

Numerous new beta versions of Firefighter have been released in the past month; thanks to those who tried it! The latest 0.1-BETA8 include variations that support FujiNet features; shared high score table via TNFS in the disk (ATR) version, and a stand-alone XEX that can store settings and a single high score locally to your FujiNet.

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Firefighter beta release

Tue, 22 Aug 2023 19:35:00 +0000

A beta release of our new twin-stick firefighting game for the Atari 8-bit has been released!

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GalaXa 0.2

Mon, 07 Aug 2023 00:35:00 +0000

25 years after the first two beta releases, we dusted off GalaXa (written for X-Window on Solaris) and got it building and running on Ubuntu 22.04. We may even begin overhauling it some day!

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Defendgun 0.0.13 for macOS

Sun, 23 Jul 2023 00:35:00 +0000

The recently-released update to Defendguin is now also available for macOS, thanks to Mac Source Ports. Enjoy!

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Tux Paint 0.9.31 released

Sun, 23 Jul 2023 00:30:00 +0000

Another new Tux Paint! It adds a few more Magic tools, a setting to adjust the UI font, and the ability to make new templates from existing drawings. Tux Paint 0.9.31 announcement.

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Defendguin 0.0.13 released

Thu, 29 Jun 2023 01:10:00 +0000

After almost 14 years, a new version of Defendguin is here. Larger window, more joystick controls, and lots of sound effects, music, and graphics replaced. Available for Windows, RPM-based Linux, and as source code. Enjoy!

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Tux Paint 0.9.30 released

Sun, 21 May 2023 22:30:00 +0000

Another new version of Tux Paint already is available. Around 50 of the Magic tools have gained a new size-setting feature. Enjoy! Tux Paint 0.9.30 announcement.

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Tux Paint 0.9.29 released

Mon, 03 Apr 2023 00:05:00 +0000

A new version of Tux Paint is available, with many enhancements and a lot of new Magic tools (effects)! See the Tux Paint 0.9.29 announcement to learn more.

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Fresh Windows builds of Bug Squish & Gem Drop X

Sun, 04 Sep 2022 23:45:00 +0000

Shin-ichi TOYAMA, who currently maintains the Windows port of Tux Paint, was kind enough to rebuild fresh versions of Bug Squish and Gem Drop X for Windows.

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Fresh (and new) macOS builds of many games!

Wed, 31 Aug 2022 08:30:00 +0000

Our new friends at Mac Source Ports have built fresh versions of Bug Squish, Circus Linux!, Defendguin, Gem Drop X, and Mad Bomber for current macOS systems. Also, Entombed! and Vectoroids are now available for Macs for the first time.

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FTP download links replaced

Thu, 18 Aug 2022 05:45:00 +0000

Download links that pointed to an FTP server are now pointing to an HTTPS webserver, since browsers have been phasing out integrated FTP client (and HTTPS avoids man-in-the-middle attacks). If you had trouble downloading from our site in the past, please try again!

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Tux Paint 0.9.28 out, in Google Play

Fri, 29 Jul 2022 06:55:00 +0000

Last month, Tux Paint 0.9.28 was released (announcement), and it includes a color mixer, improved color picker, and various other improvements. It's also now available in the Google Play store for Android!

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FujiNet ISS Tracker 2022-05-29

Sun, 29 May 2022 20:35:00 +0000

The firmware for #FujiNet devices is gaining built-in JSON parsing, allowing apps that talk to online APIs (like ISS Tracker) to offload more of the work to the #FujiNet. ISS Tracker has been updated to take advantage of this upcoming new feature. (In other news, a Coleco ADAM port of ISS Tracker was recently created!)

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SuperTux coming to Steam

Wed, 29 Dec 2021 06:30:00 +0000

Super Tux -- a game we started in 2000 and abandoned shortly after, but which has been picked up and maintained by a global community of developers, artists, musicians, and level designers -- is coming to Valve Corp's 'Steam' platform! Congrats to them!

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Tux Paint 0.9.27 and friends released

Fri, 26 Nov 2021 10:10:00 +0000

The latest Tux Paint includes six new Magic tools, Magic tool grouping, rotating brush support, improved documentation, and some UI enhancements to Tux Paint Config., among other updates.

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New Tux Paint artwork showcase

Tue, 05 Oct 2021 05:25:00 +0000

The gallery page on the Tux Paint website has been replaced with a simpler, smaller showcase of some of the most amazing artwork done by kids and adults using the program. Check back now and then, since we'll continue adding drawings to it.

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Invenies Verba 2.0 pre-release 6

Mon, 26 Jul 2021 07:20:00 +0000

Pre-release 6 of 'Invenies Verba 2.0' is available; it includes fun musical sounds while you play, 7 different small dictionaries in 6 languages, and improved graphics.

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Invenies Verba ported to C

Fri, 16 Jul 2021 06:30:00 +0000

My word puzzle game for the Atari 8-bit, first written in TurboBASIC XL in 2014, has been ported to C. A pre-release of version 2.0 is available for download.

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FujiNet ISS Tracker released

Sat, 22 May 2021 08:40:00 +0000

I've created a program for FujiNet-equipped Atari 8-bits that utilize openly-available APIs to determine the current and upcoming position of the International Space Station, and see a list of who's currently in space.

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Gem Drop Deluxe beta updated

Thu, 13 May 2021 08:40:00 +0000

A new beta release of the new C port of Gem Drop adds some visual flourishes and informational updates within the game, and more tweaks to the title screen. Warning: it's now compiled with compiler optimizations enabled, so it plays a bit faster than before. I'll try to tune things for the next release.

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FujiNet APOD Viewer released

Sun, 02 May 2021 06:45:00 +0000

I've released the first stable version of an image viewer that lets you download and look at NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day imagery right on your FujiNet-equipped Atari 8-bit!

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Gem Drop Deluxe beta available

Sun, 14 Mar 2021 23:00:00 +0000

A beta version of Gem Drop Deluxe, the C port of the original Action!-based Gem Drop, has been released. Glitches and stability problems have been addressed, and it has a snazzy new title/menu screen.

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NBS games ported to AROS

Thu, 29 Aug 2019 21:55:00 +0000

An embarassingly long time ago, Matthias Rustler let us know that he ported a number of our games to AROS Research Operating System. We've finally archived copies of them all, and set up an AROS page to list them.

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News archives and news RSS feed cleaned up

Thu, 20 Sep 2018 04:55:00 +0000

The New Breed Software news archives and RSS feed have been cleaned up. It's now easier to navigate way back to 2002, in case you missed anything. ;-)

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Tux Paint 0.9.23 released

Sun, 16 Sep 2018 18:45:00 +0000

Tux Paint 0.9.23 has been released. It adds a new color-picker 'pipette' tool, a few stars to the 'shapes' tool, and some new localizations. Mainly, it addresses compatibility issues with newer versions of Apple OS X / macOS, and should work well on 10.7 and later. It's also available for Windows XP, 2000, Vista, 7, 8, and 10, and Slackware and RHEL Linux!

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OS links cleaned up!

Fri, 11 May 2018 06:45:00 +0000

Over the years, my games were ported to a wide variety of platforms -- many of which no longer exist, or have been replaced, so many years later! I've cleaned up a few dead links around the site, mostly pointing to Wikipedia articles about these now-defunct platforms.

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Cat5Walk canceled

Sun, 11 Oct 2015 22:05:00 +0000

After 12 years of not working on this game, I no longer have to. Slor at AtariAge has created AtariNet. Go download that!

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Gem Drop Deluxe under development

Sat, 15 Aug 2015 17:30:00 +0000

I've ported my 1997 game "Gem Drop", written in Action!, to C, and have built it for the Atari 8-bit using the "cc65" compiler. I'll be adding new features to this new "Deluxe" version, soon! An alpha build (mostly feature-complete with the original game) is available now.

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Games for NOMAM 2015 competition

Fri, 17 Apr 2015 07:40:00 +0000

I won 2nd place in last year's "10 line BASIC game" contest for NOMAM 2014 conference for my "Maze" game! I created a few more games for this year's competition, though not fairing as well against the other submissions.

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Invenies Verba 1.0 released

Sat, 20 Sep 2014 19:30:00 +0000

Invenies Verba (Latin for "find the words") is an Atari 8-bit attempt to clone the gameplay of the fast-action word puzzle game "LEX" for iPhone/iPad, Android and the web. A beta version is now available!

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Games for NOMAM 2014 competition

Fri, 14 Feb 2014 08:30:00 +0000

A competition is taking place for the NOMAM 2014 conference in Germany in April: write a game in TurboBASIC XL in 10 lines of code or less. I've created two, so far!
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Bill Kendrick's Atari Relics

Sun, 01 Sep 2013 08:45:00 +0000

Various bits of archeological relics found on 5.25" floppy disks from my Atari 8-bit past (1986-1997) are being posted online for archival and entertainment purposes. Enjoy!
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Tux Paint Day 2011

Thu, 16 Jun 2011 18:40:00 +0000

Today is Tux Paint's 9th birthday. Help us celebrate by spreading the word to your friends and family!
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TTT updated

Fri, 08 Apr 2011 22:00:00 +0000

Our simple tic-tac-toe game, "TTT", now uses Autoconf and supports portrait screen orientation. Thanks to Chris Verges for the update to this little old game!
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Tux Paint ported to Maemo 5 Linux, Nokia N900 smartphone

Mon, 10 May 2010 16:15:00 +0000

Tux Paint has been released for the Nokia N900 Internet mobile device and smartphone. Thanks to Aapo Rantalainen and Alessandro Pasotti.
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Tux's Turtle announced

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 08:55:00 +0000

Announcing a new project by New Breed Software, for Tux4Kids: Tux's Turtle! (Inspired by Delta Drawing, from over 25 years ago.)
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Defendguin 0.0.12 source released

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:30:00 +0000

A minor bugfix to our shoot-em-up game has been released. (Source-code only, so far!)
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Go Go Garbage Truck

Sun, 13 Sep 2009 22:55:00 +0000

Go Go Garbage Truck is a new, very simple game for young children, for the Atari 8-bit.
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Mad Bomber for Mac OS X

Thu, 10 Sep 2009 05:05:00 +0000

Mad Bomber is now available for Mac OS X.
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Mad Bomber for Maemo

Mon, 27 Apr 2009 19:05:00 +0000

We discovered that our bomb-catching game, 'Mad Bomber', has been ported to the 'OS2008' flavor of the Maemo platform (used by Nokia's Internet tablets). It's been patched to support the full 800x480 screen resolution those devices support.
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Fight or Perish alpha

Sun, 15 Mar 2009 10:25:00 +0000

Fight or Perish is a Dandy-inspired dungeon crawling action game. It utilizes cellular automata to allow for literally hundreds or thousands of enemies on the map. The current alpha version has rudimentary graphics, no sound, and only one partial map, but supports 1-4 players on the same system, using keyboard and/or joysticks. Contact us if you'd like to supply art and/or sound effects to this project!
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Mad Bomber and Teeter Torture for Nintendo Wii

Sun, 22 Feb 2009 06:30:00 +0000

Our bomb-catching clone of 'Kaboom!', Mad Bomber, and clone of the never-released prototype shooting game Teeter Torture are now available for the Nintendo Wii game console. (Note: A homebrew hack is required to use it.)
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Vectoroids for Nintendo Wii

Thu, 19 Feb 2009 13:20:00 +0000

Our asteroid-shooting game is now also available for the Nintendo Wii game console. (Note: A homebrew hack is required to use it.)
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Defendguin for Nintendo Wii

Sun, 15 Feb 2009 20:05:00 +0000

Our shoot-em-up is the first of our games to be ported to the Wii game console. (Note: A homebrew hack is required to use it.)
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Bill Kendrick on 'FLOSS Weekly'

Sat, 07 Feb 2009 21:45:00 +0000

Bill Kendrick of New Breed Software, and lead developer of Tux4Kids's Tux Paint project, will be on This Week in Tech's FLOSS Weekly netcast, together with David Bruce, maintainer of Tux4Kid's TuxMath and TuxTyping projects. The episode will be posted on February 21st.
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Gem Drop X (new) and Madbomber (update) for PalmOS 5

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 23:30:00 +0000

An updated version of SDL for PalmOS has been released, and project lead Thomas Borris has released a new version of our Mad Bomber game for PalmOS. He also ported our game Gem Drop X to PalmOS, too. Enjoy!
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New and Updated BeOS/ZETA/Haiku Releases

Tue, 23 Sep 2008 23:30:00 +0000

Two more of our games are now available for BeOS and compatible platforms: Entombed! and TTT (Tic-Tac-Toe). Also, updated versions of Defendguin, Mad Bomber, Circus Linux! and Gem Drop X are available.
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Announcing libcrtxy

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 19:10:00 +0000

We're creating a library for developing vector-based games in the style of classic arcade games, with the goal of being scalable and user-centric. See the website for more details, screenshots, and an initial source-code download.
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Defendguin available for Mac OS X

Sun, 06 Jul 2008 05:55:00 +0000

We've received a build of Defendguin thsat should work on Intel Macs. Enjoy!
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Tux Paint 0.9.20 available

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 08:15:00 +0000

Tux Paint 0.9.20 includes some minor bug fixes, nearly 100 new pieces of art for the Stamps tool, and once again supports older versions of Windows (95/98/ME). See the press release for more.
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Circus Linux! for PlayStation2

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 19:15:00 +0000

Circus Linux! has been ported to Sony PlayStation2. (Note: a mod-chip and homebrew tools are required to use it.)
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Bill Kendrick interviewed by Punto Informatico

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 21:30:00 +0000

Tux Paint's lead developer is interviewed about open source educational software, and Tux4Kids' participation in this year's Google Summer of&nsbp;Code program, and Tux Paint, of course.
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Vectoroids for PlayStation 2

Wed, 04 Jun 2008 13:55:00 +0000

We've just been told that Vectoroids is available for the PS2. (Once we know what's required to run it, we'll updated the new PS2 page on our site.)
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More MorphOS ports

Sun, 01 Jun 2008 20:40:00 +0000

We just discovered that Defendguin, Gem Drop X and Vectoroids had been ported to MorphOS, an operating system for Amiga and Pegasos computers.
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Circus Linux! in Linux Journal

Tue, 13 May 2008 15:30:00 +0000

Circus Linux! was reviewed in the 'Learning...Disguised' article in the June 2008 issue of Linux Journal magazine.
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Bill Kendrick interviewed by ComputerWorld

Sat, 03 May 2008 04:15:00 +0000

Bill Kendrick is interviewed by Computerworld Australia.
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Tux Paint receives 5-stars from Softpedia again

Sat, 26 Apr 2008 06:35:00 +0000

Tux Paint was once again given a 5-star "Editor's Pick" review from Softpedia.
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Vectoroids for UIQ-based phones

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 19:05:00 +0000

Our asteroid-shooting game has been ported to handsets running the Symbian/UIQ system.
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Tux4Kids to participate in this year's Google Summer of Code

Mon, 17 Mar 2008 22:50:00 +0000

The Tux4Kids organization, which includes our Tux Paint project, TuxMath (originally developed by NBS), and TuxTyping, applied to be a mentoring organization in this year's GSoC program, and has been accepted!
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Vectoroids available for iStation V43 portable music player

Wed, 27 Feb 2008 23:15:00 +0000

Our asteroid-shooting game has been ported to the iStation V43 music player. Here's a photograph. Hopefully more of our games will follow!
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Bill Kendrick on 'Jumping Monkeys'

Tue, 29 Jan 2008 01:45:00 +0000

Bill Kendrick, lead developer of Tux Paint, was interviewed on episode 31 of This Week in Tech's "Jumping Monkeys" netcast.
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Mad Bomber for PalmOS (GarnetOS)

Tue, 15 Jan 2008 16:31:00 +0000

SDL has been ported to the PalmOS 5 mobile platform, and our game Mad Bomber is now available.
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Tux Paint for OLPC XO-1

Sat, 29 Dec 2007 19:30:00 +0000

Development is underway to improve Tux Paint on the One Laptop per Child "XO-1" tablet computer, and the latest version has been built and posted. See the new XO-1 download page at the Tux Paint website.
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Tux Paint 0.9.18 released

Fri, 23 Nov 2007 08:25:00 +0000

Tux Paint 0.9.18 has been released, and is available for Windows Vista, 2000 and XP, Fedora CORE Linux 2-6 and Fedora Linux 7-9, PowerPC-based Apple Mac OS X, and as source-code. See the press release.
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Tux Paint 0.9.18 test builds available

Mon, 12 Nov 2007 08:25:00 +0000

A test version of the upcoming Tux Paint 0.9.18 is available for Windows and Fedora CORE Linux 2 thru Fedora Linux 7. Please try it out and let us know how it works for you!
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Tux Paint Plugin API talk in San Francisco area

Thu, 01 Nov 2007 20:05:00 +0000

Bill Kendrick, lead developer of Tux Paint, will be talking about the new 'Magic' tool plug-in API coming in version 0.9.18.
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Tux Paint 0.9.18rc1 source

Mon, 22 Oct 2007 21:50:00 +0000

Release Candidate 1 of the next version of Tux Paint, version 0.9.18, has been released for testing purposes. Currently, only the source-code is available. It can be downloaded from our FTP site. Please report any issues to Bill Kendrick, lead developer of Tux Paint.
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Pop Star alpha available

Mon, 01 Oct 2007 06:12:00 +0000

In June 2006 we started a small puzzle game project called 'Pop Star.' We've finally decided to release an alpha version, for people to comment on. (Artists welcome, too!)
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Mad Bomber on Virgin America Airlines

Sun, 26 Aug 2007 07:57:00 +0000

Mad Bomber was one of first the games included in 'Red', the touchscreen-and-controller-based in-flight entertainment system found in Virgin America Airlines planes.
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Entombed! for GP2X and new Source

Thu, 05 Jul 2007 05:45:00 +0000

Our little game Entombed! has been build for the GP2X handheld game system. In response to the GP2X's need for 320x240 support, we've also released a new source version that runs at a smaller size. (We hope the GP2X community will port this version, too, for improved performance.)
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Tux Paint 0.9.17 now available

Mon, 02 Jul 2007 19:30:00 +0000

Tux Paint 0.9.17 has been released, along with an updated graphical configuration tool and an expanded stamp artwork collection. Major improvements include support for SVG-based stamps, and Japanese and Korean text entry. For more, see the press release!
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Tux Paint presentation in Davis, California

Tue, 08 May 2007 07:10:00 +0000

Bill Kendrick, lead developer of Tux Paint, will be discussing the latest improvements to the program at the Linux Users' Group of Davis, California, June 18th.
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Tux Paint in SchoolArts magazine

Wed, 18 Apr 2007 21:15:00 +0000

Tux Paint is mentioned in an article on Open Source software in the May/June issue of SchoolArts magazine.
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Tux Paint in Macworld Magazine and TUAW

Tue, 20 Mar 2007 02:20:00 +0000

Tux Paint is mentioned promimently in the April issue of Macworld Magazine, and reviewed in a post today on The Unofficial Apple Weblog.
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Another Tux Paint presentation in San Francisco

Sun, 18 Feb 2007 06:15:00 +0000

Bill Kendrick, lead author of Tux Paint, will be speaking at the Bay Area Linux Users Group in San Francisco on Tuesday, February 20th.
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Defendguin ported to Nintendo DS

Thu, 08 Feb 2007 21:30:00 +0000

Defendguin has been ported to the Nintendo DS handheld game system.
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Tux Paint 0.9.16 CDROM available

Tue, 02 Jan 2007 21:00:00 +0000

The latest version of Tux Paint is now available on CDROM from CafePress for USD $6.99. It includes versions for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. Happy New Year!
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Gem Drop X for GP2X and Dreamcast

Tue, 07 Nov 2006 17:30:00 +0000

Today we discovered that Gem Drop X has been ported to both the GamePark GP2X handheld video game system and the Sega Dreamcast home video game console.
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Vectoroids for Nokia770

Sat, 04 Nov 2006 17:25:00 +0000

We just discovered that Vectoroids has been ported to the Nokia770 internet tablet.
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Les Trophees du Libre

Fri, 03 Nov 2006 01:35:00 +0000

New Breed Software lead developer Bill Kendrick is on the jury of this year's international free software awards.
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Tux Paint 0.9.16

Sun, 22 Oct 2006 10:00:00 +0000

Tux Paint 0.9.16 is now available. See the press release for more!
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Teeter Torture for RISCOS

Sat, 14 Oct 2006 19:35:00 +0000

Teeter Torture is now available for RISCOS, thanks to Neil White.
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TUX Magazine article on games

Fri, 01 Sep 2006 18:15:00 +0000

The September 2006 issue of TUX Magazine includes an article by New Breed Software lead developer Bill Kendrick, and his wife Melissa Hardenbrook, covering three popular Open Source Linux games. (The magazine is a PDF download, with free subscription.)
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tuxpaint.org

Tue, 22 Aug 2006 18:05:00 +0000

Tux Paint's website is now at www.tuxpaint.org. The original version at www.newbreedsoftware.com remains, as a mirror.
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New Breed Software RSS Feed

Mon, 21 Aug 2006 08:30:00 +0000

Our news udpates are now available as an RSS feed!
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Tux Paint presentation in San Francisco

Mon, 21 Aug 2006 08:05:00 +0000

Bill Kendrick, lead author of Tux Paint, will be speaking at the San Francisco Linux User Group on Sunday, September 3rd.
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Defendguin for Sony PSP handheld

Thu, 03 Aug 2006 22:00:00 +0000

Two different releases of Defendguin have been created for Sony's PlayStation Portable.
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Mad Bomber for GP2X handheld

Thu, 03 Aug 2006 19:00:00 +0000

Mad Bomber has been ported to the GP2X handheld game system.
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Softpedia reviews Tux Paint

Mon, 26 Jun 2006 19:00:00 +0000

Softpedia gave the latest version of Tux Paint both an "Excellent" Editor's Review and a "5/5: Pick" rating, in their online review.
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Tux Paint turns 4

Fri, 16 Jun 2006 19:00:00 +0000

The first alpha version of Tux Paint was released four years ago, today!
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Tux Paint reviewed by Connected Photographer

Mon, 15 May 2006 19:00:00 +0000

Tux Paint received a 4 out of 5 rating in a review by Connected Photographer!
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Tux Paint for OS/2

Sat, 29 Apr 2006 19:00:00 +0000

Tux Paint is now available for OS/2.
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Teeter Torture for Windows

Wed, 22 Mar 2006 20:00:00 +0000

The alpha release of Teeter Torture is now available for Windows.
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Teeter Torture for Amiga OS 4 & MorphOS

Sun, 12 Mar 2006 20:00:00 +0000

We discovered our beta release of Teeter Torture has been ported to Amiga OS4 and MorphOS. Enjoy!
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Vectoroids for PSP & Symbian

Sun, 26 Feb 2006 20:00:00 +0000

Vectoroids has also been ported to the Sonly PSP handheld, and we discovered that it was also ported to cellphones running Symbian!
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TTT for PSP

Sat, 25 Feb 2006 20:00:00 +0000

TTT (Tic-Tac-Toe) has been ported to the Sony PSP (Playstation Portable) handheld game console.
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Tux Paint for Nokia 770

Sun, 05 Feb 2006 20:00:00 +0000

Tux Paint is being ported to the Nokia 770 ("Maemo") Linux-based handheld Internet Tablet!
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Defendguin 0.0.11

Sun, 29 Jan 2006 20:00:00 +0000

Graphical artifacts have been corrected, persistent high score added, and joystick configurations added to the Options screen.
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Tux Paint 0.9.15b available on CDROM

Fri, 13 Jan 2006 20:00:00 +0000

You can now purchase a CDROM containing Tux Paint for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux, from our CafePress shop!
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Tux Paint Artist on Board bumper sticker

Tue, 10 Jan 2006 20:00:00 +0000

Steve Groundwater created artwork for a Tux Paint bumper sticker, now available from our CafePress shop!
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Tux Paint 2006 Calendar

Mon, 09 Jan 2006 20:00:00 +0000

Bill collected his 12 favorite images from the Tux Paint artist gallery, and constructed a 2006 wall calendar, available from our CafePress shop.
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Vectoroids for GP2X

Wed, 04 Jan 2006 20:00:00 +0000

Vectoroids has been ported to the Gamepark "GP2X" handheld game system!
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New Tux Paint merchandise

Mon, 02 Jan 2006 20:00:00 +0000

Additional CafePress merchandise (sporting the Tux Paint logo) is now available!
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Circus Linux! for Sony PSP

Thu, 29 Dec 2005 08:00:00 +0000

Circus Linux! has been ported to the Sony PlayStation Portable (PSP) handheld game system!
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Tux Paint Known Issues

Thu, 15 Dec 2005 08:00:00 +0000

A "Known Issues" list has been created for Tux Paint, which covers problems people have discovered (e.g., DirectX bugs), and work-arounds. (This is meant to be a simple reference, as opposed to the bug tracker found at the SourceForge project pages.)
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Entombed! for Windows

Tue, 13 Dec 2005 08:00:00 +0000

Entombed! is now available for Windows. Enjoy!
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Tux Paint 0.9.15-2 for Windows

Mon, 05 Dec 2005 08:00:00 +0000

This re-release fixes a crash bug in Windows98. Additionally, the ZIP version is now packaged to be more compatible with older unZIP tools.
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Tux Paint 0.9.15 released

Fri, 25 Nov 2005 08:00:00 +0000

After a year of development, Tux Paint 0.9.15 has been released. Five new Magic tools were added, larger screen sizes are now supported, 10 new translations have been added, and countless other bug fixes and updates were made. Source, Windows, Mac OS X and RedHat & Fedora CORE RPM packaged versions are available.
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Amiga OS 4 ports

Fri, 25 Nov 2005 08:00:00 +0000

It's been pointed out that a lot more of our games are available for Commodore Amiga computers running Amiga OS4. Our site's been updated accordingly.
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Tux Paint presentation at MACUL 2006

Thu, 17 Nov 2005 08:00:00 +0000

"How to use Tux Paint for instruction and assessment in the K-2 classroom" will be presented at the Michigan Association for Computer Users in Learning conference in March 2006, in Grand Rapids, MI.
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Tux Paint presentations in N. Calif.

Tue, 15 Nov 2005 08:00:00 +0000

Bill Kendrick, lead developer of Tux Paint, will be doing technical presentations about Tux Paint at the December 8th Peninsula Linux User Group meeting in Redwood Shores and at the December 19th Linux Users' Group of Davis. Update: A non-tech mini-presentation will be given at the December 7th Silicon Valley Linux User Group meeting in Mountain View.
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VCF 8.0 photos

Sat, 05 Nov 2005 08:00:00 +0000

Photos are now online of Bill Kendrick's Atari exhibit at the Vintage Computer Festival.
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NBS Founder at VCF 8.0

Thu, 03 Nov 2005 08:00:00 +0000

Bill Kendrick of New Breed Software will be exhibiting Atari 8-bit computers and video game systems at this year's Vintage Computer Festival, in Mountain View, November 5th & 6th.
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cgi-util 2.2.1

Mon, 10 Oct 2005 07:00:00 +0000

A memory allocation was missing, which could affect programs accepting "GET" method queries.
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Tux Paint in Linux Journal

Mon, 19 Sep 2005 07:00:00 +0000

Tux Paint is mentioned in the Oct. 2005 issue of Linux Journal magazine, in the article "The Linux for Kids Experiment."
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Gamepark GP32 ports

Sun, 18 Sep 2005 07:00:00 +0000

We discovered that Vectoroids and Defendguin have been ported to the Gamepark GP32 handheld game system. A newer version of Circus Linux! is available, too.
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Tux Paint in Free Software for Dummies

Wed, 07 Sep 2005 07:00:00 +0000

Tux Paint installation and use is covered in the book Free Software for Dummies, published earlier this summer by Wiley.
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RISC OS Ports

Mon, 22 Aug 2005 07:00:00 +0000

A number of our games have been ported to RISC OS: Circus Linux!, Defendguin, Entombed!, Gem Drop X, TuxMath and Vectoroids. Thanks to Neil White for the ports!
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MorphOS Ports

Tue, 02 Aug 2005 07:00:00 +0000

Bug Squish, Entombed! and TTT have been ported to MorphOS.
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Explosions update

Sun, 31 Jul 2005 07:00:00 +0000

The 'explosions' SDL example toy has been updated to render more quickly on displays that are set to something other than 16bpp.
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Tux Paint article in TUX Magazine

Fri, 03 Jun 2005 07:00:00 +0000

Issue #3 of TUX Magazine contains an article on how to use Tux Paint, written by Bill Kendrick and his wife Melissa. The magazine is available for free, in PDF format.
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Tux Paint Mailing List Move

Fri, 25 Mar 2005 08:00:00 +0000

Tux Paint's developer mailing lists have moved to SourceForge.net, and two lists have been created for end-users: 'tuxpaint-news', for news about the latest releases, and 'tuxpaint-users' for teachers and parents interested in sharing their thoughts and ideas about the project.
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Tux Paint for Zaurus

Wed, 23 Mar 2005 08:00:00 +0000

Tux Paint has been packaged for the Sharp Zaurus Linux-based PDAs (640x480 resolution models only).
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Tux Paint wins Golden Acorn

Sat, 19 Feb 2005 08:00:00 +0000

Tux Paint is this month's 'Golden Acorn Award' winner at FreeFunFiles.com!
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Super Tux for Zaurus

Wed, 09 Feb 2005 20:00:00 +0000

Super Tux, which New Breed Software originated (but which has since been taken over by a whole team of developers, musicians and artists) is also available for the Zaurus!
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Defendguin for Zaurus

Wed, 09 Feb 2005 08:00:00 +0000

Our space shoot-out 'Defendguin' has been ported to the SL-C760 and SL-C860 model Sharp Zaurus Linux-based PDAs. (It may work on other 640x480 resolution models, too.)
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Entombed! update

Mon, 17 Jan 2005 08:00:00 +0000

Entombed! has improved level maps, a pause screen, and some other minor changes.
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Tux Paint awarded by SharewareJunkies.com

Tue, 04 Jan 2005 08:00:00 +0000

Tux Paint was awarded 'Best Macintosh Program' of 2004 in the 2005 SharewareJunkies.com Awards!
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Tux Paint in Red Hat Magazine

Wed, 15 Dec 2004 08:00:00 +0000

The latest issue of Red Hat Magazine includes an article entitled 'Tux Paint: Mousing Your Way to a Masterpiece', co-authored by NBS's Bill Kendrick.
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Tux Paint 0.9.14 for Mac OS X

Wed, 15 Dec 2004 08:00:00 +0000

Final packages of Tux Paint 0.9.14 have been released for Mac OS X! Enjoy!
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Tux Paint 0.9.14 is out!

Tue, 12 Oct 2004 07:00:00 +0000

This year's first major release of Tux Paint is finally available! It includes many new features and has been translated into even more languages!
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Defendguin in Linux Journal

Fri, 10 Sep 2004 07:00:00 +0000

Defendguin was listed, among XBill, Virus Killer and Freedroid RPG, as a good game to play to blow off some steam after battling real-life worms, trojans and viruses.
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More Sparc binaries

Thu, 19 Aug 2004 07:00:00 +0000

Agendaroids, Brickout and BoboBot have been built for Sparc!
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Tux Paint in PC Projects

Tue, 10 Aug 2004 07:00:00 +0000

Tux Paint was reviewed by 'PC Projects', a UK computer magazine.
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X-Bomber Sparc Binary

Sun, 18 Jul 2004 07:00:00 +0000

A Sparc binary for X-Bomber has been created.
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TuxMath RPMs

Mon, 12 Jul 2004 07:00:00 +0000

RPM packages of the alpha version of TuxMath have been made for RedHat 9.0, Fedora Core 2 and Yellow Dog Linux.
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New Circus Linux! RPMs

Fri, 18 Jun 2004 07:00:00 +0000

RPM packages of Circus Linux! have been made for RedHat 9.0, Fedora Core 2 and Yellow Dog Linux.
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Mad Bomber Review at GameHippo

Thu, 17 Jun 2004 07:00:00 +0000

Mad Bomber received 8 out of 10 in a review at GameHippo.com. 'It is one of the best clones of Kaboom you'll find on the net.'
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ttt

Sun, 13 Jun 2004 07:00:00 +0000

Over a year ago, I wrote a Tic-Tac-Toe game at the request of someone from the American Red Cross. I just stumbled across it today, and finally got around to releasing it. Enjoy!
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cgi-util 2.2.0

Sun, 16 May 2004 07:00:00 +0000

Our CGI programming libary for C, 'cgi-util', has received some cleanups and other improvements.
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'Explosions' added to The Lab

Thu, 29 Apr 2004 07:00:00 +0000

I found another toy program I wrote a few years ago; a kind of interactive fireworks/sparks simulator in 3D. It's been hiding on our FTP site forever, but was never mentioned on the website, until now!
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3D Pong 0.5 released

Wed, 28 Apr 2004 07:00:00 +0000

After 6 years, 3D Pong has been cleaned up and a new version released! Changes include a more organized archive and Makefile, an install/uninstall process, a manual page, and more.
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Defendguin in Brazilian Portuguese

Tue, 13 Apr 2004 07:00:00 +0000

Renan Gallette has translated Defendguin to Brazilian Portuguese. A source code version is available for download.
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Tux Paint site improvements

Wed, 24 Mar 2004 08:00:00 +0000

The Tux Paint website has continued to improve, with more translations and conversion to Cascading Style Sheets (CSS).
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Super Tux 0.0.6

Tue, 16 Mar 2004 08:00:00 +0000

Super Tux 0.0.6 is a massive rewrite of the original code, which not only fixes a number of bugs and adds various features, but also provides a structure that can be more easily built upon into the future!
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XL Search gains 2 new sites

Tue, 16 Mar 2004 08:00:00 +0000

XL Search, the Atari 8-bit FTP site search engine, has expanded to cover 15 sites and over 150,000 files!
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Tux Paint artist gallery created

Fri, 12 Mar 2004 08:00:00 +0000

Is your child or student a Tux Paint artist? Submit their work for the new gallery!
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Tux Paint website update

Thu, 11 Mar 2004 08:00:00 +0000

The Tux Paint website's look and feel has been redone. We hope people appreciate the simpler layout.
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Fedora Core RPMs

Mon, 29 Dec 2003 08:00:00 +0000

RPMs for Fedora Core Linux have been released for Circus Linux!, Defendguin, Gem Drop X and the latest alpha release of Super Tux.
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Super Tux 0.0.5

Wed, 24 Dec 2003 08:00:00 +0000

A new version of Super Tux has been released, including a second level, some options, and much code cleanup!
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Tux Paint 0.9.13!

Tue, 23 Dec 2003 08:00:00 +0000

Just in time for the holidays, a new release of Tux Paint has been made! A new collection of stamps is out, too, and now includes Christmas, Hanukkah and New Year's stamps. Enjoy!
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mpgfx released

Sat, 13 Dec 2003 08:00:00 +0000

The source to 'mpgfx' has been released, for people to look (and laugh) at. Enjoy!
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New Tux Paint shirt

Thu, 11 Dec 2003 08:00:00 +0000

At the request of a visitor, we've added another Tux Paint shirt to the line-up of items you can get from CafePress.
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Lab updates

Thu, 11 Dec 2003 08:00:00 +0000

We've cleaned up a few straggling project pages, info. pages and download links, and placed in the New Breed Software Lab.
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Super Tux

Tue, 09 Dec 2003 08:00:00 +0000

A developer's mailing list has been created for the 'Super Tux' project. A number of code updates have been incorporated into the CVS repository at SourceForge, as well!
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Tux Paint for Fedora Core

Sat, 15 Nov 2003 08:00:00 +0000

Tux Paint 0.9.12 is now available as an RPM package for the new Fedora distribution.
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Donate via PayPal.com

Tue, 11 Nov 2003 08:00:00 +0000

Due to popular demand, we've added a PayPal donation link, and information on donating via check or money order. Thanks for your interest and your donations!
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Tux Paint hands-on demo photos

Sun, 26 Oct 2003 07:00:00 +0000

The Linux Users' Group of Davis, California, helped volunteer to demonstrate Tux Paint to kids and parents at the Davis Food Co-Op, and give out CDROMs.
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Circus Linux! for MorphOS

Sun, 19 Oct 2003 07:00:00 +0000

Circus Linux! has been ported to MorphOS.
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Tux Paint in Computeractive magazine

Sat, 18 Oct 2003 07:00:00 +0000

Tux Paint was reviewed by Computeractive on Oct. 14th.
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Madbomber for MorphOS

Fri, 17 Oct 2003 07:00:00 +0000

Mad Bomber has been ported to MorphOS.
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Vintage Show Photos

Mon, 13 Oct 2003 07:00:00 +0000

Bill Kendrick of NBS showed off the Atari 8-bit computer line at the Vintage Computer Festival in Mountain View, CA.
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QNX ports!

Mon, 29 Sep 2003 07:00:00 +0000

BugSquish, Circus Linux!, Defendguin and Mad Bomber have been ported to QNX and are available as '.qpr' packages for the x86 platform.
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Tux Paint font RPMs

Tue, 23 Sep 2003 07:00:00 +0000

The add-on fonts for Tux Paint are now also available as RedHat Linux RPM packages.
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Brick Out for Symbian

Wed, 10 Sep 2003 19:00:00 +0000

We also just found out that Brick Out is also available for Symbian OS!
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Gem Drop X for Symbian

Wed, 10 Sep 2003 07:00:00 +0000

We just discovered that our game Gem Drop X has been ported to Symbian OS (used on some 'smart' cellphones)!
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Vectoroids

Tue, 09 Sep 2003 07:00:00 +0000

A new build of Vectoroids has been released for Windows. The previous version didn't included library DLLs, which needed to be found and downloaded separately.
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3D Pong for OS X

Sun, 07 Sep 2003 07:00:00 +0000

We discovered that our 3D Pong game for X-Window is available for Macintoshes running Mac OS X and the Fink project.
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New Bug Squish for OS X

Tue, 02 Sep 2003 07:00:00 +0000

A new build of Bug Squish for Mac OS X has been made, which should be easier to open and run.
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Gem Drop cartridge produced

Sun, 31 Aug 2003 07:00:00 +0000

A cartridge version of our Atari 8-bit game 'Gem Drop' has been created. Only two have been made; one for the fellow who made it, and an extra copy for us. It proves it can be done, though, so more may be on the way, if there's demand!
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Bug Squish in 'Linux For You'

Wed, 20 Aug 2003 07:00:00 +0000

Bug Squish has been reviewed in the August issue of the Indian magazine Linux For You.
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Tux Paint 0.9.12 Released

Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:00:00 +0000

Tux Paint has a new set of fonts, translations in Walloon, Russian and Malay, some compilation updates, and a number of bug-fixes. Available as source, RPM packages for Red Hat 6.2, 7.3, 8.0 and 9.0, for Slackware and Debian Linux, Windows and Mac OS X.
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Hebrew font for Tux Paint

Tue, 05 Aug 2003 07:00:00 +0000

A completely free TrueType Font has been created (converted from an existing Type1 font) for use in Tux Paint in Hebrew mode!
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Meet Bill Kendrick!

Wed, 30 Jul 2003 07:00:00 +0000

Bill Kendrick, New Breed Software's lead developer, will be volunteering at this year's LinuxWorld Expo in San Francisco next week -- August 5th thru 7th. Bill will be in the Linux Users' Group of Davis booth in the LWE '.org Pavillion'...
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Circus Linux! for Dreamcast and GP32

Sun, 20 Jul 2003 07:00:00 +0000

Circus Linux! has been released for the Sega Dreamcast video game console, and Game Park 'GP32' handheld game system!
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Tux Paint 0.9.11 for BeOS

Sat, 12 Jul 2003 07:00:00 +0000

Tux Paint 0.9.11 is now available for BeOS users running on Intel systems.
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RPM Updates

Fri, 20 Jun 2003 07:00:00 +0000

Robert Scheck has created updated packages of our games Circus Linux!, Defendguin, Gem Drop X and Super Tux for RedHat Linux 9.0.
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Tux Paint 0.9.11

Tue, 17 Jun 2003 07:00:00 +0000

Just over a year after the Tux Paint project began, and four months after the last major release, a new version of Tux Paint is now available! Available as source tarball, RedHat Linux RPMs, Windows installer and ZIPfile, and Mac OS X StuffIT archive.
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Defendguin for Dreamcast

Mon, 16 Jun 2003 07:00:00 +0000

Defendguin has been ported to the Sega Dreamcast! See it here!
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Bug Squish 0.0.6 for Windows

Sun, 15 Jun 2003 19:00:00 +0000

The latest release of Bug Squish is also now available for Windows!
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Gem Drop X 0.9 for Windows

Sun, 15 Jun 2003 07:00:00 +0000

The latest release of Gem Drop X is now available for Windows!
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Vectoroids for Dreamcast

Thu, 05 Jun 2003 07:00:00 +0000

Vectoroids has been ported to the Sega Dreamcast game console! See it here.
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Madbomber 0.2.5 for Windows and Slackware

Sat, 31 May 2003 07:00:00 +0000

The latest version of Mad Bomber is available for Windows (upgrading from a much older version), and has also been released for Slackware Linux.
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SuperTux for Dreamcast

Mon, 26 May 2003 07:00:00 +0000

SuperTux has been ported to Linux running on the Sega Dreamcast game console. See it here.
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Vectoroids - Zaurus Free Software of the Month

Fri, 11 Apr 2003 07:00:00 +0000

Vectoroids is Sharp's Zaurus Newsletter's Free Software of the Month!
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Tux Paint @ MaxNexus: Photos

Mon, 24 Mar 2003 08:00:00 +0000

Bill Kendrick, lead developer of Tux Paint, spoke at a large Macintosh user group in Sacramento, 'MaxNexus.' Photos from the talk are available at their website.
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Announcing Tux Print

Sat, 22 Mar 2003 08:00:00 +0000

Tux Print has been announced! It's going to be a simple 'publishing' tool for kids to compose and print greeting cards, banners, posters, newsletters, and probably more. Wish us luck!
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Mad Bomber 0.2.5

Sun, 16 Mar 2003 08:00:00 +0000

Mad Bomber has been updated with some stereo effects for splashes and explosions.
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Tux Paint Review at CFS

Tue, 11 Mar 2003 08:00:00 +0000

Tux Paint received a 5-out-of-5 rating, and a great review over at Completely FREE Software. (You can also see it on our reviews page.
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Tux Paint 0.9.10 for Mac OS X

Sun, 09 Mar 2003 08:00:00 +0000

The latest version of Tux Paint, 0.9.10, is now also available for Mac OS X users! Get it here.
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Programmer for Hire!

Mon, 03 Mar 2003 08:00:00 +0000

Due to more layoffs where I worked, I recently lost my job. Therefore, I'm actively looking for a full-time job doing game programming or web development. If you know someone who's hiring, please point them to my résumés!
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Mad Bomber at About.com

Thu, 27 Feb 2003 08:00:00 +0000

The maintainer of the Computer Action Games section of About.com is creating an index of free games. He's already added our game Mad Bomber to the index (here), and plans to add more!
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LinuxWorld Magazine Reviews

Tue, 25 Feb 2003 08:00:00 +0000

LinuxWorld magazine in Japan included Entombed! and Gem Drop X on the CD for their April 2003 issue, along with brief reviews and screenshots.
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Tux Paint updates

Sat, 22 Feb 2003 08:00:00 +0000

Greek and Portuguese translations. Windows printing updates. Stamp translation updates. Tux Paint is also now available via CVS!
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Tux Math update coming soon

Fri, 21 Feb 2003 08:00:00 +0000

An options screen is being developed. Developers with CVS can access it now. A new release will (finally!) be on its way within a week for general testing.
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Linux Format Reviews Tux Paint

Sun, 16 Feb 2003 08:00:00 +0000

The British magazine Linux Format included a review of Tux Paint in their January 2003 issue, along with a copy of it in one of the included CDROMs.
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Zaurus software in Linux Format

Sun, 16 Feb 2003 08:00:00 +0000

Linux Format included the Zaurus versions of our games Vectoroids, Mad Bomber, Bug Squish, as well as our Unofficial Zaurus FAQ, in the CDROMs and DVD for their January 2003 issue.
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Cat5Walk Announced

Wed, 12 Feb 2003 08:00:00 +0000

Cat5Walk is going to be a new puzzle game for the Atari 8-bit computer system!
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Tux Paint demo in Sacramento

Mon, 10 Feb 2003 08:00:00 +0000

Bill Kendrick, lead developer of Tux Paint, will be demonstrating it, as well as talking about Open Source software in general, at the March 18th meeting of Mac Nexus, in Sacramento.
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Tux4Kids Review

Tue, 04 Feb 2003 08:00:00 +0000

Robin 'Roblimo' Miller reviews the Knoppix-based CD of kids software (including our Tux Paint and TuxMath projects) being put together by Tux4Kids and the Open Source Education Foundation.
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Tux Paint 0.9.9

Sat, 01 Feb 2003 08:00:00 +0000

Runtime 800x600 option, Slovak translation, locale font bugfix, HTML-style escape sequence support in stamp description translations, and more!
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Tux Paint updates

Tue, 28 Jan 2003 08:00:00 +0000

0.9.8 supports UTF-8 encoding in stamp description translations. Thanks to this, the stamps package was also updated, with translations into Finnish and Japanese! Windows, Mac OSX and Slackware packages have been updated.
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Tux Paint 0.9.7

Mon, 27 Jan 2003 08:00:00 +0000

Now translated to Japanese! RPM, Slackware, BeOS and Windows packages updated.
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Tux Paint package updates

Sun, 26 Jan 2003 08:00:00 +0000

Tux Paint is now available as Slackware Linux packages (version 0.9.4), and the RPM package and BeOS version have been updated to the latest version (0.9.6).
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Tux Paint 0.9.6

Wed, 22 Jan 2003 08:00:00 +0000

Experimental support for 800x600 resolution; bug fixes; --savedir option for changing saved-files location. Available as source, and for Windows.
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Tux Paint for BeOS!

Sun, 19 Jan 2003 08:00:00 +0000

Tux Paint 0.9.5 has been built for BeOS!
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Happypenguin Awards - Vote Now!

Wed, 15 Jan 2003 08:00:00 +0000

The Linux Game Tome is accepting votes in their Happypenguin Awards. Our Tux Paint, Vectoroids and Super Tux titles are among the possible choices in some categories. Go vote!
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Tux Paint 0.9.5

Mon, 13 Jan 2003 20:00:00 +0000

Greek, Romanian and Polish translations! French update. Makefile cleanup.
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Tux Paint 0.9.4 available as RPM

Mon, 13 Jan 2003 08:00:00 +0000

The latest release of Tux Paint and stamps are now available as RPM packages!
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Tux Paint speaks Indonesian

Wed, 08 Jan 2003 08:00:00 +0000

A number of small feature changes and updates, and an Indonesian translation are part of the 0.9.4 release!
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Tux Paint 0.9.3 for Windows

Tue, 07 Jan 2003 08:00:00 +0000

Tux Paint 0.9.3 (released yesterday) is now available for Windows.
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Super Tux 0.0.4 for BeOS

Mon, 06 Jan 2003 20:00:00 +0000

The latest (still unfinished) release of SuperTux is now available for BeOS.
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Tux Paint speaks Chinese

Mon, 06 Jan 2003 08:00:00 +0000

The latest release of Tux Paint includes a fix for printing in Windows, updated Spanish documentation, and support for Chinese (Simplified)!
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Tux Paint demos in Northern California

Sun, 29 Dec 2002 08:00:00 +0000

Bill Kendrick, lead developer of Tux Paint, will be demonstrating Tux Paint at the January 9th meeting of the Davis Mac Users Group, the January 14th meeting of the North Bay Linux Users' Group in Sebastopol, and the January 15th meeting of the Sacramento PC Users' Group.
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Tux Paint 0.9.2 for Windows

Thu, 19 Dec 2002 08:00:00 +0000

Last week's release of Tux Paint, and the most recent Stamps collection are available for Windows.
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Tux Paint 0.9.2 for Mac OS X

Tue, 17 Dec 2002 08:00:00 +0000

Last week's release of Tux Paint is now available for OSX
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Vectoroids 1.1.0 for BeOS

Mon, 16 Dec 2002 08:00:00 +0000

Vectoroids 1.1.0 is now available for BeOS!
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Tux Paint 0.9.2 released

Tue, 10 Dec 2002 08:00:00 +0000

Korean translation! Keyboard mouse pointer control.
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Tux Paint stamps updated

Tue, 03 Dec 2002 08:00:00 +0000

Lots of translation updates to the stamps collection.
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TuxMath coming to Set Top Box!

Mon, 02 Dec 2002 08:00:00 +0000

'Tux, of Math Command' will apparently be included in the '721,' a set top PVR (personal video recorder; like TiVo), so kids can learn math while watching TV!
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Tux Paint in Linux Magazine, Japan

Sun, 01 Dec 2002 08:00:00 +0000

We just found out that Tux Paint was reviewed in the September 2002 issue of the Japanese 'Linux Magazine'!
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CNet Radio

Tue, 26 Nov 2002 08:00:00 +0000

Bill Kendrick of New Breed Software was a guest on CNet Radio's 'Desmond Crisis' show, representing the Linux Users' Group of Davis.
The show aired live at 10am (Pacific) on in 910AM in the San Francisco Bay Area, XM satellite radio channel 130, and online.
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Tux Paint presentation, Roseville, CA

Mon, 25 Nov 2002 08:00:00 +0000

Bill Kendrick of New Breed Software will be demonstrating Tux Paint at tonight's Roseville Linux Users Group meeting, near Sacramento, California. Update: Slides are online here.
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Mad Bomber in PC Magazine

Tue, 19 Nov 2002 08:00:00 +0000

Mad Bomber, our fast-action bomb-catching game, is on the CD for this month's issue of Italy's PC Magazine.
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Tux Paint

Sat, 16 Nov 2002 08:00:00 +0000

Tux Paint has been translated to Catalan. A Mac OS X preliminary release is also available!
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Tux Paint

Tue, 12 Nov 2002 08:00:00 +0000

Birds and tropical fish added to stamps. Misc. updates to Tux Paint.
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WOPN Radio

Mon, 11 Nov 2002 08:00:00 +0000

Bill Kendrick of New Breed Software was on WOPN internet radio this evening.
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Brickout for Linux iPAQ

Thu, 07 Nov 2002 20:00:00 +0000

Brickout has been built for iPAQs running Linux and X-Window.
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Agendaroids for Linux iPAQ

Thu, 07 Nov 2002 08:00:00 +0000

Agendaroids has been built for iPAQs running Linux and X-Window.
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Aliens for Zaurus

Mon, 04 Nov 2002 08:00:00 +0000

Our space-shooter 'Aliens' for the Agenda VR3 PDA has been cloned for the Sharp Zaurus PDA!
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Tux Paint and Stamps

Sat, 26 Oct 2002 07:00:00 +0000

The 'stamps' collection has a few translation updates, the US Sacagawea dollar coin, and some nuts. Tux Paint itself now has Czech language support, translation updates, and KDE and Gnome launcher installation fixes.
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Tux Paint HTML docs

Sun, 20 Oct 2002 07:00:00 +0000

Tux Paint's documentation has been converted to HTML, and is also available online.
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Tux Paint update

Sat, 19 Oct 2002 07:00:00 +0000

Norwegian updates, documentation updates, and more.
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cgi-util

Fri, 18 Oct 2002 07:00:00 +0000

A fix for problems accepting form posts via HTTPS under Internet Explorer 5.5
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Tux Paint in Linux Magazine

Wed, 16 Oct 2002 07:00:00 +0000

Tux Paint is a 'Zonker's Product Pick' in the November 2002 issue of Linux Magazine! See it in the reviews section.
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Tux Paint Stamps

Thu, 10 Oct 2002 07:00:00 +0000

A few more kinds of apples. German translation updates. Stamps now translated to Brazilian Portuguese. Numerals spoken in French.
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New Merchandise

Mon, 07 Oct 2002 07:00:00 +0000

We've added a couple of stickers and an infant/toddler 'Tux Paint' t-shirt
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Tux Paint and Stamps

Sun, 06 Oct 2002 07:00:00 +0000

Some tasty organically-grown produce has been added to the 'food' stamps collection. Windows printing support. Many translation updates and small bugfixes.
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Tux Paint in GNUWin II

Wed, 02 Oct 2002 07:00:00 +0000

GNUWin II is a CDROM compilation of free software for Windows, and includes 'Tux Paint.'
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Tux Paint - New Stamps

Sun, 29 Sep 2002 07:00:00 +0000

Some small updates were made to Tux Paint. Norwegian math sounds, images of Euro coins, happy faces (with sounds), Halloween stamps (with sounds) and more, have been added to the stamps collection.
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Tux Paint - Brazilian

Sat, 28 Sep 2002 07:00:00 +0000

Tux Paint has been translated to Brazilian Portuguese! Fancy mouse pointers can be disabled. System-wide config. available under Unix/Linux. And more!
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Tux Paint reviews

Fri, 27 Sep 2002 07:00:00 +0000

Tux Paint has been reviewed by two more Linux magazines: Linux Journal, and the Brazilian magazine Revista do Linux.
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cgi-util 2.1.6

Thu, 26 Sep 2002 07:00:00 +0000

A few small bugfixes.
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Tux Paint in Danish

Wed, 25 Sep 2002 07:00:00 +0000

Tux Paint has been translated to Danish!
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PDAMaze for Zaurus

Tue, 24 Sep 2002 19:00:00 +0000

Someone has rewritten our 3D maze game 'PDAMaze' for the Sharp Zaurus!
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Tux Paint

Tue, 24 Sep 2002 07:00:00 +0000

Stamps translated into Icelandic, and other updates.
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Tux Paint update

Mon, 23 Sep 2002 07:00:00 +0000

Localized shortcut keys, better keyrepeat, updated documentation, 'Print' disabled when picture is blank, wheel mouse support (can be disabled).
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Tux Paint - 'import' tool

Sat, 21 Sep 2002 07:00:00 +0000

An 'import' tool has been added, so you can load arbitrary pictures in Tux Paint. Updates to Rotation mode in Shape tool, fixes to Fill tool and Text tool, and documentation updates.
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Tux Paint - fill and user files

Fri, 20 Sep 2002 07:00:00 +0000

A 'flood-fill' magic tool has been added. Users can add brushes, stamps and fonts in their own directories. You can double-click thumbnails to open them. Updated documentation. New 'Stamps' release, as well, with updated Spanish and French translations.
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Tux Paint - new mailing lists

Thu, 12 Sep 2002 19:00:00 +0000

Internationalization ('i18n') and rubber-stamp mailing lists have been created for the Tux Paint project. See the Lists page.
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Tux Paint - text and Icelandic

Thu, 19 Sep 2002 07:00:00 +0000

Tux Paint now supports Icelandic. A lot more work has been done on the text tool, too.
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Tux Paint - cool cursors

Sun, 15 Sep 2002 07:00:00 +0000

Some more features to make Tux Paint easier for young children, including 'uppercase only' mode, and a 'don't ask' feature when saving over old versions of a picture. Also, cool looking new mouse pointers - no more boring arrow!
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Tux Paint - text and Swedish

Thu, 12 Sep 2002 07:00:00 +0000

Tux Paint now supports Swedish. Alpha support for the Text tool and Font Selector are here, too. Feedback welcome!
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TuxMath Debian package

Wed, 11 Sep 2002 07:00:00 +0000

A Debian Linux package file for TuxMath is now available!
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Tux Paint update

Wed, 11 Sep 2002 07:00:00 +0000

Fixed sound problems under Windows, translation updates, and more.
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Tux Paint update

Sun, 08 Sep 2002 07:00:00 +0000

Lots of big changes: Print tool is now enabled (Linux/Unix only, at the moment); pre-rendered thumbnails (for a much faster 'Open' dialog); 'docbook-to-man' is now optional; a few more rubber stamps; and much more - see the changelogs! Update: Also built for Windows!
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Tux Paint update

Fri, 06 Sep 2002 07:00:00 +0000

Changes include some bug fixes, an easier to read font, and now the 'Rubber Stamp' images are a separate download.
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Tux Paint Windows Installer

Thu, 05 Sep 2002 07:00:00 +0000

A self-installing version of Tux Paint 2002.08.23 is now available for Windows.
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Tux Paint 2002.08.23 for Windows

Mon, 02 Sep 2002 19:00:00 +0000

The latest version of Tux Paint (2002.08.23) is now available, pre-compiled, for Windows.
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TuxMath Windows Installer

Mon, 02 Sep 2002 07:00:00 +0000

There's now a version of TuxMath for Windows which comes as an installer!
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Tux Paint in Linux-Magazin

Fri, 30 Aug 2002 07:00:00 +0000

The October 2002 of the German Linux magazine has a review of 'Tux Paint' on page 14!
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TuxMath for Windows

Fri, 30 Aug 2002 07:00:00 +0000

The latest version (from last year, unfortunately) is now available for Windows, thanks to Pejac Pascal.
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Super Tux RPM

Thu, 29 Aug 2002 07:00:00 +0000

Super Tux is available in RPM format, thanks to Robert Scheck of LinuxNetz.de
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Circus Linux! RPM

Thu, 29 Aug 2002 07:00:00 +0000

Circus Linux! is available in RPM format, thanks to Robert Scheck of LinuxNetz.de
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Tux Paint update

Fri, 23 Aug 2002 07:00:00 +0000

Now in Italian and Dutch! Updated German translations. Can load legacy saved BMPs. Progress 'candy-cane' progress bar.
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Entombed update

Wed, 21 Aug 2002 07:00:00 +0000

Finally, after three months, some updates! More game-play features added, and some graphics and sound updates.
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Tux Paint update

Mon, 19 Aug 2002 07:00:00 +0000

More stamps. Colorable and tintable stamps. Saves as PNG now. Translation updates. Enjoy!
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Interview with Bill Kendrick at OSNews

Fri, 16 Aug 2002 07:00:00 +0000

OSNews talked to Bill as part of a series of interviews with hobbiest game developers.
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Tux Paint at LinuxWorld

Thu, 15 Aug 2002 07:00:00 +0000

Thanks to the great folks at the Open Source Eductation Foundation for once again showing off Tux Math, and this year, Tux Paint, at LinuxWorld Expo.
We gave away about 25 copies of Tux Paint on floppy-disk, and the crowd seemed quite interested in it!
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Tux Paint update

Mon, 12 Aug 2002 07:00:00 +0000

Rubber stamps can have their own sound effects (even localized!) The number stamps are spoken when you select them (in English or Spanish!). Rubber stamp tool's outline is now based on the chosen stamp's shape, not just its size! Filled shapes are animated (providing more feedback on slower systems). Initial translation to Turkish!
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SuperTux discovered for BeOS

Sun, 11 Aug 2002 07:00:00 +0000

SuperTux has been ported to BeOS! Enjoy!
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Tux Paint update

Fri, 09 Aug 2002 07:00:00 +0000

More of Tux Paint, Tux Paint's documentation and the Tux Paint website have been translated into German, Spanish and French. More outerspace rubber stamp images have been added, and new basic mathematical and musical stamps have, too!
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Tux Paint update

Sun, 04 Aug 2002 07:00:00 +0000

Magical effects now have their own sound effects. 'Thick' and 'Thin' magic effects added. Tool and selector buttons are ready for translation. Filled shapes added.
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Tux Paint update

Fri, 02 Aug 2002 07:00:00 +0000

Bug fixes, translation fixes, font update and more documentation!
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Tux Paint uses gettext

Wed, 31 Jul 2002 07:00:00 +0000

Among other changes, Tux Paint now uses 'gettext' to support multiple languages - you can decide which to use when you load it! Some stamp image descriptions have been translated, and Finnish is now supported! A crash in the 'Open' dialog was fixed, and it now supports a configuration/resource file.
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Defendguin 0.0.10

Sun, 28 Jul 2002 07:00:00 +0000

Options screen lets you adjust volume. A few bugfixes made.
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Tux Paint update

Fri, 19 Jul 2002 07:00:00 +0000

Initial man page, GNOME and KDE launcher icons, simple shape tool option, 'Sparkle' and 'Fade' magic effects, keyboard controls, animated prompt pop-ups, and more!
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Tux Paint update

Wed, 17 Jul 2002 07:00:00 +0000

New 'magic' special effect tools have been added ('Chalk,' 'Rainbow,' 'Mirror' and 'Flip'). You can also deleted saved images from the "Open" screen.
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New Breed Software Lab

Mon, 15 Jul 2002 07:00:00 +0000

We've created a new sub-site: 'The Lab'!
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Super Tux

Mon, 15 Jul 2002 07:00:00 +0000

Now builds correctly with the sound-disabled option.
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Tux Paint

Sun, 07 Jul 2002 07:00:00 +0000

Now with the polygon shape tool and Save and Open commands!
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Tux Paint

Wed, 03 Jul 2002 07:00:00 +0000

Today's release includes initial Spanish and French translations!
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Tux Paint

Tue, 02 Jul 2002 07:00:00 +0000

A few small changes have been released in 2002.07.02 version. A Windows build of 2002.06.30 is now available, as well.
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Tux Paint - 3rd beta

Sun, 30 Jun 2002 07:00:00 +0000

Tux Paint now has more documentation, auto-save on quit, a number of new 'Magic' special effect tools, and more.
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Tux Paint for Windows

Tue, 18 Jun 2002 07:00:00 +0000

Tux Paint (alpha version 2002.06.17a) was compiled for Windows and we've packaged it up. (Note: It's untested!)
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Tux Paint - 2nd beta

Mon, 17 Jun 2002 07:00:00 +0000

A new version of Tux Paint is available. Not much more functionality has been added, but a number of things have been fixed or changed.
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Tux Paint Sneak Peek

Sun, 16 Jun 2002 07:00:00 +0000

Tux Paint is a simple and fun drawing program geared specifically towards young children. Its purpose is to provide a very simplified interface, easy-to-use drawing tools, and a fun environment (e.g. with sound effects). You can try the first alpha release now!
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Brickout for the Zaurus

Mon, 10 Jun 2002 07:00:00 +0000

Brickout has been ported to libSDL, been given color, sound effects and music, and has been built for the Sharp Zaurus PDA!
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Gem Drop X for Mac OS X

Sat, 08 Jun 2002 07:00:00 +0000

The latest version of Gem Drop X has been ported to Mac OS X.
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Circus Linux! for Mac OS X

Sat, 08 Jun 2002 07:00:00 +0000

The latest version of Circus Linux! has been ported to Mac OS X.
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Brickout coming to Zaurus

Wed, 05 Jun 2002 07:00:00 +0000

BrickOut, our X-Window-based brick-breaking game written for the Agenda VR3 Linux-based PDA is being ported to libSDL, given a dash of color, and will soon be available for the Sharp Zaurus Linux-based PDA!
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Vectoroids 1.1.0 for Windows

Tue, 04 Jun 2002 07:00:00 +0000

Vectoroids 1.1.0 is now available for Windows (up from 1.0.7)
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Defendguin for Windows

Mon, 03 Jun 2002 19:00:00 +0000

Defendguin 0.9 is now available for Windows!
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Virtual Kendrick

Mon, 03 Jun 2002 07:00:00 +0000

Call it insanity. Call it egotism. But you can now get Bill Kendrick, of New Breed Software, for your PC or PDA...
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Golf Shirt Available

Thu, 20 Jun 2002 07:00:00 +0000

We've added a Golf Shirt to our line-up of New Breed Software products available via CafePress.com
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Supertux - Amiga port

Fri, 24 May 2002 07:00:00 +0000

We discovered that SuperTux has been ported to the Amiga computer!
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Entombed! - Alpha Release!

Wed, 22 May 2002 07:00:00 +0000

We've released an alpha version of Entombed! for people to test. It's far from finished, and not very playable yet, though.
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Entombed! - Coming soon

Sun, 19 May 2002 07:00:00 +0000

We have just begun work on "Entombed!", a clone of a rare Atari 2600 game where you're trapped in a maze full of zombies!
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Gem Drop X 0.9

Sat, 18 May 2002 07:00:00 +0000

Version 0.9 is available as source-code. It includes some compile-time updates.
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Contact Form enabled

Fri, 17 May 2002 07:00:00 +0000

We've installed a new contact form on our site, which should make sending comments, questions, and bug reports easier!
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Search engine installed

Thu, 16 May 2002 07:00:00 +0000

We've installed mnoGoSearch, so you can now search the contents of NewBreedSoftware.com
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New Site!

Wed, 15 May 2002 07:00:00 +0000

Welcome to our newly-redesigned website!
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cgi-util update

Wed, 01 May 2002 07:00:00 +0000

2.1.4 includes "cgi_getnentry...()" functions, for receiving multiple values using the same HTML form field name...
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ZStella

Mon, 29 Apr 2002 07:00:00 +0000

We've ported the Atari 2600 video game system emulator, "Stella," from X-Window to SDL and the Sharp Zaurus PDA. This is a fork, and our changes should get incorporated into the main Stella codebase's existing SDL code (currently still in CVS).
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ZSC

Mon, 29 Apr 2002 07:00:00 +0000

We've ported the game "XSC" (a Star Castle clone) from X-Window to SDL and the Sharp Zaurus PDA.
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BoboBot for Agenda

Mon, 29 Apr 2002 07:00:00 +0000

Bobobot preview 3 has been ported to the Agenda VR3 PDA!
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ICBM3D for Agenda

Tue, 23 Apr 2002 07:00:00 +0000

ICBM3D has been ported to the Agenda VR3 PDA!
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Agenda Computing

Tue, 12 Mar 2002 08:00:00 +0000

Pro-Linux has reported (German) that Agenda Computing Germany is in a dissolution phase. We're very sad to see this happen, and wish everyone luck in their future endeavours. We loved the Agenda VR3; it was a joy to use, and a cinche to develop for.
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Agendaroids

Thu, 07 Mar 2002 08:00:00 +0000

It's been cross-compiled for ARM CPU, and includes support for quarter VGA screens. In other words, it runs on Compaq iPaq PDAs running Linux, and the new Sharp Zaurus Linux-based PDAs. (X-Window required)
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Mad Bomber

Sun, 24 Feb 2002 08:00:00 +0000

Version 0.2 has been released, which includes initial code for "Mad Bomber/embedded", which should soon run on Compaq iPaq and the new Sharp Zaurus PDAs!
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Defendguin

Thu, 14 Feb 2002 08:00:00 +0000

Received a 4-out-of-5 review from GamesForLinux.de
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Vectoroids

Sat, 02 Feb 2002 08:00:00 +0000

We just discovered that a BeOS port is available!
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Vectoroids

Tue, 15 Jan 2002 08:00:00 +0000

Vectoroids won 3rd place in the SDL Game Contest!!!
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SuperTux

Sat, 12 Jan 2002 08:00:00 +0000

Version 0.0.2 is now available for Windows, too!
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Defendguin

Sat, 05 Jan 2002 08:00:00 +0000

Version 0.0.9 is available.
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New Breed Software Merchandise!

Thu, 03 Jan 2002 08:00:00 +0000

Ever want a Defendguin mouse pad? Or a Mad Bomber t-shirt? Well, thanks to Cafe Press, I've been able to make a few cute NBS-related items you can buy!
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Linux Magazine, Japan

Thu, 15 Nov 2001 08:00:00 +0000

Three of our Agenda games are mentioned in the "Free Application Showcase" of the December 2001 issue!
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Bug Squish

Mon, 12 Nov 2001 08:00:00 +0000

Version 0.0.4 is available. Graphics and documentation were cleaned up, and a new kind of bug was added!
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idevgames.com

Mon, 12 Nov 2001 08:00:00 +0000

idevgames.com was kind enough to post a link to NBS, suggesting thier visitors port some of our SDL-based games to MacOS. (Welcome, idevgames.com readers!)
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Super Tux

Thu, 08 Nov 2001 08:00:00 +0000

Finally some updates! Version 0.0.2 is available.
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LWN Article

Tue, 23 Oct 2001 07:00:00 +0000

New Breed Software was mentioned in an article at Linux Weekly News!
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GoWeather

Wed, 17 Oct 2001 07:00:00 +0000

Work has begun again - I've started from scratch.
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Agendaroids

Tue, 09 Oct 2001 07:00:00 +0000

Thrust momentum slows over time. High score. Pause/continue. Active game saved even if you quit (so you can come back days later and unpause where you left off). And more!!!
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Thumbpad

Mon, 08 Oct 2001 07:00:00 +0000

New, feature-complete version!
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Thumbpad

Sun, 07 Oct 2001 07:00:00 +0000

New! A small PDA scratchpad you can use with one finger.
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BrickOut

Fri, 05 Oct 2001 07:00:00 +0000

More levels, and level selection at title screen.
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PDA Maze

Fri, 05 Oct 2001 07:00:00 +0000

Now appears in Agenda windowlist menus.
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Bug Squish

Fri, 14 Sep 2001 07:00:00 +0000

A Windows version has been contributed.
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Gem Drop X

Sat, 08 Sep 2001 07:00:00 +0000

A Windows version has been contributed.
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PDA Maze

Tue, 04 Sep 2001 07:00:00 +0000

Builds for SNOW-bases Agendas. Bugs fixed. Displays loader progress bar. More documentation! UPDATE: It's also now available for iPAQs running Linux!
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BrickOut

Fri, 24 Aug 2001 07:00:00 +0000

Builds for SNOW-based Agendas.
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Agendaroids

Fri, 24 Aug 2001 07:00:00 +0000

Builds for SNOW-based Agendas.
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Agendaroids

Fri, 01 Jun 2001 07:00:00 +0000

It's almost finished, too!
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PDA Maze

Wed, 30 May 2001 07:00:00 +0000

It's almost finished!
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Agendaroids

Fri, 25 May 2001 07:00:00 +0000

Now with a title screen.
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BrickOut

Fri, 18 May 2001 07:00:00 +0000

A new game for the Agenda PDA!
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Aliens

Fri, 18 May 2001 07:00:00 +0000

Some tweaks to make the game more polished.
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cgi-util

Tue, 15 May 2001 07:00:00 +0000

2.1.3 released. Now ignores empty "QUERY_STRING" variable, for compatibility with "thttp" and "boa" webservers.
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3D Pong

Thu, 10 May 2001 07:00:00 +0000

Added GPL license to the archive, removed some pretty useless shellscripts.
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Circus Linux!

Sat, 28 Apr 2001 07:00:00 +0000

You can now use real Atari 2600 paddle controllers with Circus Linux! (On PC's with standard joystick ports; you must build an adapter.)
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Background

Wed, 18 Apr 2001 07:00:00 +0000

An FLTK-based tool for setting your desktop background (via "xpmroot"). Useful for Agenda VR3 PDAs!
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Indrema Gone

Wed, 11 Apr 2001 07:00:00 +0000

We're heartbroken to hear that Indrema has failed to track down necessary funding to continue development of their groundbreaking game console. We wish them good luck.
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GoWeather

Tue, 10 Apr 2001 07:00:00 +0000

Announcing the start of an OpenSource, multiplatform weather data viewer for workstations and PDAs (with and without network connectivity).
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Open-Source Directory

Sun, 08 Apr 2001 07:00:00 +0000

We've listed all of our stable and mature products at the new Open-Source Directory website.
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Atari800 for Agenda

Fri, 06 Apr 2001 07:00:00 +0000

We've begun porting the excellent Atari800 emulator for Linux to the Agenda PDA.
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Agenda Keyboards

Mon, 26 Mar 2001 08:00:00 +0000

Some alternate keyboard layout files for the Agenda VR3 PDA.
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Mirror

Fri, 23 Mar 2001 08:00:00 +0000

Version 0.2 is available. Turn your Agenda VR3 PDA into a mirror!
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GemDropX

Tue, 30 Jan 2001 08:00:00 +0000

An x86 BeOS version is available!
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ICBM3D

Tue, 30 Jan 2001 08:00:00 +0000

An x86 BeOS version is available!
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Defendguin

Tue, 30 Jan 2001 08:00:00 +0000

A port of 0.0.2b for x86 BeOS is available.
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Mad Bomber

Tue, 30 Jan 2001 08:00:00 +0000

A port of 0.1.5 for x86 BeOS is available.
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Circus Linux

Tue, 30 Jan 2001 08:00:00 +0000

Version 0.0.4 for x86 BeOS is available.
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BoboBot

Fri, 01 Dec 2000 08:00:00 +0000

I decided to clean up what I had of BoboBot and release it as "Preview 3." Does this mean BoboBot is under development again? Probably. ;^)
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GemDrop

Sun, 26 Nov 2000 08:00:00 +0000

New, much nicer screenshots available. Created with the "Interlaced Screenshot" feature of Atari800 1.0.4 for Linux.
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Gbook Security Fix

Sat, 11 Nov 2000 08:00:00 +0000

If you're using "Gbook," you must upgrade to the November 11, 2000 version to correct a rather nasty security hole. (Amazing nobody pointed this out in the three years Gbook's been available. :) )
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Indrema Developers Network

Mon, 06 Nov 2000 08:00:00 +0000

New Breed Software is very excited at the chance to port our games to the upcoming Indrema GNU/Linux-based game console!!!
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cgi-util

Wed, 01 Nov 2000 08:00:00 +0000

Version 2.1.2 is available.
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popexec

Wed, 01 Nov 2000 08:00:00 +0000

Fixed a bug in the Pop3Client library that would cause too many open file descriptors.
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Circus Linux

Fri, 04 Aug 2000 07:00:00 +0000

Version 1.0.1 is now available for MacOS!
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Mad Bomber

Fri, 30 Jun 2000 07:00:00 +0000

Version 0.1.8 is available.
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Defendguin

Tue, 06 Jun 2000 07:00:00 +0000

Version 0.0.5 is available. GNU/Linux i386 RPM package now available!
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VidSlide

Sun, 04 Jun 2000 07:00:00 +0000

Initial alpha release!
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Circus Linux

Sun, 04 Jun 2000 07:00:00 +0000

Version 1.0.1 is available. Also for Windows
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Mad Bomber

Thu, 25 May 2000 07:00:00 +0000

Version 0.1.7 is available. Now also for Windows
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Bug Squish

Sun, 21 May 2000 07:00:00 +0000

Version 0.0.2 is available.
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cgi-util++ 0.0

Thu, 27 Jan 2000 08:00:00 +0000

A C++ wrapper for cgi-util 2.0.4 is available.
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BoboBot Redo

Fri, 31 Dec 1999 08:00:00 +0000

We're still looking for artists willing to help with this project!!!
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Gem Drop X 0.7

Tue, 28 Dec 1999 08:00:00 +0000

It's been completely recoded to use SDL for graphics, instead of Xlib.
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Mad Bomber 0.1.4a

Sat, 25 Dec 1999 08:00:00 +0000

Mad Bomber is a one- or two-player clone of the excellent 1981 Atari 2600 hit by Activision, "Kaboom!"
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VidSlide Announced

Thu, 02 Dec 1999 08:00:00 +0000

A new puzzle game is in the works!
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Defendguin Alpha 0.0.1

Wed, 01 Dec 1999 08:00:00 +0000

A pre-release alpha version of Defendguin is available for Linux. Please try it out and let us know what you think!
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cgi-util 2.0.4

Tue, 28 Sep 1999 07:00:00 +0000

A completely recoded version of our CGI programming library! (Now also available in ZIP format.)
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popexec 0.1

Fri, 16 Jul 1999 07:00:00 +0000

Run arbitrary programs whenever e-mail arrives at a POP e-mail account.
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Final Battle - June 10, 1999

Thu, 10 Jun 1999 07:00:00 +0000

A patch has been provided to fix a few minor problems.
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3D Pong 0.3

Mon, 07 Jun 1999 07:00:00 +0000

Someone reported that our copy of 3D Pong was corrupt, so a new archive was put online. Thanks!
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Flying Windows 0.2

Thu, 06 May 1999 07:00:00 +0000

A screensaver for X-Window
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BoboBot Preview 2 - Java

Sat, 01 May 1999 07:00:00 +0000

Eduardo Fernandez has ported BoboBot to Java
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X.Bomber RPM's and FreeBSD port Available

Thu, 15 Apr 1999 07:00:00 +0000

X.Bomber RPM's and FreeBSD port Available
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FreeChat 2.x Security Alert!

Sun, 11 Apr 1999 07:00:00 +0000

FreeChat 2.x Security Alert!
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Gem Drop X 0.5 Released!

Sat, 10 Apr 1999 07:00:00 +0000

Gem Drop X 0.5 Released!
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ICBM3D/2 Alpha 1 Released!

Sat, 10 Apr 1999 07:00:00 +0000

ICBM3D/2 Alpha 1 Released!
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ICBM3D 2 Underway

Fri, 29 Jan 1999 08:00:00 +0000

ICBM3D 2 Underway
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popxbiff 0.4.1 update

Fri, 22 Jan 1999 08:00:00 +0000

popxbiff 0.4.1 update
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leave-link updated

Fri, 08 Jan 1999 08:00:00 +0000

leave-link updated
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X-Bomber 0.5 released

Thu, 12 Feb 1998 08:00:00 +0000

X-Bomber 0.5 released
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Tile Game Protocol announced

Wed, 28 Jan 1998 08:00:00 +0000

Tile Game Protocol announced
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3D Pong 0.3 released

Mon, 26 Jan 1998 08:00:00 +0000

3D Pong 0.3 released
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FreeChat beta 3 info

Sat, 24 Jan 1998 08:00:00 +0000

FreeChat beta 3 info
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Sludge 2 announced

Sun, 30 Nov 1997 08:00:00 +0000

Sludge 2 announced
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