Spam Spam Spam Humbug: Episode 78 – #EmulaPobre
A mish-mash of topics, with a lot of talk about emulators for old gaming consoles.
Tagged: DirectX
OpenMW: Transitioning From Ogre3D to OpenSceneGraph
The OpenMW team have begun transitioning the project from Ogre3D to OpenSceneGraph.
Interview with Bill Randolph
Bill Randolph graciously took over an hour out of his busy schedule to chat with us about his work at Origin Systems, especially on Ultima 9. He answered a number of questions about the game and its development, and shed some new light on its difficult development.
OpenMW: Version 0.31.0 Released
The OpenMW team have reached another milestone in the development of their open source engine for Morrowind, and have squashed a truly staggering number of bugs this time around.
Ultima Online: The First DirectX Game
Alex St. John, one of the creators of the DirectX technology platform and founder of WildTangent explains, in a lengthy blogpost, just how instrumental Origin Systems was to the development of DirectX.
Alex St. John Visits Britannia Manor
DirectX platform developer and WildTangent founder Alex St. John visited Richard Garriott’s Britannia Manor a while ago. He just wrote about the experience.
Deus Ex: Human Revolution Launches Today
The third installment in the Deus Ex series — and a prequel to the original Warren Spector game — was launched today to glowing reviews which herald it as a return to everything that made the first game great.
Added: Nytegard's Ultima 5 Utilities
Several years ago, Nytegard undertook a project to crack into the data files for Ultima 5, and proceeded to extensively reverse-engineer the game. Along the way, he built himself several tools to assist in...
Restored: CCS64
Another Commodore 64 emulator, this one specifically built for Windows and DOS, is once again available for download. It should be noted that Hakan Sundell’s emulator has been quite recently updated and supports everything...
Beautiful Britannia progress report
Because I’m a horribly forgetful person, I failed to post this news when it was at its freshest. Firstknight left a comment on his project’s entry to bring us all up to speed on...
