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Any interest in a Mac Version of Bruce Lee ?

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As the title suggests – is there any interest in a Mac version of Bruce Lee ? I dont think theres much work in converting it so I might just compile and release it….. Comment here
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GoDaddy Support is Rubbish

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Ovine.net has been down for over 24 hours but is finally back up. This not only effected the HTTP but also the FTP access that we have. This meant that the outage was nothing todo with our website and more that the IP address of our shared server was not accessible to the outside world. goDaddy support...
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Ovine Forum back online http://forum.ovine.net

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As the title says, http://forum.ovine.net is back and open for business
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Jet Set Willy 3.1 Beta Released

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Ive released Jet Set Willy 3.1 BETA to the testers. Lack of time and effort means I will have to rely on the testers to get this out the door. I’ll report back their comment and findings in due course. Although saying that its alomst Christmas so im not expecting much yet Merry Christmas
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Mini Update For Driller

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Ive just uploaded a recompile of Driller using the latest build of Blitz3D and an updated version of our packing utility. This should get rid of a few false positives that have been reported. I’ll do the same with CHOLO as there have been some reports of that slowing down on modern machines. I...
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JSWOL 3.1 Testing

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Im going to hand over the testing in the next couple of days to the beta testers (thanks for those who responded to my plee for testers ) Due to lack of time and other projects my time is limited for testing so all the help i can get is great. It does mean that JSWOL 3.1 will finally see the light...
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Ooooo Looks Whats Coming

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JSWOL 3.1 In test To help me thru the Armalyte Testing (which is going really well BTW) Im resurrecting JSWOL 3.1 !!! I tried to get AndyH to have a look at it but he seemed less than enthusiastic so Ive taken the reigns back. A lot of the bug fixes and new features are already in there but I’ve...
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Armalyte Nearing Completion

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http://www.psytronik.com/main/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=78:armalyte-pc&catid=40:news&Itemid=18 Almost there – been 10 months of alot of work but Armalyte is almost done. Im finally getting better at the game too – YEY.
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Xbox / Mame Cab in the works

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Finally got around to starting myxbox/mame cab. Heres where I am so far :- How much fun can you have with MDF ?
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Armalyte Update

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Smila has finished all 8 level graphics and enemy placements/paths. So back to level 2 and tweak time. This is the fun part now. The bosses are in need of loving. On level 1 we added a nice lazer to the enhance the play. Just have to think of other such “tweaks” for other levels.
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Whack-A-Monty-Mole

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Courtesy of Barrie Ellis over at One Switch, he brought to our attention that Whak-a-Monty-Mole has been used at an ablegames event that was recently held. For those of you that are unaware of what the event is about ” Our event is the first annual AbleGames, an opportunity for children with...
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Cholo Ambiant Music

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Heres a little quick app / screensaver. Ive had a few emails recently asking about the ingame music in Cholo. The ingame tune was entirely a random mix of some riffs I did to set a bit of atmosphere. So Ive created a little app/screensaver that recreates the Cholo ambiance Click for Standalone version...
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HOLIDAYS

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Off on my holidays … 2 weeks in a Spanish Villa …. see ya when I get back
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More Armalyte

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Still awaiting any more feedback from the guys on the last Armalyte Level 1 build.  All the bugs have been squashed and indeed Smila has mapped level 2 and is starting the attack patterns. Level1 Demo will be released and we’ll guage the reaction and take feedback on board (as we always do). Having...
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Armalyte Level 1 – Almost There

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Were just in the process of testing Armalyte Level 1, soon to be released as a demo to gauge the interest in the full release and also to mass test on lots of hardware Ive not gone mad on the minimum spec for the machine,  OpenGL 1.1 is a minimum,  Ive got it running on a crappy old laptop which...
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My wife is doing the “race for life”

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Race For Life Mary (my wife) is doing this years “Race for Life” in aid of cancer research If you could see your way to sponsoring her, I would appreciate it http://www.raceforlifesponsorme.org/marycollier Shes taking it quite serious and is actually training for it too.  For someone who...
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Im back

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Ive had a little spell in hospital (first time for me), its took 40 years. Ive got a “stone” in my saliva gland that needs removal.  So this little episode has knocked me back a week as I was unable to actually code.  I wondered why I was so tired at night recently, when the side of my...
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Armalyte PC

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Wondered what we have been upto recently ? Armalyte Advert Read more here
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Show reel

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Repost of my showreel.
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ITS MY BIRTHDAY !

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Its my birthday – yey me
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Almost 40 !!!

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Maaaaaaaaaaaaan  Im the big 4 Oh tomorrow, how depressing !  April 16th 2009 is going to be offically the most depressing date of my life
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Welcome Back

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Our website move happened a bit before time, so it might take us a while to catch up with the update. I have to say AndyH has done a sterling job, he went through a few designs before settling on this one.  Its alot more professional looking than before you would have to admit. Ive added the webcam...
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