Keywords: game, svgalib, asteroids, arcade Hello, This is to announce the release of Sasteroids v1.3, a svgalib (not X) asteroids-type game with joystick support. This is a minor release with a few bug fixes, a new spacey-looking background during game play, speed enhancements, and small changes to the game play. (No sound yet -- its coming 8-) There are both binary and source releases. You only need one, preferrably the source release because there are a few compile-time options to play with. The binary release is for those of you without recent versions of gcc/g++ or svgalib installed. Note: you don't need large amounts of memory/swap space to compile this version, as compared to previous releases. I have uploaded it to: sunsite.unc.edu:/pub/Linux/Incoming/sasteroids1.3-src.tar.gz (source) sunsite.unc.edu:/pub/Linux/Incoming/sasteroids1.3-bin.tar.gz (binary) where it will probably be moved to: sunsite.unc.edu:/pub/Linux/games/video/sasteroids1.3-src.tar.gz sunsite.unc.edu:/pub/Linux/games/video/sasteroids1.3-bin.tar.gz and tsx-11.mit.edu where it will probably be moved into: /pub/linux/sources/usr.games/sasteroids1.3-src.tar.gz /pub/linux/binaries/usr.games/sasteroids1.3-bin.tar.gz *** Note: You need gcc 2.5.8, c++ libraries, and svgalib 1.11 (or greater) to compile the source release. Svgalib is available at sunsite.unc.edu, tsx-11.mit.edu and other linux ftp site. *** --brad pitzel@cs.sfu.ca