Mappy 0.8b is the 3rd release of the Mappy Virtual Machine and introduces source level debugging and many new fixes, as well as a reorganization of the user interface to make operation much easier.
Mappy VM now has its own page at http://www.bottledlight.com/mappy, where the features are listed in more detail.
Everyone should write at least one IRC client in their lives. It makes for a great introduction to socket programing.
The long awaited 2nd public release of Mappy VM is finally here.
My good friend Jeff Frohwein has started production of his MultiBoot Version 2 cable, which allows you to download up to 256 kbytes of code to your Gameboy Advance and test your programs on the actual hardware. I have one and I must say it is a wonderful development tool.
Update: The first batch of 50 cables sold out rapidly, but there are more batches on the horizon, check www.devrs.com/gba periodically for more information.
Absolute Terror is a 3D PC game published by Crystal Interactive in 2001 and developed by SymbioSys Software (now Neko Technologies).
From the manual (i.e. from Ben’s twisted sense of humor):
In Absolute Terror, you venture into space, the last best hope for Earth in their war against rebelling colonies on distant worlds. Or maybe they’re aliens; hideous space-monsters who threaten all mankind. No, no, actually, they’re definitely rebelling colonies – not that it really matters. What really matters, of course, is that you get a state-of-the-art spacecraft (with big guns), a sarcastic co-pilot (with big… uhhh, nevermind!) and a license to blow things up in a spectacular and over-the-top fashion!
I wrote the scripting engine and many of the special effects used in the game while working for SymbioSys.