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GNU Robbo is a free open source reimplementation of Janusz Pelc's Robbo for the Atari XE/XL which was distributed by LK Avalon in 1989.

Changes :-
* Significantly reduced the memory usage
* Added localisation to the level designer
* Added support for Maemo 5 Fremantle
* Added preliminary support for Alex (a Robbo clone)
* Added Czech translation by Radek Pavle
* Fixed a few bugs and outstanding issues
* Applied various graphical and usability tweaks... read more

GNU Robbo is a free open source reimplementation of Janusz Pelc's Robbo for the Atari XE/XL which was distributed by LK Avalon in 1989.

Changes :-
* Added a level designer for platforms with pointer support
* Added a new set of 12 demos using the latest level packs
* Added the Russian alphabet to the pixmap fonts
* Applied various graphical tweaks
* Fixed several bugs

http://gnurobbo.sourceforge.net/

GNU Robbo is a free open source reimplementation of Janusz Pelc's Robbo for the Atari XE/XL which was distributed by LK Avalon in 1989.

Changes :-
* Modified some objects to be more similar to Atari Robbo
* Added 19 level packs
* Added preliminary music support
* Added sound and sound-skin support
* Added support for tiled level background images
* Added Oily graphical skin
* Added support for Robbo Millenium objects
* Added Playstation PSP support
* Added Russian translation by Alexander Voikov
* Added an in-game pointer control pad and toolbar
* Added extensive pointer support for menus and game... read more

Version 0.63 is about to be released
* now Gnu robbo should be more compatible with original Robbo
* New skin support - icon files are now in png format, can be color indexed or rgb, it is done for alpha channel support
* over 900 levels
* new skin - oily which is a kind of original skin variant
* Robbo millenium compatibility: added new objects, so maps from Robbo Millenium can be imported
* sound support. now Gnu Robbo has sound! (all samples are taken from http://freesample.org\)
* bugfixes

GNU Robbo is a free open source reimplementation of Janusz Pelc's Robbo for the Atari XE/XL which was distributed by LK Avalon in 1989.

Changes :-
* Created Sharp Zaurus Sharp ROM ipk
* Added option to save rcfile on change for battery powered devices
* Modified the exploding bomb to be more similar to Atari Robbo
* Added pixmap fonts and the option to use them over SDL_ttf
* Swedish translation added by Niklas 'Nille' Åkerström
* Slovak translation added by Viliam Búr
* German translation added by Chris Zeiler rabyte_at_gmail.dot.com ... read more

GNU Robbo game ver. 0.61 is released.

After 5 years of non-activity break, development was restarted and finally thanks to Thunor game is better, nicer and gives you more fun.

This time not only Linux but also Windows version is published. Enjoy the game.

Changelog:
* Added graphical skin support
* Added a newly created graphical skin: Tronic
* 15 additional levels converted from RobboVII
* 32 additional levels converted from RobboVIII
* 32 additional levels converted from RobboIX
* Added in-game help
* Added reconfigurable options
* Added reconfigurable controls
* Added analogue and digital joystick support
* Added centering of game within any resolution
* Added support for different locales
* Added a Polish translation
* Many bug fixes

Version 0.60 is going to be released soon. Many changes since 0.57 version including:
> new graphics
> adjustable options
> rebuilded and more stable game
> zaurus port
> many more...

Thanks to Thonor - most of these changes are his.

Many new improvements. But the most change is that graphics is twice bigger - I was asked for this by some people...

New version of GNU Robbo game. It contains only 5 levels - but you create your own...

I decided to show people new version of GNU Robbo. It's now playable game but doesn't have endscreen yet, and needs some testing. Treat this as alpha release - so don't be nervous if something goes wrong....