previous updates - 1998

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27th January 1999

• The Database updated with the most recent game releases; prices and compatibility information updated for some older 4th Dimension games now rereleased by CJE
• Company contact details updated
• New News headline

25th January 1999

• Added new emulator to the emulation section - VICE simulates a Commodore 64, 128, PET, CBM2 and VIC20
• VICE emulator also added to The Vault

24th January 1999

• Emulation section updated with two more news stories, and new Texas Instruments calculator emulation page added; also updated Sega, GameBoy, MSX, NES and Coleco pages
• New News headlines
• Lots of new emulator versions added to The Vault

15th January 1999

• New News headlines

11th January 1999

• Emulation section updated with more news stories, and new BBC emulation page
• News headlines added to
• BBC emulators added to The Vault, and new version of DStar

7th January 1999

• Minor update (removed Happy Christmas banner from contents page)

2nd January 1999

• Full review of Heroes of Might and Magic 2 added
• Updated Emulation section with release of VGB and update of MasterGear - both now available from The Vault
• News headlines updated
• Other minor updates

24th December 1998

• Added Happy Christmas! banner to contents page

23rd December 1998

• One new news headline
• Updated the PC games compatibility page
• Other minor updates, including a Xenocide upgrade in The Vault

20th December 1998

• Added full review of Xenocide, a new game from Skullsoft
• Updated the Emulation section with the release of a new version of SNES9X
• A few new news headlines
• Other minor updates, including new versions of games in The Vault

17th December 1998

• A few new news headlines
• Updated the Emulation section

15th December 1998

• Added five new platforms to the Emulation section
• Updated some info and added some new release info to the Emulation section
• Updated Atari800 and STem emulators to newest versions in The Vault (also added some other stuff recently, too)

13th December 1998

• A few new news headlines
• Added new pictures to the TEK preview
• Minor updates to Heroes of Might and Magic 2 and Iron Dignity reports
• Added 'DStar' to The Vault

11th December 1998

• Added news feature about Dark Future, a new RISC OS-only game

10th December 1998

• Added several more emulators to The Vault

8th December 1998

• Entire new section added: Emulation
• Entire new section added: The Vault
• Lots and lots of new news headlines
• Several other minor changes

9th November 1998

• Review of brand new version of Destiny uploaded
• Several new news headlines

7th November 1998

• News headlines added to

7th October 1998

• News headlines added to

29th September 1998

• Added story about Super Snail 2
• News headlines added to
• Other minor updates

26th September 1998

• Updated Descent report
• Few new news headlines
• Other minor updates, including to 'about these pages'

23rd September 1998

• Couple of new news headlines

20th September 1998

• Destiny review updated with comments on new version

18th September 1998

• New news headline

5th September 1998

• Uploaded report on PlayStation Pushy 2
• Updated the Emulator News
• Few new news headlines

29th August 1998 (late night)

• Exclusive new screenshot of Iron Dignity, and latest news
• Screenshot and news of Botkiller 2
• Various minor updates

29th August 1998 (early morning)

• In-depth report on Heroes of Might and Magic 2 uploaded

26th August 1998

• Four new news headlines
• Minor update to the Descent news story

24th August 1998

• Updated the Emulator News
• Added a news headline

23rd August 1998

• Added six new free game reviews, written by David Sharp

19th August 1998

• News headlines updated, and other news updated
• Several new world news stories added
• Moved old news stores from the main news page over to the older news stories page, and Quake given its own page
• Updated the Emulation news page
• Other minor updates

17th August 1998

• Major Eternal Destiny review added
• The past month's news uploaded
• The Database updated - some entries rewritten and a few new games
• Zip 2000 review updated
• Lots of minor updates, including to the free Abuse review and the Archive

12th July 1998

• Full illustrated Ankh review now added
• Emulators news updated with SNES emulator release details
• Other minor updates

4th July 1998

• Super Snail preview added
• Lots of minor updates

2nd July 1998

• Acorn Southeast Show full photographic report added
• News headlines updated, and other news updated

26th June 1998

• Lots of new news headlines
• World-wide games news section updated
• Minor updates

24th June 1998

• New news headline
• Minor updates

22nd June 1998

• News on Acorn Descent - both commercial and freeware versions
• Various new news headlines

4th June 1998

• Brand new world-wide games news section, reporting on only the biggest international gaming stories
• New news headlines

25th May 1998

• Minor updates to Acorn Syndicate news report
• Added a new news headline

22nd May 1998

• New news on Acorn Syndicate including screenshots
• Several new news headlines

15th May 1998

• New news headlines
• Brand new screenshots of Kindred Software's forthcoming game Skirmish
• Lots of new and updated links

13th May 1998

• Entire site moved to www.acorn-gaming.org.uk, thanks to Oaktree Internet - sponsorship details updated on all pages
• Lots of new news headlines
• Updated The Database (of all commercial Acorn games)

23rd April 1998

• Added news about and screenshots of forthcoming game Skirmish
• Updated News headlines - Quake to be published by R-Comp

17th April 1998

• Added four new News headlines

8th April 1998

• Lots of new links and updated links
• Archive updated
• Various minor updates, including formatting changes for non-table browsers

25th March 1998

• Updated the PC games compatibility list

21st March 1998

• Brand new Ankh demo and screenshots
• Moved remaining February news headlines to the earlier news headlines

20th March 1998

• Updated the emulator news
• Three new news headlines
• Updated the links

18th March 1998

• Three new news headlines

13th March 1998

• Three new news headlines plus news update

10th March 1998

• Added a new news headline
• Noone has complained about the new use of tables for the headlines and the contents page, so hopefully it works okay on all browsers - I've tested it on non-tables browsers, too, of course. If anyone knows otherwise, please let me know!

6th March 1998

• Added to the News Headlines, and adjusted the layout again after noticing a formatting peculiarity with Netscape
• Various minor formatting changes throughout the site

4th March 1998

• Redesigned the News Headlines layout format, and added a couple of new headlines

2nd March 1998

• Full Drifter review added
• Completely new Ankh screenshots and description
• Completely new TEK screenshots
• Absolutely all the News updated, with new three-tier structure of Recent News, Earlier News and Old News - now it should be even clearer which items are new
• Similarly, News Headlines sorted into two sections - very recent, and slightly older ones
• Completely new Extreme Force screenshots added
• Lots and lots of minor updates

26th February 1998

• Updated the News headlines again

25th February 1998

• Updated the News bits on Quake

23rd February 1998

• Finally got round to finishing and uploading my review of Exodus!
• Updated the news a bit
• A few new and updated links
• Other minor updates

14th February 1998

• Emulators news updated, including the MESS multiple console emulator
• Doom news story updated
• Links updated

13th February 1998

• Some major new headlines
• Emulators news updated, including NES and Mac emulators
• Doom news updated
• Links updated and added to

31st January 1998

• Added exclusive interview with Artex Software
• Added article on the MSX for the emulator news
• Updated the News headlines
• Other minor updates, as well as a few new links

29th January 1998

• Added news on the new MSX emulator
• Updated lots of links
• A few new news headlines
• Other minor updates

23rd January 1998

• Updated news on TEK
• Updated news headlines
• Updated the Links
• Various minor updates

22nd January 1998

• News about and history of Acorn Doom
• New games from Artex Software
• Various other new news stories
• Updated The Archive list of email addresses and company contact details
• Updated and added to Acorn links
• Added 'headlines' section to the main contents page

14th January 1998

• Minor updates, including to The Archive and the Links sections

7th January 1998

• Added news about TEK
• Updated review of Wizard Apprentice to reflect the final release version
• Updated Tellomere news
• Added some new links
• Other minor updates

4th January 1998

• Updated the Introduction and About this web site pages
• Various other minor updates, including to the Acorn World 1997 report and the email addresses contacts list

3rd January 1998

• Wrote complete summary of the Acorn Quake story so far for the news section
• Added an "In Brief" headlines section to the news
• Added details and pictures of Abuse to the Freeware section
• Updated The Archive again
• Other minor updates, including to the Acorn World 1997 reports

1997 and earlier updates

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