Release of the free emulator of classic quests ScummVM 2.2.0

saw the light release of a free cross-platform interpreter of classic quests ScummVM 2.2.0, which replaces the executable files for games and allows you to execute many classic games on platforms for which they were not originally intended. Project Code spreads licensed under GPLv2.

In total, it is possible to run more than 250 quests and about 1600 interactive text games, including games from LucasArts, Humongous Entertainment, Revolution Software, Cyan and Sierra, such as Maniac Mansion, Monkey Island, Broken Sword, Myst, Blade Runner, King's Quest 1-7 , Space Quest 1-6, Discworld, Simon the Sorcerer, Beneath A Steel Sky, Lure of the Temptress and The Legend of Kyrandia. Games are supported on Linux, Windows, macOS, iOS, Android, PS Vita, Switch, Dreamcast, AmigaOS, Atari/FreeMiNT, RISC OS, Haiku, PSP, PS3, Maemo, GCW Zero, etc.

В new version:

• Added support for games in the genre interactive literatureusing engines
  ADRIFT,
  advsys,
  agt,
  Alan 2 & 3,
  archetype,
  Hugo,
  jacl,
  level 9,
  Magnetic Scrolls,
  quest,
  Scott Adams and ZCode. In total, more than 1600 similar games are supported, including the possibility of launching the first game in this genre - Colossal Cave Adventurereleased in 1976.

• Three new game engines have been added and four previously available engines have been enhanced to support the following games:
  • Blazing dragons
  • Eye of the Beholder
  • Griffon Legend
  • Interactive Fiction games
  • Operation Stealth
  • Police Quest: SWAT
  • Prince and the Coward
  • Ultima IV - Quest of the Avatar
  • Ultima VI - The False Prophet
  • Ultima VIII—Pagan
• Completely rewritten port for the operating system MorphOS.
• Added a new subsystem for automatic saving.
• Updated Roland MT-32 emulation code.
• Improved support for Illusions, Kyra, Lab, Queen, Titanic, Xeen and ZVision game engines.
• Improved support for the NES and Apple IIGS versions of Maniac Mansion.
• Added the ability to select a voice in the speech synthesizer (Text-to-Speech).
• Added support for integration with Discord Rich Presence.
• Added Russian translations for Dreamweb.
• Linux implements the ability to use the system file manager instead of the built-in file interface.

Source: opennet.ru