After 6 months of development, the release of the free cross-platform classic quest interpreter ScummVM 2.7.0 is presented, replacing the executable files for games and allowing you to run many classic games on platforms for which they were not originally intended. The project code is distributed under the GPLv3+ license.
In total, more than 320 quests are provided, 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.
In the new version:
- Added support for games:
- soldier boyz.
- GLK Scott Adams Interactive Fiction games (C64 and ZX Spectrum versions).
- Quests GLK Scott Adams 1-12 in TI99/4A format.
- obsidian.
- Pink Panther: Passport to Peril.
- Pink Panther: Hokus Pokus Pink.
- Adibou 2 Β«EnvironmentΒ», Β«Read/Count 4 & 5Β» and Β«Read/Count 6 & 7Β».
- Driller/Space Station Oblivion (version for DOS/EGA/CGA, Amiga, AtariST, ZX Spectrum and Amstrad CPC).
- Halls of the Dead: Faery Tale Adventure II.
- Chop Suey, Eastern Mind and 16 more games on Director 3 and Director 4 engines.
- Improved support for the Broken Sword game series, reworked the code for detecting game versions.
- Added platform support:
- RetroMini RS90 console running the OpenDingux distribution.
- First generation of Miyoo consoles (New BittBoy, Pocket Go and PowKiddy Q90-V90-Q20) running TriForceX MiyooCFW.
- Console Miyoo Mini.
- Operating system KolibriOS.
- 26-bit versions of RISC OS.
- Added output scaling system using shaders. The new system allows older games to run on modern high-resolution screens with high visual fidelity, reproducing the behavior of CRT screens.
- Provided the ability to set predefined data to initialize the pseudo-random number generator, which allows you to achieve repetitive behavior on different launches of the game.
- Improved cursor scaling in OpenGL mode.
- Added the ability to run games in auto-detect mode (to enable it, you can rename the executable file to scummvm-auto or create an empty scummvm-autorun file nearby).
- Added the ability to set predefined command line parameters (parameters should be written to the scummvm-autorun file).
- Added support for overriding default settings by specifying a configuration file in the "--initial-cfg=FILE" or "-i" options.
- Added --output-channels=CHANNELS option to set audio output to mono.
- The number of platforms for which downloads of game resources larger than 2 GB are available has been expanded.
Source: opennet.ru