Remembering and discovering some adventure and role playing games

Blood and Iron menu

Blood and Iron "is a dark low fantasy tactical RPG where you attempt to lead a mercenary company to fame and fortune." This sounds like a Mount & Blade demake [EDIT] but it's not!

• Dark low fantasy theme 
• You play the owner of a mercenary company, the characters on the battlefield are just employees 
• Your goal is to make your mercenary company the most famous one in history, and to complete various special challenges (achievements) 
• Yes, you really won't save the world this time 
• Tactical (actual combat) and strategic (resource management) layer 
• Turn-based, of course 
• Ironman only, no girlie man reloading whenever something goes wrong here 
• Yes, when characters die they are gone - forever 

It is written in SDL and supposed to be portable.

So far (the project is one day old at time of writing) there is only a win32 binary (runs on linux using wine) available for download which features an incomplete menu and low-pixel art.. I would love to see this project ripen.

Pages of Adventure dialog

Pages of Adventure is a lovely "puzzle adventure in a strange world" which so far features one puzzle. I tested the game on Arch Linux.

Game testers are wanted for the SVN version of the game, different resolutions need to be tested for example. Testers and people who can recommend game/map/dialog editors for tile-based rpg/adventure games, please report to the PoA thread on our forums!


Dawn RPG makes progress. They use MediaWiki for posting news, which makes following development not too comfortable. SumWars is progressing as well. Both games have gained new team members and released new versions.


Hmm.. remember Hero of Allacrost, Silver Tree and Adonthell, FLARE, Arkhart, Radakan and PARPG ? I wonder how many open source non-roguelike role-playing or adventure games are out there and how many are playable and how many are finished..

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Happy A�fangadagskv�ld!

Three more days, 688 more US Dollars pledged to the Portrait Marathon and we get art video tutorials (so spread a little word, why don'tcha? ;) ):

Fantasy Portrait Marathon pledge progress

OGA's presents

There has been a *LOT* of giving on OGA lately, two fully rigged 3d character models for example.

Another present: IOFORMS' (aka iosketch) first alpha release is being prepared.

Please let us know in the comments if you notice are any special present-ish foss game releases. :)

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News Avalanche!

Zero-K:

Zero-K is the reboot of Spring RTS game Complete Annihilation, with aims to distance itself from the TA IP that has plagued Spring games, and just generally be better in every way :)

It comes with a revamped UI, multiple specialist commander units to play as, and a single faction instead of the traditional 2. The team is also providing a set of web services such as map and mission lists to enhance the experience, and maybe we'll even see the resurgence of Planet Wars, the awesome persistent galactic RTS that was running a while back

IrrRPG Builder

IrrRPG Builder looks like a promising 3D RPG IDE. So far, it features a terrain editor, drag and drop object placement, and scriptable using Lua.

There's a set of tutorials to get you started, and comes with enough content to play around with; the scriptable object system along with template scripts make it really beginner friendly. The built-in script validator could use a bit of work (doesn't detect undefined functions yet, which crashes the game) and adding some sort of api refference along with autocompletion would really make it a fully fledged IDE :)

Ryzom:

We've been giving Ryzom quite a bit of love recently, with their Linux native client and all, but they just announced an In-game competition for a Linux netbook and got accepted for the Google Code-In initiative. Here's hoping they have lots of success!

Warlock's Gauntlet:

Warlock's Gauntlet is a highly polished Gauntlet/Diablo/Hack'nSlash mashup. A nice interface, smooth gameplay and lots of spells make this a very nice find.(Thanks archl from the comments :) It even has co-op!

Egoboo

The Egoboo team just released their version 2.8.1 beta, it adds randomized loot, special effects and lots of bugfixes. Check it out!

FreedroidRPG

Freedroid recently had their website redesigned(aww I liked the old one :(), and also released version 0.14 which included the Summer of Code work. This added better randomized dungeons, a better interface for the level editor and replaced magical weapons with a more sci-fi addon system (the last addition was done by Nekotaku from Lips of Suna, which also had a release recently :)

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An early Xmas?

Not very X-mas like at my current place of residence, but there are just so many good things coming to the FreeGamer enthusiast right now! But I am short on time and on a crappy internet connection... so only text for you guys tonight :p

So, as a follow up the the recently mentioned Alpha 0.3 release of 0AD and their donation drive, UbuntuGamer has now published a pretty nice interview with one of the 0AD contributors.

Their donation drive is also still running, so if you have some money to spare, head over here. They are still a long way from the target, so don't be shy :)

ZeroBallistics 2.0

So why is there an early X-mas? Well I just got the hot news that there has been a 2.0 release of the ZeroBallistics FOSS game!!! Definity some nice new features, but have a look at their release announcement yourself here.

War�ow 0.6 and AlienArena2011

Two pretty big releases also, but since I always get snubbed a bit for mentioning these games with non-FOSS media around here I will make it short: War�ow 0.6 (BIG and very nice release) and AlienArena2011 (now with ODE physics for rag-dolls).

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From Open to Free, visual programming, new SumWars RPG and Berlin game dev summoning

FLARE logo

OSARE is now FLARE. From an OGA tread:

I sent an email to Richard Stallman asking if he's interested in supporting Justin Nichol's Creative Commons Fantasy Portrait Project.

He pointed out that the difference between "open source" and "free" or "free/libre" and noted this:

"However, if you decide to describe it "free" or "free/libre" instead of "open source", then I would be honored to participate."

Stallman's lectures are what convinced me in the first place to use the GPL for my work, and to be interested in copyleft licenses in general. I'm quite honored that he answered my email at all, and I agree with his reasoning.

IOSKETCH visual programming

IOSKETCH is a cross-platform visual authoring tool for games. It is written in Common Lisp.

Summoning Wars 0.5.3
The new version

SumWars 0.5.3 is out:

• Upgrade to Ogre 1.7 and CEGUI 0.7
• More art and story content
• Russian translation

See the arrow?

There's a little meeting this Saturday for making little games in Berlin. Artists, programmers, designers and whatnot are welcome! We speak English. Wir sprechen Deutsch. At least one speaks Spanish, at least one speaks Russian.

You might want to bring a multiple outlet strip (don't forget your converter if you need one).

Berlin Game Developers Meet-Up #5 on Facebook.
Where:   Cafe Osswald
When:    Saturday, December 18 from 11:00 am to 7:00 pm

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Lithosphere - awesome visual procedural 3d terrain map generator with shaders

Forget my last post about terrain generators! I'm just going to let the screen/video talk for themselves.

Lithosphere is a GPU driven terrain generator. It allows you to create and export material textures and heightmaps intended for use in realtime graphics applications.

All terrain algorithms are implemented as GLSL fragment shaders operating on floating point textures. This allows realtime modification of the terrain. A graph of nodes is evaluated in order to arrive at the terrain output.

License: AGPL

Requirement: 32bit python2.6 (:|), a modern graphics card

Tested on: Windows, Linux

The creator's blog might be of interest to you as well. The last few articles cover OpenGL and HTML5/JavaScript Canvas.

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Portrait Marathon got $1500, could use $1500 more :)

The fantasy portrait marathon reached first base. I just wanted to let you know. Remember, that if it reaches $3000 ($9000!!!/3), we will get a massive instructional video!

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Fantasy Portrait Marathon Update and Reddit Game Jam #4 in a few hours!

Justin added new possible targets to his freely-licensed fantasy portraits project for OSARE and OGA:

$1500

by December 28th

30 portraits

$2000

by December 28th

35 portraits

$3000

by December 28th

35 portraits + a full length instructional video showing the painting process for the collection

I sure hope we can arrange this gift of Justin's video to ourselves..
You can spread the word on fsdaily and reddit.

In other news: there's a 48h game jam STARTING TODAY! Here's the IRC channel, here are the rules. I recommend github and love2d!

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Contributing to FPSs, RPGs and other games by sharing thoughts and spreading words

I* joined PARPG to work on game interaction (controls and GUI). This decision was made after taking a look at some projects and talking with their members about what tasks are available. Now I want to tell you about the 'open source jobs' available out there.

Radakan (RPG) is currently a solo project that uses the Python 3D engine Panda3D. Project lead Taldor would like help with the game design, GUI design, Writing (dialog & quests) and content creation (creating and converting models, managing the content pipeline). Warning: Radakan's website is currently down, best way to get in contact is irc.freenode.net#radakan.

CubeCreate (FPS + Editor) will be a Lua-driven Sauerbraten-based engine. It could use some design help for editor accessibility improvements and thoughts on asset management (model/texture import) while the developers port to Lua.

0 AD (RTS) has a a well-compiled list of tasks.

Megaglest (RTS) would like to have somebody find more players for the game. In my humble opinion it could use the help of an audio designer to take a look at some files' volume levels as well. :) A re-work of their homepage is being discussed as well.

Ryzom (MMORPG) still needs to port the world editor but also would be interested in designers to work on a 3D editor.

LinWarrior3D (Mech Action) will soon have a new release. There might be a git repository soon. I got a list of possible tasks:

• Homepage enhancing, either with Drupal or static (portions of the website should have the feeling of you-are-in-the-world rather than you-are-reading-the-website). There needs to be resemblance to the current homepage for keeping identity.
• The HUD-Displays could use an overhaul.
• Concepts for a world setting, places, factions for (GTA-like) emerging gameplay - to enhance and populate the game world.
• Concepting a tutorial at the current state of interaction

Suggestions, problem/bug reports, performance reports and fan-mail are always welcome with LW3D. Contributors should be aware that LW3D is a slow-paced "lifetime" project. :)

*remember, this is a collaborative blog, I'm one of currently 4 posters :)

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Quoting releases: Bitfighter, Love2d, OpenClonk

Bitfighter

There's a new version of the retro-style multiplayer top-down action game Bitfighter and a well-readable changelog:

This version features new Soccer rules, and a verified user name system protected by your forums password. Many other improvements, including important stability fixes and enhancements for all platforms.

love2d 0.7 no-game-screen

L�VE 0.7 "Game Slave" has finally been released! This is a Lua 2D game engine also known as "love2d". Oh, and it's on Indie DB. Oh, and Indie DB allows to sort engines by license!

Framebuffers, for rendering to places other than the screen. Threads, for true multithreaded programming. New callbacks, like love.quit and love.focus. A text-origin change from lower- to upper-left. And about a million different bugs have been squashed!

You'll find games and toys and demos to try out in this forum and you can give my stupid little game a try too.

"The Guardians of Windmills" OpenClonk scenario

OpenClonk 1.0 hass been released and I just noticed that I love how their main page contains all the info important to people who don't know the project.

This milestone focuses on some fast paced melees, races and a few experimental scenarios to choose from. All scenarios are meant to be played multiplayer through the internet. It features completely new controls, a new HUD and many weapons and tools to choose from. Also included are four tutorials that guide new players and veteran clonkers through the new controls.

I feel like giving OpenClonk a try soon and hope the tutorials are any good. Here's a game description, if you never took a closer look at the project like me.

OpenClonk is a free multiplayer action game where you control clonks, small but witty and nimble humanoid beings. The game is mainly about mining, settling and fast-paced melees. OpenClonk is also not just a game but also a versatile 2D game engine that offers countless possibilites to make your own mods.

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Freely Licensed Fantasy Portraits Financing!

The style

Open-art artist Justin Nichol intends to create 30 freely licensed portraits (or more) in the style you see above. I support his Fantasy Portrait Marathon for 3 purposes:

1. Allow an open source enthusiast artist to continue his studies
2. Provide portraits for  the excellent slash-and-hack OSARE
3. Add a quality set of art to OpenGameArt for use in various games

The cash

$1500, Dec 28

The target

Targeted is a backing of $1500 until end of 2010. At time of posting, $580 (38.6%) have been already pledged (7 backers).

The artist

Other works by Justin

Justin Nichol is attending the Concept Design Academy in Pasadena, Ca. He contributed art to PARPG and OGA. He has a portfolio.

The portraits

• GIMP will be used for drawing the portraits
• Backers will be able to determine the faces they pay for (check the right sidebar of the project page for details)
• The portraits will be CC-BY-SA/GPL dual-licensed for maximum copyleft compatibility

I can only say: invest in this one! And spread the word too, for example on reddit.

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M.A.R.S. - A Ridiculous Shooter

Can a game that has "ridiculous" in the title be bad? No. It can not!

M.A.R.S. - A Ridiculous Shooter

Even though I'm no fan of the multiplayer (zero-)gravity-shooter genre, I enjoy playing M.A.R.S., which features AI enemies and wingmen, various weapon types, upgrades and a pretty cool game mode, where a huge cannon will shoot at the planet of the enemy team of whoever is holding the remote to it. I also think it's darn pretty.

BAM!

M.A.R.S. uses shaders (but does not require them). The game menu is well-made in both look and feel too. The media license is not specified. Code is GPLed. M.A.R.S. runs on Lin/Win (get it here) and uses the SFML library (2.0, I had to get it from SVN).

BOOM!

If you want to help the project out, you can do so by translating it. English and German translations are available so far. Since SFML 2 has recently been ported to OS X, it probably would be welcome if someone could provide a build as well.

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A little bit of everything

Long time no see!
Before you look at the pictures: I can only recommend following the FGD Game Planet and Dev Planet. That is all ;).

Games

CONS

CONS is a NOOB FRIENDLY!!! roguelike written in Lisp. It is 'friendly' because the amount of possible actions is low and they are all tooltip-explained in the main window. I also like the color scheme and simple look. Follow the developer on his blog. I know I do.

Xenowar

Xenowar is a simple-gfx squad tactics game and it runs on Windows and Android. Didn't try it yet.

skunks is a "3D game with cars, stunts and software rendering, based on Open Dynamics Engine" by Matei Petrescu, who also brought us simple3d/simcar.

Contests

SDLTutorials.com is hosting a little top-down car racing game contest (runs until 31. Dec)

Game On 2010 is an open web game contest started by Mozilla Labs. Deadline: January 11, 2011. [Rules]

Assets

OpenGameArt is getting bigger and bigger and nicer and nicer and their forums cover more and more topics. Hopefully one day they (the forums) will have a better usable design :) (this probably depends mostly on Drupal and Drupal extensions).

BlendSwap on the other hand is not getting that much attention as I imagined it would after finally introducing free licenses.

UFO:AI license statistics

UFO:AI wants to legalize it! They seek freely-licensed textures and images to replace their "license unknown" files. And they have statistics and graphs! Also their latest news cover changes to their level editor in screenshot form.

Engines

Burster is bringing Blender into the browser. Not stable.

jMonkeyEngine's team is working towards a visual SDK. They recently released alpha 3.

The developer 2D LWJGL engine Slick is making first Steps of porting to Android. Meanwhile the developer of Android platformer Replica Island blogs about development for that platform.

SDL Multi-touch, gestures and android port are some features added during Google Summer of Code. [source]

PixelLight [videos] is a new, LGPL3-licensed 3D engine on the block.

• In development since 2002 (released in August 2010)
• Runs on Windows and Linux, a prototype for mobile devices exists
• The free libraries ODE (physics) and OpenAL (sound) are supported

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6 Festival Khas di Indonesia

Indonesia sering disebut sebagai raksasa tidur Asia Tenggara, dan julukan itu memang tepat. Dengan lebih dari 18 ribu pulau, gugusan pulau ini memiliki keragaman luar biasa akan apa yang bisa Anda lihat atau lakukan saat berlibur ke sana.
Modernisasi membawa berbagai macam pembangunan (sebagian mengatakan pembangunan yang berlebihan) ke Jakarta, sementara pariwisata Bali kembali hidup setelah sempat hancur ketika ledakan bom 2002 lalu. Ada juga pegunungan seperti Bromo dan Borobudur yang mistis bagi pencari berbagai jenis atraksi, selain juga 6.000 pulau berpenghuni.

Tidak mengherankan bila Indonesia menawarkan berbagai macam festival yang sangat khas menonjolkan budaya mereka, mencerminkan keragaman etnis dan tradisi dari berbagai bagian nusantara. Anda akan menemukan keragaman itu dalam enam festival khas Indonesia ini, mulai dari perayaan seni, batik, tarian dan upacara. Jika mungkin, Anda bisa menyaksikan salah satu festival ketika berkunjung ke Indonesia!


Festival Krakatau
Festival Krakatau adalah festival tahunan yang diselenggarakan di Lampung, diadakan untuk merayakan pulau vulkanik bernama sama, Krakatau. Gunung Krakatau meletus pada 1927, letusan itu kemudian menghasilkan pulau-pulau kecil baru, yang diberi nama Anak Krakatau.

Selama festival, pengunjung dapat menikmati berbagai macam pertunjukkan seperti Karnaval Tuping (Karnaval Topeng Lampung), atraksi gajah serta berbagai macam tarian dari Lampund dan kota sekitarnya. Akhir dari rangkaian acara ini adalah kunjungan ke pulau vulkanik itu, masih aktif tetapi sedang tidur lelap. Untuk sementara!


Festival Kesenian Bali
Salah satu perayaan seni budaya tahunan terbesar di Indonesia, Festival Seni Bali selalu penuh sesak. Selama sebulan penuh, berbagai pertunjukan seni, pameran, dan aktivitas budaya lainnya akan berlangsung di seluruh Bali, menawarkan tarian, musik dan keindahan budaya mereka.

Perayaan terkenal itu menampilkan pertunjukan seperti tarian tradisional yang sudah hampir terlupakan, jejak dari daerah terpencil di Bali, makanan, kerajinan tangan, serta kreasi baru dari sekolah-sekolah tari di Denpasar dan koreografi kontemporer dari seniman nasional dan internasional.


Karnaval Batik Solo
Sejak zaman dahulu, tradisi batik selalu memiliki akar yang sangat kuat di Solo. Kotadi Jawa Tengah itu bahkan telah menjadikan batik sebagai ikon dan identitas, sebuah gambaran tepat dari kota yang terkenal karena keindahan kerajaannya dan kehalusan
perilaku. Karnaval Batik Solo diadakan untuk memperkuat tradisi itu, dan untuk mempromosikan batik pada skala nasional dan internasional.

Acara ini adalah kombinasi upacara, pagelaran busana dan karnaval, semuanya menggunakan batik sebagai tema. Akan ada juga bazar yang menawarkan berbagai macam batik dan suvenir unik Solo.


Festival Musik Etnik Internasional Solo
Salah satu festival terbaru dari Solo adalah Solo International Ethnic Music (SIEM) Festival, yang berfokus pada pertunjukan dan perayaan musik etnis. Ajang ini adalah suatu platform unik bagi kolaborasi antara musik modern dan etnis, seniman lokal dan
internasional.

Daftar panjang para penampil termasuk seniman Minangkabau, Riau, Yogyakarta, Surabaya, Papua, Kalimantan, dan bahkan seniman asing dari Jepang, Australia, India, Selandia Baru dan banyak lainnya.


Gerebeg Mulud
Dalam bahasa Jawa, gerebeg berarti kerumunan orang dan mulud adalah salah satu nama bulan di kalender Jawa. Perayaan itu, juga dikenal dengan nama Sekaten, untuk merayakan kelahiran Nabi Muhammad. Prosesi itu berlangsung seharian dan 'menampilkan' dua pertunjukan gamelan yang diarak menuju Mesjid Agung.

Pada malam hari akan ada pasar di sebelah utara kota untuk menambah kemeriahan kota, tempat yang tepat untuk mencoba berbagai makanan Jawa dan Yogyakarta serta untuk berburu suvenir.


Festival Lembah Baliem
Festival khas Papua ini berakar kepada kepercayaan suku-suku lokal bahwa perang bukan hanya konflik keuasaan dan kepentingan, tetapi juga simbol kesuburan dan kemakmuran. Sejak 20 tahun lalu, pemerintah daerah telah menekankan pentingnya perdamaian antara suku-suku yang berperang untuk mencegah balas dendam berkepanjangan dan hilangnya nyawa. Jadi, Festival Lembah Baliem adalah suatu acara yang diadakan untuk menggantikan perang antar suku itu.

Seperti yang bisa Anda tebak, acara utama adalah perang-perangan antar suku. Bayangkan lebih dari 20 suku berbeda dengan masing-masing 30 hingga 50 orang mengenakan pakaian tradisional, membawa tombak, busur, panah dan parang! Ada juga pertunjukan dan sejumlah atraksi lain, seperti permainan tradisional setempat, tarian, serta masakan lokal.


Nikolas Tjhin adalah editor Unearthing Asia, zine perjalanan yang berfokus pada gaya hidup, budaya, dan atraksi seputar Asia. Cek edisi terbaru kami, pengunjung bisa mengunjungi situs daring bahkan mengunduhnya.
Sumber : yahoo.com

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Lautan Pasir Gunung Bromo

Keberadaan Gunung Bromo dengan lautan pasirnya yang fenomenal sudah cukup lama dikenal sebagai salah satu tujuan wisata terkemuka di Indonesia. Gunung Bromo merupakan salah satu gunung pada Pegunungan Tengger.


Dengan ketinggian 2.392 meter di atas permukaan laut, panorama elok terpancar saat memandang pesona alam yang tidak akan pernah ada habisnya. Gunung Bromo berasal dari bahasa Sanskerta yang berarti Brahma atau seorang dewa yang utama dan terletak dalam empat wilayah, yakni Kabupaten Probolinggo, Pasuruan, Lumajang, dan Kabupaten Malang.

Daya tarik Gunung Bromo yang istimewa adalah kawah di tengah dengan lautan pasirnya yang membentang luas di sekeliling kawah Bromo, mengepulkan asap putih. Bentuk tubuh Gunung Bromo bertautan antara lembah dan ngarai dengan kaldera atau lautan pasir seluas sekitar 10 kilometer persegi.

Gunung Bromo mempunyai sebuah kawah dengan garis tengah � 800 meter (utara-selatan) dan � 600 meter (timur-barat). Sedangkan daerah bahayanya berupa lingkaran dengan jari-jari 4 km dari pusat kawah Bromo. Ketinggian yang relatif �rendah� untuk ukuran gunung membuat perjalanan menuju Gunung Bromo relatif mudah.


Dari puncak gunung berapi yang masih aktif ini, Anda bisa menikmati hamparan lautan pasir luas, dan menyaksikan kemegahan gunung Semeru yang menjulang menggapai langit. Anda juga bisa menatap indahnya matahari beranjak keluar dari peraduannya atau sebaliknya menikmati temaram senja dari punggung bukit Bromo.

Untuk melihatnya, Anda harus menaiki Gunung Pananjakan yang merupakan gunung tertinggi di kawasan ini. Medan yang harus dilalui untuk menuju Gunung Pananjakan cukup berat. Untuk menuju kaki Gunung Pananjakan, Anda harus melalui daerah yang menyerupai gurun yang dapat membuat Anda tersesat. Saat harus menaiki Gunung Pananjakan, jalan yang sempit dan banyak tikungan tajam, tentu membutuhkan ketrampilan menyetir yang tinggi.

Untuk itu, banyak pengunjung yang memilih menyewa mobil hardtop (sejenis mobil jeep) yang dikemudikan oleh masyarakat sekitar. Masyarakat sekitar berasal dari suku Tengger yang ramah dengan para pengunjung. Sampai di atas, ada banyak toko yang menyediakan kopi atau teh hangat dan api unggun untuk menghangatkan tubuh sambil menunggu waktu tebitnya matahari. Ada pula toko yang menyewakan pakaian hangat.

Menyaksikan terbitnya matahari memang merupakan peristiwa yang menarik. Buktinya, para pengunjung rela menunggu sejak pukul 5 pagi menghadap sebelah timur agar tidak kehilangan momen ini. Anda pun tidak selalu bisa melihat peristiwa ini, karena bila langit berawan, kemunculan matahari ini tidak terlihat secara jelas.

Namun, saat langit cerah, Anda dapat melihat bulatan matahari yang pertama-tama hanya sekecil pentul korek api, perlahan-lahan membesar dan akhirnya membentuk bulatan utuh dan memberi penerangan sehingga kita dapat melihat pemandangan gunung-gunung yang ada di kawasan ini. Antara lain, Gunung Bromo, Gunung Batok, atau Gunung Semeru yang merupakan gunung tertinggi di Pulau Jawa.

Sejarah terbentuknya Gunung Bromo dan gunung-gunung yang ada di sekitarnya berawal dari keberadaan Gunung Tengger (4.000 mdpl) yang merupakan gunung terbesar dan tertinggi saat itu.

Kemudian terjadi letusan dahsyat yang menciptakan kaldera dengan ukuran diameter lebih dari 8 kilometer. Material vulkanik letusan gunung sekarang berubah menjadi lautan pasir, konon material tersebut pernah tertutup oleh air. Aktivitas vulkanik dengan munculnya lorong magma mengakibatkan terbentuknya gunung-gunung baru seperti Gunung Bromo, Gunung Widodaren, Gunung Batok, Gunung Watangan, Gunung Kursi dan Gunung Semeru.

Bromo memang memiliki keunikan tersendiri dibandingkan dengan panorama gunung lainnya. Di sekitar Bromo hingga puncak tidak ditemui tanaman hijau selain semak belukar. Gunung Bromo yang masih terdapat dalam Taman Nasional Bromo Tengger Semeru juga merupakan satu-satunya kawasan konservasi di Indonesia yang memiliki keunikan berupa lautan pasir seluas 5.250 hektare.

Untuk mencapai kaki Gunung Bromo, Anda tidak dapat menggunakan kendaraan. Sebaliknya, Anda harus menyewa kuda dengan harga Rp 70 ribu atau bila Anda merasa kuat, Anda dapat memilih berjalan kaki. Tapi, patut diperhatikan bahwa berjalan kaki bukanlah hal yang mudah, karena sinar matahari yang terik, jarak yang jauh, debu yang beterbangan dapat membuat perjalanan semakin berat.

Dari kaki gunung fenomenal itu, Anda harus menaiki anak tangga yang jumlahnya mencapai 250 anak tangga untuk dapat melihat kawah Gunung Bromo. Sesampainya di puncak Bromo , Anda dapat melihat kawah Gunung Bromo yang mengeluarkan asap.

Anda juga dapat melayangkan pandangan ke bawah, dan terlihatlah lautan pasir dengan pura di tengah-tengahnya. Setelah berlama-lama di puncak, apabila pelancong sudah merasa kelaparan, di bagian bawah Bromo terdapat warung-warung yang menjajakan gudeg, mie instan, air mineral dan jajanan murah. .

Selain menyaksikan keindahan panorama yang ditawarkan oleh Bromo-Semeru, apabila Anda datang di waktu yang tepat, maka Anda dapat menyaksikan Upacara Kesodo, yang diadakan oleh masyarakat Tengger. Upacara ini biasanya dimulai pada saat tengah malam hingga dini hari setiap bulan purnama sekitar tanggal 14 atau 15 di bulan Kesodo [ke-sepuluh] menurut penanggalan Jawa.

Upacara Kesodo merupakan upacara untuk memohon panen yang berlimpah atau meminta tolak bala dan kesembuhan atas berbagai penyakit, yaitu dengan cara mempersembahkan sesaji dan melemparkannya ke kawah Gunung Bromo. Saat prosesi berlangsung, masyarakat Tengger lainnya beramai-ramai menuruni tebing kawah dan sesaji yang dilemparkan ke dalam kawah, sebagai perlambang berkah dari Yang Maha Kuasa.

Ada beberapa tips yang perlu Anda perhatikan saat ke kawasan Gunung Bromo antara lain, Berkunjunglah pada musim kemarau, jangan musim penghujan, sehingga anda akan mendapatkan momen pemandangan yang sempurna. Siapkan pakaian pelindung dingin, seperti kerpus, slayer, syal, sarung tangan, jaket, dan jangan lupa sepatu karena cuaca disini cukup dingin. Bawalah juga kacamata untuk pelindung dari debu pasir selama di Segoro Wedi. Jangan berada di kawah Bromo di atas pukul 9 pagi untuk menghindari risiko keracunan.

Ada empat pintu gerbang utama untuk memasuki kawasan taman nasional Bromo Semeru ini yaitu: Desa Cemorolawang jika melalui jalur Probolinggo, Desa Wonokitri dengan jalur Pasuruan, Desa Ngadas dari jalur Malang dan Desa Burno adalah jalur Lumajang.

Adapun rute yang dapat ditempuh adalah sebagai berikut:
- Pasuruan-Warung Dowo-Tosari-Wonokitri-Gunung Bromo menggunakan mobil dengan jarak 71 km,
- Malang-Tumpang-Gubuk Klakah-Jemplang-Gunung Bromo menggunakan mobil dengan jarak 53 km
- Malang-Purwodadi-Nongkojajar-Tosari-Wonokitri-Penanjakan sekitar 83 km

Selamat menikmati keindahan eksotis Gunung Bromo!
Sumber : yahoo.com

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Pesona Warna Kawah Kelimutu

Inilah sebuah gunung yang menyimpan misteri sekaligus pesonanya. Gunung Kelimutu terletak di Desa Pemo, Kecamatan Kelimutu, Kabupaten Ende, Pulau Flores, Propinsi Nusa Tenggara Timur (NTT). Dengan puncak berketinggian 1.690 m dari atas permukaan laut, gunung itu memiliki keunikan karena ada tiga buah danau kawah berbeda warna.

Danau ini dikenal dengan nama Danau Tiga Warna karena memiliki tiga warna yang berbeda, yaitu merah, biru, dan putih. Walaupun begitu, warna-warna tersebut selalu berubah-ubah seiring perjalanan waktu. Tak kurang sudah 12 kali perubahan warna terjadi dalam waktu 25 tahun terakhir ini. Danau pertama dan kedua letaknya sangat berdekatan, sedangkan danau ketiga terletak menyendiri sekitar 1,5 km di bagian Barat. Perubahan warna ini diduga akibat adanya pembiasan cahaya matahari, adanya mikro biota air, terjadinya zat kimiawi terlarut, dan akibat pantulan warna dinding dan dasar danau.
Kelimutu merupakan gabungan kata dari "keli" yang berarti gunung dan kata "mutu" yang berarti mendidih. Menurut kepercayaan penduduk setempat, warna-warna pada danau Kelimutu memiliki arti masing-masing dan memiliki kekuatan alam yang sangat dahsyat.

Danau atau Tiwu Kelimutu dibagi atas tiga bagian yang sesuai dengan warna - warna yang ada di dalam danau. Danau berwarna biru atau "Tiwu Nuwa Muri Koo Fai" merupakan tempat berkumpulnya jiwa muda-mudi yang telah meninggal. Danau yang berwarna merah atau "Tiwu Ata Polo" merupakan tempat berkumpulnya jiwa orang-orang yang telah meninggal dan selama ia hidup selalu melakukan kejahatan/tenung. Sedangkan danau berwarna putih atau "Tiwu Ata Mbupu" merupakan tempat berkumpulnya jiwa-jiwa orang tua yang telah meninggal.

Luas ketiga danau itu sekitar 1.051.000 meter persegi dengan volume air 1.292 juta meter kubik. Batas antar danau adalah dinding batu sempit yang mudah longsor. Dinding ini sangat terjal dengan sudut kemiringan 70 derajat. Ketinggian dinding danau berkisar antara 50 sampai 150 meter.

Awal mulanya daerah ini diketemukan oleh Van Such Telen, warga negara Belanda, tahun 1915. Keindahannya dikenal luas setelah Y. Bouman melukiskan dalam tulisannya tahun 1929. Sejak saat itu wisatawan asing mulai datang menikmati danau yang dikenal angker bagi masyarakat setempat. Mereka yang datang bukan hanya pencinta keindahan, tetapi juga peneliti yang ingin tahu kejadian alam yang amat langka itu. Bagi penggemar hiking dan menyukai keindahan alam di desa pegunungan tropis, berwisata ke tempat ini merupakan pilihan terbaik. Kawasan Kelimutu telah ditetapkan menjadi Kawasan Konservasi Alam Nasional sejak 26 Februari 1992.

Untuk mencapai Gunung Kelimutu yang pernah meletus di tahun 1886 ini, butuh �perjuangan� tersendiri. Dari Kota Maumere, Kabupaten Sikka, Propinsi Nusa Tenggara Timur, butuh waktu sekitar 3 jam dengan mobil sewaan dengan kondisi jalan yang tidak terlalu bagus, berkelak-kelok, melintasi jurang dan tebing. Kita akan menemui kampung terdekat dengan kawah gunung Kelimutu yang bernama Kampung Moni.

Kampung ini terletak di Desa Koanara, Kecamatan Wolowaru, Kabupaten Ende yang berjarak 13 kilometer dari Danau Kelimutu. Dari Moni hanya dibutuhkan waktu sekitar 45 menit untuk mencapai bibir Danau Kelimutu.

Selain dari Maumere, Kelimutu juga dapat dicapai dari Ende menggunakan bus antarkota ataupun kendaraan sewaan, dengan harga dan waktu perjalanan yang relatif tidak jauh berbeda. Dari ibukota Propinsi NTT, yakni Kupang, pengunjung dapat menggunakan pesawat menuju kota Ende, di Pulau Flores, dengan waktu tempuh mencapai 40 menit. Kelimutu terletak sekitar 66 kilometer dari Kota Ende dan 83 kilometer dari Kota Maumere.


Di Kampung Moni banyak dijajakan kain tenun Lio yang menjadi salah satu produk khas lokal disana dan dijual oleh penduduk setempat kepada para wisatawan. Di Kampung Moni pula terdapat penginapan yang bisa dipakai oleh wisatawan untuk menginap atau beristirahat.

Terdapat sekitar 20 homestay yang dikelola penduduk dengan tarif Rp 25.000- Rp 50.000 per malam sedangkan cottage milik pemerintah bertarif Rp 75.000-Rp 85.000. per malam. Edelweis, Pinus dan Cemara adalah sejumlah tumbuhan yang dapat kita temui saat memasuki kawasan Kelimutu.

Nah, selamat menikmati kawasan kawah danau 3 warna gunung Kelimutu yang eksotis itu!

Sumber : yahoo.com

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Well, screw this...

We need contributors, contributors, contributors to misquote a famous internet meme ;)
So if you want to be a new author writing wacky (or wicked) articles here on FreeGamer, contact us! Don't let this Blog die! And hey it's a good excuse to be lazy and not work on actual open-source games :D

FOSS game news

So what kind of gaming related news have piled up in my list during the last month (yes it has been nearly a month since goat's post :( )?

Freeroid recently got a major update, bringing it up to version 0.14. Another major update was given to us by the great Hedgewars team, so who needs worms if he can have hedgehogs? They also make better splashes under my car...*hust*.

Forget what I just said, FreeGamer minion! Concentrate on the news I bring regarding the the FOSS MMORPG Ryzom. You might remember that this game has gone free as in freedom (but not as in beer) some time ago, and besides various improvements, it now resulted in a working Linux client. So go and try out their free 21 day trial if you are on Linux (you better be ;) ).

Older Ryzom Linux vid

On the FPS side of things I have both good and bad news: First the bad ones... the very promising project Axis Revenge has closed down again for unspecified reasons. Some of their stuff will be going towards the also very nice looking Xreal based Weaver project. But no, that wasn't the good news yet... I recently came across another promising project based on the Cube2 engine, called CLONE, a rather funny name given that they want to make a CS like game ;) Not much to see yet, but the guys involved seem quite dedicated and experienced. So lets wait and see.

Hmm... what else? Ahh yes, the creator of the great AlienArena recently showed up in our forums to give us a peak at a new trailer for the upcoming AlienArena2011:

AlienArena 2011 trailer

Another Cube2 /Syntensity based project I am currently closely following, is CubeCreate. It tries to become a really polished FOSS game engine and distribution platform, and so far I like their approach (like LUA scripting).

Oh year, for the RTS fans... the new Warzone2100 3.0 Beta looks rather nice, and also has a test build with an improved netcode now. Personally I can't wait to see the Art-Revolution models integrated however. So watch this space for updates on that!

I guess that's it for tonight, hope you all stay a loyal readers even though the blog has slowed down a lot lately. And please... consider contributing as explained in the beginning!

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Atonement (or Goat's Monthly Post)

Julius' endless poking has sent me over the cliff of post-guilt, fortunately, lots of projects have been jumping up and down for attention of late, so I have quite a bit of content to redeem myself with.

RPGs

OSARE

OSARE showing off powers

Pfunked and recently released an update to the promising OSARE This brings "powers" to the game, the classic Hack 'n Slash abilities that encompass magic, melee and ranged special attacks. No skimping on them here either, intricate systems such as block-counter based attacks and time stopping magic spells definitely differentiate OSARE's powers from the more generic "Do x damage" spells more commonly found. The new powers do bring in a bit of a balance issue though, but such is the nature of RPGs

Dawn RPG

Dawn RPG

Dawn-RPG has also been updating steadily throughout the year; I kind of forgot about the project and should be punished appropriately :P Main recent additions are sound an music (from the illustrious OGA, more on that later), and "characteristics" that diversify its abilities system. Dawn is definitely a project to watch, they are a bit more "traditional" than OSARE in a few ways: Larger amounts of inventory slots and more numerous actions and abilities (albeit more generic in the terms I described earlier), along with quests (although that may be added to OSARE in a future release).

Lips Of Suna

Lips Of Suna

Lips Of Suna hit the 0.1.0 milestone as well, recently. 240 days since the last release means that lots has changed. So much, in fact, that nekotaku didn't even have enough time to list it all, so sorry if I cannot give a concise overview (the game doesn't run on my system because of GFX problems :\). From the screenshots though, one can see that the models have been improved significantly, albeit at the expense of a couple m2 of cloth ;) --edit-- Scratch that, after interrogating nekotaku with a comfy pillow in IRC I managed to pry this out of him "I worked a lot on the graphics engine, as can be seen from it not working :-P I also wrote a new AI, worked on combat, implemented a faction system, a quest system, a crafting system, etc.".

RTSes

Warzone2100

Warzone2100 going BOOM

Warzone 2100 released v3.0-beta1. Another release that keeps its changes close to the heart, it seems that v3 mainly consists of graphical and gameplay improvements and fixes rather than slews of new features. Kick the Goat if you find that his journalistic integrity doesn't meet up to the standards of your average blogger though.

0 A.D

0AD's new Celtic Faction

0AD dropped their second Alpha release "?e??e??f??" (or Bellerophon). Their change log is as beautiful as the game itself; and it had better be after having recently acquired a development manager, and they're always looking for more team members so if check their open positions list and join up if you're man enough. A new faction, gameplay improvements such as fog of war and unit formations, performance improvements... Oh, and victory conditions, sothat you can finally beat your opponent!

Racing

SuperTuxKart

According to my googling, it has been over a year since SuperTuxKart has been mentioned on Freegamer! Scandalous! Anyhow, they recently released Alpha 3 of their 0.7 Irrlicht engine revision, lots of new things has been added like ODE physics and a bunch of new tracks and racers. I'd love to post some screenies/videos, but they're all of the old version. You can find a recent video here, on a German fan site :)

Odds and Ends

Wesnoth Tactics

WTactics wiki

Wesnoth Tactics... Now here's an interesting one, a collectable card game based on the Wesnoth art and universe. Loads of cool art originating from there, which is available at OpenGameArt. The game is also playable on PC using a closed source CCG game client, LackeyCCG, but they plan to produce their own cross platform client in the future. This is a very interesting example of the flexibility of open source settings instead of code; Wesnoth has spawned quite a few shared setting (Or "commundo" as a circa '09 #freegamer channel would have said) games, and hopefully the trend continues

OpenGameArt

Finally, OpenGameArt has received quite a few mentions in this post; they are still alive and very much kicking with quite a few large developments done to the site, namely: Flattr integration, sothat users can recieve micro-donations for their art, and the freeing up of quite a bit of funds for commissions due to serving costs being covered by GameBoom

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GetDataBack V3.03 Full+Serial

Whatever happened to your drive-GetDataBack will recover your data if the hard drive's partition table, boot record, FAT/MFT or root directory are lost or damaged, data was lost due to a virus attack, the drive was formatted, fdisk has been run, a power failure has caused a system crash, files were lost due to a software failure, files were accidentally deleted...

Recover even when Windows doesn't recognize the drive-
GetDataBack can even recover your data when the drive is no longer recognized by Windows. It can likewise be used even if all directory information - not just the root directory- is missing.

Get everything back-
Advanced algorithms will make sure that all directories and sub directories are put together as they were, and that long file names are reconstructed correctly.

GetDataBack is safe-
GetDataBack is read-only, meaning the program will never attempt to write to the drive you are about to recover. Please make sure to read the safety instructions...Download GetDataBack

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Aplikasi Penjualan dan Pembelian

Mempunyai Sebuah usaha adalah dambaan setiap orang, kecepatan dan keakuratan data sangat dibutuhkan dalam hal ini untuk mengetetahui omset penjualan, stok barang, keuntungan per barang dan retur jual serta retur beli salah satu solusi untuk mengatasi keruwetan pengolahan data yang masih manual maka kita membutuhan sebuah perangkat atau alat untuk menghitung penjualan dan keuntungan.
Ada beberapa solusi untuk mengatasi perhitungan penjualan dan laba, solusi pertama menggunakan kalkulator, namun kelemahan kalkulator ini hanya bisa melakukan transaksi sekali jadi, dan data yang telah di transaksikan langsung terhapus, solusi kedua adalah menggunakan media komputer yang telah terinstal sebuah software aplikasi Grosir dimana kita bisa menyimpan data dalam sebuah wadah yang kita kenal dengan nama database, cukup banyak fungsi database ini selai sebagai media untuk mengatasi duplikat data sekaligus medai untuk penyimpanan data transaksi di samping itu kita bisa memanggil data yang telah lampau ketika kita membutuhkan, begitu banyaknya fungsi dan manfaat yang di dapat dari penggunaan sebuat database sehingga saya tidak bisa menguraikan dengan komplit tapi anda bisa download Software untuk Penganan penjualan Grosir disini, emang masih belum lengkap dan masih perlu banyak di tambahkan cuma ini sebagai contoh :
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Pemrograman NirKabel

Kita akan mendiskusikan tentang pangsa pasar wireless LAN, gambaran masalalu, sekarang dan masa depan dari wireless LAN, serta pengenalan wireless LANstandar pemerintah. Kemudian kita akan mendiskusikan beberapa aplikasi yang sesuaiuntuk wireless LAN. Menurut pengalaman dari cerita dan evolusi dari teknologiwireless LAN merupakan bagian yang penting dari prinsip dasar wireless LAN. Suatupemahaman dari mana wireless LAN datang dan aplikasinya serta organisasinya yangdapat membantu perkembangan teknologi yang memungkinkan anda untukmengaplikasikan wireless LAN yang lebih baik ke dalam organisasimu atau kebutuhanklien
1.1 Pangsa Pasar Wireless LAN
Pangsa pasar wireless LAN sepertinya berkembang sama halnya dengan fashion pada kebanyakan industri jaringan, dimulai dengan mengadopsi awal menggunakan teknologi apapun yang telah tersedia. Pemasaran telah dipindahkan kedalam pertumbuhan yang cepat, di mana standard populer menyediakan katalisator. Perbedaan yang besar antara pemasaran jaringan secara keseluruhan dan pemasaran wireless LAN menjadi meningkat. wireless LAN emberikan
fleksibilitas dalam implementasinya dan tidak heran mereka pindah dengan cepat ke sektor pasar yang lainnya.
1.2 Sejarah Wireless LAN
Penyebaran jaringan nirkabel, seperti kebanyakan teknologi, seperti turun temurun dibawah naungan dari militer. Militer perlu suatu kemudahan, yang mudah diterapkan, dan metode keamanan pertukaran data dalam suatu lingkungan peperangan.
Ketika biaya teknologi nirkabel merosot dan mutu meningkat, itu menjadi penghematan biaya untuk perusahaan-perusahaan yang dapat menggabungkan bagian nirkabel ke dalam jaringan mereka. Teknologi nirkabel menawarkan suatu 2 jalan yang murah untuk kampus untuk menghubungkan bangunan satu sama lain tanpa pemasangan kabel fiber atau tembaga.
1.3 Standarisasi Wireless LAN
Karena wireless LAN mengirim menggunakan frekuensi radio, wireless LAN diatur oleh jenis hukum yang sama dan digunakan untuk mengatur hal-hal seperti AM/FM radio. Federal Communications Commission ( FCC) mengatur penggunaan alat dari wireless LAN. Dalam pemasaran wireless LAN sekarang, menerima beberapa standard operasional dan syarat dalam Amerika Serikat yang diciptakan dan dirawat oleh Institute of Electrical Electronic Engineers (IEEE).
Beberapa Standar wireless LAN :
IEEE 802.11 � standar asli wireless LAN menetapkan tingkat perpindahan data yang paling lambat dalam teknologi transmisi light-based dan RF.
IEEE 802.11b � menggambarkan tentang beberapa transfer data yang lebih cepat dan lebih bersifat terbatas dalam lingkup teknologi transmisi.
IEEE 802.11a � gambaran tentang pengiriman data lebih cepat dibandingkan (tetapi kurang sesuai dengan) IEEE 802.11b, dan menggunakan 5 GHZ frekuensi band UNII.
IEEE 802.11g � syarat yang paling terbaru berdasar pada 802.11 standard yang menguraikan transfer data sama dengan cepatnya seperti IEEE 802.11a, dan sesuai dengan 802.11b yang memungkinkan untuk lebih murah.
1.4 Aplikasi Wireless LAN
1.4.1 Akses Role
Wireless LAN kebanyakan menyebar dalam suatu lapisan akses, maksudnya mereka digunakan sebagai suatu titik masukan ke dalam suatu kabel jaringan. Di masa lalu, akses telah digambarkan sebagai dial-up, ADSI, kabel/telegram, selular, Ethernet, Token Ring, Frame Relay, ATM, dan lain lain.
wireless cara sederhana yang lain untuk para user dalam mengakses jaringan tersebut. Wireless LAN adalah lapisan jaringan Data-Link seperti cara akses semuanya hanya mendaftar saja. Dalam kaitan dengan kecepatan, jaringan nirkabel tidaklah tepat diterapkan dalam distributor atau sebagai inti dalam jaringan. Tentu saja, dalam jaringan kecil, mungkin tidak ada perbedaan antara inti, Distribusi, atau Lapisan akses dari jaringan tersebut. Lapisan inti dari suatu jaringan harus sangat stabil dan sangat cepat, mampu menangani suatu jumlah yang luar biasa dengan sedikit kesulitan dan pengalaman tidak ada penurunan waktu. Lapisan distribusi suatu jaringan harus cepat, fleksibel, dan dapat diandalkan. Wireless LAN tidak secara khusus dibutuhkan sebagai suatu solusi perusahaan.
Gambar 1.1 menggambarkan klien dengan cepat memperoleh akses

dalam suatu kabel jaringan melalui hubungan suatu alat koneksi (point access).

lengkapnya download percobaan dibawah ini dan tutorial wireless

1. Buku Wireless
2. Tutorial 1(Konfigurasi WLAN)
3. Tutorial 2(WLAN Hybrid)
4. Tutorial 3 (Security WLAN)
5. Tutorial 4 (Desind WLAN Indoor)
6. Tutorial 5 (Bluetooth)

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Yamicsoft WinXP Manager v6.0.2

Yamicsoft WinXP Manager v6.0.2 | 5.47 MB

Tweak and Optimize your Windows XP - WinXP Manager

WinXP Manager is a system utility that helps you optimize, tweak, and clean up Windows XP. It will increase your system speed, improve system security, and meet all of your expectations. It's compatible with Windows XP SP3 entirely!

WinXP Manager is the powerful software tool to tweak and optimize Windows XP, it bundles more than 30 different utilities in one and help your system faster and more stable, secure and personal!


WinXP Manager Features:
Information
Optimizer
Cleaner
Customization
Security
Network
Misc. Utilities

Features and Benefits of WinXP Manager

* Information
Get detailed system and all hardware information on your system; helps you to find out the missing Registration codes of Microsoft product; show all detailed information of running processes and threads on your machine; WinXP Manager offers optimization Wizard feature for the user without having any advanced knowledge.

* Optimizer
Tweak your system to improve windows startup and shutdown speed; monitor and free your Physical Memory; tweak your hardware to increase system speed and performance; disable some unnecessary services which start with windows; repairs Internet Explorer and certain other System Components to restore these functions.

* Cleaner
Find out which files or folders engross your disk space and shown with chart; Find and clean junk, unnecessary wallpaper and screen saver files to increase Hard Disk space; Duplicate Files Finder can scan your computer for files with the same size, name and modification time; Registry Cleaner can easily checks your registry and repair incorrectly linked registry entries, automatically remove invalid entries; Registry Defrag rebuilds and re-indexs your registry to reduce application response time and registry access time; smart uninstaller can uninstall and logoff installed programs neatly.
* Customization
Control what is started on Windows startup; edit context menus of mouse Right-Clicking; customize system desktop, menus, toolbar and notifications settings, change Windows logon background; change system icons; custom OEM information; automatically change your desktop wallpaper on background.

* Security
You can improve desktop, menus, control panel, windows logon securities, and enable numerous hidden performance options of system, disable system updates and error reports; hide and restrict to access drives, specify which applications are not allowed to be executed on your computer; encrypt/decrypt and shred files, camouflage folder to hide its content from Windows explorer, change the location of system folders; Privacy Protector can maintain your personal privacy by eliminating the tracks that you leave behind; create lots of randomization password once.

* Network
Optimize your Internet connection speed, manage all shares items, search for and find out opened ports on your system; Tweak your Internet Explorer easily; backup all data in Outlook Express; automatically check the invalid URLs in your favorites and parse domain name; Message Sender can easily send messages to others.

* Misc. Utilities
Show the collection of Windows utilities; control your computer when you're not at home; apply XP visual style to any Windows applications; appoint logging on time of any account users.

?S: Windows 98/ME/2000/XP

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Pro Evolution Soccer 2011 v1.0.0 iPhone iPod

Pro Evolution Soccer 2011 v1.0.0 iPhone iPod | 50 MB

Football fans will be able to rip the latest installment in the series is considered the best simulation of football in October 2010. Pro Evolution Soccer 2011 has been confirmed during the fair Gamescon 2010, where the Konami booth set a poster which advertises the next Lionel Messi of sports applications for the iPhone. PES 2011 in addition to the standard improvements in gameplay and graphics will also have the opportunity to play local multiplayer via Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. Online multiplayer. In addition, the game will gain by implementing social networking features such platforms as Scoreloop, OpenFeint or Game Center from Apple.
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USB Disk Security v5.3.0.20 Portable

USB Disk Security provides 100% protection against any threats via USB drive, however, the majority of other products are unable even to guarantee 90% protection. USB Disk Security is the best antivirus software to permanently protect offline computer without the need for signature updates, but other antivirus software should update signature database regularly, and they cannot effectively protect offline computer. This light and easy to use solution is 100% compatible with all software and doesn't slow down your computer at all. You pay USB Disk Security once and get it all, however, other antivirus products should be paid for updates every year.
Product Highlights:
100% protection against any malicious programs via USB storage
USB Disk Security uses innovative proactive technology to block any threats via USB drive. There are relatively few products available in shops or on the Internet which offer even close to 100% protection against any malicious programs via USB drive. The majority of products are unable even to guarantee 90% protection. USB Disk Security is the world's best software to block threats via USB drive.

The best solution to protect offline computer
Other antivirus software should update signature database regularly, and they cannot effectively protect offline computer that is not connected to the Internet. When new viruses, worms and other malicious attacks strike, traditional signatures are insufficient. Every minute one waits for a virus signature update creates a window of vulnerability that could have devastating consequences. USB Disk Security uses advanced proactive detection techniques, requires no signature updates, and closes the window of vulnerability left open by other reactive, signature-based responses.

The world's fastest and smallest antivirus software
With USB Disk Security, it�s not necessary to sacrifice speed for detection and scanning. Compare antivirus software and you'll discover that USB Disk Security is by far one of the smallest applications in the industry. For example, the v5.0 of USB Disk Security installer is just 1 MB. The program utilizes approximately 1 to 7 MB of RAM.

100% compatible with all software
Incompatibility between antivirus programs is an issue. In the vast majority of cases, installing two antivirus programs from different vendors on one machine (for increased protection) is technically impossible, as the two programs will disrupt each other's functioning. However, USB Disk Security is 100% compatible with all software, including Windows Vista.

Simple to use
USB Disk Security has been specifically designed to perform effectively regardless of the user�s level of computer expertise. Just install and forget it.

System Requirement
* 100MHz Processor or more
* 16MB RAM or more
* OS should be Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows NT 4.0, Windows ME, or Vista.

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