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Maintainer:M-HT

Version:1.6.1.13

Filesize:1.5 Mb

Category:Game

Sub-Cat:RolePlaying

Redistribute:Allowed

Added:Jun 11, 2011

Updated:Jan 1, 2018

Downloads:5016

Package Author: M-HT

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Albion is a single player role-playing video game developed and published by Blue Byte Software for MS-DOS in 1995. It features a science fiction setting that incorporates traditional fantasy elements, such as magic.

This is a port of the game's executable for Pandora (using static recompilation/binary translation).

Original Albion version 1.38 is required for playing.

Read the Readme file for instructions (either in the Documentation or when running the game).

You can buy Albion on GOG.com - https://www.gog.com/game/albion

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Forum topic:
https://pyra-handheld.com/boards/threads/albion.64477/

v1.6.1
* add new MIDI plugin: adlmidi - it plays MIDI music using OPL3 emulator
and also plays background sound/music effects
* fix for filesystems with 64-bit inodes
* modify ALSA midi plugin to select volume by changing volume of all channels instead of changing note velocity

v1.6.0
* rework keyboard input for ASCII characters
* add keyboard input for language specific characters
(works with English, French, German and Czech versions of Albion)
(letter composing works only with standard SDL and not alternative SDL by notaz)
* MIDI playback using ALSA sequencer
* minor bug fixes

v1.5.5:
* limit the maximum number of sold items to 99
* fix bug in the original code

v1.5.4:
* fix bug in the original code
* fix F11 and F12 keys
* add configuration option to select screenshot format

v1.5.1:
* fix some of the minor issues with enhanced 3D rendering
(semitransparent messages, dialogs and menu shadows are no longer displayed with black background)

v1.5.0:
* fix playback of background sound/music effects (played using music driver)
(it's MIDI, but not General MIDI)

v1.4.1:
* fix pressing Fn key when using alternative SDL library (by notaz)

v1.4.0:
* added enhanced 3D rendering - activated by default
  (the 3d part of the game is rendered in the native resolution,
   instead of rendered in the original resolution and then scaled)
  (there are some minor issues, read the readme for more information)