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51069 2002-05-27 09:35:00 It seems everyone is at E3, hence the news is a bit thin on the ground, because what you see below is the best of what I could find. Enjoy.

Version 2.01 of the Seismovision Demo Player <www.planetquake3.net for Quake 1, Quake 2, Quake 3 Arena, Half-Life, Unreal Tournament, Star Trek Voyager Elite Force and Return to Castle Wolfenstein is out. The new version updates the program's Return to Castle Wolfenstein support so that it can play back demos from any of the versions of the game.

Enigmah <http://www.enigmah.com> has announced the release of their XBox Mod Chip. The mod chip has the following features:
Only 29 Easy To Solder Wires
All Backups of XBOX games will boot flawlessly
All Import Original XBOX games will boot flawlessly
Boots games from ALL release groups - not just some of them
NEW No-Patch Hack - boots all games without any patches
All online gaming possibilities tested with no spy issues
Compatible with CDR/CDRWDVDR/DVDRW (However DVD should be used for best results)
Can use ANY cheap unbranded general purpose DVDR media
Universal design that works on all models from all regions (USA/JAP/PAL)
All wiring points are VERY easy - no IC's to solder to - all presoldered pads.
Modified XBE's and custom code can boot (This is a HUGE feature - as you'll all see soon)
Macrovision Disabled (NO Extra Wires)
DVD Reset Enabled (Use multiple DVD Playback Kits for Multiregion Enhancement)
Enigmah will support by releasing our own software (e.g. Video Mode Selector)
Future custom software is being worked on as we speak - ALL to be released for free
Low Power Consumption for future stability (only 3.25 volts !)
The complete mod has been optimised to the size of a fingernail !
To be mounted on a professionlly design PCB with all points corresponding to the diagrams
It is expected to sell for $US65/ #45/ 69EUR and will be available for sale from May 27.

For those into online flash based games, have a look at this one, it should keep you going for a while. it's called Fly The Copter <www.seethru.co.uk

Some more in-game footage of DOOM III from the presentation given by iD software at E3 has been released. The movie is a 37MB DivX conversion done on a handicam. The movie is ten minutes long and shows the introuduction of the game as well as three of the weapons and several of the monsters and you can read a full explanation of the demonstration here <firingsquad.gamers.com Download the movie here <www.veryfunnydownloads.com (You will need the Divx <http://www.divx.com> 5.02 codec).

A pretty cool 3d accelerated screensaver inspired by The Lord of the Rings has been released. The screensaver is 1.3MB and shows off the ring, ancient writing, the eye of Sauron and LOTR inspired scenes. Grab it here <64.91.236.50 The homepage of the company that made it is here <ss3d.com

CPUCooL, the system monitoring program, version 7.1.1 is out for download with the following fix:
PLL's included, bug fixes
Grab it here <www.podien.onlinehome.de

BlindWrite Suite 4.0.3 has been released without so much as a word on what's new. BlindWrite suite for those that are unsure, is a tool designed to perfectly reproduce most CD. RAW mode is needed to produce perfect backups of some protected CDs! DAO mode is even better. Almost all protected CD can be perfectly backed up using with DAO. Blindread / Blindwrite are perfect tools to produce backups in RAW and DAO mode. You can download the new version from here <www.blindwrite.com

A new version of WinDVD4 has been released by Intervideo and it's WinDVD v4 4.05.43. Get it here <http://www.intervideo.com>.
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51070 2002-05-27 10:46:00 That chopper game is really good. :-)

JJM
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51071 2002-05-27 11:35:00 It is really good :) I'm not very good at it though - my highest score is only 1177 :(

Mike.
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