It's a beautiful spring day as you prepare to tee off. You gaze down the fairway and notice every detail of your surroundings...the location of each tree...the contour of each hill and slope...the lie of the ball. A day at your favourite course? Not quite, but it's the next best thing.

Summertime is time for sports. That's why we bring Links 386 pro to your attention today. In case it's raining outside, take a trip to Castle Pines or Pebble Beach for a nice 18 hole golf tour.

Big thanks  go to Death Incarnate for preparing the review and supplying the game, along with some extra courses!

Its time to return pack to the hot desert in the southernwestern USA. Nuclear War has happened, and billions of lives were destroyed. Those who survived now live in the ruins of the old world, trying to rebuild the humanity. Yet, wasteland is filled with dangers, like mutated animals and criminals. Thats where you, a soldier of the Desert Ranger, the beacon of hope in the humanity, comes in. Take your gun and go out there. People need your protection.....

And that was my intro to the Wasteland, the father of the Fallout-games. The game is now downloadable again.

After 2 long years of english exclusivity in updates we finally have the translations back and working. Studentis has fixed the bug preventing us to post translations in other languages and we can continue our efforts in making AB available for other cultures, without trying to forcefully assimilate them. A lot of hard work has been put into this site feature in the past (Abandonia being partially translated into over 20 languages), so don't try to underestimate its value.

For the polyglots visiting our site and willing to dedicate some of their free time to the project: you can apply for a translator position in the Recruitment Forums. Just don't forget - we're all volunteers.

Battle Chess has been freeware all along. Who'd know?

Apparently, we didn't. So now it is available again.

We already had our little history lesson when we unprotected the game. Apparently there's no need for this now. Become the director of the space program, research, develop, test and ultimately win the race. However, this is only the first step you must take in order to conquer the void. Universe has no boundaries...

Today we complete the whole package by adding the boxshots and the manual for Buzz Aldrin's Race Into Space. Thanks Geezer for the magical scans. Maybe we should've sent MJ instead of Buzz to do some real moonwalking? Nah, no way!

There are news from the Vega Sector: after ten years, the Kilrathi have returned and are causing trouble once more. Now, it's up to you to head out to stop them. But beware! There's a traitor amongst your ranks, so you'd better watch your back out there.

Wing Commander II: Vengenance of the Kilrathi serves some decent space action today, brought to us by Eleima512. Many fans of the series consider this part the best one, so don't miss this gem.

Aaargh! Look behind you! A three-headed monkey!

No wait, don't worry...there's only a furious and hungry giant ogre! O_O

Luckily this time we are the horrible monster...eheh! Ready to destroy everything and eat terrified villagers?? I'm sure you are!

Credits to Geezer who submitted Scans and Manuals.

The Abbey of Montglane, has finally reached our archives.

You're a scholar in the 14th century, sent by the pope to recover the Ten Treasures.

The game is text-based, and has a medieval and a little horror theme, but I'll be careful not to spoil too much.

Thanks for Pczelda and Saccade, for making this game alive again.

Just to show you that a great party must always end with a big Firework Festival, we prepared this Extras Mega-Update. Chris succeeded in transferring a lot of documents from the FTP:

Lemmings Chronicles, The - Manual (Frodo)
Anvil of Dawn - manual, reference card (Geezer)
Back To The Future Part 2 - Copy Protection, Manual (Geezer)
Captain Comic 2 - Manual, Copy Protection Codes (Geezer)
Incredible Machine, The - Manual (chuachinsoon)
Castles II - Manual (Xhumed)
Conquests of Camelot – Manual (Xhumed)
Alone in the Dark 1 - Manual (Xhumed)

Still not enough? Paco managed to upload Geezer's almost entire collection of advertisements for games. An impressive archive of gaming propaganda, indeed. You can find all of them in the boxshots sections for the respective games:

Alone in the Dark 1+2, B-17 Flying Fortress, Barbarian, Battle Chess, Black Cauldron, The Blades of Steel, Buck Rogers - Countdown to Doomsday, Budokan, Carrier Command, Castles 1+2, Castlevania, Centurion, Civilization 1, Clue - Master Detective, Codename - ICEMAN, Conquest of Camelot, Covert Action, Darklands, Defender of the Crown, Double Dragon 2, Double Dribble, Dune, Dungeon Master 2, Eye of the Beholder, F-19 Stealth Fighter, Gold Rush, Hero Quest...

More Ads...The Immortal, Indianapolis 500, Journey - The Quest Begins, The Keys to Maramon, KGB, Lakers vs Celtics and the NBA Playoffs, Laura Bow 1, The Legend of Kyrandia 1, Leisure Suit Larry 1, Leisure Suit Larry 3, Lord of the Rings 1, Lord of the Rings 2,The Lost Vikings, Lurking Horror, The Magic Candle, The Manhunter - New York, Manhunter 2, Mario Teaches Typing, MegaTraveller 1, MegaTraveller 2, Mixed Up Mother Goose, Moebius - The Orb of Celestial Harmony, PGA Tour Golf, Pirates...

I bet you're sick of ads now...Police Quest - In Pursuit of the Death Angel, Populous, Powermonger, Protostar, The Punisher, Quest for Glory 1 - So You Want To Be A Hero VGA, Rags to Riches, Railroad Tycoon, Realms, Red Storm Rising, Rex Nebular and the Cosmic Gender-Bender, Ringworld - Revenge of the Patriarch, Sea Rogue, Shogun, Silent Service 2, Spellcasting 101, Star Control 2, Starflight, Star Reach, Star Trek - 25th Anniversary, Stationfall, Sword of the Samurai, Test Drive - Triple Pack, UMS II, Wacky Funsters, Waxworks, Weird Dreams.

Happy Birthday, Abandonia! Enjoy the fireworks!

For those who cannot tell the games by the tiny pictures and are too lazy to click on each one, here the titles in above order:
Realms
Star Legions
Stunt Island
UMS II - Nations at War
Utopia - The Creation of a Nation

Have a look at all those boxhots (and their games) and become Ermulized (<- that's the guy you should know by now because of the uncountable previous updates of his more or rather less profile-wisely countable contributions).


Finally, a general advice: Play responsibly! ...even if you are overwhelmed by any eccentric celebrations. Website anniversaries are especially dangerous!