2013 was a year full of promises for the Pandora – there was a plethora of excellent software releases (including Drastic, for one), and a lot of activity all around. While 2014 was very much under the sign of the upcoming Pyra, things have nevertheless progressed nicely on Pandora as well. Let’s come back on some major events and releases.
Month: December 2014
C4A Compo Weekly News 26 Dec. 2014
Here’s a long overdue update for this month’s C4A compo ! This month’s games may not be appropriate for every gamer out there, but that did not prevent Asmo and Matti from fighting fiercely for the top scores.
Rediscover Browsing with Pale Moon
Pale Moon is a Belgian Beer. But it’s also a fork of Mozilla’s Firefox, aiming at providing a better user experience, refusing to move to the Australis UI interface change that Firefox recently went through (the one that sucked bad). On top of that, it’s surprisingly lightweight (interestingly, it was not a design goal of the project, more of a “collateral damage” if I may say) and what you need to know is that it runs great on the Pandora.
Weekly Software News Nov. 25th to Dec. 15th 2014
Ola! Are you guys saying I’m late ? Late for several weeks? Ok, you are right, but I have an excuse, I was sick in bed, coughing on a damn cold. And it’s still not finished but at least we need to do a update before hell breaks loose. Here’s three weeks worth of updates in one post.
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What To Do After Reflashing (1.71 Firmware)
As you may have heard, the final 1.71 firmware is out. Since there were issues with the 1.70 release it was pulled out, and now a fresh release fixes the last bugs in the image. Thanks to Notaz for all the work he did on this. 1.7 is the LAST major release in terms of firmware for the Pandora. While this is certainly sad, it’s quite understandable as we move to a new hardware base in 2015 with the Pyra (while no clear schedule has been announced yet). Here’s a guide for a full clean reflash on 1.71.
C4A Compo Weekly News 11 Dec. 2014
Last month of the year… and 3 difficult games to compete on to keep you playing until New Year’s eve! This time we have Not Tetris, Super Methane Bros, and Puzzle Tube.
November Compo Results and December Challenge!
I am a couple of days late for the results of November – sorry about the delay, especially since the competition was raging till the very last days. The piece of news this time is that we have a draw at the top, and that’s a first.