Software Update: ScummVM 0.6.1

The ScummVM program is a cross-platform interpreter for a number of point-and-click adventure engines. Support for all SCUMM-based adventures from LucasArts, Simon the Sorcerer from AdventureSoft, and Beneath a Steel Sky and Broken Sword 2 from Revolution is included. Version 0.6.1 has recently become available and comes with the following release notes:

ScummVM 0.6.1 is out, and can now be grabbed from our download page! Among the usual changes, ScummVM should now run natively on 64-bit machines — something we actually forgot to mention in the NEWS file.

And you know what they say: “To save the world, you have to push a few old ladies down the stairs.” So we made a mother-load of fixes in this release. Some of the wonderful things you will see no LONGER in ScummVM include:

• Glitches using an Ogg Vorbis talkie file in some games
• Crashes on 64-bit machines
• Crashes when saving to an invalid directory in Broken Sword 1
• Lots of sound glitches in Curse of Monkey Island, Full Throttle and The Dig
• Crashes in some international versions of Simon the Sorcerer
• … and lots of other annoying bugs!

So don’t delay, download today. Downloads are not yet available for all supported ports, such as non-ARM PocketPCs and the HandheldPC binaries. These should become available within the next week.[break]The following downloads are ready:
Source .bz2
source .zip
Windows Installer
Windows Binary
Linux RPM
Linux Source PRM
MacOS X
PalmOS
Pocket PC ARM