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None of the old Angband variants that I used to play so enthusiastically
on my A5000 seem to function on an ARMX6 even under Aemulor, despite the
fact that they are basically ASCII text displayed in a desktop window.
For example, Steamband
http://angband.oook.cz/steamband/steamband.html
will run the character generator when you start a new game, but exits
with a silent 'abort on data transfer' error as soon as it tries to
start the actual game (I suspect as soon as it tries to create the save
file, since nothing is saved).

I'm not all that interested in getting the latest Angband developments
ported to RISC OS - many of the old variants have long since ceased
development anyway - but it would be nice to be able to get back some of
the plethora of ports that used to be available, all of them so far as I
remember based off a single 'Angband compiling kit' that provides a
standard WIMP front end.
https://rec.games.roguelike.angband.narkive.com/j3kwr1kh/announce-risc-os-ports


Looking at the Angband forums, where all the prior Usenet activity now
seems to reside, I see postings like "There comes a time in all
development projects where legacy support must be cut, and you must make
your users move on.[...] I think it's reasonably safe to say that
support for RISC is rather... unnecessary."   :-(
http://angband.oook.cz/forum/showthread.php?t=2484

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Harriet Bazley                     ==  Loyaulte me lie ==

We prefer to speak evil of ourselves than not speak of ourselves at all.

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Angband variants Harriet Bazley <harriet@bazleyfamily.co.uk> - 2021-07-29 23:52 +0100
  Re: Angband variants Harriet Bazley <harriet@bazleyfamily.co.uk> - 2021-08-03 19:10 +0100
    Re: Angband variants Sebastian Barthel <naitsabes@freenet.de> - 2021-08-07 11:33 +0000
      Re: Angband variants Harriet Bazley <harriet@bazleyfamily.co.uk> - 2021-08-07 15:12 +0100
        Re: Angband variants Harriet Bazley <harriet@bazleyfamily.co.uk> - 2021-08-07 19:36 +0100
          Re: Angband variants Sebastian Barthel <naitsabes@freenet.de> - 2021-08-07 23:04 +0000
            Re: Angband variants Harriet Bazley <harriet@bazleyfamily.co.uk> - 2021-08-08 03:06 +0100
              Re: Angband variants Sebastian Barthel <naitsabes@freenet.de> - 2021-08-08 19:02 +0000
                Re: Angband variants Harriet Bazley <harriet@bazleyfamily.co.uk> - 2021-08-08 22:03 +0100
              Re: Angband variants Harriet Bazley <harriet@bazleyfamily.co.uk> - 2021-08-09 12:54 +0100
          Re: Angband variants Sebastian Barthel <naitsabes@freenet.de> - 2021-08-08 00:04 +0000
            Re: Angband variants Harriet Bazley <harriet@bazleyfamily.co.uk> - 2021-08-08 03:40 +0100
        Re: Angband variants Alan Dawes <alan.dawes@argonet.co.uk> - 2021-08-08 10:35 +0100
          Re: Angband variants Chris Gransden <chrisg@care4free.net> - 2021-08-08 13:38 +0100
            Re: Angband variants Harriet Bazley <harriet@bazleyfamily.co.uk> - 2021-08-08 16:16 +0100
              Re: Angband variants Harriet Bazley <harriet@bazleyfamily.co.uk> - 2021-08-19 00:39 +0100
                Re: Angband variants Toronto Backlawn <joe@arthwere.tzq> - 2021-08-21 16:02 +0000
            Re: Angband variants Sebastian Barthel <naitsabes@freenet.de> - 2021-08-10 13:05 +0000
              Re: Angband variants Sebastian Barthel <naitsabes@freenet.de> - 2021-08-10 14:17 +0000
              Re: Angband variants Harriet Bazley <harriet@bazleyfamily.co.uk> - 2021-08-10 21:23 +0100
                Re: Angband variants Sebastian Barthel <naitsabes@freenet.de> - 2021-08-10 21:11 +0000
                Re: Angband variants Harriet Bazley <harriet@bazleyfamily.co.uk> - 2021-08-10 23:51 +0100
              Re: Angband variants Chris Gransden <chrisg@care4free.net> - 2021-08-13 16:24 +0100
                Re: Angband variants Sebastian Barthel <naitsabes@freenet.de> - 2021-08-13 18:49 +0000
              Re: Angband variants Chris Gransden <chrisg@care4free.net> - 2021-08-13 16:28 +0100
          Re: Angband variants Sebastian Barthel <naitsabes@freenet.de> - 2021-08-08 15:55 +0000
            Re: Angband variants Harriet Bazley <harriet@bazleyfamily.co.uk> - 2021-08-08 21:15 +0100
              Re: Angband variants Sebastian Barthel <naitsabes@freenet.de> - 2021-08-09 12:06 +0000
                Re: Angband variants Harriet Bazley <harriet@bazleyfamily.co.uk> - 2021-08-09 15:34 +0100

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