Versions

Below tells you what's been new in each release of Gundam.

Gundam v1.0.6 beta - 11 August 2005

New: Added a game option to select the colour bit depth of the display. This makes Gundam a hell of a lot faster! Even I am impressed!
New: Used Nullsoft NSIS to make a Gundam self installing executable for Windows.
Chg: Replaced the .bat file with a Java launching .exe

New: Updated title tune to "Duran Duran" by Slammer, it has taken me this long to transfer his tunes over from the Amiga.
Chg: Updated the start up batch file to work with the official release of Java2 v1.4.

New: Added Java2 v1.4 detection.
New: Upgraded the Java Mappy Playback Library to take advantage of Java2 v1.4.
New: Added sound to the menu options. My sound classes are not responisve enough for in game effects though... yeah I know, I am working on it!
New: Added music to the title screens, thanks to the advent of MicroMod! Need to find a more suitable title (.mod) tune though.
Chg: Restructured the code for the Title Screen, Menu, Hi-Score table, etc. It is now more maintanence free and easily extendable.
Chg: Tried playing MP3 files but the Java player was too slow and MP3s are too large for general Internet distribution anyway.
Chg: Changed the .cmd to a .bat for Win98 compatibility (I hope!).
Chg: General code tinker here and there!

New: Updated the playing level, it is now larger and more complete.
New: Added end of level baddy - the Fat Pod!
New: Added HiScore table.
New: Added option to switch off Map layer 0 (the non-interactive parallax background) to increase speed.
Bug: The Head Up Display now correctly displays just 1 life.
New: Version No. is displayed on the titlescreen and in log file.
Chg: The options on the main menu now work!
Chg: Updated my Mappy Playback Library to be less resource hungry. Maps now load instantly.
Chg: Redesigned the keyboard input system to be more reusable and extendable.