2007-10-11 00:57:31

Yes! Mr. Thom ward of Usa games has been amazingly supremely quickat getting yet another beta of the sensational side scrolling, temple trecking Montizuma's revenge game out and ready for us to get our assorted mits on. Here are the details quoted from mr. Ward himself:

"Hello gamers,
USA Games Interactive would like to announce the immediate availability
of Montezuma's Revenge Beta 3. Here is a list of changes since beta 2.

Changes

Added name and version announcement to MainForm_Load.
Cleaned up speech strings.
Removed monsters from map.
Fixed bug in voice menu that prevented the user from seeing all Sapi 5
voices.
Changed jump key to space.
Changed run key to control.
Changed temple ambience.
Created new start level sound.
Created new dirt step effects.
Created new level intro sound.
Converted background music and background ambience flags options to
integer variables.
Fixed bug with saving and restoring ambience and music settings in user
registry.
Added new player torch sound effects.
Rewrote UpdateTorches() to use the GameLoop timer.
Replaced sandy flor with dirt and gravel floor.
Recompiled level 1, level 2, and bonus level 1.

Special notes

First, completely uninstall beta 2 prier to installing beta 3. In
addition The USA Games Montezuma's Revenge old registry keys will
manually have to be deleted in order for beta 3 to properly register
options. Else you will recieve a runtime error on startup. This should
only have to be once since beta 2 and beta 3 use slightly different
keys, and they are incompatible with each other.
To remove the bad registry keys left by beta 2 you must do the
following. Go to run, type regedit, and press enter. If using Vista UAC
will prompt you to elivate to administrator, and you will have to press
enter on the continue button to continue. Now, once in the Windows
registry you will be presented with a tree view. Arrow to
HKEY_Current_User, and press right arrow. Down arrow to Software, and
press right arrow. Down arrow to USA Games, and press right arrow. Down
arrow to Montezumas Revenge. Press the context menu key situated on most
keyboards between the right Win key and the control key. Down arro to
delete, and press enter. Answer yes to delete all Montezuma's Revenge
registry keys. Now, exit the registry.
Once that is done install beta 3, and it should now register properly on
your system.
Downloading beta 3

To download beta 3 go to
http://www.usagames.us

Happy gaming!"

With our dreaming and singing, Ceaseless and sorrowless we! The glory about us clinging Of the glorious futures we see,
Our souls with high music ringing; O men! It must ever be
That we dwell in our dreaming and singing, A little apart from ye. (Arthur O'Shaughnessy 1873.)

2007-10-12 22:34:05

Oh my gosh! Thomas Ward has been doing a lot of developing it seems. I will go and grab this fantastic beta  of this game!