Big fan of the classic point-and-click adventure games? Well, good news folks, as the ScummVM Team has recently updated their ever-popular cross-platform point-and-click games emulator, ScummVM. Dubbed as a "FaSCInating release", the latest update includes supports SCI, more games, new ports, lot's of new improvements and other tweaks.

Changelog:

• New Games:
  • Added support for Fascination.
• New Games (Sierra SCI0 - SCI1.1):
  • Added support for Castle of Dr. Brain (EGA and VGA).
  • Added support for Codename: ICEMAN.
  • Added support for Conquests of Camelot.
  • Added support for Conquests of the Longbow (EGA and VGA).
  • Added support for EcoQuest: The Search for Cetus.
  • Added support for EcoQuest 2: Lost Secret of the Rainforest.
  • Added support for Freddy Pharkas: Frontier Pharmacist.
  • Added support for Hoyle's Book of Games 1.
  • Added support for Hoyle's Book of Games 2.
  • Added support for Hoyle's Book of Games 3 (EGA and VGA).
  • Added support for Hoyle Classic Card Games.
  • Added support for Jones in the Fast Lane.
  • Added support for King's Quest I (SCI remake).
  • Added support for King's Quest IV (SCI version).
  • Added support for King's Quest V (EGA and VGA).
  • Added support for King's Quest VI (low and hi res).
  • Added support for Laura Bow: The Colonel's Bequest.
  • Added support for Laura Bow 2: The Dagger of Amon Ra.
  • Added support for Leisure Suit Larry 1 (SCI remake) (EGA and VGA).
  • Added support for Leisure Suit Larry 2.
  • Added support for Leisure Suit Larry 3.
  • Added support for Leisure Suit Larry 5 (EGA and VGA).
  • Added support for Leisure Suit Larry 6 (low res).
  • Added support for Mixed-up Fairy Tales.
  • Added support for Mixed-up Mother Goose.
  • Added support for Pepper's Adventures in Time.
  • Added support for Police Quest I (SCI remake).
  • Added support for Police Quest II.
  • Added support for Police Quest III (EGA and VGA).
  • Added support for Quest for Glory I/Hero's Quest.
  • Added support for Quest for Glory I VGA remake.
  • Added support for Quest for Glory II.
  • Added support for Quest for Glory III.
  • Added support for Slater & Charlie go camping.
  • Added support for Space Quest I (SCI remake) (EGA and VGA).
  • Added support for Space Quest III.
  • Added support for Space Quest IV (EGA and VGA).
  • Added support for Space Quest V.
  • Added support for The Island of Dr. Brain.
• New Ports:
  • Added Android port.
  • Added Dingux port.
  • Added Caanoo port (based on the GP2XWiz port).
  • Added OpenPandora port.
• General:
  • Removed the outdated PalmOS port.
  • Switched to the "fast" DOSBox OPL emulator.
  • Fixed a crash in the rjp1 player code affecting the FOTAQ Amiga version.
  • Added support for more original media layouts.
  • Added support for GUI localization.
  • Improved GUI by adding tooltips and radiobuttons.
  • Improved GUI usability by hiding more irrelevant options not supported by specific games.
• AGI:
  • Fixed number of GFX glitches.
  • Made PIC drawing code picture perfect.
  • Added support of MIDI devices.
  • Added support for accurate Tandy sound emulation. Switched to it as default.
• Broken Sword 2
  • Fixed missing speech in some cutscenes.
  • Fixed a memory leak that would eventually cause the game to hang. (#2976008 - BS2: Game lockup in British Museum)
• Drascula:
  • Fixed number of GFX glitches.
  • Made many cutscenes smoother.
  • Changed behavior of items menu. Now it shows up on mouse up.
• Groovie:
  • Added support for the Macintosh version of The 7th Guest.
  • Added support for custom MT-32 instruments.
• KYRA:
  • Fixed some minor graphical glitches.
  • Implemented formerly missing recreation of some in game items.
  • Added support for playing Kyrandia 3 with the original CD file layout.
• LURE:
  • Fixed bug where Goewin could get stuck in the Weregate
  • Fixed issue with Ratpouch repeatedly moving between two rooms
  • Fix for Goewin losing her schedule after Were-cave
  • Fix for player getting stuck in sewer exit room
• Parallaction:
  • Made part one of The Big Red Adventure completable.
• SAGA:
  • Fixed graphics glitches in several scenes.
• SCUMM:
  • Several improvements in Maniac Mansion NES.
• PSP port:
  • New backend design: fixed minor graphical issues and enabled 16-bit support.
  • Enabled playback of MP3 files using the Media Engine. This means that the port is optimized for MP3 files (as opposed to OGG).
  • Many optimizations. Everything should run faster.
• Wii port:
  • Added support for USB2 mass storage devices (requires The Homebrew Channel >= v1.0.8 with IOS58).

Download: ScummVM v1.2.0 (PSP)
Download: ScummVM v1.2.0 (DS)
Download: ScummVM v1.2.0 (Wii)
Download: ScummVM v1.2.0 (iPhone)

Via [ScummVM]

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