New Version Available

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Hi everyone,

First let me thank everyone who has taken the time to check out our
game, your mails and responses have been dearly appreciated, and have
been extremely helpful! So, what better answer to give back, than a
brand new iteration of Pacman, version 0.8.5, which includes a number
of bug fixes and enhancements!

Here's a short list of the enhancements that have been made:

- Pacman fonts were not visible at all in the game, on target machines
lacking the fonts.
- Pacman fonts don't need to be installed to the windows fonts
directory.
- Keyboard commands should react more swiftly.
- More keyboard alternative keys responding.
- Pacman moves in the direction you are pointing him.
- Pacman has a "better" "die animation" and "start animation".
- Logging debug information is now supported for troubleshooting and
is extremely verbose.
- The installer now also installs the correct Microsoft Direct X
version before installing the game.
- The installer framework itself was updated so that it runs more
smoothly on older machines
- Manual updated

You'll notice that the new version (34MB) is a lot bigger than the
previous one (3MB) due to the inclusion of Microsoft Direct X, which
takes about 31MB of cab files. This will make sure less people have
trouble running the game, but will obviously increase download time.
Still, we think that the size is relatively small compared to other
game downloads. We'll try to cut the download size down even more in
the next release.

As always, the release is available through the website:
http://www.binarycolonies.com

I hope you will continue to enjoy BC-Pacman and other games in the
future!

Happy gaming!
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