Long-Awaited Anachronox Patch Out Now

psyco484 writes "A long-awaited patch (Build_45) to the PC action-RPG Anachronox has finally been released. Thanks to ex-Ion Storm programmer Joey 'Chinaman' Law, Anachronox now runs a lot better. Hope there's still a few fans out there, an excellent game with a good story. Read about it on the PlanetAnachronox forum, which also has a list of mirrors." Whatever you think of the game, adding new features like a Bricks Taxi short-cut service and fixing a heap of bugs, months/years after the Anachronox team got laid off when Ion Storm closed down, shows a lot of dedication.

It's always amazed me

[AEton]

how well independent developers and "one-man" enterprises do, especially in face of the larger game companies struggling to do the same thing. Maybe it's because there isn't as much pressure to perform economically, but in any case it's nice when someone with a personal connection to a game can make a difference for its community.

And it certainly beats the crappy technical support we get from some major developers (cough, cough, MMORPG, cough, Everquest)...

Whew!

[Anonymous Coward]

I feel safer knowing that there's a cure for this horrific malady in the convenient form of a patch. I don't have to worry about being embarrassed in public either as the medicine sits quietly on my right shoulder.

Wait a sec... you said *Anachronox*? Er, um, is that worse than Anthrax? /me shudders.

Three cheers for chinaman

[kfx]

Years later, this might just fix the crash that I always got about 98% of the way through the game, keeping me from ever finishing it and findoug out how it ends. If only I kept my friggin save game....

Chinaman?

[Gizzmonic]

Dude, the preferred nomenclature is 'Asian-American'.

Re:Chinaman?

[eviltypeguy]

"Dude, the preferred nomenclature is 'Asian-American'."

Dude that's his nickname. That's not a paraphrase or some other word they used.

Re:Chinaman?

[Anonymous Coward]

Look, the Chinaman is not the issue here, Dude.

(PS: go watch The Big Lebowski you uncultured swine)

Kinda cool to see it still going....

[mattsucks]

A band I was in ( Drunken Monkey ) recorded one of the songs for this game way back when - the funky theme song for Stiletto. Its kinda cool to see the game still going....

someone's gotta say it...

[zonker]

but i wonder when they'll release the source so the dev community can fix the rest of the bugs. ;P

son of a ...

[Synic]

just after i sold my copy on Ars Technica Agora... *CURSES*

yeah this is cool and all...

[standsolid]

I like software updates as much as teh next guy -- HONESTLY. I think Game patches are fantastic. But How does this in any way shape or form qualify as news? it's not even soemthing nerdy like hte patch now allows for native linux support. Since when did slashdot start announcing revisions to every software update... besides the kernel?

Re:yeah this is cool and all...

[Anonymous Coward]

Look into it a little. Chinaman has been working off his own time on a game who's parent company no longer exists. The patch was promised, put off, now it's released. It's not the OSS community, but it's still pretty cool for enough interest to still be in the game.

Re:yeah this is cool and all...

[eviltypeguy]

That's not 'technically' true. Their parent company was either Eidos or Ion Storm depending on how you look at it. Both of which still exist, only *one office* of Ion Storm closed, not Ion Storm itself :)

Re:yeah this is cool and all...

[mink]

Yah, but try getting support of bug fixes from either of them.

It's sad what it says about the software industry when the ex employes do better patching and tech support then the people we pay the money to when we buy the games.

I think Chinaman should get more then just kudos from grateful gamers, maybe some beer or vacation funds, because it sounds like a lot of work went into this.

Just saw he even released an update to the patch to fix a issue with reversed signs.