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diff --git a/games/z26/README b/games/z26/README index 0065ea19397a..e735b3624445 100644 --- a/games/z26/README +++ b/games/z26/README @@ -1,12 +1,16 @@ z26 (an Atari 2600 emulator) -Z26 is one of the best emulators for the Atari 2600. -The author reports that the graphics part of the emulator -is nearing perfection to a point that there's little more -to fix. +Z26 is one of the best emulators for the Atari 2600. The author reports +that the graphics part of the emulator is nearing perfection to a point +that there's little more to fix. + +This is z26 version 2.13, the last release that was actually developed +and tested on Linux. The later 3.x series has some issues running on +Linux, and the authors aren't interested in fixing them. If you want +to try it, install games/z26v3 (which won't conflict with this build; +you can have both installed). Note to 64-bit users: z26 is mostly written in 32-bit x86 assembly, -so it can't be built for x86_64. However, if you build a z26 package -on a 32-bit system, and install it on a 64-bit system that also has -alienBOB's or Fred Emmott's 32-bit compatibility packages (specifically, -a 32-bit sdl package is required), it should run just fine. +so it can't be built for x86_64. However, this SlackBuild can create +a package that will run on pure 64-bit Slackware, by using a prebuilt, +statically linked z26 executable. |