How to download and play BigLander
BigLander is a gently hacked version of the original Lander, to give the game a bigger landscape and update it to run on more modern RISC OS machines. It looks like this:
You can play BigLander in a number of ways:
- You can play it in your browser on Archimedes Live (this version has a landscape of 19 x 19 tiles, which is suitable for the emulated A5000, but at least it gives you the idea).
- You can also download a zip of BigLander that is ready to be deployed into HostFS in an emulator, or into a real machine (though you may have to set filetypes manually for the latter). This version has a landscape size of 64 by 64 tiles.
- BigLander can be built using the repository accompanying this website, in the big-landscape branch. If you want to play with different landscape sizes, this is the best option.
- For comparison, you can also play the original Lander in your browser.
- If you want to see how far BigLander can be pushed, you can also download a zip of BigLander with a landscape size of 121 x 121 files.
Release history
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BigLander has had the following releases:
- 2024-03-01 - Initial release
You can check the release date by right-clicking on !BigLander and choosing Help. The build date is at the end.