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A couple of weeks ago I worked on the port of "The Battle for the Solar System: The Pandoran War", an exceptional shoot'em up by Stephen J Sweeney and Parallel Realities. This is my second game release ported to AmigaOS 4 and I am really excited accomplishing it. While I was working with it I learned a few things about SDL and how nice it is for game development.

> The Pandoran War is a 2D mission-based space shooter based on the BATTLE FOR THE SOLAR SYSTEM space opera and set between books two and three: THE THIRD SIDE and THE ATTTRIBUTE OF THE STRONG. The game features many missions, with many different objectives and craft.

This game was in the hands of my monthly "Benefactor" supporters who have access to "Behind the Scenes" content and creations. If you want to have the same access, the only thing you need to do is to get the "Benefactor" membership on the main page of my Ko‑fi account (https://ko-fi.com/walkero).

Now, back to the game. Inside my port archive, you will find the AmigaOS 4 binary, along with some extra files. But the necessary data files are missing. You can download them from https://www.battleforthesolarsystem.com/games/pw/#downloads and all you need is the file tbftss-1.5.1.linux-x86_64.tar.gz. Extract the data files anywhere on your hard disk and then extract the files from my port in the same folder. Logically, you will be requested to overwrite some files, which you need to confirm. Please, keep that archive for yourselves for now.

After that, you are ready to play the game, but before you do, please have a look at the README-OS4.md file for some extra information, necessary to run the game as smooth as possible.

If you like the game and would like to support the developer, you can go and buy it at: https://parallelrealities.itch.io/tbftss-the-pandoran-war

Of course, there is no time for rest. I am already working on a very nice rogue-style game, and I hope I will have it ready to be released in the following days. Make sure to watch this space for news.