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Pangea Software today announced the release of a free web browser plug-in called PangeaVR which brings OpenGL acceleration to Quicktime VR movies. “Over the last several years ‘interactive panoramic photography’ (aka QTVR) has quietly been making huge leaps in realism. Today’s hi-end QTVR movies are truly mind-blowing compared with the tiny and limited QTVR movies of the late 1990’s…

Pangea Software today released a freeware payroll processing application along with its source code. The new application, called Pangea Payroll, is designed to help small businesses track federal payroll tax payments for their employees. “It started out as an in-house tool, but it’s such a useful thing to have that the decision was made to release it publicly as freeware, and to include the source code with the download,” teh developer said. Read More

Pangea Software today announced the immediate availability of its game programming book entitled “Pangea Software’s Ultimate Game Programming Guide for Mac OS X.” In the US$39.95 book, Brian Greenstone–the developer of Nanosaur, Bugdom, Cro-Mag Rally, Enigmo, and Otto Matic–reveals his Mac programming secrets. The book covers all of the nuances dealing with various Mac OS technologies such as the HID Manager, OpenGL, OpenAL, Core Graphics, Rendezvous, QuickTime, and more. Readers will also learn how to write a plug-in for Maya, do stereo 3D render

Pangea Software today announced that its next release will be a game programming book entitled “Pangea Software’s Ultimate Game Programming Guide for Mac OS X.” In the US$39.95 book, which will start shipping at the end of October, Brian Greenstone–the developer of Nanosaur, Bugdom, Cro-Mag Rally, Enigmo, and Otto Matic–reveals his Mac programming secrets. The book covers all of the nuances dealing with various Mac OS technologies such as the HID Manager, OpenGL, OpenAL, Core Graphics, Rendezvous, Quicktime, and more. Readers will also learn how t

Pangea Software today announced the immediate availability of Otto Matic v2.0 and announced the upcoming release of Bugdom 2 v2.0. Both of the games have been updated to support 3D anaglyph glasses. “Once we had the 3D glasses working in Nanosaur 2, it was fairly easy to pop the code into some of our older games so that they could also be played in true stereo 3D,” said Brian Greenstone, president of Pangea.

Pangea Software today has announced its first anthology collection entitled “The Pangea Super Pack,” a collection of all of Pangea Software’s Mac OS X native games including Cro-Mag Rally, Otto Matic, Bugdom 2, Enigmo, and Billy Frontier. If bought separately these games would total US$115, but the Super Pack is retailing for just $49.95.

Pangea Software today announced that it has re-released the epic sci-fi action-adventure game, Otto Matic. Previously, Otto Matic was published by Aspyr Media and was only available on CD, but now Pangea is making the game available as a download for US$19.95.

Pangea Software today announced the immediate availability of Billy Frontier, its latest Mac-only 3D game. Billy Frontier is an arcade style action game where you play a space cowboy named Billy Frontier. The game is made up of four different types of mini-games: Duels, Shootouts, Stampedes, and Target Practices. “It’s the kind of game you pick up when you need a break and just want to blast stuff, ” says Brian Greenstone of Pangea.

Pangea today announced a contest for Enigmo, its addictive 3D puzzle game that was released last week. One of the features of the game is that users can create their own levels that other people can play. The Enigmo Custom Game Contest lets you submit your own Custom Game Files to Pangea to be judged. The person who submits the best Custom Game File will win a new Apple iPod. The contest will run from April 23 to July 1, with the winner being chosen by officials at Pangea Software on July 4.

Pangea Software, makers of the popular Bugdom series, today announced Enigmo, its latest Mac-only game. “Enigmo is a 3D puzzle game where the player manipulates various streams of flowing liquid so that the droplets can reach their destination. Liquids (water, oil, and lava) fall from droppers, and will bounce off walls in a visually stunning cascade.

Pangea Software today announced that they are currently developing a new 3D game for the Macintosh entitled Billy Frontier. Billy Frontier is an arcade style game where you play Billy, a cowboy living on the planet New Texas. Gunslingers have taken over the planet, and it is up to Billy to restore peace (while making a hefty profit, of course). Billy Frontier is actually many games in one, all of which involve arcade style gameplay.