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+SuperTuxKart 0.5 (May 2008)
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+* Six new tracks and one improved track: Fort Magma, SnowTux Peak, Amazonian Journey, City, 
+   Canyon, Crescent Crossing and StarTrack
+* Complete Challenges to unlock game modes, new tracks and a skidding preview
+* New Follow the Leader game mode
+* New Grand Prix
+* Improved User Interface
+* Improved game pad/joystick handling
+* German, French, Dutch, Spanish, Italian and Swedish translations
+* Additional music
+* Many Bugfixes including:
+	a memory leak fix (Charlie Head)
+	an AI crash fix (Chris Morris)
+
+
+SuperTuxKart 0.4 (February 2008)
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+* New physics handling using the bullet physics engine
+* New kart: wilber
+* Improved 'Shifting Sands' and 'Lighthouse' tracks
+* Improved AI
+* New GUI handling, including resolution switching GUI
+* Improved input handling	
+* Jump and look-back featue
+* Additional music and main theme
+	
+	
+SuperTuxKart 0.3 (May 2007)
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+* Highscore lists	
+* Shortcut detection 	
+* Improved AI
+* Fullscreen support
+* New track: the island
+* New penalty: bomb
+* MacOSX support
+* OpenAL and ogg-vorbis support
+* Two new Grand Prixs	
+* Improved user interface:
+  - New racing interface
+  - Better track map
+  - Player kart dots in the track map are bigger than AI dots
+  - Track selection screen has topview pictures
+  - Added "Setup new race" option when a track is finished
+  - Added "Restart race" option when a track is finished
+  - The keyboard can skip vertical spaces between buttons
+  - Better control configuration
+  - Better in-game help
+  - Added .desktop file for menus and icon
+* Bugfixes:
+  - Fixed bug in ssg_help::MinMax, which could cause a significant performance loss.
+  - Fixed bug that allowed the joystick to erase the main menu
+  - Fixed bug that allowed the joystick to "play the game while paused"
+  - Fixed screen_manager assert failure bug
+  - Fixed sound_manager assert failure bug
+  - Fixed keyboard keys unable to work on the first key press bug
+  - And others
+
+SuperTuxKart 0.2 (22. Sep 2006)
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+  * Significant performance improvement by using display lists
+  * Improved AI
+  * Support for different grand prixs
+  * Too many bug fixes to list them all, but the important ones:
+    * Work around for 'karts fall through track' compiler bug
+    * Fixed rescue mode
+  * Two new collectables: parachute and anvil
+  * Track screen shots in the track select screen
+  * Keyboard handling allows gradual turning
+  * Improved physics (still work in progress)
+    * All hard-coded properties like maximum velocity have
+      been replaced by dynamically computed data dependent
+      on kart parameters, allowing for karts having different
+      characteristics.
+  * Added help and about screens, added credits to track designer
+  * Items were added to all tracks
+
+SuperTuxKart 0.1 (04. May 2006)  (not officially released)
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+  * Significant speedup by using a new HOT and collision algorithm
+    --> all tracks are now playable
+  * Removed all SDL dependencies, only plib is needed
+  * Single and multi-window menu can be used
+  * Code structure changes
+  * Some bug fixes and small improvements
+  * Added profile option to support automatic profiling
+
+SuperTuxKart 0.0.0 (22. Dec 2004)
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+  * new tracks
+  * new characters and karts
+  * new user-interface
+  * some additional effects (skid-marks, smoke)
+
+TuxKart v0.4.0 (March 19th 2004)
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+  * Changes for compatibility with PLIB 1.8.0 and later.
+  * Removed some features that were only there to support
+    truly ancient graphics cards like 3Dfx Voodoo-1/2.
+
+TuxKart v0.3.0 (??)
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+  * Converted to use the new PLIB/PW library and thus
+    avoid the need to link to GLUT.
+
+TuxKart v0.2.0 (Sept 3rd 2002)
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+  * Changes for compatibility with PLIB 1.6.0 and later.
+
+TuxKart v0.0.5 (??)
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+  * Changes for compatibility with PLIB 1.4.0 and later.
+
+TuxKart v0.0.4 (??)
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+  * Changes to suit rassin-frassin-Windoze-junk.
+
+  * Steady-cam camera - courtesy of cowtan@ysbl.york.ac.uk
+
+  * Changes for compatibility with PLIB 1.3.1 and later.
+
+  * Added new music courtesy of Matt Thomas.
+
+TuxKart v0.0.3 (July 4th 2000)
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+  * Fixed bug in Keyboard driver when no
+    joystick driver is installed.
+
+  * More CygWin fixes.
+
+  * Started new feature to allow you to be
+    rescued from lava, etc.
+
+TuxKart v0.0.2 (July 2nd 2000)
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+  * Added ability to add new tracks without
+    recompiling.
+
+  * Can now drive using keyboard only - no joystick
+    required.
+
+  * Should compile and run under Windoze using CygWin.
+
+TuxKart v0.0.1 (July 1st 2000)
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+  * Fixed a couple of files missing in initial
+    Distro.
+
+TuxKart v0.0.0 (June 29th 2000)
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+  * First CVS release.
+
+TuxKart (unnumbered) (April 13th 2000)
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+  * First hack.
+
+# EOF #