The launch of Liberty did not go without a hitch. Slated for a July 4th release to coincide with the American Independence Day, Liberty was delayed until the 6th. Version 1.0 was released but it was quickly replaced by 1.0a (Version 1.0 cause a fatal exception under OS3.0). The support was terrific; this new version was released within a few minutes of the bug report (I know because I found the bug).
Version 1.0a was quickly followed by 1.0b. Then some major problems occured. Several people had serious crashed requiring hard resets or in a few cases, reformatting flash. Liberty was removed from circulation until a new version was available. Aaron Ardiri stayed up past 3 am his time working to fix these problems with the help of several #palmchat regulars, and version 1.0c was released. Version 1.0d adds the ability to save the state of the current game. You can read a bit more about the problems in an interview with Aaron Ardiri posted to re-visor.org.
Liberty 1.0c changed the way Liberty accesses data and provides better safeguards against hard reset crashes. If you are running an earlier version, please upgrade. If you have problems with Liberty 1.0c or 1.0d and previously installed 1.0, 1.0a, or 1.0b, you are probably seeing some residual effects. Email support@gambitstudios.com if you experience problems. Gambit Studios also provides a bug report form on their website.
The emulator itself runs quite smoothly, and it's wonderful to play some of these old favorites on the Palm. A lot of work went into this application and it shows. Liberty does have some speed issues, but overclocking really helps for many games. Dropping pieces games like Tetris and Klax seem to be the slowest, and these are hard to play at 23MHz. Monopoly, on the other hand, plays very close to the way it plays on an actual Gameboy unit. Qix also plays well, although it is noticeably slower than on a Gameboy.
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