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 SuperTux Release and Development Notes
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+SuperTux 0.6.2-beta.1 (2020-04-30)
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+The SuperTux Team is excited to announce the availability of the first beta release of SuperTux 0.6.2. This is an unstable pre-release that fixes a number of bugs that were reported after 0.6.1. It also features reworked graphics and levels. 
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+Other changes include a power-up counter in the hud, new sprites for the door, a new tileset and several new badguys. But overall, this release is supossed to celebrate our anniversary (May 2000) with a little surprise Add-On, which can be found in the contrib levels!
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 SuperTux 0.6.1 (2019-12-15)
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 The SuperTux Team is excited to announce the availability of SuperTux 0.6.1. This is first and foremost a bugfix release that fixes reported issues after the release of 0.6.0 a year ago, however, we also introduced a lot of other changes, such as new graphics, levels and other game content.