two years after the release of the game, Crack dot Com decided to release the game's source code. Also the shareware release's game data (excluding the sound effects) was handed into the public domain. Community development Based on the source release the game's community worked initially on maintenance work, e.g. making the game work over TCP/IP. In 2001 Abuse was adapted to SDL multimedia library, with other technical refinements like more than the 8-bit color depth the original version was limited to. The SDL version allowed easy porting to modern platforms, for instance Microsoft Windows, Linux/X11 and also the Mac version has been updated to run on OS X. Over the years, the game became available for many more platforms, for instance BeOS, Nintendo Wii via Wii homebrew, OpenBSD, and in 2009 AmigaOS 4. The game has also been ported to the mobile devices, to iPhone/iPod Touch under the name Abuse Classic. Until 2011 the game was maintained by Sam Hocevar on his webpage. In 2014 the game was ported to SDL2 and transferred to a GitHub repository. In 2016, on the 20th birthday of the game, a community developer released a "20th anniversary source port" on base of the previous works which enabled custom resolutions, OpenGL rendering, and Xbox 360 controller support, and fixed the music. Reception Reviewing the DOS original, a Next Generation critic said the game "has everything it needs to be a great arcade classic - intuitive play control, a variety of weapons, creatures, devices, and traps ... scores of secrets to be ferreted out". He also praised the inclusion of an accessible level editor, and said the game's strongest point is the depth of its challenging puzzles, though he criticized the lack of story. He scored the game 4 out of 5 stars. The game was also reviewed in Computer Gaming World. Due to its futuristic yet spooky atmosphere, Home of the Underdogs regarded Abuse as a 2D platform equivalent of the first person shooter Doom. Abuse in its open-source version was selected in August 2011 as "HotPick" by Linux Format. References External links Abuse-SDL 0.9a current home page Abuse-SDL v0.8 home until 2011 by Sam Hocevar abuse2.com official homepage until 2003 (archived) 1996 video games Acorn Archimedes games Amiga games AmigaOS 4 games BeOS games Bungie games Commercial video games with freely available source code DOS games Electronic Arts games IOS games Linux games