diff --git a/games/abe/README b/games/abe/README
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+Abe is a scrolling, platform-jumping, key-collecting, ancient pyramid exploring game,
+vaguely in the style of similar games for the Commodore+4.  The game is intended
+to show young people all the cool games they missed.
+
+Abe depends on SDL and SDL_mixer.  All dependancies are included in the Slackware
+12.2 SDL package.
+
+Homepage:  http://abe.sourceforge.net
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diff --git a/games/abe/abe.SlackBuild b/games/abe/abe.SlackBuild
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+#!/bin/sh
+# Slackware build script for abe
+# Written by Tim Dickson tim@tree-of-life.co.uk
+
+PRGNAM=abe
+VERSION=${VERSION:-1.1}
+ARCH=${ARCH:-i486}
+BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
+TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
+
+CWD=$(pwd)
+TMP=${TMP:-/tmp/SBo}
+PKG=$TMP/package-$PRGNAM
+OUTPUT=${OUTPUT:-/tmp}
+
+if [ "$ARCH" = "i486" ]; then
+  SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -march=i486 -mtune=i686"
+  LIBDIRSUFFIX=""
+elif [ "$ARCH" = "i686" ]; then
+  SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -march=i686 -mtune=i686"
+  LIBDIRSUFFIX=""
+elif [ "$ARCH" = "x86_64" ]; then
+  SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -fPIC"
+  LIBDIRSUFFIX="64"
+fi
+
+set -e
+
+rm -rf $PKG
+mkdir -p $TMP $PKG $OUTPUT
+cd $TMP
+rm -rf $PRGNAM-$VERSION
+tar xvf $CWD/$PRGNAM-$VERSION.tar.gz
+cd $PRGNAM-$VERSION
+chown -R root:root .
+find . \
+ \( -perm 777 -o -perm 775 -o -perm 711 -o -perm 555 -o -perm 511 \) \
+ -exec chmod 755 {} \; -o \
+ \( -perm 666 -o -perm 664 -o -perm 600 -o -perm 444 -o -perm 440 -o -perm 400 \) \
+ -exec chmod 644 {} \;
+
+#now modify source slightly so data directories are in more standard place
+mv src/Directories.h src/oldDirectories.h
+sed -e 's/images/\.\\\\images/g' -e 's/maps/\.\\\\maps/g' -e 's/sounds/\.\\\\sounds/g' -e '/IMAGES_DIR/ i\
+#ifdef WIN32' -e '/SOUND_DIR/ a\
+#else\
+#define BASEDATA_DIR "\/usr\/share\/games\/abe"\
+#define IMAGES_DIR BASEDATA_DIR "\/images"\
+#define MAPS_DIR BASEDATA_DIR "\/maps"\
+#define SOUND_DIR BASEDATA_DIR "\/sounds"\
+#endif' src/oldDirectories.h >src/Directories.h
+rm src/oldDirectories.h
+mv src/Image.h src/oldImage.h
+sed -e '/IMAGES_DIR/ i\
+#ifdef WIN32' -e 's/images\"/\.\\\\images\"/g' -e '/IMAGES_DIR/ a\
+#else\
+#define IMAGES_DIR BASEDATA_DIR "\/images"\
+#endif' src/oldImage.h >src/Image.h
+rm src/oldImage.h
+mv src/Sound.c src/oldSound.c
+sed -e 's/xstr(BASE_DIR) PATH_SEP SOUND_DIR /SOUND_DIR /g' src/oldSound.c >src/Sound.c
+rm src/oldSound.c
+mv src/Image.c src/oldImage.c
+sed -e 's/xstr(BASE_DIR) PATH_SEP / /g' src/oldImage.c >src/Image.c
+rm src/oldImage.c
+mv src/MapIO.c src/oldMapIO.c
+sed -e 's/xstr(BASE_DIR) PATH_SEP / /g' src/oldMapIO.c >src/MapIO.c
+rm src/oldMapIO.c
+
+#now we are ready to compile
+./autogen.sh
+CFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
+CXXFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
+./configure \
+  --prefix=/usr \
+  --libdir=/usr/lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX} \
+  --sysconfdir=/etc \
+  --localstatedir=/var \
+  --mandir=/usr/man \
+  --docdir=/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION \
+  --build=$ARCH-slackware-linux
+
+make
+make install DESTDIR=$PKG
+
+#now move software into standard location
+mkdir -p $PKG/usr/games
+mv $PKG/usr/bin/abe $PKG/usr/games/abe
+rmdir $PKG/usr/bin
+mkdir -p $PKG/usr/share/games/abe
+cp -r sounds $PKG/usr/share/games/abe/sounds
+cp -r maps $PKG/usr/share/games/abe/maps
+cp -r images $PKG/usr/share/games/abe/images
+
+( cd $PKG
+  find . | xargs file | grep "executable" | grep ELF | cut -f 1 -d : | \
+    xargs strip --strip-unneeded 2> /dev/null || true
+  find . | xargs file | grep "shared object" | grep ELF | cut -f 1 -d : | \
+    xargs strip --strip-unneeded 2> /dev/null
+)
+
+mkdir -p $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
+cat $CWD/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild > $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild
+
+mkdir -p $PKG/usr/share/applications
+#put the menu item and icons in right place
+cp $CWD/$PRGNAM.desktop $PKG/usr/share/applications/$PRGNAM.desktop
+mkdir -p $PKG/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps
+cp $CWD/$PRGNAM.png $PKG/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/$PRGNAM.png
+mkdir -p $PKG/usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps
+cp $CWD/$PRGNAM-small.png $PKG/usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps/$PRGNAM.png
+mkdir -p $PKG/usr/share/icons/hicolor/64x64/apps
+cp $CWD/$PRGNAM-large.png $PKG/usr/share/icons/hicolor/64x64/apps/$PRGNAM.png
+
+mkdir -p $PKG/install
+cat $CWD/slack-desc > $PKG/install/slack-desc
+cat $CWD/doinst.sh > $PKG/install/doinst.sh
+
+cd $PKG
+/sbin/makepkg -l y -c n $OUTPUT/$PRGNAM-$VERSION-$ARCH-$BUILD$TAG.tgz
diff --git a/games/abe/abe.desktop b/games/abe/abe.desktop
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+[Desktop Entry]
+Encoding=UTF-8
+Categories=Application;Game;
+X-Desktop-File-Install-Version=1.0
+Name=abe
+Icon=abe
+Exec=abe
+Terminal=false
+Type=Application
diff --git a/games/abe/abe.info b/games/abe/abe.info
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+PRGNAM="abe"
+VERSION="1.1"
+HOMEPAGE="http://abe.sourceforge.net/"
+DOWNLOAD="http://heanet.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/abe/abe-1.1.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="5537920e1746708e1a631d84d3500f5c"
+MAINTAINER="Tim Dickson (timsoft)"
+EMAIL="tim@tree-of-life.co.uk"
+APPROVED="chess"
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diff --git a/games/abe/doinst.sh b/games/abe/doinst.sh
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+if [ -x /usr/bin/update-desktop-database ]; then
+  /usr/bin/update-desktop-database -q usr/share/applications >/dev/null 2>&1
+fi
+
diff --git a/games/abe/slack-desc b/games/abe/slack-desc
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+# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.  Line
+# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|' on
+# the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.  You must make
+# exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct.  It's also customary to
+# leave one space after the ':'.
+
+   |-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
+abe: Abe (a platform game for juniors)
+abe:
+abe: Abe is a scrolling, platform-jumping, key-collecting, ancient pyramid
+abe: exploring game,vaguely in the style of similar games for the
+abe: Commodore+4.  The game is intended to show young people all the cool
+abe: they missed.
+abe:
+abe:
+abe:
+abe: Homepage: http://abe.sourceforge.net
+abe: