diff --git a/games/alephone/README b/games/alephone/README
index c35b1801a2..bdaff1849c 100644
--- a/games/alephone/README
+++ b/games/alephone/README
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+alephone (open-source continuation of Marathon 2 engine)
+
 Aleph One is the open source continuation of Bungie's Marathon 2 game
 engine. Available for Mac OS X, Windows, and Linux, Aleph One supports
 Marathon 2 and Marathon Infinity natively, and Marathon through a
diff --git a/games/alephone/alephone.SlackBuild b/games/alephone/alephone.SlackBuild
index 24f2781fd1..a8ff9a9050 100644
--- a/games/alephone/alephone.SlackBuild
+++ b/games/alephone/alephone.SlackBuild
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 # Licensed under the WTFPL. See http://www.wtfpl.net/txt/copying/ for details.
 
+# 20201026 bkw: update for 20201026
 # 20191209 bkw: update for 20190331
 # 20150915 bkw:
 # - update for 20150620 release
@@ -13,7 +14,7 @@
 # - move binary to /usr/games
 
 PRGNAM=alephone
-VERSION=${VERSION:-20190331}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-20201026}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
@@ -60,8 +61,6 @@ find -L .  -perm /111 -a \! -perm 755 -a -exec chmod 755 {} \+ -o \
 
 [ "${FFMPEG:-yes}" = "no" ] && EXTRAOPT=--without-ffmpeg
 
-#patch -Np1 < $CWD/ffmpeg3.patch
-
 CFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
 CXXFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS -fpermissive" \
 ./configure \
@@ -88,7 +87,7 @@ mkdir -p $PKG/usr/share/pixmaps
 cat Source_Files/Misc/$PRGNAM.xpm > $PKG/usr/share/pixmaps/$PRGNAM.xpm
 
 mkdir -p $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
-# ChangeLog is 0 bytes in 20140104, ignore it
+# ChangeLog was 0 bytes in 20140104, gone in 20201026.
 cp -a AUTHORS COPYING README THANKS examples docs/*.html \
   $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
 cat $CWD/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild > $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild
diff --git a/games/alephone/alephone.info b/games/alephone/alephone.info
index ee945db9a2..54bd65d335 100644
--- a/games/alephone/alephone.info
+++ b/games/alephone/alephone.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="alephone"
-VERSION="20190331"
+VERSION="20201026"
 HOMEPAGE="https://alephone.lhowon.org/"
-DOWNLOAD="https://github.com/Aleph-One-Marathon/alephone/releases/download/release-20190331/AlephOne-20190331.tar.bz2"
-MD5SUM="2a09e74a136213d479e4eae9e882a682"
+DOWNLOAD="https://github.com/Aleph-One-Marathon/alephone/releases/download/release-20201026/AlephOne-20201026.tar.bz2"
+MD5SUM="5636de266ecd67b88ac9c7d2661e1e78"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES="lua speex zziplib ffmpeg SDL2_net"