diff --git a/games/amoebax/files/patch-configure b/games/amoebax/files/patch-configure
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..76d7181795bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/games/amoebax/files/patch-configure
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+--- configure.orig	2008-08-02 10:10:49 UTC
++++ configure
+@@ -2329,12 +2329,7 @@ else
+   fi
+ fi
+ for ac_declaration in \
+-   '' \
+-   'extern "C" void std::exit (int) throw (); using std::exit;' \
+-   'extern "C" void std::exit (int); using std::exit;' \
+-   'extern "C" void exit (int) throw ();' \
+-   'extern "C" void exit (int);' \
+-   'void exit (int);'
++   ''
+ do
+   cat >conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
+ /* confdefs.h.  */
diff --git a/games/amoebax/files/patch-src_NewHighScoreState.cxx b/games/amoebax/files/patch-src_NewHighScoreState.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..815610cdd809
--- /dev/null
+++ b/games/amoebax/files/patch-src_NewHighScoreState.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- src/NewHighScoreState.cxx.orig	2007-07-29 16:48:20 UTC
++++ src/NewHighScoreState.cxx
+@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@ NewHighScoreState::unicodeCharacterPress
+     // FIXME: We are only interessted with ASCII values.
+     if ( 0 == (code & 0xff80) )
+     {
+-        char character[2] = {toupper (static_cast<char>(code & 0x7f)), '\0'};
++        char character[2] = {static_cast<char>(toupper (static_cast<char>(code & 0x7f)), '\0')};
+         std::string::size_type characterPos =
+             m_CursorValues.find (std::string (character));
+         if ( std::string::npos != characterPos )