Is this like SameGame? It seems an "improved" version of that game.

I wasn’t aware of SameGame but it looks similar.
SameGame the goal seems to be to clear the board, and in Tetragon it replaces the blocks and you are just going for High Score.

I’ve decided that my amateur coding projects don’t each deserve their own thread so I’ll just keep adding here:

Meet Video Poker - Jacks or Better, a recreation of the classic casino game.

I’d guess same requirements as before - something like 8088, DOS 5.0+, 640kb, CGA or better, and Mouse.

Edit: Minor update, added ESC key quit, incase you run program without a mouse driver loaded. Still needs mouse to play, I’ll probably added keyboard support in future.

Download link:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZeHRrl2Zdd1N … ew?usp=drivesdk

I enjoyed both your projects. Thanks for making them.

Will you ever consider adding keyboard support to Tetragon? It would be very nice indeed. This game is great, very similar to SameGame, but even better.

Thanks for the feedback. I’ll try adding keyboard support to Tetragon but it might take a few weeks. I’ve just started my vacation.

I updated Tetragon to v1.1 with keyboard support. Let me know if you notice extra overhead, I had to filter the keypresses due to typematic rate simply trying to redraw too much too fast. It will ignore keypresses faster than 100 ms.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1QauCMuVE_cu2 … ew?usp=drivesdk

Should work with keys or mouse:

Escape = Quit
R = Reset
Arrow keys = move around squares
Space = select square

Thanks for the update. Works well with both keyboard and mouse. Appreciated.

MADHOUSE - a simple text adventure.

Requirements:
8088/8086
CGA
640kb ram
Dos 5.0

Download: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rSnTE6QD9RsO … ?usp=drive_link

If you find any bugs, let me know.

I learned some important but painful programming lessons about strict vs dynamic string arrays , 255 char limit on strings, and just because it works in IDE doesn't mean it will compile. On to the next project.

So I recently discovered that I had accidently selected 'Compile with optimizations for 286', when I had intended for all these to work on XT class machine. I'll recompile and upload shortly. Also, There's going to be a delay in game releases, because I'm planning on submitting for the Dosember Game Jam.

Played Madhouse, solid little text adventure that delivers a scary experience in a small package, well done!

Slight typo: Captiol → Capitol.

ffaff wrote on 2025-11-20, 18:31:

Played Madhouse, solid little text adventure that delivers a scary experience in a small package, well done!

Slight typo: Captiol → Capitol.

Thanks for the feedback!

Madhouse is wonderful! Great descriptions of dread and foreboding. I like the randomized game, so there's no pattern and every game is a new game. When I played back in August, I noticed a few spelling errors / incorrect grammar constructs. I was able to patch them in the textstrings of the .exe

The game is just short enough for a single session. Great oldschool action. Congratulations.

zyzzle wrote on 2025-11-22, 22:26:

Madhouse is wonderful! Great descriptions of dread and foreboding. I like the randomized game, so there's no pattern and every game is a new game. When I played back in August, I noticed a few spelling errors / incorrect grammar constructs. I was able to patch them in the textstrings of the .exe

The game is just short enough for a single session. Great oldschool action. Congratulations.

Thanks! I'll be sure to give spelling and grammar a 2nd look next time I open it.

So I uploaded a game to the Dosember 2025 Game Jam... TOPTUNA

Link: https://itch.io/jam/dosember-game-jam/rate/4075726

I was really hoping to make a 2nd submission but I'm only about 85% done another project, so I'll just release it when its done. Now that I look at the other submissions, I'm hopelessly outclassed. Oh well, its fun for me.

RATHUNT - point and click shooter, inspired by the Win3.x Game - Prairie dog Hunt.

Requirements:
8088/8086 or better
CGA or better
640kb ram
Dos 5.0 or better
Mouse

Download: http://eah-triscuit.com/programs/rathunt.zip

If you find any bugs, let me know.

DrawText - A dos utility designed to aid in the creation of ascii art work to be shown in batch files or on the dos prompt.

Requirements:
8088/8086 or better
CGA or better
640kb ram
Dos 5.0 or better
Mouse

Download: http://eah-triscuit.com/programs/DRAWTEXT.zip

I'm not the best artist... 😀

BinaryDemon wrote on 2026-05-10, 19:52:

RATHUNT - point and click shooter, inspired by the Win3.x Game - Prairie dog Hunt.

If you find any bugs, let me know.

Tested, and it plays very well. No bugs found. It's very challenging, fast and frenetic. Thanks for releasing it. Using both keyboard and mouse at same time is frustrating. Unless it is your intention to increase challenge of the game, perhaps left mouse click could be used for firing, while right mouse click could be used for reload instead of, or alternatively to "R" key.

I think I was just trying to provide options, generally I just frantically left and right click but I think the old lightgun games generally forced you to shoot reload or lower the gun.

Thanks for the feedback!