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Re: Open source DOS games

Posted on 2024-02-15, 01:00

in Milliways
I recently put xyMDA (updated) text mode version of xyWords on Github https://github.com/techdistractions/xymda It has the source in Quickbasic 4.5 and I've left the license as Public Domain It was the first time using Github, or uploading my source anywhere public. Wish I did it earlier.. 😀

Re: SBEMU: Sound Blaster emulation on AC97

Posted on 2024-01-28, 12:46

in Marvin \ Sound
I'm curious how you got stunts to work with sbemu In my (limited) testing I get the "reservememory - OUT OF MEMORY RESERVING polyinfo P=28b HW=f02" when trying to load the game. It seems to happen only after HDPMI32I is loaded and no combination of switches or arguments seem to make any positive …

Re: SBEMU: Sound Blaster emulation on AC97

Posted on 2024-01-26, 03:37

in Marvin \ Sound
I'm curious how you got stunts to work with sbemu In my (limited) testing I get the "reservememory - OUT OF MEMORY RESERVING polyinfo P=28b HW=f02" when trying to load the game. It seems to happen only after HDPMI32I is loaded and no combination of switches or arguments seem to make any positive …

Re: Open source DOS games

Posted on 2023-11-22, 04:42

in Milliways
xyWords: Text-Mode Edition - a new DOS game for XT/256KB RAM/MDA/360KB FDD (with source) I recently made a text-mode version of my earlier released xyWords game It is complete with (admittedly poorly commented) source code and released under public domain 4am.org/xywords/xymda.zip

Re: Working on a text-mode word puzzle targeting XT/256MB/MDA

Posted on 2023-11-05, 09:17

in Milliways
TuesdaysGone wrote on 2023-11-01, 16:00: Thanks for sharing and great job¡ Being a programmer myself, I always enjoy seeing what others are creating. Looking forward to the finished product! Best wishes, Tony. Thank you Tony 😀 This has been just a little distracting hobby, but it has been fun to …

Re: Working on a text-mode word puzzle targeting XT/256MB/MDA

Posted on 2023-11-05, 09:16

in Milliways
Very interesting, I second that. 🙂 👍 Makes me wonder if the game will run on early MS-DOS Compatible PCs. These aren't IBM compatible, but can run text-mode programs using MS-DOS API/ABI. Some also have a PC BIOS simulator. The original Tetris ran on such PCs, if I remember correctly. And Norton …

Re: Working on a text-mode word puzzle targeting XT/256MB/MDA

Posted on 2023-11-05, 09:10

in Milliways
Nice, reminds me of an android app I used to play a lot called Wordscapes, which used to be decent 5 years ago, but turned into an Ad streaming app that lets you play a word game a few times an hour. I'm glad you mention this :-) I played the IOS variant for about a decade and am a very big fan. …

Working on a text-mode word puzzle targeting XT/256MB/MDA

Posted on 2023-10-29, 11:19

in Milliways
During a recent itch.io dos game jam I created xyWords - a simple word game targeting IBM-PC XT and 4-color graphics. It was a fairly complete project and even managed to stretch in a puzzle editor. All done in Quickbasic 4.5 - a language I hadn't touched in about 25 years and the first programming …

Re: xyWords - New DOS game for XT/CGA

Posted on 2023-04-27, 14:22

in Milliways
I second that! 🙂👍 What comes to mind, does anybody of you in NTSC land have an RF modulator and a 1970s CRT TV? The IBM CGA board had an internal header for an RF modulator. That CVBS/Composite header was used for portables, too, I heard. I would love to see how such a game looks on a blurry TV set …

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