Added IRE to the list. It's an RPG engine for making games similar to Ultima VI.
flynnsbit wrote on 2022-12-15, 22:44:MrFlibble wrote on 2022-12-15, 15:21:Apparently TMB Productions released the source code to their QuickBasic games, but the files have not been preserved by the Wayback Machine, so the code is possibly lost.
Here is one of them I think. https://github.com/asgerfv/the_little_pixy2
I somehow overlooked your post, thanks for the information!
Anyway, adding to the list the following remakes/conversions:
Ran across this today, not sure what license it's using. $2 to dowload the source
https://scalibq.wordpress.com/2022/12/18/a-ne … space-fuel-inc/
https://megakode.itch.io/spacefuel
MrFlibble: as far I am aware the NetHack source is not gone.
DosFreak wrote on 2023-01-02, 02:43:Ran across this today, not sure what license it's using. $2 to dowload the source
https://scalibq.wordpress.com/2022/12/18/a-ne … space-fuel-inc/
https://megakode.itch.io/spacefuel
Thanks! I remembered that one but didn't realize the source code was available.
WolverineDK wrote on 2023-01-02, 23:26:MrFlibble: as far I am aware the NetHack source is not gone.
It seems that this is an unofficial fork; IIRC the latest official release to have DOS binaries is version 3.4.3, which I have already listed.
Anyway, I'm updating the list with the following games:
Added The Great Giant Sisters, source code available here.
UPD: Also added Iter Vehemens ad Necem and Rogue Clone IV.
Does "source available with purchase of the game" fit the format? If so, Shenzen Solitaire should be listed.
elszgensa wrote on 2023-01-24, 12:39:Does "source available with purchase of the game" fit the format?
Thanks for the info about that game, but I'm thinking that if the source code is not publicly available, then it's not really "open source"?
I can name at least a couple DOS games from the 90s which also supposedly provided the source code to registered users, Ravage and Inner Worlds (IIRC). Also the author of Outer Ridge popped up at dosgames.com forums in 2020 and offered the source code of the game for sale. There were no takers.
Added Space Invaders by Paul S. Reid.
Hmmm got me wondering if any clones of those other classics had been backported to DOS, like Galaxians, Galaga, from the linux versions... well maybe the ingredients are there but the recipe is untested, like there's a SDL galaxians and an SDL for DOS, could be a bit resource heavy though, like need a PII to run.
Unicorn herding operations are proceeding, but all the totes of hens teeth and barrels of rocking horse poop give them plenty of hiding spots.
MrFlibble wrote on 2023-01-24, 16:17:elszgensa wrote on 2023-01-24, 12:39:Does "source available with purchase of the game" fit the format?
Thanks for the info about that game, but I'm thinking that if the source code is not publicly available, then it's not really "open source"?
I can name at least a couple DOS games from the 90s which also supposedly provided the source code to registered users, Ravage and Inner Worlds (IIRC). Also the author of Outer Ridge popped up at dosgames.com forums in 2020 and offered the source code of the game for sale. There were no takers.
interesting but i suspect there were no takers because DOS games like this (nice shareware types, relatively modest games) don't really have any $ value even packaged as source & tools
that would seem a shame to someone who spent months writing it but there it is
I've just removed the following games from the list:
all Clonk games - empbarrasingly, the "code included" is not the source code but the registration code for the shareware versions
Classic Empire - source code is only available for purchase (and possibly no code for the DOS version available at all)
I also added the following games:
I've removed Multiplex from the list, as the game's source was apparently only available upon request from the author, whose page is long down.
Also I had a bit of a sweat to track down the files and sources for MAG a.k.a. Mike's Adventure Game. Apparently, someone nicknamed BALROG (Erik Inge Bolsø) made a page about this game, and the author, Mike Teixeira, contacted Erik and offered the source code for the game, available here. The same page also had a repackaged version of DOS binaries with wrong timestamps -- you can get it here. A release with proper timestamps (but still not the original zip from Mike, as it has extra files from someone else playing, apparently ) can be grabbed here.
Additionally, there are two source ports of MAG: Mikes Adventure Game - Roguelike and Mike's Adventure Game (aka MAG).
Stumbled upon this by chance, "K-Boom" Atomic Bomberman clone https://github.com/mrichtarsky/K-BOOM
Unicorn herding operations are proceeding, but all the totes of hens teeth and barrels of rocking horse poop give them plenty of hiding spots.
BitWrangler wrote on 2023-02-05, 14:15:Stumbled upon this by chance, "K-Boom" Atomic Bomberman clone https://github.com/mrichtarsky/K-BOOM
Nice find, added!
Apparently Omnispeak (Commander Keen second trilogy engine recreation) has a DOS version now.
I don't know if this fits here. Dave Gnukem a playalike/parody of Duke Nukem 1 (2D sidescroller) there is alpha version assembly code posted for 286
https://github.com/davidjoffe/djOldAssemblerSource286
But then he went on to work on versions for later platforms
https://github.com/davidjoffe/dave_gnukem
But I have not yet found a DOS port based on that, uses SDL so maybe the easy way is open there, but tending to need grunty machine I'd think.
Unicorn herding operations are proceeding, but all the totes of hens teeth and barrels of rocking horse poop give them plenty of hiding spots.
MrFlibble wrote on 2023-02-09, 14:34:Apparently Omnispeak (Commander Keen second trilogy engine recreation) has a DOS version now.
Cool!
Here is another one like that: 1OOM / Master of Orion 1 project with DOS build
Currently at version 1.7.5. The Windows version works on Windows XP at least. The project can also be build for Linux as-is. I did not test the DOS version myself, yet.
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Added several more games to the main list:
gerwin wrote on 2023-02-09, 16:36:Here is another one like that: 1OOM / Master of Orion 1 project with DOS build
Nice! I created a new sub-section in the first post, listing various game recreations and source code reconstruction projects (it's a bit messy at the moment):
Source code reconstruction and engine recreations
I'm pretty certain there are a few more projects out there. I did not include OpenFodder, SDLPoP and Dune Dynasty on the list, as they already build upon the reverse-engineered part and do not produce working DOS binaries AFAIK.
BitWrangler wrote on 2023-02-09, 15:50:I don't know if this fits here. Dave Gnukem a playalike/parody of Duke Nukem 1 (2D sidescroller) there is alpha version assembly code posted for 286
https://github.com/davidjoffe/djOldAssemblerSource286
Another cool find (I'm familiar with Dave Gnukem but wasn't aware that it was originally developed for DOS), but I've no idea where to put it at the moment, as the project is vastly incomplete.
