DOS Games Discussion

Thinking about making a retro game and was wondering...

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It's one of those things. Once you start, it can become addicting. Maybe not for everyone but I enjoy it.

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I've been programming for over a decade in PureBasic. The syntax is similar to that. So it shouldn't take me long.

I'm excited! Just got my copy of QuickBASIC 4.0 from ebay today! Installed it on MS-DOS 5.0 and was going through the example source files earlier. Pretty nice included examples to get one started. Looking forward to making a DOS game!

Was it anything like this game?
http://www.old-games.com/download/3698/ ... ur-marbles

This was available on Windows Plus! 98.

Download.com started doing the same thing some years ago. If I want something, I'll download the file for it. I don't want other "suggested" apps or ads compiled in an installer. I miss the days of DOS. Everything is bloated anymore. The good thing is, I can still use DOS or even Windows 9...

i_leeder wrote:Hey all, I finally got my hands on a working copy, and after 5 months of nagging got it up on Abandonia (can't post link, but you can search their site).
Head over there if you're still looking for a copy.

I posted the link to it a couple of weeks ago. Just look at the post above your last post.

Interesting. I just found this game on another website. It was added to that website last month, 4-12-2015.
http://www.abandonia.com/en/games/31445/.html

Backward compatible mode for CGA monitors. There is an article describing it here: http://www.reenigne.org/blog/why-the-ega-can-only-use-16-of-its-64-colours-in-200-line-modes/ Thanks for the link. That's odd how they did that. I would say most games that were advertised as EGA are really CGA. Kind...

Frenkel wrote:BTW, on an EGA in 320x200 mode you can only use the default 16 colors. In 640x350 you can choose 16 colors from a palette of 64 colors.

Do you happen to know the reasoning for that? One would think you would be able to choose from the 64 colors even in low res, if you can in hi res.

Thanks for the list Frenkel and thanks for the app tienkhoanguyen!

I notice that most games that state they use the EGA color palette, still only use the sixteen colors from the CGA palette. Are there any EGA games that actually use any sixteen colors from the sixty-four colors that EGA offers?

I never really got into Star Trek but may try those games out.

Yeah, not all games made it on more then one system. You may try...
http://www.virtualapple.org/

I wanted something different than a tracker, so I came up with Macrotune's layout/gui. There's already enough trackers style editors, as you have pointed out. No need to create another. There is a help file but basically you write verses on their own lines per channel. The verses can then be combine...

wardrich wrote:This is an interesting project, but the format seems so foreign. What exactly is happening here? haha. It feels and sounds like an alienated version of MOD.

I'm not sure what you mean by "format"? Also, I don't know what "MOD" is?

Updated to v1.1.1

What's new...

1. Error checking for “Paste MML”.
2. Added website/support links to the “Help” menu.
3. Updated the help file.

Updated to v1.1.0 What's new... Share your tunes/songs via the internet, such as forums or email, using "Copy MML" and "Paste MML". Playback and recording timer. Play only a selected part of a verse. Good for listening to small edits you made to your tune/song. Recording to a wav...

You're welcome!

Macrotune was updated to v1.0.1 !

GUI enhancements and adjustments.
Full screen mode for OS X Lion or better.
Minimum resolution 1024x768.

Same download links as above.

Enjoy!