DOS Games Discussion

Cheatmaster Stijn · Guest

Hello, i'm looking for a program to create ascii games. i'm also looking for a program to create all sorts of dos-games. does anybody has such a program?

P.S. Sorry for possible orthography errors, because I am Dutch.

Oz · Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2003 7:27 am Post subject:

http://www.dosgames.com/g_gcs.php

you want ZZT and/or Megazeux. they're on that page.

Cheatmaster Stijn · Guest

The Great Haakon · Guest

I would like to know how to create a game on DOS using Windows XP. Somebody please help me.

barok · Posted: Sat Jun 19, 2004 10:03 am Post subject:

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if you want to create an ascii game, why not just learn how to program? ascii games are quite easy once you get the hang of it. in fact, learn qbasic and join qbtk.com's roguelike challenge! personally, i think programming is much better than an maker because it's more flexible.

Interon · Guest

The problem with programming is that it is very time-consuming. Also it can be a pain to learn.

Personally, I think ZZT is the best quick solution for now since it has an intuitive interface and quick results.

Micah · Newbie Joined: 22 Jun 2004 Posts: 5 Location: St Louis

Just use MegaZeux. You can edit the ASCII chars and get some pretty cool effects! You can also edit a 16 color palette, or use SMZX, a VGA hack that allows 256 colors (but is very hard). Here, I will link to a screenshot of what normal MegaZeux graphics are capable of: http://www.digitalmzx.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=7560&st=0 Thats a log of one of the upcoming projects. Also, it has more flexibility than you can imagine.

Guest · Posted: Mon Aug 02, 2004 10:42 pm Post subject:

Qbasic is the best way to make games and everything else.As someone said here Qbasic can do more than you can Imagine Congratulatory

acclue · Guest

speaking of megazeux can some1 help me? i need a way to play it on xp, is there a way? if so how?

nastypoisonspikes · Way too much free time Joined: 07 Oct 2002 Posts: 741

I'm pretty sure that I've done it before, albeit a long time ago, and I may not have had sound. Recently a (beta) Windows port came out on the Megazeux site Zeuxworld, which has unfortunetly now met it's demise for some reason. I don't know, I'm more of a ZZTer. Anyway, you'll have to search for it somewhere. I think there are still other MZX sites around!

Six Leg Goped · Guest

to run megazeux on xp, right click on megazeux.exe and goto the memory tab and under the 'Extended (EMS) memory" box, in the dropdown box, choose "auto" and hit apply and ok

barok_unlogged · Guest

if that doesn't work though, your going to have to go into your bios and turn the legacy usb ports off.

Guest · Posted: Mon Nov 01, 2004 10:27 am Post subject:

microman · Guest

So far, I use ZZT and QBASIC.

I've made a game called treasure of the ruins. Ever played "Last Half of Darkness":
Kindof a step down from that, and text-based. A Frikkin Cuccoan

Fenrir · Member Joined: 28 Mar 2005 Posts: 37 Location: England

I recently made a simple ASCII game in Turbo Pascal 5.5 . Borland are giving away this compiler for free.. Its very good and an easy language to pick up.