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- Sun Apr 18, 2021 7:57 am
- Forum: General Gaming
- Topic: Porting DOS games to modern platforms
- Replies: 12
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Porting DOS games to modern platforms
I have finally found some time to make a demonstration video how a game can be completely rewritten into C++ in less than 25 minutes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fAeUx8A-OE
- Wed Mar 03, 2021 4:30 pm
- Forum: General Gaming
- Topic: Porting DOS games to modern platforms
- Replies: 12
- Views: 9977
Porting DOS games to modern platforms
Thank you for suggestion, I posted it there as well. Just for update, here is Xenon2 ported to javascript (just first level):
http://x.valky.eu/xenon2js
http://x.valky.eu/xenon2js
- Wed Feb 03, 2021 6:49 pm
- Forum: General Gaming
- Topic: Porting DOS games to modern platforms
- Replies: 12
- Views: 9977
Porting DOS games to modern platforms
I have partially ported another game - this time I have used C++ to javascript converter instead of C++ compiled into WASM. Still has some issues, but playable:
Rick Dangerous 2
https://l.valky.eu/dosrick2
Rick Dangerous 2
https://l.valky.eu/dosrick2
- Wed Jan 20, 2021 7:39 am
- Forum: General Gaming
- Topic: Porting DOS games to modern platforms
- Replies: 12
- Views: 9977
Porting DOS games to modern platforms
Yes, but there are some requirements though, the game binary cannot be packed or protected. In those old days there were various tricks to protect the games from copying and the hacker groups either produced "vigrin" binary of the game, or they made resident app that cracks the game during...
- Mon Jan 11, 2021 8:46 am
- Forum: General Gaming
- Topic: Porting DOS games to modern platforms
- Replies: 12
- Views: 9977
Porting DOS games to modern platforms
Yes, exactly like that. The idea behind this project is to have a tool which can be used on any DOS application. But from my research (tested about 10 games), not every game can be ported easily. Currently it supports apps written in raw assembly and it highly depends on how the game was programmed ...
- Sun Dec 27, 2020 7:03 am
- Forum: General Gaming
- Topic: Porting DOS games to modern platforms
- Replies: 12
- Views: 9977
Porting DOS games to modern platforms
Hello guys, few years ago I made an experiment where I translated the disassembled code of a game (Alley Cat, Star Goose) into C++ or Javascript. It was just a proof of concept and a lot of things needed to be fixed by hand. I sporadically returned to this experiment to improve the translation proce...