#BarrenPlanet is released today! This turn-based strategy game runs in #msdos on the original #ibmpc with #cga graphics. Two mining corporations fight a series of battles to gain control of a mineral-rich but lifeless planet. Also runs in DOSBox on just about any computer or mobile device! Get it at http://dos.cyningstan.org.uk/downloads/7/barren-planet
no hard drive, i think i have a period appropriate replacement that may even work
it looks like a scrapper rather violently removed all the cables except power, dislodging the expansion riser in the process
so i have to replace all those, dunno if i still have a stash of them somewhere
has a 12-10-92 date stamp on the case cover, chips on the board have date stamps as late as 40th week 1992, so looks like this thing was built in Oct 1992
perhaps this was someones Christmas '92 present 🎄🎁
CDROM has a manufacture date of Jan 1993, so it was upgraded quickly or perhaps it sold later as a post-christmas clearance deal 🙃
this probably came with Windows 3.1, and would have been a fairly high end machine at the time
Barren Planet campaigns feature up to eight types of unit. Different units can appear in each scenario, and sometimes you can build your own units during the course of the battle. A range of statistics define a unit's capabilities. #barrenplanet#msdos#ibmpc#cga
The #anarchickingdom is a game I released for a game jam back in 2021. For #msdos on the #ibmpc with #cga graphics (like just about everything I've done recently). Graphically inspired by the Bayeux Tapestry, it uses a nice but unusual palette (red, green, brown, with a white background instead of the usual black). I intend to do a play through and post the results on here over the coming weeks.
#Retrocomputing enthusiasts, #chiptune fans, #MSDOS buffs -- I'm looking for a particular piece of software, and I'm hoping one of you remembers.
In maybe the 1992 to 1995 time frame, I had a DOS multi-format module player (at least #Amiga MODs and S3M files) that I'd like to find again. In my memory it was a player, not a tracker, but I'm not 100% certain it couldn't track. It had a gradient-colored bar for each channel, which was at least capable of being a cyan color.
I've setup my MS-DOS machine...but now I need to install retro games and programs to it. What's your preferred method of getting games/files to your machine? I'm open to any and all techniques. :ms_dos:
There can be up to eight terrain types in a Barren Planet campaign. The terrain used in each scenario is drawn from these, so each battle map will have its own individual character. A couple of tables of stats define the effects of terrain. #barrenplanet#ibmpc#msdos#cga
I face an interesting problem for a file selection dialog I want to create:
How do I detect which drive letters are actually available/used in #MSDOS (using either #DJGPP or a DOS/BIOS INT)?
I guess it is always safe to assume A, B and C are there?
What happens when no secondary disk drive is installed?
#TeamDroid is my latest game for #msdos on the #ibmpc with #cga graphics. It's a puzzle game involving cute little robots, who have to get past various obstacles to deliver one or more data cards to their card readers.
Look, if I had the money, I would be all over the #Book8088 (real 8088 #MSDOS laptop) because I do all my coding on a laptop away from home and there’s a huge untapped potential for actually using retro systems. Nobody uses their retro systems to do meaningful work! It’s always videos on repairs & nostalgia and then it gets put away again. #retrocomputing
Interesting... I'd assumed that #FreePascal's 16-bit #DOS cross-compiler was just ignoring the memory model I was setting. Turns out it wasn't, and I hadn't been reading the error messages properly. They're all failing for different reasons!
Surely I must be doing something wrong?
I'm struggling to find any information on issues like this, largely because hardly anyone uses it.
I might end up switching to the 32-bit DOS compiler, just to get something working.