Thanks for letting me know Phil.
While I'm glad destination mars is now playable in windows, I'm slightly
sorry the process can't work for other dos titles too sinse there are some
good games around.
Beware the Grue!
dark.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Phil Vlasak" <[email protected]>
To: "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, January 16, 2012 5:37 PM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Technical questions about the Mars game
Hi Dark,
There was a converter program that turned a DOS turbo C program into a
Window c plus plus for windows program.
It takes a little adjusting but it is easier than writing the game from
scratch.
Carl tried using it for all our DOS games and said there was too much he
would have to change to make it work.
----- Original Message -----
From: "dark" <[email protected]>
To: "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, January 16, 2012 12:32 PM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Technical questions about the Mars game
Ah Phil, in that case probably not much help to the Eamon deluxe
situation, even though the windows port does look uncommonly like the dos
one just with sfx and better gameplay, but this is obviously not because
of any reused code or some magic way of producing a dos style console
window in windows.
Sadly converting the entire Eamon library from basic to C++ isn't
something I think would be at all possible.
Beware the grue!
Dark.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Phil Vlasak" <[email protected]>
To: "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, January 16, 2012 5:23 PM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Technical questions about the Mars game
Hi Dark,
Rich de steno wrote his DOS games in Borland Turbo C in the 1990's
He has re-written the two games in C Plus Plus for Windows.
Phil
----- Original Message -----
From: "dark" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, January 16, 2012 11:58 AM
Subject: [Audyssey] Technical questions about the Mars game
I've just tried the mars game. Nice, and rather fun, but that's
actually not why I'm writing this message.
one problem the developer of Eamon deluxe is having is that sinse Eamon
deluxe needs to use a doss like interface to run the eamon games, the
only option for running it in windows 7 is using dosbox, which is
obviously not accessible, because windows 7 doesn't have a console
window mode for launching 16 bit applications.
yet Mars does! seem to run in a console window, or something very like
it, and obviously the original was made for Dos, yet this version now
works on post xp windows.
has Richard desteno got some sort of code to run doss programs in
windows? could this be added to other games?
If I am utterly wrong and in fact mars is has been completely and
utterly rewritten so as to be a windows application, and doesn't in
fact use the console window at all just let me know. if however there
is a way round this it could be a great way for running Eamon deluxe
accessibly in windows 7, ---- and maybe some other doss games too
assuming Richard would be willing to share his knolidge.
Beware the grue!
Dark.
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