Re: [Audyssey] Dos Games Preservation Project

2015-01-10 Thread Michael Gauler
True, but there is one major difference and I don't mean storyline, weapons or gameplay. I know of the original Doom, allthough I haven't played it. But I know that Doom 1 and Quake 1 shared one thing which Shades of Doom up to now has never brought. And this is the ability to design your own

Re: [Audyssey] Dos Games Preservation Project

2015-01-10 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Scot, In a sense that has already been done. That was the entire point of GMA's Shades of Doom. To create an accessible Doom clone. While not exact its as legally close as anyone can get. Cheers! On 1/9/15, Scott Chesworth scottcheswo...@gmail.com wrote: Hey, someone should rewrite doom.

Re: [Audyssey] Dos Games Preservation Project

2015-01-10 Thread Jacob Kruger
closet... - Original Message - From: Thomas Ward thomasward1...@gmail.com To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Friday, January 09, 2015 7:23 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Dos Games Preservation Project Hi John, Unfortunately, the games we are talking about have no source

Re: [Audyssey] Dos Games Preservation Project

2015-01-10 Thread Cara Quinn
Hey Scott, :) Your point is not lost on me. ;) However, I will mention Audio Quake yet again! lol! Ya know, I should get paid for every time I've mentioned Audio Quake on this list! lol! Smiles, Cara --- iOS design and development - LookTel.com --- View my Online Portfolio at:

Re: [Audyssey] Dos Games Preservation Project

2015-01-10 Thread shaun everiss
yes I have heard about that, and aparently you can compile all those games in that format to. At 03:35 a.m. 10/01/2015, you wrote: Hi Shaun, I'm not familiar with those games specifically but as for AGT based games there is a Windows interpreter called Agility or something like that which is

Re: [Audyssey] Dos Games Preservation Project

2015-01-10 Thread shaun everiss
I would also buy this for windows. At 08:57 a.m. 10/01/2015, you wrote: I would buy it for windows and android. follow me on twitter @joshknnd1982 or facebook email joshknnd1...@gmail.com will find facebook site On 1/9/2015 2:33 PM, Teresa Cochran wrote: Oh yeah, I used to play PCS Shoot

Re: [Audyssey] Dos Games Preservation Project

2015-01-09 Thread Scott Chesworth
Hey, someone should rewrite doom. Maybe add a few accessibility features specific to us. That'd be neat :P On 1/9/15, Danielle Antoine singingmywa...@gmail.com wrote: Well, I would like Golf and Leisure Suit Larry and how about Panzers too. On 1/9/15, Josh k joshknnd1...@gmail.com wrote: I

Re: [Audyssey] Dos Games Preservation Project

2015-01-09 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi John, Unfortunately, the games we are talking about have no source code, or at least none that is freely available. The games I had in mind were old Dos games like Elite that was really big back in the80's and early90's, but no longer are compatible with newer computers. I was rather hoping of

Re: [Audyssey] Dos Games Preservation Project

2015-01-09 Thread Zachary Kline
Hi Thomas et al, Since you mention Elite, I feel this link might be useful to you or anybody interested in doing something similar. It’s a text-based reimplementation of the “classic,” trading system, which was basically the heart of the original game. There is no space combat or the like in

Re: [Audyssey] Dos Games Preservation Project

2015-01-09 Thread Teresa Cochran
Oh yeah, I used to play PCS Shoot all the time. Nothing so satisfying as the sound of a propane tank exploding when it's hit in the right place. I'd snap it up on iOS. Teresa Winging its way from my iPod On Jan 9, 2015, at 11:18 AM, Cara Quinn caraqu...@caraquinn.com wrote: PCS titles

Re: [Audyssey] Dos Games Preservation Project

2015-01-09 Thread john
. -- From: Thomas Ward thomasward1...@gmail.com Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2015 18:00 To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Subject: [Audyssey] Dos Games Preservation Project Hello everyone, Over the last couple of weeks there has been a bit

Re: [Audyssey] Dos Games Preservation Project

2015-01-09 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Zack, Cool. I'll definitely have to check this out. Elite was one of my favorite Dos games and I had no idea someone was in the process of rewriting the game. Text Elite looks like a decent start at a new Elite. Cheers! On 1/9/15, Zachary Kline zkl...@speedpost.net wrote: Hi Thomas et al,

Re: [Audyssey] Dos Games Preservation Project

2015-01-09 Thread Cara Quinn
PCS titles going to Mac / iOS would rock even more! ;) Cheers, Cara --- iOS design and development - LookTel.com --- View my Online Portfolio at: http://www.onemodelplace.com/CaraQuinn Follow me on Twitter! https://twitter.com/ModelCara On Jan 7, 2015, at 11:47 PM, shaun everiss

Re: [Audyssey] Dos Games Preservation Project

2015-01-09 Thread Josh k
I would buy it for windows and android. follow me on twitter @joshknnd1982 or facebook email joshknnd1...@gmail.com will find facebook site On 1/9/2015 2:33 PM, Teresa Cochran wrote: Oh yeah, I used to play PCS Shoot all the time. Nothing so satisfying as the sound of a propane tank

Re: [Audyssey] Dos Games Preservation Project

2015-01-09 Thread Danielle Antoine
Well, I would like Golf and Leisure Suit Larry and how about Panzers too. On 1/9/15, Josh k joshknnd1...@gmail.com wrote: I would buy it for windows and android. follow me on twitter @joshknnd1982 or facebook email joshknnd1...@gmail.com will find facebook site On 1/9/2015 2:33 PM, Teresa

Re: [Audyssey] Dos Games Preservation Project

2015-01-09 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Shaun, I'm not familiar with those games specifically but as for AGT based games there is a Windows interpreter called Agility or something like that which is quite accessible. So I'm doubtful that any of those games would need to be converted into an actual Windows executable since there

Re: [Audyssey] Dos Games Preservation Project

2015-01-09 Thread shaun everiss
I agree with tom however I do also want to try to get dosbox to be accessable somehow even if we would need a screenreader to work with dosbox written for doxbox itself. At 12:42 p.m. 8/01/2015, you wrote: Hi Josh, Speak for yourself. You are entirely missing the point of why I'd be willing

Re: [Audyssey] Dos Games Preservation Project

2015-01-09 Thread shaun everiss
a lot of these old games are old and their address info may or may not exist anymore especially those from bbs sites now dead. Its likely even if they were copywriten we couldn't contact the authors anyway so we could go on writing them and if we get correct info on who these authors are we

Re: [Audyssey] Dos Games Preservation Project

2015-01-09 Thread shaun everiss
the pcs titles going to windows will rock but phill is probably going to port those eventually I hope. At 12:09 p.m. 8/01/2015, you wrote: I would like any night football and world series baseball text games. i like sports they are my favorites. follow me on twitter @joshknnd1982 or facebook

Re: [Audyssey] Dos Games Preservation Project

2015-01-09 Thread shaun everiss
for me drone and braminar are games I play on a regular basus and wasteland rebbels. but what are the licences of half this stuff more over even if you have to buy them do the authors and ways to get them exist. I know agt has some sort of game runner though I'd like a way to run agt games in a

Re: [Audyssey] Dos Games Preservation Project

2015-01-09 Thread Josh k
for me, abandonware is like this. I buy a can of soup in the store. I eat the soup out of it. Then for a few more years I use the empty soup can to store various things. It's not abandoned I'm still using it and I would not like it if you steal it. But now later I'm done with the soup can and

[Audyssey] Dos Games Preservation Project

2015-01-07 Thread Thomas Ward
Hello everyone, Over the last couple of weeks there has been a bit of discussion on the best way to preserve and play some of our favorite Dos games. Solutions have ranged from finding a way to make Dosbox and other Dos emulators accessible to actually running MS Dos in a virtual machine with

Re: [Audyssey] Dos Games Preservation Project

2015-01-07 Thread Josh k
we should still keep the vm's around to preserve real ms-dos itself. just for fun. follow me on twitter @joshknnd1982 or facebook email joshknnd1...@gmail.com will find facebook site On 1/7/2015 6:00 PM, Thomas Ward wrote: Hello everyone, Over the last couple of weeks there has been a bit

Re: [Audyssey] Dos Games Preservation Project

2015-01-07 Thread Josh k
I would like any night football and world series baseball text games. i like sports they are my favorites. follow me on twitter @joshknnd1982 or facebook email joshknnd1...@gmail.com will find facebook site On 1/7/2015 6:00 PM, Thomas Ward wrote: Hello everyone, Over the last couple of

Re: [Audyssey] Dos Games Preservation Project

2015-01-07 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Josh, Speak for yourself. You are entirely missing the point of why I'd be willing to rewrite some of these Dos games. The point is to get away from the virtual machines, emulators, and extra dependencies so we could just install and play the games as is. Anything else is too much of a

Re: [Audyssey] Dos Games Preservation Project

2015-01-07 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Josh, Those are a couple of good suggestions, but two questions come to mind. First, Jim Kitchen has a decent self-voicing football and a baseball game. What advantage would there be in rewriting Any Night Football and World Series Baseball since there is already two very accessible and good

Re: [Audyssey] Dos Games Preservation Project

2015-01-07 Thread Josh k
I suppose you could say one person's head-ache is another person's idea of fun? but I agree rewriting them that is the games would let lots more folks play them. not everybody wants to set up a talking real ms-dos virtual machine after all, do they? follow me on twitter @joshknnd1982 or

Re: [Audyssey] Dos Games Preservation Project

2015-01-07 Thread Josh k
first, carl nipla's ANF game has lots more plays than jim's game. and the world series baseball by harry hollingsworth lets you easily make your own teams and has more options than jim's game. at the same time jim's games are fun because of their sounds. ANF and jim's games are both fun in