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Peter "Chocky" Naulls has updated his
Unix Porting Project with lots of nice SDL game ports for you all to enjoy.
The current lineup of games include fun titles such as SDLBomber, a BomberMan clone, SDLRoids, the classic asteroid game, and Muncher, a pacman style game.
Most of the games (the ones I tried anyway) run in a multitasking window on the desktop, rather than taking up the full screen.
With the seven games already ported, and more to come, including
Rocks'N'Diamonds, it seems that RISC OS will be getting some welcome additions to the gaming arena.
[update] I forgot to mention in the original article, some of the games use the Digital Renderer module, which is available from the Changelog page.
Source: Unix Porting Project Changelog
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Make way for SDL Games [updated] |
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(22:07 29/4/2003)
Andrew Poole (23:28 29/4/2003)
Guest (10:24 30/4/2003)
The Doctor (12:43 30/4/2003)
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Andrew Weston (16:39 1/5/2003)
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The Doctor |
Message #87540, posted at 22:07, 29/4/2003 |
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Well, I can't believe no-one else has any comments to make on this.
I think it's fantasticly good news.
If there are any bored programmers out there, I'm compiling a list of SDL based games ;-)
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Andrew Poole |
Message #87541, posted at 23:28, 29/4/2003, in reply to message #87540 |
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It is indeed. And Rocks'N'Diamonds is an excellent game :D |
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Message #87542, posted at 10:24, 30/4/2003, in reply to message #87541 |
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No one comments as it's a Naull's job. You'll either be treated with contempt or dismissiveness. |
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The Doctor |
Message #87543, posted at 12:43, 30/4/2003, in reply to message #87542 |
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Well, partially, but the actual port of SDL was done by Andrew Buckley. Peter Naulls (if I've read the drobe article correctly just ported the games using the new SDL port.
Cheers! |
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Message #87544, posted at 06:59, 1/5/2003, in reply to message #87543 |
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Wow, more anti-Chocky syndrome. Disgustingly shallow minded imho. |
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Message #87545, posted at 09:24, 1/5/2003, in reply to message #87544 |
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Which makes Chocky what? Pleasant? |
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Andrew Weston |
Message #87546, posted at 16:39, 1/5/2003, in reply to message #87545 |
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I'm trying to ge these games to work but need somethin called a Drenderer module? Anybody else have this problem? |
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The Doctor |
Message #87547, posted at 19:30, 1/5/2003, in reply to message #87546 |
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Yes, I had this problem too.
I remembered that VICE uses this module and extracted it from that.
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Message #87548, posted at 09:47, 2/5/2003, in reply to message #87547 |
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Oops., know there wassomething else I should have mentioned! You can get the digital renderer module from the changelog page :) |
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Andrew Weston |
Message #87549, posted at 14:21, 2/5/2003, in reply to message #87548 |
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Couldn't find it myself but obviouslty didn't look hard enough - thanks. |
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Message #87550, posted at 20:27, 20/5/2003, in reply to message #87549 |
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AARGH! I still can't find the drenderer module. Can anyone tell me where to download it from? I need it to play Gamma Patrol and it sounds *so* cool and I'm desperate, so please help me. PLEASE. |
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Message #87551, posted at 09:26, 21/5/2003, in reply to message #87550 |
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http://home.t-online.de/home/zarquon/Software.html#drender |
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Message #87552, posted at 18:19, 21/5/2003, in reply to message #87551 |
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thankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyou
I love you.. I mean it |
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Message #87553, posted at 23:19, 21/5/2003, in reply to message #87552 |
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I love me too. |
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Portmeister Peter "Chocky" Naulls has updated his Unix Porting Project with lots of nice SDL game ports for you all to enjoy.