How do you write a DOS game? #DOScember #DOScember2023

How do you write a DOS game? #DOScember #DOScember2023

In this video we'll talk about how to make a game for DOS that targets an #Olivetti #M24 computer with 640k of RAM, #CGA graphics, PC-Speaker sound (generated with MONOTONE, a very cool DOS #tracker also used for making the music for the 8088mph demo), and keyboard input. We'll take a look at its source code, and how to build it using the Open Watcom C compiler from the #FreeDOS distribution using #DOSBox. We'll finally run the game on an Olivetti M24 machine emulated by #86Box.

My Odysee channel: https://odysee.com/$/invite/@bugnano:a

My unfinished DOS game: https://github.com/bugnano/bomberman-dos

The Sprite Sheet of the Bomberman game for the Nintendo Entertainment System: https://www.spriters-resource.com/nes/bomberman/sheet/7884/

The MONOTONE tracker: https://github.com/MobyGamer/MONOTONE

The Open Watcom C compiler from FreeDOS: https://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/repositories/1.3/pkg-html/watcomc.html