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TI-82 DODGE by Jimbly

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made by Jimbly for LD36 (COMPO)
Digging through some ancient technology, I have used a TI-82 Calculator graphics library for Borland Turbo Pascal and created a (very simple) game for 16-bit DOS.

Minimum System Requirements:
* 80286 3MHz or higher
* EGA or VGA Graphics Adapter
* 30 KB Disk Space (floppy or hard drive)
* DOS 5.0
* PKUNZIP v2.04g

Maximum System Requirements:
* An OS that can run 16-bit DOS programs. Windows XP is the last one that will work, I suspect. I recommend Windows 3.1 or OSX/Warp.
* DOSBox is included for emulation on more futuristic computers.

Well, I had only a few hours available, but wanted to submit *something*, so decided to just dive into some ancient technology, reliving my early coding days from when high school AP Computer Science courses were still taught using Pascal. This game is probably not worth playing, perhaps more fun is trying to get it to run on a modern computer!
Windows http://dashingstrike.com/LudumDare/LD36/TI82Dodge.zip
16-bit DOS http://dashingstrike.com/LudumDare/LD36/TI82DODG.ZIP
Source http://dashingstrike.com/LudumDare/LD36/LD36.PAS
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-36/?action=preview&uid=55346

Feedback

NinjaNic
28. Aug 2016 · 20:10 UTC
I haven't downloaded the game, but it looks really cool! I want to go get out a calculator and play this one. XD

Good work, and I completely understand what you meant by that you only had a few hours to work but wanted to submit something. I will feel the same way, when I upload my game here.
Crown Games
28. Aug 2016 · 20:35 UTC
Good job! Fits the theme perfectly
iamevn
28. Aug 2016 · 21:43 UTC
love it, great use of theme
ryte2byte
29. Aug 2016 · 20:39 UTC
Turbo Pascal FTW!

Reminds me a lot of River Raid! I got 697.
bigoss73
30. Aug 2016 · 07:43 UTC
Very funny how you fit into the theme by actually making a game for an "ancient" OS xD
Khaoz_Fang
30. Aug 2016 · 09:06 UTC
Fit the theme in a..interesting way.Much more difficult than it appears to be.
Nichii
30. Aug 2016 · 09:36 UTC
excellent use of the theme, good job. I giggled from the concept of this. The gameplay is pretty simple but it finished what it strived to do so good job on that.Also the game runs well on windows 10 so good to know that the max os isnt xp.
chrisdugne
30. Aug 2016 · 20:51 UTC
what a good idea :D I *did* start programming with a TI-89 myself
dos
30. Aug 2016 · 21:33 UTC
928! \o/
Pretty clean code for a quick game jam DOS game, congrats :)
🎤 Jimbly
30. Aug 2016 · 21:50 UTC
dos: Heh, it's Pascal, it's a language made to look like clean psuedo-code! =) Also, nice score!
Dr. Dos
31. Aug 2016 · 03:36 UTC
This is definitely the kind of game I'd have kept on my graphing calculator back in the day.

I'm also amazed to find out I'm not the only person who made something requiring Dosbox!
CMangas
31. Aug 2016 · 10:12 UTC
Wow, amazing idea to make a game for DOS.

Game is simple but fun! It is really hard to stay alive :)
tphx
02. Sep 2016 · 05:20 UTC
Very well done. So simple yet so amazingly awesome. Some of the parts it seemed like the map scrolled faster than I could move but maybe that's just me hitting the wall and blaming it on the game. I'm a big fan of games being made on ancient technology.
Mathiouza
02. Sep 2016 · 21:02 UTC
Cool little game, badly, I did not understand the link with the theme :/
upisfree
11. Sep 2016 · 19:21 UTC
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
So cool, pretty and nice!
Very good job, dude!

One of the best games of LD#36.
ohsqueezy
14. Sep 2016 · 01:54 UTC
I remember playing something similar on TI-83 where you're driving through a tunnel. I loved playing graphing calculator games. I like this game as well. I think there is potential to use automatic repeat key presses as an advanced technique for difficult turns.
Rutger Megahertz
15. Sep 2016 · 17:11 UTC
Very nostalgic, great job! Not much more to say since it's such a simple game.