DOS Games Discussion

The wait is over. One of the best dos programs of our time is out, in the form of rallysported v.1 for dos (and ubuntu). Should run on a fast 386. A 486 or better is recommended. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldyMvhhDEd0 A github link pointing to the source code was added, see under releases there...

Some changes to the project. Going for a DOS version of the editor, with a Linux version as a fallback. An early build of the DOS version runs on a fast 386, if not so fast. Neither version will be available for a while, though of course there's no guarantee of availability; in the meantime, grab th...

For any that the editor's 3d runs sluggish, let me know your FPS and CPU specs. Might need 3 GHz or so for a fluid good time, but don't know for sure yet.

The editor doesn't allow it, but you can make a program that converts heightmaps to MAASTO files, and the VARIMAA files are just tilemaps. Do that, grab a recurrent neural network, train it on the world's rally courses, and have it make new ones; though like other kinds of 'randomly-generated' track...

Thanks - writing software is work, of course, but what's most fun is playing the game, and more so with inventive new content, so remember to spread word of the editor and that.

Track editor (RallySportED) http://personal.inet.fi/muoti/eimuoti/rsed/ https://github.com/leikareipa/rallysported New tracks http://personal.inet.fi/muoti/eimuoti/rsed/tracks/ Rally-Sport demo http://personal.inet.fi/muoti/eimuoti/rsed/rallys.zip How to get the game running? DOSBox + cycles=max if...