TI-82 DODGE

by jimbly
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!

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Comments17

NinjaNic
NinjaNic28 Aug 2016, 20:15
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 Games28 Aug 2016, 20:40
Good job! Fits the theme perfectly
iamevn
iamevn28 Aug 2016, 21:48
love it, great use of theme
ryte2byte
ryte2byte29 Aug 2016, 20:44
Turbo Pascal FTW!

Reminds me a lot of River Raid! I got 697.
bigoss7330 Aug 2016, 07:48
Very funny how you fit into the theme by actually making a game for an "ancient" OS xD
Khaoz_Fang30 Aug 2016, 09:11
Fit the theme in a..interesting way.Much more difficult than it appears to be.
Nichii
Nichii30 Aug 2016, 09:41
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
chrisdugne30 Aug 2016, 20:56
what a good idea :D I *did* start programming with a TI-89 myself
dos
dos30 Aug 2016, 21:38
928! \o/
Pretty clean code for a quick game jam DOS game, congrats :)
Jimbly
Jimblyauthor30 Aug 2016, 21:55
dos: Heh, it's Pascal, it's a language made to look like clean psuedo-code! =) Also, nice score!
Dr. Dos
Dr. Dos31 Aug 2016, 03:41
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!
CMangas31 Aug 2016, 10:17
Wow, amazing idea to make a game for DOS.

Game is simple but fun! It is really hard to stay alive :)
tphx
tphx2 Sep 2016, 05:25
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
Mathiouza2 Sep 2016, 21:07
Cool little game, badly, I did not understand the link with the theme :/
upisfree
upisfree11 Sep 2016, 19:26
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
So cool, pretty and nice!
Very good job, dude!

One of the best games of LD#36.
ohsqueezy
ohsqueezy14 Sep 2016, 01:59
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
Rutger Megahertz15 Sep 2016, 17:16
Very nostalgic, great job! Not much more to say since it's such a simple game.

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