Resource Guide
for
Computer Game Developers
This lists various libraries, development systems, and source packages available
on the Internet via anonymous FTP to game development designers and programmers.
Comments: game-dev@netcom.com
Copyright 1993, Tom Czarnik
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SECTIONS
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(1) Painting, Sprite Designers
(2) Sound Development
(3) Development Libraries or Systems
(4) Source Code
Definitions: archives
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funet
Finland nic.funet.fi:/pub/msdos/games/programming
garbo-tp
Finland garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/turbopas
USA ftp.wustl.edu:/mirrors/garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/turbopas
netcom
USA ftp.netcom.com:/pub/profile/game-dev/tools
USA ftp.uwp.edu:/pub/msdos/games/game-dev/tools
Definitions: system notations
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MS MSDOS MC Macintosh
WIN MS Windows 3.x UX Unix/X-Windows
AM Amiga ST Atari ST
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(1) Painting, Sprite Designers
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* VGA256 [MS]
A 256 color VGA paint program.
Archives:
netcom, funet
Distribution:
256paint.zip
* Sprite Designer v0.8 [MS]
A sprte designer for ModeX or VGA256
Archives:
funet, netcom
Distribtuion:
sprdes.zip
* Tile256 v1.0 [MS]
A VGA256 tile and map editor
Archives:
netcom
Distribibution:
tile11.zip
(2) Sound Development
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* Blast v1.3 [MS]
Sound Blaster utility and MOD player. Includes binaries, documentation, and
objects for Turbo C/C++.
Archives:
funet, netcom
Distribution:
blast13.lzh
* FMPlay v1.0 [MS]
An Adlib and SoundBlaster FM toolkit with background player. A .rol to
.scr convertor is included. Borland C 3.0 source available.
Archives:
netcom
Distribution:
fmplay10.zip
(3) Game Development Libraries or Systems
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* Animation Contruction Kit 3-D [MS]
A package for making Wolf3D style games.
Archives:
funet, netcom
Distribution:
ackkit.zip Main development system
acksrc.zip Borland C and Microsoft assembly sources
pcx2img.zip PCX to IMG conversions for ACK3D
* ANIVGA v1.1 [MS]
Sprite routines, editor, examples, VGA256 binaries with Turbo Pascal
6.0 source.
Archives:
funet
Distribution:
anivga11.zip
* DCGames v3.1 [MS]
Graphics adventure and RPG building system. Includes example games.
Archives:
netcom
Distribution:
dcg301.zip Main system
dcg301sb.zip SoundBlaster support
dcg301xb.zip Voice and music files
dcg301ut.zip Utilities
dcg301up.zip Upgrade from v3.0 to v3.1 only
* EGOF v1.0 [MS]
A Turbo/Borland Pascal 7.0 programming library for VGA256, ModeX, VESA
graphics. Documentation included.
Archives:
garbo-tp
Distribution:
egof10.zip Main library
egof10b.zip Demo PCX files for egof10.zip
egof10m.zip Postscript manual for EGOF v1.0
egof10p.zip Protected mode units for EGOF v1.0
* Hobbes Library v3.0 [MS]
A modeX library for VGA256. No documentation available. Inlcudes Borland
C and assembly.
Archives:
funet, nectom
Distribution:
hobbs3.zip Main system
hobbspr2.zip Related examples. C++ source/sprite executable
* SPX v1.0 [MS]
A VGA256 game library for Turbo Pascal 6.0 and 7.0 by Scott Ramsay.
Successor to GameTP libray.
Archives:
funet, netcom
Distribution:
spx10.zip
spxdemo1.zip Demos with binary and source
* Unchain v2.1 [MS]
A Planar VGA Mode (aka modeX) Enforcer for Borland's IDE by Colin Buckely
Archives:
netcom
Distribution:
unchain2.zip
* VGA Graphics Library v2.0 [MS]
A VGA graphics library by Scott Ramsay. C and assembly source included.
Archives:
netcom
Distribution:
vgl20.zip
* Wordup Graphics Toolkit v3.5 [MS]
A VGA256 sprite library by Barry and Chris Egerter. Shareware
Archives:
funet, netcom
Distribution:
wgt35.zip Main system
wgtdemo1.zip Demo
wgtmap15.zip Map editor v1.5
wgtspr35.zip Sprite editor v3.5
* XLib v4.0c [MS]
A VGA256 ModeX sprite library by Themie Gouthas. Includes Turbo C/TASM source.
Free.
Archives:
funet, netcom
Distribution:
xlib04c.zip Main system
xlibtool.zip Bitmap conversion tools for XLib
* yakIcons v2.4 [MS]
A VGA256 sprite library with higher level routines over xLib, by Victor Putz.
Borland C++ 3.1 source, with doumentation. Free shareware.
Archives:
netcom
Distribution:
yak24pat.zip Patch to yakIcons v2.3
yakdemo.zip Demo of yakIcons
yaktool.zip Converts PCX to .yak and .ypl
yicons24.zip Main system
(4) Source Code
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* Michael Abrash's Columns on Graphics Programming from Dr. Dobbs Journal
Archives:
ftp.uwp.edu:/pub/msdos/demos/source
Distribution:
grphprg.lzh