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DOS Defender by skeeto

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made by skeeto for LD31 (COMPO)
DOS Defender is a DOS arcade space shooter. It's intended to run on DOSBox with a gamepad/joystick for control. Mouse input is supported but discouraged. It should work on any 386 running DOS, in case you wanted to play it that way, too. It should work fine with DOSBox's defaults, but bumping up the emulation speed will eliminate the occsional graphical artifacts.

The entire game is just a single binary with all assets (sound, music, graphics) embedded: DOSDEF.COM. There's no ending, it just goes on, increasing in difficulty, until you die. The only long term goal is to maximize your score.

More about this game: http://nullprogram.com/blog/2014/12/09/
DOS (DOSBox) https://github.com/skeeto/dosdefender-ld31/releases/download/1.0.1/DOSDEF.COM
Source https://github.com/skeeto/dosdefender-ld31/archive/1.0.1.tar.gz
GitHub https://github.com/skeeto/dosdefender-ld31/releases/tag/1.0.1
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-31/?action=preview&uid=8472

Ratings

Coolness 57% 3
Overall 3.76 97
Audio 3.44 154
Fun 3.83 51
Graphics 3.52 293
Humor 2.87 318
Innovation 3.24 468
Mood 3.48 145
Theme 3.90 219

Feedback

ranseur
08. Dec 2014 · 18:04 UTC
Loved it. Picking up the old dos is always so nostalgic.
frondeus
08. Dec 2014 · 18:16 UTC
How to run it? Have Windows 8.1 and it says that this is not for my computer.
Proximal Pyro
08. Dec 2014 · 18:20 UTC
Can't test on my laptop because it requires 64-bit
kiiro94
08. Dec 2014 · 18:22 UTC
Oh my god. Loved it. Awesome graphics for a DOS game!
perfect victim
08. Dec 2014 · 18:38 UTC
nice one made me feel a teen again.
BtheDestroyer
08. Dec 2014 · 19:07 UTC
Great for a DOS game. I actually got DOSBox a while back so I could play ZZT but this is way better xD
🎤 skeeto
08. Dec 2014 · 19:23 UTC
@frondeus Run it in DOSBox just like you would play an old DOS game. While Windows will sort of pretend like it might be able to run it -- because at one time it could still run these old DOS games directly -- it won't work that way on any modern system.
pjimmy
08. Dec 2014 · 19:33 UTC
love the use of a (now) uncommon format, well done
AlSweigart
08. Dec 2014 · 20:18 UTC
Nice retro game.
LegacyCrono
08. Dec 2014 · 20:25 UTC
Whoa, a DOS game! Damn, this is fantastic! It took me a few tries to understand what the heck was going on, and the mouse controls is not exactly great. Sadly I didn't had a gamepad to test it with...
Man, if this was a thing back in the DOS age it would be so damn popular. Well done! My record was 6350 :D
KrisDevelopment
08. Dec 2014 · 20:27 UTC
Nice retro style game. Really enjoyed it :)
Morgawr
08. Dec 2014 · 21:34 UTC
Fuck yes, DOS! Nostalgia trip right there, kudos to you!
wavertron
08. Dec 2014 · 21:40 UTC
DOSBox - neat idea. Didnt quite feel like I was getting hit/dying from the enemy bullets, but that DOSBox. Back in the days when there were no Windows, and all you had was one screen. Who woulda thunk it.
arg-games
08. Dec 2014 · 22:33 UTC
Awesome, love it! Great you are developed this in DOS! I've taken a look into the sourcecode, nicely done.
frondeus
08. Dec 2014 · 22:33 UTC
Ok. I got it... great work dude! :)
arzi
08. Dec 2014 · 22:38 UTC
Haha, I've been tinkering around with DOS code (in Turbo-C) lately and also considered doing a DOS game for the LD. The theme is a good fit for that. Nice little game, and always a feat when you don't have a modern easy-to-use engine to work with :)
Thermite
08. Dec 2014 · 22:39 UTC
Very nice, and genuinely retro.
AGausmann
08. Dec 2014 · 23:01 UTC
This is a very great game! I had a lot of fun playing this and I loved the retro graphics and audio (which I attempted to reproduce in my game with less success). The hardest part about the game was that if you're aiming at an enemy, that also means you're moving toward them... That led to some interesting strategies though!
cxsquared
09. Dec 2014 · 01:02 UTC
Super fun. I've never played a dos game and that was really cool.
madmaw
09. Dec 2014 · 07:55 UTC
Argh! I didn't rate this because I'm not OK with installing stuff on my machine for the purposes of rating LD entries. I can't be the only person who feels this way. Maybe you could bundle it with the DOS Box emulator and distribute it as a zip? This article seems to indicate that's possible to do? http://polishlinux.org/apps/dosbox-part-ii-autonomous-dos-programs-for-windows-or-mac/
Wakka
10. Dec 2014 · 14:47 UTC
didnt recognize my gamepad :(
Techblogogy
10. Dec 2014 · 20:19 UTC
Love playing games codes for DOS in 2014. Amazing job1
sP0CkEr2
11. Dec 2014 · 04:03 UTC
thanks for that blast from the past
skulioskarsson
11. Dec 2014 · 23:30 UTC
Awesome :D
EthanWebster
13. Dec 2014 · 19:41 UTC
Fun little game, well done.
Chaoseed
14. Dec 2014 · 20:01 UTC
It says mouse input is supported, but if I run the game (using DOSBox) I get 'Move joystick around its full range, then center joystick and press button A'?
Geckoo1337
16. Dec 2014 · 23:05 UTC
DOS powa ++
Si1ver
17. Dec 2014 · 20:18 UTC
There is no school like the old school!