Re: Buzz Aldrin's Race into Space

From: Markus Baur (baur_at_REMOVETHIS.chello.at)
Date: 09/29/04 

Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2004 20:31:23 GMT

hi ..

how about a linux version .. ?

servus

markus

Michael McCarty wrote:
> Hello,
>
> It's been over 10 years since the releases of Race into Space. In the
> recent years I haven't found the time to try and rework the source
> myself so it will run properly on modern hardware. I've spoken my
> buddy Fritz Bronner, creator of Liftoff! and BARIS and talked him into
> the idea of releasing the source of this game under some sort of open
> source license.
>
> Is there any interest in the release of this code? It was originally
> written in C for the Borland 3.1 compiler under DOS. There is some
> minimal inline assembly including that fading code that keeps it from
> running on the newer machines unless you run with DOSBox.
>
> Is there anyone interested in leading such an effort? I will provide
> as much help as possible along with all the source to the utilities to
> create both the disk and cd version of the game.
>
> Any suggestions of an open source license that prevents the
> distribution of a resulting binary?
>
> As part of the code release we won't be releasing any of the game
> data, so you'd have to find copies of that elsewhere. The source
> won't include the drawing or midi libraries since we don't have any
> rights to distribute that.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Michael McCarty

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