recently i worked on remake of DOS remake of Konami's Knightmare game[0]. the game is playable now, it has music from original MSX Knightmare, and sfx/gfx/levels from DOS remake. it is written in D, of course, and it is FOSS. you can find the sources here[1].

as usual, you'll need my IV modules[2], and Adam's ARSD modules[3].
the code won't work on 64-bit arches, tho (due to some bugs in sdpy/iv). but it can be compiled for 32-bit GNU/Linux, and 32-bit windows.

here is windows binary for those who cannot (or don't want to) build the binary[4].

WARNING! the code is a partial port of old DOS turbo pascal sources, so it is *very* far from something even remotely sane.

it is not polished yet, but that should not stop you! play this excellent classic shooter while it is hot! ;-)

some tech info: arsd.simpledisplay is used for video (with OpenGL backend), arsd.simplesound for audio (with my AY-8910 emulator), iv.vfs for VFS support. as the game designed for 20 FPS, i didn't bother avoiding GC (that is, the engine allocates like crazy).

enjoy, and happy hacking!


[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knightmare_(1986_video_game)
[1] http://repo.or.cz/knightmare.git
[2] http://repo.or.cz/iv.d.git
[3] https://github.com/adamdruppe/arsd
[4] http://files.catbox.moe/z19j91.7z

Dne 23.11.2017 v 13:18 ketmar via Digitalmars-d-announce napsal(a):
> recently i worked on remake of DOS remake of Konami's Knightmare game[0]. the game is playable now, it has music from original MSX Knightmare, and sfx/gfx/levels from DOS remake. it is written in D, of course, and it is FOSS. you can find the sources here[1].
> 
> as usual, you'll need my IV modules[2], and Adam's ARSD modules[3].
> the code won't work on 64-bit arches, tho (due to some bugs in sdpy/iv).
> but it can be compiled for 32-bit GNU/Linux, and 32-bit windows.
> 
> here is windows binary for those who cannot (or don't want to) build the
> binary[4].
> 
> WARNING! the code is a partial port of old DOS turbo pascal sources, so it is *very* far from something even remotely sane.
> 
> it is not polished yet, but that should not stop you! play this excellent classic shooter while it is hot! ;-)
> 
> some tech info: arsd.simpledisplay is used for video (with OpenGL
> backend), arsd.simplesound for audio (with my AY-8910 emulator), iv.vfs
> for VFS support. as the game designed for 20 FPS, i didn't bother
> avoiding GC (that is, the engine allocates like crazy).
> 
> enjoy, and happy hacking!
> 
> 
> [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knightmare_(1986_video_game)
> [1] http://repo.or.cz/knightmare.git
> [2] http://repo.or.cz/iv.d.git
> [3] https://github.com/adamdruppe/arsd
> [4] http://files.catbox.moe/z19j91.7z

Neat! Instead of working, I was spamming shift like crazy...

Now, when you say a partial port, did you make some automated translation or it is just a manual labor with lotta love?

Martin

Martin Drašar wrote:

> Neat! Instead of working, I was spamming shift like crazy...
glad that you liked it! this little thingy is very addictive. ;-)


> Now, when you say a partial port, did you make some automated
> translation or it is just a manual labor with lotta love?
fully manual work. ah, except some simple regexps to replace "=" to "==", ":=" to "=" and such. i ported all monster and movement logic, and wrote new video, audio and game state management subsystems from scratch.

On Thursday, 23 November 2017 at 12:18:38 UTC, ketmar wrote:
> recently i worked on remake of DOS remake of Konami's Knightmare game[0]. the game is playable now, it has music from original MSX Knightmare, and sfx/gfx/levels from DOS remake. it is written in D, of course, and it is FOSS. you can find the sources here[1].
>
> [...]

This is pretty neat, good job!

bauss wrote:

> On Thursday, 23 November 2017 at 12:18:38 UTC, ketmar wrote:
>> recently i worked on remake of DOS remake of Konami's Knightmare game[0]. the game is playable now, it has music from original MSX Knightmare, and sfx/gfx/levels from DOS remake. it is written in D, of course, and it is FOSS. you can find the sources here[1].
>>
>> [...]
>
> This is pretty neat, good job!

thank you!

latest binary. some fixes, nicer title screen, alt now shoots too...

http://files.catbox.moe/k7xxn0.7z

quickfix. forgot to properly set requested OpenGL version.

http://files.catbox.moe/lx02hz.7z

On 11/24/2017 08:28 PM, ketmar wrote:
> quickfix. forgot to properly set requested OpenGL version.
> 
> http://files.catbox.moe/lx02hz.7z


Very cool! Works under wine for me. Not a game I was familiar with, so it's cool learning hands-on about more of Konami's back catalog from one of the best gaming eras.

Nick Sabalausky (Abscissa) wrote:

> On 11/24/2017 08:28 PM, ketmar wrote:
>> quickfix. forgot to properly set requested OpenGL version.
>> http://files.catbox.moe/lx02hz.7z
>
>
> Very cool! Works under wine for me. Not a game I was familiar with, so it's cool learning hands-on about more of Konami's back catalog from one of the best gaming eras.

thank you! then you prolly can try this remake too:
http://www2.braingames.getput.com/mog/default.asp

this is Knightmare 2: a very different style, but great still great game.

p.s.: the same codebase is working with GNU/Linux too. just rdmd it, with the proper -I settings. tnx to iv.vfs and arsd.sdpy, the code itself doesn't care about underlying OS. ;-)

On Tuesday, 28 November 2017 at 07:47:14 UTC, Nick Sabalausky (Abscissa) wrote:
> On 11/24/2017 08:28 PM, ketmar wrote:
>> quickfix. forgot to properly set requested OpenGL version.
>> 
>> http://files.catbox.moe/lx02hz.7z
>
>
> Very cool! Works under wine for me. Not a game I was familiar with, so it's cool learning hands-on about more of Konami's back catalog from one of the best gaming eras.

chrome starts the download and then prevents it. would it be because if 7z?