....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
....========
(1) Painting, Sprite Designers
(2) Sound Development
(3) Development Libraries or Systems
(4) Source Code


...Definitions: archives
...=====================
.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
...=============================
..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
==============================
* 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
=====================
* 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
=========================================.
* 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
===============
* Michael Abrash's Columns on Graphics Programming from Dr. Dobbs Journal
.Archives:
..ftp.uwp.edu:/pub/msdos/demos/source
.Distribution:
..grphprg.lzh
