Soviet Bloc Game (C version) - Revision history

Alnwlsn: /* Files */

2023-09-20T20:26:40Z

Files

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	[[File:Wilson-tetris-PC.zip]] - the DOS/PC version		[[File:Wilson-tetris-PC.zip]] - the DOS/PC version

	[[File:~~alnwlen~~-sbg-trs80.dmk]] - (by popular demand) TRS-80 disk image with /CMD binary		[[File:alnwlsn-sbg-trs80.dmk]] - (by popular demand) TRS-80 disk image with /CMD binary

Alnwlsn at 20:25, 20 September 2023

2023-09-20T20:25:59Z

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	So now, there is a version of my Soviet Bloc Game that works on pretty much any computer that runs MS-DOS.		So now, there is a version of my Soviet Bloc Game that works on pretty much any computer that runs MS-DOS.

	==~~Sources~~==		==Files==
	Here is a link to the source files and a compiled version: [[File:Wilson-tetris-NDS-t2.zip]]. You can build this just by running <code>make</code> from within the devkitPro console.		Here is a link to the source files and a compiled version: [[File:Wilson-tetris-NDS-t2.zip]]. You can build this just by running <code>make</code> from within the devkitPro console.

	[[File:Wilson-tetris-PC.zip]] - the DOS/PC version		[[File:Wilson-tetris-PC.zip]] - the DOS/PC version

			[[File:alnwlen-sbg-trs80.dmk]] - (by popular demand) TRS-80 disk image with /CMD binary

Alnwlsn at 20:20, 20 September 2023

2023-09-20T20:20:05Z

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	[[File:Wilson-tetris-trs80.png\|thumb\|Soviet Bloc Game v1.1 running in a trs-80 emulator]]		[[File:Wilson-tetris-trs80.png\|thumb\|Soviet Bloc Game v1.1 running in a trs-80 emulator]]
	While thinking about ways to make my TRS-80 model I more useable in 2019, I realized that I could not easily find a version of ~~Soviet Bloc Game~~ for it (probably because the TRS-80 came out about 10ish years before ~~Soviet Bloc Game~~ was invented), so I thought I might try to write my own after watching an episode of ''the 8-bit Guy'' where David does the same. I used to play the Gameboy version of ~~Soviet Bloc Game~~ all the time on my Ti-nSpire calculator thanks to the nspire hacking scene and an emulator port, so that's the style of ~~Soviet Bloc Game~~ I will try to recreate.		While thinking about ways to make my TRS-80 model I more useable in 2019, I realized that I could not easily find a version of Tetris for it (probably because the TRS-80 came out about 10ish years before Tetris was invented), so I thought I might try to write my own after watching an episode of ''the 8-bit Guy'' where David does the same. I used to play the Gameboy version of Tetris all the time on my Ti-nSpire calculator thanks to the nspire hacking scene and an emulator port, so that's the style of Tetris I will try to recreate.

	However, I have written few games, and never done a ~~Soviet Bloc Game~~ clone before, so I approach this mostly as a challenge.		However, I have written few games, and never done a Tetris-like clone before, so I approach this mostly as a challenge.

	Logal notice: "Tetris" is a trademark of The Tetris Company (who have been known to take down unauthorized trademark versions before: https://github.com/jdah/tetris-os), so I have decided to rename this clone "Soviet Bloc Game"		Logal notice: "Tetris" is a trademark of The Tetris Company (who have been known to take down unauthorized trademark versions before: https://github.com/jdah/tetris-os), so I have decided to rename this clone "Soviet Bloc Game"

Alnwlsn: Alnwlsn moved page Wilson Tetris to Soviet Bloc Game (C version): trademark infringement

2023-09-20T20:19:05Z

Alnwlsn moved page Wilson Tetris to Soviet Bloc Game (C version): trademark infringement

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Alnwlsn at 20:18, 20 September 2023

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Alnwlsn: /* IBM-PC/DOS Version */

2020-03-01T01:58:47Z

IBM-PC/DOS Version

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	So now, there is a version of my Tetris that works on pretty much any computer that runs MS-DOS.		So now, there is a version of my Tetris that works on pretty much any computer that runs MS-DOS.

	==~~=Source=~~==		==Sources==
	Here is a link to the source files and a compiled version: [[File:Wilson-tetris-NDS-t2.zip]]. You can build this just by running <code>make</code> from within the devkitPro console.		Here is a link to the source files and a compiled version: [[File:Wilson-tetris-NDS-t2.zip]]. You can build this just by running <code>make</code> from within the devkitPro console.

	[[File:Wilson-tetris-PC.zip]] - the DOS/PC version		[[File:Wilson-tetris-PC.zip]] - the DOS/PC version

Alnwlsn at 01:58, 1 March 2020

2020-03-01T01:58:24Z

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	Other than that, the port went smoothly, and as usual the hardest parts were trying to figure out how to get inputs from the buttons and how to draw blocks on the screen. Once I got that done I had a working version of Tetris about 30 seconds later, and the rest was fine tuning it.		Other than that, the port went smoothly, and as usual the hardest parts were trying to figure out how to get inputs from the buttons and how to draw blocks on the screen. Once I got that done I had a working version of Tetris about 30 seconds later, and the rest was fine tuning it.

	The last step is, hey, the DS has speakers. The example code includes a way to play MOD-like tracker files (XM, S3M, and others). So, why not finish it out with a poorly rendered Midi version of All Star by Smash Mouth? This was literally a matter of adding about 5 lines to my existing code, and disabling a couple things in the setup that it turned out I wasn't using anyways. The player takes everything in the background, while playing Tetris still. It uses some hardware (interrupts, timers and the like) so you can't drop it into just any source code you've got, but for one like Tetris that barely uses any special hardware it works fine.		The last step is, hey, the DS has speakers. The example code includes a way to play MOD-like tracker files (XM, S3M, and others). So, why not finish it out with a poorly rendered Midi version of All Star by Smash Mouth? This was literally a matter of adding about 5 lines to my existing code, and disabling a couple things in the setup that it turned out I wasn't using anyways. The player takes everything in the background, while playing Tetris still. It uses some hardware (interrupts, timers and the like) so you can't drop it into just any source code you've got, but for one like Tetris that barely uses any special hardware it works fine.

			==IBM-PC/DOS Version==
			I got a bunch of 5-1/4 floppy drives recently and used them to fix the first computer I learned to program - the Sanyo MBC-550. This 1983 computer comes with MS-DOS and BASIC, but is not IBM-PC compatible (no CGA card, for instance, instead having it's own internal color graphics). As such, it has very little games availible for it.

			Since I had never written any code for a 8088 based system, and I have five computers that use a pre-286 CPU, I decided to port my Tetris to it. GCC does not work for anything below a 386, but Open WATCOM does, so that's what I used.

			This C comiler comes with modes for choosing text modes, but like most IBM PC software, it directly accesses the hardware to make it work. This makes things incompatible with the Sanyo. The Sanyo does support standard BIOS Interrupt calls, which are slower than the direct hardware calls but are fast enough for Tetris. However, I discovered that C functions to do text manipulation are too slow for Tetris, at least on a slow system like the Sanyo. So, the sections to write graphics and also read keys on the keyboard are done in Assembly. For proper timing between system of different clock speeds, I used the system tick - Int 1aH, which increments a counter about 18.2 times per second.

			So now, there is a version of my Tetris that works on pretty much any computer that runs MS-DOS.

	===Source===		===Source===
	Here is a link to the source files and a compiled version: [[File:Wilson-tetris-NDS-t2.zip]]. You can build this just by running <code>make</code> from within the devkitPro console.		Here is a link to the source files and a compiled version: [[File:Wilson-tetris-NDS-t2.zip]]. You can build this just by running <code>make</code> from within the devkitPro console.

			[[File:Wilson-tetris-PC.zip]] - the DOS/PC version

Alnwlsn: /* Nintendo DS version */

2019-06-28T04:58:47Z

Nintendo DS version

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	Other than that, the port went smoothly, and as usual the hardest parts were trying to figure out how to get inputs from the buttons and how to draw blocks on the screen. Once I got that done I had a working version of Tetris about 30 seconds later, and the rest was fine tuning it.		Other than that, the port went smoothly, and as usual the hardest parts were trying to figure out how to get inputs from the buttons and how to draw blocks on the screen. Once I got that done I had a working version of Tetris about 30 seconds later, and the rest was fine tuning it.

	The last step is, hey, the DS has speakers. The example code includes a way to play MOD-like tracker files (XM, S3M, and others). So, why not finish it out with a poorly rendered Midi version of All Star by Smash Mouth? This was literally a matter of adding about 5 lines to my existing code, and disabling a couple things in the setup that it turned out I wasn't using anyways. The player takes everything in the background, while playing Tetris still. It uses some hardware (interrupts, timers and the like) so you can't drop it into just any ~~cource~~ code you've got, but for one like Tetris that barely uses any ~~specia~~ hardware it works fine.		The last step is, hey, the DS has speakers. The example code includes a way to play MOD-like tracker files (XM, S3M, and others). So, why not finish it out with a poorly rendered Midi version of All Star by Smash Mouth? This was literally a matter of adding about 5 lines to my existing code, and disabling a couple things in the setup that it turned out I wasn't using anyways. The player takes everything in the background, while playing Tetris still. It uses some hardware (interrupts, timers and the like) so you can't drop it into just any source code you've got, but for one like Tetris that barely uses any special hardware it works fine.

	===Source===		===Source===
	Here is a link to the source files and a compiled version: [[File:Wilson-tetris-NDS-t2.zip]]. You can build this just by running <code>make</code> from within the devkitPro console.		Here is a link to the source files and a compiled version: [[File:Wilson-tetris-NDS-t2.zip]]. You can build this just by running <code>make</code> from within the devkitPro console.

Alnwlsn: /* Nintendo DS version */

2019-06-28T04:57:47Z

Nintendo DS version

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	Other than that, the port went smoothly, and as usual the hardest parts were trying to figure out how to get inputs from the buttons and how to draw blocks on the screen. Once I got that done I had a working version of Tetris about 30 seconds later, and the rest was fine tuning it.		Other than that, the port went smoothly, and as usual the hardest parts were trying to figure out how to get inputs from the buttons and how to draw blocks on the screen. Once I got that done I had a working version of Tetris about 30 seconds later, and the rest was fine tuning it.

	The last step is, hey, the DS has speakers. The example code includes a way to play MOD-like tracker files (XM, S3M, and others). So, why not finish it out with a poorly rendered Midi version of All Star by Smash Mouth? ~~(Answer: because its funny)~~ This was literally a matter of adding about 5 lines to my existing code, and disabling a couple things in the setup that it turned out I wasn't using anyways. The player takes everything in the background, while playing Tetris still. It uses some hardware (interrupts, timers and the like) so you can't drop it into just any cource code you've got, but for one like Tetris that barely uses any specia hardware it works fine.		The last step is, hey, the DS has speakers. The example code includes a way to play MOD-like tracker files (XM, S3M, and others). So, why not finish it out with a poorly rendered Midi version of All Star by Smash Mouth? This was literally a matter of adding about 5 lines to my existing code, and disabling a couple things in the setup that it turned out I wasn't using anyways. The player takes everything in the background, while playing Tetris still. It uses some hardware (interrupts, timers and the like) so you can't drop it into just any cource code you've got, but for one like Tetris that barely uses any specia hardware it works fine.

	===Source===		===Source===
	Here is a link to the source files and a compiled version: [[File:Wilson-tetris-NDS-t2.zip]]. You can build this just by running <code>make</code> from within the devkitPro console.		Here is a link to the source files and a compiled version: [[File:Wilson-tetris-NDS-t2.zip]]. You can build this just by running <code>make</code> from within the devkitPro console.

Alnwlsn: /* Nintendo DS version */

2019-06-11T04:14:44Z

Nintendo DS version

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	Other than that, the port went smoothly, and as usual the hardest parts were trying to figure out how to get inputs from the buttons and how to draw blocks on the screen. Once I got that done I had a working version of Tetris about 30 seconds later, and the rest was fine tuning it.		Other than that, the port went smoothly, and as usual the hardest parts were trying to figure out how to get inputs from the buttons and how to draw blocks on the screen. Once I got that done I had a working version of Tetris about 30 seconds later, and the rest was fine tuning it.

	The last step is, hey, the DS has speakers. The example code includes a way to play MOD-like tracker files (XM, S3M, and others). So, why not finish it out with a poorly rendered Midi version of All Star by Smash Mouth? This was ~~literaly~~ a matter of adding about 5 lines to my existing code, and disabling a couple things in the setup that it turned out I wasn't using anyways. The player takes everything in the background, while playing Tetris still. It uses some hardware (interrupts, timers and the like) so you can't drop it into just any cource code you've got, but for one like Tetris that barely uses any specia hardware it works fine.		The last step is, hey, the DS has speakers. The example code includes a way to play MOD-like tracker files (XM, S3M, and others). So, why not finish it out with a poorly rendered Midi version of All Star by Smash Mouth? (Answer: because its funny) This was literally a matter of adding about 5 lines to my existing code, and disabling a couple things in the setup that it turned out I wasn't using anyways. The player takes everything in the background, while playing Tetris still. It uses some hardware (interrupts, timers and the like) so you can't drop it into just any cource code you've got, but for one like Tetris that barely uses any specia hardware it works fine.

	===Source===		===Source===
	Here is a link to the source files and a compiled version: [[File:Wilson-tetris-NDS-t2.zip]]. You can build this just by running <code>make</code> from within the devkitPro console.		Here is a link to the source files and a compiled version: [[File:Wilson-tetris-NDS-t2.zip]]. You can build this just by running <code>make</code> from within the devkitPro console.