SCUMM source code

Escorter · Post by **Escorter** » Wed Jun 14, 2006 9:14 pm

Hi!

I'm just curious about the original DOS version of SCUMM. Is the original source code available somewhere?

LordHoto · Post by **LordHoto** » Wed Jun 14, 2006 9:20 pm

No it isn't. ScummVM was developed with RE, LucasArts never gave away the sourcecode.

Escorter · Post by **Escorter** » Wed Jun 14, 2006 9:25 pm

And is there any open sourced "drop-in replacement" engine for SCUMM games (like ScummVM, but for DOS)?

john_doe · Post by **john_doe** » Wed Jun 14, 2006 9:27 pm

No, but you could try to write a DOS-backend for ScummVM

Post by **sev** » Wed Jun 14, 2006 9:42 pm

john_doe wrote:No, but you could try to write a DOS-backend for ScummVM

Yeah, say, with use of Allegro. Should not be very hard.

Eugene

Escorter · Post by **Escorter** » Wed Jun 14, 2006 9:53 pm

That's a good idea, I thought a lot about that a few months ago, but I'm currently busy with another project. But if I have some free time, "I'll give it a try".

wonst719 · Post by **wonst719** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 4:37 pm

Wow. I did write DOS backend some time ago using DJGPP and allegro lib and it actually worked pretty well, but I deleted all the source codes by accident.
Think I should make backups frequently.

IIGS_User · Post by **IIGS_User** » Sat Aug 26, 2006 5:15 pm

john_doe wrote:No, but you could try to write a DOS-backend for ScummVM

To run it in DOSBOX?

timofonic · Post by **timofonic** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 7:06 am

wonst719 wrote:Wow. I did write DOS backend some time ago using DJGPP and allegro lib and it actually worked pretty well, but I deleted all the source codes by accident.
Think I should make backups frequently.

Are you considering to developing it again someday? What about a bounty for it?

I will get an old machine for DOS stuff, and I will put certain audio hardware for testing. ScummVM for DOS could be quite interesting for my retrogaming experiments

fingolfin · Post by **fingolfin** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 8:28 am

I am not sure you would want to run ScummVm on an "old machine", unless it's not that old after all. It takes a lot of resources, even if run under DOS.

timofonic · Post by **timofonic** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 10:56 am

fingolfin wrote:I am not sure you would want to run ScummVm on an "old machine", unless it's not that old after all. It takes a lot of resources, even if run under DOS.

What about from a Pentium 100 to a Pentium II 300? That range seems the most usual DOS configuration for retrogamers as I readed from VOGONS, and more likely the last one...

Are there some aproximatelly hardware requirements list per architecture?

john_doe · Post by **john_doe** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 11:48 am

Hmm, so there actually is some interest in a DOS-backend.
Interesting...

timofonic · Post by **timofonic** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 6:36 pm

john_doe wrote:Hmm, so there actually is some interest in a DOS-backend.
Interesting...

That's relative...

Not sure for devs, but for users there are DOS related communities that would be interested in a DOS port.

john_doe · Post by **john_doe** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 6:47 pm

Yes, I meant interest from the user side. If no one uses it making a DOS backend (and releasing it

) wouldn't be of much use.

PsYcO · Post by **PsYcO** » Fri Feb 02, 2007 1:00 am

im confused... most of the games scummvm supports run in dos, and not win 98+, so why is there any need for one?