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DOS: Reasons to prefer it above Windowz
WMD:
quote:Originally posted by Aloone:
How can a crappy 400MHz game console run better games than an 1GHz PC running Linux?
Because it has a very small and compact-mono tasking operating system.
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Possibly, but also, that 400Mhz CPU isn't an x86: most consoles used to run on 65c02 and Z80, and now they run some other similar CPU on a custom architecture. All games are thus optimized for the exact console hardware and nothing else. That's the bigger reason.
mobrien_12:
quote:Originally posted by Aloone:
How can a crappy 400MHz game console run better games than an 1GHz PC running Linux?
Because it has a very small and compact-mono tasking operating system.
An OS like DOS has the potential to be a great for gaming, the only problems are drivers and the lack of a standard graphics API. If it were possible to write a standard API and port drivers for the latest accelerated 3D graphics and sound cards to FreeDOS, then DOS could be the next big thing. Come to think of it DOS is so small it could be on the same CD as the game, all you would have to do is boot from the CD and the game would automatically load there could be a problem with saving games though.
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Pretty much, I agree, but a console could also have a Linux-based OS with no other programs running and it would be fast too.
Anyway... In the old days when 3dFX was king, the Glide API was available for DOS. Games like the first Tomb Raider offered specially compiled executables to call it.
Today, that could be done with AllegroGL for DOS. The hardware manufacturere would need to write a MESA-compatible allegro driver.
Refalm:
quote:M. O'Brien: Pretty much, I agree, but a console could also have a Linux-based OS with no other programs running and it would be fast too.
Anyway... In the old days when 3dFX was king, the Glide API was available for DOS. Games like the first Tomb Raider offered specially compiled executables to call it.
Today, that could be done with AllegroGL for DOS. The hardware manufacturere would need to write a MESA-compatible allegro driver.
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It would be awesome if modern games came out for DOS. All you have running on your computer is a very light OS, the game and only what's required to play the game (hardware drivers). 99,9% of CPU dedicated to the game itself.
qbasic:
Troll removed.
[ August 26, 2004: Message edited by: d00g33 :: doogee.is.dreaming.org ]
insomnia:
quote:Originally posted by Refalm / BOB:
It would be awesome if modern games came out for DOS. All you have running on your computer is a very light OS, the game and only what's required to play the game (hardware drivers). 99,9% of CPU dedicated to the game itself.
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Making your PC an outdated game console...
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