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
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(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
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* 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