M.A.R.S. - a Ridiculos Shooter

[Jourdy288]

http://mars-game.sourceforge.net/


Found this game via Desura and it's awesome, open source, and free. Question is, would it run well on the Pandora?

https://www.youtube.com/embed/o73TDDfZtjE?feature=oembed

 

[Nintendo]

Wow! That's look freakin' amazing!!!


Although, I'm not sure whether or not Pandora will run it as well as what was shown in that video.

 

[bzar]

I love how they mention "bugs" as an item in the feature list (also pink).

 

[monty]

Perhaps, perhaps not. But Spheres of Chaos probably would.

 

[Jourdy288]

Spheres of Chaos?


*BEGINS GOOGLING*


Whoa...

 

[levi]

Spheres of Chaos no problem - I used to run that on a 4MHz ARM chip (as opposed to the 500MHz chip in a Pandora) but I don't know if the source was ever released - last time I checked the bloke that wrote it was still writing new versions for the iPhone et al.

 

[Jourdy288]

Wait, did it have an Amiga version?

 

[Poem58]

Mars looked incredible, so I downloaded and played it. Without someone to play it against it was, OK.


But Levi, thank you SO MUCH ! for mentioning Spheres of Chaos! Once I installed I must have played it for over an hour before my eyes had my brain go funky. Most addictive game I played in a long time. This one HAS to be on the Pandora eventually! AWESOME game!!! I never would have known about. THANK YOU again for mentioning it!!

 

[Nintendo]

I love how they mention "bugs" as an item in the feature list (also pink).

+1

 

[Jourdy288]

I wonder how to port software.. Is there a quick, simple way to compile this for the Pandora? Maybe map controls to the nubs?

 

[Pickle]

I wonder how to port software.. Is there a quick, simple way to compile this for the Pandora? Maybe map controls to the nubs?

not a simple recompile...


first thing is the use of a library called sfml. Looks to be similar to SDL, no idea how this will run on pandora. Claims to be linux compat.


http://www.sfml-dev.org/index.php


second is converting all the immediate mode opengl code, possible just time consuming.


third shaders...cant use with es 1.x, appears they are optional to run the game.


Thats all ive seen with a quick poke, not sure how this would run on a pandora. Running it on some older pcs might tell. I think its a possible port, i think i could do it if the sfml would work.

 

[Jourdy288]

I saw that you had posted... THEN I FELT HOPE!

But yeah, I figured it wouldn't be that simple.


Any challengers?

 

[levi]

But Levi, thank you SO MUCH ! for mentioning Spheres of Chaos! Once I installed I must have played it for over an hour before my eyes had my brain go funky. Most addictive game I played in a long time. This one HAS to be on the Pandora eventually! AWESOME game!!! I never would have known about. THANK YOU again for mentioning it!!

Hey, don't thank me - it was Monty who mentioned it first! It is an awesome game though.


@jourdy No Amiga version I'm aware of but it was written on an Archimedes, then ported to Windows and other platforms IIRC. If we ever get an Archimedes emulator it's the first game I'll be playing.

 

[Norfen]

I'd say these two games are pool worthy, especially MARS. It'd be a beautiful way to show off the power of the pandora.

 

[Nintendo]

It's like a certain PSN game that was released ages ago?

 

[bzar]

first thing is the use of a library called sfml. Looks to be similar to SDL, no idea how this will run on pandora. Claims to be linux compat.


http://www.sfml-dev.org/index.php

Last I checked, no OpenGL ES support, so the library would have to be ported first.

 

[Pickle]

first thing is the use of a library called sfml. Looks to be similar to SDL, no idea how this will run on pandora. Claims to be linux compat.


http://www.sfml-dev.org/index.php

Last I checked, no OpenGL ES support, so the library would have to be ported first.

really it would only have to have egl support with one of our 3 methods of grabbing a screen surface raw, X, SDL.

 

[Jourdy288]

OK, following that, what would be the next step?

 

[Pickle]

OK, following that, what would be the next step?

second step would be to scroll this thread up and read ;-)

 

[Jourdy288]

I wonder how to port software.. Is there a quick, simple way to compile this for the Pandora? Maybe map controls to the nubs?

not a simple recompile...


first thing is the use of a library called sfml. Looks to be similar to SDL, no idea how this will run on pandora. Claims to be linux compat.


http://www.sfml-dev.org/index.php


second is converting all the immediate mode opengl code, possible just time consuming.


third shaders...cant use with es 1.x, appears they are optional to run the game.


Thats all ive seen with a quick poke, not sure how this would run on a pandora. Running it on some older pcs might tell. I think its a possible port, i think i could do it if the sfml would work.

OK, what's the fourth step?


Kidding, kidding...


Hmm... So who dares port SFML?