Re: Raycasting 3D demo disk

[David Schmenk <dschmenk@GACH.gmail.com>]

Michael Kent wrote:
> In comp.sys.apple2 David Schmenk <dschmenk@yuch.gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Here for your enjoyment is a technology preview/demonstration of a 
> > raycasting and rendering algorithm I have developed as part of my Apple 
> > II 30th birthday-retro-game-just-because-I-can thing.  Reminiscent of 
> > Wolfenstein 3D, it runs on a standard 1 MHz 48K Apple II+ (or II w/ 
> > Applesoft in RAM/ROM) or greater.  Only a joystick is required.  It is 
> > possible to run it on an emulator, but I highly recommend using real 
> > hardware with a color monitor.  Accelerators make it run too fast, so 
> > disable them if you want the controls to be sane.  I present it as a 
> > 140K DOS 3.3 disk image compressed with gzip.  Download with this URL:
>
> This sounds awfully cool!  But do you really need to distribute individual
> files as a disk archive?  Requiring a 5.25 inch drive just to unarchive
> files not inherently tied to a disk format leaves those of us without
> 5.25 inch drives out in the cold.
>
> Mike


Not sure what the options really are here - I am not distributing just a 
single file.  I could have gone with a ShrinkIt archive, but I find them 
a hassle on a non-IIgs.  DOS 3.3 is the target, so a DSK format seems 
the most obvious.  Also easy to use with emulators.  You can get a2tools 
to easily extract files from a DSK image and do with them as you like.

Dave...