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Author Topic: Port of LCS to nintendo DS ?  (Read 3894 times)

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Port of LCS to nintendo DS ?
« on: December 11, 2008, 12:16:02 pm »
Is it possible ?
(Well yeah,it is. But possible without an hell lot of work and works around for the display...)
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Re: Port of LCS to nintendo DS ?
« Reply #1 on: December 11, 2008, 01:06:48 pm »
Wouldn't you get arrested for playing that stuff in public? Terrorism or something?
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Re: Port of LCS to nintendo DS ?
« Reply #2 on: December 11, 2008, 01:24:40 pm »
There is a good chance I would buy a DS just to play LCS on it, if this were doable in a non-buggy-and-annoying-way.
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Re: Port of LCS to nintendo DS ?
« Reply #3 on: December 11, 2008, 02:56:16 pm »
I'd rather put my case in a backpack, buy a giant battery, properly ventilate said backpack, carry around a laptop like interface with a lightweight screen, keyboard and mosue, engineer it to be comfortable and add a used car just for the hell of it.
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Re: Port of LCS to nintendo DS ?
« Reply #4 on: December 11, 2008, 03:58:51 pm »
That would be very annoying to set up on a train.
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Re: Port of LCS to nintendo DS ?
« Reply #5 on: December 11, 2008, 04:11:23 pm »
Is it DOS or Win? (Well, the Win95 kind of win)

Because if it can be run from DOS, the it can be run from DOSBox, and I think I remember that there was something of the kind for the DS... no? Or was it PSP?

Well, it's one of the reasons I don't want a new handheld and would rather just get a communicator.
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Re: Port of LCS to nintendo DS ?
« Reply #6 on: December 11, 2008, 06:01:00 pm »
screen on ds are narrow : only 50 charaters. (well... there are some very tiny police. Maybe) LCS uses 80. So all display would have to be redrawn...

I don't know with PSP
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Re: Port of LCS to nintendo DS ?
« Reply #7 on: December 11, 2008, 08:43:50 pm »
It's possible, and it would be cool.

I don't know how to do it.

LCS uses curses libraries which I'm pretty sure aren't available for DS, so the display would probably have to be rewritten.

The interface would definitely need to be overhauled -- aside from the screen size, there's two screens, and one is touch sensitive.
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Re: Port of LCS to nintendo DS ?
« Reply #8 on: December 11, 2008, 10:07:57 pm »
Why not just get one of those nifty mini-laptops, like a knockoff of what Apple's now marketing?  Ok, I guess they are a bit expensive...
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Re: Port of LCS to nintendo DS ?
« Reply #9 on: December 12, 2008, 03:24:06 am »
I do almost know how to do it. (I have already managed to compile a software for DS.).

But I am already fighting to complete my own piece of software...
Though that would be cool.

Mr. Fox, I haven't looked lately at LCS code. But from what I remember display is all mixed with logic, no ?

I see 2 choices : the easiest would be to fit the usual LCS screen on the top DS one, and a keyboard ot the bottom.
The more complicated, but somewhat real port, would be to redesign the whole display. -uhgh- (think of the newspaper report, maps...)
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Re: Port of LCS to nintendo DS ?
« Reply #10 on: December 18, 2008, 01:12:51 am »
Get linux on your DS, then follow some tutorials on how to port normal linux games and apps to the DS, and repeat it with LCS.
I would totally do it if I had a slot2 thing set up.
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Re: Port of LCS to nintendo DS ?
« Reply #11 on: December 24, 2008, 01:02:50 pm »
It must be done
FOR SCIENCE!

Can you imagine if we somehow rigged a way to use the touch screen? We could decide where to hit conservatives while interrogating them!
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Re: Port of LCS to nintendo DS ?
« Reply #12 on: December 24, 2008, 01:26:54 pm »
Oh God... that would be horrible... touching conservative groin over and over....
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Re: Port of LCS to nintendo DS ?
« Reply #13 on: December 24, 2008, 01:27:50 pm »
I was thinking more along the lines of "Ha! I hit you in the face!" not...oh god
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Re: Port of LCS to nintendo DS ?
« Reply #14 on: December 24, 2008, 01:30:00 pm »
This would be the best DS game ever.

I wonder if we could get some of those guys who ported Nethack to DS and other roguelikes on this.
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