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Support original targets
Now that we have SDL1 and BigEndian support mostly in place it would be fun to start supporting some of the original target platforms
For Mac OS 9 there is: https://github.com/autc04/Retro68
For Windows 95 I'm not exactly sure what would be required, maybe it enough to simply compile with SDL1 enabled?
Targeting the PS1 might be a struggle, the team that ported the game first of all cut a lot of animations and rescaled the game to 60% resolution, and even then they had to split the exe up to fit it all in memory. Never the less here is the needed tools if any one feel inclined to try :) https://github.com/ggdrt/psxsdk-20190410 https://github.com/root670/docker-psxsdk (this doesn't include SDL, I did see some reference to there migth being a version for PSX, but didn't fine it on first try)
Lastly if some one want to go even deeper DOS is also an option since it was the original intended platform for the developers (probably while most where still written in ASM). There is an at least partial DOS port of SDL https://github.com/jayschwa/SDL/tree/dos-vga And some context: https://discourse.libsdl.org/t/porting-sdl-to-dos/27361/6
The only framework that comes to my mind when I think "DOS" is Allegro. But I don't think it's remotely compatible with SDL. Are there others as well?
Heck, if Diablo was available for DOS, I'd surely try it out on FreeDOS (which I haven't installed in years...), just because it's possible! :smiling_imp:
The game can now run from the original CD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fk9GwVIhOGc
Can you add "platforms" to the title as well @AJenbo ? Had to open this one to see what it was about.
There is a good post on cross-compiling to Windows 98 here: https://fanael.github.io/stockfish-on-windows-98.html
and a backport of the missing TryEnterCriticalSection function needed by winpthreads here: https://github.com/Fanael/fanael.github.io/blob/source/source/static/try-enter-critsec-9x.cc
It now works on Windows 95+, with the caveat that you need a Pentium Pro or better (Pentium II) to run it.