About
I have always enjoyed playing DOS games. This website is a hobby project to showcase some DOS gameplay. I'm not a professional player, but I respect the OS limitations that developers had to work with, and I appreciate the craft that went into the art and sound of each game.
This website tries to celebrate those achievements, and to have a little fun in the process.
The Tech
This website is generated with Pelican and it uses a custom theme. All code is written in Vanilla JS. It's hosted is a Raspberry PI Zero 2.
History
The initial idea was to use any mega-corporation video hosting platform. After mulling this around in my noggin for a few months I came to a few conclusions:
- DOS games run at a low native resolution, typically around 320x240. This creates videos with lean file sizes.
- To accomodate modern displays the videos would have to be scaled up to 720p or above, bloating the file size to wasteful proportions.
- I could not find a video platform that offers crisp pixel rendering. If you upload a 320x200 video, it will render unacceptably blurry.
In true hobbyist style, I rolled my own, and this is the result.
Syndication
This site has RSS & Atom feeds! After you subscribe this site in your feed reader, it should notify you when new videos are uploaded.
What is RSS?
RSS (Real Simple Syndication) is a protocol for static websites to deliver update notifications to web surfers like you. Many news sites, weblogs and other online publishers syndicate their content as an RSS Feed to whoever wants it.
Why RSS?
RSS solves a problem for people who regularly use the web. It allows you to easily stay informed by retrieving summaries of the latest content from the sites you are interested in. You save time by not needing to visit each site individually.
How do I subscribe to this site?
Copy the RSS or ATOM feed URLs found at in the page footer. Then add a new subscription in your feed reader application, giving the URL you copied.
Can you recommend a feed reader?
While many feed readers are web-based nowadays, I prefer desktop applications and can recommend RSS Guard.
On first run when it prompts to add an account, select RSS/RDF/ATOM/JSON. This is a local non web-based account.
By default RSS Guard does not auto refresh your feeds, enable this in the feed settings.
Which is better, ATOM or RSS?
- Atom feeds contain the full post contents. Use this if you read news inside your syndication client.
- RSS feeds only contain the post title and excerpt. Use this if you want to be notified of new posts by your syndication client, but prefer to read them in your browser.