Planet X3 (Game)

Planet X3

GAME » on December 2018

An indie real-time strategy game developed in 2018 for numerous '80s MS-DOS based PCs, featuring support for a variety of video and audio devices and modes.

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Overview

Planet X3 is an indie sci-fi real-time strategy game developed and published by The 8-Bit Guy for numerous MS-DOS based PCs on December 2018. It can be bought direct from here. The sequel to the 2017 game Planet X2 (Game), Planet X3 is a personal project of David Murray (the creator of the YouTube technology channel The 8-Bit Guy) and, among numerous updates to the game's style and gameplay, features support for older MS-DOS PCs of the 1980's. It was originally crowdfunded via Kickstarter and has four "making-of" videos found on his YouTube channel.

Supported Video Modes

Low-Res (4-Color) Tileset

CGA 4-Color (320x200)
CGA 2-Color Monochrome (640x200) - Uses dithering.
Hercules 2-Color Monochrome (720x350) - Added in later revisions. Uses dithering.
CGA 4-Color Greyscale (320x200) - Added in later revisions. Unsupported on earlier CGA cards.

Medium-Res (16-Color) Tileset

CGA Composite 16-Color (160x200)
TGA 16-Color (160x200)
Plantronics Colorplus 16-Color (320x200) - Added in later revisions.

High-Res (256-Color) Tileset

VGA 256-Color (320x200)
TGA 16-Color (640x200) - Added in later revisions. Uses dithering. Unsupported on earlier TGA cards.
EGA 16-Color (640x200) - Added in later revisions. Uses dithering.

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