After a short holiday break, the first public Fantasy Foundry DOS Tools Pack is released. It includes PIXEDIT, PIXVIEW, PIXSPR, MAPEDIT, TILEEDIT, RAW2BMP, SNDEDIT and SNDPLAY for MS-DOS retro development.
Read articleA practical guide for writing the Grand Prix 2D 360 KB 5.25" and 720 KB 3.5" disk images to real floppy disks, plus notes for DOSBox and direct file use.
Read guideGrand Prix 2D is being prepared for public download as GP2D.zip, including 360 KB 5.25" and 720 KB 3.5" floppy disk images, direct DOSBox files, community tools and complete documentation.
Read articleA new lab note from the real hardware desk: code is being written again, new tools are being used, and an early Taxi Driver project is starting to appear on the CRT.
Read articleA development article about the origin of Grand Prix 2D, the DOS toolchain behind it, tile and sprite work, checkpoint logic, AI opponents and real hardware testing.
Read articleFantasy Foundry Retro Lab is now online as a home for retro games, DOS tools, hardware experiments and project notes.
The goal is simple: build small, playable and useful retro software, document the process and keep the old-school spirit alive.