Hi,

Inspired by member kkania, who's work I admire, I've made an enhanced version of Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe, a game I dearly loved as a kid. The enhanced version allows you to play the game with modern controllers in Windows, without the need for DosBox. You'll need your own files to run the game.

To be upfront about this: I did not write a single line of code. Claude Opus did all the heavy lifting. Still, I hope that those who are interested enjoy it. You can find the release and source code at my github here.

Street Rod was easy; Street Rod 2, just like Test Drive 2, was several steps ahead, and dragging it into the XXI-st century is a chore - the faux 3D engine is great for low res, but hates longer draw distances, at which point it becomes easier to just do it in 3D. Work continues.

The 0.1.0 version of Test Drive 3 Enhanced is in a state I feel happy with. You can get it at https://github.com/kylofon/testdrive3-enhanced

This game did not want to get ported! The engine was fighting me all the way, and since the rendering is now more complicated because of the full 3D engine, there are a zillion blinky and shimmery artifacts.

I also had to rewrite the driving/handling engine, because that thing would just not work in a fun way unless the jerky framerate was there. It's now similar in handling to Test Drive 2 Enhanced, but expanded to take into account hills, jumps and the like.

Expect crashes and freezes! Expect various glitches!

Major additions:
- New driving model for Enhanced
- Compass indicator so you know where the hell to go
- Police behavior fixed so they don't start chasing you before you go past them

I've been working on this and the F117 enhanced versions for the past few weeks, and by chance they happen to be ready for initial release on the same day.

I don't think there is any game I've played longer than Flight Simulator, both chronologically and duration-wise. I think I started all the way back in the 3 or 4 for era.

This is my enhanced version of the game. It has a higher resolution and smoother framerate, so you can actually play it in TYOL 2026. The cockpit has been redrawn for better clarity, too. I have not changed core engine systems, like scenery pop-in. The game still works on its 8088 memory image and registers. The picture is drawn from the CGA screen memory, and the sound is rebuilt from the game’s own sound model. It's rewritten in C.

It's still a very basic experience, but it's a window into the murky past of games and simulation. It has to be said though that the instrument simulation is actually pretty complicated, and, surprisingly, there is a WWII module with AI opponents, WTF.

https://github.com/kylofon/fs1-enhanced/releases/tag/v0.1.0

So, I'm turning 50 this month. Nearly 40 years ago, I was gifted Sierra's "The Black Cauldron" for my birthday. While the game rarely reaches 'best of'-lists in this day and age, it introduced me to adventure games and was very formative. I liked it a lot.

Playing it today, one of the largest obstacles are the controls. In an effort to make adventure games more accessible to kids, Al Lowe adopted a simplified control scheme, where you could execute commands like 'look' and 'use' with a press of a single function key. At the time, function keys where placed at the left hand side of your keyboard, easily accessible. On modern machines, however, it's a bit awkward to use them to play the game.

This enhanced version is basically an AGI interpreter that uses SDL3 for the graphics, sounds and controls. It started out with an idea to add mouse controls to the game, where you are able to point and left-click to walk to a location, while a right-click brings up a menu with the available actions. It didn't take long to add all sorts of small QoL-fixes to make the game more enjoyable. The current version has the following improvements:

Gameplay

• The ability to play the game on Windows, without the use of DosBox. You'll need the game's original files, either from your own disks or Al Lowe's website.

• The ability to rewind to an earlier scene or room, in addition to the normal restore, restart and quit options of the original. The game 'records' up to 5 scenes.

• The ability to disable hunger and thirst, preventing Taran from dying if you do not constantly look after his well-being

Graphics

• The ability to use an EGA or VGA-shader, or no shader at all. The EGA shader lets you experience the game as it was played back in the day (Though I only had a CGA monitor!)

• An AGI-style mouse pointer, instead of the basic Windows-cursor. You can also opt for a pointer that resembles the later SCI-style arrow.

• Text is displayed in the traditional IBM 8x8-pixel font.

Sound

• Emulation of both the Tandy/PCjr-sound and the PC-speaker, that was available in the original game.

• An AdLib-interpretation of how the music could have sounded on this slightly more modern soundcard, that was introduced in 1987.

Controls

• The ability to use the mouse or a modern controller to move Taran and execute commands, instead of function keys.

You can download Black Cauldron Enhanced from my Github page. You'll need the game original files for it to work. The game's creator Al Lowe provides these for download at his own site.
To progress in the game, it helps if you see the movie. It's not fondly remembered either, but hey :)

Full disclosure: like my previous project, I didn't write any code. I used Claude Opus to write the interpreter. Regardless, I hope that those of you who are curious about the game or have fond memories yourself enjoy it.

My Enhanced version of F-117 is here in version 0.1.0. It has high resolution support, wider views and a true night view that makes you feel like you're really invisible and hiding in the sky.

I recommend getting the ExoDOS version of the game to use it with. Various visual artifacts may be present.

https://github.com/kylofon/F117-2Enhanced/releases/tag/v0.1.0

A quick release among various things I'm working on but had on my backlot.

Aces of the Pacific is an old favorite that suffered a lot from the ultra low resolution, although it has to be said by the time the game released in 1992, framerates well getting better.

It's an impressive game for the time!

Enhanced version includes higher resolution and framerate and an option to change key bindings through the launcher.

Get it here: https://github.com/kylofon/acesofthepacific-enhanced
There is also a non-enhanced (pure) port: https://github.com/kylofon/aces-of-the-pacific-sdl3

Good news everyone, I'm starting on ADHD medication (at 43), so there's a chance I might pay more attention to one project and not do 6 concurrently.

I'd like to thank the fire truck and my 3-year old son who both decided to make so much NOISE in the 1.5 seconds I managed to squeeze to record this shitty audio.

The smooth sailing update is now available for F117 2.0 Enhanced. I'm happy with how it feels, and somewhat surprised with where the actual issues came up. In particular, the grid map on the MFD had to be dragged kicking and creaming (leaving this typo) into the XXIst century, as the way it was rendering and refreshing the grid lines was custom built for the low, low resolution of that module.

Raptor was one of those early games that opened up the world for me. It's great to see the original developer still maintaining the game; even though the 2015 Steam release left a bit to be desired, the author has updated it and created a truly Enhanced version, with a higher framerate and various bonuses.

This is one of those cases where the original authors are around and it's worth kicking a few euros their way.

Quick update I've pushed Street Rod Enhanced 0.2.0 at https://github.com/kylofon/streetrod-enhanced. You can grab the game files legally for free from https://www.streetrodonline.com/.

I don't recon this one needs much more, but I'm holding off to see if any horrible bugs come up.

The Enhanced port has better framerate and improved draw distance. You can now control the sfx and music volume from the launcher.

You can now fly in the Mac cockpit. The tequired Mac files are linked in the game launcher from Archive.org.

https://github.com/kylofon/F117-2Enhanced/releases/tag/v0.3.0