How can I write multi-platform games on my Risc OS machine?
At first this may seem like an impossibility. Games written for a Risc OS machine only have a hope of working on other ARM based computers (which are a little thin on the ground) and then only if they have a similar architecture. It is however possible through the plethora of Gameboy emulators. A UNIX package for creating Gameboy games has been ported to RISC OS. Its libraries are a little primitive but they should be useable. It may even be a useful introduction to games programing (see the previous question) Find the package on the porters web site. The most common text adventure formats used on Acorn machines are also ports of very well supported formats. Inform for instance can be used on everything from C64’s to Linux boxes. See the section on text adventures for more information.
