Ported by Neil Rackett
What better way to celebrate the 30th-ish anniversary of ROTT than to port it to a hardware platform currently celebrating its 40th: Welcome to Rise of the Triad for Atari ST, TT & Falcon!
This repository contains 2 versions of ROTT:
| Branch | Description | Target |
|---|---|---|
sdl |
SDL based port aiming to be as close to original ROTT as possible on all ST-compatible hardware | ST, STE, Mega STE, TT, Falcon |
c2p |
Aggressively optimised direct-to-hardware port with C2P rendering for best performance on ST | ST, STE, Mega STE |
All builds:
- Require 4MB RAM
- Need you to install or download the DOS version of ROTT shareware ("The Hunt Begins")
- Support keyboard and mouse input
Stable builds are avilable on the releases page.
Enjoy!
This port uses the Simple DirectMedia Layer (SDL) framework, patched to support Atari ST low-res, to bring ROTT to the Atari ST, TT & Falcon with a minimal number of tweaks and performance optimisations to retain as much of the game's original look and feel as possible, including intro videos and menu animations. TT screenshots shown.
| Model | Colours | Music | SFX | Typical FPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ST | 16 (greyscale) | ✅ | ❌ | 1-2 |
| STE | 16 (greyscale) | ✅ | ✅ | 1-2 |
| Mega STE | 16 (greyscale) | ✅ | ✅ | 2-3 |
| TT | 256 | ✅ | ✅ | 12-15 |
| Falcon | 256 | ✅ | ✅ | 10-12 |
FPS based on running ROTT with automatic detail selection enabled. Music and sound are still WIP, so I recommend switching both off in SOUND.ROT for now.
Screenshots from Atari TT & Falcon.
- Install the shareware version of ROTT for DOS using DOSbox, or download the files from Internet.org
- Copy the installation folder to your Atari's hard disk
- Copy
ROTT_SDL.TOSand/orROTT_030.TOSto the the same folder (the 030 build runs 20-30% faster on TT/Falcon) - Run
ROTT_SDL.TOSorROTT_030.TOS - Enjoy!
Edit CONFIG.ROT to adjust rendering and performance settings.
The quickest way to build ROTT for yourself is to install atarist-toolkit-docker then run:
stcmd makeThe build process outputs build/sdl/ROTT_SDL.TOS, which will run on any Atari ST compatible computer, and build/sdl/ROTT_030.TOS which is optimised for 68030 CPU with 68882 FPU (TT & Falcon).
This software is distributed in source code format and is licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public License. A copy of this license is included with the software in the file COPYING.
This is a completely unofficial port and is not supported by 3D Realms, Apogee, or the porters.