SDL Sopwith

About

Sopwith is a 1984 side-scrolling shoot-'em-up by David L. Clark of BMB Compuscience, in which the player pilots a biplane to bomb enemy buildings while dodging enemy aircraft and other hazards, using CGA graphics and PC speaker sound. SDL Sopwith is a cross-platform SDL-based port of the original Sopwith, built from source code released under the GPL by the original author; it adds support for loading custom mission files, TCP/IP multiplayer, PC speaker emulation, several retro-monitor color palettes, and a medals/high-score table.

How it differs from the original

Adds custom mission-file loading, TCP/IP multiplayer, and the ability to run in a web browser via Emscripten, none of which were part of the original 1984 DOS game.

Getting started

Since it uses SDL, it runs on most modern operating systems as well as in a web browser via Emscripten. Further details, including how to build it, are included in the repository's own documentation files.

History

The original Sopwith's source code was released under the GNU GPL by its original author, David L. Clark, which is what made this SDL-based port possible.

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Additional notes

External link

A Discord community for fans of the game is linked from the project's readme.