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DS homebrew announcements > The Battle for Wesnoth DS

#147180 - Repes - Sun Dec 16, 2007 1:27 am

Hi!
I've played this game for a while on my Linux desktop, and i was wondering if it would be possible to port it to my Nintendo DS..

Im totally new to DS developement.
So it might take a while to get something actually work.

Have anyone else tried to do this yet?

Here are the home pages of the game:

http://www.wesnoth.org/[/url]

#147183 - tepples - Sun Dec 16, 2007 2:13 am

FAQ says it needs 512 MB of RAM and 1 GHz CPU. Not a good sign.
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#147185 - Markzilla - Sun Dec 16, 2007 2:28 am

There's almost no chance of a direct port, but with a complete rewrite with toned down graphics, anything's possible.

#147230 - XDelusion - Sun Dec 16, 2007 5:46 pm

I was going to say, I have a 500Mhz Dual CPU BeOS Machine, and it barely runs on that...

...on the other hand the DS does have some decent RTS' already!

#147254 - Galactic Lord Xenu - Mon Dec 17, 2007 7:40 am

To be honest, it has to be possible in some form, because wesnoth, while fun, isn't as graphically intensive as many games on the DS.

#147266 - PlayerOne - Mon Dec 17, 2007 3:53 pm

It's only a turn-based strategy game, inspired by a megadrive/genesis game. It shouldn't really be doing anything the DS can't handle. I don't know why it's so huge and hungry on the PC.

#147273 - NeX - Mon Dec 17, 2007 6:40 pm

I'd say AI and poor coding make this so power-hungry. Perhaps a poor/outdated sound decoder?
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#147418 - XDelusion - Thu Dec 20, 2007 6:26 am

A vetran Amiga coder would never make such mistakes. ;)

#147458 - tepples - Fri Dec 21, 2007 1:46 am

Veteran Amiga coders are also more expensive to hire.
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