A developer is resurrecting a scrolling shooter originally written in Turbo Pascal for DOS in 1996. The project traces the game's code through a chain of tools, moving from Borland's original Turbo Pascal through Delphi and on to the modern open-source Free Pascal and Lazarus environment, with SDL2 used for graphics and input. The work documents how an old DOS-era codebase can be updated and kept running using current cross-platform development tools.
Originally reported 31 October 2026. Read the full story with all the details on reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro