tb1/CHANGES

4 September 2000
+ Have about 90% of the game running now on SDL.  What a fun
  way to spend labor day weekend.

24 June 2000
+ Started converting to the SDL lib.  Got the title screen up

7 March 1998
* Added Level 2, mostly working

6 March 1998
* Added load game support

5 March 1998
* Fixed typo in credits [Yes I had "linux torvalds" by mistake].  Thanks
  to my friend John C. for catching that one.
* Added save game support.

3 March 1998
* Really cleaned up level1.c  Mostly cleaned
* Modularized and actually re-wrote some code, instead of translating it.
* Lots of really minor tweaks trying to up performance.

1 March 1998
* Got little opener slowed down
* Got credits working
* Got pause to work
* Got sidebar reporting hiscore.

29 February 1998
* OK, there was no 29th.  But I did more work later and it felt 
  like a new day.
* Cleaned up the tb1.c majorly
* Added support for having the data files searched for in many directories.
* Cleaned out the directory structure and removed cruft.
* Got sound support working!
* added -force8bpp option so SVGA target works
* Other miscelaneous things

28 February 1998
* AWESOME!! WORKING BETTER THAN IT WAS BEFORE!
* Moved over to fast DirectBuffer Calls.  FAST!
* Got gameplay working, GETTING SCROLLING STARS
* added vmwCrossBlit functions.  FAST! Thanks to andy at the ggi-list
* Fixed lots of minor bugs

27 February 1998
* Started this file
* Today converted from 320x600 virtual to 3 320x200s [2 are in memory]
* Added support so it can (almost) run in both 8bpp and 16bpp mode.
* Broke a lot more than I fixed.

1994-1996
  Wrote Tom Bombem in pascal and inline assembly, using the
  "Flying Toaster" demo from PCGPE as a starting point.
  Used Ethan Brodsky's sound libs, in addition to my own
  "Paintpro" graphics program/loader.