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	Flappy Bird DOS clone
	Version: 0.02
	Engine: WIP-2DFX
	Code: Roy Massaad
	Date: Feb 14 2021

	Requirements:
	-86Box (real performance), DosBox
	-486DX2 66mhz+, Emulated or Real Machine + VGA card 320x200 256 colors

	Tools and Libraries:
	WGT 4.5 Wordup Graphics ToolKit GPL, Borland C++ 3.1
            http://web.archive.org/web/20001027023929/http://www.egerter.com/opensource.htm
            http://web.archive.org/web/20000606010204/http://www.egerter.com/index3.htm

	License: GPL 3

	TODO:
	-Soundbaster Audio SDK, FLIC movie & MIDI support (currently experimenting)
	-EMS expanded memory use (can't use DOS extenders with BC31)
	-Port to Watcom c++ environment (better compiler/protected mode, but
	 worse vi editor..?)
	-Use inline assembly for better collision code?
	-Check for memory leaks
	-Add/upgrade to more 'modern' engine features (scene graph with flag
	 properties (_visible, draw() and update() on objects centralized loading
	 of images with no memory duplicates)
	-Mouse support
	-Tile Support
	-Custom fonts
	-Write custom vga drawing routines in assembly ? (WGT seems fast enough)
	-Turn the core code into a general purpose 2d game engine
	-Separate the project into more files

	NOTES:
	-Space bar to jump, x to reset, q to quit (lowercase)
	-Smooth scrolling under a 486 dx..
	-We might get a cool DOS engine at some point out of all this eventually
	-BC31 is very old and lacks alot of IDE & c++ features
	-You need to setup BC3 + download and link WGT45 libs/includes/help
	-Edit the project files settings to match your dev environment
	-This was developed inside 86Box, files copied to windows98 vm over msnet client 3
	-Tried to use libs+OOP when possible, back in the day c++ for gaming was a
	bad idea for performance reasons, x86 assembly was used to speed things up
	-Why i did this? Nostalgia of course! plus flappy bird is easy to code
	-PCX is the image format supported, WGT uses it with Palettes
	-The hitbox of the bird is slighly smaller than the image on purpose
	-If you manage to run it on real 486 hardware let me know!
            -Why not Watcom/Djgpp with VI/RHIDE first? I have memories of Borland C++ IDE as a kid
	-Feel free to help pimp it out