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DOS/4GW and Protected Mode (2021)

by @pikuma pikuma.com 10 min read

MS-DOS game programmers had to deal with several limitations. This article goes over some of these obstacles and explores how we used the DOS/4GW extender & protected mode to unleash the power of 32-bit DOS.

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