It's not clear how to run the project in VirtualBox

[elenderg]

You should run the game in QEMU

[Vyjill]

How to run this project on VirtualBox ?

TL;DR : use qemu.

Create a new virtual machine

• Type : Other

• Version : Other/Unknown

• Ram : 4M

• Proc : 1 CPU

• Do not add a virtual disk

Create a floppy disk containing the game

Assuming you already compiled the game, you should have the pinpog binary in the project directory.

Using windows powershell

$pinpog = [System.IO.File]::ReadAllBytes('pinpog')
$floppy = $pinpog + @(0) * (1474560-$bytes.Length)
[io.file]::WriteAllBytes('floppy_pinpog.vfd', $towrite)

Using linux bash

head -c 1474560 /dev/zero > floppy_pinpog.vfd
sudo dd if=./pinpog of=./floppy_pinpog.vfd

Using python

pinpog_file = open("pinpog", "rb")
floppy_file = open("floppy_pinpog.vfd", "wb")

game_bytes = pinpog_file.read()

floppy_file.write(game_bytes + b'\x00'*(1474560-len(game_bytes)))

pinpog_file.close()
floppy_file.close()

Add the floppy disk to Virtualbox storage

In your virtual machine configuration > storage, add a floppy controller I82078 (floppy). Then add the newly created floppy image to the floppy controller (Add > Add > select the .vfd file).

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You can now run pinpog on VirtualBox.