Adventure Game Studio (AGS) Legacy Editor/Engine Archives

This repository contains a collection of key versions of Adventure Game Studio (AGS) that can be used for legacy/game development, such as MS-DOS or older versions of Windows.

The rest of the legacy versions can be downloaded through the AGS Archives torrent (Instructions) and newer versions are avaible through the AGS repo or the AGS Forums.

• files\ags_231.zip - AGS 2.31: The last version with a DOS Editor.
• files\ags_262.zip - AGS 2.62: The last Windows-based editor that can create DOS games.
• files\ags_272.zip - AGS 2.72: The last 2.x release. This version does not support DOS games.

Running in DOS

• Use DOSBox
• To edit scripts in AGS 2.31, install a text editor in DOSBox such as edit.exe (Download from the Internet Archive)

Need help?

• RTFM! Read the manual provided in the archive, particularly the "Getting Started" section.
• Ask in #msdos_gamedev in the AGS Discord
• Ask in the AGS Forums

Contributing

If you're interested in back-porting modules so that they are compatible with older versions of AGS, particularly 2.62:

• Review the ./modules/README file on how to setup a module.
• If you're comfortable with Git and Github, you can fork and create a pull request
• If you're a Git/Github user and also an established AGS community member, DM edmundito in the forum and he can add you as a contributor to this repo.
• You can also share your work by creating an Issues with the source files.