cons2tcod (version 3) is a replacement
of the default Windows console, which allows to view roguelikes (and other
text mode applications) just like they would look in DOS. Especially useful
in Vista and newer, since these systems don't even allow viewing
console applications in full screen. However, even on older Windows systems,
this utility should be useful, because it uses the correct colors,
the correct codepage (if a roguelike uses extended IBM characters, like
Crawl, it should look better), and has a possiblity to change fonts.
Currently most important keypresses work. Mouse does not. But it should be
enough for most roguelikes.
You can press
Alt+Enter to switch full screen or windowed mode.
Read (not run) the
readme.bat file if you want to change the command
line options (e.g., to change fonts or start in windowed mode).
I have tested it (on WinXP) with Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup, ADOM, and DoomRL.
DoomRL seems not to work correctly when ran in full screen, but you can
first run in windowed mode or the original console and switch to full screen
later, then it works.
In case if you don't know how to run your game via cons2tcod: probably
you should type something like this:
cd c:\games\crawl\
crawl
replace "c:\games\crawl\" by the folder containing your game, and
"crawl" by the name of the exe file.
Note: cons2tcod is quite a simple program which does one thing and does it well.
You can also try NotEye, which also does this particular thing well, but has more
useful options (some of which are done well and some not).
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