C-Dogs

C-Dogs
Screenshot of C-Dogs gameplay Screenshot of C-Dogs gameplay
Developer(s)	Ronny Wester
Publisher(s)	Ronny Wester
Designer(s)	Ronny Wester
Platform(s)	PC (DOS, Linux, Mac OS X, Windows), source ports to additional platforms
Release	Between 1997 and 2001
Genre(s)	Action game
Mode(s)	Single player, multiplayer

C-Dogs is the sequel to Cyberdogs, and is also an old DOS arcade shoot-em-up which allows players to work co-operatively during missions, and against each other in "dogfight" death-match mode.

As of June 2007, the original developer no longer maintains a website for C-Dogs, but the project continues to live on via the "C-Dogs SDL" port by Jeremy Chin and Lucas Martin-King.

Gameplay

C-Dogs improved on the original Cyberdogs. The single-player/cooperative gameplay is separated into different campaigns, each comprising of many missions. Usually, each level involves the player killing enemies (while avoiding harming civilians) using a variety of pre-selected weapons; collecting keys to unlock special rooms; and picking up required items to fulfill the mission objectives.

The "dog fight" gameplay is the typical deathmatch: players attempt to kill each other for points, to gain victory. Only two players can verse each other, by sitting at the same computer.

Ports

After the source release by Ronny Wester in 2002, Jeremy Chin and Lucas Martin-King ported the game to SDL, using (Gentoo) Linux as their development environment, and released their work under the GNU GPL as "C-Dogs SDL".

External links

• Web Archive of Ronny Wester's official site for C-Dogs, which is dead as of June, 2007

Ports and remakes

• C-Dogs SDL - Port of C-Dogs to SDL
• C-Dogs2X - C-Dogs SDL for GP2X
• C-DogsDS - C-Dogs SDL for Nintendo DS
• aminet.net - C-Dogs SDL for Amiga OS