Pac-Man.asm

A Pac-Man Game in NASM x86 Assembly.

Assembling Pacman.asm with NASM in DOSBox

This guide will walk you through the process of assembling a file named pacman.asm using NASM in DOSBox.

Prerequisites

Before you begin, make sure you have the following installed:

• DOSBox
• NASM

Step 1: Set up DOSBox

1. Install DOSBox on your system if you haven't already.
2. Launch DOSBox.

Step 2: Create a project directory

1. Create a new directory for your project.
2. Place the pacman.asm file in this directory.

Step 3: Mount the project directory in DOSBox

1. In DOSBox, type the following command to view the current mounted drives:

mount

Note the drive letters currently in use.

2. Mount your project directory as a new drive letter. Replace C:\path\to\project with the actual path to your project directory:

mount X C:\path\to\project

The project directory should now be accessible as the X drive in DOSBox.

Step 4: Assemble the file

1. In DOSBox, change to the X drive:

X:/

2. Use NASM to assemble the pacman.asm file. Assuming you have NASM installed and added to your system's PATH, run the following command:

nasm pacman.asm -o pacman.com

This command will generate the pacman.com executable.

Step 6: Run the Pacman game

1. Once the assembling process is complete, you can run the Pacman game by typing:

pacman.com

The game should now start running in DOSBox.

Congratulations! You have successfully assembled and run the Pacman game using NASM in DOSBox.

Additional Resources

• NASM Documentation
• DOSBox Documentation