Compile Problem?

[imafool4u]

Hey all, I'm new to C++ so I thought I'd start out with a fairly basic program..Tetris. If you're not familiar with the game, it's basically polygons falling that you control and try to line up to make a straight line. When they're in a straight line, the line dissolves and you get points.

The point is, I tried compiling this C++ source to see if it would work and I got a lot of errors...I'm using Dev-Cpp so if someone could try with their compiler and tell me if it works, that'd be great. I just want to know if it's me or the actual code

http://fool.tracerhosting.com/tetris.zip

[jafet]

1. We don't know WTF is in those zip files, and some of us won't be too keen to find out.

1a. Use the free RAR or GZ format, not Zip, for heaven's sake.

2. Get rid of the deprecated <*.h> headers, like <iostream> and <fstream>.

3. Your code isn't commented at all. All the people who still wanted to help you give up and wring their hands in sheer frustration.

4. You're making a laughingstock of yourself:

This file came from Planet-Source-Code.com...the home millions of lines of source code

5. I seriously doubt you even wrote the code; the REGS union and the int86() function aren't standard C and don't come with GCC/MinGW/Dev-C++, which you claim to use.

Away, thief!

[jafet]

For everyone else: Linky

2) You MAY NOT redistribute this code (for example to a web site) without written permission from the original author. Failure to do so is a violation of copyright laws.

I got so many errors while compiling with Dev-CPP...?

[Salem]

> I'm new to C++ so I thought I'd start out with a fairly basic program
So start with "hello world" like everyone else.

> I tried compiling this C++ source to see if it would work and I got a lot of errors
Until you have a really good idea of what's going on, or the code specifically states "compiles with the foo compiler", then the chance of you succeeding at this is about 0%.
Especially as it seems from other posters that the game in question was written for DOS and you're using a win32 compiler.

So start a new thread with what you've actually written yourself. This board isn't a dumping ground for people looking for help with compiling god-knows-what-they-found-on-another-site.