Another World CPC

[roudoudou]

Here is some (little) stuff with Flashback sprite sheet 

[norecess464]

Did you really enjoy that game ? I mean, seriously ? did someone here really finish the game?
Only my personal opinion: I loved the atmosphere, the graphics. Impressive back then, still impressive today.
But the game itself (the gameplay) ? I always found it too difficult / too frustrating. Probably because I wished to play the game as fast as an arcade game..

[VincentGR]

I loved that game and finished it on my A500 back then.
Later on the MD an PC.
A few days ago I was live-streaming it :-)

[Gryzor]

An amazing experience on my ST. Some parts may be hard, but it does feel like you're playing a _story_ and not just a game.

[manossg]

I completed it bitd as well as in the past few months.

It is certainly completable, but you have to persist. Especially the parts before the arena and the underground one with the falling rocks are very frustrating and require buddha's patience.

[VincentGR]

The controls are laggy, so you must learn how to dance with it indeed.

[zeropolis79]

I completed it bitd as well as in the past few months.

It is certainly completable, but you have to persist. Especially the parts before the arena and the underground one with the falling rocks are very frustrating and require buddha's patience.

The rellections in the green light thing took me a while to figure out.

[norecess464]

OK I get it ; I did not enjoy the game but that does not mean it's a bad game -- this game is just not for me.    Thanks all for sharing your experiences!

[robcfg]

Here is some (little) stuff with Flashback sprite sheet 

Hehehe, brilliant! 

[zeropolis79]

OK I get it ; I did not enjoy the game but that does not mean it's a bad game -- this game is just not for me.    Thanks all for sharing your experiences!

Each to their own.

[XeNoMoRPH]

https://youtu.be/5aM-McVryQM

[Gryzor]

Here is some (little) stuff with Flashback sprite sheet 

Hahaha that was great

[Gryzor]

https://youtu.be/5aM-McVryQM

Doesn't tell you much does it?

[Sykobee (Briggsy)]

I'm sure that all the in-game aspects of the game could be done for the CPC (with enough storage for however many screens it has) - often only a small area of the screen is updating as well which means things aren't too difficult, as long as you can store the image data.


It's the cinematics that would need some work, to be done appropriately (rendering polygons or similar, not playing a video from mass storage!). Someone did the intro on the C64 recently, so it's possible to some extent. As they're mainly flat colours, maybe each frame could be stored as differences from the previous rather than rendering the polys direct (did the 16-bit versions even do this though?), but again, storage space.

[NiNxPe]

In CPC mode Plus; it could be better like this :

[XeNoMoRPH]

if C64 can do it, Amstrad can too ... 


https://youtu.be/t6xqaMjlGKI

[Gryzor]

That is nice indeed!

[roudoudou]

if C64 can do it, Amstrad can too ... 
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NO SPRITES USED, NO PRE COMPUTED ANIMATION DATA.

obviously the animations are pre-computed  the missing information is what the renderer is doing precisely

We do not know the media used (romboard/cartridge, floppy) or the requirements

[Sykobee (Briggsy)]

A lot of modern C64 games are using a 512KB cartridge format that has become popular. I imagine any large game, graphically, will be using the same these days.

[Targhan]

There is nothing really hard to do, it's always a matter of how long it's going to be. As the animated scenes are rather simple, a simple diff with tilesets could do wonders. The same for the static images, and even probably the sprites. 128k is enough (with loading here and there of course).

[BSC]

I always found it too difficult / too frustrating.

Exactly my experience with the game! Also all the other things you wrote. I have just recently read about the guy who made the original Amiga version (all on his own, apparently) and the many follow-ups etc and I found that it is still considered one of the best games ever. I mean, I gave it my fair amount of time, but I think I that some day I just quit trying no to get shot in the bathroom time and again. Did you have to start over from scratch after dying?

[roudoudou]

Exactly my experience with the game! Also all the other things you wrote. I have just recently read about the guy who made the original Amiga version (all on his own, apparently) and the many follow-ups etc and I found that it is still considered one of the best games ever. I mean, I gave it my fair amount of time, but I think I that some day I just quit trying no to get shot in the bathroom time and again. Did you have to start over from scratch after dying?

there is codes every 2 or 3 screens, you do not have to retry from scratch every time you play

[manossg]

If you guys find Another World difficult and frustrating, oh boy, you must try Heart of the Alien, you're in for a treat!

[Gryzor]

Heart of the Alien

Who will sell me a Sega CD at a reasonable price?

[VincentGR]

Who will sell me a Sega CD at a reasonable price?

Try the Amiga port and the Another World lost level till you get one