Elf Mania CDTV

macce2 · 07 June 2006, 22:35

The question is, does CDTV version of Elf Mania exist ??
I have read that there is also CDTV version, is it true ?
If it is, then I must have it ! ;-)
Cool game. So, can someone give some information ?

CodyJarrett · 07 June 2006, 22:55

No, it was floppy only.

macce2 · 08 June 2006, 00:56

Well, thats what I thought. What a pity . Anyway, I'm looking for the original adfs of EM.

musashi5150 · 08 June 2006, 10:44

IF there is a CDTV version floating around on P2P it'll be a homemade version... like Parasol Stars.

Galahad/FLT · 08 June 2006, 11:50

CDTV was a dead format before Elfmania appeared, if anything, CD32 would be more likely.

z00mba · 09 June 2006, 00:10

"CDTV was a dead format", is enough :P

blade002 · 09 June 2006, 06:27

Why couldnt Streetfighter 2 on the Amiga have had Parralax floors like the ones in Elfmania. They said it couldnt be done, and yep, again the coders that took the effort proved them wrong again.

Ironclaw · 09 June 2006, 07:03

If the Amiga would been 'active' today, I'm sure games like Streetfighter2 with the parralax floors would have been released long ago.... along with other stunning 'never to be seen' games....

I think the Amigas full potential was never used/discovered, coding techniques and stuff can always become better....

spiff · 09 June 2006, 12:00

Quote:

Originally Posted by blade002

Why couldnt Streetfighter 2 on the Amiga have had Parralax floors like the ones in Elfmania. They said it couldnt be done, and yep, again the coders that took the effort proved them wrong again.

Elfmainia is waaay slower and the controls are a joke in comparison, esp the "short fast" moves.

The genesis conversion made me cry like a baby, I felt like someone had cheated and given me the atari version on amiga.
Times where hard back then

blade002 · 10 June 2006, 04:35

Quote:

Originally Posted by spiff

Elfmainia is waaay slower and the controls are a joke in comparison, esp the "short fast" moves.

The genesis conversion made me cry like a baby, I felt like some one had cheated and given me the atari version on amiga.
Times where hard back then

Yeah Elfmania was not the better game out of the 2. Streetfighter on the Amiga was far better gameplay wise and control wise, but of course SF2 was a crap conversion graphics wise & thats where Elfmania excelled.

And yes, the Amiga version did look and sound like an ST game. oh those were hard times i do agree!..

Rebel-CD32 · 18 June 2006, 13:23

Wouldn't it be nice to have the source code for Elfmania released? Imagine what could be done if the game could be reprogrammed to make full use of an AGA Amiga with twice the memory of the A500 and a CD32 control pad. Maybe make the fighters all a bit more evenly matched, have more special moves, take away the whole collecting money/buying fighters thing. Just keep the awesome engine and graphics, make the characters less floaty, add better controls and more special moves, and a standard character selection screen. Stick it on a CD, or make it hard drive installable (not a patch like WHDLoad, but true installation). It'd have the potential to be so much better and popular.

StarEye · 30 June 2006, 01:19

I would rather have Street Fighter 2 redone with the Shadow Fighters engine.

BinoX · 30 June 2006, 09:29

Quote:

Originally Posted by z00mba

"CDTV was a dead format", is enough :P

I like my CDTV

It runs OS 3.9.. it has USB... it's FINE!

cai24 · 29 November 2006, 13:30

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rebel-CD32

Wouldn't it be nice to have the source code for Elfmania released? Imagine what could be done if the game could be reprogrammed to make full use of an AGA Amiga with twice the memory of the A500 and a CD32 control pad. Maybe make the fighters all a bit more evenly matched, have more special moves, take away the whole collecting money/buying fighters thing. Just keep the awesome engine and graphics, make the characters less floaty, add better controls and more special moves, and a standard character selection screen. Stick it on a CD, or make it hard drive installable (not a patch like WHDLoad, but true installation). It'd have the potential to be so much better and popular.

bumping up another old thread.. yeah, forget seeing any future versions of elfmania. Even though I could get permission to go and rip the source code it would be useless to you. I've seen it and it's a total mess, ultra-hyper-psycho-optimized spaghetti full of totally obscure comments (or no comments at all) which even the programmer probably couldn't remember.
Also the game itself is so optimized to the max that I seriously doubt you could change a bit without experiencing serious problems. You'd have to reprogram the Ai (which is a neural net btw). The brits who tried to convert it to the PC never made it. there is no documentation on how it works. its impossible. dont try to do it. you'll go mad

spiff · 29 November 2006, 22:24

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rebel-CD32

reprogrammed to make full use of an AGA
Amiga with twice the memory of the A500
CD32 control pad.
Maybe make the fighters all a bit more evenly matched
have more special moves
take away the whole collecting money/buying fighters thing.
make the characters less floaty,
add better controls
more special moves,
and a standard character selection screen.
Stick it on a CD, or make it hard drive installable

have the potential to be so much better and popular.

Yea, it was called street fighter II snes/megadrive

Ok, enough amiga bashing from me, celebrate IK+ instead. All of the above, esp tight controls and gameplay.

Rebel-CD32 · 03 December 2006, 03:07

Someone code a Beat Em Up Construction Kit!!!

Amiga needs BEUCK!

07 June 2006, 22:35	#1
macce2 Retro maniac Join Date: May 2005 Location: Finland Age: 49 Posts: 1,221	Elf Mania CDTV The question is, does CDTV version of Elf Mania exist ?? I have read that there is also CDTV version, is it true ? If it is, then I must have it ! ;-) Cool game. So, can someone give some information ?

09 June 2006, 00:10	#6
z00mba Registered User Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Fr Age: 47 Posts: 185	"CDTV was a dead format", is enough :P Last edited by z00mba; 16 June 2006 at 16:22.

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Ironclaw Banned Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: ... Age: 46 Posts: 3,313	If the Amiga would been 'active' today, I'm sure games like Streetfighter2 with the parralax floors would have been released long ago.... along with other stunning 'never to be seen' games.... I think the Amigas full potential was never used/discovered, coding techniques and stuff can always become better....

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Rebel-CD32 Amiga will never die! Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Tasmania, Australia Age: 43 Posts: 532	Wouldn't it be nice to have the source code for Elfmania released? Imagine what could be done if the game could be reprogrammed to make full use of an AGA Amiga with twice the memory of the A500 and a CD32 control pad. Maybe make the fighters all a bit more evenly matched, have more special moves, take away the whole collecting money/buying fighters thing. Just keep the awesome engine and graphics, make the characters less floaty, add better controls and more special moves, and a standard character selection screen. Stick it on a CD, or make it hard drive installable (not a patch like WHDLoad, but true installation). It'd have the potential to be so much better and popular.

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