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06 November 2019, 20:58
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Amiga games with adjustable window sizes
I was just adding Captain Planet to the next update of my CD32 disc and noticed the game has an adjustable game window size using F1-F4 as well as a NTSC/PAL realtime screen mode switch, i know some games have the NTSC/PAL switch Flink etc but does anyone know any other games that have the ability to readjust the window size on the fly?
Edit: excluding FPS games! |
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06 November 2019, 21:05
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I've never known this, quite unique!
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07 November 2019, 00:51
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I knew about Flink but not Captain Planet.
I'm sure I've come across maybe 2 - 3 others in my Amiga game playing but forgot exactly what they were... and not prepared to go through 2800 games to find out 
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07 November 2019, 01:00
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I'd imagine it is quite rare, because (as a game developer) I can say that a lot of gameplay is based around the visible "area" around the character
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07 November 2019, 10:22
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Only game i know of that has resizable view window is Colonization, and there are tight limits.
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07 November 2019, 10:44
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Actually some Maxis games have windows and scaling ability, e.g. RoboSport, Sim Ant, Sim City 2000...
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07 November 2019, 14:04
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Yeah it was more to see non workbench style games, but from peoples memories it sounds like it was a pretty rare thing, i did go through other Mindscape games to see if any others are the same, but no others the same.
Tony Crowther’s other game Phobia also has a NTSC/PAL switch and a high res mode so looks like he liked to give the player a good range of options, but seems so far only Captain Planet allowed window resizing outside the aforementioned genres. |
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07 November 2019, 14:15
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Gloom etc.
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12 November 2019, 12:09
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The later Magnetic Scrolls games did, e.g. Wonderland
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12 November 2019, 21:18
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Fields of Battle
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14 November 2019, 09:14
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Another World changes with F1-F4. Not very practical though.
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16 November 2019, 13:38
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Sliders is another game i've found, although i don't see the point as the game is plenty fast enough full screen, why you want to make the screen smaller other to speed up a game is a bit strange!
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17 November 2019, 02:24
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Alien Breed 3D
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17 November 2019, 03:00
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And I also think Breathless, Project Battlefield and Project Intercalaris... or is my memory failing me and the resolution is changed via Menu --> Options? |
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17 November 2019, 09:30
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But the OP stated "Excluding FPS games", as this is pretty much a given thing with them
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