Wolfenstein on the speccy...:)

RabidRabbit · 16 April 2009, 07:57

Check this out

[ Show youtube player ]

Makes you wonder why we couldn't have had a decent Doom clone running on a bog-standard A1200. Sure, Gloom and Fears were there etc, but they needed acceleration, right?

TCD · 16 April 2009, 08:12

Interesting vid RabidRabbit

They run it on a http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentagon_(computer) with 256 kb as it seems and it's b&w, but you can see it's Wolfenstein

Gloom runs quite well on a plain A1200 and also Fears is playable this way. Of course they run much smoother with a bigger CPU

alexh · 16 April 2009, 08:55

The video is not of a standard 3.5MHz spectrum

Still it's impressive.

seuden · 16 April 2009, 09:22

I like it, very nice.

Amiga1992 · 16 April 2009, 18:56

Last I knew the Pentagons were not accelerated, but I could we wrong.
Wolfenstein is a stupid game anyway xD

Marcuz · 16 April 2009, 19:17

i would like to see a Doom 3 clone with that kind of rendering.
I remember Fred, at the time that game was out, made (or just linked) in OT some fake pictures of such an impossible thing. i love that kind of displaying

Coagulus · 16 April 2009, 19:23

That is running much faster than it does on emulators running at 3.5Mhz but it's certainly still playable. I have it on my DS and use ZXDS. It's impressive what still get's attempted on the Speccy!

AmigaFriend · 16 April 2009, 19:27

Quite impressive. The frame rate is on the high in this port.

J.Tramiel · 16 April 2009, 20:02

Quote:

Originally Posted by alexh

The video is not of a standard 3.5MHz spectrum

Still it's impressive.

I agree!

There is NO WAY ON THIS EARTH that is running on a plain unaccelerated Spectrum.

Anyone who played any commercial filled vector game on the Speccy will testify to this. (Driller, Starstrike II, etc..)

Goddam fakers!

Rabbit80 · 16 April 2009, 20:59

Pentagon = 7MHz turbo mode

Charlie · 16 April 2009, 21:30

Still, one hell of an achievement given there's no acceleration just a 7mhz Z80.

lilalurl · 16 April 2009, 21:38

Quote:

Originally Posted by marco pedrana

i would like to see a Doom 3 clone with that kind of rendering.
I remember Fred, at the time that game was out, made (or just linked) in OT some fake pictures of such an impossible thing. i love that kind of displaying

You could always try Unreal Tournament or quake or quake 2 in text mode if you want to satisfy your very very old school rendering needs.

TCD · 16 April 2009, 21:40

Quote:

Originally Posted by lilalurl

You could always try Unreal Tournament or quake in text mode if you want to satisfy your very very old school rendering needs.

Now that shows us that we're not the worst weirdos out there

Thanks for the links lilalurl

Guess I have a lookie on the weekend then

Marcuz · 16 April 2009, 22:08

Quote:

Originally Posted by lilalurl

You could always try Unreal Tournament or quake or quake 2 in text mode if you want to satisfy your very very old school rendering needs.

Oh my! that's too cool! there's also a dvdplayer with that and in colour! i'm happy now!

lilalurl · 16 April 2009, 22:16

[ Show youtube player ] if you want to preview, although I think the gamma/contrast may have been too low when recorded/compressed.

Sensi · 16 April 2009, 22:30

My eyes hurt

Marcuz · 16 April 2009, 22:31

i have some problem finding the aa-lib and caca (the ascci text colour versions) for windows; i guess that they should be compilated from the sources, but i have no clue how to do that, neither i have the compiler.

can someone help me?

the video player is here anyway:
http://www.mplayerhq.hu/design7/info.html

RabidRabbit · 17 April 2009, 00:39

Upgraded or not, its still a speccy (ah, I remember when I got my spectrum that fateful Christmas of 83....amazing) and you have to admit that its darned impressive.

Anyway, check THIS out

[ Show youtube player ]

That's right..DOOM on the speccy!

And i'm sure you will all recognise this port from the Amiga:

[ Show youtube player ]

And as for THIS:

[ Show youtube player ]

Blew me away!

Amiga1992 · 17 April 2009, 02:07

Yeah man, upgraded or not (7Mhz? That's A500 speed), it is impressive, shame it is wasted on such a boring game

RabidRabbit · 17 April 2009, 03:09

Quote:

Originally Posted by Akira

Yeah man, upgraded or not (7Mhz? That's A500 speed), it is impressive, shame it is wasted on such a boring game

True, the game was a bit crap but this is running on a system (albeit upgraded) which had no dedicated graphics etc.

16 April 2009, 07:57	#1
RabidRabbit Registered User Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: New Zealand Posts: 60	Wolfenstein on the speccy...:) Check this out [ Show youtube player ] Makes you wonder why we couldn't have had a decent Doom clone running on a bog-standard A1200. Sure, Gloom and Fears were there etc, but they needed acceleration, right?

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RabidRabbit Registered User Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: New Zealand Posts: 60	Upgraded or not, its still a speccy (ah, I remember when I got my spectrum that fateful Christmas of 83....amazing) and you have to admit that its darned impressive. Anyway, check THIS out [ Show youtube player ] That's right..DOOM on the speccy! And i'm sure you will all recognise this port from the Amiga: [ Show youtube player ] And as for THIS: [ Show youtube player ] Blew me away! Last edited by RabidRabbit; 17 April 2009 at 00:47.

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16 April 2009, 08:12	#2
TCD HOL/FTP busy bee Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Germany Age: 46 Posts: 31,528	Interesting vid RabidRabbit They run it on a http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentagon_(computer) with 256 kb as it seems and it's b&w, but you can see it's Wolfenstein Gloom runs quite well on a plain A1200 and also Fears is playable this way. Of course they run much smoother with a bigger CPU

16 April 2009, 08:55	#3
alexh Thalion Webshrine Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Oxford Posts: 14,337	The video is not of a standard 3.5MHz spectrum Still it's impressive.

16 April 2009, 09:22	#4
seuden uber cool demi god Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Kent/England Posts: 2,073	I like it, very nice.

16 April 2009, 18:56	#5
Amiga1992 Registered User Join Date: May 2001 Location: ? Posts: 19,645	Last I knew the Pentagons were not accelerated, but I could we wrong. Wolfenstein is a stupid game anyway xD

16 April 2009, 19:17	#6
Marcuz Registered User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: . Age: 48 Posts: 5,562	i would like to see a Doom 3 clone with that kind of rendering. I remember Fred, at the time that game was out, made (or just linked) in OT some fake pictures of such an impossible thing. i love that kind of displaying

16 April 2009, 19:23	#7
Coagulus Gets there in the end... Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Wales Posts: 862	That is running much faster than it does on emulators running at 3.5Mhz but it's certainly still playable. I have it on my DS and use ZXDS. It's impressive what still get's attempted on the Speccy!

16 April 2009, 19:27	#8
AmigaFriend Registered User Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: CLI Posts: 1,462	Quite impressive. The frame rate is on the high in this port.

16 April 2009, 20:59	#10
Rabbit80 Its hard being famous! Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Gateway to the dales, UK Age: 43 Posts: 633	Pentagon = 7MHz turbo mode

16 April 2009, 21:30	#11
Charlie . . Mouse . . Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Nowhere Age: 55 Posts: 1,792	Still, one hell of an achievement given there's no acceleration just a 7mhz Z80.

16 April 2009, 22:16	#15
lilalurl Global Moderator Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: France Posts: 3,289	[ Show youtube player ] if you want to preview, although I think the gamma/contrast may have been too low when recorded/compressed.

16 April 2009, 22:30	#16
Sensi Unregistered User Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: N/A Posts: 1,643	My eyes hurt

16 April 2009, 22:31	#17
Marcuz Registered User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: . Age: 48 Posts: 5,562	i have some problem finding the aa-lib and caca (the ascci text colour versions) for windows; i guess that they should be compilated from the sources, but i have no clue how to do that, neither i have the compiler. can someone help me? the video player is here anyway: http://www.mplayerhq.hu/design7/info.html

17 April 2009, 02:07	#19
Amiga1992 Registered User Join Date: May 2001 Location: ? Posts: 19,645	Yeah man, upgraded or not (7Mhz? That's A500 speed), it is impressive, shame it is wasted on such a boring game

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