AGA & OCS in the same game

[Seiya]

Those few games that have dual chipset formats within the same game (there are no two separate versions) do they actually show aesthetic differences or other differences that can be highlighted?

Do you remember what games have this dual formats chipset in the same game?

[DanyPPC]

Minskie Furballs
Seek And Destroy

[sokolovic]

Liberation Captive 2
Alien Breed Tower Assault.
Colonization (not sure about this one. Maybe it is just the extra chip ram).
Fighter duel pro 2.

[Amigajay]

Here’s some more to keep you going!

Arcade Pool
Blitz Tennis
Coala
Colonization
Death Mask
Donk!
Fantastic Flyer
Global Domination
Kingpin
Mag!!! - ?
Marblelous II
Max Rally
Minskies Furballs
Quik The Thunder Rabbit
Skidmarks
Super Skidmarks
Ubek
Uridium II

[Megalomaniac]

Easy to overlook these on a list of games which benefitted from the A1200. It may not have been the same quantum leap as the A500 was five years earlier, but I was jealous of those who did have it, once the amount of enhanced games outweighed the amount that didn't work on it (some of which were officially fixed)/

It was far too common for the AGA version to be released separately from the ECS one (sometimes at a higher price). It's understandable when the original game was released or in development before the A1200 was released (eg Pinball Fantasies, Zool, Chaos Engine, Civilization) or if the AGA version was released first due to being ported down from the PC (eg UFO, SimLife), but not when both versions should have been in development simultaneously. PC owners didn't have to rebuy a game when they upgraded from CGA to EGA, or EGA to VGA, all the graphics were on the same disk. I know some publishers offered cheap disk exchanges, but not all.

[Seiya]

i notice that a part some games, these hybrid games OCS-AGA there is not so much difference on screen or very very slight difference

[Amigajay]

Originally Posted by Seiya

i notice that a part some games, these hybrid games OCS-AGA there is not so much difference on screen or very very slight difference

Yes, only slight differences in most games, colour wise or some games have an extra parallax layer or more onscreen objects hard to see in screenshots.

[sokolovic]

Originally Posted by Megalomaniac

Easy to overlook these on a list of games which benefitted from the A1200. It may not have been the same quantum leap as the A500 was five years earlier, but I was jealous of those who did have it, once the amount of enhanced games outweighed the amount that didn't work on it (some of which were officially fixed)/

It was far too common for the AGA version to be released separately from the ECS one (sometimes at a higher price). It's understandable when the original game was released or in development before the A1200 was released (eg Pinball Fantasies, Zool, Chaos Engine, Civilization) or if the AGA version was released first due to being ported down from the PC (eg UFO, SimLife), but not when both versions should have been in development simultaneously. PC owners didn't have to rebuy a game when they upgraded from CGA to EGA, or EGA to VGA, all the graphics were on the same disk. I know some publishers offered cheap disk exchanges, but not all.

The most absurde policy being probably Ocean one releasing fake AGA version of ECS games separatly.

[TCD]

Originally Posted by sokolovic

The most absurde policy being probably Ocean one releasing fake AGA version of ECS games separatly.

Well, there is one extra animation for the 'AGA' version of Jungle Strike

[sokolovic]

Had Commodore put the same HD floppy drive in the A1200 than on the A4000 (which would have been logical since you would'nt expect anyone to support HD Drive if its cut you the basic AGA market), I always wondered if it was possible to make dual ECS/AGA games with the base ECS game and the shared gfx/sounds/code of both version on one side of the floppy and every AGA enhancement on the other.
It would have maybe helped a little developpers to support AGA better by just putting the already existing VGA gfx on one side of the floppy) but that suppose that Commodore was having a support developpers policy.

[Piter]

Whizz AGA & OCS, Shaq-Fu AGA & ECS, Shadow Fighter AGA & ECS

[Amigajay]

Originally Posted by Piter

Whizz AGA & OCS, Shaq-Fu AGA & ECS, Shadow Fighter AGA & ECS

Those are all separate boxed releases for each version.

[sokolovic]

Originally Posted by Amigajay

Those are all separate boxed releases for each version.

I'm not even sure if there if the AGA version of Shaq Full is a real AGA game or another fake AGA game from Ocean like Jungle Strike or Burnin Rubber.

[Amigajay]

Originally Posted by sokolovic

I'm not even sure if there if the AGA version of Shaq Full is a real AGA game or another fake AGA game from Ocean like Jungle Strike or Burnin Rubber.

Yes it does have AGA graphics, you need them side by side to make it easier but they at least made a little effort there!

[Estrayk]

Uridium II
But Im not sure if you can see enhanced features with AGA or more chip ram.

[stx2199]

Originally Posted by Estrayk

Uridium II
But Im not sure if you can see enhanced features with AGA or more chip ram.

there is no enhanced sound of GFX in uridium 2 , however the game load faster on the A1200 because the 68020 is faster loading/decrunching

[stx2199]

in arcade pool when you load in the A1200 says graphics: enhanced

but I haven't seen any enhanced graphics over the game played on a standard A500 so ....I think is bullshit

[sokolovic]

Originally Posted by stx2199

there is no enhanced sound of GFX in uridium 2 , however the game load faster on the A1200 because the 68020 is faster loading/decrunching

There is an extra mayhem mode on the A1200. and according to the One there is also some graphicals effects that don't appears on the A500 (smoke trails etc).

[stx2199]

Originally Posted by sokolovic

There is an extra mayhem mode on the A1200. and according to the One there is also some graphicals effects that don't appears on the A500 (smoke trails etc).

smoke trails? I never seen smoke or smoke trails in this game, I think the guys behind the one were fantasizing

[Amigajay]

Originally Posted by stx2199

in arcade pool when you load in the A1200 says graphics: enhanced

but I haven't seen any enhanced graphics over the game played on a standard A500 so ....I think is bullshit

They are there, but just subtle changes with shading etc

https://archive.org/details/TheAmiga...e/n10/mode/1up