old game developers

jrom · 24 March 2004, 09:50

I was just googling around when I stumbled upon the website from the dude who developed Nitro, Qwak and A.T.R. for the amiga.

Anyone know any other links to websites from ancient amiga game developers?

Drake1009 · 24 March 2004, 10:34

Well that settles it. Qwak has 80 levels. Weren't there some discussion of this earlier?

BTW...he's using the word ROMS for his amiga games.

Big-Byte · 24 March 2004, 13:57

Hes got an unpublished game/demo too

Amiga (programming done in 68000 assembler, and optomised by hand).

Researched the Amiga's hardware capabilities, including hardware scrolling and sprites.
Implemented a hardware scrolling game engine that switched in real time between hardware scrolling and page flipping (not scrolling). This was used to create a 2D elite style space trading game.
Implemented various tile based map editors and other game asset creation tools.

24 March 2004, 18:29

Quote:

Originally posted by Big-Byte
Amiga (programming done in 68000 assembler, and optomised by hand).

I hope attention to detail was upheld when he was doing his "optomising" - imagine the consequences if you made a typo or spelling mistake when "optomising" your code !

Drake1009 · 24 March 2004, 19:43

You'd most likely end up with a Guru Medication

7-Zark-7 · 26 March 2004, 18:49

Quote:

Originally posted by Drake1009

BTW...he's using the word ROMS for his amiga games.

Quick, lets get Akira & Bub the Zombie on the case, he'll change his vile ways then!

Drake1009 · 26 March 2004, 20:11

Actually I'd say we should just leave him to his words... I really don't care if he calls it roms. Sure it's wrong, but why preach it to people who just wants to speak the language of many of the people visiting?

I mean, he's most likely that his games were not released on ROMs but rather on disks.

7-Zark-7 · 28 March 2004, 13:08

Quote:

Originally posted by Big-Byte
Hes got an unpublished game/demo too

I wonder if the AGTW crew are onto this?

08 June 2004, 22:37

Chris Hülsbeck and the whole Factor5 Team (Turrican, etc.) are still busy:

www.factor5.de

www.huelsbeck.com

also Ian Bell, one of the Elite programmers still has a website

http://www.iancgbell.clara.net

fiath · 08 June 2004, 22:45

Anyone know if those games are cracks on Jamie Woodhouse's site?

Galaxy · 09 June 2004, 12:23

A few that I can think of off the top of my head

Panther Games http://www.panthergames.com/
Jeff Minter (Llamasoft) http://www.llamasoft.co.uk/
Team 17 http://www.team17.com/
Bitmap Bros http://www.bitmap-brothers.co.uk/
Cinemaware http://www.cinemaware.com/

BTTR has a pretty comprehensive list of game companies at http://www.back2roots.org/Makers/Companies/

7-Zark-7 · 10 June 2004, 15:12

Had been going to list Steve Turner's own Graftgold page dedicated to his & Andrew Braybrook's old Graftgold company, though it seems to be out of action at the moment,
http://www.graftgold.com/
You get some bits of history relating to it,(& the link) here though, looks like an EAB member's site, if I'm not mistaken!
http://www.nemmelheim.de/graftgold/index.html
http://www.nemmelheim.de/classicgames/index.html
Nice site!

24 March 2004, 09:50	#1
jrom Wannabe asm coder ;) Join Date: May 2002 Location: The Netherlands Age: 47 Posts: 459	old game developers I was just googling around when I stumbled upon the website from the dude who developed Nitro, Qwak and A.T.R. for the amiga. Anyone know any other links to websites from ancient amiga game developers? Last edited by jrom; 24 March 2004 at 12:23.

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24 March 2004, 10:34	#2
Drake1009 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Denmark Posts: 2,284	Well that settles it. Qwak has 80 levels. Weren't there some discussion of this earlier? BTW...he's using the word ROMS for his amiga games.

24 March 2004, 13:57	#3
Big-Byte Long time member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: UK Posts: 754	Hes got an unpublished game/demo too Amiga (programming done in 68000 assembler, and optomised by hand). Researched the Amiga's hardware capabilities, including hardware scrolling and sprites. Implemented a hardware scrolling game engine that switched in real time between hardware scrolling and page flipping (not scrolling). This was used to create a 2D elite style space trading game. Implemented various tile based map editors and other game asset creation tools.

24 March 2004, 19:43	#5
Drake1009 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Denmark Posts: 2,284	You'd most likely end up with a Guru Medication

26 March 2004, 20:11	#7
Drake1009 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Denmark Posts: 2,284	Actually I'd say we should just leave him to his words... I really don't care if he calls it roms. Sure it's wrong, but why preach it to people who just wants to speak the language of many of the people visiting? I mean, he's most likely that his games were not released on ROMs but rather on disks.

08 June 2004, 22:37	#9
Fafner Posts: n/a	Chris Hülsbeck and the whole Factor5 Team (Turrican, etc.) are still busy: www.factor5.de www.huelsbeck.com also Ian Bell, one of the Elite programmers still has a website http://www.iancgbell.clara.net

08 June 2004, 22:45	#10
fiath Moderator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: South East / UK Age: 46 Posts: 1,930	Anyone know if those games are cracks on Jamie Woodhouse's site?

09 June 2004, 12:23	#11
Galaxy Registered User Join Date: May 2004 Location: Canberra, Australia Age: 46 Posts: 1,417	A few that I can think of off the top of my head Panther Games http://www.panthergames.com/ Jeff Minter (Llamasoft) http://www.llamasoft.co.uk/ Team 17 http://www.team17.com/ Bitmap Bros http://www.bitmap-brothers.co.uk/ Cinemaware http://www.cinemaware.com/ BTTR has a pretty comprehensive list of game companies at http://www.back2roots.org/Makers/Companies/

10 June 2004, 15:12	#12
7-Zark-7 Zone Friend Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Brisbane/Australia Posts: 1,270	Had been going to list Steve Turner's own Graftgold page dedicated to his & Andrew Braybrook's old Graftgold company, though it seems to be out of action at the moment, http://www.graftgold.com/ You get some bits of history relating to it,(& the link) here though, looks like an EAB member's site, if I'm not mistaken! http://www.nemmelheim.de/graftgold/index.html http://www.nemmelheim.de/classicgames/index.html Nice site!

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