XENON 2 question

plasmatron · 25 April 2006, 10:25

Good morning everyone !

I`m a bit comfused about the HOL entry of XENON 2
http://hol.abime.net/1605
Developer = The Assembly Line ???

Errr !??? Not Bitmap Brothers ???

CodyJarrett · 25 April 2006, 10:47

It was a joint Assembly Line/The Bitmap Brothers development but the HOL field only supports one developer.

Galahad/FLT · 25 April 2006, 10:56

Bitmap Brothers designed it, Assembly Line actually programmed it.

plasmatron · 26 April 2006, 10:39

Wow ! Didn`t knew that.

wanderer · 26 April 2006, 10:45

... And published by CinemaWare / Mirrorsoft...?

Interesting.

Djay · 27 April 2006, 01:20

those were the heady days when developers/designers/programmers/publishers loved each other

Dizzy · 27 April 2006, 21:37

back then it was the World against USA

Publisher:

Cinemaware - USA
Image Works (Mirrorsoft) - Worldwide

Parsec · 28 April 2006, 00:03

Slightly off topic but I always remember thinking Xenon wasn't that well programmed

It's a damn fine game but technically it always looked like they wrote one version to suit ST/Amiga - scrolling definitely wasn't up to usual Amiga standards e.g. Hybris.

Or is it simply the case that it's an ST port?

Galahad/FLT · 13 May 2006, 15:22

Quote:

Originally Posted by Parsec

Slightly off topic but I always remember thinking Xenon wasn't that well programmed

It's a damn fine game but technically it always looked like they wrote one version to suit ST/Amiga - scrolling definitely wasn't up to usual Amiga standards e.g. Hybris.

Or is it simply the case that it's an ST port?

They were too adventuruous with the three layers of scrolling, plus it was a Bitmap Brothers trademark/tradeoff. They would rather a game ran at a constant 25frames than run at 50 frames and keep dropping the frame rate when there was too much on screen.

alexh · 13 May 2006, 20:55

Hijacking this thread a little on the mention of Hybris, has everyone else heard the remix of Paul Van Der Valk's excellent "Imploder Theme" by reed?

http://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=7789

I have to say that when I first heard it nostalgia coursed through my veins!

25 April 2006, 10:25	#1
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25 April 2006, 10:47	#2
CodyJarrett Global Moderator Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: UK Age: 46 Posts: 6,160	It was a joint Assembly Line/The Bitmap Brothers development but the HOL field only supports one developer.

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Galahad/FLT Going nowhere Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: United Kingdom Age: 50 Posts: 8,986	Bitmap Brothers designed it, Assembly Line actually programmed it.

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plasmatron Zone Friend Join Date: May 2003 Location: Germany Age: 48 Posts: 967	Wow ! Didn`t knew that.

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Dizzy Pirate Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Denmark Posts: 3,395	back then it was the World against USA Publisher: Cinemaware - USA Image Works (Mirrorsoft) - Worldwide

28 April 2006, 00:03	#8
Parsec Registered User Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Lancashire Age: 49 Posts: 434	Slightly off topic but I always remember thinking Xenon wasn't that well programmed It's a damn fine game but technically it always looked like they wrote one version to suit ST/Amiga - scrolling definitely wasn't up to usual Amiga standards e.g. Hybris. Or is it simply the case that it's an ST port?

13 May 2006, 20:55	#10
alexh Thalion Webshrine Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Oxford Posts: 14,337	Hijacking this thread a little on the mention of Hybris, has everyone else heard the remix of Paul Van Der Valk's excellent "Imploder Theme" by reed? http://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=7789 I have to say that when I first heard it nostalgia coursed through my veins!

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