Desert Racing Of Bardos

AMIGAZ · 30 December 2005, 09:36

Has anyone tried the demo or bought the real game on a real Amiga?
Have bought the game and the game crawls at 1-2fps except the intro animations and cutscene animations.

Demo: http://www.intuitionbase.com/DesertRacingDemo.lha

Link to game website: http://www.apc-tcp.de/support/0020e.html

Bamiga2002 · 30 December 2005, 13:44

Other people have reported slow FPS even on 060/66mhz, perhaps some code tweaking is in place. Or a PPC-exe :P

Maybe the full version is faster, like with Freespace.

AMIGAZ · 30 December 2005, 13:49

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bamiga2002

Other people have reported slow FPS even on 060/66mhz, perhaps some code tweaking is in place. Or a PPC-exe :P

Maybe the full version is faster, like with Freespace.

Using the full version here

Mad-Matt · 30 December 2005, 13:56

tthey need to remake the game with a nice fast texture mapped engine like flying high

. Turbo racer was a horrid slow voxel engine racer too :/. Shadow of the third moon was a nice fast voxel based game ..hmm

AMIGAZ · 30 December 2005, 14:05

Have posted in the APC support forum.
The speed of the game now makes it unplayable.

Bamiga2002 · 30 December 2005, 15:14

Quote:

Originally Posted by AMIGAZ

Using the full version here

Uhmm, okay then. Maybe they'll release an update.

Bamiga2002 · 30 December 2005, 15:17

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mad-Matt

tthey need to remake the game with a nice fast texture mapped engine like flying high

. Turbo racer was a horrid slow voxel engine racer too :/. Shadow of the third moon was a nice fast voxel based game ..hmm

I like Flyin' High, it's just too hard on the hardest difficulty level

. Turbo Racer would have been good if they put some effort on the gameplay and playability in general, it's just too difficult in the later levels and a kinda demo feeling in it. One mistake and you lose the game. SOTTM was good in it's time, now the gfx look kinda blocky, but a quite good game overall

AMIGAZ · 30 December 2005, 19:18

Have got an answer now from the support.
They will come up with a patch

AndreasM · 29 January 2006, 15:56

now are 3 patches finished for Desert Racing Demo and Fullversion.

available via email at Andreas@apc-tcp.de

kriz · 29 January 2006, 23:26

Interesting, please tell us how it works when you get it Amigaz!

Bamiga2002 · 19 March 2006, 22:45

So how is the game playing now?

blade002 · 20 March 2006, 11:46

Another Voxel Amiga Game was one called Wheels On Fire.

It was very fast, but quite blocky.. Still not a bad little game despite the average reviews.

It got repetitive though.
Check it out here.
http://hol.abime.net/4863/screenshot

Flying High was ok though. I didnt exactly jump up and down when i saw it, but neither did i think it was bad. The best 3D texture mapped/voxel based racer was Xtreme Racing. Especially 2 players.

I cant help but feel though, that games like Turbo Racer, Flying High & Wheels On Fire made the Amiga look a little Cheap!?. like it was not coping with demands of the time.

The best 3D games of the time that i thought looked the part ( but werent racing ) were AB3D, Breathless, Testament, Trapped & Genetic Species. Those were the ones that make me think WOW, my Amiga is still up there with the best!.

Gloom though was in a league of its own. Not exaclty amazing, but a damn great game to play with all those body parts flying all over the place and in 2 player, need i say more.

mombasajoe · 20 March 2006, 21:40

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mad-Matt

. Turbo racer was a horrid slow voxel engine racer too :/.

.....you mean "Wheels on fire", don´t you

Turbo Racer: http://hol.abime.net/1528 -> textured polygones...but slow(!), that´s right...

kriz · 21 March 2006, 15:45

Amigaz: have you tested it ?? I wanna know!

AMIGAZ · 21 March 2006, 19:47

Quote:

Originally Posted by kriz

Amigaz: have you tested it ?? I wanna know!

Yes but only on my '030 A1200 and it was still too slow to be playable
Haven't tried it on any of my faster Amiga's yet..will do it in the weekend

this game should have minimum requirements: 68060

mombasajoe · 21 March 2006, 22:04

With 060, 64MB at full Details, I´ve had 8 FPS....crap

meckert · 14 May 2007, 23:09

What about the new update patch available since a couple of weeks ago ?

Retro-Nerd · 05 November 2007, 17:00

btw: Has the game CD audio tracks?

Graham Humphrey · 05 November 2007, 18:02

Nope.

adonay · 06 November 2007, 16:03

I wonder how they can market a game with out hardware to run it ,, Maybe Winuae was in mind ?

30 December 2005, 09:36	#1
AMIGAZ Amiga-Mad Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Sweden Age: 47 Posts: 1,291	Desert Racing Of Bardos Has anyone tried the demo or bought the real game on a real Amiga? Have bought the game and the game crawls at 1-2fps except the intro animations and cutscene animations. Demo: http://www.intuitionbase.com/DesertRacingDemo.lha Link to game website: http://www.apc-tcp.de/support/0020e.html

20 March 2006, 11:46	#12
blade002 Zone Friend Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Australia Age: 50 Posts: 2,616	Another Voxel Amiga Game was one called Wheels On Fire. It was very fast, but quite blocky.. Still not a bad little game despite the average reviews. It got repetitive though. Check it out here. http://hol.abime.net/4863/screenshot Flying High was ok though. I didnt exactly jump up and down when i saw it, but neither did i think it was bad. The best 3D texture mapped/voxel based racer was Xtreme Racing. Especially 2 players. I cant help but feel though, that games like Turbo Racer, Flying High & Wheels On Fire made the Amiga look a little Cheap!?. like it was not coping with demands of the time. The best 3D games of the time that i thought looked the part ( but werent racing ) were AB3D, Breathless, Testament, Trapped & Genetic Species. Those were the ones that make me think WOW, my Amiga is still up there with the best!. Gloom though was in a league of its own. Not exaclty amazing, but a damn great game to play with all those body parts flying all over the place and in 2 player, need i say more. Last edited by blade002; 20 March 2006 at 11:53.

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30 December 2005, 13:44	#2
Bamiga2002 BlizzardPPC'less Join Date: May 2004 Location: Finland Age: 46 Posts: 3,210	Other people have reported slow FPS even on 060/66mhz, perhaps some code tweaking is in place. Or a PPC-exe :P Maybe the full version is faster, like with Freespace.

30 December 2005, 13:56	#4
Mad-Matt Longplayer Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Lincoln / UK Age: 44 Posts: 1,848	tthey need to remake the game with a nice fast texture mapped engine like flying high . Turbo racer was a horrid slow voxel engine racer too :/. Shadow of the third moon was a nice fast voxel based game ..hmm

30 December 2005, 14:05	#5
AMIGAZ Amiga-Mad Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Sweden Age: 47 Posts: 1,291	Have posted in the APC support forum. The speed of the game now makes it unplayable.

30 December 2005, 19:18	#8
AMIGAZ Amiga-Mad Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Sweden Age: 47 Posts: 1,291	Have got an answer now from the support. They will come up with a patch

29 January 2006, 15:56	#9
AndreasM Registered User Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: germany Posts: 878	now are 3 patches finished for Desert Racing Demo and Fullversion. available via email at Andreas@apc-tcp.de

29 January 2006, 23:26	#10
kriz Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: No(R)Way Age: 41 Posts: 3,195	Interesting, please tell us how it works when you get it Amigaz!

19 March 2006, 22:45	#11
Bamiga2002 BlizzardPPC'less Join Date: May 2004 Location: Finland Age: 46 Posts: 3,210	So how is the game playing now?

21 March 2006, 15:45	#14
kriz Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: No(R)Way Age: 41 Posts: 3,195	Amigaz: have you tested it ?? I wanna know!

21 March 2006, 22:04	#16
mombasajoe Registered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: D Age: 49 Posts: 528	With 060, 64MB at full Details, I´ve had 8 FPS....crap

14 May 2007, 23:09	#17
meckert Registered User Join Date: May 2007 Location: Gdansk, Poland Posts: 180	What about the new update patch available since a couple of weeks ago ?

05 November 2007, 17:00	#18
Retro-Nerd Missile Command Champion Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Germany Age: 52 Posts: 12,441	btw: Has the game CD audio tracks?

05 November 2007, 18:02	#19
Graham Humphrey Moderator Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Norwich, Norfolk, UK Age: 37 Posts: 11,167	Nope.

06 November 2007, 16:03	#20
adonay active amiga 1200 user Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Either Haugesund /Norway or Vaxjø Sweden Posts: 220	I wonder how they can market a game with out hardware to run it ,, Maybe Winuae was in mind ?

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