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02 October 2018, 11:31 | #22 |
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It's an enhanced ST port. The game code has been programmed and assembled on an Atari Mega ST machine.
(I can tell it before i have fragmented and extracted the whole game). The Amiga version has better music and also a copper effect in game the ST doesn't have. |
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that is quite interresting, normally you would assume the 'superior' port is also the machine it originated from - so there also exist games that are enhanced st versions, never knew about that. you far more often read about something like: another lame st conversion for the amiga. i wonder if there is more enhanced st games like twinworld? ps: the hol entry should be corrected http://hol.abime.net/1546 |
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I guess the best example is Gods: looks good, sounds good, but the scrolling is atrocious. And with the dull game idea, it's enough to put at least me off playing. Another is Xenon 2, where the low framerate actually destroys the gameplay: it makes collision detection fail, which is quite an important function in a shooter. |
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I was looking at the "Is Amiga original" on HOL and saw a few questionable entries. Eg: Aaargh!, Xenon, Elite 2, F29 Retaliator.
Are these mistakes, or is there some reason for their inclusion? |
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I see, according to wikipedia Xenon was released for the Atari ST first.
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But what was it written on, and how where the graphics done? I expect an Amiga was used for dev, so i'd say it still counts.
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Another example: Beneath A Steel Sky. |
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The game has been released late : Tested in JAN 1990, but released in May 1990 for Amiga, and in August 1990 on ST. |
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Braben developed for ST, Amiga, and Archimedes, and perhaps he also ported to PC, I don't remember. Most of the game code would have been the same between ST and Amiga. For flight/space/driving sims in general, Amiga rarely saw any that took full advantage of the hardware, one example is F/A-18 Interceptor, suggesting they too had most of the game code the same for ST and Amiga. So it's tricky for games that weren't a definitive port by a different coder. When that is the case, you might even know the original coder and nail the original platform, even if release date could be later than the port for any publishing reasons. So for those games, maybe go by release date because it's all we have (even if it doesn't quite make sense when more than one version is released at virtually the same time). If there's a port by a different coder it will take a while and the port is almost always later than the original game. |
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