[HN Gopher] Amiga Games Released in 2024 Index
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Amiga Games Released in 2024 Index
Author : doener
Score : 92 points
Date : 2024-12-31 17:38 UTC (1 days ago)
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(TXT) w3m dump (www.lemonamiga.com)
| a1o wrote:
| > Crysis (Prototype)
|
| I was not expecting that. Looks interesting in the itch page!
|
| Also I really liked the Untangle one. I think I played something
| like that a billion years ago.
| yzydserd wrote:
| Looks like a port of Untangle from Simon Tatham's Puzzles [0],
| itself inspired by Planarity [1]
|
| [0]
| https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/puzzles/js/unta...
|
| [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planarity
| danielscrubs wrote:
| How is this possible?! I saw the screenshots and it looks
| great!
|
| What am I missing?
| vardump wrote:
| Assuming you mean Crysis. That it's not 3D, but full motion
| video.
| pryelluw wrote:
| Yeah, agree. It's a video but still impressive. One day
| someone will find a way to code the actual game.
| movedx wrote:
| OK I'll bite: should I be trying out these old game systems? I
| keep seeing retro game systems getting new releases and more and
| it's very cool.
|
| Are there emulators for all of these systems?
| Jedd wrote:
| Are you asking if there's some kind of universal amiga emulator
| available on the internet?
| vardump wrote:
| I see what you did there.
| codetrotter wrote:
| > Are there emulators for all of these systems?
|
| RetroArch is a great place to start. It supports a ton of
| different "emulator cores" and acts as a frontend for emulators
| for different systems.
|
| https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/RetroArch
|
| Install it and give it a go.
| indigodaddy wrote:
| Check out PiMiga especially if you have a Pi 400 turns it into
| a super cool retro setup..
|
| https://youtu.be/PYR9MtSkjE0?si=18uOhM0Qww_NNaTW
| glimshe wrote:
| Amigas are superbly emulated. But in general, yes... Not only
| soft emulators but highly accurate FPGA emulations.
| dizhn wrote:
| Their emulation is very good but usually works but the games
| require various combinations of joystick, keyboard and mouse.
| Kind of harder to set up on handhelds than console systems.
| bovermyer wrote:
| I'm starting to get a feeling that making games for "outdated"
| systems is worthwhile. I don't think we tapped out the potential
| of most of these.
| glimshe wrote:
| They will also keep working for way longer (in emulators) than
| current games that depend on steam APIs, DRM, online services,
| GPU driver versions etc.
| yason wrote:
| Yes, old and new games for outdated systems will easily
| outlast modern games. I can still play a game from 1985 on an
| emulator today but how many contemporary games can I play in
| 2065 ?
| vascocosta wrote:
| I've recently developed a very simple game for the ZX Spectrum
| in a week and within 2 weeks it was downloaded almost 200 times
| on itch.io. Despite being an extremely low effort attempt I got
| some feedback and even a review on Youtube.
|
| Now I can't help but wonder what sort of feedback I'll get if I
| put in a decent effort. I'm pretty sure it's going to be worth
| it, since at least for me it was already a very pleasant
| surprise to have people enjoying my simple game.
| TJSomething wrote:
| I was suddenly reminded of Magicore Anomala [0], which was
| announced in early 2023 but I haven't seen anything about since.
| It doesn't seem to be on the development list.
|
| [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SB20aFHc08
| dansalvato wrote:
| I'm thrilled to see someone bring up Magicore! I don't do much
| publicity because it's been a quiet 2 years working on the game
| engine, without much flashy content to show for it. But we're
| ramping up to begin production of the final game assets, so I
| anticipate having a lot more to share this coming year.
|
| Here is a small demo I threw together for AmiWest 2024, from
| last October: https://youtu.be/xIYrhKHEPEA
|
| I also have a personal blog which is largely a development blog
| for Magicore (https://dansalva.to/blog). My next post will be
| about a recent feature where I use Amiga's hardware
| acceleration to draw rays of light that can be obstructed by
| passing objects. Proof of concept video here:
| https://youtu.be/rFWFTuWx82M
| azinman2 wrote:
| Is there really enough of a market to warrant all this
| development, particularly for the commercial releases? How much
| could they really make?
| mikae1 wrote:
| Market? What an extremely HN comment :-D
|
| I see some games can be bought, but I doubt it's big biz.
| People do lots of things for shits and giggles and out of pure
| passion.
| azinman2 wrote:
| Well we are on HN. Odd to me for being downvoted for a
| question rooted in curiosity.
|
| I'm just trying to understand the motivation. If it's free
| then I can understand it's a hobby. When it's being charged
| for, and there are some "studios" pumping out commercial
| games, then to me it warrants trying to understand more about
| the game creators. Especially when they're amiga games.
| 7thaccount wrote:
| I buy retro games. The creators typically make them as a hobby
| and a lot of the ones I play are basically text adventures with
| a simple parser and a few dozen locations with a unique pixel
| art image for each location. So it costs them nothing but time
| to make and my purchase helps buy them coffee. With very rare
| exceptions, these are usually not built with any kind of
| "studio" or large budget, so profitability is irrelevant. They
| often just release for free.
| anthk wrote:
| The Z Machine and Glulx parsers are not that simple. Ditto
| with PAWS and clones.
| vascocosta wrote:
| I made a simple retro game out of pure passion and released it
| for free at itch.io, however I see many good games that sell
| for low prices. There's definitely a niche market.
| Alternatively users can also donate or become your patrons.
| From what I see, if the game is decent and the price is lowish,
| then it sells quite well. Obviously won't pay your bills, but
| it's something...
| wernsey wrote:
| Neat. Somebody ported the old mobile Doom RPG to Amiga
|
| https://www.lemonamiga.com/games/details.php?id=5049
| rasz wrote:
| Some real gems in there:
|
| Dr. Dangerous: Secrets of the Temple of Xol'Tan
| https://hoogames2017.itch.io/dr-dangerous Beautiful and runs on
| naked Amiga 500.
|
| Dungeonette https://www.lemonamiga.com/games/details.php?id=5069
| Stock Amiga 1200.
|
| Roguecraft https://thalamusdigital.itch.io/roguecraft Any Amiga
| with 2MB of ram.
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