3 ms·
It's a very impressive demo, but it's also a testimony to the sad state of PC graphics (and sound) hardware back in the day. Consider that years earlier I was p
by __david__ 11y ago
It's a very impressive demo, but it's also a testimony to the sad state of PC graphics (and sound) hardware back in the day. Consider that years earlier I was playing stuff like this[1] and this[2] on my home computer.
[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLZoYUgilkI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLZoYUgilkI
[2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-U6HUaAONI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-U6HUaAONI
- 1wd 11y agoThe demo is from 1990. According to wikipedia the Amiga games you linked were released in 1990 and 1989. How did you play them years earlier?
- theinternetman 11y agoPlenty of Amiga games had graphics on that level before the 90s though. Considering A500 was 1987
- __david__ 11y agoFair enough, there were plenty of nice looking Amiga games from earlier. How about Menace[1] and Baal[2] (I loved Psygnosis)? [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXBpMCVicic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXBpMCVicic [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcTBrIdkqDE&list=PLx15a59XJMIYo_l8z9RXJPum1dFC0dMUd https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcTBrIdkqDE&list=PLx15a59XJM...
- to3m 11y agoThe Killing Game Show was also released in 1990, and Shadow of the Beast was 1989 :) Also in 1990: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbzioZBTUIU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbzioZBTUIU (looks a bit dated now, but I'd never seen anything like it at the time - planar displays make zooming/rotating graphics rather inconvenient)