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If you haven't played this game I strongly recommend it. It's on GOG. It's on old emulators too but the graphics and input handling can be pretty rough and un

If you haven't played this game I strongly recommend it. It's on GOG. It's on old emulators too but the graphics and input handling can be pretty rough and unforgiving.

facorreia 7y ago
I second this. Another world was a fantastic, innovative game. Also look for Another World – 20th Anniversary Edition.
- flanbiscuit 7y ago
  Didn't realize they released an updated version. Just found this graphics comparison[1]. Looks like they mostly just smoothed out the lines. 1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b86QXaOdgX8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b86QXaOdgX8
  - stuart78 7y ago
    What I found funny about watching that is that the 2014 version is exactly how I remembered the 1991 version. Memory smoothed it all out I suppose.
    - exlurker 7y ago
      The magic of CRT :)
  - lloeki 7y ago
    IIRC the 20th anniversary version has backgrounds entirely redrawn and pre rendered as bitmap, they're not poly anymore. The animated stuff is the original polys rendered as always, only at much higher resolution than the original 320x200. Sadly they lack detail, see notably at 2:26 in the comparison video. Also at 2:47 you can see perspective has been corrected, but the overall result is less consistent (left wall vs five spoke machine). I very much prefer the original one overall, the reduced detail and inconsistencies in art of the new one just takes away the immersion.
- DHPersonal 7y ago
  It's available on iOS, too: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/another-world-20th/id460076328 https://apps.apple.com/us/app/another-world-20th/id460076328
- Zod666 7y ago
  I know it was one of the last to get it, but my first experience with this game was the SNES version. The SNES version has some horrible slowdowns at parts, but the musical score is amazing! I was disappointed to hear other versions didn't have tat score. I haven't checked all the versions, is it unique to the snes? Does anyone know if any other version has that music? I was hoping the 20th anniversary would have had it but it doesn't. Btw it's not as good but the sequel, heart of the alien, is only on the segacd. I hunted down a Sega CD and Genesis just to play it.
derefr 7y ago
Given that it’s apparently a bytecode executable for a VM, is there a modern implementation of said VM? Maybe even one that translates the draw ops into Vulkan commands? Seems like a fun project.
- mjg59 7y ago
  https://github.com/fabiensanglard/Another-World-Bytecode-Interpreter https://github.com/fabiensanglard/Another-World-Bytecode-Int... (by the author of this article)
ricardobeat 7y ago
It's also on Steam now!
lokedhs 7y ago
There is a version on Playstation that's very good. You can switch between the original graphics or updated graphics by simply pressing a button at any time. It plays really well.

If you haven't played this game I strongly recommend it. It's on GOG. It's on old emulators too but the graphics and input handling can be pretty rough and unforgiving.

facorreia 7y ago

I second this. Another world was a fantastic, innovative game. Also look for Another World – 20th Anniversary Edition.

flanbiscuit 7y ago
Didn't realize they released an updated version. Just found this graphics comparison[1]. Looks like they mostly just smoothed out the lines. 1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b86QXaOdgX8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b86QXaOdgX8
- stuart78 7y ago
  What I found funny about watching that is that the 2014 version is exactly how I remembered the 1991 version. Memory smoothed it all out I suppose.
  - exlurker 7y ago
    The magic of CRT :)
- lloeki 7y ago
  IIRC the 20th anniversary version has backgrounds entirely redrawn and pre rendered as bitmap, they're not poly anymore. The animated stuff is the original polys rendered as always, only at much higher resolution than the original 320x200. Sadly they lack detail, see notably at 2:26 in the comparison video. Also at 2:47 you can see perspective has been corrected, but the overall result is less consistent (left wall vs five spoke machine). I very much prefer the original one overall, the reduced detail and inconsistencies in art of the new one just takes away the immersion.
DHPersonal 7y ago
It's available on iOS, too: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/another-world-20th/id460076328 https://apps.apple.com/us/app/another-world-20th/id460076328
Zod666 7y ago
I know it was one of the last to get it, but my first experience with this game was the SNES version. The SNES version has some horrible slowdowns at parts, but the musical score is amazing! I was disappointed to hear other versions didn't have tat score. I haven't checked all the versions, is it unique to the snes? Does anyone know if any other version has that music? I was hoping the 20th anniversary would have had it but it doesn't. Btw it's not as good but the sequel, heart of the alien, is only on the segacd. I hunted down a Sega CD and Genesis just to play it.

derefr 7y ago

Given that it’s apparently a bytecode executable for a VM, is there a modern implementation of said VM? Maybe even one that translates the draw ops into Vulkan commands? Seems like a fun project.

mjg59 7y ago
https://github.com/fabiensanglard/Another-World-Bytecode-Interpreter https://github.com/fabiensanglard/Another-World-Bytecode-Int... (by the author of this article)

ricardobeat 7y ago

It's also on Steam now!

lokedhs 7y ago

There is a version on Playstation that's very good. You can switch between the original graphics or updated graphics by simply pressing a button at any time. It plays really well.