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Cannonball: An enhanced OutRun engine

169 points by fidotron 2y ago

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jinnko 2y ago
This is great. If you're into these retro games there's a couple of others that have been fun: Ultimate Stunts: https://www.ultimatestunts.nl/ https://www.ultimatestunts.nl/ Descent 3: https://github.com/DescentDevelopers/Descent3 https://github.com/DescentDevelopers/Descent3 (if you own the original, or on other platforms if you want to buy)
- throwaway4736 2y ago
  OpenRCT2 is amazing as well. Rollercoaster Tycoon 2 was an absurdly entertaining game, and this wrapper makes it even better.
  - anthk 2y ago
    Is not a wrapper, it's a whole new engine.
ndiddy 2y ago
The author of this project blogged about his experience making it the whole time. It’s a pretty entertaining read: http://reassembler.blogspot.com/search/label/cannonball http://reassembler.blogspot.com/search/label/cannonball
- grimgrin 2y ago
  A nice origin story http://reassembler.blogspot.com/2009/08/outrun-decompilation-project.html http://reassembler.blogspot.com/2009/08/outrun-decompilation... OutRun on Amiga: https://www.youtube.com/@reassembler68k https://www.youtube.com/@reassembler68k
  - OnlyMortal 2y ago
    I assume he’s clipping hidden surfaces?
miramba 2y ago
If anyone has an M1 binary…
- suprjami 2y ago
  Use RetroArch: https://buildbot.libretro.com/stable/1.9.14/apple/osx/universal/ https://buildbot.libretro.com/stable/1.9.14/apple/osx/univer...
ndesaulniers 2y ago
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannonball_Run_challenge https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannonball_Run_challenge in case the name is lost on anyone.
- Umofomia 2y ago
  It's probably more a reference to The Cannonball Run film[1], which the designer of Out Run mentioned[2] inspired the original game. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cannonball_Run https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cannonball_Run [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Out_Run#Development https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Out_Run#Development
z303 2y ago
Also Turbo OutRun Reimagined https://sk1ds.itch.io/outrun-clone https://sk1ds.itch.io/outrun-clone
nox101 2y ago
The top end of OutRut type tech was Power Drift and Rail Chase https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ngUCwEVtlI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ngUCwEVtlI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQd3FFT7pnc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQd3FFT7pnc

169 points by fidotron 2y ago

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This is great. If you're into these retro games there's a couple of others that have been fun: Ultimate Stunts: https://www.ultimatestunts.nl/ https://www.ultimatestunts.nl/ Descent 3: https://github.com/DescentDevelopers/Descent3 https://github.com/DescentDevelopers/Descent3 (if you own the original, or on other platforms if you want to buy)

throwaway4736 2y ago
OpenRCT2 is amazing as well. Rollercoaster Tycoon 2 was an absurdly entertaining game, and this wrapper makes it even better.
- anthk 2y ago
  Is not a wrapper, it's a whole new engine.

ndiddy 2y ago

The author of this project blogged about his experience making it the whole time. It’s a pretty entertaining read: http://reassembler.blogspot.com/search/label/cannonball http://reassembler.blogspot.com/search/label/cannonball

grimgrin 2y ago
A nice origin story http://reassembler.blogspot.com/2009/08/outrun-decompilation-project.html http://reassembler.blogspot.com/2009/08/outrun-decompilation... OutRun on Amiga: https://www.youtube.com/@reassembler68k https://www.youtube.com/@reassembler68k
- OnlyMortal 2y ago
  I assume he’s clipping hidden surfaces?

miramba 2y ago

If anyone has an M1 binary…

suprjami 2y ago
Use RetroArch: https://buildbot.libretro.com/stable/1.9.14/apple/osx/universal/ https://buildbot.libretro.com/stable/1.9.14/apple/osx/univer...

ndesaulniers 2y ago

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannonball_Run_challenge https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannonball_Run_challenge in case the name is lost on anyone.

Umofomia 2y ago
It's probably more a reference to The Cannonball Run film[1], which the designer of Out Run mentioned[2] inspired the original game. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cannonball_Run https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cannonball_Run [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Out_Run#Development https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Out_Run#Development

z303 2y ago

Also Turbo OutRun Reimagined https://sk1ds.itch.io/outrun-clone https://sk1ds.itch.io/outrun-clone

nox101 2y ago

The top end of OutRut type tech was Power Drift and Rail Chase https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ngUCwEVtlI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ngUCwEVtlI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQd3FFT7pnc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQd3FFT7pnc