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Re: Lets talk: Alien Breed
« Reply #44 from previous page: November 12, 2010, 10:19:52 PM »
Do the original top down version support Strafing/Running, or two or more button joypads for that matter?
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Re: Lets talk: Alien Breed
« Reply #45 on: November 12, 2010, 10:21:41 PM »
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Do the original top down version support Strafing/Running, or two or more button joypads for that matter?


No to the former, although tower assault supports backing up.

They do support two button sticks and pads. The second button usually becomes the scanner (at least in AB2 and TA)
 

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Re: Lets talk: Alien Breed
« Reply #46 on: November 12, 2010, 10:31:44 PM »
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Well the Wii port has one advantage then.
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Re: Lets talk: Alien Breed
« Reply #47 on: November 12, 2010, 10:36:45 PM »
There is a Wii port?
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Re: Lets talk: Alien Breed
« Reply #48 on: November 12, 2010, 10:49:53 PM »
Earth has a lot of things other folks might want... like the whole planet. And maybe these folks would like a few changes made, like more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and room for their way of life. - William S. Burroughs
 

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Re: Lets talk: Alien Breed
« Reply #49 on: November 12, 2010, 10:59:44 PM »
Just been testing the following, all be it on my 060 Amiga, running each at max resolution, full audio etc... :)

AB3d - Smooth as a babies bum
Fears - Ditto
Breathless - the same

Doom - Jerky & lots of glitches, not even close to being as playable or enjoyable as any of the above... :(

(couldn't test them on any of my 030 miggies as their all in bits just now... :))
 

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Re: Lets talk: Alien Breed
« Reply #50 on: November 12, 2010, 11:02:39 PM »
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Just been testing the following, all be it on my 060 Amiga, running each at max resolution, full audio etc... :)

AB3d - Smooth as a babies bum
Fears - Ditto
Breathless - the same

Doom - Jerky & lots of glitches, not even close to being as playable or enjoyable as any of the above... :(

(couldn't test them on any of my 030 miggies as their all in bits just now... :))


Weird. I've seen Doom run pretty well on 040's. What port were you using ?
 

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Re: Lets talk: Alien Breed
« Reply #51 on: November 13, 2010, 12:01:57 AM »
XDelusion,

Thanks for that. I haven't tried Homebrew on the Wii yet.

Franko,

I run doom just fine on my A4000. ADoom and Doom Attack. :)
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Re: Lets talk: Alien Breed
« Reply #52 on: November 13, 2010, 12:10:12 AM »
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I played Tower Assault. I don't think I ever played AB1 or 2. I know one thing: don't bother with the new Alien Breeds which Team 17 released a couple of months ago on Steam. They are utterly boring. The Shadowgrounds games are much, much better and for a modern multiplayer Alien Breed check out the free Alien Swarm.

Team 17 really lost their touch 15 years ago :\.

l have to agree but new alien breed impact looks really promising it be on xbox360
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Re: Lets talk: Alien Breed
« Reply #53 on: November 13, 2010, 02:39:00 AM »
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Weird. I've seen Doom run pretty well on 040's. What port were you using ?


Not sure I'd need to check, strange thing is I don't remember it being so bad when I ran it on my Blizzard060 board, but on my Blizzard060/PPC board it seems a bit glitchy and slower somehow than the last time I played it on the plain 060...

Need to dig out the plain 060 and compare the two... :)
 

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Re: Lets talk: Alien Breed
« Reply #54 on: November 15, 2010, 01:02:44 PM »
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l have to agree but new alien breed impact looks really promising it be on xbox360
and psx 3
yes love alien breed special edtion my fav amiga game

 
You will be dissapointed.  The new alien breed game on xbox is rather poor
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Re: Lets talk: Alien Breed
« Reply #55 on: November 15, 2010, 01:03:28 PM »
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Not sure I'd need to check, strange thing is I don't remember it being so bad when I ran it on my Blizzard060 board, but on my Blizzard060/PPC board it seems a bit glitchy and slower somehow than the last time I played it on the plain 060...
 
Need to dig out the plain 060 and compare the two... :)

 
Is there not a PPC port of Doom the same as quake ?
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Re: Lets talk: Alien Breed
« Reply #56 on: November 15, 2010, 01:57:12 PM »
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Is there not a PPC port of Doom the same as quake ?


More than one, in fact. There was ADoomPPC, ZhaDoom and at least one or two others IIRC.
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Re: Lets talk: Alien Breed
« Reply #57 on: November 15, 2010, 02:07:27 PM »
@Franko

Might be worth trying a different port of 2 of Doom. There's a big difference in speed between some of the Amiga versions. ADoom seems to be a favorite for 68k (not sure if theres a ppc version though).
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Re: Lets talk: Alien Breed
« Reply #58 on: November 15, 2010, 03:23:53 PM »
Tought there was.  But from memory Franko has PPC not GPU.  So will a ppc version make much difference.
 
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Re: Lets talk: Alien Breed
« Reply #59 on: November 15, 2010, 03:45:35 PM »
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Tought there was.  But from memory Franko has PPC not GPU.


GPU isn't used as the rendering is entirely software driven (note there are GL ports, not sure if any are available on Amiga). The only advantage you get on RTG here is a faster bus speed and no need to do C2P.

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 So will a ppc version make much difference.


Yes. Further to the above, at the default resolution of 320x200 on the PPC, even the most basic C2P routines tend to hit the chip ram "write speed" wall long before any issues caused by their lack of optimisation. However, the C2P routines used were at least as optimal as most 68K versions.

ADoomPPC was actually very playable at a variety of resolutions higher than the default 320x200 on my BlizzPPC. The determining factor was more to do with whether or not the current column being rendered would fit comfortably in the cache.
 
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ADoomPPC certainly does.
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