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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Gaming => Topic started by: NovaCoder on August 11, 2013, 11:35:57 PM

Title: Id Through the Ages: Amiga AGA
Post by: NovaCoder on August 11, 2013, 11:35:57 PM

Just a little video of me mucking about with my A1200 last night :)

[youtube]JrVhUIX1CBM[/youtube]

Title: Re: Id Through the Ages: Amiga AGA
Post by: haywirepc on August 11, 2013, 11:47:05 PM

Thats just awesome... That is all.

Title: Re: Id Through the Ages: Amiga AGA
Post by: nicholas on August 12, 2013, 12:12:55 AM

You should post this on John Carmack's Google+/Twitter/Facebook thingymajig. ;)

Title: Re: Id Through the Ages: Amiga AGA
Post by: ferrellsl on August 12, 2013, 12:16:24 AM

Well done!  

I wish there had been more coders like you back in the early 90s.  The Amiga may well have stayed around as a viable platform had games such as these been available for it back then.

Title: Re: Id Through the Ages: Amiga AGA
Post by: XDelusion on August 12, 2013, 12:45:09 AM

Great video!

What FPS range are you getting in each game?

Title: Re: Id Through the Ages: Amiga AGA
Post by: kickstart on August 12, 2013, 01:05:16 AM

Nice video and good work, but when my pc friends were playing those games i played games like beast 3, lotus turbo challenge... they envy amiga games at this age... and now we are impressed, is rare.

Title: Re: Id Through the Ages: Amiga AGA
Post by: NovaCoder on August 12, 2013, 01:15:36 AM

Thanks guys :)

I've been wanting to make that video for a while, finally got around to doing it last night.

As for frame-rates, no idea about Wolfie or DOOM but I think the classic DOOM engine is capped at 15 FPS anyway.   Both these earlier games are very smooth with no slow-down on my system, Quake 1 is also running very well now (15 FPS) with the latest release (I run it at 320x240), again without any noticeable slow-down.

The version of Quake 2 in the video is v1.10 which hasn't been released yet.  The frame rate for Quake 2 is mixed, it does about 12 FPS when there's not much happening but slows down in the wide open areas when there's lots of 3D geometry to render.

Title: Re: Id Through the Ages: Amiga AGA
Post by: klx300r on August 12, 2013, 02:12:29 AM

Just too cool Nova!!! You've inspired me to finally get an 060 for my 1200:idea:

Title: Re: Id Through the Ages: Amiga AGA
Post by: fishy_fiz on August 12, 2013, 07:28:46 AM

Very cool.
The ol' Amiga doesnt do too bad a job at running games that were once considered "impossible" for an Amiga  :)

I must admit though the title of the thread, until I checked it out, appeared to be bad grammar and confusing  :)

Title: Re: Id Through the Ages: Amiga AGA
Post by: som99 on August 12, 2013, 09:40:14 AM

Aweasome! I am thinking of getting a 060 for one of my Amigas just because of you :)