The Another World sequel... yes it exists!

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Yesterday I've finished (with great pleasure) Out of this World on an old Macintosh. You already know, it's the extended version of Another World, with some new rooms added. I always wanted to see its sequel, Another Earth, which is mentioned in the ending sequence. I thought it was never produced, but today I've found it, with much surprise.

It's called "Heart of the Alien" and it was released only on the Sega CD, the cd add-on for Megadrive/Genesis. The story picks up immediately after the end of the first game, with Lester and the alien flying on ther pterodactyl. I've found a link with some interesting screenshots. I wonder if there's any Megadrive emulator for PPC Amigas that supports Sega CD's games. :-?

http://www.mobygames.com/game/sheet/gameId,8140/

Anyway, I'm really happy I've found this dreamt sequel :-)  

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Well, OK it's the same company, and almost the same team, but at that time Eric Chahi, the man behind Another World (and the previous point&click whose name I forgot) Left. He did not work on FlashBack.

His first game was Future Wars, another classic. If I remember correctly, Flashback was born first as a Megadrive game, then it was converted to the Amiga.

So, what about "Heart of the Alien: Out of this World parts I and II" ?? I *want* to see it ! Does "sega CD" mean Dreamcast ? I sure hope so

If you carefully read my first post you'll find out what's a Sega CD ;-)

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redrumloa wrote:
I thought "Out of this World" was just the US name?

I think that the Amiga version was called Another World also in the USA.

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No actually it most certainly was named "Out of This World" in the USA. My friend's computer store sold the retail game when it came out and I played it. I remember reading back then the Euro version was named different.

Hmm, it could mean that there are two different versions of the game for Amiga.
Do you remember if it has those levels missing in the european version? For example, in the second level, when going down with the lift until the last floor, is there an alien guarding a switch? I'm just curious :-)

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What about an Amiga game like this but converted into a Big Movie? whats he talking about i here you say, well it seems to be on the cards.  John Carpenters "Another World"
This could be Fantastic if it ever does make it onto the big screen.

This is incredible news.  :-o

Another World becaming a movie, under direction of John Carpenter... too good to be believed! Is this just a rumor or it has been confirmed? I haven't found anything else on the net regarding this.

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Yeah the news on it is thin on the ground besides that link i posted, only time will tell i guess.

Seems like the bases for a nice movie storyline to me  :-)

The most important aspect in the game is the atmosphere it creates. The movie will look very different from the cartoon looking game, but I hope the feeling of an alien and fascinating world will remain. At least the predominance of blue colors in the backdrops :-)

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the 32x however was a let down and confusing for the general masses, as the saturn cant run 32x games etc... and beyond that...it was just a megadrive with a cdrom basically...nothing more...

Wasn't the Sega/MegaCD a Megadrive+Cdrom? The 32x had a 32bit cpu and better graphics, it was a more powerful upgrade than the SegaCD.

anyway.. Another world vs out of this world , its a common story , the pirates spread the game so much that they had to rename it and change the game abit to "HoPEFULLY" sell more copies,
but the new region version flopped and sold badly (out of this world) compared to what it could have done.

Hmm, so this was the true reason for the new name...

then later heart of darkness came (ocean) , this doesnt look back at the earlier hits BUT! it offers the same style of gameplay and in many ways its much better than any of the old games but it also have negative sides which you would notice vERY fast ;(

I've never played, and I remember that at the time it had many positive reviews. Maybe you are referring to the low resolution of the gfx?

btw the mac version of Another world is bad compared to the amiga version,

It's a bit slower on a Mac LC with a 68020/16 and a 320x200 window, but it multitasks! Sadly it doesn't work under Shapeshifter with System 7.5, only the playable demo does.

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I once read about an unpublished sequel to Flashback (i.e. Flashback 2), but didn't know there was actually a sequel to the much, much better Another World. Thanks a lot for the info!  :-D

Unpublished? Are you referring to the extended version of Flashback for PCs on a Cdrom, released one or two years later?

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Go play OnEscapee. it is along the same lines - absolutely excellent !

I've tried its huge demo but I've found the controls to be not very responsive - otherwise, an excellent game.

Can Another World be downloaded legally these days ?

I think not, at least at Back 2 Roots.

... Prince of Persia which also appeared, among others, on the Speccy and Sam Coupe (ZX derived). the Sam version actually had more frames in the Prince sprite than the Amiga version !! :-o

I've seen a russian conversion for the Spectrum (made in 1995), but it wasn't very fast.
I've also seen a screenshot from an old c64 demo, it looked like they have redone the intro of A.W. on the 64.

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erol wrote:
OUTOFTHISWORLD IS ANOTHERWORLD, Delphine software changed the name to ANOTHERWORLD for EUROPE only.

Hmm, as Delphine Software is french, I think that first it was called Another World, then Out of this World.