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Re: 3 more NatAmi's - Yippee!
« Reply #14 from previous page: August 14, 2011, 01:24:39 AM »
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Alright, we we find one of the best demo coders in the scene and offer him a beta board if he'll code for it.


The NatAmi is still work in progress, they'd have to wait until it was finished before releasing a hardware-banging demo, otherwise the smallest change in functionality could break it.
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Re: 3 more NatAmi's - Yippee!
« Reply #15 on: August 14, 2011, 01:52:57 AM »
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I find that unlikely. It couldn't compete with classic amigas since it'd be unfair. So the only category would be some "wild demo" or so. Also, more than often demo coders want to release their demos for platforms that are widely available.


Sure, you wouldn't compete them directly against other Amigas, and the first demos for it probably would end up in the "wild" category, but hopefully it could develop into its own category. I'd say many people still look at the years when Amiga was at its peak as the golden age for demo coding, this nostalgia plus the chance to expand on an existing skillset should (hopefully) prove compelling to some in the demoscene. It's not guaranteed, but it's not out of the question either.

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At least one high profile & active amiga scener has already voiced his disinterest.

That's just one person though, it's hardly indicative of a trend.
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Re: 3 more NatAmi's - Yippee!
« Reply #16 on: August 14, 2011, 02:03:29 AM »
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For the "boy racer mentality" re-read your previous posts...


Sorry, I can't see what you're referring to, please point out examples of what you mean.

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so who's the great programmer your going to have to find to make this super duper version of Quake 2 then...


That's the good part, you wouldn't have to, it's already ported to 68K, at most you'd need a Warp3D driver for the NatAmi, but seeing as they're aiming for 100% compatibility that's already part of the plan, right. ;-)

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Thing is your talking about having something for the launch date that will push and demonstrate the machines boundaries, how do you achieve that when only a limited number of people have access to the machines before they launch !!!


You achieve it by having something easy to port.

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As for the magazine coverage (what magazines !!!)

Here's an example of a magazine that might be interested: http://www.retrogamer.net/

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pretty GFX alone don't impress me

But they impress others. It doesn't make them automatically wrong just because they have a different opinion, does it.

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Of course no matter what any of us have to say or what our opinions of it are at this moment in time really mean nothing until they day we can each get our grubby little mits on one and see what it can do for ourselves and hopefully inspire folk (myself included) to start writing new Amiga stuff to take advantage of it's basic speeds and new capabilities...


Probably the truest thing you've said today. I agree.
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Re: 3 more NatAmi's - Yippee!
« Reply #17 on: August 14, 2011, 02:19:12 AM »
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Wow... I actually agree with you on those points :eek:

Think I'd better go lie down for a wee while... :)


A wise move. ; )

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Night... Night... or Morning... Morning in your case (I think)... :)


I live in England, so its night night, same to you!

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you could probably guess my replies anyway... ;)


Franko, predictable? Are you sure? I thought you were the mad hatter! ;-) Must try harder, don't let the sane ones drag you down to their level. ;-)
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Re: 3 more NatAmi's - Yippee!
« Reply #18 on: August 14, 2011, 07:53:13 AM »
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England you say... you could be making that up and I wouldn't know, prove it then, if you really live in England then what colour is it... :)


Green fields, grey skies. See, I'm telling the truth. ;-)

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Re: 3 more NatAmi's - Yippee!
« Reply #19 on: August 14, 2011, 09:34:12 PM »
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Don't get me wrong, but to me anything under 2.4 ghz is a total waste of time.


Don't buy the Natami then. Problem solved.

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B) Are you really not an old geezer after all and just some spotty seventeen year old who thinks 3D style games are cool and drives a laughable souped up tiny compact car where the sound system is worth more than the vehicle itself... :)


Ah, so that's what you mean by 'boy racer mentality'. So anyone who enjoys games in 3D has a 'boy racer mentality, yes?
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Re: 3 more NatAmi's - Yippee!
« Reply #20 on: August 14, 2011, 09:41:37 PM »
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Correcto mundo... :)


Your perogative I suppose. Are you sure you're not just saying that because you don't enjoy them?
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Re: 3 more NatAmi's - Yippee!
« Reply #21 on: August 14, 2011, 09:48:55 PM »
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True & nope... :)


Do you not think it's possible to create great games in 3D then?
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Re: 3 more NatAmi's - Yippee!
« Reply #22 on: August 14, 2011, 09:53:04 PM »
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Nah... :)


Why? Why do you think 3D graphics are unsuitable for games?
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Re: 3 more NatAmi's - Yippee!
« Reply #23 on: August 14, 2011, 09:56:16 PM »
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They're crap... :)


Not pretty enough for you?
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Re: 3 more NatAmi's - Yippee!
« Reply #24 on: August 14, 2011, 10:52:18 PM »
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Too pretty... :)


So is it possible for any 2D games to be too pretty for you?
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Re: 3 more NatAmi's - Yippee!
« Reply #25 on: August 15, 2011, 09:33:50 AM »
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Opppps...

It seems they made only 2 for developers and not 3. Duh!


Did wonder whether someone else had picked this up. Basically 4 Natami MX exist; in the Natami team Thomas has one (of course), Gunnar has one, Jens has one and Peter has one. That's it, so far, but 2 more are planned to be made soon.
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