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Re: Payback Amiga vs Mac vs GBA.
« on: April 23, 2014, 03:02:39 PM »
I played Payback, or rather the demo, on my A1200/030 and it played fine. This was of course the top view.

I never tried 3d view as I was told it was on 68K but I never saw a 68K Payback with 3d. Not in the demo anyway.

The only Payback I saw with 3d was the PPC version. It was the only one I knew of. When I got OS4 on my A1 tried it out and it ran really well. Except it had no sound which was unfortunate, due to some bizarre hybrid Amiga programming in those days where the OS was used for graphics and sound was hardware banged. I tried the NullePUH hack but it just crashed so was useless.

I also had a PPC Mac before my A1 and tried the Mac demo on that as well. It was like having a PPC Amiga! It looked so close the the Amiga version. Except 3d worked and worked well. And it had sound! :-D

Perhaps OpenGL over WarpOS gives the Mac version the edge. After all Payback was written as an Amiga game where a lot of effort had to go in to generate 3d and that sort of thing, We didn't have any fancy features like hardware acceleration. Not without proper drivers anyway.

So which is better? I think the Mac version, because it has sound! If Payback PPC supported AHI (any patches?) it would be a good Amiga game to play on the A1.I did enjoy it. :-)
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Re: Payback Amiga vs Mac vs GBA.
« Reply #1 on: April 24, 2014, 06:08:46 PM »
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Please explain what you mean by 3D and 2D view, as far as ive seen there is only top view on all versions?


Sorry I'm going from memory. By 2d I meant the default view that scrolls around. By 3d I meant the rotating view which is more fancy.

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Also I don't understand how you was able to play it on a 030, do the 7 patches do that much really so it's playable on a 030 AGA machine?


I only played the demo. No patches. So had no fancy rotating. It would have been the default view and most likely effects were turned off.

The only working Amiga I have right now is an A4000/060/RTG so not a fair comparison. Right now my A1200/030 refuses to boot. Got a yellow screen stuck. Now black screen. Need to pull my DKB 1240 and test. I sold my other A1200 to free up space so hope it's not that!
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