Another PD game request!

[daydreamer]

I remember a few years ago (probably circa 1997/98/99) there were several space type games that were supposed to be very advanced.

Lambda which was a Freespace type game, it got to a stage where the author released a kind of alpha release, where the engine was working but you couldn't really do anything. The graphics were top with absolutely amazing lighting effects even on a 8mb 030/50 AGA system. It's a shame that one never took off. I got that one off Aminet.

Then there was the massive game that never took off even though there was a massive international effort. Explorer 2260, god that game looked like the new Elite and I loved reading CU Amiga detailing the progress of this game. It's a real shame that that never took off as there aren't too many decent 1st person perspective space fight/trade simulators out there, especially one of this magnitude.

Oh and one final game that had potential but didn't see the light of day - Golem. If anyone ever managed to get their hands on that aside from the fact that you didn't have much control how much of a graphic orgy was that game?

[daydreamer]

Yeah, Lambda had some serious potential. Graphically it was good, if offered a tonne of potential and beat most the space shooter sims we had at the time.

I showed a few people the Lambda engine and introduced them to other 'works in progress' and some of them latched back onto the Amiga, until nothing came out.

I always liked seeing developed games that pushed the boundries of what the Amiga could do. As I said, Lambda really showed the potential of my 030/50 AGA set up. Nothing special as a system goes, but that game put shame to some of the software on my then P3 450.

Putty squad - damn there was a game I wish was released, but then that list could go on forever...