Tower 57, pixel art Chaos Engine homage, coming to OS4, MorphOS, AROS

[slaapliedje]

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another update from pixwerk, this time actually showing that tower 57 development on the amiga has commenced.

-- eliyahu

So as I was reading that update earlier today, I was thinking "wait, they said they were going to release this for the 'ng' Amiga platforms... but then why was that article talking about "blitting code"  Am I wrong in thinking most of the modern display drivers and such wouldn't need that low level of coding, and indeed maybe they're talking about a port to OS3.9?  Granted, that's probably completely just wishful thinking, I actually backed these guys because they were willing to back ANY Amiga platform, but the only OS4 system I have is FS-UAE (which somehow I can't find my setup, and I have to do it over again) and I guess I could install AROS somewhere, and I even hoped I could install MorphOS on this iMac that landed in my possession, but it has an nVidia chip in it, so no can do there...

But hey, it has a Linux port, so I can always play it there.

[slaapliedje]

Yes, but if you look at those screenshots, it looks more like something the Amiga would do if you were trying to create graphics on AGA.  Any of the other systems would be pretty much the same, wouldn't they?  

They pretty much all use Radeons (except for AROS which can run on anything) and most of the driver is probably written around the same open source stuff from Linux, right?  

Anyhow, I know it's wishful thinking, from what I've seen of the particles and such on screen in their initial demos, unless they cut all of that out, an older 68k system wouldn't be able to handle it.

Now if only MorphOS would add nVidia 5200 support so I would have a use for this iMac sitting here...