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Post by derboo on Aug 7, 2014 18:53:22 GMT -5
 www.hardcoregaming101.net/freescape/freescape.htmThis was kind of the first 3D game "engine", in the sense that the framework was used in a multitude of games, and even opened up later with a construction tool. The games are rather very slow and limited, but quite interesting from a historical standpoint. |
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Post by TheChosen on Aug 7, 2014 19:14:49 GMT -5
This is fantastic! I've always wanted a article or retrospective of these games. This kind of 3D is fascinating.
Also the music in Castle Masters is amazing
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Post by Narushima on Aug 9, 2014 21:39:46 GMT -5
The "The Satellite Game" and "Cyberzone" links are missing a "www.".
Really interesting stuff though.
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Post by derboo on Aug 10, 2014 0:23:09 GMT -5
The "The Satellite Game" and "Cyberzone" links are missing a "www.". Hmm, they shouldn't need it because they're on a subdomain. Do the links not work for you? |
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Post by starscream on Aug 12, 2014 10:58:24 GMT -5
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Post by Gendo Ikari on Aug 12, 2014 12:50:25 GMT -5
Those two links don't work for me too.
These games have not aged well but the better versions (I tried the PC ones of some of them years ago) show some details that were surprising at the time. Looking back of them, they are distant predecessors of what came later in terms of games with 3D exploration. I also agree that while Ovine's remakes are laudable efforts, they lose the original charm - and I'd have liked to see Dark Side remade anyway, as it sounds much more interesting. If someone managed to put some "modern" mouse patches into Freescape like they did with System Shock...
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Post by Narushima on Aug 15, 2014 15:26:13 GMT -5
Hmm, they shouldn't need it because they're on a subdomain. Do the links not work for you? I don't know the specifics but no, they don't. |
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Post by chaoticgood on Aug 18, 2014 4:01:41 GMT -5
The Commodore 64 versions being the slowest is not surprising, since the C64 had a really slow main processor (1mhz) even compared to the other choices at the time. It doesn't really affect 2d games at all, but when polygon mapped games started appearing it was an obvious problem. Spectrum was actually better for 3d in comparison.
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