Alumnus of Sierra - Neversoft - 3DO - Obsidian - Left Field Productions - Rhythm & Hues - Moving Picture Company - Deluxe - Daqri - House of Moves - FuseFX
Do you remember the 1989 arcade game "Ivan 'Ironman' Stewart's Super Off Road"?
It turns out (as I've sometimes suspected) that, despite being a 2D game, it's running a 3D(ish) vehicle tyre and physics simulation across a heightmap-based terrain.
How cool is that for 1989? 🤯
@matthughson I never got into the series (not saying I was RIGHT) but I remember renting this because the screenshots looked so damn pretty! And now you are making me wanna play it again, Sam!
Here's a background I've been fiddling with for my Megadrive game, temp art from a pack, everything is on BG_B so the A foreground is free to use.
Way too heavy on the CPU and fires too many H-INT's, but it's too cool to throw out.
Maybe the interrupt sequence can be pre-canned?
Yes, HyperSolar is still very much on the menu and under hyper development for the PS2, Dreamcast, PC and Web. It's just that the current changes are mostly internal and there's nothing new to show on video for the time being. Demo in November, if everything goes well.
La streamer cinese Fanqie Jiang Ye ha inventato l'interazione a pagamento più originale: gli spettatori possono farla ruotare insieme alla sua sedia per 7,5 dollari.
L'idea ha avuto un enorme successo, tanto che in un certo momento è stata fatta ruotare quasi senza sosta