Another World Collector's Edition

[Marcus]

Note: please tell me if you can't see the screenshots so I can fix them.

This is a few months old but I haven't seen anybody talk about it so I want to bring it up. *In April, Eric Chahi released a hi-res version of Another World (Out of this World for Americans). *For those who haven't played it (shame on you) it's a sidescrolling puzzle/adventure that came out in 1991. *

The ENTIRE GAME was made by Chahi which includes animations (he rotoscoped his little brother), graphics, programming, and boxart. *Although the game's pretty "old-school" (READ: cheap deaths, check-point saving, etc.) it tells a REALLY excellent and emotional story and boasts a unique science fiction universe with beautiful hand-animated graphics. *It wasn't that popular but Fumito Ueda (Ico, Shadow of the Colossus) and Lorne Lanning (Oddworld) were clearly inspired by this game for their own projects.

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Original 1991 Amiga version.

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New windows xp hi-res version.

The game is shareware and costs 7 euros for the full version (about 10 USD) but it's a really good game and I recommend that everyone who appreciates games should play it as it was one of my first games and I enjoyed it when I was little.

Download Demo + Buy Here

Gameboy Advance Version
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For those that don't want to shell out the dough, you can download the Gameboy Advance version (it's freeware). *You can upload it to a flashcart or use an emulator. *It's based on the DOS release and it's pretty smooth.

Gameboy Advance Version

OnEscapee
A game made by a Hungarian team that draws inspiration from Chahi's work.* It's now freeware.
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Download Here

Useless Trivia + Other Games By Chahi/Delphine

Despite common belief, Eric Chahi only made 3 games (plus a few random unpublished games).* Since I'm a big fan of his work and all works inspired by him, I'll blabber about them here:

Infernal Runner
My first game on my old C64.* It was a horror/platformer and featured grisly death scenes and haunting music.
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Flashback: Quest for Identity
Although it wasn't made by Chahi, it had a similar style and was billed as part of the Another World universe (even though, officially, it wasn't).* It's more cinematic and actioney; kind of like a videogame form of Blade Runner.* There's a rewrite of the engine called REminesce which is available to download.
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Heart of the Alien
Despite common belief, it's not a sequel to Another World as Delphine Software billed it to be.* Chahi wanted Another World to end ambiguosly but DS wouldn't allow it.* It's only available for the Sega CD and it contains Another World plus the "sequel."* I bought a Sega CD off Ebay JUST for this game.
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Fade to Black
A really bad shooter based off Flashback.* It completely ruined the style but it's a nice collector's item.
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Heart of Darkness
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Chahi's last original game, this took 4 years to make and it's available on the PS1 and PC.* It's really good but it was overshadowed for newer, 3D games.

Chahi stated he was designing a new game and trying to get back into the developers hotseat but information is pretty lax so far.

 

[Minkoff]

Is this the same thing? http://archive.gp2x.de/cgi-bin/cfiles.cgi?0,0,0,0,20,975

I'd love to play it on my 2X.

 

[Marcus]

Yes it is. RAW is a freeware rewrite of Another World for the gp32x. There's also a freeware Gameboy Advance version (link in my topic).

 

[Minkoff]

Nifty. Thanks for telling me about this. I'll post my thoughts after I get around to playing.

 

[Marcus]

One of my friends told me they couldn't see the screenshots so I (hopefully) fixed it. Enjoy.

 

[Sketch]

One wonders how hard it would be to make games like this in RMXP. Probably not very...lol...I know I need to make a side scroller :P

 

[Marcus]

One wonders how hard it would be to make games like this in RMXP. Probably not very...lol...I know I need to make a side scroller :P

Unless you're a professional artist, I doubt it'll look as good as this. The game uses rotoscoped animations so a simple walking animation is almost 80 frames.

I'm making a game using this sort of minimalist artistic style but it's too early to be boasting or anything.

Still, this is one of those games that if everyone played, homebrew games would be a lot better (in my opinion, atleast). It's style of story telling (there's no dialog, just body language through excellent animation and art direction) is very touching and the ending made me cry as a kid.

I think anyone who plays this can atleast learn SOMETHING from it to help make their games better because I probably wouldn't have even touched RMXP without it.

If you don't want to spend $10, download the Gameboy Advance version and play it on an emulator.

 

[OdioOmnus]

I've heard a lot about this game, all good. I'm seriously considering getting it.

 

[Kest]

I remember beating that for the SNES. I liked the beginning scenes more than the end, especially when he raises his hand in peace and they blast him with the stungun.