Prototype game on AmigaOne X5000

Today I wanted to take a look at a recently released game for AmigaOS4.1 Final Edition called Prototype from Dark Castle Software and ported to AmigaOS 4.1 by Kas1e. I tried it out on my AmigaOne X5000.

It is one of the first games to take advantage of the A-Eon released Warp3D Nova OpenGL ES 2.0 functionality. It is great to start to see games for AmigaOS 4.1 Final Edition take advantage of the latest software developments that really push the functionality of the AmigaOne systems forward in 2019!

What surprised me was just how great a game this is! It is a modern remake of the classic Irem game R-Type, released on most 1980's/1990's computer/console formats, including on the Classic Amiga many years ago.

The graphics take advantage (and require) the new A-Eon Warp3D Nova and latest A-Eon Radeon HD drivers to function. So you also need to have a Southern Islands Radeon HD graphics card installed in your AmigaOne system or A-Eon Radeon HD driver supported AMD Radeon HD chipset card to play this game.

If you don't have Warp3D Nova or Radeon HD drivers yet, you can purchase it from Amistore, separately or as part of the Enhancer bundle. If you don't have Amistore installed on your AmigaOS 4.1 Final Edition system you can download it from here.

The game Prototype itself is free and can be downloaded from os4depot here.

Once extracted to a drawer and the game launches, showing a nice animation and intro story to set the mood for the game:

There are some instructions on the main menu screen to help with the game, although anyone familiar with R-Type will not need to read this! Kill anything that moves!

Being a remake of R-Type, it is a sideways scrolling shoot-em up, with the usual power ups and enemies to fight. The impressive part is the quality of the graphics and sound, and the game is easy to pick up and play:

The power ups are great and make disposing of enemies much easier, but the game gets harder and harder as you go!

Some of the enemies are tricky to dispatch, but I never felt it was impossible at any stage. I think the difficulty curve is hard but fair.

I had such a big smile on my face playing the game on my AmigaOne X5000. Why? Because I am so glad to see quality games like this on my modern AmigaOne  system in 2019! It is great!

Here is the end of level boss and yep, he (it?) is hard to beat:

Sure enough, I couldn't beat him!

I uploaded a video to YouTube with a play through of part of Level 1 for those interested to see the game in action on my AmigaOne X5000 (apologies for my reflection on the screen in the video but my screen is very reflective!). The game runs smooth and looks fantastic in my opinion:

Basically, this is a great game. If you haven't already, download it today! I can't wait to see more Warp3D nova accelerated games on my X5000 soon!

Amiga Racer WIP v1.6B on X1000

Today I am taking a look at the Work in Progress game called Amiga Racer by AmigaTec, running on AmigaOS 4.1 Final Edition on my X1000.

This game is a remake in the style of Lotus Turbo Challenge by Gremlin in the early 1990's on the Classic Amiga.

This game is very much a work in progress, and as I write this game is running as v1.6B. 

It is free to download for AmigaOS 4.1 and MorphOS (I think there is a linux version too), but if you donate some money for the games' ongoing development, you get a keyfile that activates extras not included in the normal versions, no donate screen, and even a mention in the game itself on the title screen and program window too:

You can download the AmigaOS 4.1 version of the game from os4depot.net and also the latest version from the AmigaTec website.

The main menu of the game is also in development - some parts are functional and some are in progress. At the time of writing this entry, you can Start Game, choose from 3 tracks and choose a number of cars. 

There is also a live update feature which works and will update the game from the internet to reflect the latest changes.

Here is the Live Update process after it has just completed.

Like Lotus, when you start the game you choose the music you want to play on that track. Each track has it's default music track, but it can be changed here before the game starts:

As the game starts it is a curious blend of Outrun and Lotus! The music is great.

A lot of work has gone into the graphics used on the tracks to take advantage of the greater capabilities of the X1000. At the same time it retains the look and feel of the original Lotus game - still feels a bit like Outrun to me!

 You can also press "F" to make the game run in full screen, or press it again to return it to run in a window.

 On the car front you can choose from a Mercedes CLS, Delorean, Porsche 911 or Koenigsegg.

Florida USA is the default track, but you can also choose Bavaria, which has a snow landscape and Xmas theme tune even!

It is certainly nice to be able to select from some interesting music - no doubt more to come!

Here is some screenshots from the Bavaria track with the snow falling:

I think this looks great!

Amiga Racer as a game is incomplete at this stage, with plenty of work still to go. Please be aware of this when trying it out.

But if you are interested to download and follow along as the game is developing, then Amiga Racer is interesting to muck around with! I have donated and have been enjoying the ride so far!