Jinks Posted September 2, 2021 Share Posted September 2, 2021 https://youtu.be/RuJNUXT2a9U 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giles N Posted September 2, 2021 Share Posted September 2, 2021 That’s just too cheesy @Jinks…? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leeroy ST Posted September 2, 2021 Author Share Posted September 2, 2021 But yes you can explore the field either way and go out of bounds. It would have been interesting to see what a bigger team with proper funding could have done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heaven/TQA Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 not sure if my demo was posted or mentioned here: 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyprian Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 On 2/23/2022 at 12:44 PM, Heaven/TQA said: not sure if my demo was posted or mentioned here: cool demo, As you have deep knowledge both platforms XE and 7800, can you tell please which platform can generate faster 3D? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heaven/TQA Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 On 2/25/2022 at 10:12 AM, Cyprian said: cool demo, As you have deep knowledge both platforms XE and 7800, can you tell please which platform can generate faster 3D? Judging from having the engine running on A8, C64 and 7800… it seems 7800 as even same clock speed as the XE it seems faster on 7800… maybe less DMA stealing from Maria? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyprian Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 ok Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jeremiahjt Posted May 15 Share Posted May 15 Bumping this topic since there were some questions posed that John Van Ryzin could answer. Since @John Van Ryzin is now a member here, I thought maybe he could swing by. Of course he might entirely be too busy, so he may not be able to answer anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Van Ryzin Posted May 16 Share Posted May 16 I was overly ambitious coding a 3D renderer for the Atari7800. I only achieved it by math tricks that required little CPU time. In the end the game itself was not very good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Van Ryzin Posted May 16 Share Posted May 16 Oddly my early 3D rendering ambitions led to other work that I should have never accepted. Race Drivin’ and Steel Talons on the SNES. The later is considered one of the worst SNES games ever made by some. But THQ had no quality standards and I was trying to make a living. 6 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lostdragon Posted May 21 Share Posted May 21 On 5/16/2023 at 4:21 AM, John Van Ryzin said: Oddly my early 3D rendering ambitions led to other work that I should have never accepted. Race Drivin’ and Steel Talons on the SNES. The later is considered one of the worst SNES games ever made by some. But THQ had no quality standards and I was trying to make a living. Hi John. Many thanks for your insights, people often express frustration with the people behind big name conversions to the popular formats of the time, citing lazy programming. But life was never that black and white from what i have learnt from people like yourself being so open. Commercial deadlines, inexperience with a system, publishers who didn't care about quality, just as long as a project was completed. Just out of interest, you weren't ever approached to convert Steel Talons to any other console system, were you? Just trying to see if there's any truth behind claims Steel Talons was ear marked for the ill-fated Atari Panther console. Would be nice to know if progress had even got as far as finding a suitable coder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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