Retro Gamer UK Issue 188 (May 2019)

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Retro Gamer UK Issue 188 (May 2019)

Post by tatu »

Apparently Retro Gamer did a Trespasser article recently.

https://archive.org/details/RetroGamerU ... 8/page/n83

I guess AMD is who we should blame for the buggy game. ;)

"Time has popped on the rose-tinted specs, and there’s a loyal, dedicated fanbase for the game still going strong to this day, doing wonderful things for it and banding together as a community likeonly truly great fans can."

And that is us. ;) :god:
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Re: Retro Gamer UK Issue 188 (May 2019)

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Good article.
So, it's AMD's fault and not Dreamworks' that it had to be released at whatever development stage it was at the time?

https://www.tomshardware.co.uk/comdex-f ... ews-7.html

https://pc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/art ... mdex08.htm
https://translate.google.com/translate? ... mdex08.htm

Damn, I wish we could in compensation from AMD at least get a look at whatever Trespasser demo level they were showing in COMDEX Fall 1997...
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Re: Retro Gamer UK Issue 188 (May 2019)

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I wonder if the AMD demo could be the early "JR" level? The Next Generation magazine from 1997: https://archive.org/details/NEXT_Generation_35/page/n59 have a lot of pictures of that level. It could also be that early test level with that small pond (that is also in a video).

I know some AMD articles in old PC Magazines mention Trespasser but the only image I know I've seen in those is the typical early ones with the T-Rex at the pylon in "IJ".
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Hmmm, there's a couple shots from PL in there, too... plus that earlier version of PV in 3DS MAX.
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Re: Retro Gamer UK Issue 188 (May 2019)

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Wait, I see no PL images? Except the classic dam image..
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There's another, smaller one which is taken from atop the dam...
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OTOH, the screenshot from 3DS MAX that shows the PV level also includes the dam and the road that leads to it...
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So the screenshots may be from this version of PV and not PL, after all...
Maybe this was back then when there was still a "Shore" level?
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I've never thought about the PL images from that might have been from that PV version, it would make sense.
And that the reason the foliage is not seen in the 3ds Max is because they hid it to show the path and GeoPlant.
However, I still like the 3ds Max image cause it shows the high detail of the terrain and that they must've had some file with the whole island, at least a basic version of it (or heightmap). And of course how the GeoPlant is rotated in that early version. I wonder if they modified the terrain later or not to make it fit?
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Re: Retro Gamer UK Issue 188 (May 2019)

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Ah. And, interesting possibility. I can't wait to finally work diligently on my super-secret alter-ego-PL level...
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