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The Story of Another World on the Amiga | MVG
Modern Vintage Gamer explains how Eric Chahi built Another World on the Amiga 500, using 2D polygons, rotoscoping and clever techniques to run well on a stock 7MHz machine.
Why HN readers recommended it
Recommended as a clear overview of Another World's graphics and programming and what the Amiga could do.
This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.
Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Modern Vintage Gamer
- Topic
- another world amiga programming
- Format
- documentary
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 3
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2022–2023
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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Modern Vintage Gamer just did a video on the programming of Another World on the Amiga with heavy reference to Fabien's work. The Amiga's architecture really shaped the look of the game that was subsequently ported to many platforms (as Fabien documents as well). [VIDEO]
MegaDeKay on Hacker News · 2022-01
In The Polygons of Another World: Atari Jaguar (2020)A great video about Another World's graphics and the capabilities of the Amiga it took advantage of... [VIDEO]
83457 on Hacker News · 2023-11
In Amiga Graphics Archive
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