Walter_J-64 Posted December 14, 2001 Share Posted December 14, 2001 Is possible to port the lynx games to the J64 like Cryst mines II, Cybervirus, Dintant Lands, and Lexis all to the J64? This games look great I'll like to see them on the J64! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Songbird Posted December 14, 2001 Share Posted December 14, 2001 Sure, if you can supply me with about USD$500,000, I would be happy to port all these Lynx games over. Naturally, any (older) game could be ported to the Jaguar, but the real catch is the time and effort required to port the code, change the graphics, etc. It's really not much easier than just doing a game from scratch, and both methods are a huge investment of time and effort. That's the main reason we don't see a lot of new Jaguar games surfacing these days... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
t.skid Posted December 14, 2001 Share Posted December 14, 2001 Carl, I know that is an HUGE question, but: with which language the jaguar games are usually programmed? Obviously I don't want a detailed answer, only to have an idea... Thankssssss Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Songbird Posted December 15, 2001 Share Posted December 15, 2001 To my knowledge, all published Jaguar games have been coded in straight assembly, C, or some combination of the two. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian M Posted December 15, 2001 Share Posted December 15, 2001 Roughly how much does it cost to code and manufacture a new Jag game? I've always wondered what kind of upfront costs are required for something like this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyrant Posted December 15, 2001 Share Posted December 15, 2001 quote: Originally posted by Songbird: To my knowledge, all published Jaguar games have been coded in straight assembly, C, or some combination of the two. Really? I never knew there was a c compiler for the jag. Then again I havnt spent too much time looking into it, since I cant afford a dev kit anyway, but if there's a c compiler I'll definatly get one when I can. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Songbird Posted December 17, 2001 Share Posted December 17, 2001 The cost to code a new Jaguar game is essentially unmeasuable at this point. Five years ago, professional developers would get paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to write a professional Jaguar game. Nowadays, it's all done in a person's spare time yet still takes hundreds of hours over the course of months (more likely years). I don't know how to put a price tag on that. As far as actual hardware and printing costs are concerned, I've invested quite literally tens of thousands of dollars to bring four (soon five!) new Jaguar games to life. The fans have been very supportive, though, and it's definitely all worked out for the better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
t.skid Posted December 17, 2001 Share Posted December 17, 2001 I see that there's a lot of new games for Lynx, more than Jaguar's. But, surfing the Internet, I read about a lot of Jaguar titles that was in developement when Atari left. Who knows if those games was ready or at the early stage of developement? Luckilly, Thanks to Carl, 5 games reach the light , hoping that more games could be discovered in the future!! Long life to Jaguar, Long life to Songbird! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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