Urquan Masters Port?

[leech]

I know I posted over on atari-forums.com about a Falcon (maybe ST?) port of this, but now that I think more on it... wouldn't this be very epic of a port to the Jaguar?

 

Since Urquan Masters is a source port of the 3DO version, and it can use it's assets, this may even be a good candidate for the JagCD, which sadly had so very few games released for it.

 

Anyone have any inkling of how hard this would be? Definitely could be one of the more popular ports for the system.

 

http://sc2.sourceforge.net/

Edited January 26, 2017 by leech

[Stage_1_Boss]

Love that game, would almost own a 3DO just for that version.

[+pboland]

That was my favorite 3DO game! I say "was" because I had to get rid of most of my video game collection and I had the "Panasonic FZ-10 3DO" system. I have a version for PC. Playing it on a PC isn't the same.

 

I would definitely purchase a Jag cart of this if it were made (I say cart because I don't have a CD drive ).

Edited January 26, 2017 by pboland

[leech]

Yeah, I'm not sure if it'd fit on a Cart, at least the 3DO version, since it has some fmv cut scenes if I recall. The original DOS version probably would, but then I think Urquan Masters has the option for either. So maybe a Cart for those that don't have the CD drive?

 

We just need to find someone to work on the port (my skills are no where near as good as I'd like them to be!)

[Flojomojo]

I keep meaning to put this game first, I've always wanted to play through it but never did. There's a UQM port for Raspberry Pi, which I think would be a fine way to play it, with a d-pad controller but no need for a spinning CD inside an aging 3DO.

 

I don't know what the difficulty of putting it into JagCD might be, but at least there are a zillion other ways to play it.

[leech]

Yeah, there is even a port for the N900, which I have. Still the best phone/mini-computer I've ever seen. Was thinking yesterday how much I hated that Nokia killed off Maemo/MeeGo and went with Windows phone....

 

Main reason I was thinking JagCD port was due to it having so few games for it, but that it should be perfectly capable of this game and source is available.

[+madman]

The content file alone is 11.5MB. There's no way this is fitting on a Jag cart.

[82-T/A]

OMG... I would KILL for this on the Jaguar... that would be insane awesome. I loved this game (StarControl 2) back in the day.

 

Please add me to the deadly pre-order list.

[leech]

You heard it here first, whomever ports this gets an Assassin for hire!

[Swansea_Mariner]

Has anyone ever ported a 3DO title before or is this totally untested waters?

[+Sauron]

The content file alone is 11.5MB. There's no way this is fitting on a Jag cart.

 

That depends on what all is in the content file. If it's mostly raw graphics, they could probably be compressed down, or resampled to get the size down.

[+CyranoJ]

You heard it here first, whomever ports this gets an Assassin for hire!

 

Payment up front, and I'll consider it.

[Stage_1_Boss]

 

Payment up front, and I'll consider it.

I'm about to kill this can of Surge, does that count? = O

[+CyranoJ]

I'm about to kill this can of Surge, does that count? = O

 

Not really.

[Stage_1_Boss]

 

Not really.

Well I gave it all I had guys, someone else is gonna have to step up.

[+madman]

That depends on what all is in the content file. If it's mostly raw graphics, they could probably be compressed down, or resampled to get the size down.

It's around 1,000 PNG files (mostly) that on average are about 1,000 bytes.

[Stage_1_Boss]

Might have to remember to snag UrQuan Masters a bit later, it might not be just the same as playin' it on the 3DO, but it sounds fun to try again.

[leech]

We will just program Simon Phoenix to do some 187 just for Urquan Masters?

[82-T/A]

You really can't beat Star Control 2 on a decent PC of the time with a Gravis UltraSound 16. The sound was sampled to take advantage of the Gravis in such a way that the sound quality was crystal clear. It used some inherent hardware in the Gravis (I don't know???) that basically made it perfect. If I remember, I think it loaded sound patches so it played it similar to how it would be if you used General Midi on a Roland (but not General Midi).

 

With every single other sound card, it just used the normal Sound Blaster... which I suspect is what the 3DO and everything else would be too. I only had a Gravis for a short period of time, but the music and sound was... insanely clear.

[Atlantis]

This game is a freeware today as far as I remember it....?

Many fans for this game. Haven't been able to pick it up for my 3DO yet. Who knows what people port these days.... keep the dreaming going.

[+-^CrossBow^-]

Star Control 2 on the PC with a standard sound blaster model card, just played all the music using a mod tracker player. I know this, because it was possible on the PC version to rip the mod files back in the day and play them out separately. So it didn't use any FM on the sound cards and was all sampled audio through the sound cards DAC. First PC game I played and remember doing this exclusively. I assumed at the time it was done this way to make porting the game easier between PC and Amiga. The 3DO version uses actual redbook audio for the music and sound samples from there.

[Flojomojo]

There are (optional) HD graphics packs you can download. The sound/speech packs are from the 3DO version.