cessnaace Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 As much as I love the "Fantastic Voyage" game for the 2600, there is a more faithful game to the movie. The Amiga release of "Fantastic Voyage" looks amazing. Royalties aside, is it technically possible? I realize that most ports to the Jaguar originated as Atari ST releases. I would buy a Jaguar port if it were offered. It would have to be on cartridge though as I can never find a working Jaguar CD drive, much less at a reasonable price. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xr4R3gz3Igw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gummy Bear Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 Never seen that before. Looks pretty good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+davidcalgary29 Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 But we already have an amazing port of Xenon 2! It's so much prettier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gummy Bear Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 Ah, Xenon 2... A substandard shooter which has a baffling amount of fans. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guitari Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 Not the same orientation as Xenon 2. I'm a fan and I can't argue with that logic. But it was on older systems like MS so it can't be compared to Darius, Gradius, Sturmwind and all that sort of Jazz. I hope FV is available for CD32, looks pretty good.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Dangerous Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 Great sounds and music! Looks like they took the plot from Innerspace or whatever that Dennis Quaid movie was. The only other gripe is that it looks like your ship it too close to the leading edge of the screen, making it more "cheap death" prone than if it were balanced back a little further. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColecoGamer Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 (edited) I remember playing this on the Amiga! Its a fun shooter with great graphics and sound. Im not sure if it could be ported easily to the Jaguar, though. I remember reading elsewhere that the Amigas custom chipset makes it difficult to port games to the Jaguar. Edited February 20, 2019 by ColecoGamer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cessnaace Posted February 23, 2019 Author Share Posted February 23, 2019 Never seen that before. Looks pretty good! I think it looks great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cessnaace Posted February 23, 2019 Author Share Posted February 23, 2019 Great sounds and music! Looks like they took the plot from Innerspace or whatever that Dennis Quaid movie was. The only other gripe is that it looks like your ship it too close to the leading edge of the screen, making it more "cheap death" prone than if it were balanced back a little further. I've died alot of cheap deaths in shooters. I'm use to it. But if you don't like cheap deaths then steer clear of the 3 shooters Mythicon released for the 2600. Plus which, they're not even good looking, or sounding, or playing. "Fantastic Voyage" looks and sounds great, and I want to play it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cessnaace Posted February 23, 2019 Author Share Posted February 23, 2019 I remember playing this on the Amiga! Its a fun shooter with great graphics and sound. Im not sure if it could be ported easily to the Jaguar, though. I remember reading elsewhere that the Amigas custom chipset makes it difficult to port games to the Jaguar. I was afraid of something like that. Of course, there's always the version released for the ZX Spectrum. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+CyranoJ Posted February 23, 2019 Share Posted February 23, 2019 I was afraid of something like that. Of course, there's always the version released for the ZX Spectrum. You could always go play with RAPTOR or rB+ and make your own masterpiece 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amiman99 Posted February 24, 2019 Share Posted February 24, 2019 I still have the boxed copy of this game. It is a very hard game, from the video, it looks like I only managed to pass half of the game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agradeneu Posted February 24, 2019 Share Posted February 24, 2019 I rather would like to ask if a port of Turrican 2 was possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swapd0 Posted February 24, 2019 Share Posted February 24, 2019 I would prefer an original turrican with new levels, weapons, etc than a port. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gummy Bear Posted February 24, 2019 Share Posted February 24, 2019 I would prefer an original turrican with new levels, weapons, etc than a port. Sounds easy enough. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+madman Posted February 24, 2019 Share Posted February 24, 2019 I would prefer an original turrican with new levels, weapons, etc than a port. Buy this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunlord 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swapd0 Posted February 25, 2019 Share Posted February 25, 2019 Buy this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunlord Also I need to buy a NeoGeo or Dreamcast... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cessnaace Posted February 26, 2019 Author Share Posted February 26, 2019 But we already have an amazing port of Xenon 2! It's so much prettier. Oh, I plan to buy Xenon 2: Mega Blast for the Jaguar. I've seen play footage of it. Currently the only port of this shooter that I own is for the Sega Master System. A U.K. release, but it plays fine on an NTSC console on a CRT. Glitchy on some HD TVs (North American ones anyway). I really want the upgrade to the Jaguar, as it looks great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cessnaace Posted February 26, 2019 Author Share Posted February 26, 2019 I remember playing this on the Amiga! Its a fun shooter with great graphics and sound. Im not sure if it could be ported easily to the Jaguar, though. I remember reading elsewhere that the Amigas custom chipset makes it difficult to port games to the Jaguar. It does seem that most games ported to the Jaguar originated as an Atari ST release, although some games were obviously released for both the Amiga and the ST. One game that came out for the Jaguar back when Atari supported it that came out for the Amiga but not the ST is "Pinball Fantasies." But then it was also released on PC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cessnaace Posted February 26, 2019 Author Share Posted February 26, 2019 You could always go play with RAPTOR or rB+ and make your own masterpiece I'm not gifted in that area. I leave it to people who can actually do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cessnaace Posted February 26, 2019 Author Share Posted February 26, 2019 I still have the boxed copy of this game. It is a very hard game, from the video, it looks like I only managed to pass half of the game. I wish that I could play it, but I don't own an Amiga and have terrible luck with emulators, as I'm rather hopeless at using them. The only emulator that I have long term experience with is EMU7800 (currently using version 2.2), which can emulate the 7800 and the 2600. I use WinRAR to archive my .bin files. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cessnaace Posted February 26, 2019 Author Share Posted February 26, 2019 Also I need to buy a NeoGeo or Dreamcast... Well, I have a Dreamcast. I pre-ordered it. And it still works. You need one that was manufactured prior to November of 2000 if you want to play homebrew or aftermarket games on it. This is when Sega removed Mil-CD support due to rampant piracy. You can confirm this by looking at the barcode on the console, and also by checking for the Sega Corporation branding. Sega made the name Sega Corporation official on November 1, 2000. So that automatically rules out the black Dreamcast with Sega Sports on the lid, as it was released after that date. The irony is that Sega invented Mil-CD as an enhanced CD format, although only 9 albums were released using it, and only in Japan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirlynxalot Posted February 27, 2019 Share Posted February 27, 2019 Just fyi. All black sega sports dcs are mil cd compatible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cessnaace Posted March 1, 2019 Author Share Posted March 1, 2019 Just fyi. All black sega sports dcs are mil cd compatible. Thanks for the info. That was the one thing preventing me from buying one. I run across them in retro gaming stores all the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+-^CrossBow^- Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 I can confirm that the black sports DC will play burns and new homewbrew releases just fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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