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If you haven't played this game I strongly recommend it. It's on GOG. It's on old emulators too but the graphics and input handling can be pretty rough and unforgiving.

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Given that it’s apparently a bytecode executable for a VM, is there a modern implementation of said VM? Maybe even one that translates the draw ops into Vulkan commands? Seems like a fun project.

https://github.com/fabiensanglard/Another-World-Bytecode-Int... (by the author of this article)

I second this. Another world was a fantastic, innovative game.

Also look for Another World – 20th Anniversary Edition.

Didn't realize they released an updated version. Just found this graphics comparison[1]. Looks like they mostly just smoothed out the lines.

1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b86QXaOdgX8

What I found funny about watching that is that the 2014 version is exactly how I remembered the 1991 version. Memory smoothed it all out I suppose.

The magic of CRT :)

IIRC the 20th anniversary version has backgrounds entirely redrawn and pre rendered as bitmap, they're not poly anymore. The animated stuff is the original polys rendered as always, only at much higher resolution than the original 320x200. Sadly they lack detail, see notably at 2:26 in the comparison video. Also at 2:47 you can see perspective has been corrected, but the overall result is less consistent (left wall vs five spoke machine). I very much prefer the original one overall, the reduced detail and inconsistencies in art of the new one just takes away the immersion.

It's available on iOS, too: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/another-world-20th/id460076328

I know it was one of the last to get it, but my first experience with this game was the SNES version. The SNES version has some horrible slowdowns at parts, but the musical score is amazing! I was disappointed to hear other versions didn't have tat score. I haven't checked all the versions, is it unique to the snes? Does anyone know if any other version has that music? I was hoping the 20th anniversary would have had it but it doesn't.

Btw it's not as good but the sequel, heart of the alien, is only on the segacd.

I hunted down a Sega CD and Genesis just to play it.

There is a version on Playstation that's very good. You can switch between the original graphics or updated graphics by simply pressing a button at any time. It plays really well.

It's also on Steam now!

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