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Another World level ported to Javascript

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Man I loved that game on my Amiga! At first I thought it was just a demo, but no, you can actually play it! Major props to the dev!

I'm using Opera and it started getting too slow to play. When I investigated the opera.exe process it was using over 630MB of RAM. Took a long time to close the browser.

Good JavaScript performance tester!

Using Chrome this page managed to choke my entire system including task manager, so I couldn't get a look at the process but it had chewed through 2GB - OS for sure because the hard drive was continually accessed.

Looked cool before then though.

I found it interesting that javascript with canvas works on the iphone. (Albeit slow on my 3G only ~5fps - and since it uses keyboard control, you can't get out of the cage.)

This is/was one of my fav games of all time...played it on an old Macintosh back in the day! <props>mad</props>

Once I got to the second screen, crouching and shooting one of the guards prevented me from getting back up. I could still shoot, but none of the other buttons were responsive and I got stuck in a crouched position.

Amazing for javscript! Yay HTML5

that was a very good game back in the day.

I'm not sure what you mean by "back in the day". I played it the first time a year or so ago, and was consistently impressed at the design. The gameplay holds up very well against today's best.

It looks great! I never played this game, but loved the semi-sequel, Flashback.

I'm having issues with Firefox 3.0.15 on Linux, though. It slowed to 5 fps and essentially froze. I'll try Chrome.

I can't get it to do anything. I see a guy in a cage and a guy walking back and forth. Arrows and A doesn't do anything. FF3.5 on Mac.

Try swinging the cage back and forth.

if you would like to play it beyond just swinging back and forth to get out there is a walk through at http://www.gamefaqs.com/computer/amiga/file/575157/16381 the javascript version would be Scene #2 in that walkthrough.

Just to know, how many fps do you have approx? I'm stuck at like 7fps...

Using Chrome 4.0.223.16, it's peaking at 125, but typically holding around 99. On the death screen it dipped to 66 a couple times, which is strange since there isn't much going on there.

I remember really appreciating this game for its minimalist feel.

It had a remarkably good story considering the lack of dialog, narration or any other story telling elements. A real work of genius that truly stands the test of time.

Not to mention the amazing atmosphere all done with a simple soundtrack and extremely simple visual style.

Here's the intro, still feels awesome on viewing it just now: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1j4gO9sR7zs

Reading the original game author's page about the creation of Another World, I was surprised to see he worked on the graphic design for Future Wars, a game I remember enjoying immensely at the time.

haha! awesome, everybody's playing my port! :)

javascript badassery.

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