Already we've had so many Amiga game news stories, that at times I could hardly keep up! Games such as Cake Rush, Ghosts'n Goblins, Project Horizon, and Zippy Race, are just some of the ones I've featured already. Well the Amiga news just keeps on going. As I've been informed that 2Bit Combo, is not only still working on a mech platformer called 'Operation Steel Rain'. But the developer has announced with a demo 'Operation Steel Rain Prologue'. A prequel to the main game made with Earok's Scorpion Engine.
Here's the latest. "Operation Steel Rain Prologue is an old school mecha platform game from the snes, megadrive era, like Assault Suits Valken (Cybernator), Front Mission:Gun Hazard and Ranger-X. It's being developed for Amiga AGA computers using the excellent Scorpion Engine, which allow us to port it to other platforms like MegaDrive and NeoGeo later. I separated the two games, the main game is still under development in partnership with one of the best Amiga coders in existence, and this game is being made entirely by me, using the excellent Scorpion Engine and will be, as the name suggests, a "prologue" for the main game.
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Nice work! And it's great to see people making Amiga games. I appreciate it takes a lot of work, and this one looks good.
ReplyDeleteOn a more general note - not referring to this game in particular - I've noticed a pattern with current Amiga development that is MIGHTY puzzling to me!
Whenever I watch a video of a newly-announced Amiga game, I say to myself, Yup, that looks like the equivalent of a basic, early-era OCS Amiga game running in 512K.
And then I see the hardware requirements - and they are staggering!
AGA only! Needs 2MB chip RAM! And 2 MB fast RAM! And a 68040 processor at least - or it won't run!
Uh, WHAT???
Games like X-Out, Battle Squadron, Blood Money, Speedball 2, Lotus 2, Turrican 2, Pac-Mania, The Killing Game Show etc etc... Those games are still stunning TODAY.
And yet they required only a basic OCS Amiga with 512K of RAM!
What the what???
Game developers back in the nineties were professionals, doing it for a living - forced to meet the requirements of an OCS Amiga. Most Amiga games these days are done by amateurs in their spare time. I get your point, but I think we'll have to accept that things are just different in 2026.
DeleteThat title screen is straight up cursed-looking! In-game art looks okay, but the gameplay is busted - slowly walk forward and keep trading shots with enemies until one of you dies. No way to avoid damage or anything!
ReplyDeleteVery promising. Is the graphics made for this, or taken from elsewhere?
ReplyDeletethis looks great. Totally reminiscent of one of my old, fave Snes shooters, Assault Suits Valken. Keep up the great work. The inclusion of music in the middle of the video made me very happy too. Lots of amiga games dont seem to bother with it. Music is a big part of the atmosphere.
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