The Amiga news is coming in thick and fast, as now we welcome the release of 'Outrun AGA', an ambitious fan-made reimagining of Sega’s legendary arcade racer built to replace the notoriously poor official Amiga port from back in the day. Developed by retrodnagames, this project is coded entirely from the ground up in old-school assembly language. Steering clear of modern shortcuts, the developer proudly avoided any form of generative AI during creation to hopefully ensure an authentic arcade experience. Built to squeeze every ounce of power from original, 1993-era Commodore hardware, the racing title is purely blitter-driven, requiring a PAL-based AGA Amiga equipped with a standard 68020 CPU and 4MB of fast RAM. Because of its specialized reliance on native Amiga custom chips, faster modern processor upgrades won't alter the game's execution speed.
- AGA PAL Amiga with 4Mb fast RAM. Runs full speed on 68020. This is intended to run on close to original 1993 C= hardware. Since the game is blitter driven, faster CPU's will not make it run faster.

This is... beautiful.
ReplyDeleteJust tried this out, runs like a dream :) Never thought I'd say this but the sheer amount of retro gaming hitting us these days feels a bit crazy! It must be a mission just keeping up with the news updates. Thanks for the hard work keeping us informed.
ReplyDeleteThanks bud, I'm on bit of a caffeine boost at the moment. Making the most of feeling better while I still can :) - Hope you're doing good too!
DeleteThat's very good, but I wonder if it’s possible to scale something down so that it fits into 2MB of chip RAM. Or perhaps include some loading time between levels for those who don't have that extra 4MB. And, given that the developer mentioned it relies more on the blitter than the CPU, I wonder if it could be adapted for the Amiga 500 too, running in 16 colors and perhaps with fewer objects along the roadside... That would be an incredible achievement!
ReplyDeleteFinally the amiga gets justice! Its encredible seeing an almost arcade-perfect outrun running on stock hardware + fast ram. Even more amazing that the entire game was handcoded from scratch. This is easily one of the best racers for the amiga ever. My deepest respect to agermose and anyone invoved.
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