First post, by dr.zeissler
Hi,
there are lot's of remakes of old 68K Amiga/Atari Intros/Cracktros. Here is an interesting collectors-site: http://cyberpingui.free.fr/realpcremakes.php
I think there is a very demanding middleware used to get these things to work. What I really like about them is, that they are really stutterfree and that is VERY rare on the PC. But there are bad things too. One is that they a very demanding. A PIII/600 with onboard gpu (intel815e) cannot handle them in proper speed (60fps). If the problem is the CPU power or the GPU power is not analyzed yet. Interesting thing is that Win9x and DX9 does not work, while Win2k and DX9 works with them. I am questioning if this is due to the featureset of the graphics-driver or is at a package of dll's that make them work on Win2k and not under Win9x.
If I want to watch them I need to turn on my NX6125 Laptop or a P4 with GF6200 and Win2k. There are only a view that do work with a Celeron 300 Mhz and below, even with Win95. They have changed or implemented some kind of middleware that draws power like hell.
You just should keep in mind that they worked 100% OK on a 7Mhz 68K! and now you need 1.000 times faster machine to get them work stutterfree again. 🙁
Greetings
Doc
Admin edit. Attachments that trigger antivirus scanners are a NO go, because safebrowsing lists will block access to vogons and it is a pain to get resolved
Retro-Gamer 😀 ...on different machines