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‘Another World’ aka ‘Out of this World’ – DOS Nostalgia #6
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A creation of Eric Chahi (who did everything but the music for the game), Another World is a game that aged exceptionally well. No HUD, no speech, no useless text, just the good old visual storytelling in this groundbreaking action adventure. Be prepared to die a lot and then cry for more when the game is over.
Moby Games page:
http://www.mobygames.com/game/dos/out-of-this-world
If you don’t own this game already get the the 15th anniversary edition here:
http://www.anotherworld.fr/anotherworld_uk/
It features slightly updated graphics, high resolution support and is even more balanced then the PC DOS version (which used to be the definitive one). It’s only $9 people! Less than two Burger King meals.
Not many people know that the game had a ‘sequel’ of sorts, ‘Heart of the Alien’ which was released on Sega CD only. Eric Chahi wasn’t directly involved apart from approving some concepts. The game is not as good as ‘Another World’ and is quite frustrating, but it has a great intro showing your alien buddy and what he was doing when you were separated in the original game. It’s worth checking out if you’re a fan of the original.
UPDATE:
I was reminded that Eric Chai developed one more game after AW, and that was ‘Heart of Darkness’ for Windows and PSX. Moby Games page here:
http://www.mobygames.com/game/windows/heart-of-darkness
The game is very similar to ‘Another World’ and looks like it should have been released in ’92. But even in 320×240 resolution the spite animations are fantastic and the overall game design is superb.
Duration : 0:5:34
Star Trek 25th Ann. Playthrough 1 : Demon World (1 of 3)
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Join Captain Kirk and company in Star Trek 25th anniversary, a thrilling adventure game from Interplay (1992)!
This game (and its immediate sequel, Star Trek Judgment Rites) constitute the ‘unofficial’ fourth season, according to the game manual. Two versions of this game were released, the first on floppy disk, and the second on CD with full voice acting from the cast of Star Trek. These two games mark the last time the cast portrayed their original Star Trek characters together.
The game is episodic in nature, broken into seven ‘missions’, or episodes. In Star Trek 25th Anniversary, these are independent of each other. The whole thing has great production values for its time, at the height of this style of graphical ‘adventure’ game, and the voice acting from the cast really makes it slick and memorable. It really feels like a season of Star Trek, complete with Shatner totally phoning it in.
I tried to do these episodes as expeditiously as possible while elaborating on most of the reasonings behind the actions. The game has much more content than is shown, and much more dialogue.
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Duration : 0:10:15
Star Trek: 25th Anniversary CD – Another Fine Mess Battle
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The Enterprise investigates reports of Elasi pirates harrassing Federation ships, and interrupts two of them attacking a scout. One pirate manages to get away, but the crew quickly learn that they should’ve let the pirates have their way with the scout.
Duration : 0:3:46
Duke Nukem Forever – E3 2001 – 10th Anniversary Trailer
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Did you bet on him?
Duration : 0:2:27
Star Trek: 25th Anniversary CD – Hijacked Battle Sequence
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Investigating the USS Masada’s failure to report, the Enterprise is attacked by an Elasi pirate. The pirates are sent off with a stern warning. Some might say a bit too stern.
Duration : 0:1:42