Switchblade 2

[Hamakei]

I know the game isn't even out yet...but seeing this gives me hope the sequel will be on Steam soon...that's the one I remember :)

[Big Daddy Nasty]

this game looks like garbage man

[Kain]

Switchblade is amiga game + emulator, btw?

[Hamakei]

Originally posted by Kain:

Switchblade is amiga game + emulator, btw?

Looks like it. I would have assumed DOS + Dosbox, but I don't think Switchblade was released for the PC...

[PinMike8666]

It's a Sega Genesis homebrew conversion and has the ROM (it's a file called "game")

[Kain]

Originally posted by PinMike8666:

It's a Sega Genesis homebrew conversion and has the ROM (it's a file called "game")

Lol, strange choice by Piko, why not original Amiga version?

[Hamakei]

Originally posted by Kain:

Originally posted by PinMike8666:

It's a Sega Genesis homebrew conversion and has the ROM (it's a file called "game")

Lol, strange choice by Piko, why not original Amiga version?

Genesis emulation is much simpler and easier to do...would require fewer resources for the user too...it's not like this game makes full use of the Amiga's technology...

[Kain]

Originally posted by Hamakei:

Originally posted by Kain:

Lol, strange choice by Piko, why not original Amiga version?

Genesis emulation is much simpler and easier to do...would require fewer resources for the user too...it's not like this game makes full use of the Amiga's technology...

Yeah, i know that amiga emulators are complicated (still disappointing)

[fickó]

Yeah, Amiga emulators require you to license kickstart ROMs, which come with additional expenses beyond just the game rights.
Both Switchblade games were also on Atari ST though, and I don't think ST emulators require any licensed ROMs to run, so they could've used that. At least the Atari ST version of Switchblade II is good, I haven't played the first one.

[Hamakei]

Originally posted by fisk0:

Yeah, Amiga emulators require you to license kickstart ROMs, which come with additional expenses beyond just the game rights.
Both Switchblade games were also on Atari ST though, and I don't think ST emulators require any licensed ROMs to run, so they could've used that. At least the Atari ST version of Switchblade II is good, I haven't played the first one.

Well, for the Amiga you can use AROS...it's not great but if the game doesn't make system calls it generally works okay....that and a WHDLOAD install would work fine. But...the Atari version would run much smoother since the ST is much simpler to emulate...no custom chips or anything...and that would work with EmuTOS but it's a bit flaky...