AMIGA alive

AMIGA alive

Thursday, July 18, 2024

An Amiga plus a lot of good will equals... Crysis!

Can an Amiga computer run milestone first person shooter "Crysis"?

Well. "Yes it can." But you need some - just a little! - suspension of disbelief. Here's a prototype created by author lifeschool, that uses a slightly different approach to bringing the amazing graphics engine of "Crysis" to the Amiga. System requirements are comparably moderate:

  • PAL Amiga 
  • Kickstart 3.0 or higher
  • 1MB Chip and 4MB fast memory
  • 500MB free disk space

68030 or better CPU is recommended, though.

You don't believe me? Here, see it for yourself:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDrog6vN5tM
(Saberman RetroNews)

Ok, by now you will have found out that "Crysis" was turned from a dynamic first-person-shooter into a Laserdisc-/DVD-style game, so this isn't precisely a "direct port" of the PC version. ;-) But it's still a fun idea, it looks great, and it's even got a "virtual Windows 10 desktop". And it's under active development - so there's a chance one day it'll play just like the original!

If you want to know more, you can go to the game's itch.io website:

https://lifeschool22.itch.io/crysis-amiga-os-interactive-demo

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