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Tomb Raider originally for 32X?

SWJedi101 - Nov 27, 2001

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		M3d10n		Jun 30, 2004
			Ah, so Darxside uses software rendering. Maybe some other more 3D-ish 32X games too, what might explain the hughe quality and performance difference among them. That might explain how Zyrinx got those additive flare effects, since I'm almsot sure the 32X doesn't support such thing natively. Also I noticed the textures in the first Zyrinx demo had the PSX-style wraping when the gamera got too close. That doesn't happens neither in Darxside nor in Metal Head, so it hints a different renderer being used. BTW, does the 32X VDP have any hardware drawing capabilities (like drawing filled polygons, or distorted quads, as the Saturn), or is it simply a fast dual processor unit with a "do it yourself" framebuffer, like the GP32 (not accounting the Genesis intarface)?

		Mask of Destiny		Jun 30, 2004
			It's pretty much just a dual framebuffer with two relatively fast processors attached. You can do scrolling in hardware since you can define the start position in VRAM of each individual line and it has an RLE mode which I suppose would accelerate flat shaded rendering a tad.

Quakester2000

Jul 1, 2004

	
	
		
		
			Originally posted by Mask of Destiny@Jul 1, 2004 @ 02:31 AM



 It's pretty much just a dual framebuffer with two relatively fast processors attached. You can do scrolling in hardware since you can define the start position in VRAM of each individual line and it has an RLE mode which I suppose would accelerate flat shaded rendering a tad.

The 32x didnt realy have any hardware acceleration for video it was up to the programmer to create a good 3D engine / software techniques to get the most out of the 32x.

		link343		Jul 16, 2004
			This is a list of Unreleased or Rumered 32X Game Info and Games ported to other systems: 32 Xtreme (PSX/PC) 36 Great Holes Starring Fred Couples CD (Releaced on 32X Cart) Actua Football Alien Trilogy (Saturn/PSX/PC) Alien Vs. Predator (Port of JAG/Arcade/NES?/SNES Ver.) Alone in the Dark (Port of 3DO/PC Ver.) AMO*K (Saturn/PC) Apache (PC) Batman Forever (Port of Gens/SNES/Arcade Ver.;Saturn/PSX) B.I.O.S. Fear BloodStorm (Port of Arcade Ver.) Clay Fighter 2: Judgment Clay Casper (Port of SNES Ver.;3DO/Saturn/PSX) College Basketball's National Championship (Port of Gens Ver.) Comix Zone (Port of Gens Ver.) Converse City Basketball Tour Converse Hoops Cuberwar Darkstalkers (PSX/Arcade) Darxide Daytona USA (Arcade/Saturn/Dreamcast) Descent (PC/PSX) Destruxor CD Dogfight CD Dracula X (Port of SNES Ver.;Tubro CD/Saturn) Dragonâs Lair 2: Time Warp CD (Arcade/3DO/CDI/DVD/PC/PS2) Dynamite Heddy (Port of Gens Ver.) Ecco the Dolphin (Port of Gens Ver.) Ecco Jr.(Port of Gens Ver.) FIFA Soccer '96 (Released) Flying Aces Frank Thomas Big Hurt Baseball (PC/PSX/Saturn) Garfield Head-On Soccer (Port of Gens/SNES Ver.) Heavy Machinery Helioblades Hosenose & Booger Izzy's Quest for the Olympic Rings (Port of SNES Ver.) Jack Nicholas Golf '95 Jet Ski Rage Judge Dredd (Port of Gens/SNES Ver.) Kingdom: The Far Reaches (Port of CDI Ver.;PC/3DO) Loadstar: The Legend of Tully Bodine CD (32X Upgrade;PC) Maximum Surge CD Midnight Raiders CD (32X Upgrade) Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (Port of Gens. Ver. or 32X Upgrade) NBA Action (Port of Gens. Ver.;Saturn) NFL Instant Replay (Port of CDI Ver.) NHL 95 (Port of SNES Ver.) Norse by Norsewest: The Lost Vikings 2 (Port of SNES Ver.) Outpost (PC) PGA Tour Golf '95 Primal Rage CD (Saturn) Prime Time NFL (Port of Gens Ver.) Quarantine (3DO/PC) Race Drivin' (Port of Gens/SNES/Arcade Ver;PSX/Saturn) Rachet & Bolt (PS2) Rayman (Saturn/GBA/PSX) Revolution X (PSX/Saturn) Road Rash 3: Tour De Force (Port of Gens Ver.) Romance of the Three Kingdoms IV (Port of SNES Ver.;PSX/PC/Saturn) Shadow of Atlantis CD Shell Shock (Saturn) Sonic 4 (Wishful thinking... Although I enjoy Chaotix quite a bit) Soul Star X (sequal or 32X upgrade) Spectre VR (PC) Spider-Man & Venom: Maximum Carnage (Port of Gens/SNES Ver.) Spot Goes To Hollywood (Port of Gens Ver;PSX/Saturn) Street Fighter: The Movie (Saturn) Street Racer (Port of Gens/SNES Ver;PSX/Saturn/PC) Super Street Fighter II Turbo (Saturn) Surgical Strike CD (32X Upgrade) Tee Off (Dreamcast) Thunder Strike 2 Thunderhawk 2 (PSX/Saturn) Tee Time Tomcat Alley Deluxe CD (32X upgrade) Top Gear: Overdrive (N64) Vara's Code Virtua Cop (Saturn/Arcade) Virtual Golf (PSX) Voyager Star 2 VR Troopers (Port of Gens Ver.) Wing War Wirehead CD (32X Upgrade) Wrath Squadron Zero Tolerance (Port of Gens Ver.) Zorro Based on Cloud121's list.

		E Nice		Jul 16, 2004
			Where's Virtua Hampster?

SamIAm

Jul 16, 2004

	
	
		
		
			Originally posted by E Nice@Jul 16, 2004 @ 03:54 PM



 Where's Virtua Hampster?

From what I remember of the 32X memorial site, Virtua hamster was on a list titled "confirmed prototype" along with the X-men game, whatever it was. The list above was copied exactly from the site, and the title for it was "rumored prototype".

		Omni		Jul 18, 2004
			Maybe that video demo runs so smoothly because the draw distance is cut back. Programming your own custom renderer for a game console. Smooth.

		Quakester2000		Jul 19, 2004
			Unreleased games for the 32x can be found here > http://www.barnitos.net/segabase/SegaBase-32XGames... Look at virtua hamster screenshots > http://www.barnitos.net/segabase/32X-VirtuaHamster...

		racketboy		Jul 19, 2004
			man, Segabase rules

Quakester2000

Jul 21, 2004

	
	
		
		
			Originally posted by racketboy@Jul 19, 2004 @ 08:36 PM



 man, Segabase rules

Pitty it isnt updated anymore

		WiseMan		Jul 30, 2004
			mal if that elephant stamp is still up 4 grabs...

		mal		Jul 30, 2004
			What have you got?

XProger

Mar 9, 2022

that day has come!

		Chilly Willy		Mar 9, 2022
			Three games that I looked forward to on the 32X that never got made: Tomb Raider, Rayman, and Tomba. It's great to see at least one is finally coming.

		XProger		Jan 9, 2024
			here is the build Release OpenLara · XProger/OpenLara...

		SWJedi101		Jul 6, 2024
			OH MY GOD IT CAME TRUE AFTER 23 YEARS I MADE THE POST! LOL THANK YOU !!!

vbt

Jul 7, 2024

		SWJedi101 said:

yes and welcome back @SWJedi101... !

		OfManNotMachine		Jul 9, 2024
			I recall it initially being planned as a 3DO game, then they felt the hardware wouldn't be able to pull it off, and it got moved to Playstation. Funny thing though, XProger's in progress port of Tomb Raider shows the 3DO could've definitely pulled the game off

		Tiviat		Sep 24, 2024
			No....its because the Saturn's SH2 was the IDENTICAL or slightly modded version of the 32x's SH2 CPU, it was a great codebase to start from scratch from. But by the time the game was done, the 32x had long died and the Saturn was probably it's reincarnation.

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