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Old 03-31-2004, 01:24 AM   #1
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After reading the post yesterday about Amiga games that were never released I checked out the site for Lambda:

http://www.illuvatar.demon.co.uk/Lambda.html

It hasn't been updated in five years, which is a crying shame considering that this game has obvious potential.

I downloaded the demo last night and had a quick look at it. Although there's nothing to do by fly in circles and fire weapons, the 3d objects all move at a respectible pace on my 40Mhz '040/Voodoo 3 system, even at 640 x 480.

It would be a shame if this concept wasn't developed further by an enterprising third party. Anyone up for the task?
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Old 03-31-2004, 02:21 AM   #2
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Lambda project never died really, it just evolved with the coder, Mikko Kallinen. Lambda runs on Windows and D3D now.
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Old 03-31-2004, 02:36 AM   #3
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I remember playing this! Years and years ago.... although it wasn't really playing, more as flying aimlessly...
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Old 03-31-2004, 03:40 AM   #4
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"Lambda project never died really, it just evolved with the coder, Mikko Kallinen. Lambda runs on Windows and D3D now."

Huh! That's almost worse than death! :-( :-)

I think even the old 68k+AGA version was so fast that it would have been worthwhile to release it as a "screensaver" if nothing else.

Too bad that he chose to go for the DirectX3D ... not very portable any more I'm afraid...
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Old 03-31-2004, 04:06 AM   #5
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I think even the old 68k+AGA version was so fast that it would have been worthwhile to release it as a "screensaver" if nothing else.

Too bad that he chose to go for the DirectX3D ... not very portable any more I'm afraid...
Has Lambda been released on the PC yet?

Is there any possibility of anyone continuting development on the Amiga side as a third party?

OS4 desperately needs a killer app that makes headlines and if developed properly Lambda could be it.
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Old 03-31-2004, 04:22 AM   #6
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I remembered that all of the Amiga code was lost or something like that.

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Old 03-31-2004, 04:38 AM   #7
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KSK: IIRC he works at the Futuremark these days...
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Old 03-31-2004, 05:07 AM   #8
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So many talents have gone :-( many top games for pc are made by former amiga demo sceners, etc....

wonder if they`ll ever come back :-?
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Old 03-31-2004, 06:03 AM   #9
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So many talents have gone :-( many top games for pc are made by former amiga demo sceners, etc....

wonder if they`ll ever come back :-?
heh, yeah, when someone can pay them as much as a top PC games company to develop for the amiga. :-(
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Old 03-31-2004, 06:23 AM   #10
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>>Lambda project never died really, it just evolved with the coder, Mikko Kallinen. Lambda runs on Windows and D3D now.

Where's the "evolution" in that?

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the guys behind Lambda are the same behind demogroups Mellow Chips and Maturefurk. Check out their masterpieces on Amiga Demoscene Archive!
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Old 03-31-2004, 07:12 AM   #11
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@Joanna

Ok, Then it might be "good news" after all.

We know who to contact after AOS4 (and warp3D/nova) is released to get decent 3D benchmark app to AOS.
(same for MOS+3D ofcourse)


3D mark for Amigalike platforms, yummy, yummy.

Just imagine how it would boost 3D game developer interests if/when we can prove that we are not stuck in the 90's with the 3D performance. :-)


@MOS fans:

Surely you arrange that Future Mark gets a Peg+MOS demo ASAP? Perhaps a prebuild peggy2 even .... ;-) ;-)
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Old 03-31-2004, 07:31 AM   #12
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I highly doubt they would do it to be honest, it's not a big enough market and wouldn't be worth their time...
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Old 03-31-2004, 09:37 AM   #13
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So many promising games were flushed down the toilet in the recent years. I'm just surprised that Foundation and Payback found their way to our computers... Who else remembers those?

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Old 03-31-2004, 09:50 AM   #14
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What I find strange though is that projects just seem to stop as if the developers have been abducted by aliens. No "Sorry, we're not making this game anymore" message, nothing, everything just lies dormant...
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I highly doubt they would do it to be honest, it's not a big enough market and wouldn't be worth their time...
Correct me if I'm wrong, but Isn't Futuremark the same as Maturefurk? And they are responsible for the awesome Assembly '02 PC/Amiga democompo winner Lapsuus on Amiga! :-)
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