Another World is one of those games that not everyone knows, but which marked a turning point in the videogame world. It was the 1991 and went out for A this strange video game with cutting-edge graphics at the time and an apparently simple plot.
The protagonist is a young physicist Lester Chaytin Knight. Chaytin has an ambitious project, he wants to recreate our universe. To do this, it uses a laboratorio high-tech and a particle accelerator. During one evening in the laboratory, a strong storm hits the city and lightning strikes his building. This bolt of lightning shortens the accelerator, causing a strong explosion. From this explosion a black hole is created which inevitably sucks Chaykin into an unknown dimension.
Chaytin awakens in a foreign world and is immediately captured by local humanoid aliens; once imprisoned, he will have to be able to escape and - for the sake of it - he will be helped by another alien being captured. A friendship is born between the two mutual aid e collaboration, although there were no dialogues and all supported by an apparently simple but very profound plot.
For this reason Another World stands as an innovative video game for its graphics, for its difficulty and for the special feeling that is established with the protagonist and his new friend. The mystery surrounding the work and the desire to escape, seasoned with countless attempts trial-and-error that nail the player in front of the screen, Another World has become a real cult video game, so much so that it has inspired great authors such as Smoking Ueda e Hideo Kojima.
Over the course of nearly thirty years, Another World has enjoyed countless porting, on at least a dozen different digital consoles / stores. However, his version on the old Commodore 64 was still missing, and a fan took care of it.
The programmer Eric Majikeyric has released a film in progress showing the porting home-made sul Commodore 64.
The video features the entire intro of the classic Amiga, scaled to fit the processor a 8 bit of the C64. We then see various moments of the adventure, including the arrival of Lester Chaykin Knight the other way, his first meeting with "buddy" and the ending.
The fanmade port caught the attention of Eric Chahi, the creator of the game who, in a tweet, complimented the young programmer, encouraging him to move on. It won't be such a simple job, but we wish (the other) Eric to bring it to light, because seeing Another World on C64 is really interesting.
Another World is out on PC, Amiga, Atari ST, Sega MegaDrive, Super Nintendo, Panasonic 3DO, Atari Jaguar, Sega Mega CD, iOS, PS3, PS4, Nintendo 3DS, Wii U, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, Mac, PlayStation Vita , Windows Mobile, Apple IGS and Symbian. A spiritual sequel, Heart of the Alien, is available for Mega CD.
