Another World was one of those games which shone out like a beacon of hope surrounded by a sea of mediocrity (LucasArts adventures excluded of course).

Wow, It's an incredible game, great coding with great graphic.... This title rocks on Amiga..... and also on PC (in '90 the pc was a shame for platforms)

I already downloaded it and ordered the key for the full version. Unfortunately it hasn't been emailed to me yet (it's been 2 days now). Can't wait to play it further! Loved the Amiga version, but never made it through... I hope I will do better this time!

You have to click the 'back to the shop' button when the transaction is finished. That will trigger the sending of the key.

I read that (it was printed in red), and did so, well maybe I did something wrong...

I'm also waiting for my key. I've sent them an email too, and haven't received a response after a couple of days. I'm a little bummed-out that I'm most likely going to have to go find a hax to play it :(

Did you finally got your key ? if not contact me there:
http://www.anotherworld.fr/anotherworld_uk/contact.htm

Thank you very much !

Eric

I loved this game as a kid on my AMIGA500 and i can't wait to play it again.

awesome that u met Eric thats such a cooincidence!

Hah! I played it on an Amiga 1200... Oh, and any news on an English version?

Cheers

More importantly, are there any plans for a Mac version???

I never played this game on my A500, but I did play everything else.

I always liked the general idea of Another World, but the entire trial-an-error approach, combined with the fact that you had to re-do around six to seven screens until you returned to the place where you died (for another round of trial-and-error) really bugged me.

I think I'm more of a Flashback type of gamer.

The trial and error-aspect of this game bugged me to, because of the loadingtimes in the Amiga-version. But I will definitely buy this now since the loadingtimes now are non-existent in this new version.

I always liked this type of "less is more"-games. :)

This raises the question whether or not Chahi had already foreseen an update would one day be a possibility? After all, the vector graphics made this an accomplishable feat.

Ron,off topic,but what do you think of Oblivion?
I recently gave it a chance and am quite impressed

OGNI

It seems like I did something wrong, noone else does have problems!

I just read the WikiPedia article on Another World, Eric made the game all by himself. That's why I think of the late 80s/early 90s as the golden age of computer games - people actually could make computer games all by themselves, it was within their power. These days it would take several thousand lifetimes for one person to make a single computer game.

I used to plan to make games like that. It was my childhood dream. Then when I grew up it was too late.

I envy the people who were born early enough to pioneer computer games and have their name etched in history forever. What's left for people to pioneer these days? Mobile ringtones?

Things never go away, they just change their skin. Single person/handfuls of people game development moved from the commercial mainstream to the mod community, in part at least. Consider the standard examples from FPS games - TeamFortress, Counter-Strike, Garrys Mod and countless single player missions were all the work of three or fewer people.

Indeed modding is a great way to make something good with a small team. Unfortunately with the increasing complexity of engines and the visual demands this is going to become harder and harder. The real opportunities for small developers lie in the casual and independent gaming markets. That's where innovation is going to come from in the future.

The problem with the modding community isn't that the visual demands have gone up, it's that the guys making the mods think they've gone up. 80% of the guys making mods today have lost sight of the ball: they've forgotten that their audience understands that they can't compete on visual fidelity with professionals working for several years and they've forgotten that the point of mods is to explore areas of game design that commercial games are too conservative to venture in to. If anything, the tools are better than they ever were, so the opportunities are there as much as they ever were - just fewer people are taking them.

"These days it would take several thousand lifetimes for one person to make a single computer game."

Nope. It's quite possible. Clicky my name to go to my site -- I wrote my own game. And it's pretty good, to boot. Ron quite liked it, at least, which is enough for me...!

another world shows what animation is all about. today's games have tons of animation but it's not exciting or integrated in the experience in an organic way...

so, what did eric say?! :)

Tried Alien Hominid?

no, i missed that :/

meanwhile... deep in lucasarts

At LucasArts, No Playing Around in Quest to Be No. 1

Marketing person != Hooray

I remember the last time they went back to indiana jones...

So is it possible to purchase the full version with American dollars?

Yay! My favourite game is back.

I purchased it yesterday, and, having done so at least five times before, managed to finish it in under two hours. Still, best money I've spent all year.

Ah I played this on my Amiga 600 ... I love games with a unique atmosphere (like ICO, Shadow of the Colossus)... and the new backgrounds look great!

I think this, and animal crossing DS, will be the best things that i've spent my money on all year

I played this game as a kid. The opening scene must have been the scariest thing I ever experienced in a game at that time.

Oh my God! Ron Gilbert exists!
I thougth he was some science-fiction creation. You are my idol. You and Natalie Imbruglia makes sense in my life (for different reasons, obviously).
Well. Thank you.
I try to make something genial as your games but the only thing i've made is this stupid site: http://digilander.libero.it/buscameets
What do you think of it?

P.S.
In Italy we don't exactly eat what Mario shows in Tv...

Mashirooobah

He couldve at least TRIED to make the 3D models a bit more erm "up to date".

I know it's in high res, but he still looks like a block man!

Actually, the low-res character actually looks BETTER!

Another World was the first color PC game I've seen. I'd been playing games on our 286 grayscale LCD portable (yes, we had an 286 portable), but while visiting my techie uncle, I caught a few minutes of Another World gameplay. I was but 8 years old, perhaps?

That night, I couldn't sleep. Because of the leeches.

I never got past the first level, and never intend to. However, I want to finish Flashback. I watched my big bro finish it, and I'm forever hooked to that game.

I'm sure it's been mentioned, but the thing that gets me about another world is the dying.  I mean, you have to either have hand eye coordination, and reflexes like a ninja or you have to like, or at least not mind dying repeatedly.

One of the reasons I play adventure games, sometimes, is so I don't have to die repeatedly.  It's not one of my favorite things. For the sake of redundancy, dying repeatedly is not one of my favorite things.

The visual elements are nice though. They remind me of 2d-design class.

Ron, all grown-up?!

OMG.

IIRC, someone reverse-engineered the original Another World game engine, and it was mostly working (and running on Linux too!), when Eric asked it to be removed, because he'd do this...
So, now i'm just miffed I can't run this new AW on a Linux. Grrh. :(

Once I've played Another World on a Mega Drive platform.
But there's nothing comparable to the cool clacking- sound of the keyboard's space- bar, playing on PC (although it's much harder to control at all).
Isn't Prince of Persia the direct graphic- sequel of Another World? Ah, and I remember Blizzard's Black Thorne. Some days later, for sure. But game controlling's very similar.
Whatever...
http://www.dosgamesonline.com/index/game/Another%20World/21

Holleak

The original Prince of Persia came before Another World. AW uses a similar rotoscoping technique, which is why people tend to compare the two games.

Its an incredible game with great graphics. I have already downloaded it but waiting for full version to come up. Can't wait anymore, want to play it right now. I just love playing games-any kind.

The visual elements r nice enough to hold u there. Its an adventurous game, thats why it is on top of my list. I love playing adventurous games-u die so many times and got to fight against the enemies. Not in real life but still somewhere. Waiting eagerly for the full version!

The visual elements r nice enough to hold u there. Its an adventurous game, thats why it is on top of my list. I love playing adventurous games-u die so many times and got to fight against the enemies. Not in real life but still somewhere. Waiting eagerly for the full version!

I used to play it lond time back and its exciting to know that its back again. Game with great graphics. Waiting for the full version so that i can revive my memory. Lets wait!

After downloading, buying and completing Another World, I felt compelled to track down a copy of Heart of the Alien (AW II). I finally have it, but it's nowhere near as good as AW and the animation somehow doesn't quite seem so slick. AW II just seems to be out to kill you. AW, at least, gave you hints about what you had to do.

Flashback, however, is genius. I recently discovered REmenisence, a Flashback engine for Windows that uses/requires the original PC files and the original Amiga musical score. Fantastic.

I love playing games of any type. Would like to play this one also. The graphics of this game r eye-catchy so worth waiting for the full version.

A perfect example of animation. The game is simply superb.
Good that you met Eric, otherwise we would nt ve got such an interesting latest version.

This one is great. I ve a passion for playing games and thanx for this latest update. Its graphics, sounds , everything is too attractive.

just 7usd. it's ok, nice flashback

Thanx for such an interesting game. You simply feel like in the another world while playing it.  Its really fun playing this one.

Though i dont ve a craving for games but i really enjoyed playing this one. Thanx for the new version.

Thanks to Eric and you for this lastest version! Its fun to play games and specially the updated and full version.
Nice work!

"Another world" is a wonderful version. Colors, animation, graphics, sound, everything is just perfect. Its really fun playing nintendo's games.

The presentation and visual elements are attractive to make you stick to the game. Its an adventure in itself. The new version is superb.

Incredible, to be able to see this game revived. I played this game back in 93 on my Amiga500. That black monster chasing you, the intro sound of alien breed 2 and shadow of the beast were the scariest things found in computer games back in those days. Some parts of this game are just freaking hard to complete. But still this is one of my favourite classic games.

WOOOOOOOOOOW ! Great ! Another world, another fun!

WOOOOOOOOOW ! That's why i live nintendo.

Another World is simply one of the best videogames of all times! Just like Monkey Island  2 ! :D

.....pushed me forward too to play. Its THE BEST.
...............without nintendo's videogames life would ve been a sheer boredom. Is'nt it Nihil?????????

... I'm very excited about playing this game again too.
Unfortunelly I made the payment but did not receive the key.
I've e-mailed support to see if they help me out....
I'll le you guys know!