Carmageddon Interpreter?

[NoidZ]

Would a Carmageddon interpreter allow us to play Carmageddon at full speed on the GP2X?

Help me out of my dream. These are the specs I just found:

System Requirements:
Windows 95/98 A Pentium P90 or faster with 16MB RAM, PCI or local bus SVGA video card, 150 MB free space on a hard disk drive, and a CD-ROM drive.

The CD-Rom drive is fixable with a "fix" But what about the rest?

Thanks!

 

[Ravnos]

Ports require source code!

 

[Winterkid]

I think he means either a rewrite/interpereter or a tribute/clone of Carmaggedon.

Do need either the source code for it, OR information on how the game data is loaded/used by the game, I'm pretty sure. The GP2X would be pretty good for such a game, as the software rendering in it was fairly easy going, even if you only had the minimum req's, you could turn up the settings quite a bit for a decent performance. With a few tweaks, could probably even streamline the controls a bit.

 

[Goemon4]

me dosnt want a port he want an interpreter....try searching for one on google mabey you can find something thats portable?

beat to it

 

[Yono]

There is no source available, leaving two other options.

One: Hope the PS version plays well in PSX4GP2X.

Two: the Chaos Strikes Back method (it scares me too)

 

[BenRoshi]

Two: the Chaos Strikes Back method (it scares me too)

 

[AcidiC]

Eight hours a day for six months.

lol
Better get started soon

 

[Gadget]

Someone could 'reverse' the map / image formats and go from there? It's likley to be time consuming and SCi Games still exists and uses the license for a mobile phone version. Maybe someone should ask them to do a commercial port.

 

[NoidZ]

I ment an interpreter, cause I know the source isn't available. And since there is an Carmageddon 4 in progress I don't think they would release the sourcecode for the game.

But I didn't know you need the sourcecode for an interpreter. What about DOS-Box?

+All the console versions suck ass, cause instead of people to drive-over, you need to kill zombies :S

 

[Gadget]

I ment an interpreter, cause I know the source isn't available. And since there is an Carmageddon 4 in progress I don't think they would release the sourcecode for the game.

But I didn't know you need the sourcecode for an interpreter. What about DOS-Box?

+All the console versions suck ass, cause instead of people to drive-over, you need to kill zombies :S

I will see if I can dig out an old copy of Carmageddon from somewhere. I wouldn't mind taking a look at the game, and it's data files. That game used to totally rock! I could just drive around for hours on some of the maps, trying to ram the other cars off cliffs etc =D I think the thing that made it fun was the physics, which were pretty good for its day.

 

[NoidZ]

Yes they where indeed :rolleyes:

 

[hitbyambulance]

carmageddon 2!! twas a fun one... good physics.

 

[rmatheso]

I remember playing the hacked demo, with no time limit. It was the best designed carmageddon level evar! I loved how you coul dto replays from the penestrian's perspective. They even ripped off Evil Dead II screaming sounds in the demo as well.

 

[Winterkid]

Carmageddon for the Gameboy Color... WORST driving game EVER! Was top-down, everything was small and hard to distinguish, the stunts were lame.

I took it back to the store after a DAY.

 

[Anhaedra]

I ment an interpreter, cause I know the source isn't available. And since there is an Carmageddon 4 in progress I don't think they would release the sourcecode for the game.

But I didn't know you need the sourcecode for an interpreter. What about DOS-Box?

+All the console versions suck ass, cause instead of people to drive-over, you need to kill zombies :S

Don't even bother trying to run Carmageddon in dosbox, you will get about 0.01 FPS, that is if it even runs... Currently dosbox is emulating something like a 8mhz 286

 

[Winterkid]

So like Crosscountry Canada or MathBlaster will run. Or the original PAC-MAN or Donkey Kong for DOS will run in DOSbox.

 

[Alex.]

So like Crosscountry Canada or MathBlaster will run.

Oh goody!

- Alex

 

[Tommy]

No question, Carmageddon would be FANTASTIC! I played that game for hours at a time back in the day. Seems like it would run great on the GP2X.

- Tommy