Wednesday, November 23, 2022

Ports of Entry: Dynamix

Unknown lead platform:

 

EarthSiege 2

Windows 3.x/Windows 95 release in March 1996

 

Rama

First released for DOS/Windows 95 in October 1996

Released for Macintosh in 1997


Rama is made with SCI 3.0, an engine which I assume targets Windows 95 as the primary software platform.

 

Select chronology: 

 
8-bit era
 
Title Lead platform Date Contemporary ports
Sword of Kadash Apple II 1985 Same-year port to C64
1986 ports to Atari ST & Macintosh
Skyfox Amiga 1986-2 Initially an Apple II game by Electronic Arts
1985 port to C64 by Electronic Arts
1986 ports to Amstrad CPC & ZX Spectrum by Ariolasoft
1986 ports to Atari ST & Macintosh by Dynamix
Arcticfox Amiga 1986-2 Same-year ports to Apple II & C64
1987 ports to Atari ST & PC
Skyfox II: The Cygnus Conflict Commodore 64 1987-12 1988 ports to Amiga & PC
Caveman Ugh-Lympics Commodore 64 1988-11 1989 port to PC
 
 
DOS era
 
Title Date Contemporary ports
Ghostbusters II 1989-10
Deathtrack 1989-12
MechWarrior 1989-12
A-10 Tank Killer 1989-12
Rise of the Dragon 1990 1991 ports to Amiga & Macintosh
Stellar 7 1990 1991 port to Amiga
Red Baron 12/19/1990
The Adventures of Willy Beamish 9/25/1991 1992 ports to Amiga & Macintosh
Heart of China 1991 Same-year port to Amiga
1992 port to Macintosh
Aces of the Pacific 9/10/1992
Betrayal at Krondor 1993
The Incredible Machine 1993 1994 ports FM Towns & PC-98
The Even More Incredible Machine 1993 Same-year ports to Mac & Windows
1994 port to 3DO
Space Quest V: The Next Mutation 1993
Aces Over Europe 1993
Aces of the Deep 1994-9
MetalTech: Earthsiege 1994-10
The Incredible Machine 2 1994 Same-year port to Macintosh
1995 port to Windows
 
 
Windows era
 
Title Lead platform Date Contemporary ports
EarthSiege 2 ??? 3/19/1996 Simultaneous Windows 3.x/Win95 releases
Rama ??? 1996-10 Simultaneous DOS/Win95 releases
1997 release for Macintosh
Hunter Hunted Windows 1996-11
MissionForce: CyberStorm Windows 1996
Outpost 2: Divided Destiny Windows 10/14/1997
Starsiege: Tribes Windows 12/23/1998
Tribes 2 Windows 3/29/2001 Same-quarter port to Linux by Loki Entertainment
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