Unknown lead platform:
Crazy Cars
Released for Amiga, PC, & Thomston TO in 1987
Released for Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, Macintosh, MSX, & ZX Spectrum in 1988
Credits and color depth of the platforms lead me to believe that the Amiga version is creator Eric Caen's original design, though I can't rule out the possibility of it being Amstrad CPC.
Crazy Cars II
First released for Amstrad CPC in 1988
Released for PC in August 1989 as F40 Pursuit Simulator
Released for Amiga, Atari ST, Commodore 64, & ZX Spectrum in 1989
If Amiga is the original platform for Crazy Cars 1, then it would seem strange for Amstrad CPC to be the original platform for the sequel, even if that was the first release of it.
Fire and Forget
Released for Amiga, Amstrad CPC, PC, & ZX Spectrum in 1988
Fire & Forget II
Released for Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, PC & Sega Master System in 1990
The Blues Brothers
Released for Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, & PC in 1991
Ported to Commodore 64 in 1991
Released for Game Boy in June 1992
Released for NES in September 1992
Prehistorik
Released for Amstrad CPC and Atari ST in 1991
Ported to Amiga, CDTV, & PC in 1991
Amstrad CPC version credits Charles Goodwin, while the 16-bit conversions credit "Cybele" as the original designer.
Lagaf': Les Aventures de Moktar
Released for Amiga, Atari ST, & PC in 1991
Released for Amstrad CPC in 1992
Amstrad
CPC version once again credits Charles Goodwin. The Amiga version has a higher color depth than Atari ST/PC (PC has enhanced colors in loading screens but only 16 in gameplay), and the PC version credits Éric
Zmiro as an "IBM engineer" suggesting original Amiga design, though that version does have a version-specific credit for Carlo Perconti, rather than game designer Florent Moreau.
Titus the Fox: To Marrakech and Back
Released for Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, & PC in 1992
Released for Gameboy in June 1993
This is a sprite-swapped version of Lagaf', and my notes regarding its credits and colors still apply.
Crazy Cars III
Released for Amiga, Amstrad CPC, & Atari ST in 1992
Ported to Commodore 64 & PC in in 1992
Released for SNES in 1993 as Lamborghini: American Challenge
Robocop
First released for PC in April 2003
Released for Xbox in September 2003
Released for PS2 in 2003
Released for Gamecube in March 2004
This game had a very weird development and release schedule, but the Wikipedia description makes it sound like it was mainly developed on PC, with Xbox portability made a major priority and PS2 compatibility less of one.
Select chronology:
| Title | Lead platform | Date | Contemporary ports |
| Al*berthe | Alice 32/90 | 1985 |
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| Crazy Cars | ??? | 1987 | Too many to fit here |
| Crazy Cars II (aka F40 Pursuit Simulator) |
??? | 1988 | Too many to fit here |
| Fire & Forget | ??? | 1988 | Same-year releases on Amiga, Amstrad CPC, PC, & ZX Spectrum 1989 release on Atari ST |
| Fire & Forget II | ??? | 1990 | Too many to fit here |
| The Blues Brothers | ??? | 1991 | Same-year releases on Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, & PC Same-year port to C64 1992 releases on Gameboy & NES |
| Prehistorik | ??? | 1991 | Same-year releases on Amstrad CPC & Atari ST Same-year port to Amiga, CDTV, & PC |
| Lagaf': Les Aventures de Moktar |
??? | 1991 | Same-year releases on Amiga, Atari ST, & PC 1992 release on Amstrad CPC |
| Titus the Fox: To Marrakech and Back |
??? | 1992 | Same-year releases on Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, & PC 1993 release on Gameboy |
| Crazy Cars III (aka Lamborghini: American Challenge) |
??? | 1992 | Same-year releases on Amiga, Amstrad CPC, & Atari ST Same-year ports to C64 & PC 1993 release on SNES |
| Prehistorik 2 | DOS | 1993 | Same-year port to Amstrad CPC |
| Superman | Nintendo 64 | 5/29/1999 |
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| RoboCop | ??? | 2003 | Same-year releases on PC, Xbox, & PS2 2004 release on Gamecube |
I feel like everyone I knew in France with a computer had a pirated copy of Prehistorik. It was a staple of French gaming.
ReplyDeleteWhat you call "Lagaf'" should be called "Les Aventures de Moktar" or Lagaf':Les Aventures de Moktar". Lagaf' is the scene name of a TV Presenter who among other wrote a song called "La Zoubida" in which one of the characters is Moktar. One of the weirdest licence you can imagine.
La Zoubida, and honestly Les Aventures de Moktar (including the Titus The Fox version) include some cultural depictions that have, well, aged.
The Secret of Monkey Island, Loom, Day of the Tentacle and Sam & Max were also released for the Mac. (Day of the Tentacle supposedly contains the Maniac Mansion Easter egg, so I guess that was unofficially ported.)
ReplyDeleteSome of the games were then ported to the Mac again, and at least some of those can be found on Steam. Which is a bit of a shame, because particularly the original ports of Last Crusade and (to a much lesser extent) Loom look quite different than their DOS counterparts, and I'd love it if someone who isn't me had them and could implement the missing features in ScummVM.
Though at least the high-resolution in-game text seems to work fine now.