Unknown lead platform:
Brataccas
Released for Amiga, Atari ST, & Macintosh in February 1986
WipEout
First released for PS1 in September 1995
Released for PC in November 1995
Ported to Saturn in March 1996
G-Police
First released for PS1 in October 1997
Released for PC in 1997
Select chronology:
| Title | Lead platform | Date | Contemporary ports |
| Brataccas | ??? | 1986-2 | Simultaneous releases on Amiga, Atari ST, & Mac |
| Barbarian | Atari ST |
1987-7 | Same-year ports to Amiga & C64 1988 ports to Amstrad CPC, MSX, & ZX Spectrum |
| Microcosm | FM Towns |
1993-3 | Same-year port to Sega CD 1994 ports to 3DO, CD32, & PC |
| Scavenger 4 / Novastorm |
FM Towns |
1993-11 | 1994 ports to 3DO, PC, & Sega CD |
| Ečstatica | DOS | 1994 |
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| WipEout | ??? | 1995-9 |
Same-year releases on PC & PS1 1996 port to Saturn |
| WipEout XL |
PS1 | 9/30/1996 | 1997 ports to PC & Saturn |
| G-Police | ??? |
1997-10 |
Same-year releases on PC & PS1 |
I played Brataccas on my Mac+ back in college, and found it unique & (mostly) enjoyable, largely due to the stellar work put in to the environment & characters. It was also rather sinister in nature, as if the player was permitted to take part in formerly forbidden themes we rarely came across in computer gaming.
ReplyDeleteAnyway, I definitely think Brataccas worth a playthrough & review, with the caveat that whatever emulator & platform version used, that mouse input be converted to keystrokes by some option or hack. It really was the worst decision ever to set the mouse as the main controller, as it's just too wonky of an input device for something like this.