Another World Longplay (Amiga) [50 FPS]

Developed and published by Delphine Software in 1991
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Main Game: 00:00
Death Sequences: 24:42
Another World is the brainchild of one Eric Chahi, a developer who managed to build almost the entire game single-handedly. It tells the story of Lester Knight Chaykin, a prodigious young physicist who is conducting experiments with particle collisions in an attempt to simulate the point in time when all creation came into being.
The game commences with cut-scene showing Lester’s arrival at his laboratory one fateful and stormy night. Lester uses the lab computer to initiate a particle simulation program, but the facility is struck by lightning and the electro-magnetic surge causes a malfunction of cataclysmic proportions, opening a warp gate to a new dimension. Both Lester and a large chunk of his laboratory are sent hurtling across time and space, only to materialise in the middle of a lake on an unknown planet. Trapped and alone, Lester must find a way to survive and to find a way back home, if that is even possible.
Following a brief encounter with the local wildlife, Lester encounters what appears to be the dominant race on the planet. Towering over Lester and bearing advanced weaponry, these humanoid creatures stun our hero with blast of laser fire before taking him into captivity.
After eventually regaining consciousness, Lester discovers he is trapped in a small cage in what appears to be a mine. To his surprise, he discovers he is not alone, another of the strange aliens sharing his cell. What unfolds next is a remarkable vision of escape, friendship, joy and sorrow as Lester and his companion attempt to flee from these oppressive overlords in what has to be one of the most beautifully crafted experiences on the Amiga.
The player takes direct control of Lester moving him left and right with the joystick. Holding the fire button whilst moving will cause Lester to sprint, jump and perform other actions depending on the direction being pushed.
Not soon after his escape, Lester is able to arm himself with a laser pistol to take on the alien guards. The pistol has three fire modes, each activated by holding the fire button for progressively longer periods. Tapping the fire button fires the weapon, whilst holding it for a couple of seconds generates a barrier that deflects a limited number of blasts. Holding the trigger even longer overcharges the gun, allowing Lester to unleash a large energy blast that is capable of destroying doors, obstacles and enemy barriers in a single shot. It should be noted that the gun has a limited power cell that will run dry after prolonged use and recharging stations are few and far between, so Lester should use the gun only when necessary.
Whilst the game is linear, the player must discover how to overcome each of the sequences in the game. There’s little in the way of sign-posting, so progress is achieved largely on a trial-and-error basis. Fortunately, the game is broken into numerous sections and progress can be resumed from the beginning of a section should Lester meet an untimely demise. Not only that, a series of passwords can be written down to resume the game from each checkpoint at a later point in time.
I suppose the chief criticism I have about the game is that it’s very short. There’s not much in terms of re-playability once you’ve worked out how to complete each scene and beaten the game. By all accounts, the development of the game was something of a Herculean task for Chahi and creating content was a slow process - later, he would create extra content for other conversions of the game.
Whilst Chahi created the games code and artwork, responsibility for music lies with Jean-François Freitas. The tracks that play during the introduction and ending sequences are great, managing to sound ominous and melancholic respectively. In fact, the bitter-sweet ending still manages to give me goosebumps even to this day.
A sequel entitled “Heart of the Alien” would eventually be released in 1994 for the Sega CD platform, albeit without Chahi’s involvement. The sequel continues the adventures of Lester and his alien friend, but that’s a story for another day.
Whilst maybe not the best ‘game’ per-Se, the beautiful visuals, innovative story-telling and haunting audio make Another World an interactive experience quite unlike any other, at least for the time. It was another milestone release that, as far as I’m concerned, continues to reinforce the Amiga’s reputation as one of the most innovative computers of all time.
#retrogaming

[@AL82RetrogamingLongplays]

Another World Longplay (Amiga) [50 FPS]: Face the unknown perils of an alien world in one of the most beautiful games ever made. Read the video description for my review!

[@dawids1979]

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[@garyhay6771]

Honestly but far the best amiga game. It just oozes class

[@garyhay6771]

My sharooba

[@sweetato]

that's not a game. it's a masterpiece.

[@ArnTerry]

indeed

[@ruslansmirnov9006]

several games have DIRECT references to this game, to mention 'Black the Fall' and 'Little Nightmares', perhaps showing some respect in such a way

[@MetalNick]

Pssshhh

[@garyhay6771]

Yes

[@garyhay6771]

It builds such suspension right from the start

[@kempo79]

The game was - still is - amazing. And even after so many years it STILL looks great!

[@shiroumxm2052]

no it does not look great come on

[@wakingfromslumber9555]

It has a unique look and style. I still think it is a very good looking game till this day.

[@McNibbler]

This game's art direction aged weirdly well, it still looks like a modern indie title

[@xzxxx-km4vy]

Thats because indies copy these old games like the hipsters they try to be

[@gabrielegagliardi3956]

Boomer

[@McNibbler]

wtf

[@PREFISSO089]

It's a Masterpiece

[@milkysaysmoo3618]

I must have watched the first 5 minutes of this game 20 times - all I had was the PC demo at the time and it looked incredible but I never found out what happened next ... until now!

[@chiprock804]

same, I Had this game on PC too.... never got beyond the arena scene because the game froze all the time.

[@nybiggs]

One of the favorite games of my childhood. The puzzles and action-packed scenes were great. Even the story was well told, all without saying a word.

[@axiom5000]

Designed by: Eric Chahi Programmed by: Eric Chahi Artwork: Eric Chahi ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@dawids1979]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/oKushoireburmZI

[@TheSkibba]

@@dawids1979 why noone has upvoted this? this is amazing!

[@IntoTheMindlessAbyss]

Feelings: Eric Chahi

[@Devilot91]

A Eric Chahi Game

[@Danix79]

Thanks to: My self

[@yassinemarcomarroccu3556]

So glad I found it back. My chidlhood, in my friend Omar's room, playing on his Amiga. We were amazed by Another World, Im sure its part of the reasons why my life has been so fullfilled by visions, other worlds, other dimensions, shamanism, second states etc etc etc. The great escape.

[@milesromanus7041]

As a game developer in 2022 it amazes me how complex a game from 30 years ago can be. Those developers really were something else

[@chunkymilk]

*developer

[@milesromanus7041]

@@chunkymilk ?

[@chunkymilk]

@@milesromanus7041 eric chahi did everything except for the music.

[@milesromanus7041]

@@chunkymilk oh, damn That looks like a lot of work for a single guy

[@chunkymilk]

@@milesromanus7041 definitely. took him 2 years. genius.

[@mikebrown5819]

Masterclass in art. How to create such an atmosphere in 8 shades of blue, grey and a splash of red

[@trakaipilies396]

Bob Ross would have been proud of him. Just would have asked for some tiny little trees.

[@Retroconsole]

Who stayed til the end? Death sequences are awesome :)

[@pedro888mendes]

I remember finishing it... endless sleepless nights

[@adaptronankidu2611]

Parents are young, my brother and I get up in the middle of the night, put a blanket around the door so no light will seep thru the door. We would play it until I fall sleep watching my brother play. Childhood is somerhing else. Even when I was a child, I was aware of this. Good times, this calms me down.

[@RK1FX]

A movie about this game would be bad ass

[@dzonikg]

Played on my Amiga more then 30 years ago and still remember this game

[@3rdDim3nsn3D]

Imagine this as a movie nowadays😮 this game was the toughest i ever played on the amiga 500 when i was 8years old

[@paul7t5]

This was/is the absolute PINNACLE of Amiga gaming.

[@erdal_bora]

Many yeears ago.. I remember getting stuck in the underground tunnels. Then some other day I played again and this time passed the tunnels. I got inspired and finished the whole game and called my friend to tell him about it :) The feeling of playing this game is magical in my memory. 💖💖💖

[@deadnerves]

one of my favorite games, music is great too

[@Trikipum]

Yeah, the music is awesome....

[@MrTommyGeek]

One of the greatest intros ever

[@kaidzaack2520]

It is a playable graphic novel. Excellent!

[@Trikipum]

Best intro of a videogame ever..

[@alainmartinez6798]

Watch the trailer for eternal castle

[@maxbrandt6]

Really cool game for it's time, I'm surprised someone hasn't made a movie based on it yet.

[@m0rvidusm0rvidus18]

The hero is a white male. He would have to be replaced by a Diversity. Also the alien population lacks diversity also. Just seems all wrong for a modern movie.

[@0374studio]

As for me, the *best sound* version is here, on Amiga - so crispy and laconic. 💪🔥 The icon of sifi games. Most powerful (in game) gun ever, btw.

[@ArttuTheCat]

I remember playing this classic game on the Amiga 500 when i was 8 or 9 years old. It's still awesome!

[@fredbass77]

Thx Mr Éric Chahi

[@2PeteShakur]

"My inspiration for the art style came partly from the technical choice to use polygons for the graphics and also from my love of fantasy illustrators such as Michael Whelan and Richard Corben. The Amiga was a revolution for me; its power and versatility allowed me to create Another World in a very fluid, improvisational way. I would often randomly sketch and explore different combinations of pixels to find the right feeling for a face or a shape. Deluxe Paint allowed me to do this very quickly. In fact, the software was so ahead of its time we were still using it on Heart of Darkness in 1997." -- Eric Chahi, designer, programmer and graphic artist (Another World/Out of this World, Amiga)

[@RazzAselvatica]

meraviglioso, un gioco che ti faceva "vivere" veramente un'altra dimensione. Che nostalgia

[@Domarius64]

Holy crap, at 19:02 it skips a whole massive section in the city that's in the DOS version. Amiga version got jipped! I guess he was able to add it for the DOS release after he finished the Amiga one.

[@xFlow777]

Daaaaamn, cutscenes and everything

[@JC-ej1zy]

Just slapped me in face and took me back to being a kid wow memories

[@davidtabone93]

Seeing this intro for the first time on my cousin's Amiga, blew me away. One of my favorite gaming memories.

[@markuswin3783]

Thank you for this video. Gave a pretty look at the game!

[@Okazu84]

I only recently noticed that this version (just like the Atari St one that I noticed years ago) lacks a whole sequence starting @19:00. On the PC/Snes/Genesis versions, your alien friend actually doesn't drop you in front of the tank but rather in a different, upper part of the building and from there you have a pretty decent and intense sub-chapter to complete before you finally get to the tank.

[@petar.banovac]

The era when one man could design and program a game, do all the visuals and still make a rocking game....

[@BraytonDH]

stardew valley, LISA, return of the obra dinn, undertale, axiom verge, papers please, spelunky, thomas was alone all released after 2010

[@Domarius64]

Yeah it's actually more possible to do that nowadays than it was back then. Free game engines mean you don't have to write your own in assembly like Eric had to XD

[@drkamilz]

I still remember (probably same year it came out) seeing the same intro those with also showing part of 1st level on a window of a computer shop, and I had still C64 back than. Fluency of animation of main character so amazed me, it was nothing like that I've seen before. As a long time computer user and a gamer, similar experience I had like this are extremely rare. Well done Chahi.

[@JC-ej1zy]

Talk about being back memories. I completed this in the end and the finishing scene is incredible

[@juhaolkkonen8390]

I was a kid when this game came to amiga -- never finished it and it was a great pleasure now to watch it finally! Thanks! Cheers from Finland.

[@inguardwetrust138]

My childhood, thanks for posting this video

[@garyposnett7788]

AMAZING! OH THE MEMORIES! after prince of persia! So groundbreaking at the time, an class soundtrack! born 74 these games were the soundtrack to my childhood !!! ONE LOVE!!!

[@stevejjd]

SOOO COOL! As a Kid, I never got very far at all in this game.

[@tobilansounds]

Thank you so much... I loved this hard game

[@Cschuster05]

I remember my cousins had this game but I couldn't remember it. I finally found it after several years! Looks just how I remember!

[@lorenzodigaetano3591]

You forgot a death sequence that almost nobody knew about! After the cage falls and your friend leaves, try standing still for several minutes! There is a surprise that has been there for 30 years!

[@sethzwicker3631]

What is/was it?

[@lazypat5497]

I must agree with Retrogaming. This game has been and always will be my favorite game. I think it was released onto one of the consoles at one time.

[@marttull5979]

This and flashback .

[@chorister20002000]

I would watch my cousin last century play this game. It was pretty cool. Watching it now and thinking I am back in the 1990’s on a Saturday evening.

[@Retro_and_Future]

incredible game for the Amiga, never reached far but when i looked this video i was so impressed what the game was about.

[@LeeJPryer]

Remember playing this, never did finish it, didn't realize it was so short lol

[@Nostrum84]

Hmmm... experiment gone wrong, opens portal to another dimension, lands on alien planet. HALF LIFE? That cave ceiling monster with the tentacles also occurs in HL

[@RicardoPestana]

I remember when i watched this game at my friends house. He had a IBM PS2. I was really amazed!

[@hashimotokobayashi2244]

This shit blew me away back in the day and it still does

[@reesofraft4166]

and all that without any kind of hud overlay or any distracting thing. loved that game, though it took ages to uncover some things. love(d) it. a lot.

[@GerinoMorn]

I remember playing it around 1993 or so, being a pre-schooler. I had NO IDEA how to play this game - I think I managed to get as far as the big beast runaway in the beginning xD

[@distantworlds9104]

Sooo much of an obvious influence on Ico. The fact that a game even comparable to that one was released in the same year as Super Mario World and Sonic 1 is just nuts.

[@fittushattana]

Im almost certain that the Oddworld game series was inspired by this!

[@mattx5499]

Probably the first cinematic platformer/adventure game was Karateka, then Prince of Persia and then Another World. The difference is that Another World had more sophisticated animations and cutscenes never seen before. And it was made in the year when most people still had 8-bit computers and consoles unable to render any sophisticated animation.

[@primi22]

If only I could experience the revolution this game was then, with todays games.

[@NewFunnyAnimations]

Beautiful game!

[@patriciakoot1709]

I tried it on the A500 mini, I had to replay the first seconds of the game for about 30 times. I couldn’t get past those snails while I was jumping. My timing was off. Now I see that I have to stamp on it. Dammmm.

[@mikariekki5708]

I also had no idea you could just kick the slugs... just played through it on a PS5 at normal. Died a bunch of times on the slugs when trying to jump over them and finally succeeded. The controls are so sluggish tbh, pun intended. Puzzle solving needs a definitive mindset and a bit of knowledge how these games generally work.

[@tobilansounds]

Nice cut scenes at the end 😂

[@garyhay6771]

Way better than flashback

[@ferru3371]

That game felt like a flash game

[@GeorgeTsiros]

oh, man that's a... flashback

[@sakismitsoulas7574]

This could be the greatest game ever...the graphics aren't pixels..its all polygons ...a true masterpiece.

[@CrankyCarrot]

One of the greats.

[@pablodono7227]

5,43: "Albersta, Albersta.. Wachenda, Wachenda" 😂😂😂 he is clearly calling for help and showing that Lester is trying to scape but I would like to know what did he exactly said

[@zi-mabu-eter]

Had this on Sega Megadrive 32 Bit Console.

[@blex5579]

partivce accelarators, chemtrails, this game has it all...never made it past the first monster tho lol

[@Tertius_Oculus]

I remember... as kids we called this: "the game with the pepsi" 1:58

[@garyhay6771]

The slug kicks 😍

[@salvatorecosenza4396]

I videogame di una volta in confronto a quelli di oggi non sono niente, ma a quei tempi erano bellissimi

[@pablodono7227]

I never knew the name of this game, only remembered the sounds made by the characters.. Didn't worked well, I bought it (diskettes) in argentina... I saw it in a MOMA Ted talk about video games as art... I can't believe this.. The internet is awesome

[@GraziaPizzuto]

Great video quality! Would you be okay with me using your ending sequence for one of my next retro game music videos and adding my piano cover to it?

[@jadefalconmk1]

God, I remember playing this back in the day on my Atari ST....

[@holyhex6520]

Played on Genesis and SNES. It was an amazing game when it came out.

[@thejoin4687]

"Back to you, pal!"

[@kevindube7096]

😂 The slapfight at 21:45 was hilarious. Honorable mentions included endless lasers & rolling around through tight spaces

[@kuiluibab9324]

I have played this game on NOKIA，my memories！

[@poordelir]

Avesta voochella ! (July 2019) :-)

[@clickr101]

Childhood🔥🔥

[@stevenspx6226]

Had this on my a600 completed it too

[@Dethmeister]

Interesting. What is happening when they drive the tank into the coliseum? Are you controlling what buttons he's pushing?

[@AL82RetrogamingLongplays]

Yes, you get to control the buttons - the only one you need to press is the top-left green (which activates the ejector). The rest fire various laser cannons and missiles into the arena - it's a rare moment of humour as you're the one with all the power at that moment.

[@ghostlytvt3029]

how could this game with those kinds of visuals have been created in 1991 like why didnt diffrent people who made games also use such good graphics for that time ?

[@ScreamDump]

I wonder if they flew to France. That's probably what happened.

[@Gencoil]

6:01 - My toolbar!

[@dreambox.]

What a game

[@user-gw3lj5fd8k]

Это была шикарная игра!

[@Fenris77]

The ending felt a bit weird as if the game was only an experiment. Good and advanced for its age though. Despite what today's youngsters say.

[@Firewertyhn6817]

cult but very short game - total 26 minute on all walkthrow!

[@rogerdavidson6236]

Love this game and would love to finally complete it in this lifetime, but I just cannot get past the two big bastards that get you in the pincer movement at 15:24.....looks easy in the video, but it always takes too long for me to set up the forcefields and power up the gun for the big shot and I get zapped in mid-action..... :(

[@delik2348]

What does the alien say at 6:00? :o)

[@oxygon2850]

31 years later... I know I wasted all that time and missed this ending? Haha...

[@krzysztofpychynski5067]

25 minut i koniec gry :-)

[@hernanperez5497]

What happened with music 😢

[@zulima5985]

Mecanicas arriesgas para esa epoca

[@jimthompson939]

this happen to me once

[@marcovarius]

I wonder why they removed that random beetle from the first level in later versions of the game.

[@DarkMoe]

Removed the whole animation to make room for the new levels on the future ports

[@martinefrensoquigomez7835]

So it was "Matsuba" all along.

[@stevenaguilera9202]

Since the developer was French, I think he said "moi tu vas" which is like " me you go".

[@johnknight9150]

Why the 50 FPS notice? Isn't the Amiga only pumping out 25 FPS, as is PAL standard?

[@maricallo6143]

True, this video is not 50 fps as it claims in the title, it's 25 fps, but Amiga could work in 25 interlaced mode if a game was so coded, which is basically 50 fps at half resolution...

[@johnknight9150]

@@maricallo6143And was it ever really used? I just get a bit grumpy by all these retro gaming videos that proclaim 50 or 60 FPS before that was ever a thing. Most of these games are probably only even rendering something 17 FPS, which is enough to establish basic motion that was smooth enough for the time.

[@maricallo6143]

@@johnknight9150 I believe platformers and side-scrolling games made the most use of it....

[@craigmarksully]

Never bettered.

[@bazzoni1970]

l'anticipazione di come si crea il covid19 in laboratorio

[@pbyguy7059]

You can JUST SQUISH THE SLUGS!?!?!?!?

[@BreathingAir]

This game was 10 years ahead of it's time. I barely had a PC good enough to run it and had to use cheat codes to skip levels as I wasn't good enough.