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thop · 21-Oct-2004, 23:28

I just went to their webpage and saw it hasn't been updated since 2002. Did i miss sth.? :? Reason why i went there was to see if a GBA port of The Chaos Engine was planned, and indeed it was!! In 2002! Speedball 2 came out, but not the announced The Chaos Engine. It's a shame really!

Such a fine game, perfect for the GBA!

mustrum · 21-Oct-2004, 23:41

Last good game of them was Z. The sequel sucked and after that i don't know what happened.

euan · 22-Oct-2004, 00:07

collecting their pension?

sonix666 · 22-Oct-2004, 00:59

The only game from them that I found absolutely brilliant was Xenon 2000 Megablast. It is just amazing how those guys have fitted such a great looking VGA space shoot-em up on a single density 3.5 inch floppy. It still amazes me today. Too bad they never made a followup.

Ty · 22-Oct-2004, 08:12

I think they had some other quite decent games though, Gods (I managed to find the mod soundtrack for it - Yay) and speedball (various versions).

Simon F · 22-Oct-2004, 09:01

Quote:

"What happened to the Bitmap Brothers?"

They underwent a slightly lossy conversion to JPEG.

Simon F · 22-Oct-2004, 09:04

Quote:

Originally Posted by sonix666

The only game from them that I found absolutely brilliant was Xenon 2000 Megablast.

AARRgghhh now that damned tune is in my head...."Dah dadadida dida-dah"

Amazing what they managed to get out of that terrible PC speaker and the game was pretty addictive as well.

Gnep · 22-Oct-2004, 11:28

Bomb the Bass wasn't it? Think I've even got an MP3 of it somewhere

Diplo · 22-Oct-2004, 12:42

Ummm, I have fond memories of playing Chaos Engine on my old Amiga 500....

jimpo · 22-Oct-2004, 13:32

Quote:

Originally Posted by sonix666

The only game from them that I found absolutely brilliant was Xenon 2000 Megablast. It is just amazing how those guys have fitted such a great looking VGA space shoot-em up on a single density 3.5 inch floppy. It still amazes me today. Too bad they never made a followup.

Absolutely mind-fucking-blowing, considering that it ran on a 16 color palette! It is still a good-looking game today...

Bjorn · 22-Oct-2004, 15:42

Quote:

Originally Posted by jimpo

Absolutely mind-fucking-blowing, considering that it ran on a 16 color palette! It is still a good-looking game today...

Yep, that was a really good game. A little bit slow paced perhaps but otherwise brilliant.

sonix666 · 23-Oct-2004, 00:16

I know that Xenon 2 Megablast is also available for the Amiga. And because the Amiga was rigged with something many times better than a PC speaker, that version did have a real mod as song.

[Edit: Finally corrected the name, because ofcourse it is Xenon 2 (!!!) Megablast and not Xenon 2000 Megablast.

]

sonix666 · 23-Oct-2004, 00:20

And while we are busy talking about such classics: I want Pinball Fantasies to work on Windows XP.

That was such a great pinball game (even today in my opinion). Me and friends really liked that 4th pinball machine with the grim reaper.

Too bad that the company didn't survive long enough to maybe make a patch to run it natively in Windows. That is why I like the way iD works so much. After the game has served it's purpose for the company, they release the full source code, so that fans can do wonderfull stuff, and make sure such games will work properly with new OSses for a long time. Too bad that the company behind Pinball Fantasies wasn't that smart.

wireframe · 23-Oct-2004, 01:31

Quote:

Originally Posted by sonix666

And while we are busy talking about such classics: I want Pinball Fantasies to work on Windows XP.

That was such a great pinball game (even today in my opinion). Me and friends really liked that 4th pinball machine with the grim reaper.

Too bad that the company didn't survive long enough to maybe make a patch to run it natively in Windows. That is why I like the way iD works so much. After the game has served it's purpose for the company, they release the full source code, so that fans can do wonderfull stuff, and make sure such games will work properly with new OSses for a long time. Too bad that the company behind Pinball Fantasies wasn't that smart.

Pinball Dreams and Pinball Fantasies are Digital Illusions games. You probably know them better as DICE (Digital Illusions Computer Entertainment, I believe), makers of Battlefield 1942 and Vietnam and very much still around. However, I don't know if there is a patch to make those games work under XP. Would be nice as they were both brilliant.

http://www.dice.se/games/pinballfantasies/

Maybe you were thinking about the publisher, 21st Century Entertainment, which is now defunct...and hence no patches as DICE does not support the game directly.

http://www.pcpinball.com/news/articles/a0010.html

thop · 23-Oct-2004, 10:47

Yeah but what happened to them! Who owns the rights to their games now?

sonix666 · 23-Oct-2004, 11:56

Its just a shame seeing such a great game going down the drain into the void, because most companies just don't wanna release their source of a game when they have milked it enough.

thop · 24-Oct-2004, 03:10

Found the suckers

Read all about it here: http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=56179
So much potential being wasted on mobile games

At least i found out where they work, someone from the area please walk over there and slap some sense into Mike Montgomery!

Kuju Wireless Publishing
185 Park Street
London
SE1 9DY

deviantchild · 24-Oct-2004, 21:26

ok, that's it, i'm officially beyond hope...
i looked at that piccie and though it was a screen from a fps!

21-Oct-2004, 23:28	#1
thop Great Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 1,286	What happened to the Bitmap Brothers? I just went to their webpage and saw it hasn't been updated since 2002. Did i miss sth.? :? Reason why i went there was to see if a GBA port of The Chaos Engine was planned, and indeed it was!! In 2002! Speedball 2 came out, but not the announced The Chaos Engine. It's a shame really! Such a fine game, perfect for the GBA!

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22-Oct-2004, 00:59	#4
sonix666 Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 595	The only game from them that I found absolutely brilliant was Xenon 2000 Megablast. It is just amazing how those guys have fitted such a great looking VGA space shoot-em up on a single density 3.5 inch floppy. It still amazes me today. Too bad they never made a followup.

22-Oct-2004, 08:12	#5
Ty Roberta E. Lee Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 2,455	I think they had some other quite decent games though, Gods (I managed to find the mod soundtrack for it - Yay) and speedball (various versions).

22-Oct-2004, 11:28	#8
Gnep Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: London Posts: 71	Bomb the Bass wasn't it? Think I've even got an MP3 of it somewhere

23-Oct-2004, 00:16	#12
sonix666 Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 595	I know that Xenon 2 Megablast is also available for the Amiga. And because the Amiga was rigged with something many times better than a PC speaker, that version did have a real mod as song. [Edit: Finally corrected the name, because ofcourse it is Xenon 2 (!!!) Megablast and not Xenon 2000 Megablast. ]

23-Oct-2004, 00:20	#13
sonix666 Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 595	And while we are busy talking about such classics: I want Pinball Fantasies to work on Windows XP. That was such a great pinball game (even today in my opinion). Me and friends really liked that 4th pinball machine with the grim reaper. Too bad that the company didn't survive long enough to maybe make a patch to run it natively in Windows. That is why I like the way iD works so much. After the game has served it's purpose for the company, they release the full source code, so that fans can do wonderfull stuff, and make sure such games will work properly with new OSses for a long time. Too bad that the company behind Pinball Fantasies wasn't that smart.

23-Oct-2004, 10:47	#15
thop Great Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 1,286	Yeah but what happened to them! Who owns the rights to their games now?

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