This is f***ing wild!! Prey 1998!

[Neil]

So, here's a video of Prey in 1998 (yes 8 years ago) running on a Pentium 266 with a voodoo 2! Note how many things from the "just released" Prey were there 8 years ago! And it had destructable environments!

WTF happened so it was canned and then finally released 8 years later!?!

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7844987544204140976

Again though, this is running a frikkin Pentium 266!!!!!!!!!!

Did I mention it was running on a Pentium 266?

[p2501]

****ing grade A find man!

1) i'm now sold on prey for the X360.

2) Portal, now seems like even more of a rip off.

3) Great find!


I wonder ifit was running on a P266?

[Neil]

****ing grade A find man!

1) i'm now sold on prey for the X360.

2) Portal, now seems like even more of a rip off.

3) Great find!


I wonder ifit was running on a P266?

Well that's what the man said, and beside I think the fastest PC out then was about a 350->450 :)

[general tbag]

I think the fastest PC out then was about a 350->450 :)

ah i loved those days. beats the 3500 dollar days for a pentium 90.

[p2501]

Well that's what the man said, and beside I think the fastest PC out then was about a 350->450 :)


i believe him, i was just being a dick.

graphicly it's impressive even now. but besides that, it just looks like alot of fun.

[Neil]

Frankly I'm stunned by that footage!

[MikePizzoff]

Now, Neil, don't you think it's a bit inappropriate for an admin to be using such foul language?

:D

[KingStoph]

My view is that it Shoulda been DUKE NUKEM!! Swap all the Native things and replace them with NAKED CHICKS :D Now THATS DUKE NUKEM :lol:

[MinionZombie]

Aye I caught this over on ActionTrip.com, quite a weird sight. The graphics have clearly gone up several bundles of notches, but I must admit, the portal parts and those lighting effects looked rather spiffing for 1998.

I duno, I have this feeling I saw a trailer for Prey back in 1998, on a PC Gamer disc, perhaps for E3 1998 ... that was back when Max Payne was being previewed and Duke Nukem was on schedule, ha!

Having watched that, and then going back to playing the recently released Prey, it's quite weird to see the spinning portal is in there, the similar effects, similar weapons ... mind you, there's no destructable environments - but that was never the case with the Doom 3 engine anyway, even HL2 was limited in it's use of destruction to the environment (can you imagine what a FPS game would look like from the guys who made the Flat Out racing games? ... oh wait a minute - "Black" on the PS2, lol, I knew something like that existed - bring it to PC already!!!).

As for games running damn late - roll on Duke Nukem Forever and STALKER! :rockbrow:

[p2501]

Frankly I'm stunned by that footage!


Agreed, considering the time frame and the technology at hand it's considerably impressive.