@pasi I just looked back through this thread, and you’ve targeted a few game types I always thought would be well suited to the CPU and display of the S5, notably Elite, The Sentinel and Freescape style games.
I’d love to see The Sentinel, Driller or Total Eclipse running on a Psion as they […]
I’d love to see The Sentinel, Driller or Total Eclipse running on a Psion as they […]
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October 9, 2026 at 1:13 PM
@pasi I just looked back through this thread, and you’ve targeted a few game types I always thought would be well suited to the CPU and display of the S5, notably Elite, The Sentinel and Freescape style games.
I’d love to see The Sentinel, Driller or Total Eclipse running on a Psion as they […]
I’d love to see The Sentinel, Driller or Total Eclipse running on a Psion as they […]
actually when you think about it, there's loads... from Freescape games to something as basic as Encounter...
October 6, 2026 at 9:56 AM
actually when you think about it, there's loads... from Freescape games to something as basic as Encounter...
Damn right! 😎👍🏻
#Freescape ftw 😍
Still wishing they'd open source the engine!
When I hear my kids moaning on about anything less than 60fps 😂
#Freescape ftw 😍
Still wishing they'd open source the engine!
When I hear my kids moaning on about anything less than 60fps 😂
Spoiled ass kids nowadays
Back in my day we played games at 0.3 FPS and we loved it
www.youtube.com/watch?v=baRu...
Back in my day we played games at 0.3 FPS and we loved it
www.youtube.com/watch?v=baRu...
Driller (Commodore 64 / Gameplay #1383)
YouTube video by Renaldo Lo Muto
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October 5, 2026 at 8:11 AM
Damn right! 😎👍🏻
#Freescape ftw 😍
Still wishing they'd open source the engine!
When I hear my kids moaning on about anything less than 60fps 😂
#Freescape ftw 😍
Still wishing they'd open source the engine!
When I hear my kids moaning on about anything less than 60fps 😂
That’s super cool! Didn’t even know the C64 was capable of that. Reminds me a bit of the Freescape 3D games on the Amiga, Total Eclipse etc.
Also love those eerie ambient sounds. I can someone writing a slow, unnerving horror game around that…
Also love those eerie ambient sounds. I can someone writing a slow, unnerving horror game around that…
September 15, 2026 at 12:36 AM
That’s super cool! Didn’t even know the C64 was capable of that. Reminds me a bit of the Freescape 3D games on the Amiga, Total Eclipse etc.
Also love those eerie ambient sounds. I can someone writing a slow, unnerving horror game around that…
Also love those eerie ambient sounds. I can someone writing a slow, unnerving horror game around that…
Nah, it's for everything now. Might & Magic, Crusader, Another World, Freescape 3D games, Russian Tetris clones, etc. They are reimplementing *a lot* of engines.
September 9, 2026 at 12:27 AM
Nah, it's for everything now. Might & Magic, Crusader, Another World, Freescape 3D games, Russian Tetris clones, etc. They are reimplementing *a lot* of engines.
Incentive Software their company made the Freescape engine and pioneered some early 3D games. Starting with Driller in 87. This led into a bunch of 3d games culminating with Virtual Reality Studio better known as 3D Construction Kit
September 8, 2026 at 4:57 PM
Incentive Software their company made the Freescape engine and pioneered some early 3D games. Starting with Driller in 87. This led into a bunch of 3d games culminating with Virtual Reality Studio better known as 3D Construction Kit
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(C64)Driller-Soundtrack
YouTube video by Game-Movie〈C64〉
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September 1, 2026 at 12:15 PM
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September 1, 2026 at 9:19 AM
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I did do Freescape games rendering a while ago: youtu.be/aXMpQiw2kP0
C64 Memories - Freescape games rendering
YouTube video by Martin Piper's mostly Commodore related memories
youtu.be
August 21, 2026 at 2:35 AM
I did do Freescape games rendering a while ago: youtu.be/aXMpQiw2kP0
There was a remake by Ovine years ago but I thought it messed up the sense of scale and therefore atmosphere a bit. Driller and Freescape were also a likely influence on the indie game Kairo
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August 14, 2026 at 8:43 AM
There was a remake by Ovine years ago but I thought it messed up the sense of scale and therefore atmosphere a bit. Driller and Freescape were also a likely influence on the indie game Kairo
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The mentions of the Total Eclipse game the other day made me want to write a little bit about Driller. Driller was the first game to use the Freescape engine, an early first person 3D game engine with solid polygon graphics
spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/1521/Z...
spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/1521/Z...
Driller - Spectrum Computing
Driller for ZX-Spectrum 48K (Incentive Software Ltd/UK, 1987) by Chris Andrew [2], Ian Andrew, Stephen Northcott, Paul Gregory, Steinar Lund
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August 14, 2026 at 8:31 AM
The mentions of the Total Eclipse game the other day made me want to write a little bit about Driller. Driller was the first game to use the Freescape engine, an early first person 3D game engine with solid polygon graphics
spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/1521/Z...
spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/1521/Z...
Have you seen the Freescape games on the Spectrum Next? It makes them so much more playable when accelerated.
August 12, 2026 at 7:15 AM
Have you seen the Freescape games on the Spectrum Next? It makes them so much more playable when accelerated.
#LogLoads64
Rampart
Well, the earlier #C64 Domark deep-dive in the week flagged up a few gems and this was the other non-Freescape / non-TP related highly rated game. I just played it and it seems alright, but the timer is a real bore. Still, nice gameplay and a decent arcade-y strategy game.
Rampart
Well, the earlier #C64 Domark deep-dive in the week flagged up a few gems and this was the other non-Freescape / non-TP related highly rated game. I just played it and it seems alright, but the timer is a real bore. Still, nice gameplay and a decent arcade-y strategy game.
August 9, 2026 at 8:18 AM
#LogLoads64
Rampart
Well, the earlier #C64 Domark deep-dive in the week flagged up a few gems and this was the other non-Freescape / non-TP related highly rated game. I just played it and it seems alright, but the timer is a real bore. Still, nice gameplay and a decent arcade-y strategy game.
Rampart
Well, the earlier #C64 Domark deep-dive in the week flagged up a few gems and this was the other non-Freescape / non-TP related highly rated game. I just played it and it seems alright, but the timer is a real bore. Still, nice gameplay and a decent arcade-y strategy game.
They might have published the later Freescape stuff now you mention it. Castle Master and the Construction Kit thingies.
Mostly I just think of Friday the 13th when Domark are mentioned then spend half an hour screaming for entirely the wrong reasons.
Mostly I just think of Friday the 13th when Domark are mentioned then spend half an hour screaming for entirely the wrong reasons.
August 7, 2026 at 9:16 AM
They might have published the later Freescape stuff now you mention it. Castle Master and the Construction Kit thingies.
Mostly I just think of Friday the 13th when Domark are mentioned then spend half an hour screaming for entirely the wrong reasons.
Mostly I just think of Friday the 13th when Domark are mentioned then spend half an hour screaming for entirely the wrong reasons.
I've never heard of Eureka, but I know them for some pretty ropey games, but big 'uns, arcade ports. I'll have a delve. The published the Freescape games, didn't they?They were decent, but, when I am out of la jardin, I'll looksee. See. Si si.
August 7, 2026 at 9:09 AM
I've never heard of Eureka, but I know them for some pretty ropey games, but big 'uns, arcade ports. I'll have a delve. The published the Freescape games, didn't they?They were decent, but, when I am out of la jardin, I'll looksee. See. Si si.
ZX History - July 1987: Incentive announces that it has invented a pioneering new graphics technique: three-dimensional worlds built from filled 3D vector graphics. Naming this new technique Freescape, the first game featuring this will (1/2)
July 7, 2026 at 7:05 PM
ZX History - July 1987: Incentive announces that it has invented a pioneering new graphics technique: three-dimensional worlds built from filled 3D vector graphics. Naming this new technique Freescape, the first game featuring this will (1/2)
That's too high a frame rate? What about a Freescape game on the C64?
June 30, 2026 at 10:24 AM
That's too high a frame rate? What about a Freescape game on the C64?
Freescape power !!
June 28, 2026 at 10:44 AM
Freescape power !!
#LogLoads64
Total Eclipse
Snakes... wait a minute... Pick up the battered hat of Indiana Jo- no, wait a mintue... Freescape takes centre #C64 stage and this one is an absolute charmer. Full of devious puzzles, loads of atmosphere and just - it's just really flippin' good. I am gonna get all up it.
Total Eclipse
Snakes... wait a minute... Pick up the battered hat of Indiana Jo- no, wait a mintue... Freescape takes centre #C64 stage and this one is an absolute charmer. Full of devious puzzles, loads of atmosphere and just - it's just really flippin' good. I am gonna get all up it.
June 28, 2026 at 10:10 AM
#LogLoads64
Total Eclipse
Snakes... wait a minute... Pick up the battered hat of Indiana Jo- no, wait a mintue... Freescape takes centre #C64 stage and this one is an absolute charmer. Full of devious puzzles, loads of atmosphere and just - it's just really flippin' good. I am gonna get all up it.
Total Eclipse
Snakes... wait a minute... Pick up the battered hat of Indiana Jo- no, wait a mintue... Freescape takes centre #C64 stage and this one is an absolute charmer. Full of devious puzzles, loads of atmosphere and just - it's just really flippin' good. I am gonna get all up it.
Con DRILLER y su tecnología Freescape por fin fuimos libres en un mundo completamente tridimensional.
Hoy recordamos el análisis de este mítico juego:
www.elmundodelspectrum.com/driller-1987...
#Spectrum #ZXSpectrum #Freescape #3D
Hoy recordamos el análisis de este mítico juego:
www.elmundodelspectrum.com/driller-1987...
#Spectrum #ZXSpectrum #Freescape #3D
Driller (1987) Incentive Software - El Mundo del Spectrum
Antes de que existiera Doom o Quake, antes de Half Life, o la obra maestra hecha videojuego como Portal, existió Driller. Driller se puede considerar el
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June 24, 2026 at 11:49 AM
Con DRILLER y su tecnología Freescape por fin fuimos libres en un mundo completamente tridimensional.
Hoy recordamos el análisis de este mítico juego:
www.elmundodelspectrum.com/driller-1987...
#Spectrum #ZXSpectrum #Freescape #3D
Hoy recordamos el análisis de este mítico juego:
www.elmundodelspectrum.com/driller-1987...
#Spectrum #ZXSpectrum #Freescape #3D
Ooh makes me think it could handle remakes of some old freescape games like total eclipse and Driller 🤔
June 14, 2026 at 7:13 AM
Ooh makes me think it could handle remakes of some old freescape games like total eclipse and Driller 🤔
though there was some madman who briefly was trying to demake Unreal 1 with 3DCK www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMvE...
Unreal1 1998 Freescape Engine,CGA graphics-Update 06
YouTube video by Unreal CGA
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June 6, 2026 at 11:36 PM
though there was some madman who briefly was trying to demake Unreal 1 with 3DCK www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMvE...
I'm surprised there hasn't been a notable indie game that's gone for the Freescape Engine look
June 6, 2026 at 11:32 PM
I'm surprised there hasn't been a notable indie game that's gone for the Freescape Engine look