David Amador
wow, the PC port of Toy Story was done by one programmer who was not given the source code and only the SNES graphics. He had to play the game over and over to replicate it by observation. https://bsky.app/profile/mayoraponte.bsky.social/post/3ltnt2ksl7s2f #gamedev
Jul 11 at 1:13pmWeb
Show threadwirepair3d ago
@djlink love stories like this
Show threadDavid Amador3d ago
@wirepair same, although I wouldn't wanna be in his shoes xD
Show threadCoolkat ⁂3d ago
@djlink Love this game, I played that version over and over too. Really appreciate his work.
Show threadErik (πŸ“šπŸ§‘πŸ»β€πŸ’»πŸ‘Ύ)3d ago
@djlink Holy shit. Not all heroes wear capes I guess!
Show threadPatrick3d ago
@djlink he would be good for speed running challenges I assume.
Show threadMatt Mascarenhas3d ago

@lordkhan @djlink Had to check out the speedrun situation, to find that it's the PC port that has the slowest world record of all the platforms! https://www.speedrun.com/ts1?h=PC&x=vdoqveyk

So, like, if there are glitches involved, maybe this PC code is even the most robust of the lot?

Toy Story - Speedrun.com

View Toy Story speedruns, leaderboards, forums and more on Speedrun.com

Show threadMorten Hilker-Skaaning3d ago
@djlink that sounds like a nightmare πŸ€ͺ
Show threadBee O'Problem 3d ago

@djlink he's not correct about the requirements for Earthworm Jim on PC unless he's talking about a different version from the one I played (and own.) This was the Windows 95 port released by Activision

It also only needs a 486/33MHz system

Show threadstony kark3d ago
@djlink I like how plagiarism is ok when corporations do it. No shade to Dave at all, that’s an incredible technical achievement he should be proud of.
Show threadBob Dendry (Join Our Server!)3d ago
@djlink
Does that even count as a port?
Show thread.ο½‚ο½…ο½…ο½Šο½ο½™2d ago
@djlink sounds like virtually every other arcade port to a Homecomputer/home console system ^^