| From: | Paul Qureshi |
| Date: | 28 May 2000 at 20:06:24 |
| Subject: | Re: Alpha Software begin negotiating with Capcom |
Hi Gaz.
> In the last 3 days, Alpha Software have begun negotiations with Capcom
> Inc, for the license to port Resident Evil 1 to Amiga PPC. Nothing is
> final yet but it is looking a lot more promising than when we tried
> this around 1.5 years ago.
Good news. I hope all goes well.
> We don't yet even know what language it was programmed in, but I'm
> guessing at C/C++. If you know either of these languages and would
> like to help port a classic to the Amiga then email me at
> gazy@globalnet.co.uk and I will add you to the list and keep you
> posted.
Most likely it was programmed in a mixture of C and assembler. The guys
at Capcom love assembler. I'm luck enough to know a couple of
ex-programmers from there and apparently most stuff done by the main
programming teams is in assembler, although they mainly worked on the
Street Figher Alpha and Rival Schools games in Japan for Saturn and PSX.
The PC version may well be totally C, but IIRC it appeared a while after
the PSX version so would itself be a port of the original.
Regards,
Paul