These days when you think open world game, your mind will probably flash towards Grand Theft Auto. But before GTA took a sandbox and got all third-person with it, there were a couple of other games in the late 90s that did it first. One such game, was the graphics card breaker behemoth known as Outcast. And it’s coming back.
With Atari in a financial situation that can only be described as a Zimbabwean level of broke, they’ve been forced to sell off various properties and licenses in recent weeks. One of the properties that they sold was indeed Outcast, and it’s been bought by the original studio that developed it; Appeal S.A.
The Belgian studio has plans for the game according to Inc Gamers, and they intend to revive it as a franchise. There’s no word yet as to whether or not this’ll be in the form of an upgraded remake, sequel or HD upgrade. Still, it’s exciting news for me.
The original Outcast game was miles ahead of anything on the market, even if it did use voxel technology instead of polygons, which would have meant that your Voodoo 3000 graphics card accelerator could not take full advantage of the game visuals.
Still, I simply adored the game when it came out and it has aged well in recent years. The time is right for a remake, and you won’t hear any complaints from me on this topic. Especially if Appeal S.A can bring some new ideas back to the franchise.
Last Updated: July 3, 2013
Admiral Chief Groot Wors
July 3, 2013 at 14:36
VOODOOOOOOOOOO
Haha, Man, back in the day if you had that you were a legend!
Wtf101
July 3, 2013 at 14:43
16 Meg Riva TNT 2…
Admiral Chief Groot Wors
July 3, 2013 at 14:44
Kinky, I laf it wen yoo tolk nostalgee-a tooo mee
Wtf101
July 3, 2013 at 16:12
Got my Riva with two awesome games, now you mention Nostalgia: Forsaken and Incoming….
Also the first games to force me to upgrade RAM: From 16 Meg to 32 Meg…
Admiral Chief Groot Wors
July 3, 2013 at 14:44
Haha, I actually rolled with one of those back then! I did not have the voodoo moolah
HvR
July 3, 2013 at 15:49
I went for the 16 Meg Banshee instead, so sad 3DFx didn’t make it.
Johan du Preez
July 3, 2013 at 20:26
I had a banshee but it overheated with everything got my Voodo 2 12MB and never looked back 🙂
Lord Chaos
July 3, 2013 at 14:48
I still have one lying in my spare parts box at home.
Looks just silly comparing it to a hd7970.
Admiral Chief Groot Wors
July 3, 2013 at 14:50
Haha, I can only imagine that conversation between the two.
But thinking of comparing it to the new tech is like comparing our current method of getting to the moon to warp 9
Kromas
July 3, 2013 at 15:13
“Back in our day we had to render everything in the snow … WITHOUT SHOES!”
Lord Chaos
July 3, 2013 at 15:33
Was thinking more size wise.
One day I will rebuild an old architecture PC in a space age cage, then put scorched earth into the floppy drive.
Admiral Chief Groot Wors
July 3, 2013 at 15:34
Scorched Earth: The Mother of all Games
Trevor Davies
July 3, 2013 at 15:36
I had a Voodoo RUSH. Yeah baby!
Admiral Chief Groot Wors
July 3, 2013 at 14:37
Also, “Zimbabwe broke” XDXD
LordCaptainAwesomeness
July 3, 2013 at 14:38
That made me lol…. Best comment so far this week
Admiral Chief Groot Wors
July 3, 2013 at 14:39
Janee, Darryn has had me lulz a few times today.
LordCaptainAwesomeness
July 3, 2013 at 14:39
I am glad to see Darryn back in form 🙂
Admiral Chief Groot Wors
July 3, 2013 at 14:40
Prolly “got it all” this morning 😛
Major Commodore 64 Darryn B
July 3, 2013 at 14:46
THAT’S WHAT SHE SAID! Or so I heard.
Admiral Chief Groot Wors
July 3, 2013 at 14:52
[lies detected]
Lord Chaos
July 3, 2013 at 14:49
Would that be better or worse than Greece broke?
Admiral Chief Groot Wors
July 3, 2013 at 14:51
Well I think Greece is better off, they have surplus gold chains to sell as backup. Zimbabwe just has useless currency that had to be devalued again and again.
Lupus
July 3, 2013 at 14:42
Yeah it required a powerful CPU to run, as voxels weren’t rendered on the GFX. It did look so pretty though.
Umar Kiiroi Senk?
July 3, 2013 at 14:43
What a huge freaking game, would love a remake. I clearly remember Cutter running like he just sharted
Rebecca George
August 30, 2013 at 20:33
Honestly, I myself is tempted to actually record the walking and say; Skipping, skipping, skipping.
Umar Kiiroi Senk?
August 31, 2013 at 07:50
Lol would totally work! It is probably the most awkward running animation I have ever seen. Good times…
Kromas
July 3, 2013 at 15:15
Ah damn …. gotta love the 90’s.
ElimiNathan
July 3, 2013 at 15:23
I thought you meant Outkast….
Argentil
July 3, 2013 at 15:25
Me too.
ElimiNathan
July 3, 2013 at 15:27
haha
Rebecca George
August 30, 2013 at 20:34
Oh please, I own this game and still play it.
ElimiNathan
August 30, 2013 at 22:57
Oh please what ? You dont know a joke when you see it ?
Rebecca George
August 31, 2013 at 07:44
Wasn’t sure if you were joking or you are a noob.
Warren Ross
July 3, 2013 at 16:29
Outcast is one of my old favourites, still have the original in the cupboard at home. “You are correct, Ulukai.” 😀
Funny enough, there was a short period where pure “voxel” (“volume pixel”) graphics engines were all the rage, a la Comanche.
Johan du Preez
July 3, 2013 at 20:29
Comanche stole a big chunk of my childhood what a awesome game it was, I wish they would make proper flight sims again.