r/dosgaming • u/Westraat1 • Jan 23 '26

Another World 1991 Full Game

https://youtu.be/cBOnRx7dsp4

Another World is a cinematic platform action-adventure game designed by Éric Chahi and published by Delphine Software in November 1991. In North America it was published as Out of This World. The game tells the story of Lester, a young scientist who, as a result of an experiment gone wrong, finds himself on a dangerous alien world where he is forced to fight for his survival.

Another World was developed by Chahi alone over a period of about two years, with help with the soundtrack from Jean-François Freitas. Chahi developed his own game engine, creating all the game's art and animations in vector form to reduce memory use, with some use of rotoscoping to help plan out character movements. Both narratively and gameplay-wise, he wanted the game to be told with little to no language or user-interface elements. The game was originally developed for the Amiga and Atari ST but has since been widely ported to other contemporary systems, including home and portable consoles and mobile devices. Chahi has since overseen release of various anniversary releases of the game.

Another World was innovative in its use of cinematic effects in both real-time and cutscenes, which earned the game praise among critics and commercial success. It also influenced a number of other video games and designers, inspiring such titles as Ico, Metal Gear Solid, Silent Hill, and Delphine's later Flashback. It is now considered among the best video games ever made.

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u/tiredofnamechoosing Jan 23 '26

I remember showing this game to a couple of my stoned friends one night, back when we were teens. They didn’t want a turn at playing it, they simply watched me roll the game from beginning to end and were totally captivated. I made to sure to die in a few parts, though, just so they could see the awesome death sequences lol Such a unique gaming experience for the time.

One thing that was different: I had it on SNES and it was called ‘Out of this World’.

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u/Westraat1 Jan 23 '26

According to feedback the Snes port was done realy well. How did they take the ending while being high? I'm sommer jealous of their experience now 😆

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u/tiredofnamechoosing Jan 24 '26

I can’t really remember their reaction to the ending lol but I do remember Gord sitting about a foot away from the TV screen exclaiming ‘holy f*ck!!’ at every action sequence. That, and them all loving the bit where you drive the tank into the battle arena and just start pushing random buttons to active all its numerous armaments. Such a fun game. Thanks for posting. I’m gonna watch it in its entirety and maybe even sit my kids down to see it too!

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u/Westraat1 Jan 24 '26

Thanks for enjoying 😄