Jeff Wayne War of the Worlds PC Game Intro Video
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- Опубликовано: 22 фев 2015
- All credit to Jeff Wayne and Rage Software & GT Interactive at www.thewaroftheworlds.com/
This is introduction from Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds PC game.
I have extracted the video from the Bink FMV files bundled with the PC game, removed the interpolation that caused the weird horizontal lines and have created a new version with smoother and less jagged video. 
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One of the hardest game intros in history
Hmm, I wonder where Steven Spielberg got the idea for a “burning train” from...
One can only hazard a guess!
PRO-TIP: Always book a seat in the last carriage of the train.
+ProjectFlashlight612 In this case I would agree.
What if the tripod attacks from behind??!😂
@@freestation1002 then rather just don't travel by train
Rare footage of Doctor Beeching caught in the act of closing the railways.
You'd be quite right. Possibly we could find the remains on Weavers Way.
This is one of the most awesome intros ever
agreed!
The cinematography of this introduction is brilliant. I rather wish that the money to create the game had been used to create a decent animated film, but I can't complain; few games from 1998 are truly playable now. This is one of them.
I play it regularly
is it me or does the motion of the tripod look like its happy when its blown up the train
+fallen angel1983 I'd agree with that, HG Wells does imply that the Martians call to each other with exultation when they defeat humans. Evil Swines.
Yes because Martians love when hummmmmansss dieeee!!!!
Yes
This game needs to be remastered for modern PCs / Consoles:
Steam (PC)
Epic Games (PC)
Xbox One
Xbox Series X/S
PlayStation 5
Nintendo Switch
I have a feeling it will be but it is not imminent. I feel Jeff Wayne would have to pass away first! I did have the source code for the game for a short while and I was working with the developer to come up with a network version but that all died a death...
@@yereverluvinuncleber How did you get hold of the source code? How did you get in contact with the devs? Didn't the dev company go under years ago? I'd love for an updated version of this game that runs on win 10, even if it uses the original engine, though I'd rather see it get properly remade in UE5 as an RTS. This game doesn't really work well as a console game, as the PS1 shooter wasn't really that good, and if this game ever does get remade, i hope it'll be an RTS, not a shooter. I'm actually making a fighting machine (as i mentioned on a few of your other videos), but i'm struggling with a few details on the model, i'm planning to put it in Unreal when i've finished it and eventually redo the martian intro as a 'proof of concept' sort of thing, but it may take me quite a while.
@@TheGuardianofAzarath IT is not going to be easy. I worked on some extensions/addons for the game and for a short period I was contacted by one of the original game devs. We worked on a multi-player version briefly but it did not seem to work. I shortly after moved house.I will get in touch with him again. I'll add it to my To-Do list.
@@yereverluvinuncleber Yeah, i tried following instructions for installing the game from a mounted ISO, but it just wouldn't have it, kept throwing an error at me saying it couldn't find a file called "smackw32.dll", i hunted it down online and installed it in both my main system32 folder and the drivers subfolder, but the installer still wouldn't detect it, then i noticed that the file the installer is looking for is IN the ISO, in the winsys folder. I guess i could try again. Failing that, I guess Unreal is the only option for a true revival of this game. If you ever get in touch with the original devs, or better yet, Jeff, ask if it would be possible to port the game to UE5
@@TheGuardianofAzarath I am quite certain that porting the game to a game engine and providing compatibility with such disparate systems as the Nintendo Switch's custom Unix OS and the significantly inadaptive OSes of the PlayStation and XBOX would require the game to be entirely rewritten, so the consequence would be less of a remaster, and more of a remake. What you describe is not trivial.
However, with the advent of decent cross-platform alternatives to DirectX, and game-engines allowing the foundation to require little modification, I expect that a competent developer would be able to create a basic reproduction of this alone, if the voice-files were possible to reuse without breaking DMCA.
good games!!!!
Amazing!
I would die for indepth recreation of this game
I'll try and get in touch with one of the original developers again and see what happens.
@@yereverluvinuncleber You have that kind of power? :D Tell em I'd support any Kickstarter effort
@@OCMOOO We came up with some supporting software and a multiplayer networked version of the game but the latter did not work, so we gave up. I will try again.
@@yereverluvinuncleber That's incredible dude! Honestly made my day talking to one of the devs of one of my favorite childhood games!
How would you consider improving the AI of non-player (enemies)
@@OCMOOO Well, the networking code for example, it was implemented but never tested. Also some utilities that were built for it are a little dated and need to be brought up to date to work on later versions of Windows. The code is now very old and will require some very old versions of C+ to resurrect it - and the old code needs to be found. I had access and I now to find it again. I cannot promise anything.
Kids that’s not why we don’t fart in the steam pot thing in the train control room
Steam pot thing...? The boiler? You cause me to feel old, but I'm not even 20.
My dear old friend its me i eat subs and likes i have returned in a form of a martian
They have overtaken your soul and you have turned to the dark side
Does anyone know how to get a workable version of this game for Windows 8.1?
Not in Windows 8 but I may give it a go in Win 10. All my Win 8 devices have now been upgraded.
Windows 98 works 😁