1997 Virtual Design
Platform: Commodore Amiga 1200
HiWar was a Red Alert style game being developed on the Amiga 1200 by Virtual Design, and set to be published by Vulcan Software around 1997 time. According to an interview with Artur Bardowski, one of the graphic designers, the game was canned due to the shrinking market.
A demo was created and sent to publishers by Mariusz Zieliński (coder), Artur Bardowski (artwork) and Maciej Chomicz (audio), where Vulcan Software took a particular interest – but that was about it sadly. A PC version was however being developed in parallel was eventually released as Tridonis in 1998 and published by LK Avalon.
Thankfully, the demo created has managed to sneak out and was recovered thanks to Rygar Łukasz, who obtained the demo from the developer. You can download it here, which includes a WinUAE config to help get it running. The game was eventually planned for release on 1 or 2 CD’s overall.
It certainly is an impressive looking title, and a lot like Red Alert. It’s a little slow for me, but that could be my creaking old PC not doing it justice. It is likely this is all that ever existed, but if anything else comes to light – we’ll be sure to add to this page.
With a huge thank you to Rygar Łukasz for highlighting and for the recovery work directly from the author.
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