The famous Amiga games developer, Paolo Cattani has provided his classic Amiga game to be pre-installed on the new A600GS computer.
Virtual GP is from this moment installed and ready to play on the new Amiga from Amigakit named the A600GS. Existing A600GS users can download a free update directly from Amisphere.com to install the games to the games menu. A video about how to do stuff on the A600GS will be available very soon made by me.
3D Textured Racing Game for Amiga
Virtual GP was sadly Paolo’s last production for the Amiga range of computers in 1999. It was a title that came out together with Trapped II, Nemac IV, Quake, and even Wipeout 2097. The game came out for classic Amiga, 6 years after Commodore’s bankruptcy. He wanted to contribute to the Amiga games scene so he started the development of Virtual GP (codename AlienF1).
VGP would have to accomplish two missions: on the one hand, it would implement a fast 3D engine aimed at hi-specification Amigas (AGA and 68030 required) featuring ground shading, texture mapping, billboarding, curved surfaces, and all the things that were “hot” at those times; on the other hand, it had to be the most realistic simulation of a Formula One car available on the Amiga. Paolo nailed that part!
Matthew Leaman, MD of AmigaKit Ltd commented on the collaboration: “We are thrilled that Paolo has agreed to include his great games with the A600GS. We are grateful for his support of our project.”
Paolo Cattani added: “As a pioneer in the development of video games for the Amiga range of computers I’m very glad and honoured to give my contribution to an amazing project which keeps alive the memory of a machine that was such a glorious milestone of the IT history.”
Virtual Grand Prix is a Reason to get A600GS
The A600GS computer system is available now from AmigaKit.com and AmigaKit.fr
Additional Information about A600GS and its components can be found on these websites:
A600GS: www.a600gs.com
Now, I really do hope that this game will be put onto AmiStore so that other Classic Amiga owners can buy it and support the amazing work to bring Virtual Grand Prix back from the ashes. The game should work on the required RTG specs on PiStorm, Warp, or Vampire-upgraded machines.
Adding multiplayer option maybe in the future? This could be the next “Dynamite” blast?…
Apollo Team is known for having released games that only work on Vampire-equipped Amigas. This is sad as the rest of the Amiga community is left out. The A600GS deserves much love and so do Classic Amigas everywhere with specs capable of matching A600GS.
Support the Amiga. Support Amigakit.com and their A600GS!
