Ironblood / Racing [M2 – Tech Demos / Protos]

9 thoughts on “Ironblood / Racing [M2 – Tech Demos / Protos]”

1. person 04-05-2009 at 23:22

   I am hoping to buy a M2 prototype since I know someone who has one

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2. person 28-08-2009 at 03:14

   oh and that Racing game was actually completed and there is one known proto of it in the hands of a collector. He has also made some videos of him playing it :)

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   1. monokoma 28-08-2009 at 13:14

      Indeed, i really need to fix this post one of these days.. too many games in a single page :P

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3. person 28-08-2009 at 03:16

   Oh and its called IMSA Racing

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4. eSPy 29-11-2014 at 02:43

   Full article on Take2’s Ironblood for M2
   https://archive.org/stream/3DO_Magazine_Issue_10_1996-05_Paragon_Publishing_GB#page/n7/mode/1up

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5. eSPy 11-06-2015 at 03:33

   M2 Iron and Blood Cancelled

   One of the premier M2 titles, Iron and Blood from Take 2 and 3DO has been cancelled.

   Originally started as a joint M2 project between 3DO and Take 2, the title has since been migrated onto the PlayStation and the Saturn.

   Recently both parties, 3DO and Take 2 have agreed to cease work on the project. Take 2 was compensated for the development that had taken place thus far.

   The cancellation of this project, and the rumored cancellation of other projects at 3DO itself, can only help to add credence to speculation that the M2 is in trouble.

   http://web.archive.org/web/19961220184453/http://www.next-generation.com/news/103096b.shtml

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6. eSPy 11-06-2015 at 03:34

   Iron and Blood Enters Console Arena – EXCLUSIVE- 7/11/96

   After securing the AD&D Ravenloft license and undergoing a name change from Iron and Blood, Take 2 is nearing completion of its graphically beautiful fighter.

   As shown some months ago in Next Generation magazine and on Next Generation Online more recently, Iron and Blood is a fantasy fighting game with a very ambitious design and beautiful graphics.

   Acclaim will be publishing the title this fall for PlayStation and a Saturn version is also in development and expected to hit store shelves by year’s end.

   Here are a few screen-shots to tide you over until the more extensive coverage in this October’s Next Generation Magazine.
   http://web.archive.org/web/19961220200851/http://www.next-generation.com/news/071196b.html

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7. Ross Sillifant 22-02-2019 at 18:59

   the demo tape featuring the D&D-style
   monster fight and the racing game were fakes… excuse me, simulations,
   created using Alias.

   The animations were based on a set of theoretical rendering speeds,
   which were later shown to be tremendously optimistic when actual silicon
   arrived.

   Still, the numbers we did get out of BDA were pretty damn
   impressive; 300K polygons/sec in a typical case (2x N64), 500K if you’re
   dilligent…

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   Leo L. Schwab –

   THOSE* demos! You mean the ones with sailboat in the lagoon
   and Bossie the cow (actually a hermaphrodite; it had horns *and* an udder)
   behind the cyclone fence? I had completely forgotten about those.

   Yeah, those videos were generated using a software simulation of
   the BDA chip. They were extremely legit, and in fact the Bossie-behind-
   the-fence demo was ported to real hardware, and worked precisely as
   advertised. I don’t think anyone ever got around to porting the sailboat
   program; the people who wrote it were immersed in more important things by
   the time real silicon showed up.

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   Leo L. Schwab
   Studio 3DO

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8. Ross Sillifant 26-11-2020 at 00:57

   The 3DO mag article pointed out the Saturn version was only considered.

   It was rejected due to Saturn being difficult to develop for and performing poorly at retail.

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