Chariots: The First Olympics
November 22nd, 2002 by keerfCandella Software sent out a press release of a new game they are releasing:
CHARIOTS™: THE FIRST OLYMPICSIt is 776 BC. The age of the first Olympics in Ancient Greece. The Greek city states of Athens, Sparta, Macedonia, Elis, Crete, Troy, Thebes and Carthage have gathered at Olympia.
It is the last day of the historic event. The five full days of frenetic athletic activities are coming to an end. But the pinnacle of all the Olympic events is yet to commence. As one of the privileged competitors, the expectations of thousands rest on your shoulders…
- Choose from among eight different charioteers, both men and women, each with their own unique abilities
- Eight different chariot models with different handling characteristics
- Race through the countryside of the ancient Hellenic world. Race tracks which plunge from soaring snowbound mountains to verdant Grecian meadows and meander through undulating deserts.
- Marvel at the beauty of ancient monuments like the Lighthouse of Pharos, Temple of Zeus, Acropolis and the Giza pyramids.
Chariots™: The First Olympics is available on PC (Windows), Linux, Apple Mac, Sony PlayStation2™, Microsoft Xbox™ and Nintendo GameCube™.
Graphics Features
- Full support for the latest graphics cards with T&L, vertex and pixel shaders
- Highly realistic vertex shaded grass, fur
- Stunning pixel shaded water effects with reflection and refraction
- Dynamic, volumetric clouds which change appearance as the race progresses
- Volumetric shadows
- Environment mapped bump mapping
- Specular light effects
- High polygon models with continuous LOD
- Geometry amplification using TruForm/N-patches
- Cube mapping
Audio Features
- High fidelity surround environmental audio effects
- EAX support
- DirectSound 3D support
- OpenAL support
Networking Features
- Four player and eight player LAN multiplayer
- Eight player internet multiplayer
For more information, visit Planet Chariots at www.planetchariots.com. For all enquiries, please contact info@planetchariots.com.
Chariots & Chariot Wars are registered trademarks of Candella Software Ltd. All rights reserved.
November 22nd, 2002 at 10:48 am
uhmmmmmm… under linux?
November 22nd, 2002 at 10:59 am
nope, you must choose :) direct3d under linux? hmm fluffy stuff :)
November 22nd, 2002 at 11:05 am
Someone has just wrote down all the platforms and OS’s that knows. =)
November 22nd, 2002 at 11:44 am
The graphics look good,and the gameplay sounds unique.They even have a spot just for linux on there fourms.
November 22nd, 2002 at 11:53 am
this do actually look cool!!
November 22nd, 2002 at 11:58 am
Was anybody able to find a release date for this thing? Looks cool, but there was no indication of how far out this is…
November 22nd, 2002 at 4:21 pm
I’d like to see some road rash style gameplay in this, where you can hit your oppenents with a whip and knock them off their chariots : )
November 22nd, 2002 at 4:34 pm
The images seem created with a 3d program no rendered real time in a game engine…
November 22nd, 2002 at 4:45 pm
They may be using Dynamic Pixel Volume EAX T&L Specular LOD Shaders(tm) but those screenshots look like complete poo.
Just goes to show, an engine is nothing without half-decent artwork behind it…
November 22nd, 2002 at 6:21 pm
Does that mean naked women?
November 22nd, 2002 at 7:55 pm
but is it fun?
November 22nd, 2002 at 8:05 pm
I find it amusing that someone has exerted so much effort in building a “chariot racing” gaming ;). However, I would buy it if it had interesting fighting involved in the race (even mario kart has fighting, right .. so no big deal). I may even buy it if it doesn’t have fighting, because, hey it is a chariot racing game ;) (besides, what other games am I gonna buy for Linux?)
BTW, you may as well port it to FreeBSD as well, so it will be the first commercial game to have a native FreeBSD port :).
November 22nd, 2002 at 10:03 pm
We knew them well. The page widening troll hath dealt the final blow to their tech support…
http://www.planetchariots.com/forums/f3/make_f.php
November 23rd, 2002 at 2:54 am
Hmm, those screenshots look sortof… antique…
Wonder how old this grafics enginge is.