<description>&lt;div&gt;&lt;img width="800" height="450" src="https://www.pixelrefresh.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/MetroSiege-800x450.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="Metro Siege Interview" style="margin-bottom: 15px;" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.pixelrefresh.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/MetroSiege-800x450.jpg 800w, https://www.pixelrefresh.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/MetroSiege-1600x900.jpg 1600w, https://www.pixelrefresh.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/MetroSiege-400x225.jpg 400w, https://www.pixelrefresh.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/MetroSiege-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://www.pixelrefresh.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/MetroSiege-50x28.jpg 50w, https://www.pixelrefresh.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/MetroSiege-600x338.jpg 600w, https://www.pixelrefresh.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/MetroSiege.jpg 1920w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;p&gt;I am joined by&amp;nbsp;Alex Brown, programmer of an upcoming brand new beat-em-up 2-player game for the &lt;a href="https://www.pixelrefresh.com/category/platforms/retro/amiga/"&gt;Commodore Amiga&lt;/a&gt; &amp;#8211; Metro Siege. With the target platform the Amiga A500, originally released way back in 1987! Alex takes us through the journey of pushing the limits of the Amiga A500, the experience of programming with the Amiga custom chips and how this wonderful passion project will become a final release.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Topics include:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul class="wp-block-list"&gt; &lt;li&gt;How Alex became a programmer&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Alex&amp;#8217;s favourite game influences&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Why create a new game for the Amiga?&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Pushing the limits of the Amiga A500&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Taking the Amiga online with cross system online multiplayer&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;The art of releasing a beta or technical preview and gathering feedback&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Keeping the gameplay smooth with 2 players, enemies and lush surroundings&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Parallax scrolling, moving trains and what&amp;#8217;s needed to achieve the results&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Using modular character animation on the Amiga&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Given extra life to a retro computing platform&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;The reason for the expansion memory of 512kb memory requirement&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;The programming resources available for the Amiga&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;The tricks of the trade for programming the Amiga&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;The software and tools for creating Amiga games&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Emulation versus real hardware for testing&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;The size of the team and the understanding of the capabilities of the Amiga&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;The biggest challenge of getting the game to work&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Why AGA has not been targeted&amp;#8230; yet?&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Ensuring there is an end goal to any &amp;#8220;passion project&amp;#8221;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p&gt;If you watch the video version of the podcast, I have captured Metro Siege running from my own Amiga A500 (which mine does have Pistorm installed, but I have been assured it will still run great without one). You can find out more by visiting the &lt;a href="https://metrosiege.com/"&gt;Metro Siege&lt;/a&gt; website.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"&gt; &lt;div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"&gt; &lt;iframe loading="lazy" title="Metro Siege Amiga A500 Gameplay - 2024 New Game!" width="800" height="450" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/e1zHmXlO13A?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/figure&gt; &lt;hr class="wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity"/&gt; &lt;p class="has-small-font-size"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;SUBSCRIBE TO THE SHOW: &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://music.amazon.co.uk/podcasts/5d8e9f8b-8d2f-4811-8afa-5b770afa1f31"&gt;Amazon Music&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/game-gadget-podcast/id125737670?mt=2&amp;amp;ls=1"&gt;Apple Podcasts&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="https://www.deezer.com/en/show/2818912"&gt;Deezer&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="https://pca.st/podcast/c2efe820-ee50-012e-e133-525400c11844"&gt;Pocket Casts&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="https://www.pixelrefresh.com/category/podcasts/audio-podcasts/feed/"&gt;RSS&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/62kjQPnE8CGAlbpCNI1WJi"&gt;Spotify&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhBLhXoDE9iJQhS4B_zEaEt6fu9xbNo_R"&gt;YouTube Music&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4LHmt_JRjW0OdydM4jBr4w"&gt;YouTube&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="has-small-font-size"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;SUPPORT THE SHOW: &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://ko-fi.com/pixelrefresh"&gt;Donate to the Game &amp;amp; Gadget Podcast &amp;amp; Pixel Refresh&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;SUBMIT QUESTIONS FOR THE SHOW: &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.pixelrefresh.com/game-gadget-podcast/submit-question-game-gadget-podcast/"&gt;Submit a question for the Game &amp;amp; Gadget Podcast&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;FIND OUT MORE: &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.pixelrefresh.com/game-gadget-podcast/"&gt;What is the Game &amp;amp; Gadget Podcast&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="has-small-font-size"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;WEBSITE: &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.pixelrefresh.com/"&gt;Pixel Refresh &amp;#8211; Gaming, Gadgets &amp;amp; Tech both Retro &amp;amp; Modern&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;EMAIL SUBSCRIBE: &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.pixelrefresh.com/content/email-subscribe/"&gt;Latest Articles / Reviews via Email&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;PIXEL REFRESH YOUTUBE CHANNEL: &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/pixelrefresh?sub_confirmation=1"&gt;Pixel Refresh on YouTube&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;FREE GAME SOUNDTRACKS: &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.pixelrefresh.com/content/scummvm-music-enhancement-project/"&gt;ScummVM Music Enhancement Project&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Original post link: &lt;a href="https://www.pixelrefresh.com/new-metro-siege-game-for-amiga-interview-programmer-alex-brown-game-gadget-podcast-37/"&gt;New Metro Siege Game for Amiga Interview &amp;#8211; Programmer Alex Brown &amp;#8211; Game &amp;amp; Gadget Podcast #37&lt;/a&gt;, created by &lt;a href="https://www.pixelrefresh.com/author/glidem/"&gt;James Woodcock&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; For even more content, visit &lt;a href="https://www.pixelrefresh.com"&gt;Pixel Refresh - Gaming &amp;amp; Tech | Retro &amp;amp; Modern&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Original post link: &lt;a href="https://www.pixelrefresh.com/new-metro-siege-game-for-amiga-interview-programmer-alex-brown-game-gadget-podcast-37/"&gt;New Metro Siege Game for Amiga Interview &amp;#8211; Programmer Alex Brown &amp;#8211; Game &amp;amp; Gadget Podcast #37&lt;/a&gt;, created by &lt;a href="https://www.pixelrefresh.com/author/glidem/"&gt;James Woodcock&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; For even more content, visit &lt;a href="https://www.pixelrefresh.com"&gt;Pixel Refresh - Gaming &amp;amp; Tech | Retro &amp;amp; Modern&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt; </description>

Game & Gadget Podcast - Pixel Refresh

James Woodcock

New Metro Siege Game for Amiga Interview – Programmer Alex Brown – Game & Gadget Podcast #37

JUL 25, 202446 MIN
Game & Gadget Podcast - Pixel Refresh

New Metro Siege Game for Amiga Interview – Programmer Alex Brown – Game & Gadget Podcast #37

JUL 25, 202446 MIN

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<div><img width="800" height="450" src="https://www.pixelrefresh.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/MetroSiege-800x450.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="Metro Siege Interview" style="margin-bottom: 15px;" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.pixelrefresh.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/MetroSiege-800x450.jpg 800w, https://www.pixelrefresh.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/MetroSiege-1600x900.jpg 1600w, https://www.pixelrefresh.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/MetroSiege-400x225.jpg 400w, https://www.pixelrefresh.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/MetroSiege-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://www.pixelrefresh.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/MetroSiege-50x28.jpg 50w, https://www.pixelrefresh.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/MetroSiege-600x338.jpg 600w, https://www.pixelrefresh.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/MetroSiege.jpg 1920w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /></div> <p>I am joined by&nbsp;Alex Brown, programmer of an upcoming brand new beat-em-up 2-player game for the <a href="https://www.pixelrefresh.com/category/platforms/retro/amiga/">Commodore Amiga</a> &#8211; Metro Siege. With the target platform the Amiga A500, originally released way back in 1987! Alex takes us through the journey of pushing the limits of the Amiga A500, the experience of programming with the Amiga custom chips and how this wonderful passion project will become a final release.</p> <p><strong>Topics include:</strong></p> <ul class="wp-block-list"> <li>How Alex became a programmer</li> <li>Alex&#8217;s favourite game influences</li> <li>Why create a new game for the Amiga?</li> <li>Pushing the limits of the Amiga A500</li> <li>Taking the Amiga online with cross system online multiplayer</li> <li>The art of releasing a beta or technical preview and gathering feedback</li> <li>Keeping the gameplay smooth with 2 players, enemies and lush surroundings</li> <li>Parallax scrolling, moving trains and what&#8217;s needed to achieve the results</li> <li>Using modular character animation on the Amiga</li> <li>Given extra life to a retro computing platform</li> <li>The reason for the expansion memory of 512kb memory requirement</li> <li>The programming resources available for the Amiga</li> <li>The tricks of the trade for programming the Amiga</li> <li>The software and tools for creating Amiga games</li> <li>Emulation versus real hardware for testing</li> <li>The size of the team and the understanding of the capabilities of the Amiga</li> <li>The biggest challenge of getting the game to work</li> <li>Why AGA has not been targeted&#8230; yet?</li> <li>Ensuring there is an end goal to any &#8220;passion project&#8221;</li> </ul> <p>If you watch the video version of the podcast, I have captured Metro Siege running from my own Amiga A500 (which mine does have Pistorm installed, but I have been assured it will still run great without one). You can find out more by visiting the <a href="https://metrosiege.com/">Metro Siege</a> website.</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"> <div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <iframe loading="lazy" title="Metro Siege Amiga A500 Gameplay - 2024 New Game!" width="800" height="450" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/e1zHmXlO13A?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe> </div> </figure> <hr class="wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity"/> <p class="has-small-font-size"><strong>SUBSCRIBE TO THE SHOW: </strong><a href="https://music.amazon.co.uk/podcasts/5d8e9f8b-8d2f-4811-8afa-5b770afa1f31">Amazon Music</a> | <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/game-gadget-podcast/id125737670?mt=2&amp;ls=1">Apple Podcasts</a> | <a href="https://www.deezer.com/en/show/2818912">Deezer</a> | <a href="https://pca.st/podcast/c2efe820-ee50-012e-e133-525400c11844">Pocket Casts</a> | <a href="https://www.pixelrefresh.com/category/podcasts/audio-podcasts/feed/">RSS</a> | <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/62kjQPnE8CGAlbpCNI1WJi">Spotify</a> | <a href="https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhBLhXoDE9iJQhS4B_zEaEt6fu9xbNo_R">YouTube Music</a> | <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4LHmt_JRjW0OdydM4jBr4w">YouTube</a></p> <p class="has-small-font-size"><strong>SUPPORT THE SHOW: </strong><a href="https://ko-fi.com/pixelrefresh">Donate to the Game &amp; Gadget Podcast &amp; Pixel Refresh</a><br /><strong>SUBMIT QUESTIONS FOR THE SHOW: </strong><a href="https://www.pixelrefresh.com/game-gadget-podcast/submit-question-game-gadget-podcast/">Submit a question for the Game &amp; Gadget Podcast</a><br /><strong>FIND OUT MORE: </strong><a href="https://www.pixelrefresh.com/game-gadget-podcast/">What is the Game &amp; Gadget Podcast</a></p> <p class="has-small-font-size"><strong>WEBSITE: </strong><a href="https://www.pixelrefresh.com/">Pixel Refresh &#8211; Gaming, Gadgets &amp; Tech both Retro &amp; Modern</a><br /><strong>EMAIL SUBSCRIBE: </strong><a href="https://www.pixelrefresh.com/content/email-subscribe/">Latest Articles / Reviews via Email</a><br /><strong>PIXEL REFRESH YOUTUBE CHANNEL: </strong><a href="https://www.youtube.com/pixelrefresh?sub_confirmation=1">Pixel Refresh on YouTube</a><br /><strong>FREE GAME SOUNDTRACKS: </strong><a href="https://www.pixelrefresh.com/content/scummvm-music-enhancement-project/">ScummVM Music Enhancement Project</a></p> <p>Original post link: <a href="https://www.pixelrefresh.com/new-metro-siege-game-for-amiga-interview-programmer-alex-brown-game-gadget-podcast-37/">New Metro Siege Game for Amiga Interview &#8211; Programmer Alex Brown &#8211; Game &amp; Gadget Podcast #37</a>, created by <a href="https://www.pixelrefresh.com/author/glidem/">James Woodcock</a>.<br /> For even more content, visit <a href="https://www.pixelrefresh.com">Pixel Refresh - Gaming &amp; Tech | Retro &amp; Modern</a>.</p> <p>Original post link: <a href="https://www.pixelrefresh.com/new-metro-siege-game-for-amiga-interview-programmer-alex-brown-game-gadget-podcast-37/">New Metro Siege Game for Amiga Interview &#8211; Programmer Alex Brown &#8211; Game &amp; Gadget Podcast #37</a>, created by <a href="https://www.pixelrefresh.com/author/glidem/">James Woodcock</a>.<br /> For even more content, visit <a href="https://www.pixelrefresh.com">Pixel Refresh - Gaming &amp; Tech | Retro &amp; Modern</a>.</p>