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== BRender ==
==BRender==
BRender is the Blazing Render engine created by [[Argonaut Software]].
BRender is the Blazing Render engine created by [[Argonaut Software]].




== BRender Development ==
==BRender Development==

* [https://rr2000.toshiba-3.com/R4/BRENDER/TEBK_1.HTM BRender Technical Manual]
*[https://rr2000.toshiba-3.com/R4/BRENDER/TEBK_1.HTM BRender Technical Manual]




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== BRender research ==
BRender research

I've been trying to contact people who worked on BRender, to see if they can provide an SDK. Current progress:
I've been trying to contact people who worked on BRender, to see if they can provide an SDK. Current progress:
* Sam Littlewood ([https://www.reddit.com/user/samlittlewood u/samelittlewood]) (sam in the BRender strings). [https://www.reddit.com/r/gamedev/comments/2o2bh2/17_year_old_carmageddon_debugging_symbols_file/cmjni9n Contacted on reddit], he followed up a bit later to say he no longer had any documentation or SDKs.
* Dan Piponi ([https://twitter.com/sigfpe @sigfpe]). [https://twitter.com/Foone/status/662067352247242752 Only has the manual, which we already have].
* Jez San: Not yet contacted. I have a possible email address to follow up on.


*Sam Littlewood ([https://www.reddit.com/user/samlittlewood u/samelittlewood]) (sam in the BRender strings). [https://www.reddit.com/r/gamedev/comments/2o2bh2/17_year_old_carmageddon_debugging_symbols_file/cmjni9n Contacted on reddit], he followed up a bit later to say he no longer had any documentation or SDKs.
*Dan Piponi ([https://twitter.com/sigfpe @sigfpe]). [https://twitter.com/Foone/status/662067352247242752 Only has the manual, which we already have].
*Jez San: Not yet contacted. I have a possible email address to follow up on.

== Games using the BRender Engine ==
<br />
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Name
!Year
!Developer
!Publisher
!Platforms
|-
|[https://www.mobygames.com/game/croc-legend-of-the-gobbos Croc: Legend of the Gobbos]
|1997
|Argonaut
|Fox Interactive
|Windows, Playstation, Sega Saturn
|-
|[https://www.mobygames.com/game/croc-2 Croc 2]
|1999
|Argonaut
|Fox Interactive
|Windows, Playstation
|-
|[https://www.mobygames.com/game/fx-fighter FX Fighter]
|1995
|Argonaut
|GTE Entertainment
|DOS
|-
|[https://www.mobygames.com/game/fx-fighter-turbo FX Fighter Turbo]
|1996
|Argonaut
|GTE Entertainment
|Windows
|-
|[https://www.mobygames.com/game/dos/alien-odyssey Alien Odyssey]
|1995
|Argonaut
|Philips Interactive
|DOS
|-
|[[w:3D_Movie_Maker|3D Movie Maker]]
|1995
|Microsoft
|Microsoft
|Windows
|-
|[[w:3D_Movie_Maker#Versions|Nickelodeon 3D Movie Maker]]
|1996
|Microsoft
|Microsoft
|Windows
|-
|[https://www.mobygames.com/game/independence-war-the-starship-simulator Independence War]
|1998
|Particle Systems
|Infogrames
|Windows
|-
|[https://www.mobygames.com/game/independence-war-deluxe-edition I-War: Defiance]
|1999
|Particle Systems
|Infogrames
|Windows
|-
|[https://www.mobygames.com/game/f1-manager F1 Manager]
|1996
|Software 2000
|Software 2000
|DOS
|-
|[https://www.mobygames.com/game/f1-manager-professional F1 Manager Professional]
|1997
|Software 2000
|Software 2000
|DOS
|-
|[https://www.mobygames.com/game/dos/carmageddon Carmageddon]
|1997
|Stainless Software
|Interplay, SCi Games
|DOS
|-
|[https://www.mobygames.com/game/carmageddon-2-carpocalypse-now Carmageddon 2: Carpocalypse Now]
|1998
|Stainless Software
|SCi Games
|Windows, Macintosh, N64
|-
|[https://www.mobygames.com/game/windows/doctor-who-destiny-of-the-doctors Doctor Who: Destiny of the Doctors]
|1997
|Studio Fish
|BBC Multimedia
|Windows
|-
|[https://www.mobygames.com/game/motor-mash Motor Mash]
|1998
|Eutechnyx Limited
|Ocean Software
|DOS, Windows, Playstation
|-
|[https://www.mobygames.com/game/dos/queen-the-eye Queen: The eYe]
|1998
|Destination Design
|Electronics Arts
|DOS
|-
|[https://www.mobygames.com/game/pete-sampras-tennis-97 Pete Sampras Tennis '97]
|1996
|Codemasters
|Codemasters
|DOS, Windows, Playstation
|-
|[https://www.mobygames.com/game/sensible-soccer-98 Sensible Soccer '98]
|1997
|Sensible Software
|GT Interactive
|Windows
|-
|[https://www.mobygames.com/game/playstation/sensible-soccer-98-european-club-edition Sensible Soccer '98: European Club Edition]
|1998
|Sensible Software
|GT Interactive
|Windows, Playstation
|-
|[https://www.mobygames.com/game/search-and-rescue Search and Rescue (SAR)]
|1997
|Interactivision
|Intense Entertainment Interactive
|Windows
|-
|[https://www.mobygames.com/game/uprising-x Uprising X]
|1998
|Cyclone Studios
|3DO
|Playstation
|-
|[https://www.mobygames.com/game/play-with-the-teletubbies Play with the Teletubbies]
|1998
|Asylum Entertainment
|Knowledge Adventure
|Windows, Playstation
|-
|[https://www.mobygames.com/game/total-football-management Bundesliga Manager 97 / Total Football Management]
|1996
|Software 2000
|Software 2000
|DOS
|-
|[https://www.mobygames.com/game/bundesliga-manager-98 Bundesliga Manager 98]
|1998
|Software 2000
|Eidos
|Windows
|-
|[https://www.mobygames.com/game/privateer-2-the-darkening Privateer 2: The Darkening]
|1996
|EA Manchester
|Electronic Arts
|DOS, Windows
|-
|[https://twitter.com/toshiba_3/status/1081341513366425600 Arena AD (cancelled)]
|N/A
|Stainless Software
|?
|Windows
|-
|[https://twitter.com/toshiba_3/status/1081341513366425600 Freelancer 2120 (cancelled)]
|N/A
|Imagitec
|?
|DOS
|-
|[http://bill.bzaar.net/avoc/Html/Screenshots/kanaan.htm Kanaan (cancelled)]
|N/A
|Argonaut
|Ubisoft
|Windows
|-
|[https://web.archive.org/web/20181020054730/http://www.vectorslave.com/alphadyme/MichaelSchlachterResume.html Bondurant High Performance Racing (Unreleased/in-house?)]
|N/A
|Fathom Pictures
|?
|?
|-
|[https://twitter.com/toshiba_3/status/1081341513366425600 Hotwheels project (cancelled)]
|N/A
|Stainless Software
|?
|?
|-
|[https://twitter.com/toshiba_3/status/1081341513366425600 Hasbro Xscape/Rush/Toaster (cancelled)]
|N/A
|Hasbro
|?
|?
|}


== BRender Versions ==
==BRender Versions==
See [[BRender versions used by games]]
See [[BRender versions used by games]]


== Links ==
==Links==


* [http://wiki.carmageddon.com/wiki/BRender BRender on the Carmageddon Wiki]
*[http://wiki.carmageddon.com/wiki/BRender BRender on the Carmageddon Wiki]
* [https://rr2000.toshiba-3.com/pc-files Road Reaction's PC files section contains some BRender info in the Other Files section]
*[https://rr2000.toshiba-3.com/pc-files Road Reaction's PC files section contains some BRender info in the Other Files section]

Revision as of 21:21, 19 April 2021

BRender

BRender is the Blazing Render engine created by Argonaut Software.


BRender Development


TODO: Link to the OS/2 SDK and more docs


BRender research

I've been trying to contact people who worked on BRender, to see if they can provide an SDK. Current progress:

Games using the BRender Engine


Name Year Developer Publisher Platforms
Croc: Legend of the Gobbos 1997 Argonaut Fox Interactive Windows, Playstation, Sega Saturn
Croc 2 1999 Argonaut Fox Interactive Windows, Playstation
FX Fighter 1995 Argonaut GTE Entertainment DOS
FX Fighter Turbo 1996 Argonaut GTE Entertainment Windows
Alien Odyssey 1995 Argonaut Philips Interactive DOS
3D Movie Maker 1995 Microsoft Microsoft Windows
Nickelodeon 3D Movie Maker 1996 Microsoft Microsoft Windows
Independence War 1998 Particle Systems Infogrames Windows
I-War: Defiance 1999 Particle Systems Infogrames Windows
F1 Manager 1996 Software 2000 Software 2000 DOS
F1 Manager Professional 1997 Software 2000 Software 2000 DOS
Carmageddon 1997 Stainless Software Interplay, SCi Games DOS
Carmageddon 2: Carpocalypse Now 1998 Stainless Software SCi Games Windows, Macintosh, N64
Doctor Who: Destiny of the Doctors 1997 Studio Fish BBC Multimedia Windows
Motor Mash 1998 Eutechnyx Limited Ocean Software DOS, Windows, Playstation
Queen: The eYe 1998 Destination Design Electronics Arts DOS
Pete Sampras Tennis '97 1996 Codemasters Codemasters DOS, Windows, Playstation
Sensible Soccer '98 1997 Sensible Software GT Interactive Windows
Sensible Soccer '98: European Club Edition 1998 Sensible Software GT Interactive Windows, Playstation
Search and Rescue (SAR) 1997 Interactivision Intense Entertainment Interactive Windows
Uprising X 1998 Cyclone Studios 3DO Playstation
Play with the Teletubbies 1998 Asylum Entertainment Knowledge Adventure Windows, Playstation
Bundesliga Manager 97 / Total Football Management 1996 Software 2000 Software 2000 DOS
Bundesliga Manager 98 1998 Software 2000 Eidos Windows
Privateer 2: The Darkening 1996 EA Manchester Electronic Arts DOS, Windows
Arena AD (cancelled) N/A Stainless Software ? Windows
Freelancer 2120 (cancelled) N/A Imagitec ? DOS
Kanaan (cancelled) N/A Argonaut Ubisoft Windows
Bondurant High Performance Racing (Unreleased/in-house?) N/A Fathom Pictures ? ?
Hotwheels project (cancelled) N/A Stainless Software ? ?
Hasbro Xscape/Rush/Toaster (cancelled) N/A Hasbro ? ?

BRender Versions

See BRender versions used by games

Links

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