3D Acceleration Comparison Ep10: Assault Rigs - ATI Rage / Software

Assault Rigs developed and published by Psygnosis in 1996. It is a tank game where the point is to get through a lvl picking up gems and power ups while shooting enemies. The ATI Rage version was an exclusive OEM bundle with the ATI Xpression card released in 1996. Music in the video is from the CD audio track.

The ATI Rage version is a Windows port of the game while the normal retail version is MS-DOS native. The DOS version got its share of criticism as it was considered an inferior version compared to the Playstation. It promised 640x480 resolution in 16bit color, but only delivered 320x200 in the end. The ATI version is superior with higher resolution, mipmapping and texture filtering, but according to reviews from 1996 it didn't run very well on the first version of the ATI Rage chip, especially not in 640x480. Maybe at a later point when I get my 1996 setup up and running I can show some footage of this game to simulate a 1996 experience on the original ATI Xpression card.

Captured with Avermedia GameBroadcaster HD on:
Asus P3B-F v1.03 (Intel 440BX chipset)
Intel P3 1050mhz w/ Slot 1 adapter (10.5x100mhz)
1024MB SDRAM CL2
Techworks Aureal Vortex2 SuperQuad
Windows 98SE

With this card:
ATI 3D Rage Pro 4MB PCI (ATICIF & Software)