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'''''Another World''''' is a [[Cinematic Platform Game]] developed by Eric Chahi. The title of the game was changed to '''''Out of This World''''' when it was released in America, to avoid confusion with the popular [[NBC]] [[Soap Opera]], ''[[Another World]]''. <ref>Coincidentally, a syndicated [[Fantastic Comedy]] titled ''[[Out of This World]]'' started airing the same time the game was released.</ref> In Japan, the game is known as '''''Outer World'''''.

To say the game was innovative was an understatement. Chahi himself wrote a polygon routine that would allow the graphics to be composed of vector outlines -- whichoutlines—which would take up less space than normal sprite graphics. Like Jordan Mechner, Chahi also used video recordings of his own brother to create rotoscoping animations for the project. The result was an epic, cinematic masterpiece which told a story without the use of dialogue, voicework or screen text, and with cutscenes that led from one part of the story to the next. Controlling the player character was done via six buttons, with the player character performing a wide variety of different tasks depending on his location, speed, and movement.

This game is notable, not only for its dramatic storytelling and early survival-horror roots, but also for being one of the most [[Nintendo Hard]] games to come down the pike since ''[[Battletoads]]''. The slightest misstep meant death in any number of horribly unspeakable ways. The console versions of the game -- suchgame—such as the SNES port -- wereport—were made more difficult than the MS-DOS/Macintosh versions (which ''themselves'' were more difficult than the original Amiga version), reportedly to give players "more value for their money". (Although it may give some players a strong desire to throw their keyboard/joypad at their TV.)

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