id Software's Rage, running on iPhone at 60fps with 'megatextured' graphics

[_Belial]

http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/12/c...g-on-iphone-a/

We're sorry, but the Palm Pixi's rendition of Need for Speed no longer impresses us -- we've just seen John Carmack show off Rage for iPhone. While of course it looks nothing like the PC graphical monstrosity that swept the E3 Games Critics Awards, it's safe to say the 60 frame-per-second tech demo at QuakeCon 2010 shoves the cell phone gaming envelope through a Juggernaut-class brick wall. Where Carmack originally called the iPhone "more powerful than a Nintendo DS and PSP combined," the id Software co-founder is now aiming squarely at the likes of PS2 and Xbox with iPhone 4 hardware. Not impressive enough? He says it still "runs great on an original 2G iPhone" as well. VG247, who liveblogged the event, reports the title will be available in the App Store later this year for a relatively inexpensive price, with a second game available in time for the PC game's 2011 launch. Sadly, there's as of yet no plans for Android owners to get the same megatexturing goodness. Don't miss the video after the break, because this screenshot doesn't do it justice.

Here's the video

http://gamevideos.1up.com/video/id/30824

[Lighty]

Truly Amazing that that is on an iPhone, once again John Carmack proves why he is the best programmer out there in the gaming scene, the guy is a genius.

[casio]

that is impressive, I wonder how long the battery life is with it running at 60fps lol i bet you'd get a whole 3 minutes before it turned off lol

seriously though if they can make something run that well on the limited hardware of the iphone why do we need mega power consoles like the ps3 and 360? thats ignoring the pc gamer maket if you gave the iphone the computing power of a ps3,360 or a PC I wonder how well the games would run

[maltloaf]

wow

[Billhouse]

Damn impressive.

[BertRoot]

Always been a fan of Carmack. He is a geek of the highest order. Looking forward to some of this.