Another World
Shares rank 27 of 78 video games by recommenders
Eric Chahi's 1991 game is praised for its smooth vector animation, achieved on the hardware of its time, and still holds up.
Eric Chahi's 1991 game is praised for its smooth vector animation, achieved on the hardware of its time, and still holds up.
8 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 8
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 5 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 8 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 5 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Smooth, impressive graphics and animation
“Another World, a whole game made with a custom vector graphics and animation system.”
Comment from 13 Apr 2026 in “I gave every train in New York an instrument” “blown away by its graphics and how smooth the animations were”
Comment from 26 Oct 2026 in “Why I Am a Programmer” Technically impressive for its hardware
“Yeah, Another World was an incredible feat with the hardware we had at the time.”
Comment from 19 Nov 2025 in “Rebecca Heineman has died” “The code was amazing, because it has has to draw polygons into 8x8 pixels cells”
Comment from 18 Nov 2025 in “Rebecca Heineman has died” Still good and wonderful today
“Still one of the greatest games and still good today.”
Comment from 26 Oct 2026 in “Why I Am a Programmer” “a wonderful game in between was Another World (1991)”
Comment from 12 Jun 2026 in “How we made hit video game Prince of Persia”
Other video games people recommend
The four most recommended other video games, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Helldivers 2 | 50 | 34 | 60% | 10 | 1.9 yrs3 owners | — |
| GPU building game | 49 | 16 | 75% | 2 | — | — |
| Triple-A Minesweeper | 40 | 25 | 62% | 1 | — | — |
| Quake II | 33 | 8 | 80% | 10 | — | Approved |
| Another WorldThis page | 8 | 0 | 100% | 5 | — | — |
What people said
8 of the 9 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“blown away by its graphics and how smooth the animations were”
“Still one of the greatest games and still good today.”
“If you liked Flashback, try an earlier release (also from Delphine software)”
“a wonderful game in between was Another World (1991)”
“Another World, a whole game made with a custom vector graphics and animation system.”
“being just a bytecode blob where each port is just a VM”
“Yeah, Another World was an incredible feat with the hardware we had at the time.”
“The code was amazing, because it has has to draw polygons into 8x8 pixels cells”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.