There is also a built-in system of save states which are not automatic. Progress is saved automatically onto the computer, so one can later choose “continue.” Like on Sega CD, crystal Glyphs serve as save-points (to restart from after dying), and this nicely balances out the difficulty, which was already tamed down for the Win ’95 release. The game starts by choosing “go” and since there is no password system, Ecco starts in Home Bay. The title screen is silent, with the demo and game itself chosen in the top-left corner drop-menu. Plus, the file size doesn’t matter to me, as my hard drive has plenty of free space, and in this day and age, I can barely imagine those file sizes making a difference to anyone. These enhancements come from collaboration with the 16bit Audiophile Project, who ripped the audio perfectly from the Genesis.Ĭaverns of Hope offers two versions of the complete package to download: “Standard Edition” with a smaller file size (328 MB), or the larger “FLAC Edition” (562 MB) with lossless CD-quality music, which I definitely wanted, as the whole point is to enjoy the best version possible. It also adds the choice of playing the Genesis soundtrack as well as the Sega CD soundtrack, so this is actually the first version of Ecco to offer the choice of both soundtracks.
In addition to making Ecco PC playable on today’s operating systems, Fixed and Enhanced Edition adds several features, like the full range of sound effects that were missing in the Windows ’95 release. 2014 saw the release of Ecco PC: Fixed and Enhanced Edition, a nonprofit project from a couple devoted fans, Korama and Klaimen from Caverns of Hope, who wanted to make Ecco PC playable and accessible on modern computers again.įixed and Enhanced Edition can be downloaded for free, exclusively from the website Caverns of Hope. It downloaded and extracted easily for me in Windows 10, so that my copy was actually all-set, before I realized it.
Eventually, it just became unplayable on newer operating systems. And since it was made after the whole 16-bit series, Ecco PC also contains the Full-motion video clips from Tides of Time.Īs the years passed, Ecco PC started having problems running on each newer version of Windows that came out. The beautiful soundtrack plays from Ecco on Sega CD. Well, it could have been just like this! Ecco the Dolphin was completely recreated and redrawn for Windows ’95, in high definition and high color. In 1995, Sega ported Ecco the Dolphin onto Windows, but it was much more than just a port! Ecco PC was actually the best, most enhanced version of the original title, using the extra hardware capabilities of a personal computer! It was actually a 32-bit version of Ecco the Dolphin, so everyone who has wondered what that canceled Ecco game on 32x would have been like. Genre: Action Developer: Korama and Klaimen from Caverns of Hope Publisher: Korama and Klaimen from Caverns of Hope Players: 1 Released: 2014
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