Another World — stories left

It was originally developed for the Amiga 500 and the Atari ST, and was later ported to many platforms.

At first no publisher could be found, but in the end a publishing contract was concluded with Delphine Software, his old home.

In the countries of Europe and in Australia the original title "Another World" was used as it was, but for the North American release the publisher Interplay changed the title to "Out of This World" to avoid confusion with a television programme of the same name then airing in the United States.

The Game Boy Advance version that appeared in 2004 was originally an unofficial version reverse-engineered from the Atari ST version, but it was authorised by Eric Chahi in 2005.

The Atari Jaguar version had originally been scheduled for release by Interplay in 1994 but was cancelled, and it was revived in 2012 with Chahi's permission.

The game was originally developed for the Amiga and Atari ST but has since been widely ported to other contemporary systems, including home and portable consoles and mobile devices.

The game was originally released for the Amiga and Atari ST in November 1991, running at a display resolution of 320×200 pixels.

A Jaguar port of Another World was originally in development and planned to be published by Interplay in September 1994, but it was never released.

Chahi carried out the remaining development work under Delphine Software, and the first version was released in 11 of the same year.

He finished the game's introduction sequence in early 1990 and started working on the first level.

In July 2005, almost a decade and a half after it was first released on the Amiga, the game was released for mobile phone handsets using the Symbian operating system, thanks to Telcogames and developer Magic Productions.

In 2012, it became one of the first 14 titles added to the video game art exposition at the Museum of Modern Art.

In 2011, Wirtualna Polska ranked the "visionary" Another World as the 15th best game for the Amiga, remembering it for a cinematic feel and "uncommonly" high difficulty (for a first-time player) and calling it "one of the most important titles in the history of electronic entertainment.

The alien "Beast" creature from the game's first level was ranked sixth on the GameSpots 1999 top list of best monsters in gaming and IGN ranked the game's laser gun as the 86th best weapon in gaming history in 2012.

Chahi said: "I like this extra level a lot because it reinforces the close relationship between the hero and the alien by developing their mutual aid.

Reviewing the 3DO version, GamePro said "Out of This World is destined to be a classic", but that the 3DO version has too little improvement to be worthwhile for those who have already played the game.

Reviewing the 15th Anniversary Edition in 2010, Eurogamers John Walker called it "still utterly beautiful", adding that the game's art style is "just fantastic.

In 2008, Tim Rogers named Another World "The best videogame of all time", describing it as "an Actual Genius's osmosed omniscience regarding game design.

In 2011, Wirtualna Polska ranked the "visionary" Another World as the 15th best game for the Amiga, remembering it for a cinematic feel and "uncommonly" high difficulty (for a first-time player) and calling it "one of the most important titles in the history of electronic entertainment.

In 2012, 1UP ranked this "short-but-sweet cinematic action game" as the 99th most essential video game of all time, commenting: "Especially in an age of entertainment where fans cry out for pages upon pages lore and glossaries for the tiniest minutiae of their fiction, Out of this Worlds dimension contains a sense of mystery that makes it all the more lonely, and often, quietly beautiful.

Besides that, the game is included as 1 of the 25 titles bundled with "The A500 Mini", released in 2022 as a miniature version of the Amiga 500.

In the "Cross Review" feature of the magazine Famitsu, the four reviewers gave 7, 9, 7, and 7, for a total of 30 out of 40, earning a place in the Silver Hall of Fame. Reviewers said, "the game itself is nothing much, but parts of it have impact", "the presentation with polygons is amazing.

In the "Game Report Card" reader poll run by the magazine Family Computer Magazine,it scored 19.60 out of 30, as shown below.

This score placed it 221st among all Super Famicom titles (323 titles in total, as of 1993).

Many reviewers criticized the short length of the game.

Computer Gaming World criticized the brief documentation and short length of gameplay, but praised the game's graphics and Amiga sound, and called it "one of Europe's most playable and enjoyable arcade efforts.

Paul Cuisset's best-selling 1992 game Flashback, also released by Delphine but created without any involvement from Chahi, features similar gameplay and graphics and makes a few nods to Another World, including the use of personal force fields in combat, a nearly identical end text in the ending cutscene, and an almost exact motion recreation of the gun pickup cutscene.

In the iOS version of 2011 and the Nintendo Switch version of 2018, the naming has been unified to the original title "Another World" in both the North American and the Japanese versions.

It is a Mega CD title released only outside Japan, and has not been released domestically.

A Jaguar port of Another World was originally in development and planned to be published by Interplay in September 1994, but it was never released.

In 2011, Wirtualna Polska ranked the "visionary" Another World as the 15th best game for the Amiga, remembering it for a cinematic feel and "uncommonly" high difficulty (for a first-time player) and calling it "one of the most important titles in the history of electronic entertainment.