Welcome to blazingrender.net!
This website is dedicated to the Blazing Render engine, a real-time 3D rendering engine developed by Argonaut Technologies Ltd. throughout the 1990s.
While it did not become massively popular in its time, several cult-classics did end up utilizing the engine, including Carmageddon and Microsoft 3D Movie Maker.
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| Open Source Info | BRender Tools | BRender Credits |
| BRender Games |
On May 3rd 2022, Microsoft 3D Movie Maker officially became open-source, in conjunction with BRender itself. Now both released under the very permissive MIT license, what once cost thousands of GBP can now be downloaded by anyone, anywhere.
None of this would have been possible without the dedicated software archaeology work of Foone Turing, not to mention everyone who worked at Argonaut.
The following are various links to the original BRender source code releases, as well as other BRender erratica and attempts at modernization.
Various source releases:
Previously discovered SDKs:
Other sources:
- Various Carmageddon-related BRender tools
Porting & Modernizing BRender:
- bjrkk: BRender 1.1.2 + CMake
- bjrkk: 3DMM Ported to BRender 1.1.2
BRender Tools:
Kaitai Struct Definitions File
Kaitai Struct definitions file for BRender datafiles. Can be used to parse most files in the BRender SDKs. Should work with Carmageddon 1 files.
BRender Credits:
(Courtesy of Foone Turing)
| Role | Personnel |
|---|---|
| Programming | Sam Littlewood, Dan Piponi, Simon Everett, Philip Pratt |
| Ports | Simon Everettm, Philip Pratt, Patrick Buckland, Zareh Johannes, Anthony Savva, Stainless Software Ltd. |
| Testing | Philip Pratt |
| Project Management | Stefano Zammattio |
| Technical Reference Manual | Crosbie Fitch, Philip Pratt |
| Tutorial & Installation Guides | Robbie McQuaid |
| Marketing | Paul Ayscough, Mitra Faulkner |
| Sales | Edwin Masterson |
| Artwork | Michel Bowes |
| Technical Support | Neela Dass, Tony Roberts, John Gay, Jon Wolff |
| With Thanks to | Pete Warnes, Mike Day, Tim Gummer, Vinay Gupta, Marcia Petterson, Jez San |
BRender Games:
| Title | Year | Platforms | Developer |
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| 3D Movie Maker | 1995 | Windows | Microsoft Kids |
| Alien Odyssey | 1995 | DOS | Argonaut Software |
| FX Fighter | 1995 | DOS | Argonaut Software |
| Bob Bondurant's High Performance Driving | 1996 | Mac | Fathom Pictures |
| Bundesliga Manager 97 | 1996 | DOS | Software 2000 |
| F1 Manager | 1996 | DOS | Software 2000 |
| FX Fighter Turbo | 1996 | DOS | Argonaut Software |
| Nickelodeon 3D Movie Maker | 1996 | Windows | Microsoft Kids + Big Blue Dot |
| Nihilist | 1996 | DOS | Bits Corporation |
| Privateer 2: The Darkening | 1996 | DOS, Windows | Electronic Arts |
| Carmageddon | 1997 | DOS, Windows, Mac | Stainless Software |
| Carmageddon: Splat Pack | 1997 | DOS, Windows | Stainless Software |
| Croc: Legend of the Gobbos | 1997 | Windows | Argonaut Software |
| Doctor Who: Destiny of the Doctors | 1997 | Windows | Studio Fish |
| F1 Manager Professional | 1997 | DOS | Software 2000 |
| I-War | 1997 | Windows | Particle Systems |
| Motor Mash | 1997 | DOS | Eutechnyx |
| Pete Sampras Tennis 97 | 1997 | DOS, Windows | Codemasters |
| Search And Rescue (SAR) | 1997 | Windows | Interactivision A/S |
| Sensible Soccer '98 | 1997 | Windows | Sensible Software |
| Sensible Soccer: European Club Edition | 1997 | Windows | Sensible Software |
| Bundesliga Manager 98 | 1998 | Windows | Software 2000 |
| Carmageddon II | 1998 | Windows, Mac | Stainless Software |
| Play with the Teletubbies | 1998 | Windows | Asylum Entertainment Ltd. |
| Queen: The eYe | 1998 | DOS, Windows | Destination Design |
| Uprising X | 1998 | PlayStation | 3DO |
| I-War: Defiance | 1999 | Windows | Particle Systems |
BRender is copyright ©1992-1998 Argonaut Technologies Ltd.