An alternative title for Another World, Eric Chahi's cinematic masterpiece. A timeless experience you owe yourself.
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Action Adventure1 player12+
Description
Delphine Software cinematic action-adventure in which Lester faces an alien invasion, American version. Published by Interplay, released in the USA in 1992. Fluid cinematic controls, wordless storytelling through animations alone, deadly puzzles and dramatic SF atmosphere. American version of Éric Chahi's masterpiece, known in Europe as Another World.
Out of This World review
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Art direction
★★★★★
"Iconic"
4/5
Music
★★★★★
"Excellent"
4/5
Story
★★★★★
"Captivating"
Vector silhouettes, rotoscoped animation and cinematic framing compose a science-fiction tale of spellbinding restraint. The economy of means, far from impoverishing it, heightens the strangeness of a hostile alien world. This pared-down aesthetic, a pioneer back in 1991, keeps an intact power of evocation.
Complete: box, manual and disc/cart very clean. Lightly handled.
Q1 damagedQ6 completeQ10 new
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Collector interest
A 1992 US SNES Interplay release of Delphine Software/Éric Chahi's 'Another World', renamed for the US market. The loose grey US SNES cart stays accessible, but boxed CIB in an intact box with manual is valued by US Delphine collectors for coherence with Flashback. The cote climbs steadily, sustained by the physical scarcity of boxed copies and by the stature Éric Chahi gained via recent anniversary editions.
Is Out of This World still worth playing in 2026?
Out of This World, known as Another World in continental Europe, is the SNES port of Eric Chahi's cinematic masterpiece. The rotoscoped animation, the wordless staging and the environmental puzzles still feel striking. The micro inherited controls demand adjustment and the experience leans on frequent death as a learning tool. A full fledged auteur work. Recommended to fans of 1990s cinematic gaming and to anyone curious about a French production whose influence reaches far beyond its era.
