X-COM: Terror from the deep - Intro (AI enhanced 4K)

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Published on April 30, 2022 7:00:07 AM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPsHAejRmqo

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X-COM: Terror from the Deep (1995)

Duration: 2:03

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Game: X-COM: Terror from the deep
Year: 1995
Platform: DOS, Playstation, Windows
Video source: Captured DosBox in-game - 320x200x10fps

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X-COM: Terror from the Deep is a strategy video game developed and published by MicroProse for the PC in 1995 and for the PlayStation in 1996. It is a sequel to X-COM: UFO Defense and the second game of the X-COM series, this time taking the war against a renewed alien invasion into the Earth's oceans.

Technical:
Both video files are playable as VID format, however there are huge freezes all over the video, which always happen in the same place, so I had to ditch the idea of working with the source files and had to record the intros via Dosbox.

Then there was a huge problem with frame interpolation as the intro is only 10fps. None of the AI models was able to interpolate up to 60fps without artifacts, and re-interpolate already interpolated video only created a very compressed video that was hard to work with, so I ended up interpolating to 40fps and then converting the video to 60fps. The result is good. No major artifacts and smooth framerate. I also tried to interpolate already AI enhanced video, but I can only use RIFE model for 4k videos (all other models require a high-end PC), which creates lot of artifacts in fast scenes, so that was a no no.

As for the AI enhancement itself, it went pretty well. The intro has a very low quality, so the end result is not exactly superb, but this is the best you can get.

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