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3D N64/PS1/Saturn games that still look good
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.Got your old CRT monitor out?
I think emulator shots probably make up for us looking at them on displays that aren't suited to their original form.
Stallion Dan
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The Resident Evil games held up well thanks to the pre-rendered backgrounds. Most games that did this still look good.
Shadow Hog
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Allow me to cover for Krejlooc's annoying oversight: the game's Psychic Killer Taromaru, a Japan-only release for the Sega Saturn. However, it's also like $400 due to genuine scarcity (not just high demand).
Games using prerendered backgrounds are as "3D" as Team Innocent on PC-FX.
PC-FX is a console by NEC which can't display any polygonal graphics.
IMO WDC by Boss Game Studios is the best looking racing game on N64.thread needs some N64 love!
World Driver Championship
Second place to Top Gear Overdrive and third place to Beetle Adventure Racing or Top Gear Rally.
Spyro games still look pretty good, but i couldnt find a better shot.
Agreed. Spyro games still look awesome. Testament to great art direction.
SkylineRKR
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Nevermind, my initial picks were sprite based.
Anyway
Last Bronx:
Keep in mind this game was 60fps.
All Japan Pro Wrestling:
Also 60fps on Saturn.
Anyway
Last Bronx:
Keep in mind this game was 60fps.
All Japan Pro Wrestling:
Also 60fps on Saturn.
I feel like a lot of people scoff at doing this (many claim that all things polygonal always look better in higher resolutions, no exceptions), but I'm with you. Running a simple 3D game in a resolution closer to its target is a tradeoff of total quality for overall consistency, which can be worth it. Often is, when it comes to emulating PSX and N64 games.
The Lamonster
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Star Wars Episode I Racer
and yeah, Rogue Squadron looks great too.
and yeah, Rogue Squadron looks great too.
All three other those games were also a lot of fun to play
nkarafo
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Boss also made stunt racer 64, i only saw a few youtube videos of it and it looks interesting to say the least... wacky level design, no pop up and some huge scenery details that are even animated. Impressive stuff.
Cha
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^ I can't stand it when animators don't put in that little bit extra effort to employ these principles! I can handle bad graphics, but games with bad animation get on my nerves.
Back on topic though - Crash's style holds up well. Didn't know Tobal2 looked that good. Was gonna post Tekken 3 before I saw that gif. Some interesting things in this thread.
I think 3D puzzle games like Kurushi and Kula World also still look pretty good. Kula world had a lot of simple geometry and colourful levels(Not the best screenshot)
Some of the best looking games from that era were a mixture of 2D sprites on 3D backgrounds, and imo they still look great today:
Breath of Fire 3
Breath of Fire 4
Xenogears
Final Fantasy Tactics
Grandia
I was gonna say Grandia, played it on my Vita and it looks fantastic
Japanese games were the best. Its a shame arcades died and Japanese development with it. Nothing like living though the Saturn/PSone era!
thread needs some N64 love!
Shadow Man
Oh man... I was really into Shadow Man. The atmosphere in that game was... gritty. You could feel it. I want some more voodoo New Orleans settings in games.
Morrigan Stark
Arrogant Smirk
Reading the first word of the thread title is hard?
Uncle Rupee
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Reading the first word of the thread title is hard?
It has some 3D stuff in the backgrounds which add some flair, and considering this thread was born out of the one about how indie devs could be using similar tech, it's a fair addition.
My words exactly!
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Ηell yeah! WDC is really amazing. It was the best looking ''realistic'' racer of that generation.
Great looking cars and a ton of geometry on the courses. Initial cars were slow, but later ones were really quick.
Only a bit of slight pop-up in the far distance reminded you that this is a N64 game.
It even had a hi-rez letterbox mode without expansion pak
Favorite track: Lisbon.
Anyways, Indiana Jones for N64 is another good looking N64 game with great textures and lighting. Factor 5 basically used the cartridge as ''virtual RAM'' of sorts, to make the levels and detail great.
http://www.ign.com/articles/2000/11/10/bringing-indy-to-n64
WDC, like Indiana Jones, used custom N64 microcode and thus both are not playable via emulation.
Say whatever you want
This still looks amazing in motion. On the real system, don't bother with 30fps crappy youtube vids...
I love F-Zero, but I even when this came out, I thought it looked like shit. I was very excited to try it, but upon playing it in the store my hopes were shattered. I'm even down for polygonal games like Virtura Racing and Star Fox, but I hated the 3D AND 2D art direction in this game.
Did run very smooth though.
Uncle Rupee
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The 3DO was and forever will be a piece of shit.
Man, a full Sonic game like this would have been way better than what Sonic Xtreme would have been.
In high res emulator mode I would prefer that to the dreamcast version
Banjo was one of the best looking games of that gen.
Yep, this, easily.
Best looking game of the generation.
Actual best game of the generation.
Best game ever.
Can't seem to find good screenshots of Nights but...
Nights.
http://www.retrogameage.com/?p=4851
I have an entire screenshot gallery of Nights on my site, take your pick.
Stallion Dan
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The environments are 3D, they just use a pre-rendered background. Characters, enemies and items are all 3D.
What do you have against yellow short shorts on a hairy, bare cheated male protagonist.
Tal Shiar Agent
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I know some people are saying Rogue Squadron. While I love the game it has such a terrible draw distance that it makes it nearly impossible for me to play anymore.
It's exactly what I've wanted to say, haha.
Please, dudes, put the names. It would help a lot
manzoman96
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Castlevania SotN
and Final Fantasy VII as far as the pre-rendered backgrounds go
and Final Fantasy VII as far as the pre-rendered backgrounds go
PassiveObserver
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Not arcade-perfect (2D backgrounds) but pretty close. This was what I paid 50 cents to play in the arcades, at home.
I posted these in a prior thread. I feel like the art direction holds up pretty well on all three.
Morrigan Stark
Arrogant Smirk
It's also 2D...
Why would you do that?
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I completely agree. While I think it's neat to see, say, a PS1 game in 1280x960 rendered by a GPU via OpenGL or DirectX, I consider it as more of a novelty. (One special instance was the Nintendo DS high resolution thread, i.e. one of my favorite threads on NeoGAF.) That said, I'd much rather play a game in the system's original resolution and with a software renderer instead of a not quite as accurate GPU renderer.
Unfortunately, in the N64's instance, software rendering wasn't a thing until very recently, and it is still quite slow (at least on my laptop). Because of the prevalence of OpenGL/Direct3D emulators, N64 emulation really annoys me because the graphics aren't ever accurate.
Smash N64
Agreed. I actually have a much easier time playing Smash N64 because everything is simpler. I wish Smash would return to something more akin N64 in graphics.
Fair point, but it's hardly the only one in the thread.
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