IbizaPocholo
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Side by side comparison between the Game Boy Advance and the Game Cube version of the game James Bond 007: Nightfire.
The GameCube version was emulated in high definition.
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007: Nightfire - GBA vs. Consoles | Side by Side
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Side by side comparison between the Game Boy Advance and the Game Cube version of the game James Bond 007: Nightfire.
The GameCube version was emulated in high definition.
captainclutch777
Member
What a classic. Didn't even know it was released for the GBA.
Kuranghi
Member
Its crazy how much lower dev costs were back then.
Nowadays:
"We have this game with super-graphics how will we get it onto Switch?"
"We just won't... but wait... what about terrible quality streaming?!? Get id on the phone!"
"They left a message and said we'd need to rewrite the whole game in their engine"
"Cloud Version it is then"
Back then:
"There are six different platforms how will we put it on all of them, they all have wildly different HW/specs?"
"START DEVELOPMENT ON FOUR SEPARATE GAMES WITH FOUR DIFFERENT STUDIOS"
It's a Harry Potter game I'm specifically referring to but I'm sure it happened with other IPs. I can't remember which HP game now though, its based on one of the first three books I think.
Nowadays:
"We have this game with super-graphics how will we get it onto Switch?"
"We just won't... but wait... what about terrible quality streaming?!? Get id on the phone!"
"They left a message and said we'd need to rewrite the whole game in their engine"
"Cloud Version it is then"
Back then:
"There are six different platforms how will we put it on all of them, they all have wildly different HW/specs?"
"START DEVELOPMENT ON FOUR SEPARATE GAMES WITH FOUR DIFFERENT STUDIOS"
It's a Harry Potter game I'm specifically referring to but I'm sure it happened with other IPs. I can't remember which HP game now though, its based on one of the first three books I think.
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Blond
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A lot of it has to do with just basic advancement in technology and how many casual gamers left the market for cell phone games and F2P. I remember when the 360 was launching that EA was saying something along the lines of that they could green-light 10 games for the price of 30 in the PS2 era. Plus you have to combine the increased manpower to get a game out the door these days. Kinda crazy most indies have studios the sizes of companies who put out games like Silent Hill 3 with 18 people vs an isometric Roguelike.
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PhoenixTank
Member
I don't think I knew there was a GBA version. Looks painful - good memories of 60FPS Nightfire on cube though.
Pretty prominent in the 2D era as well, particularly during the limbo/transition between Master System, Mega Drive & NES, SNES where game releases overlapped.
Agent_Nobody
Member
The framerate on the left one makes it look more cinematic.
Kikorin
Member
This game was amazing, I played so much of it as a kid. I remember amazing times spent playing it with friends in multiplayer after school.
I also remember the first time I've put it in my GameCube, in the opening scene where you were on an elicopter with a sniper rifle, at first I thought it was a cutscene since it was so beautiful I couldn't believe was playable.
I also remember the first time I've put it in my GameCube, in the opening scene where you were on an elicopter with a sniper rifle, at first I thought it was a cutscene since it was so beautiful I couldn't believe was playable.
Onironauta
Member
And people nowadays complain about the graphics of Switch ports like Doom...
deriks
4-Time GIF/Meme God
A lot of games back in the early 2000s was like that, and as far I know, made profit enough to make sequels and even spin-offs
Nowadays publishers are pussies and if the game doesn't sell double the costs, it's a failure
MeatSafeMurderer
Member
Back then vidya hadn't proven itself viable as big business just yet (although it was getting there), so quite a lot of developers / publishers were fairly small and made of up people who genuinely loved the art form. Once the big investors came in who couldn't give a shit about the games themselves, only how much money they make, the industry was always going to go to shit.
StateofMajora
Banned
Nightfire was really fun. Both the campaign and its multi with my buds were played a lot.
Next best thing to goldeneye. Also, the vehicle segments (minus the underwater bit) were really fun.
Next best thing to goldeneye. Also, the vehicle segments (minus the underwater bit) were really fun.
StateofMajora
Banned
I mean... Nightfire will legitimately be less blurry than Switch doom. TAA for ya.
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Shodan09
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I know it looks awful now but that's a pretty impressive port for GBA. I used to love watching that system be pushed.
Astral Dog
Member
The GBA version looks cooler
Redneckerz
Those long posts don't cover that red neck boy
The GBA version has the distinction of being the only FPS with a full 3D texturemapped 3D engine.
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