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Dated visuals you still think look amazing
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The Albatross
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Don't know why but the vistas in GTA San Andreas still look good to me. I think the game had great atmosphere. Obviously not modern or anything, but I loved them
NHarmonic.
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Spiritwalker
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Eh, FFVII looks bad but Legend of Dragoon has aged even worse imo. It looks like dog shit. I'm currently struggling to get through it on my PSP, even though I loved it as a kid.
Ragnorok64
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Policenauts
How does one even go about playing Snatcher or Policenauts nowadays?
You know I was always a proponent of art style and overall art direction being way more important than technical achievement when it comes to games aging well. This thread certainly backs that up but there's definitely an argument for technical achievement as well.
I was under the impression that because it was exclusive to Nintendo when released and timed exclusives weren't so much of a thing that it would be a nightmare legally. Maybe also in terms of porting it.
Snatcher is available in English for Sega CD.
Policenauts is only available in Japanese for the PS1 and Saturn, but there's a fan translation patch available.
Ruud_Luiten
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Dragoon En Regalia
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Magical Truck Adventure is one Model 3 game I wish people would talk about more often. It's very accessible and fun for all ages, but the game's also got a great aesthetic that hasn't dated much.
Sadly it's one of the hardest Model 3 games to emulate, but progress is continuing, and the fact that we can now play Cool Riders nearly perfectly gives me hope.
Sadly it's one of the hardest Model 3 games to emulate, but progress is continuing, and the fact that we can now play Cool Riders nearly perfectly gives me hope.
You'd be close to right if System 32 was actually Super Scalar tech, but it's not. System 32 boards used the RISC architecture while SEGA's previous boards used multiple Motorola X68k chips. The best-looking System 32 game is most likely OutRunners, but it's got competition from the likes of Hard Dunk, Arabian Fight, Dark Edge, SegaSonic the Hedgehog, SEGA's F1 racers, and Jurassic Park.
DiipuSurotu
Banned
Seiken Densetsu 3
This is a SNES, 2D, tile-based game.
This is a SNES, 2D, tile-based game.
thebaroness
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No emulation :<?
I mean I would legally buy a port of both games 100 times over, I just really want to experience them!
I stand corrected.Magical Truck Adventure is one Model 3 game I wish people would talk about more often. It's very accessible and fun for all ages, but the game's also got a great aesthetic that hasn't dated much.
Sadly it's one of the hardest Model 3 games to emulate, but progress is continuing, and the fact that we can now play Cool Riders nearly perfectly gives me hope.
You'd be close to right if System 32 was actually Super Scalar tech, but it's not. System 32 boards used the RISC architecture while SEGA's previous boards used multiple Motorola X68k chips. The best-looking System 32 game is most likely OutRunners, but it's got competition from the likes of Hard Dunk, Arabian Fight, Dark Edge, SegaSonic the Hedgehog, SEGA's F1 racers, and Jurassic Park.
Rad Mobile still blew me away the first time I saw it tho. And I mean like a couple of years ago.
Well you can go down that route if you want to.
Dragoon En Regalia
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Star Cruiser looked really cool for a polygonal 3D Sharp X68000 game back in 1989.
Orochinagis
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Have anyone posted Waku Waku 7?
Tesse and the Tank super were the best thing ever in that game
Tesse and the Tank super were the best thing ever in that game
Chaotic-Strike
Banned
Classic Doom has the perfect mix of dated yet charming graphics to me. I really love the use of color and atmosphere being utilized by limited lighting and texture.
I love the varied enemy sprites and designs.
I love the varied enemy sprites and designs.
Murder. She Wrote
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FFXI has aged remarkably well, especially for a game that isn't that cartoony compared to WoW.
Here's a video if you want more, or a nostalgia trip.
Here's a video if you want more, or a nostalgia trip.
HueyFreeman
Banned
King of Fighters 99
Rez
There's a looooot of posts on this thread that have misinterpreted the OP - the visuals, both technical and artistic, of both of these games are timeless, the opposite of dated. OP was referring to stuff that you love despite it looking objectively/technically bad - Panzer Dragoon being an absolutely perfect example.
foolishoptimist
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Maybe rose tinted glasses, but I still think this game looks great.
I played the hell out of that PS1 demo disk.
The sequel didn't look as nice to me though.
I played the hell out of that PS1 demo disk.
The sequel didn't look as nice to me though.
DustyVonEric
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I was just thinking this about Tekken 2, Castlevania SotN, and Darkstalkers Chronicle: The Chaos Tower, playing them recently.
Digital-Hero
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Metal Gear Solid 2
paragonpro
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Magical Truck Adventure is one Model 3 game I wish people would talk about more often. It's very accessible and fun for all ages, but the game's also got a great aesthetic that hasn't dated much.
Sadly it's one of the hardest Model 3 games to emulate, but progress is continuing, and the fact that we can now play Cool Riders nearly perfectly gives me hope.
You'd be close to right if System 32 was actually Super Scalar tech, but it's not. System 32 boards used the RISC architecture while SEGA's previous boards used multiple Motorola X68k chips. The best-looking System 32 game is most likely OutRunners, but it's got competition from the likes of Hard Dunk, Arabian Fight, Dark Edge, SegaSonic the Hedgehog, SEGA's F1 racers, and Jurassic Park.
I was obsessed with truck adventures. It was at our local chucky chesss when I was a kid and I played fhe shit out of it
Haha...
Even better than RL, sequel Rebel Strike (2003) managed to improve the lighting and texturing AND have the entirety of Rogue Leader rendered with improved visuals and playable in split screen co-op!
Retroarch SNES9X Next core, enable FX overclock-->40 or 60Mhz from core options.
Super smooth Starfox gameplay, like that Warioware Wii minigame.
Those screens are pretty amazing! To be fair, the new Battlefront doesn't seem THAT much better. Amazing when you think about it.
Nothing quite like the Infinity Engine.
This so much. Planescape especially is just fucking beautiful, the artsyle is both outrageous and serene. Everything from the color palette to the wide variety of locations for such a story-driven game make it an absolute wonder.
Astral Dog
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Super Mario Galaxy.
Metroid Prime.
In fact games from the PS2,Xbox,GC and Wii era still look pretty good, especially at higher resolutions.
If we count portables then some GBA/DS games have great sprite work, TWEWY , Mega Man and Castlevania come to mind , 3D wise 3DS and PSP games have low specs but can still be lookers, KIU, 3D Land, Zelda remakes REVelations, Kingdom Hearts,Final Fantasy etc.
Other than that, it would only be older PC games or SNES/Genesis, but i dont find them to look that appealing with some exceptions.
Metroid Prime.
In fact games from the PS2,Xbox,GC and Wii era still look pretty good, especially at higher resolutions.
If we count portables then some GBA/DS games have great sprite work, TWEWY , Mega Man and Castlevania come to mind , 3D wise 3DS and PSP games have low specs but can still be lookers, KIU, 3D Land, Zelda remakes REVelations, Kingdom Hearts,Final Fantasy etc.
Other than that, it would only be older PC games or SNES/Genesis, but i dont find them to look that appealing with some exceptions.
I came here to post Yoshi's Island, Garou, Metal Slug, Vagrant Story, Mega Man Legends and Soul Calibur. Seems like most of those have been covered (just skimmed the first 5~ pages of the thread) so:
Monster World IV for the Mega Drive (quoted for size)
Animetic Story Game 1: Card Captor Sakura for the Playstation
Moon: Remix RPG Adventure for the Playstation
Monster World IV for the Mega Drive (quoted for size)
And just look at this box!
Animetic Story Game 1: Card Captor Sakura for the Playstation
Moon: Remix RPG Adventure for the Playstation
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Bioshocker
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Anything Shenmue II, basically. Other games that have aged with pride is Jet Set Radio (thanks to its art style, I guess) and Dead or Alive 3.
Too many games to list for me, many of them mentioned here, but this is one I've not seen yet. The Curse of Monkey Island.
Stunning game.
so weird that it hasn't been released, yet MI1 and 2 have been.
theofficefan99
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Why is this not Baten Kaitos and Chrono Cross: the thread???
Nullabe
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Ugly ? You kidding me right ? This game used photorealistic textures for an impressive work, it was unbeleivable and outstanding in 1998.
You seriously mean that Quake engine extended look bad and wrote right after that Quake1/2 look better. Okay.
I'm still saying HL has incredible graphics and art direction for his time.
Xaeroxcore666
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Virtua Fighter 4 on Naomi 2. We´re talking about a 2001 game with 14k polys per character.
Even the PS2 version stands well, despite having the geometry per character trimmed to the half (more or less 7k polys)
Even the PS2 version stands well, despite having the geometry per character trimmed to the half (more or less 7k polys)
DontBeThatGuy
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I really like how Earthbound and Mother 3 look, and I wish that series was wildly successful so we got more of those games. I would love to see that world rendered in 3D as well.
ShadowFox08
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F-zero GX
Stormhammer
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I still really like Phantasy Star Online Ep. I & II's graphics.
Bitch Pudding
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Comanche (1992 on MSDOS)
Voxelspace ftw.
QisTopTier
XisBannedTier
Hmm thinking back on it I think the monster rancher games have held up nicely overall due to the monsters having simple designs
From the ps1 Monster Rancher 2.
The ps2 games look even better.
From the ps1 Monster Rancher 2.
The ps2 games look even better.
Sumio Mondo
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God yes, I love Vagrant Story's aesthetics. Yoshida's best work, no doubt.
Octavianus
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Snatcher
