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[Zee-Row]

I always used to play with the select button in the game to turn it off and on but i never had 3-D glasses to try it out with because my cousin used to pass down his NES games to me after he beat them and always threw away the boxes and manuals. Was it like 3DS 3D or was it the stuff popping at you 3D?

 

[Xater]

Neither really, because it was just the lame red and blue glasses 3D.

 

[zma1013]

It was... rad?

 

[CamHostage]

It looked blue, and also red.

 

[abstract alien]

It was incredibly awful. Didn't have an ounce of 3D going on, and it was hard to play with the messed up colors. You didn't miss anything at all by not trying it. I wished I hadn't.

 

[Oni Link 666]

Have you ever seen IMAX 3D? It looked nothing like that.

 

[RedNumberFive]

3D World Runner was the superior experience.

 

[Zee-Row]

Rad racer and 3-D World Runner would make excellent 3-D classics on 3-D. Does Nintendo have any more of those planned other than the stuff Sega is putting out?

 

[VARIA]

3D mode sucked but it did make for a good challenge back in the day.

We would turn on 3D and called it drunk mode and tried to see who could get farthest without crashing.

 

[Oyashrio-Sama]

It hardly worked since it couldn't display the red and blue images at the same time.

 

[UncleSporky]

Here's what it literally displays every other frame:

If you're able to see cross eye 3D, you could do it to that pic and see what it's like in 3D. Basically the ground stretches away from you and that's about it.

If I played with it a bit I could probably make an MPO file suitable for viewing on 3DS.

 

[Zee-Row]

What was the actual point of the red and blue 3-D , was it a gimmick or did it actually work on other things.

 

[floatingcoffins]

I used it once and put the glasses back in the box. Same with 3D World Runner.

Even as an eleven year old, it sucked.

 

[TheJollyCorner]

Humble beginnings.

Oh how things have changed. :'|

 

[UncleSporky]

Alright, here is an MPO file you can look at on the 3DS to see what Rad Racer looks like in 3D. Again, it's underwhelming but if you're curious and bored you can check it out.

http://bit.ly/1jddReF

You can just browse to this thread on the 3DS browser or type the address in. Make sure you click the link that says "click here to start download from sendspace" and not an ad or something.

 

[bronk]

3D World Runner was the superior experience.

Came to post this.

 

[BocoDragon]

The Japanese name of Rad Racer has aged so much better...... "Highway Star".

Humble beginnings.

Oh how things have changed. :'|

Yeah because we all wish for a return to Square's halcyon days of......... Rad Racer

They actually have some earlier history than that era, I believe.... Japanese computers and whatnot.

 

[Why would you do that?]

The Japanese versions of Rad Racer and 3D World Runner actually use the Japan excusive 3D glasses add-on for the NES... er, Famicom.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Famicom_3D_System

The glasses use a shutter system, pretty much the same as the 3D technology used in the glasses of many 120 Hz TVs and 3D systems.

I would imagine that the game would look WAY better with these glasses in the Japanese version than they do in the American versions.

 

[BocoDragon]

^ You just reminded me those 3D glasses exist. I'm tempted to buy them. It doesn't look like it's THAT expense considering what an obscure accessory it is.

 

[Makai]

Here's what it literally displays every other frame:

If you're able to see cross eye 3D, you could do it to that pic and see what it's like in 3D. Basically the ground stretches away from you and that's about it.

If I played with it a bit I could probably make an MPO file suitable for viewing on 3DS.

Thanks, I love these. Iuse the parallel eye technique, though. I can confirm that this is nothing special at all.

 

[Bending_Unit_22]

From my recollection, it didn't. The whole blue/red plastic glasses 3D never worked for me, just always looked like a blurry greenish mess.