You could say the same for any Mario Kart game with the exception of MK8's 200cc mode.
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'Mario Kart XXL' - GBA tech demo discovered
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You could say the same for any Mario Kart game with the exception of MK8's 200cc mode.
KillerIsJed
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The video description says it was made by "Similis for Nintendo" not finding a whole lot of information on them online, other than they supposedly made some Extreme G prototype.
MulderYuffie
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Wow first time seeing this kinda shocked this is a thing.
Drilbit777
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That looks really impressive for a GBA game, almost as good as Mario Kart DS.
Emperor Bohe
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Drilbit777
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The gamecube had the power to compete but it was missing DVD and a proper controller.
enigmatic_alex44
Whenever a game uses "middleware," I expect mediocrity. Just see how poor TLOU looks.
That looks really bad honestly.
Not that it matters, Mario Kart didn't become a really good series until Double Dash anyways.
Not that it matters, Mario Kart didn't become a really good series until Double Dash anyways.
Metal Gear?!
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F-Zero did 2 mode 7 layers on the GBA
More like RC Slow Am.
Why would you do that?
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The GBA has no 3D hardware in it at all, so technically it doesn't have 3D capabilities at all, at least not any more than the NES or SNES or Genesis does.
However, for all the GBA's weaknesses, its processor is actually really good. Even with the absence of 3D hardware, it's fast enough so that a programmer can use it to draw 3D polygons in software (i.e. using the processor).
Whether or not the 3D polygons jittered pretty much depended solely on the programmer, and in many cases, the programmer would make sacrifices in order to be able to draw more polygons. So basically, it's the programmer's choice to let the jitter happen, not a hardware limitation.
nephilimdj
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Looks like it would suit micromachines game and not mario kart
legacyzero
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Industrialist
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Oh wow! Holy fucking shit! That blew my mind that Manfred Trenz was making a Mario Kart game for GBA 11 years ago that never got released and only got to the point that it had one track and no opponents! I literally don't know how I'm going to sleep tonight now that I have this information!
Perhaps they turned the volume down and then found that the video was entirely watchable, then didn't feel the need to bitch about it because it wasn't that important? Just a thought.
CreatureX3
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Lol. What the heck is going on with those noises?!
As said before:
What is this Mario Kart demo doing with Mode 7 that wasn't done in F-Zero at launch?
https://youtu.be/blxe9Va6YH8?t=58
What is this Mario Kart demo doing with Mode 7 that wasn't done in F-Zero at launch?
https://youtu.be/blxe9Va6YH8?t=58
Ask Huelen
The GBA was capable of some pretty ridiculous visuals in the right hands.
This Asterix game for instance:
https://youtu.be/hWBUdgIa0oE?t=55
This Asterix game for instance:
https://youtu.be/hWBUdgIa0oE?t=55
Jawmuncher
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I never doubted you
While it's amazing for a tech demo of 3D on the GBA, it's just that. Mario Kart needs to control great, have a good sense of speed and able to handle 8 racers on screen! It's this balancing act that Nintendo gets right and the reason why most 3rd part Kart clones end up being poor!
The Shadow
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V-Rally 3 on the GBA. 3D with textures. And it was a really good game to boot.
https://youtu.be/_6KbJMJ7NUk?t=58s
itchyass86
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What an awesome game. I never had a SNES, but I always went to a friend's house and we'd battle each other on Uniracers all the time when we were kids. Good times man.
Pancakes R Us
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The guy playing the demo was clearly Predator.
Dreamwriter
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Interesting idea, but I think Digimon Racing GBA has a better feel of 3D by using parallaxing "2D" backgrounds with only one Mode 7. Each Mode 7 background "costs" two normal backgrounds, so using two Mode 7 backgrounds sacrifices the normal 2D backgrounds, which is why it wasn't used often.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_t9xctKcQ8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_t9xctKcQ8
Yes. Then adding ai and rendering other players on track would probably become a slideshow.
That camera angle reminds me of an old top down mode 7 F1 game on the SNES where the track rotated underneath the car. Loved that game.
This is the most embarrassingly adolescent, obnoxious thing I've read on this board for some time. Cut it out.
Interesting curiosity. Video looks like it was recorded years ago; I wonder why it was uploaded now.
I think it used voxels, but it's been a while. In any case yeah I remember it being solid.
Here's one that hasn't been mentioned yet, Lego Drome Racers. Sprite based car too and no textures, but the environment was fully polygonal (...and performed accordingly):
http://youtu.be/iXohpVBBSfA
SpacePirate Ridley
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Lol at people saying it feels better or more fun than Super Circuit.
The controls here feel stiff, the camera is horrible, the game is slow as hell, etc...
Even if super circuit wasnt 3d it controled like nearly every mario kart. It was a really competent Mario Kart and really hard on 150CC
There are better 3d games in the GBA. I understand why this game was scrapped.
The controls here feel stiff, the camera is horrible, the game is slow as hell, etc...
Even if super circuit wasnt 3d it controled like nearly every mario kart. It was a really competent Mario Kart and really hard on 150CC
There are better 3d games in the GBA. I understand why this game was scrapped.
Conkerkid11
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Puts THPS5 to shame.
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Oh my god
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Edit: I played the game. Why is there literally a game mechanic that causes your kart to jump and spin randomly?
So happy others found the bouncy arrow noteworthy as well. It's 90s as hell!
Think about the input method and displays for the DS, and think about the input method and displays for the Wii. The Wii remote's motion sensing would be a very crude approximation of touch screen controls, and then you've got a controller that doesn't have similar inputs. You could use the Classic Controller to circumvent that issue, but then you've got no touch screen approximation at all. And you want two screens stacked on top of each other in SD resolution?
The Wii U, of course, can approximate the DS/3DS inputs much better, but you've got the problem of a detached screen rather than two that sit equidistant. There's a fair amount of games that have elements that interplay between the two screens, having them not line up right next to each other kind of ruins the effect.
PHOENIXZERO
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Was I on crazy pills or was there something about a 3D GTA game on the GBA at some point?
Infernal Monkey
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His camera attempting to refocus every two seconds really loudly is the real megaton here.
There was a technically impressive but not really very fun GTA clone called Payback
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvLgKN42e2o
Was originally an Amiga game.
Edit: There was also GTA Advance, but that was all 2D.
Don't bitch about someone bitching about something unimportant, when in literally the same post you're bitching about something entirely unimportant. Bitch.