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Post by Team Andromeda on May 18, 2023 9:12:09 GMT
Never played a Pal N64 so can't comment. Mario Kart 64 was ace for me lovely graphics and half decent frame rate, it remains my fav in the series
Also in 1991 I wasn't used too or expected super smooth polygons in the Arcades or the home, but was well impressed with the freedom the game offered. Jimmy White Snooker was the 1st time I really saw super smooth polygons in the home, it was so amazing at the time.
RIP Archer Maclean
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Post by Team Andromeda on May 17, 2023 13:13:42 GMT
The Likes of Hunter was coming out in 1991, NCL didn't even know what 3D was back then and also needed to raid UK talent to get any sort of 3D into Star Fox. The Hunter was fully 3D and really open Mario 64 was amazing at the start, but I began to tire of it. I really thought Mario Kart 64 and Pilotwings 64 were better games
F29 Retaliator on the ST and StarBlade in the Arcades had an impact on like no other 3D game, well other than Panzer Dragoon
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Post by Team Andromeda on May 17, 2023 11:27:17 GMT
Mario 64 was the first time I was properly impressed by 3D. It wasn't "corridored" like so many 3D games of the time in which despite appearances it was very limited re where you could go and you were steered to go a particular way. With M64 you could go "round the back" of things and go anywhere within the bounds of the level. The simpler abstract look was the price of that of course but that means it has aged a bit more gracefully than its contemporaries. Doom has that feel too but of course it wasn't real 3D - it was just a clever illusion (albeit a highly immersive one). I remember liking Battlezone from way back and some old driving games like Pole Position that created a 3D look.. It was good enough to immerse you in the game but I never saw them as superior to really good 2D games. Always saw it as a bit of a novelty. To be fair 3D games with a lot of freedom was starting to come on the Amiga and ST. I was a ST owner and was getting very impressed with the 3D polygon worlds and knew it was the future. The trouble was back the many would always look to praise the Japanese and not give credit the what Western and European developers were doing for 3D and polygons . Robocop 3 and Hunter were like a open world games, before anyone knew what that was. So amazing for the time and the systems they were working on and also the developers had none of the staff numbers to the major Japanese studios
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Post by Team Andromeda on May 17, 2023 8:26:48 GMT
3D was amazing and the future you could see that in the Arcades. I'll never forget the 1st time I played Tomb Raider or Mario 64 it was utterly amazing.
There are some games I also felt worked better in 2D mind. I would have rathered saw SEGA made a mega 2D Shinobi game on the PS2 than the 3D effort, but most would have laughed if it was 2D.
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Post by Team Andromeda on May 17, 2023 8:06:59 GMT
I didn't like Quake 2 on any system, but the game was a masterclass in programming on the PS. I actually found the N64 the console to own for FPS at the time and it's one of the main reasons I loved the system so much... Goldeneye was incredible and I also loved Turok 1 and 2.
Exhumed was amazing, because for me it was a 3D Metroid game set in the past with the most perfect level design outside of Mario IV and what I loved ever more was after finishing the game, using the SSM Team Dolls walkthrough to find all the dolls, which would test one's platform and gaming skills to the limit. I've never enjoyed an FPS so much (thought Duke came close)
I was one of those people who were happy with 2D and 3D games, but one knew after Mario 64 all main AAA games needed to be 3D sadly...
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Post by Team Andromeda on Apr 26, 2023 17:43:04 GMT
I think Goldeneye 64 did offer a twin stick controls with 2 pads, but maybe that's splitting hairs.
Alien Resurrection was awesome on the PS and had some of the best graphics seen on the system, I was gutted when the planned DC version was dropped.
Quake 2 was a coding showcase on the PS2, bit I never liked Quake 2 on the PC, never mind the PS.
I did also enjoy Blood 2 the Chosen at that time
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Post by Team Andromeda on Apr 26, 2023 10:45:02 GMT
I much rather Exhumed and Duke on the Saturn, I even like Alien Trilogy for games, but Quake was a an experience and the Saturn port far better than it has any right to be ..
I didn't like the game on the N64 it lacked the lighting and the music and the music was so much a part of the Quake experience.
It gets Little praise but Alien Resurrection was incredible and had graphics to match Quake IMO
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Post by Team Andromeda on Apr 26, 2023 4:51:49 GMT
Its just Nick stirring again
It run no worse or better than Perfect Dark 64 or Goldeneye 64 and those are held up as classics and when Quake came out most people I knew who were in to PC gaming had a Pentium 90 and the Saturn version wasn't far off that and had some nice lighting effects incredible for the console and before Nick jumps in, yes a PS version would have been better
Can you imagine if we had Nick stirring and DF counting frames in the so called glory days? Virtual Racing on the MD and Star Fox, Stunt Racer FX on the SNES would be classed as unplayable due to frames as would Pilotwings 64, GoldenEye 64, Perfect Dark 64, Wave Race 64 due to sub 30 FPS updates and you could also add in Shadow Of The Colossus on the PS2
Sometimes it wasn't much better on the PC either, even though I had a Pentium the best I could get Geoff Crammond's F1 GP2 was 22 FPS . People were far more forgiving of frames back them.
Before the days of people showing off they can see lag, count a missing frame and have 400% zoom
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Post by Team Andromeda on Sept 5, 2022 10:32:21 GMT
Itagaki-san told XBox mag, that the Saturn version was the ultimate version of the game (even over the Aracde) and that's why he used it for DOA U. DOA on the Saturn was better than the PS version: it controlled better, had better texture mapping, better backgrounds and of course what YouTube can't convey, it run in the Saturn high res mode and just looked stunning on a CRT TV with that lovely Saturn High Res shimmer.
All that said mind, I enjoyed Last Bronx more on the Saturn to DOA or VF2. Easier to play and thought it looked and sounded much better too. Have to say Team Ninja were awesome in that period and coding nutheads, so sad what happened to Team Ninja and Itagaki.
Ninja Gaiden 2 is the best action game ever made.
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Post by Team Andromeda on Jun 14, 2022 13:25:57 GMT
Welcome mate. Make sure to get Decathlete and Exhumed/Powerslave Thanks mate! I know Decathlete from the arcade (many coins wasted during my chilhood!). Exhumed is something I’m looking forward to discover Cheers! Make sure to get little gems like Mass Destruction, Die Hard Arcade, Gun Griffon, Need for Speed Last Bronx. Its not all about the big money titles
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Post by Team Andromeda on Jun 13, 2022 9:10:55 GMT
Welcome mate. Make sure to get Decathlete and Exhumed/Powerslave
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Post by Team Andromeda on Apr 10, 2022 13:23:50 GMT
I find the handling in the 360 port to be too twitcy and love the AM#2 Saturn port extra's too
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Post by Team Andromeda on Apr 10, 2022 8:05:47 GMT
I still say outside of the Arcade, AM#2 Saturn Daytona is the best home version of the game.
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Post by Team Andromeda on Nov 30, 2021 5:53:58 GMT
I never liked it much myself
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Post by Team Andromeda on Sept 15, 2021 4:32:38 GMT
Mobile Suit looks stunning on the Saturn thanks to great use of the VDP2, it just the controls really let the game down so much. I must say MechAssault 2 is really good on the Saturn too also with some lovely use of the VDP2. Mech Warrior looks interesting as well that is true. I think I put on my list as well. Gun Griffon arrived in the meantime and I played it already a bit and so far I really enjoy it. Thanks for the warning btw that Mobil Suit Gundam has bad controlls. That is a pity and maybe I wil reconsider getting it in the future. Its such a shame about Mobil Suit. Its got everything there to make a great game. Nice prestation, great missions, awesome graphics all letdown by a weird choose for the control method. Still, its so cheap its worth picking up and it does show off the Saturn's VDP2
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