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/vr/ - Retro Games

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Anonymous Wed Jun 1 17:35:13 2016 No.3261270 [Reply] [Original]

What are some /vr/ games that are bursting with style? As an example of what I mean, a game like Okami that has such good art direction and personality it stands out and is unique. What are some /vr/ equivalents?

>>	Anonymous Wed Jun 1 17:46:23 2016 No.3261307 Comix Zone - comic books Splatterhouse - 80s horror movie OutRun - having a gf and a car and going outside REZ - being high af They all nail a certain kind of feel That and any game with a vector display

Anonymous Wed Jun 1 17:55:03 2016 No.3261329
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>>3261270
Mike Tyson's Punch-Out does it for me. If Castlevania didn't have such a weird color palette it would fit. Someone just mentioned OutRun which is a good choice. Spyro. Arguably Star Fox 64 depending on who you ask. Donkey Kong Country. River City Ransom pulled me in despite the fact that I didn't enjoy it much outside of aesthetics/setting. Maybe there's some others but I'd be here all day.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jun 1 18:12:22 2016 No.3261376 >>3261270 Abe's Oddysee has a very nice dieselpunk style going on, and Legend of Mana is absolutely beautiful to look at

>>	Anonymous Wed Jun 1 18:20:24 2016 No.3261391 File: 218 KB, 646x557, tumblr_moeb6fX2vs1qbcjtwo6_1280.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] I wish there was a game that looked like the illustrations from the Secret of Mana guy (RIP).

>>	Anonymous Wed Jun 1 18:20:56 2016 No.3261394 File: 42 KB, 512x384, outcast.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Outcast's voxel based landscapes still look beautiful.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jun 1 18:29:57 2016 No.3261417 File: 297 KB, 1680x1050, myst.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Wed Jun 1 18:32:39 2016 No.3261423 File: 577 KB, 2000x2515, grim-fandango-box-cover-art.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>3261270

>>	Anonymous Wed Jun 1 18:38:36 2016 No.3261435 >>3261417 damn I remember when this was considered almost photorealistic

Anonymous Wed Jun 1 18:46:57 2016 No.3261452
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>>3261391
I didn't know he was dead... now I'm sad. Pic related is one of my favorite game artworks ever. Can't post the full version because too big for /vr/ but you can easily find it via google image.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jun 1 18:50:01 2016 No.3261459 Earthbound

>>	Anonymous Wed Jun 1 23:22:47 2016 No.3262126 >>3261270 A lot of SNK Games Any Treasure Game Ristar Comix Zone Alien Storm Ninja Kids Ninja Baseball Bat Man etc. There's just too many 2bh

>>	Anonymous Wed Jun 1 23:27:43 2016 No.3262148 File: 309 KB, 946x941, Jet_Set_Radio_DC_A.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>3261270 >>3262126 Almost forgot... Motherfucking JET SET RADIO!!!! Okami and any Cel Shaded game ever made owe it all to this game btw

>>	Anonymous Wed Jun 1 23:38:22 2016 No.3262185 >>3261423 Calaca as all hell

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 2 08:09:40 2016 No.3262903 >>3261452 Damn, that's beautiful.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 2 08:11:13 2016 No.3262906 >>3261417 Still looks beautiful today. Wonder how long it took them to render those backgrounds.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 2 13:52:39 2016 No.3263532 File: 211 KB, 624x691, okami.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>3261270 Rising Zan the Samurai Gunman, it's the precursor to the stylish character action genre.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 2 14:02:08 2016 No.3263558 File: 129 KB, 1280x720, jet-set-radio-hd-screenshot_1000.0[1].jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>3262148 yes.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 2 14:06:01 2016 No.3263570 File: 341 KB, 1029x928, latest[1].png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] maybe a controversial choice since not everyone likes the pre-rendered look, but I love the art-style of the DKC trilogy

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 3 02:07:27 2016 No.3265283 >>3261270 Yoshi's Island.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 3 02:21:58 2016 No.3265306 you probably want this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-photorealistic_rendering#3D most retro games already had 'cartoon' or abstract look, and most retro 3d games were simply too ugly

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 3 02:32:14 2016 No.3265335 File: 283 KB, 989x457, SNAG-0783.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>3265306 also, YSFlight its not retro but very retro-like, it has no textures

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 3 02:34:14 2016 No.3265337 File: 71 KB, 640x492, ys flight simulator 1.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>3265335 cockpits are nice too

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 3 02:35:50 2016 No.3265346 >>3265335 all flightsims looked like this at that time. Also, gouraud shading

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 3 02:41:31 2016 No.3265353 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfbIXYe1Ev8

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 3 02:48:31 2016 No.3265364 >>3261391 A pointillist art style game would be cool. If the programmers and artists worked well together we could have something amazing.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 3 02:52:15 2016 No.3265371 a-10 also have this kind of graphics and is retro https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2ByLSydXYQ

Anonymous Fri Jun 3 03:01:07 2016 No.3265375
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>>3265364
>pointillist art style
its not the same but theres pointcloud rendering

and if you make a simple post-processing shader i think it will look like 16 color gif animation i.e. ugly

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 3 03:06:12 2016 No.3265379 File: 238 KB, 1920x1080, maxresdefault.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] also, other things fish-eye quake: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lijrCPBC2Gg acsii renderer for quake: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nRPoS2WDJA

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 3 03:24:00 2016 No.3265405 File: 1.93 MB, 500x352, .gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Dynamite Headdy is so removed from all the games around it. It's so ridiculously unique looking

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 3 03:27:13 2016 No.3265409 File: 207 KB, 1280x960, nekomimi_halftone2.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] also halftone rendering can be close to this it may have different styles (fill patterns) for different shades. color can be added.

Anonymous Fri Jun 3 03:34:03 2016 No.3265421
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People probably take it for granted now but when it came out Sonic The Hedgehog really did have an unique artstyle. It really laid the groundwork on how 16-bit games aspired to look like,and very few actually managed to hit that stride.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 3 03:38:16 2016 No.3265430 File: 2.41 MB, 500x519, .gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Yoshi's Island

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 3 03:40:54 2016 No.3265438 >>3265353 that was amazing. i love early 3d.

Anonymous Fri Jun 3 03:44:03 2016 No.3265445
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>>3265379
and this obviously
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIdiHh6mW58

wireframe rendering (line by line i think) -> converted to set of sound waves that look like this lines -> each line is rendered (in form of soundwave) -> next frame

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 3 03:45:26 2016 No.3265450 File: 101 KB, 1024x768, sacrifice.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >there's no more games like this one God I really miss Shiny.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 3 03:47:57 2016 No.3265453 >>3265421 >those blue skies >those flowers >those rolling hills >that water with the light shimmering off of it >the lighting on all the plants >the movement on the flowers Goddamn that looks happy. I wanna holiday at green hill zone.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 3 03:55:23 2016 No.3265468 >>3265438 early 3d was awesome https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7Ow3w2DIRc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7c5VDsQEzk

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 3 03:58:25 2016 No.3265473 >>3265468 Indeed. I remember when I first saw Virtua Fighter in arcades and saw Star Fox on the SNES. Flat shaded polygons, not very detailed at all, but at the time it was pretty exciting.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 3 04:04:04 2016 No.3265486 File: 1.76 MB, 352x240, .gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Anything TenNapel touched

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 3 04:08:17 2016 No.3265494 File: 1.87 MB, 352x240, christmas nights gillwing.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] NiGHTS

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 3 04:18:46 2016 No.3265510 >>3265494 I rented that so long ago...omg I feel ancient. Also, it looks like an acid trip.

Anonymous Fri Jun 3 13:00:01 2016 No.3266197

>>3265375
>theres pointcloud rendering
No, there's not. Point clouds are a data model. You can render them using particles/voxels, but there are many other techniques. In particular is it possible, and often done, to render surfaces implied by point clouds as polygons

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 3 13:01:07 2016 No.3266203 >>3265438 That's not early 3D, not even remotely. That stuff is near endgame material, before the accelerators kicked in

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 3 21:53:11 2016 No.3267374 File: 93 KB, 616x462, MonsterWorld4.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] arguably the best looking Sega Genesis game

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 3 22:20:41 2016 No.3267437 File: 313 KB, 1024x768, Tomba!.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] And still one of - if not the - best 2d side scroller on the PS1

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 3 22:39:17 2016 No.3267471 >>3261391 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tr-tFmad9gs But there already is a game like that.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jun 3 22:45:28 2016 No.3267495 >>3262126 RIstar for sure, looked like a high end Super nintendo game on the Megadrive.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jun 4 20:40:59 2016 No.3270045 File: 1.05 MB, 320x224, .gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>3267471 Translation never Port never

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>>	Anonymous Sun Jun 5 00:14:39 2016 No.3270501 >>3270078 >EDGE I fucking love TDRs w3 design. It's perfect subversive minimalism

>>	Anonymous Sun Jun 5 00:26:44 2016 No.3270523 File: 119 KB, 640x480, lsl6cdss4 (1).gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Keeping it retro, I've always liked how ugly Leisure Suit Larry 6's backgrounds looked. It's very fun. Inspired by Memphis Group I guess

>>	Anonymous Sun Jun 5 00:27:35 2016 No.3270525 Darkstalkers

Anonymous Sun Jun 5 00:28:41 2016 No.3270530
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>>3270501
Everybody raves about Wipeout 3's designs but the previous ones I feel are underrated. People only see an early 90s Playstation game and not its designs.

Anonymous Sun Jun 5 00:37:17 2016 No.3270550

>>3270530
I enjoy XL and w3 together, because they are such polar opposites in style. Only w3 was posted, so I commented on it. That said, XL is a hint more "generic", as it's a standard neon light future. It's still pretty as fuck, but people looking at it went "yeah, that looks totally right". w3 meanwhile blew people away, because it went in such a totally different direction, taking a kind of overdesigned minimalism to the extreme. To this day I consider w3s menu the most beautiful piece of game ui design ever made.

As for people not looking at designs, wipeout is a bit of an exception, due to the involvement of TDR. It's one of the few games where design wasn't just part of the necessity of having graphics, but actually half of the deal of the game. It's as much a TDR style showcase as it's a Psygnosis racing game

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