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3774629 No.3774629 [Reply] [Original]

Why was this graphical effect so popular in retro games?

>Kirby's Adventure, Super G&G, Battletoads, Dynamite Headdy, Skyblazer...

>> No.3774632

Why are tessellation and ambient occlusion popular in modern games?

>> No.3774635
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3774635

DUDE
PARALLAX
LMAO

>> No.3774645
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3774645

it's badass

>> No.3774658

>>3774629
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncAyXSYGCD4
DUDE

>> No.3774716

>>3774629
Because it looks like cool 3D, but is simple as Hanna-Barbera cartoon. Back in SNES times when DKC wowed people with graphics, pseudo 3D was all the rage.

>> No.3774728
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>>3774635

>> No.3774729

>>3774632
yeah whats with modern games having 3d objects with light shot at them what a retread gimmick

>> No.3774740
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3774740

I can tell you're underage because you use the quote function like a /b/tard.

>> No.3774745
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>>3774658
Nebulus was earlier, had better music and looked better.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Acp9ixaKFZk

>> No.3774754

>>3774740
>quote function
It's called greentexting, Australia-kun.

>> No.3774758

>>3774754
You really are a /b/tard.

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>>3774629
It's a bit shallow calling it just a "graphical effect" like >>3774632 when there's actual gameplay elements attached to it; sure it was used as a novelty in plenty of games (it was pretty pointless in Kirby's Adventure), but when implemented creatively it's so much fun

>> No.3774901

>>3774629
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DJz1E48QLs
The whole final stretch of the stage here, man... the whole tower is spinning underneath the PC while the boss is supposed to zoom around it.

>> No.3774915 [DELETED] 

>>3774658
>>3774745
Do you think drugs were involved when they made that haha
It looks cool but its weird lmao

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3775208

>>3774658 >>3774745 >>3774782

> Frog-type creatures climbing towers

It's a pretty obvious reference, but for some reason I never made the connection until now

>> No.3775218

>>3774629
What are some real 3D games that have segments like this?

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>>3775218
Pandemonium comes to mind, but most 2.5D games will probably have something like it

>> No.3775386

post more retro towers

>> No.3775419
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3775419

I hate these MMX ones; so cheesy and dull

>> No.3775426

>>3774728
Why do reach for the stars even as they throw rocks at me, that's what that picture is telling me to greent- I mean quote. But no, you get this plain text on a photon background.

>> No.3775504

>>3774758
>complaining about /b/ in current year
The new scapegoats are Reddit and 8gag, get with the times, old man.

>> No.3775776

>>3774629
Pseudo-3D effects were all the rage

>> No.3775796

>>3775504
What's the current year got to do with anything? if a piece of shit is preserved from 2003 to the current year sure other problems will arise as well but that original shit still sucks ass just as much.

>> No.3775838

It adds some visual depth to the stage, without being too noisy.