/vr/ - Retro Games

>>4883941
You know I've spent the last few minutes thinking about this and I've come to the conclusion that rating a game's visual flare by its year alone is pretty stupid. Going by year alone does not take the actual power of the hardware into consideration; for instance, Combat and Solaris both came out on the same hardware (the VCS) but they're almost a decade apart in terms of release date.

>>4883951
>Going by year alone does not take the actual power of the hardware into consideration

That's not the issue.

>>4883951
Oh, I see, you're autistic. Yeah so the point of the thread wasn't to take the word "year" literally. It's more to invite a discussion about games that seemed visually advanced for their time. Sorry about your condition causing the literalism. It's okay if you want to talk about games that were impressive for their hardware, rather than "year," as long as they're "retro."

>>4884041
you were good to this autistic person and I applaud your efforts in avoiding insults. I hereby present you with the MARGINALLY GOOD HUMAN award.

also Space Harrier. Nothing looked quite like it back in '85.

Myst for a computer game, Donkey Kong Country for a console game

>>4884041
No you retard, the year a game came out alone is far too broad a metric to evaluate said game's visual fidelity.
>It's okay if you want to talk about games that were impressive for their hardware, rather than "year," as long as they're "retro."
It's very obvious you're new here. Maybe you should have included that in the OP to begin with instead of getting mad when people have a problem with the dumb qualifier you listed.
>Oh, I see, you're autistic.
>Sorry about your condition causing the literalism.

>projecting your crippling autism onto other people TWICE
kek

>>4884043
There's an IP counter you know

>>4884056
Decent but you tried a little too hard.


On topic, I submit Flashback was the best looking game of 1992. Huge amounts of detail and some of the best animations to date.

>>4883941
For 1993 it's deffinitely not Virtua Fighter. I feel like I should say Myst but I don't want to so I nominate Samurai Showdown

>>4884058
Are you implying the "IP counter" has recorded the author of that comment as having the same IP address as me, the OP? Why don't you just state your conspiracy plainly instead of beating around the bush? No, I didn't write that comment.

>>4884056
No, I don't have autism.

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>>4884046
My problem with Myst is it being pre-rendered. It's a style choice but it can't be argued as the most technologically impressive for this reason in my opinion

>>4884083
In 92 we had virtua racing. Clearly more graphically impressive overall, even if Flashback is pretty artistic.

>>4884043
I don't see why Hang On looked "nothing" "quite like" Space Harrier

Most visually impressive 2D retro game?
Take your pick from a dozen Capcom and SNK fighters, whichever artstyle/setting you like the best.

Most visually impressive 3D retro game?
It's a toss up between Soul Calibur, Homeworld, and The Wheel of Time. All released in 1999.

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>>4884221
That looks like shit. Just because it's from 1999 doesn't make it the best. My money is on Unreal personally, it still looks beautiful.

If we include 2000, then I'd nominate Heavy Metal FAKK, awesome aesthetics that aged like wine.

>>4884216
>Most visually impressive 3D retro game?
I'd say Scud race. Just look at this :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6tzEZulFog
And think about the fact that it was released in 1996.

>>4884284
yeah, arcade games were the best looking games at their time.

But here some impressive non arcade games

PS: WTF?! Since when can we post webms with sounds outside of gif and wsg???

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>>4884325
oh it was a youtube video...

>>4884327

This game literally sunk the Atari ST and made people buy the Amiga 500 just due to the graphics of this game.

>>4884325
>But here some impressive non arcade games
Sure, but the thread is about the most visually impressive game for it's year
>>4884347
Far from the most visually impressive game for 1989 though.

>>4884351
Yeah, I think that the best looking game had to be this

>>4883941
Dragons Lair. Good tech meh game

>>4883941
Virtua fighter 3

too bad the dreamcast version sucked, even the music was downgraded.

>>4884394
Far from it, especially when games like super monaco GP came out the same year :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBpkQ5d6Doo

>>4883941
Shenmue

There really was nothing like it for its day and there was nothing really that followed either...

>>4884441
Cinemaware games always had amazing graphics. Super Monaco GP may be technically more advanced but in terms of aesthetics It Came From The Desert and Rocket Ranger were far ahead of anything at that time.

>>4884513
>in terms of aesthetics It Came From The Desert and Rocket Ranger were far ahead of anything at that time.
None of these two games are as visually impressive as super monaco GP. And they sure weren't ahead of their time in terms aesthetics, 2D arcade games already had better visuals too.

>>4883941
>most visually impressive

k, lets try:

1989, Final Fight CPS, best sounding and looking game on the planet, there was nothing like it

1990 - i would say Raiden, seibu kaihatsu...

1991 - Street Fighter II World Warrior, this was a total jaw dropper, it looked more like an anime and less like any of the previous arcade games. SFII changed games and graphics forever.

1992 - Champion Edition, SFII was still the visual king in 92.

1993 - Samurai Shodown was a game changer since it dethroned SFII for the first time. Best sounding and looking game by a huge margin.

1994 - Daytona USA was stunning and totally ground breaking.

1995 - SEGA rally championship, model 2.

1996 - Virtua Fighter 3 is the best looking game on the planet. There was nothing that even remotely came close.

1997 - Street Fighter III CPS3.

1998 - Daytona 2 Model 3.

1999 - Namco's SoulCalibur Dreamcast port was extremely influential and ground breaking. And it was so weird to see a console title taking the lead over any arcade game from that year.

After 2000 the advances in 3D graphics were so incremental from year to year, it's hard to get excited about any graphics any longer.

>>4884138
I wouldn't call virtua racing more impressive than flashback at all.

>>4884124
> but it can't be argued as the most technologically impressive

The question wasn't about what's technically impressive, it's what's visually impressive. I still picked Sam Show over it though and stand by that.

>>4884124
>My problem with Myst is it being pre-rendered.
DKC is pre-rendered as well, so?

>>4884564

ya, render games were never really that impressive. Same goes for the naked polygon games. They just looked too gimmicky to truly impress.

>>4884564
And DKC looks like ass.

>>4884550
Great list, but if I were to nitpick I'd argue the SuperScaler games like Galaxy Force II and AfterBurner II were still visually very impressive and would still triumph over Final Fight and Raiden by 1990. Even if they were a little shlocky, that faux 3D with constant scaling sprites were quite a thing to witness back then.

>>4884550
>After 2000 the advances in 3D graphics were so incremental from year to year, it's hard to get excited about any graphics any longer.

Rogue Squadron 2 was very impressive when it came out imo

>>4884550
>After 2000 the advances in 3D graphics were so incremental from year to year, it's hard to get excited about any graphics any longer.

I disagree, watching 3D evolve abd come into it's own has been very interesting, but to each their own.

On a related note, fir 1982 I submit MS Flight Simulator. In stills it doesn't look all that amazing, but the hud being all working instruments and the play area being a huge open 3D environment that you got to fly around looked incredible.

>>4884703
1983's most impressive looking game is easily Dragon's Lair, but I still would prefer to say Star Wars Arcade.

>>4884550
>1996 - Virtua Fighter 3 is the best looking game on the planet. There was nothing that even remotely came close.
I mean, it's competing with Sega Super GT/SKUD Race, which was on a more powerful version of the Model 3 than Virtua Fighter 3.

>>4884550
1993 should probably be Ridge Racer, for being the first video game to use proper texture mapping. Granted, you can also argue that Daytona was 1993 and looked a hell of a lot better.

>>4885037
And it looked better on top of that.
>>4885045
> Granted, you can also argue that Daytona was 1993 and looked a hell of a lot better.
Yup, it had a limited release 2 month before Ridge Racer's release.

>>4885051
I'm afraid I have to disagree. Although the environments in Virtua Fighter 3 were beautiful and the character animation was top notch, Sega Super GT's sprawling environments and revolutionary reflection effects make it the better looking game overall.

>>4885108
Well that's what I was saying, that scud race looked better.

>>4883941
Outrun
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxMP_W7hAOI
Reikai Doushi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifBJbECq3yE

>>4884095
>For 1993 it's deffinitely not Virtua Fighter.

It was either Doom or Virtua Fighter depending on whether you visited arcades or had a PC.

Samurai Showdown isn't in the top ten. It was just another 2d fighting game, at the time you had a new one releasing almost every month.


>>4884058
>There's an IP counter you know

Just one of the many reasons why 4chan has turned into shit.

>>4885178
>It was either Doom or Virtua Fighter
Daytona USA is better looking than both, and it had a limited release in august 1993.

Time Commando for PC, 1996.

>>4885197
It looks like shite compared to Scud race, which came out the same year.

>>4885196
Considering the resources, I'd say Doom was way more impressive. Daytona required a $10000 arcade cab.

Alone in the Dark, Castlevania 4

>>4885208
Daytona is more visually impressive for the year it came out though, which is what the thread is about.

>>4885204
Of course powerhouse arcade hardware is going to come out better than PC/console for the time. I thought that was already pointed out here. But at the time, for PC, Time Commando was really impressive to me. Though I have to admit I've yet to witness and play every game released that year, so there may be better.

Just saving this thread from the FF shitposter.

>>4884448
That's a huge stretch. You seem like a fanboy.

>>4884448
>>4888071

To be fair it was a really nice looking game for the time. Most Dreamcast games that put in any effort looked really awesome. Ps2 took a while before it started looking good.

Last Blade and Last Blade 2 were impressive in their day.

Ridge racer is better looking than daytona. The way the skybox moves in daytona makes me sick

>>4885178
I think we'll have to admit there's some bias for all of us. While true a lot of fighters were coming out then, Samurai Showdown looked head and shoulders above the rest.

Virtua Fighter on the other hand never looked that good to me, but I disliked a lot of early 3D.

Doom though I'll agree with you. I don't like the aesthetics as much, but it was super impressive.

>>4883941
>By "retro" I mean games which follow the definition provided by the board rules, which exclude PS2, PS3, PS4, XBOX One, Nintendo Switch, or other non-retro consoles.
thanks, we know what the rules are.

>>4883941
>What is THE most visually impressive retro game for its year?
hundreds of games on many platforms.. where do people start exactly? every year since late 1970s has been constant evolution.

>>4884550
>After 2000 the advances in 3D graphics were so incremental from year to year, it's hard to get excited about any graphics any longer.
>incremental
absurd nonsense. over the last 20 years there has been a rapid evolution of 3d graphics software and hardware.

>>4884325
Nights didn't look that great compared to Sonic. I can barely tell whats going on in that poor Nights game.

>>4890678
>where do people start exactly?

Pick a random year. What do you think was the most visually impressive game that year. It wasn't hard for the rest of us to figure out.

>>4885208
doom was ok, it was not impressive. it had to run on generic PC hardware. doom cannot be compared to the capabilities of sega's model 2 board anyway. model 2 was far more powerful than any computer people had in their homes back in 1993.