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It's a very cool aesthetic. What are some good games in this style?

>> No.2131302

Stunt Race FX.

Though playing it recently reminded me how touchy the controls are (although that could be because the emulator is emulating it at a smoother frame rate and the physics are tied to the frame rate).

>> No.2131308
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I-Robot (1983)

>>2131302
The frame rate on that is abysmal, probably about 10fps. Fun game, though. Star Fox has a similar aesthetic, it also runs very slow, but it feels ok for some reason.

>> No.2131314
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K. Yoshimura's PC games are good sources of this. Plazma Line from 1984 (>>2131010) and Star Cruiser from 1988/89 are impressive for the computers they ran on, in addition to playing well compared with games of their era. Might as well mention that Silpheed was a competing polygon shooter from 1986.

>> No.2131326

>>2131296
This game was on Genesis. Not CD/32X, vanilla Genesis. And it ran good

>> No.2131336

>>2131326
Speaking of which, here's the Mega Drive port of Star Cruiser: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yND5V85iPHc

Downgraded from the X68000 port in most ways, but impressive for a 1990 MD release.

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>>2131296
Rez sorta qualifies kinda

>>2131302
>Stunt Race FX
I used to play the hell out of this, I bet I'd be dismayed if I tried it today. I remember it being low frame rate even at the time.

>> No.2131340

>>2131337
SRFX runs better when emulated but the game's turning is extremely sensitive if you ramp up the frame rate.

Still, it's a fun ride.

>> No.2131370

>>2131326
It's seriously fantastic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7Ow3w2DIRc

>> No.2131375
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2131375

I really really like low poly racing games. Winning Run games aren't so beautiful as Virtua Racer, but I like the way they look.

>> No.2131389

>>2131375
Cyber Sled and Starblade are particularly good-lookin'.

>> No.2131394
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2131394

Silpheed!
http://youtu.be/ecWv3RdTE4A

>> No.2131397

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=seUKwnF3-DE

>> No.2131406

STUN Runner is like a proto-wipeout. Very cool.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlgpj6fZQ4U

>> No.2131424

>>2131394
Whoa Anon that's cheating

>> No.2132114

>>2131389
>Starblade

This is one cool looking game. A bit janky in MAME, would love to find a cabinet somewhere.

>> No.2132123
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>> No.2133547

>>2131326
Doesnt matter
32x version improves on everything
Even extra tracks and cars

>> No.2133682

>>2133547
Saturn version is where it is at though. Just saying.

>> No.2133821

>>2133547
we have MAME now, just play that version

>> No.2133885

>>2133682

Yeah the saturn version is good, arrange music and some new tracks/cars different from the 32x.

Also the Sega Ages vol.8 version is very good, higher resolution than arcade new tracks and cars different from the 32x version.

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>>2131296
Damocles: Mercenary II for the Amiga/etc. was pretty fucking awesome. Pretty much free roam of an entire solar system.

>> No.2133909

>>2133682
Came here to post this. I've spent so many hours playing the Saturn version lately just really chill.

>> No.2133913

>>2131296
Frontier is almost entirely in this style; impressive for a game from 1993 considering what they do with it.

>> No.2136008
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Tinyan's Solid Lancer does ridiculous things with a standard early-'90s PC-98 benchmark: http://polsy.org.uk/play/nico/?vidid=sm4303078

>> No.2136026

Other Sega Model 1 games:
http://www.system16.com/hardware.php?id=712

>> No.2136029
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>MFW Nintendo teased us with a build of Star Fox running at 60fps and never released a full version of it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byQiyzLM1f0

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>>2131296
Skyroads
Deathtrack
TIE fighter
Red Baron
Various FX chip games
Virtua Fighter 1
Star wars Arcade
Hyperblade
Stunts

>> No.2136053

>>2136029
It's a 9-Volt minigame, get real.

>> No.2136068

>>2136029
Muh dick

This is what I've always wanted.

>> No.2139546

Slip Stream '93 is a wicked-fast polygonal racing game, has decent draw distance on the PC-98 and nice music too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVjwqfUyahM

>> No.2139572

>>2131296
sega model 2 games had textures but somehow retained the "virtua fighter" look

>> No.2139592

I wonder if the SEGA AGES version of Virtua Racing is based off the source code or if it's a by-eye recreation. Being able to add three new tracks (including Beltway, a personal favorite) is a big endeavor, and M2 wasn't even working on the series at that point.

>> No.2139636

>>2131326
>This game was on Genesis. Not CD/32X, vanilla Genesis. And it ran good

ignoring the fact that there is a fucking processor built on the cartridge

>DOOM and StarFox 2 run on the Super NIntendo

>> No.2139638

>>2139636
Doom does not run well.

>> No.2139643

>>2131326
>>2139638
it also cost $200 as opposed to starfox $50

and it looked dated even THEN with ridge racer just coming out

>> No.2140297

Deus Ex: hUman rEvolution

>> No.2140307

>>2139636
Doom is unplayable on the SNES.

>> No.2140320

>>2139592
The PS2 version has some weird-ass handling. The visuals look a bit nicer than arcade though.

I still say the 32X version is the best home version of the game.

>> No.2140323

>>2139572
The Model 2 outright couldn't do Gouraud shading. Anything that looks smooth-shaded on a Model 2 game is just cleverly textured.

that being said, texture quality on the system was also fairly high, and Sega's style makes it look clean as fuck, I really adore that Model 2 look

>> No.2140329

>>2133682
Aw, man. I thought for the longest time I was the only guy around that liked the Saturn version overall.

>that soundtrack tho

>> No.2140432

>>2133897
This. Also Hunter for the Amiga.

>> No.2140709

>>2140323
>The Model 2 outright couldn't do Gouraud shading.
Thank God. Flat shading is sexy, per-pixel shading is sexy. Gouraud shading is fucking disgusting

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>>2140709
What did you just say, you rebel scumbag?

>> No.2141317
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2141317

An almost forgotten game for PC, which I remember fondly since it was fun: Big Red Racing

>> No.2141385

>>2136029
Dude it could be 2026 and if Nintendo released a low poly star fox with a slick frame rate and no gimmicks I would fucking buy it endlessly.

My only "need" would be that the HUD and character portraits were VERY high quality hand drawn sprites

>> No.2141419

>>2140709
Gouraud shading looks fine if it's used in moderation. Any dramatic effects are going to look horrible, though.

>> No.2141834

>>2141385
This shit with a higher quality soundtrack

I want this so bad

>> No.2141861
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This game's low Poly count actualy worked really well with the brick aesthetic, plus it was a lot of fun

>> No.2142423

HyperBlade
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1zSYJ2oR7c

>>2141861
Still looks good today. Also, underrated OST.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2g0hGjTrG4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o47ftj-ob4Y
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejY2Vf6Ps58

>> No.2142971

>>2142423
A seriously underated OST: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zMCvXZyt8Q

shame the sequel sucked ass

>> No.2143005

Really, nobody's gonna toss Stunt Race FX out?

>> No.2143029

>>2142971
>Lego island 2
>Bad

>> No.2143043

>>2143029
>those minute long load times
>that voice acting
>those god awful mini games (fishing anyone?)

while it was a game I enjoyed playing through as a kid, I never played it again after finishing it while I revisit the original island to this day

>> No.2143385

> Open world racing games are often considered a modern genre. But Vette! from 1989 was a true forerunner, helping bring to the table many innovative features that survive to this day. Race a 1989 model Corvette through an accurate 3D representation of San Francisco, California!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTrRvDPjQM4

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>>2142423
>>2142971
Fuck yeah

>> No.2143708

>>2143404
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gxSBIjrODY

>> No.2145243

>>2136042
>Red Baron
this game in hd with a stick is goat havent loaded it up in years though

>> No.2145246

>>2143385
wow this is fucking amazing for 27 year old game it even has 3rd person? why have i never seen this before?

>> No.2145350
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2145350

Ecstatica is so primitive yet so casually violent that it's almost worth dealing with its bizarre controls.

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>>2140432
Thank you anon. I was getting sad that nobody seemed to know it.

This free game on the Atari ST was amazing.

>> No.2145679

>>2143385
Reminds me of that old java game Need for Madness

>> No.2146940

>>2145350
But his game uses ELLIPSOIDS, not polygons.

>> No.2146953

I just found out the other day that Namco use to make a bunch of different rail shooters, and they look amazing!
Solvalou
http://youtu.be/_LpkhK7QNJk?t=3m45s
Starblade
http://youtu.be/0dDUFcUMSgo?t=2m48s
Galaxian 3
http://youtu.be/qznXJfXI2Co?t=5m39s

>> No.2147203

>>2141385
>>2141834
Every sprite and model (animations too) from Star Fox has been ripped. I don't see how a 60fps (fan) remake wouldn't happen inside a few years.

>> No.2147221

>>2146953
I remember playing Starblade at the seaside as a tike, very fun and immersive at that age.

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>>2145350
> casually violent
well now i gotta see what that's about
> youtube video
> apparently there's an alternate ending?
ok, lets just see what all this is ab-
> that alternate ending
LOLWUT

>> No.2147491

>>2146953
Wasted their effort on Star Luster, sadly, but Solvalou and the rest look great.

>> No.2147956

Close to /vr/. Pretty sure area flat 1 was pre-2000

http://www.coffeebreakarcade.com/games/areaflat2/instructions.htm

>> No.2148030

Mechwarrior 2

along with the soundtrack the stark landscapes create a bleak atmosphere that you would expect from asteroid planets and other lifeless worlds and endless war. textures don't really fit the game.

>> No.2148031
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>>2148030
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqPjQBwQEB0&index=13&list=PL3E409CD81FFF6F55

>> No.2148064

>>2148031
Is that the software version or something? I remember the game having textures.

>> No.2148089

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtuSnKJ13V0

>> No.2148091

>>2148064

There were a bunch of 3D card versions of it made that had more texture detail than the retail version. I have a old 3DFX version.

>> No.2148109

>>2131308
It's crazy to me that this is from 1983, that it never got ported to anything, and that it's not really widely known outside of people who regularly look for 30-year-old games they haven't played before. I've never played anything quite like I, Robot, especially not something that came out the same year as Mario Bros. and Spy Hunter in the arcade.

Horrible Will Smith likeness, though.

>> No.2148171

>>2148109
Atari was doing amazing work in 1983, with Crystal Castles, Major Havoc, and this coming out.

>> No.2148264
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I don't know why, but I've been feeling nostalgic for Gunblades low poly look.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BKJb3rsfaY#t=1m55s

>> No.2148308

It wasn't really an aesthetic, They were legitimately just making the graphics as good as possible. There is no way those old systems could push many textures and do 3d.

>> No.2148312

>>2148308
One could argue so many games are set in outer space because it's easier to render moving objects across a black BG layer with a star-field as context.

>> No.2148350

>>2142423
>windows XP compatible on the front cover

My god, this game is that new?

>> No.2148352

>>2142423
I miss when Lego put alternate builds on the back of the box to inspire you to try building different playsets with the same bricks.

>> No.2148361

>>2148171
Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't Major Havoc a really rare arcade game?

>> No.2148368

>>2148361
Don't know about PCB rarity, but I wouldn't be surprised. It was the main influence behind Thexder, Game Arts' 1985 side-scrolling adventure run 'n' gun for Japanese computers. Both games look amazing compared to contemporary games, either for looks or how they play. MH's vector animations are rad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9n6I1KPxOfE

>> No.2151192

>>2143005
It's literally the first 3 words of the first reply.

>> No.2151215

>>2148064
I'm pretty sure it's only the DOS version of MechWarrior 2 that has this clean, almost untextured visual style to it.

>> No.2152957
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I like what FFVII did with vertex colors to save on texturing.

>> No.2153678

>>2139636
They all required an extra chip. Something carts can do that CD media cannot.

>SVP, SuperFX, etc

Now if they can do this with flash memory and portables...

>> No.2153726

>>2139643
It only cost $99.99.

And Ridge Racer was an arcade machine.

>> No.2156465

>>2139636
I like how absolutely nothing at his comment hinted that he considered it a competition and yet you responded to it as such.

>> No.2156471

>>2156465
i guess its the "vanilla genesis" comment that was objectively wrong, virtua racing used a very expensive processing chip.

>> No.2156476

>>2156471
Still no need to bring up the SNES to point that out.

>> No.2156478

>>2153726
and so was the original virtua racing, but the ridge racer arcade cabinet came a few months later and already looked way more advanced

>> No.2156481

>>2156476
fair enough but we cant let old rivalries die
SEGA DOES WHAT NINTENDONT

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>> No.2156667

>>2139636
>ignoring the fact that there is a fucking processor built on the cartridge

Yes, you can ignore that fact, because you still just need the stock machine + the game cartridge, just like for EVERY OTHER GAME built for the machine.

>> No.2156672

>>2156667
>citation needed

>> No.2158416

>>2131296
With high res and frame rate, i'd agree with you.

>> No.2158831

>>2131296
Hunter:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIyG75mat00

>> No.2158892

>>2156667
>Yes, you can ignore that fact, because you still just need the stock machine + the game cartridge, just like for EVERY OTHER GAME built for the machine.
No, you really can't. Sure you just need stock hardware, but the cartridge itself has extra hardware in it, much like many SNES games of the time, so it is not indicative of the power of the stock Genesis.

>> No.2158945

>>2156478
Virtua Formula Oct. '92
Ridge Racer Oct. '93

A full year later, retrobro.