What game was technically most impressive given the system limitations?

I believe it was Doom for the SNES. Yeah, it's a much tonned-down PC port and it uses the Super FX chip to run, but I think it's amazing they even managed to make it run on the SNES. Almost like they ported Crysis to Wii.

Half life 2 on Xbox. I can't believe the game runs on a 700mhz celeron.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUe9ASlu9Us

this game.

I believe it was Doom for the SNES. Yeah, it's a much tonned-down PC port and it uses the Super FX chip to run, but I think it's amazing they even managed to make it run on the SNES. Almost like they ported Crysis to Wii.

nameless12345

I got something even more impressive, an FPS on the sega genesis without any enchancement chips: Bloodshot

there's also a sega CD version of it

Half life 2 on Xbox. I can't believe the game runs on a 700mhz celeron.

magnax1

That's still a few hundred times better than the 3 Mhz 16-bit CPU found in the SNES :P

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUe9ASlu9Us

this game.

Darkman2007

Yeah, but it was never released.

[QUOTE="nameless12345"]

I believe it was Doom for the SNES. Yeah, it's a much tonned-down PC port and it uses the Super FX chip to run, but I think it's amazing they even managed to make it run on the SNES. Almost like they ported Crysis to Wii.

ohthemanatee

I got something even more impressive, an FPS on the sega genesis without any enchancement chips: Bloodshot

there's also a sega CD version of it

I think Zero Tolerance looks better. Still pretty impressive for the Genesis. Duke 3D was also interesting (although nothing like the original).

[QUOTE="Darkman2007"]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUe9ASlu9Us

this game.

nameless12345

Yeah, but it was never released.

And FF7. Not a fan of the game but my roommate played it a lot and the graphics ruined the n64 for me. No comparison.billyd5301

What's so good about FFVII? It's just a bunch of blocky 3D characters on pre-rendered backgrounds.

[QUOTE="billyd5301"]And FF7. Not a fan of the game but my roommate played it a lot and the graphics ruined the n64 for me. No comparison.nameless12345

What's so good about FFVII? It's just a bunch of blocky 3D characters on pre-rendered backgrounds.

[QUOTE="nameless12345"]

I believe it was Doom for the SNES. Yeah, it's a much tonned-down PC port and it uses the Super FX chip to run, but I think it's amazing they even managed to make it run on the SNES. Almost like they ported Crysis to Wii.

ohthemanatee

I got something even more impressive, an FPS on the sega genesis without any enchancement chips: Bloodshot

there's also a sega CD version of it

God of War 2 on the PS2. That and Gran Turismo on the PS1. I played GT the other day and was simply stunned how well that title holds up, even the replay system is nice! God of War 2 is also a incredibly looking game for it's time.I'm not sure if it runs at 30fps, but it plays smooth, no matter how much is going on on screen at once.

Half life 2 on Xbox. I can't believe the game runs on a 700mhz celeron.

magnax1

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Half life 2 on Xbox. I can't believe the game runs on a 700mhz celeron.

godzillavskong

Nope. It was a crappy pentium 3 derivative (celeron) So it didn't even have a lot of the features of the pnetium 3s released at the time.

And I sort of doubt the GPU did much work on the physics since it was already pretty taxing graphically

[QUOTE="godzillavskong"][QUOTE="magnax1"]

Half life 2 on Xbox. I can't believe the game runs on a 700mhz celeron.

magnax1

Nope. It was a crappy pentium 3 derivative (celeron) So it didn't even have a lot of the features of the pnetium 3s released at the time.

And I sort of doubt the GPU did much work on the physics since it was already pretty taxing graphically

[QUOTE="godzillavskong"][QUOTE="magnax1"]

Half life 2 on Xbox. I can't believe the game runs on a 700mhz celeron.

magnax1

Nope. It was a crappy pentium 3 derivative (celeron) So it didn't even have a lot of the features of the pnetium 3s released at the time.

And I sort of doubt the GPU did much work on the physics since it was already pretty taxing graphically

[QUOTE="magnax1"]

Half life 2 on Xbox. I can't believe the game runs on a 700mhz celeron.

godzillavskong

as mainstream as this may sound........Shadow of the Colossus on PS2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUe9ASlu9Us

this game.

Darkman2007

this. knowing saturn back then I was never impressed more than by that.

also garou mark of the wolves for the neo geo aes. my god!

GT4 for ps2 in 1080(i?) @ 60fps was pretty impressive.

[QUOTE="magnax1"]

[QUOTE="godzillavskong"] I think the Nvidia chip that is in the Xbox did most of the work on that one, and didn't the Xbox have a Pentium1 chip?godzillavskong

Nope. It was a crappy pentium 3 derivative (celeron) So it didn't even have a lot of the features of the pnetium 3s released at the time.

And I sort of doubt the GPU did much work on the physics since it was already pretty taxing graphically

I don't find Doom 3 on the Xbox all that impressive because it wasn't a CPU-hungry game and the Xbox had a great graphics chip. Also the levels were reduced in this port due to low RAM.

[QUOTE="godzillavskong"][QUOTE="magnax1"]

Nope. It was a crappy pentium 3 derivative (celeron) So it didn't even have a lot of the features of the pnetium 3s released at the time.

And I sort of doubt the GPU did much work on the physics since it was already pretty taxing graphically

nameless12345

I don't find Doom 3 on the Xbox all that impressive because it wasn't a CPU-hungry game and the Xbox had a great graphics chip. Also the levels were reduced in this port due to low RAM.

Elite on the NES, Race Drivin on the Game Boy and BattleZone on the Atari 2600 were also very impressive.

Here is an interesting vid showing Race Drivin on different Game Boys:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xy8LsGaxzMY

GT4 for ps2 in 1080(i?) @ 60fps was pretty impressive.

Heirren

God Of War 1 and 2 on the PS2. Man they were very impressive for a ps2 games.

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[QUOTE="godzillavskong"] Hmm, interesting.I always thought the xbox had a pentium. Ah, either way it still performed good for me, and Doom 3 was a outstanding feat on that machine also. Darkman2007

I don't find Doom 3 on the Xbox all that impressive because it wasn't a CPU-hungry game and the Xbox had a great graphics chip. Also the levels were reduced in this port due to low RAM.

Well it's true Xbox was the only console of the era that could handle Doom 3 but at the same time I'd expect it to handle it because the Xbox's graphics chip was basically the recommended chip for Doom 3. It's impressive they managed to keep all the physics in H-L2 on the Xbox though.

[QUOTE="Heirren"]

GT4 for ps2 in 1080(i?) @ 60fps was pretty impressive.

Darkman2007

Speaking of resolutions - Soul Calibur 2 on the Xbox could run in 720p which was a lot better than the pseudo-HD GT4 and God of War 2 on the PS2 had (although I don't deny those games being impressive for the PS2).

[QUOTE="Darkman2007"][QUOTE="Heirren"]

GT4 for ps2 in 1080(i?) @ 60fps was pretty impressive.

nameless12345

Speaking of resolutions - Soul Calibur 2 on the Xbox could run in 720p which was a lot better than the pseudo-HD GT4 and God of War 2 on the PS2 had (although I don't deny those games being impressive for the PS2).

[QUOTE="nameless12345"]

[QUOTE="Darkman2007"] technically it isnt running in real 1080i , basically the resolution of the game is alot lower internally, and the picture is basically stretched and upscaled to 1080i. so it looks better than 480p , but not as good as real 1080i. still mighty impressive though , just shows that just because a machine is complex doesn't mean you can't get great results out of it.Darkman2007

Speaking of resolutions - Soul Calibur 2 on the Xbox could run in 720p which was a lot better than the pseudo-HD GT4 and God of War 2 on the PS2 had (although I don't deny those games being impressive for the PS2).

That's because it wasn't really that noticable and people still had CRT TVs. Console res initially became important with the advent of HDTVs.

[QUOTE="Darkman2007"][QUOTE="nameless12345"]

Speaking of resolutions - Soul Calibur 2 on the Xbox could run in 720p which was a lot better than the pseudo-HD GT4 and God of War 2 on the PS2 had (although I don't deny those games being impressive for the PS2).

nameless12345

That's because it wasn't really that noticable and people still had CRT TVs. Console res initially became important with the advent of HDTVs.

[QUOTE="nameless12345"]

[QUOTE="Darkman2007"] I find it wierd how its only last gen that people started paying attention to resolutions, and even more so this gen . in the 90s, most people didn't seem to care, that the SNES had a higher maximum res than the Mega Drive, or that the Saturn had a higher res than the N64 and PS1.Darkman2007

That's because it wasn't really that noticable and people still had CRT TVs. Console res initially became important with the advent of HDTVs.

I didn't say there is no difference just that it wasn't all that important back then. Up untill the N64 games were mostly 240p while the DC untill Xbox were 480p. Things changed in a drastic way when the 360 came out as it supported HD resolutions and HDTV actually made a big difference.

[QUOTE="Darkman2007"][QUOTE="nameless12345"]

That's because it wasn't really that noticable and people still had CRT TVs. Console res initially became important with the advent of HDTVs.

nameless12345

I didn't say there is no difference just that it wasn't all that important back then. Up untill the N64 games were mostly 240p while the DC untill Xbox were 480p. Things changed in a drastic way when the 360 came out as it supported HD resolutions and HDTV actually made a big difference.

240p? I'm pretty sure older consoles were interlaced.

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[QUOTE="Darkman2007"] I certainly notice the difference.Heirren

I didn't say there is no difference just that it wasn't all that important back then. Up untill the N64 games were mostly 240p while the DC untill Xbox were 480p. Things changed in a drastic way when the 360 came out as it supported HD resolutions and HDTV actually made a big difference.

240p? I'm pretty sure older consoles were interlaced.

Yeah, that even. It just wasn't that important back then.

[QUOTE="nameless12345"]

[QUOTE="Darkman2007"] I certainly notice the difference.Heirren

I didn't say there is no difference just that it wasn't all that important back then. Up untill the N64 games were mostly 240p while the DC untill Xbox were 480p. Things changed in a drastic way when the 360 came out as it supported HD resolutions and HDTV actually made a big difference.

240p? I'm pretty sure older consoles were interlaced.

[QUOTE="Heirren"]

[QUOTE="nameless12345"]

I didn't say there is no difference just that it wasn't all that important back then. Up untill the N64 games were mostly 240p while the DC untill Xbox were 480p. Things changed in a drastic way when the 360 came out as it supported HD resolutions and HDTV actually made a big difference.

Darkman2007

240p? I'm pretty sure older consoles were interlaced.

Well in your own language - Tekken 3 on the PS1 looks better than DoA on the Saturn despite DoA running in twice the res :)

[QUOTE="Darkman2007"][QUOTE="Heirren"]

240p? I'm pretty sure older consoles were interlaced.

nameless12345

Well in your own language - Tekken 3 on the PS1 looks better than DoA on the Saturn despite DoA running in twice the res :)

Mayhem in Monsterland for C64

I probably shouldn't even bother posting my crappy GIF (I couldn't get the frame rate right), but just try to imagine this but with smooth movement

If anyone has suggstions on the best way to make a GIF for videogame footage I'd much appreciate it LOL

lol, a mario clone

Mayhem in Monsterland for C64

I probably shouldn't even bother posting my crappy GIF (I couldn't get the frame rate right), but just try to imagine this but with smooth movement

If anyone has suggstions on the best way to make a GIF for videogame footage I'd much appreciate it LOL

Domino_slayer

[QUOTE="magnax1"]

[QUOTE="godzillavskong"] I think the Nvidia chip that is in the Xbox did most of the work on that one, and didn't the Xbox have a Pentium1 chip?godzillavskong

Nope. It was a crappy pentium 3 derivative (celeron) So it didn't even have a lot of the features of the pnetium 3s released at the time.

And I sort of doubt the GPU did much work on the physics since it was already pretty taxing graphically

It was definitely prettty capable for it's time, it actually looked quite a bit better then the minimum PC settings, but the physics are really what are amazing. Like I said, it was only a 700mhz celeron, not very strong at all even for the time of it's release.

lol, a mario clonehurriflash

Not really, it plays like Mario + Sonic + Staple European gameplay elements (Non linear + Collect-a-thon elements)

This is the C64's Mario clone, Great Gianna Sisters

LMAO this one is just identical to SMB1

[QUOTE="hurriflash"]lol, a mario cloneDomino_slayer

Not really, it plays like Mario + Sonic + Staple European gameplay elements (Non linear + Collect-a-thon elements)

This is the C64's Mario clone, Great Gianna Sisters

LMAO this one is just identical to SMB1

[QUOTE="Domino_slayer"]

[QUOTE="hurriflash"]lol, a mario clonehurriflash

Not really, it plays like Mario + Sonic + Staple European gameplay elements (Non linear + Collect-a-thon elements)

This is the C64's Mario clone, Great Gianna Sisters

Giana Sisters are actually seen as one of the best C-64 games and have a quite big fanbase.

Faceball 2000 for the gameboy, released just months before wolfenstein 3D on the PC

Faceball 2000 for the gameboy, released just months before wolfenstein 3D on the PC

JuarN18