Actually, admitting to piracy on this website results in suspension/ban, soooo... reported!Rolf said:
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I remember my old copy of Tie Fighter: Collectors Edition. Current Gen Graphics have nothing on the sense of scale that game gave me.
The first console I owned was my N64, and at the time, I thought the graphics were pretty mindblowing. Looking back, they really haven't aged as well as games from the SNES era have.
I thought that some Emulators were legal provided that they were made by the original creator.lacktheknack said:
I always thought the Sega Genesis (Mega Drive, for you who don't know) smooth, 2D style was a lot more beautiful than the N64's blocky, dark graphics.
My understanding is that using emulators is only legal if you possess the original disc/cartridge/etc.
Anyway... back in the PS1 days I remember being really impressed by the graphics of the original Tomb Raider. Back then that was cutting edge stuff.
I confess I kind of miss fixed camera, pre-rendered backgrounds, like the first three Resident Evils and the Fear Effect series. I haven't played Resi 4 or 5 but I can't shake the feeling that it just wouldn't be the same anymore.
Anyway... back in the PS1 days I remember being really impressed by the graphics of the original Tomb Raider. Back then that was cutting edge stuff.
I confess I kind of miss fixed camera, pre-rendered backgrounds, like the first three Resident Evils and the Fear Effect series. I haven't played Resi 4 or 5 but I can't shake the feeling that it just wouldn't be the same anymore.
I remember being impressed by Mechwarrior 2 because it had the ability to render real time moving light sources. Not that you ever really noticed since you spent most of the game playing using image enhancement that simply turned everything into a wireframe.
When I was a kid, I didn't happen to have any preference over wich console had the best graphics, but rather on wich had the better exclusives and if the game was available on both the N64 and the PSOne, I always bought the PSOne version, not because it had better graphics, but because it had more content, more videos and played much, much better.
You could see me equally playing as much Crash Bandicoot 3, Dino Crisis 2 and Metal Gear as you could see me playing Zelda Ocarina of Time, Turok 2 and Perfect Dark. I obviously noticed how the graphics improved quite a bit using the expansion pack of the N64, but I didn't cared wich console looked less blurry or pixelated, If I could, I played both versions and I enjoyed both equally.
If I could say wich game blew my mind back then, then it has to be, on the SNES, a draw between Killer Instinct and Donkey Kong Country, I was simply blown away with their style of pre-rendered 3D models turned into 2D sprites. For the N64, I remember that I always drooled at the demos showing Super Mario 64 and it's delicious 3D graphics. That game alone made me buy the N64 and I still remember it fondly. I wasn't really impressed with the PSOne's graphics, but rather I was impressed by the FMV's of such games as Final Fantasy VII, Resident Evil 2 and Abe's Oddysee.
Ah... the memories... *puts on nostalgia glasses*
You could see me equally playing as much Crash Bandicoot 3, Dino Crisis 2 and Metal Gear as you could see me playing Zelda Ocarina of Time, Turok 2 and Perfect Dark. I obviously noticed how the graphics improved quite a bit using the expansion pack of the N64, but I didn't cared wich console looked less blurry or pixelated, If I could, I played both versions and I enjoyed both equally.
If I could say wich game blew my mind back then, then it has to be, on the SNES, a draw between Killer Instinct and Donkey Kong Country, I was simply blown away with their style of pre-rendered 3D models turned into 2D sprites. For the N64, I remember that I always drooled at the demos showing Super Mario 64 and it's delicious 3D graphics. That game alone made me buy the N64 and I still remember it fondly. I wasn't really impressed with the PSOne's graphics, but rather I was impressed by the FMV's of such games as Final Fantasy VII, Resident Evil 2 and Abe's Oddysee.
Ah... the memories... *puts on nostalgia glasses*
Dynamite Headdy for Sega Genesis and original NES's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles both had great graphics for their time. Also, I remember when Mortal Kombat came out, it nearly blew everyone away.
I second this. Some games like OoT were beautiful, but it seemed like most games were much uglier than Minecraft. They also tried to do too much graphically and most things came out looking absurd.TheYellowCellPhone said:
Rolf said:
I believe you are allowed to own Emulators if you own the console. If you don't, you can only keep the Emulator (legally) for 24 hours before having to delete it.
Besides, if you do get your hands on the console and on games, none of the money spent on it would actually go to the companies, as it would most likely be second hand that you can get the games / consoles as they're no longer in production.
How else can someone in the UK play the Snes Dragonball Z games and the Tenchi Muyo RPG? Hm?
Here's the thing: The Snes and the Sega Genesis were - to me - neck and neck for a LONG freakin' time, and they both sold exceptionally well in terms of games and systems. Now, I don't actually know if the Genesis' graphics were better or not. That wasn't my selling point. No, it was the music and the sound effects. They were better on Genesis. That's not to say that Snes lacked merit. It had great games too. I was simply on the Sega bandwagon.
I played Asteroids on my old Gameboy, it had two graphic modes: Classic and 3D.
"Wait, you're telling me these asteroid pieces can rotate on a totally new axis?! Sign me up!"
That's how graphics should be!
"Wait, you're telling me these asteroid pieces can rotate on a totally new axis?! Sign me up!"
That's how graphics should be!
Quake was my first FPS, I truly thought the graphics were great on that game.
Donkey Kong Country on the SNES blew me away, one of the first games to use pre-rendered graphics.
Warcraft 2 Tides of Darkness. The graphics were so good that for a long long time I thought that game ran in Windows95, turned out it was in MSDOS, despite the fact it said "DOS" when loading up. But I was rarely at the screen when the game was booting up cuz it took so damn long to load, 52 seconds I think.
Donkey Kong Country on the SNES blew me away, one of the first games to use pre-rendered graphics.
Warcraft 2 Tides of Darkness. The graphics were so good that for a long long time I thought that game ran in Windows95, turned out it was in MSDOS, despite the fact it said "DOS" when loading up. But I was rarely at the screen when the game was booting up cuz it took so damn long to load, 52 seconds I think.
Seiken Densetsu 3 on the SNES.
It pushed the SNES's technical capabilities to the limit, while delivering a brilliant story.
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It pushed the SNES's technical capabilities to the limit, while delivering a brilliant story.
Edit: fixed a typo
That really needs to be written into the actual forum rules. I don't mind the Escapist having a rule like that -- although it tends to hamstring discussion, especially when you get something from the escapist staff on the subject -- but if we're going to enforce it, it needs to be made official, and actually written down in the rules. Currently, there is nothing in the rules that can be so much as interpreted to mean that admitting to piracy is a mod-able offense. This leads to a lot of situations where someone is following both the letter and the spirit of the written law, but manages to break that unwritten law, and get unfairly moderated for it.lacktheknack said:
OT: Daggerfall had a certain haunting beauty to it, despite having a graphics engine that was technically lacking for the time. Frontier First Encounters was really impressive as well, with its real time colored lighting and enormous universe. The later Squaresoft games on the SNES were also beautiful, especially Seiken Densetsu 3, which was one of the last games they made for the platform. I could keep going on for pages with this stuff.
Edit: Ninja'd on Seiken Densetsu 3. I wasn't expecting that...
I thought emulators were legal once the patent for the system it emulates ran out. Or would that be a copyright?Kruxxor said: