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[MrCunningham]

Man, it really is 23 years ago isn't it?
Yep, lol when i hear the radio stations memories come back.

I know. It's weird how I can still vividly remember seeing this commercial broadcast on TV for the first time:



I still consider this above ad to be one of the greatest game commercials of all time. Just using an operatic track and showing off random clips of the main OC doing whatever the player wanted within the confines of the game world was enough to get people hyped. It was like seeing that 'open world' dream game that every teenager dreamt about becoming a reality.

The first time I have ever heard about GTA3 was in the Official Dreamcast Magazine. At that time, Rockstar did port GTA2 to the Dreamcast as well as Wild Metal using WindowsCE. They were also working on an Austin Powers Kart Racer for the console, and Max Payne was also slated for the Dreamcast. Rockstar did have some interest in the console before Sega pulled the plug on it. Even before that, I did play GTA1 on the PS1.

I feel like before the TV adverts and such, GTA3 wasn't the most highly anticipated games for the PS2. It wasn't as hyped as something like MGS2. But once those adverts started appearing on TV. The hype went up. Though the original Vice City ads were even more hype.

 

[Fat Frog]

 

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[IbizaPocholo]

Comparison of Grand Theft Auto III between Sega Dreamcast and PC with Pentium 4.

 

[Fat Frog]

 

[kevboard]

Maybe at this point the N64 is actually the only retro console with that much potential to unlock?

well, normal mapping is now a thing on N64




it's getting wild now ngl. that video shows emulator footage but his game is optimised for real hardware, and apparently doing normal mapping isn't even that taxing.

that is fucking crazy. you didn't even see this on PS2 or GameCube

 

[Fat Frog]

 

[PandaOk]

Isn’t this still using the Dreamcast hardware mod to double CPU Ram to 32megs?

 

[loktaiextatus]

Even the PSP was able to run GTA games and the Dreamcast is obviously more capable than the PSP.

Uh... PSP has a 65% faster CPU (in mhz) made years later. It also has like 50% more memory than Dreamcast.

 

[saintjules]