-
Hey, guest user. Hope you're enjoying NeoGAF! Have you considered registering for an account? Come join us and add your take to the daily discourse.
Team Andromeda
Member
I've never played SF on the Game Gear. I agree mind, Mortal Kombat is awesome on the Master System. Master System doesn't get enough creditGreat pick. Having dived pretty deeply in MS/GG games, there are actually many games that are technically incredible on this SEGA 8 bits hardware.
A favorite pick of mine are the Shining Force games on Game Gear. I made an elaborate post (in French) about the technical details explaining how incredibly complicated it was to achieve the presentation they got on the console with only 2 palettes of 16 colors. Which is basically the exact same presentation as on MegaDrive.
In case some might be interested :
Projets 8 Bits Cireza
Je laisse des notes ici pour la postérité concernant le fonctionnement de Shining Force sur Game Gear. Les trois jeux fonctionnent pareil. Map : Les maps sont composées de tuiles de décor faites à partir de 6 couleurs maximum. Ce sont les 6 en partant de la droite, après le bleu et le jaune...forums.sega-mag.com
Other impressive games are the Mortal Kombat and Golden Axe ports using background tiles.
Heimdall_Xtreme
Hermen Hulst Fanclub's #1 Member
hahaha, the legend is true, they finished the game on a PS4 xD
Moses85
Member
Yes, but the game ran and looked good. But there are a few games out there which deserved the stamp „impossible to made“They had to cut geometry by half remove visual effects, downgrade textures, simplify environments etc,etc,et, so yeah In its original form it was not possible on PS2
calistan
Member
How about Virus on the ZX Spectrum? It was a port of Zarch, the showcase game for the Acorn Archimedes (of ARM fame), which was far more powerful than anything else of its time.
The game had to be compromised considerably to work on even the Amiga and ST, so getting it running on a cheap 8-bit micro from 1982 was pretty impressive. Even if you can count the FPS on your fingers.
Original version: (a modern version with unlimited draw distance would be cool)
The game had to be compromised considerably to work on even the Amiga and ST, so getting it running on a cheap 8-bit micro from 1982 was pretty impressive. Even if you can count the FPS on your fingers.
Original version: (a modern version with unlimited draw distance would be cool)
simpatico
Member
I remember playing Half Life on a VAIO laptop that was just barely enough to launch the game. I don't think I broke 20fps in my entire playthrough. Somehow I loved every second of it. Nowadays, if I can't lock in at least high 60fps, I put it on hold until after a PC upgrade. What changed?
Badlucktroll
Member
They should have liscensed that tech then N64 could have ran playstation and saturn ports. The magic of software. But would nintendo allow it?
nkarafo
Member
It's not really 1.2 GB of data though since the second CD repeats a lot of those files, it's not like the second characters explores completely different pre-rendered environments.
I'd say the game could still barely fit in a single CD if you only count the actual different files. I would bet the 2 CD packaging was just marketing.
Still, 600+MB compressed to 64 with decent results is not a joke.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
It's mostly the CGI that takes up the space.
All the location data and pre-rendered backgrounds would be repeated, yes. But that's also the case for the FF games on PS1, for example. They're on 4 discs because of all that CG.
nkarafo
Member
Except half of these are not DOOM or anything close to DOOM since they don't do anything remotely close to what the DOOM engine does. Some of them are mere Wolfenstein 3D like demos with completely orthogonal rooms/corridors.
diffusionx
Gold Member
"Impossible" is a term of art. It does not mean literally impossible. It is about porting to hardware that is much weaker and/or doesn’t have the same capabilities, and retains enough of the original’s elements to be quality and recognizable. Most of those Atari 2600 ports are total ass.
tech demos that have one level or lack 80% of gameplay elements don’t count obviously.
Last edited:
MrTroubleMaker
Gold Member
That's neat!
Deerock71
Member
So they had to give it the Switch impossible port treatment.They had to cut geometry by half remove visual effects, downgrade textures, simplify environments etc,etc,et, so yeah In its original form it was not possible on PS2
Unknown Soldier
Member
Just to give you an idea of what they did
On PS1, RE2 shipped on 2x 700MB CD's, total game size 1,400 MB
On N64, the game fit onto a 64 MB cartridge
1,400 -> 64 MB
It took over a year to complete the port and required a dedicated team that eventually had over 20 people working on it
consoul
Member
Not really. The theoretical max size of data you can store on a PS1 disc is 660MB. Resident Evil 2's discs weighed in around 630MB a piece.
magnumpy
Member
what trash I literally begin vomimiting the moment I view sub 60 fps 3d OR even pseudo 3d visuals my therapist will be hearing about this how daRE YOU
Hero_Select
Member
No.They had to cut geometry by half remove visual effects, downgrade textures, simplify environments etc,etc,et, so yeah In its original form it was not possible on PS2
Esppiral
Member
Yes, but is is fine to live in a fantasy bubble.
Hero_Select
Member
Nah. Re4 had to be fiddled with a bit to run on a PS2 but nothing about it was "impossible"
It's okay for you to be wrong though
