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[Jeffahn]

Some impressions from System16:

A few minor things to clear up as well about some Sega rumors.
- First of all, neither of Sega’s new systems are based on the XBox360, apart from Sega’s official denial (which isn't always enough, they flatout denied the Hikaru existed and said the games were running on Naomi at the time) there is the fact that developers have only just got hold of the first proper beta XBox360 machines themselves, and as HOTD4 is already on location test its hardly likely to be running on hardware that doesn't actually exist yet, also the fact that both of these machines use the Imagination Technologies Power VR chips to drive the graphics, not ATI Xeno’s, compound this even more.
- Secondly, there's been some talk of HOTD4’s graphics and people saying it looked a bit ropey.
You really shouldnt look at a static screenshot to judge a game nowadays, you probably missed the 200+ independantly animated zombies all reflected in a huge plate glass window running at you more like 28 days later, the fully destructable scenery and the most organic looking boss that rampages through the level destroying the level dripping blood as it chases you. It’s far more impressive in motion than the screenshots imply, that and the fact that it's not even finished yet.

This update was actually spurned by getting my hands on something that has made me as excitable as a school kid who's drunk 2 cans of Coke and consumed their own bodyweight in chocolate.
I am of course referring to the somewhat stonking (beware, UK-ism's ahoy!) looking Afterburner 3.
I have (as you will notice below) some screenshots of the aforementioned game and whilst looking rather funky in their own (albeit small and fuzzy) way I have to say that they give you absolutely no idea how stunningly good this thing actually looks in motion, I can honestly say that I don't remember seeing a game that gives you such a sense of unbridled speed as this one seems to do.
To say my hopes are high for it could possibly be the understatement of the year, if for some reason the game is pulled for the arcade or suffers some other unfortunate fate then I vow to delete the site, burn my house to the ground and use the insurance money in an effort to hunt down those responsible and effectuate the first true videogame incited act of violence...

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[dark10x]

 

[Jeffahn]

Why I am excluded from the circle? Am I just Lazy8's idiot sidekick or something?

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[jarrod]

Nice roundup... so it's looking like for future platforms...

SEGA
-Lindbergh (PVR5 based, high end)
-Aurora (PVR MBX based, low end)
-Tri-Force II (Revolution based?)

Konami
-Longhorn (NV GF4 based)

Namco
-System 258 (PS2 based, beefed up RAM/MHZ?)
-N2 (NV GF based)

Taito
-Type X (ATi Radeon based)
-Type X+ (ATi Radeon based, beefed up effects)

 

[Tain]

Why I am excluded from the circle? Am I just Lazy8's idiot sidekick or something?

I think it's because you aren't prone to stuff as many pictures into a thread as humanly possible.

 

[ArcadeStickMonk]

Am I just Lazy8's idiot sidekick or something?

ya guessed half of it

 

[Lazy8s]

There's no official decision for a next generation Tri-Force just like with X360 or PS3 based boards from Sega Sammy.

 

[jarrod]

There's no official decision for a next generation Tri-Force just like with X360 or PS3 based boards from Sega Sammy.

Nothing official, but there's rumblings about Chihiro 2 and Tri-Force II already. I'd say either could be likely.

No doubt Namco will license a PS3 based variant too.

 

[Jeffahn]

Nothing official, but there's rumblings about Chihiro 2 and Tri-Force II already. I'd say either could be likely.

Probably not in the near future though. Even then, Sega could just decide to upgrade Lindbergh like they did with Naomi.

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[DonasaurusRex]

To say my hopes are high for it could possibly be the understatement of the year, if for some reason the game is pulled for the arcade or suffers some other unfortunate fate then I vow to delete the site, burn my house to the ground and use the insurance money in an effort to hunt down those responsible and effectuate the first true videogame incited act of violence...

He's obviously never heard of this little place called south korea...

 

[jarrod]

Probably not in the near future though. Even then, Sega could just decide to upgrade Lindbergh like they did with Naomi.

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Yeah, Lindbergh 2 might be cheaper since it's so scalable. Then again, maybe Microsoft or Nintendo will give Sega a sweetheart deal... both sort of missed the boat with Chihiro and Tri-Force. They should've aimed at making them low cost, 3rd party friendly solutions like Naomi, in an effort to round up additional support for their consumer platforms.

 

[Lazy8s]

Microsoft supposedly did give SEGA a great deal on Chihiro in hopes of them spreading it as an arcade standard. It succeeded in getting SEGA to shift attention from the NAOMI2 and commit some major titles to the Xbox-based platform, but competing with Sega Sammy's PowerVR boards in value is hard since other processors use so much more silicon in order to be comparable.

 

[xexex]

Jesus I cannot wait

 

[Lazy8s]

The arcade gameplay of these titles would make great eventual ports to SGX based mobile systems.