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[VGEsoterica]

Because Model 3 has some of the most classic Sega games ever made (Scud Race, Daytona USA 2, Sega Rally 2...the list goes on and on) but before if you just used vanilla Supermodel you needed to launch every game and its variable options in a command line interface and I get that is not how most people want to interact with applications these days

So today Supermodel emulator got a brand new update with a ton of improvements, fixes and a brand new UI by default making everything plug and play / click and execute

And thats not too shabby!

 

[MrJangles]

I never knew this existed. I can't believe I'm playing Scud Race on my PC. Fucking SCUD RACE!!!

 

[efyu_lemonardo]

Somehow these games just look and feel perfect to me, to this day.
The synergy between technology, art direction, geometry, color palette, texturing, animation, gameplay, graphics and sound is impeccable.
It all comes together to create an immersive experience that just leaves you full of joy and wonder.
Never thinking about jaggies or polygons or pixels.
You're just in the game.

Today's technology is far superior but the feeling hasn't been matched.
I don't need GTA6, give me an open world consistently rendered to look like Scud Race and I'm happy.

 

[cinnamonandgravy]

i still think VF3's uneven stages are so cool

 

[VGEsoterica]

I never knew this existed. I can't believe I'm playing Scud Race on my PC. Fucking SCUD RACE!!!

And now you know and that makes me happy

 

[Porcile]

Oh this is cool. How is the actual emulation then?

 

[StereoVsn]

I never knew this existed. I can't believe I'm playing Scud Race on my PC. Fucking SCUD RACE!!!

Same, thank you, OP, now I know what I am gong to be messing with in the weekend instead of playing my backlog!

 

[Pelao]

Nice!
I use Supermodel with Winlator on the Quest 3 to play Star Wars Trilogy Arcade and Lost World Jurassic Park in mixed reality, so any improvements to the emulator are greatly appreciated.

 

[wvnative]

does this include star wars arcade trilogy?

 

[VGEsoterica]

Same, thank you, OP, now I know what I am gong to be messing with in the weekend instead of playing my backlog!

My backlog of games (just physical) is so big I realistically can't complete it in this lifetime

 

[nkarafo]

Oh this is cool. How is the actual emulation then?

Its been great for quite a while now.

 

[Parazels]

Somehow these games just look and feel perfect to me, to this day.
The synergy between technology, art direction, geometry, color palette, texturing, animation, gameplay, graphics and sound is impeccable.
It all comes together to create an immersive experience that just leaves you full of joy and wonder.
Never thinking about jaggies or polygons or pixels.
You're just in the game.

Today's technology is far superior but the feeling hasn't been matched.
I don't need GTA6, give me an open world consistently rendered to look like Scud Race and I'm happy.

Perhaps, that's because developers used to rely on bright colors without volumetric lighting.

 

[Dr Bass]

Somehow these games just look and feel perfect to me, to this day.
The synergy between technology, art direction, geometry, color palette, texturing, animation, gameplay, graphics and sound is impeccable.
It all comes together to create an immersive experience that just leaves you full of joy and wonder.
Never thinking about jaggies or polygons or pixels.
You're just in the game.

Today's technology is far superior but the feeling hasn't been matched.
I don't need GTA6, give me an open world consistently rendered to look like Scud Race and I'm happy.

I like your thinking on this.

 

[RetroGamingUK]

Model 3 games still look gorgeous

 

[IAmRei]

Somehow these games just look and feel perfect to me, to this day.
The synergy between technology, art direction, geometry, color palette, texturing, animation, gameplay, graphics and sound is impeccable.
It all comes together to create an immersive experience that just leaves you full of joy and wonder.
Never thinking about jaggies or polygons or pixels.
You're just in the game.

Today's technology is far superior but the feeling hasn't been matched.
I don't need GTA6, give me an open world consistently rendered to look like Scud Race and I'm happy.

people often forgot if we are playing games, not life simulation.
but not all people like us dude, people will keep bitching about graphic, because they are only wants to see the stories in AAA graphic.
they should watch the movies or series rather than playing games.
well not all games need to be realistic. SEGA colors, contrast blue sky is kind of my favorite as well.

but again, people like us, are not many
lot of people will be triggered with our opinion : ))

I'm fine with both side btw, occasionally playing both style

 

[HerjansEagleFeeder]

Seeing how companies treat physical games and preservation lately, I'll be celebrating each piece of news like this even more from now on

 

[Windom Earle]

People nowadays probably can't comprehend how completely insane the graphics and the smooth framerate of model 3 were at the time. At home you could play Ridge Racer 1 with horribly pixelated graphics, warping textures + z-fighting at 30fps and low resolution. Going into the arcade and seeing this ultra smooth high resolution experience was like a look into the future. It wasn't even fathomable to me back then we would ever get something comparable at home because it was so far ahead. Good times. I will never forget seeing Virtua Fighter 3 in arcades for the first time.

Will definitely install this.

 

[RetroGamingUK]

People nowadays probably can't comprehend how completely insane the graphics and the smooth framerate of model 3 were at the time. At home you could play Ridge Racer 1 with horribly pixelated graphics, warping textures + z-fighting at 30fps and low resolution. Going into the arcade and seeing this ultra smooth high resolution experience was like a look into the future. It wasn't even fathomable to me back then we would ever get something comparable at home because it was so far ahead. Good times. I will never forget seeing Virtua Fighter 3 in arcades for the first time.

Virtua Fighter 3 just blew my mind when I first saw it.

I recall hanging around the arcade with a friend and after having spent all our cash playing it we just watched others play it for a few hours.

Getting a Dreamcast with Virtua Fighter 3 was one of my happiest gaming moments, while not arcade perfect it was pretty damn close.

Still gorgeous to look at

 

[nkarafo]

Perhaps, that's because developers used to rely on bright colors without volumetric lighting.

And without volumetric fog and distance haze. These things ruin the visuals of a lot of games IMO.

 

[Parazels]

People nowadays probably can't comprehend how completely insane the graphics and the smooth framerate of model 3 were at the time. At home you could play Ridge Racer 1 with horribly pixelated graphics, warping textures + z-fighting at 30fps and low resolution. Going into the arcade and seeing this ultra smooth high resolution experience was like a look into the future.

In my childhood I used to believe that those arcades had a home console inside. I explained the better graphics and performance by assuming they had a better display than my TV at home.

P.S. Also when I saw Mortal Kombat 3 in arcades, I thought it was a SNES version of the game - more powerful than the Genesis that I owned.

 

[nkarafo]

Going into the arcade and seeing this ultra smooth high resolution experience was like a look into the future.

Well that was the best thing about the arcades. And it was always like that. Space Harrier in 1985 was nothing like what you could get at home. Took 10+ years and 2 console generations later for an arcade perfect console port.

Scud Race was similar. In 1996 it was at least a full generation ahead of the N64 or a Pentium PC with the best parts you can buy. Even the Model 2 was far ahead, let alone the Model 3.

When consoles and PCs reached parity with arcades in the early 2000s, it was the beggining of the end for the arcade market. Why bother go to the arcades when the best looking games are already in your home?

 

[RetroGamingUK]

Well that was the best thing about the arcades. And it was always like that. Space Harrier in 1985 was nothing like what you could get at home. Took 10+ years and 2 console generations later for an arcade perfect console port.

Scud Race was similar. In 1996 it was at least a full generation ahead of the N64 or a Pentium PC with the best parts you can buy. Even the Model 2 was far ahead, let alone the Model 3.

When consoles and PCs reached parity with arcades in the early 2000s, it was the beggining of the end for the arcade market. Why bother go to the arcades when the best looking games are already in your home?

By 2000 consoles had become mainstream home devices while arcades were shutting down left right and centre.

Arcade machines could have continued to push ahead, and we'd have likely seen PS360 graphics in arcades in 2002/2023, but I think by then there just wasn't enough money in the arcade business to justify it.