The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to RetroGaming@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoI rented many games solely based on their covers, only to be mildly disappointed when I got home.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square98fedilinkarrow-up1829arrow-down110
arrow-up1819arrow-down1imageI rented many games solely based on their covers, only to be mildly disappointed when I got home.lemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to RetroGaming@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square98fedilink
minus-squareElectricMachman@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·1 day agoLots of the best games were prerendered! Donkey Kong Country, Fallout, Jagged Alliance 2, Duke 3D, the Pro Pinball games, just to name a few. I do have a soft spot for prerendered graphics.
minus-squareTachyonTele@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 day agoTechnically the monsters in Doom, too.
minus-squareElectricMachman@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·19 hours agoMost things in Doom, if we’re counting photos!
minus-squareHawke@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 day agoBioForge was particularly impressive for the time, with mixed pre-rendered graphics.
minus-squareTrail@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 day agoI am not sure prerendered describes ja2 and fallout (some of the best games tbh). Aren’t those just sprites? The rest I have not played.
minus-squareElectricMachman@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-21 day agoThe characters and environments in Fallout and JA2 are basically still frames (sprites) of 3D models at specific angles. They were rendered once on a powerful development machine, and converted to sprites for our lowly Pentiums and Voodoos.
minus-squareyamanii@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 day agoPrerendered sprites by taking screenshots of the models on their single expensive silicon graphics.
Lots of the best games were prerendered! Donkey Kong Country, Fallout, Jagged Alliance 2, Duke 3D, the Pro Pinball games, just to name a few.
I do have a soft spot for prerendered graphics.
Technically the monsters in Doom, too.
Most things in Doom, if we’re counting photos!
BioForge was particularly impressive for the time, with mixed pre-rendered graphics.
I am not sure prerendered describes ja2 and fallout (some of the best games tbh). Aren’t those just sprites?
The rest I have not played.
The characters and environments in Fallout and JA2 are basically still frames (sprites) of 3D models at specific angles. They were rendered once on a powerful development machine, and converted to sprites for our lowly Pentiums and Voodoos.
Prerendered sprites by taking screenshots of the models on their single expensive silicon graphics.