The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to RetroGaming@lemmy.worldEnglish · 17 hours agoI rented many games solely based on their covers, only to be mildly disappointed when I got home.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square81fedilinkarrow-up1678arrow-down19
arrow-up1669arrow-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 · 17 hours agomessage-square81fedilink
minus-squareElectricMachman@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·13 hours 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-up3·6 hours agoTechnically the monsters in Doom, too.
minus-squareHawke@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 hours agoBioForge was particularly impressive for the time, with mixed pre-rendered graphics.
minus-squareTrail@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·12 hours 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-up4·edit-28 hours 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-up6·11 hours 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.
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.