Abominations of Technology: Pre-Rendered Graphics

re: Abominations of Technology: Pre-Rendered Graphics

Bob Mackey — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 04:04:13 GMT

Never play basketball in the middle of a black hole.

re: Abominations of Technology: Pre-Rendered Graphics

Eric — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 19:36:16 GMT

Hi this is Michael Jordan, welcome to Michael Jordan In Flight:

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Not sure exactly what tech they used on this graphics in this game, but to my younger self it looked insane. Not to mention the brilliant VO work by MJ... What time is it? Game time! Take it to the hole... Yes!

re: Abominations of Technology: Pre-Rendered Graphics

Nadia Oxford — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 02:56:05 GMT

I agree. A DKC with Donkey Kong's "retro" design would be adorable.

re: Abominations of Technology: Pre-Rendered Graphics

Amber Ahlborn — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 23:53:12 GMT

Oh, and just to add, I think Donkey Kong's ugliness comes from the character design, not the pre-rendered sprites. I have never liked Rare's character art style and they really beat that poor ape with the ugly stick.

re: Abominations of Technology: Pre-Rendered Graphics

Amber Ahlborn — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 23:51:12 GMT

I still say Yoshi's Story pre-rendering looks awesome. It's the only example of a good looking pre-rendered game I can come up with though.

re: Abominations of Technology: Pre-Rendered Graphics

Roto13 — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 22:52:11 GMT

Donkey Kong '94 and Mario vs Donkey Kong were awesome. Haven't played the last one, though.

Anyways, yeah, pre-rendered graphics are horrible. I won't even forgive Final Fantasy VII for them. I thought Final Fantasy VII looks hideously ugly. Rare had this stupid fascination of them. Even with the Game Boy Colour. The stupid thing was like a handheld NES and they tried to pre-render everything on it. Idiots.

I don't mind Super Mario RPG's pre-rendered graphics, though, for some reason.