SNES has Top Gear 1 and 2 and it blows OutRun out of this universe
All the rest is pretty much crap or games that I never heard about it so they’re probably crap too
And Virtua Fighter (even the superior arcade version) is probably one of the best examples of games that didn’t aged well. Not only the graphics are terrible (wich is perfectly excusable considering the time it was released) but the gameplay is pretty much terrible too.
I dare you or any FG fan, even VF players, to play that game today and have fun. I dare you! And I’m not even talking about playing competitively, of course…
VF was a pioneer, I agree, but so was SFII and pretty much anyone can enjoy SFII even today.
Tekken 1 is also far more enjoyable than VF1 today
LOTUS II blows Top Gear out of existence. Both Road Rash II and Outrun are arcade racers with obstacles and atmosphere that are not comparable to plain track racing. That is not even mentioning Virtua Racing Deluxe and Skitchin’, which I forgot to mention.
I play Virtua Fighter 1 every couple of weeks. I would rather play Virtua Fighter 1 than 2, due to greater responsiveness, balancing, and better AI (can’t beat everything with low kick and almost nothing else). The audio and gameplay are strong enough to make it worth replaying (although Fighter’s Megamix is a huge improvement on the VF cast and is arguably better than Virtua Fighter 3). Tekken 1 is infinitely worse as block stun makes anything other than whiff punishing impossible and it has no merits beside an overhead camera mode. Even Tekken 2’s gameplay design is not as strong, even if visuals are better and audio is on par despite all the improvements to throws, combos, speed, and responsiveness.
You have the worlwide web at your fingertips to educate yourself on any games you do not know. Even then you should know that Nintendo’s business practices back in the day drove many 3rd party developers to create better Genesis ports of their games.
I prefer Virtua Fighter 1 simply because i’ve always loved the “futuristic” graphical/art style. Ever since i first saw it in arcades back in the day. VF1 is one of the reasons i wanted a Saturn so badly in 1995.
Also the soundtrack is still awesome to this day. Even the “continue” music is epic.
Had a SNES too and the only games I was envious about on Genesis were Mortal Kombat 1 and Streets of Rage.
I’m not a Shoot em up, racing or arcade style game fan (aside from fighting games). Platformers, action adventures and RPGs is all I need, and Sega sucked ass for that.
Well if we’re talking replay value. Mechanics etc. I’d say Pokemon red and blue is the greatest example. It was the game that started a world wide phenomenon. But now I look at those games like how did that shit get past QA?
I think there’s a difference between “being dated” and “aging badly”.
Literally half the discussions in this thread are about games looking dated. Lol.
Early 3D ps1 and N64 titles looking dated is like “no shit”.
The Mega Man Legends games. I love all three games to death (I’m including the Tron Bonne game) but controlling the camera with the shoulder buttons is shit. Having been developed before analog sticks became standard I can understand it’s that way.
Any game from that era isn’t going to age well graphically since that’s when devs were still experimenting with 3D, and trying to get good graphics out of systems that were underpowered.
For example, the N64 actually had a limited texture cache, which is why alot of games on that system went for bolder, more cartoony colors and less detailed textures (using the systems texture filtering instead, something that the other consoles lacked).
Moving on to the PS1
Tekken 1 (and 2) always felt a bit experimental. 1 had wonky character proportions and somewhat unrefined gameplay. Tekken 2 fixed a lot of that, though for some reason, it dumps the gourad shading of 1 with a flat shading, which makes the boxy polygons stand out more.
It was only in Tekken 3 that the series really got it’s look down, in part due to using an overclocked, 48Mhz board in the arcades.