There was Initial D Verson(or was it stage?) 3. It was fun, but the anime scenes were really annoying and poorly written, and if those graphics are naomi 2 graphics, then there is no way dreamcast could have stood up to ps2. Extremely low res textures, and very poor filtering, only things better than a dreamcast game are perhaps the lighting and amount of polygons. The driving felt very natural, though I'm not sure if you can actually take turns at 200km/h and perfectly hug the curve. This game was a rip off in that even if you won a race it still charged you a dollar to continue.
I also found Outrun 2. Very disappointing game, it may have been that the screen was crappy, but it didn't look very good, except for 1 very sharp amd logo I saw as I was driving. It was ok, but not worth any significant amount of hype. The heart attack mode was interesting though.
Also played F355 Ferrari or something like that. It had sharp visuals, and had a neat gimmick in that it had 3 screens, but it was difficult to play and not fun at all.
I played Super GT. For a 1996 game, I suppose it's very good looking. The car models could fit in a modern game, and you generally don't notice the poor textures on the environments because of the high speed the game keeps. Well, except for the super reflective windows that you can see the sky on.
I also played some drum game that I did really bad at. Ah well, looks like while my computer keyboarding skills may translate well to beatmania, but it also looks like my complete lack of coordination translates to both DDR and the drum game. I can barely hold the sticks, let alone pull off 5 beats in a second while hitting a foot pedal...I could do 5 shots a second in time crisis though.
I played some crappy namco lightgun game that had real targets, but apparently only dead center hits counted, hits where the entire flash of light was on the target and nearly centered didn't count. I had a lot of trouble trying to hit the moving targets since I couldn't even slightly adjust my shot and try again.
I also got a high score in some mechwarrior game. Apparently if you actually insert an additional dollar to continue, it gives you an incredible amount of time to play. I think I only got 11th on the rankings, but I also think I was the only real player on the list.
Still looking for a real life fzero arcade machine though. Initial D had this card thing you could buy, but it seemed like a waste of money, though probably required if you want to be good at the game in the later levels. I just wanna insert my memory card into an fzero machine so I can unlock the stuff at home, I'm not good enough to beat the hardest class. Oh yeah, that and the arcade cabinet seems cool.
I also found Outrun 2. Very disappointing game, it may have been that the screen was crappy, but it didn't look very good, except for 1 very sharp amd logo I saw as I was driving. It was ok, but not worth any significant amount of hype. The heart attack mode was interesting though.
Also played F355 Ferrari or something like that. It had sharp visuals, and had a neat gimmick in that it had 3 screens, but it was difficult to play and not fun at all.
I played Super GT. For a 1996 game, I suppose it's very good looking. The car models could fit in a modern game, and you generally don't notice the poor textures on the environments because of the high speed the game keeps. Well, except for the super reflective windows that you can see the sky on.
I also played some drum game that I did really bad at. Ah well, looks like while my computer keyboarding skills may translate well to beatmania, but it also looks like my complete lack of coordination translates to both DDR and the drum game. I can barely hold the sticks, let alone pull off 5 beats in a second while hitting a foot pedal...I could do 5 shots a second in time crisis though.
I played some crappy namco lightgun game that had real targets, but apparently only dead center hits counted, hits where the entire flash of light was on the target and nearly centered didn't count. I had a lot of trouble trying to hit the moving targets since I couldn't even slightly adjust my shot and try again.
I also got a high score in some mechwarrior game. Apparently if you actually insert an additional dollar to continue, it gives you an incredible amount of time to play. I think I only got 11th on the rankings, but I also think I was the only real player on the list.
Still looking for a real life fzero arcade machine though. Initial D had this card thing you could buy, but it seemed like a waste of money, though probably required if you want to be good at the game in the later levels. I just wanna insert my memory card into an fzero machine so I can unlock the stuff at home, I'm not good enough to beat the hardest class. Oh yeah, that and the arcade cabinet seems cool.