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Before VS. Now

  • Taylor Swift
  • April 10, 2005 at 1:12 AM
  • Taylor Swift
    • April 10, 2005 at 1:12 AM
    • #1

    Im sure it has happend much things during the many years we have been playing games.

    The technology has changed to better and the graphics too.

    Well, take a look how it was 9 years back ..


    Red Alert-

    [Blocked Image: http://holarse.wue.de/freecnc/screenshots/ra01.jpg]

    Red Alert 2

    - [Blocked Image: http://www.gamingbliss.com/games/2000/redalert2.jpg]

    Command & Conquer : Generals

    - [Blocked Image: http://www.counterfrag.com/screenshots/command%20and%20conquer%20generals/01.jpg]

    The Elder Scrolls 2

    -[Blocked Image: http://www.abbyy.ua/img/onec/multimedia/the_elder_scrolls_3_morrowind2.jpg]

    -The Elder Scrolls 4 : Oblivion

    [Blocked Image: http://elderscrolls.phx.pl/oblivion/screen_08.jpg]

    [Blocked Image: http://pcmedia.gamespy.com/pc/image/article/558/558955/the-elder-scrolls-iv-oblivion-20041021063829484.jpg]

    Quake

    -[Blocked Image: http://edomekuvat.soneraplaza.fi/qtest5v/quake.jpg]

    Quake2

    - [Blocked Image: http://www.solaris4you.dk/quake2_icculus.gif]

    Quake 3

    -[Blocked Image: http://reviews.macnn.com/reviews/quake3/screen1.jpg]

    Quake Iv

    -[Blocked Image: http://www.wpc-fr.net/images/articles/quake-iv-en-images/quake4_02.jpg]

    Doom

    -[Blocked Image: http://www.solaris4you.dk/doom.gif]

    Doom2

    [Blocked Image: http://www.student.tue.nl/u/a.f.smeijers/sfp/pic/ssduke2.jpg]

    Doom3

    [Blocked Image: http://edorn.uw.hu/pic/hatter/wallpaper_doom_3_08.jpg]

    Amazing isnt it? 9 years...

    Half-Life

    [Blocked Image: http://host.km.ru/bim/files/images/half-life/hl_wall/half_life_019.jpg]

    Half-Life2

    [Blocked Image: http://www.sourceofdoom.com/contenu/source/hl2/screenshots/hdr02_004.jpg]

    well .. 9 years more and we will never know how it will looks like.

  • DaanO
    • April 10, 2005 at 1:20 AM
    • #2

    That's exactly why i love computer games. They're far more interesting than anything else right now because the development goes so fast. In 50 years (hope we'll still all be around by then) amazing things will be possible. Plugging into virtual realities might even be possible, at least i hope so. I guess, whenever they're gonna build the Matrix, they'll sure as hell need some level designers

  • insta
    • April 10, 2005 at 1:31 AM
    • #3

    Good thread

    Hopefully we will slow down a bit on the graphics side soon, and focus on other areas such as AI, immersion etc.

  • InsaneSingingBlender
    • April 10, 2005 at 1:36 AM
    • #4

    im positive thats elder scrolls 3, not 2.

  • DelaZ
    • April 10, 2005 at 1:38 AM
    • #5

    [Blocked Image: http://acmlm.overclocked.org/old/SMB1/Images/snap009.gif]

    [Blocked Image: http://dorando.emuverse.com/images/super-mario-bros-2.e_02.png]

    [Blocked Image: http://www.emulatronia.com/maquinadeltiempo/fotosdejuegos/nes/smb3.jpg]

    [Blocked Image: http://www.gete.net/supermario/media/smb/smb4yoshihouse.gif]

    [Blocked Image: http://dedens.free.fr/images/Mario/screenshots/sm_n_2.jpg]

    [Blocked Image: http://www.computerandvideogames.com/screenshots_library/dir_117/vortal_pic_58787.jpg]

  • DelaZ
    • April 10, 2005 at 1:45 AM
    • #6

    Zelda 1

    [Blocked Image: http://nintendoforever.free.fr/Nes/Zelda1/Que…treeNiveau1.png]

    Zelda 2

    [Blocked Image: http://home.comcast.net/~arcthelad/img/zelda2-s.jpg]

    Zelda 3 (SNES)

    [Blocked Image: http://outerspace.terra.com.br/retrospace/mat…26/zelda3_2.jpg]

    Zelda 64

    [Blocked Image: http://evoodoo.emulation64.com/zelda64b.jpg]

    [Blocked Image: http://www.geocities.com/uclatriplejump2/zelda.1.jpg]

    [Blocked Image: http://www.kidzworld.com/multimedia/zelda-gcn_ss-01.jpg]

    NFS1

    [Blocked Image: http://nfs.hosted.game7.de/nfs1/screens/nfs1-screen-24.jpeg]

    NFS2 (bmp)

    http://nfs.hosted.game7.de/nfs2/screens ... een-17.bmp

    NFS3 (Hot Pursuit) (bmp)

    http://nfs.hosted.game7.de/nfs3/screens ... reen-3.bmp

    NFS 4 (bmp)

    http://nfs.hosted.game7.de/nfs4/screens ... een-19.bmp

    NFS Porsche (bmp)

    http://nfs.hosted.game7.de/nfs5/screens ... reen-2.bmp

    NFS Hot Pursuit 2

    [Blocked Image: http://nfs.hosted.game7.de/nfs6/screens/nfs6-screen-45.jpeg]

    Underground

    [Blocked Image: http://nfs.hosted.game7.de/nfs7/screens/nfs7-screen-16.jpeg]

    Underground 2

    [Blocked Image: http://nfs.hosted.game7.de/nfs8/screens/nfs8-screen-94.jpeg]

    ___________________________________________________________

    Fifa soccer

    [Blocked Image: http://www.digitpress.com/dpsightz/genesis/fifasoccer.jpg]

    Fifa 95

    [Blocked Image: http://www.videogamecritic.net/images/gen/fifa_soccer_95.gif]

    Fifa 96

    [Blocked Image: http://digilander.libero.it/pccheats/FIFA96.jpg]

    Fifa 97

    [Blocked Image: http://www.dsnet.co.kr/support/library/m/fifa97/pc05.JPEG]

    Fifa 98

    [Blocked Image: http://www.soccergaming.com/fifa98/images/15b.jpg]

    Worldcup 98

    [Blocked Image: http://www.soccergaming.com/wc98/images/wc98_36.jpg]

    Fifa 99

    [Blocked Image: http://www.fifa99.net/images/fifa99_34.jpg]

    Fifa 2000

    [Blocked Image: http://www.fifa2000.net/images/sshot29.jpg]

    Fifa 2001

    [Blocked Image: http://www.fifa2001.com/images/screens/pc/fifa2001_pc_06.jpg]

    Fifa 2002

    [Blocked Image: http://www.soccergaming.com/images/fifa200…002_full_14.jpg]

    Worldcup 2002

    [Blocked Image: http://wc2002.soccergaming.com/images/screens…p2002_pc_12.jpg]

    Fifa 2003

    [Blocked Image: http://www.soccergaming.com/images/fifa200…early_pc_03.jpg]

    Fifa 2004

    [Blocked Image: http://www.jucaushii.ro/img/fifa2004/fifa2004_screen008.jpg]

  • DaanO
    • April 10, 2005 at 2:17 AM
    • #7
    Quote from insta

    Good thread Hopefully we will slow down a bit on the graphics side soon, and focus on other areas such as AI, immersion etc.

    Well, i think that unless something revolutionary happens (like mind-projected 3d or something), there's gonna be a point where graphics will be good enough. With every generation of games, the graphics get better and better which costs more and more exponentially. There's a bunch of stuff that can happen in my opinion. It simply gets too expensive to create a "new generation" of graphics. We don't need a million polygon characters. There's a border to the one next step thing. Or maybe gamers will refuse to pay twice as much for a game (because it took twice as long to make, since it's prettier) because in the end, it's the gameplay that matters. I think that we're almost at a point where graphics aren't gonna change dramatically anymore if you continue to work the same, we need some kind of revolution. And unless that happens, the point where graphics are "good enough" will be reached.

  • Duff-e
    • April 10, 2005 at 3:03 PM
    • #8

    god i miss red alert 2

  • ctswin
    • April 10, 2005 at 4:27 PM
    • #9

    Then there is the times when games dont look better imo (i love the art in mi2, apart from one character)

    MI2

    [Blocked Image: http://www.scummbar.com/images/dep/screenshots_mi2_pc/full11.gif]

    bad 3d is a real turn off ;o

    EMI

    [Blocked Image: http://www.scummbar.com/images/dep/screenshots_emi_pc/full23.jpg]

  • kleinluka
    • April 10, 2005 at 4:34 PM
    • #10

    i still hate lucas arts for turning monkey island in a 3D-Game... that was soooo uncalled for. I loved the cartoony paitnerly style of Monkey Island 3, they should have just sticked with that....grrrrrrrr

  • Mazy
    • April 10, 2005 at 4:39 PM
    • #11

    dammit custard was gonna post that D:

    emi, the horror D:

  • Oski
    • April 10, 2005 at 8:44 PM
    • #12

    Hey nexus. you sure that pic of doom2 is doom2? Because that shotgun belongs to duke.

  • st0lve
    • April 10, 2005 at 8:44 PM
    • #13

    Rainbow 6 series:

    Rainbow 6:

    [Blocked Image: http://rainbowsix.3dretreat.com/images/r6shot35.jpg]

    [Blocked Image: http://rainbowsix.3dretreat.com/images/r6shot13.jpg]

    Rogue Spear:

    [Blocked Image: http://rainbowsix.3dretreat.com/images/005_large.gif]

    [Blocked Image: http://rainbowsix.3dretreat.com/images/006_large.gif]

    Raven Shield:

    [Blocked Image: http://www.sharkyextreme.com/img/2003/04/raven_shield/screen_4.jpg]

    [Blocked Image: http://www.clancyfaq.com/images/Raven%20Shield.jpg]

    Rogue Spear is my favourite, its the best tactical FPS game ever, both story and gameplay (SP and MP).

  • Tequila
    • April 10, 2005 at 8:55 PM
    • #14

    I must have spent hundreds of hours of my early teenage years playing Rogue Spear. What a game.

  • Mazy
    • April 10, 2005 at 8:58 PM
    • #15

    hmmm i always assumed the original r6 was better than rouge spear (i never played that tbh), r6 was amazing tho~

  • st0lve
    • April 10, 2005 at 8:59 PM
    • #16
    Quote from Tequila

    I must have spent hundreds of hours of my early teenage years playing Rogue Spear. What a game.

    Did you play on Zone or Gamespy? Cause I played for like 2 years straight on GSA, play in a few really good clans, damn the best people I ever have played with on the internet.Too bad RvS messed it all up

  • Tequila
    • April 10, 2005 at 9:32 PM
    • #17
    Quote from st0lve

    Did you play on Zone or Gamespy? Cause I played for like 2 years straight on GSA, play in a few really good clans, damn the best people I ever have played with on the internet.Too bad RvS messed it all up

    I was stuck with LAN play, since I didn't even have the internet back then! Still, 'twas a great experience having all my teammates in the same room as me, co-ordinating our efforts.

  • csharp
    • April 10, 2005 at 9:46 PM
    • #18

    hmm those old good times i think that i still have that rainbow6 ce.. rainbow 6 + Expansion cd, roguespear + Expansion cd, t-shirt and mousepad ) DAMN now i have to install roguespear

  • st0lve
    • April 10, 2005 at 9:53 PM
    • #19
    Quote from csharp

    DAMN now i have to install roguespear

    I just did Haha just a few days with practice and we'll all have some inet play

  • InsaneSingingBlender
    • April 10, 2005 at 10:11 PM
    • #20

    i have it for dreamcast ;(. i played that game forever with my brother, i would always rape him with the enfield and he would always ask me what gun i used.

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