Madden 2001 was 640 x 480 @ 60 fps at launch. I'm sure others did as well.
Hugh -----Original Message----- From: Jim Leonard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2001 8:58 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [SWCollect] Soccer games (was:Shock) Karl Kuras wrote: > > I agree with Lee here... the Saturn was a mixed up mash of uncoordinated I may just have a soft spot for the hardware then. All 3rd-generation consoles except Nintendo 64 and PlayStation didn't have a dedicated 3D unit, and they all died because of it. I guess I just wish they had found a different market, like very low cost 2D games (shooters, RPGs, strategy, arcade fighter conversions, etc.) instead of being shoehorned into 3D and then being unfavorably compared endlessly to arcade systems and IBM PCs. The 3DO got what it deserved, though. That thing was SLOW. The price didn't help either (initial cost was $699 at launch). > PS2 has a similar problem, but since it had a year without any relevant > competition (unlike Saturn that was launched about a month early to get You don't consider the Dreamcast competition to the PS2 at PS2's launch date? The PS2 is not significantly more advanced than Dreamcast -- in fact, Dreamcast has the option to render progressive frames at 640x480 @ 60fps, whereas all PS2 games released to date render 640x240 @ 60fps. I know the DC is just as good as dead right now, but I'm just curious, especially since the DC USA launch was very good (Japan launch wasn't so great unfortunately). > somethign of a head start on the PSX) it was able to get over some of the > design difficulties (although I still say it's best efforts still look > chunky and rough... Devil May Cry was a sorry dissapointment graphically, in > comparison with the much smoother Xbox demos currently running) and so that > system may be able to survive despite it all .which, believe it or not, brings us full circle to our original topic, which was "killer app games". It all comes down to a killer app for the PS2. I've been hearing great things about Ico, but I'm not sure we've seen a truly killer app for the PS2 yet. -- http://www.MobyGames.com/ The world's most comprehensive gaming database project. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent to you because you are currently subscribed to the swcollect mailing list. To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of 'unsubscribe swcollect' Archives are available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/swcollect@oldskool.org/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent to you because you are currently subscribed to the swcollect mailing list. To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of 'unsubscribe swcollect' Archives are available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/swcollect@oldskool.org/
