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There was a special magic to the 3D Renders of the N64 (startrek.website)
submitted 2 months ago by KotActually@startrek.website to c/retrogaming@lemmy.world
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This Mario 64 one is my particular favorite. I think it's so funny that Metal Mario has a reflection of what looks like open land and clouds. Pairs well with the fact that in-game his texture was some flowers and a cloudy sky.

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[–] JohnWorks@sh.itjust.works 36 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Relevant Mario 64 mod https://retroaesthetics.net/render96/

[–] KotActually@startrek.website 20 points 2 months ago

Render96 is legendary. Felt like I was playing a version of Mario 64 I saw in my dreams once lmao

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Anyone else remember the "Ultra 64" preview screenshots of "Final Fantasy VII" that made the rounds in magazines like EGM before Squaresoft moved to PlayStation?

I wonder if that's lost media at this point (don't care enough to Google it).

[–] SplashJackson@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 months ago

Nice!

[–] Redkey@programming.dev 5 points 2 months ago

Who else remembers seeing images like this -- that would've taken a few seconds to a few minutes to render even on high-end graphics workstations of the time -- presented in gaming rags as examples of what PS1/N64/Saturn and later PS2/GameCube/DreamCast/XBox were "going to be capable of producing"?