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Cephalopods posted...

2D games came out on both of these consoles though.

they did, indeed, but the focus was overwhelmingly 3D. 2D was seen as obsolete and as something to be ignored by most gamers back then.

i still remember how the first virtua fighter had these blocky, creepy looking characters and floaty moon jumps (which is probably not related to the graphics, but still) and everybody was amazed, I honestly couldnt understand it. Meanwhile killer instinct was released and the guys from the Game Players magazine gave the game a mediocre review, even graphics-wise because even if theyre beautiful and pre-rendered, sprites are just that, sprites. I couldnt believe it. BTW they were raving about virtua fighter in the same issue.

Ulfar posted...

Yeap, just look at the footage of Rare's original Project Dream and tell me the SNES couldn't have lasted a few more years than it did.

I had that game in mind too when writing OP here. It actually looked more impressive than the first 3D project dream prototype for N64 they were coming up with. This game actually made donkey Kong country look unimpressive.

now imagine how good that project dream 2d game could have looked in the ps1 and n64!