Current Events > Imagine if Mario 64 looked like this at launch

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The_Bitcoin
05/11/20 2:16:38 PM
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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0SGwrUh1TDM

people would have gone nuts
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Shablagoo
05/11/20 2:18:10 PM
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I still dont get why they havent remade or even just ported all these games for the Switch.

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Tired-Insomniac
05/11/20 2:18:39 PM
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I wonder if the rumored Switch remaster will look that good

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AlephZero
05/11/20 2:19:33 PM
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so long gay bowser

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SauI_Goodman
05/11/20 2:20:02 PM
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considering the technology wasn't available back then i'd be pretty impressed. just like how consoles 2 generations from now will be better than xbox one and ps4. hey who woulda thunk it

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Awesome
05/11/20 2:20:53 PM
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Lol even if they remaster the games like the rumor says they wont look this good
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EvalAngell
05/11/20 2:21:51 PM
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i went nuts when i saw it for the first time on demo at my local toys r us.

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Questionmarktarius
05/11/20 2:27:29 PM
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If you wanted a $2500 N64, sure...
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The_Bitcoin
05/11/20 2:28:06 PM
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Tired-Insomniac posted...
I wonder if the rumored Switch remaster will look that good

nah.

this mock up was built to look impressive. Stuff like the darkness with dramatic lighting (eg bowsers fire) would not make it
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The_Bitcoin
05/11/20 2:28:44 PM
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EvalAngell posted...
i went nuts when i saw it for the first time on demo at my local toys r us.

me too
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Zikten
05/11/20 2:29:22 PM
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In an alternate timeline where video game technology progressed at a much faster rate.
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Zack_Attackv1
05/11/20 2:42:56 PM
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judasmaiden15
05/11/20 2:44:43 PM
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I went nuts for it the 1st time I saw it at best buy on the gigantic 9x9 screen

They also had a gameboy pocket with donkey kong land 2 and I loved that also

I would spend a lot of time at sears playing sm64 and hogging the n64

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Pancake
05/11/20 2:45:16 PM
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this is what it looked like for us
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Damn_Underscore
05/11/20 2:45:44 PM
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You can just tell from watching this that something is off about the controls.

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The_Bitcoin
05/11/20 3:34:57 PM
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judasmaiden15 posted...
I went nuts for it the 1st time I saw it at best buy on the gigantic 9x9 screen

They also had a gameboy pocket with donkey kong land 2 and I loved that also

I would spend a lot of time at sears playing sm64 and hogging the n64

I used to be so impressed by Donkey Kong land. I used to feel it looked amazing. Now I feel it looks like shit, even worse than other games like super Mario land 1
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EffectAndCause
05/11/20 3:36:47 PM
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Ill accept Odyssey level quality from the remakes.
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The_Bitcoin
05/11/20 3:37:13 PM
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Damn_Underscore posted...
You can just tell from watching this that something is off about the controls.

yes.

some other things are off too, like the coins that dont move
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NinjaBreakfast
05/11/20 3:37:46 PM
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Honestly a lot of that didn't look great to me. Yeah some technical aspects are very high spec but they look weird in context and stuff like the totally flat brick texture looks weird in light of the higher spec stuff

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Delirious_Beard
05/11/20 3:38:09 PM
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these "old games but in unreal engine" always look fucking terrible

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NinjaBreakfast
05/11/20 3:39:26 PM
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why is mario so shiny

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Foppe
05/11/20 3:41:04 PM
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Questionmarktarius posted...
If you wanted a $2500 N64, sure...
Was it even possible to make it look this good back then?
Quake was released one day before Mario 64, and we were two years too early for Unreal...

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Butterfiles
05/11/20 3:44:17 PM
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NinjaBreakfast posted...
why is mario so shiny
You think all that running and jumping doesn't work up a huge sweat? Just be glad they didn't give him realistic swamp ass

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The_Bitcoin
05/11/20 3:47:53 PM
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NinjaBreakfast posted...
Honestly a lot of that didn't look great to me. Yeah some technical aspects are very high spec but they look weird in context and stuff like the totally flat brick texture looks weird in light of the higher spec stuff


some areas gave me an unsettling feeling for some reason. Otherwise, I feel this game would have dropped everybodys jaws had it been released like this in the n64 times
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HylianFox
05/11/20 3:50:31 PM
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Zikten posted...
In an alternate timeline where video game technology progressed at a much faster rate.


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CommunismFTW
05/11/20 3:51:13 PM
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Delirious_Beard posted...
these "old games but in unreal engine" always look fucking terrible


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HylianFox
05/11/20 3:51:52 PM
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NinjaBreakfast posted...
why is mario so shiny

he looks like he's made of plastic, yeah

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Sonic23004
05/11/20 3:53:23 PM
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Delirious_Beard posted...
these "old games but in unreal engine" always look fucking terrible


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Old NoiseTank
05/11/20 3:54:46 PM
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AlephZero posted...
so long gay bowser


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KillerKhan420
05/11/20 3:55:02 PM
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That is awesome but everybody who didn't play the original super mario bros and got to play 64, what a leap and what a revolutionary game it was. I saw people at the toys r us kiosk just running and jumping around to just do it. The crash and nights kiosk wasn't as crowded as mario64 was. But did you notice all the copycats that came after? Like sf2 was for fighters, mario64 was for 3d platformers/adventure games.

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Questionmarktarius
05/11/20 3:57:38 PM
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Foppe posted...
Was it even possible to make it look this good back then?

Maybe?
The high-end SGI systems were capable of neat N64-hype bullshots
https://www.unseen64.net/2008/04/04/project-reality-nintendo-ultra-64-tech-demos/
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Gen5_AppleJack
05/11/20 3:59:28 PM
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Too bad Nintendo doesn't make HD consoles...

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HylianFox
05/11/20 3:59:34 PM
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those "Ocarina of Time as reimagined in Unreal Engine" videos are better since they actually resemble the original game

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OffTempo
05/11/20 4:01:03 PM
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so long gay bowser

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cjs28
05/11/20 4:01:13 PM
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NINTENDO

HlRE

THIS

MAN

/meme

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The_Bitcoin
05/11/20 4:12:15 PM
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HylianFox posted...
he looks like he's made of plastic, yeah

I think it is because he is wet.

Delirious_Beard posted...
these "old games but in unreal engine" always look fucking terrible

what part of back when Mario 64 was released dont you people understand? This was at least 22 years ago.

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PiOverlord
05/11/20 4:14:00 PM
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I just wish Mario and Bowser looked like how they do on the boxart/manual. I wouldn't mind seeing that artstyle used throughout if they ever do a remake.

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The_Bitcoin
05/11/20 4:14:48 PM
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Questionmarktarius posted...
Maybe?
The high-end SGI systems were capable of neat N64-hype bullshots
https://www.unseen64.net/2008/04/04/project-reality-nintendo-ultra-64-tech-demos/

fascinating! Thanks for the link

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HylianFox
05/11/20 4:15:44 PM
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The_Bitcoin posted...
I think it is because he is wet.

well duh, but even then he still looks like plastic

most wet clothing doesn't shimmer like that >_>

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Gafemage
05/11/20 4:16:14 PM
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Looks like SHIT!!!!!!!!!!
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The_Bitcoin
05/11/20 4:18:08 PM
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Gafemage posted...
Looks like SHIT!!!!!!!!!!

1996.

199fucking6. Come on you and the other edge lords would have pissed your pants if you had seen this in 1996
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HylianFox
05/11/20 4:19:23 PM
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not to mention Mario looks unnaturally brightly colored compared to... well just about everything else

even Melee's version of Mario is more realistic-looking

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Gafemage
05/11/20 4:29:05 PM
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The_Bitcoin posted...
199fucking6

reddit brain
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EffectAndCause
05/11/20 6:26:45 PM
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But this technology didnt exist in 1996.
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Demon1050
05/11/20 6:35:04 PM
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Foppe posted...

Was it even possible to make it look this good back then?
Quake was released one day before Mario 64, and we were two years too early for Unreal...


No. Not even a $10,000 piece of hardware/software would even come close to this in 1996.
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DevsBro
05/11/20 6:37:09 PM
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Pancake posted...
this is what it looked like for us
I was about to say

Believe it or not we thought it looked incredible.

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BignutzisBack
05/11/20 6:39:42 PM
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KillerKhan420 posted...
That is awesome but everybody who didn't play the original super mario bros and got to play 64, what a leap and what a revolutionary game it was. I saw people at the toys r us kiosk just running and jumping around to just do it. The crash and nights kiosk wasn't as crowded as mario64 was. But did you notice all the copycats that came after? Like sf2 was for fighters, mario64 was for 3d platformers/adventure games.

Exactly, youngins don't understand how much the gaming world was shook when 3D games initially came out no matter how they look today. It truly was mind-blowing at the time to see Mario 64 and Final Fantasy 7.

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KillerKhan420
05/11/20 7:13:31 PM
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Demon1050 posted...
No. Not even a $10,000 piece of hardware/software would even come close to this in 1996.

Um, Virtua fighter 3 was first shown off in 96, light years ahead of anything at the time and I thought it'd get no better than that lol. But for some reason it didn't click with me like vf2 did.

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