Early Space Games Using 3D Polygon Graphics
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After noticing the number of news articles which claimed that X-Wing was innovative in its use of 3d polygon graphics I decided it was a good excuse to look back in time at some earlier examples of games which used this. I dig out the earliest titles I could find, a prototype which was remade by fans and 3 of my favourite 16bit titles.
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I have an irrational love of flat shaded polygons, to this day I seek out games that use them. That means lots of Amiga 500 titles, Atari Jaguar games and a few oddballs like lego Drome Racers for the GBA, a surprisingly good little 3D racer on the handheld. You can even find flat shaded polys in later games like Tekken, Cyber Sled and Starblade for the PSone.
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I happened to find your channel through this video and I must say I really liked it. I would enjoy watching more videos like these on retro computer games etc.
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Elite had a version with shaded polygons didn't it?
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Rescue on Fractalus (1984) and Koronis Rift (1985) were, i believe, 3d polygon graphics, fractally generated. Both ran on the C64 (as well as other systems, of course) ... and Ballblazer of course, tho not a space game it is 3d, and also Lucas Arts ;)
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You missed a shitload on just the speccy alone.
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The sentinel, a game about getting high on trees
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Star Strike for the Intellivision seems a bit out of the realm of qualifying but it was the first one that came to mind to look at.
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Great video. Let's not further Driller and Total Eclipse, which were filled polygon games on e C64.
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Should check out Wings of Saint Nazaire http://www.wingsofstnazaire.com/
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You forgot Tau Ceti for the zx spectrum.
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I played Academy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_(video_game)) and it was really interesting game. Game was released in 1987.
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My favourite was always X-Wing Vs TIE Fighter. I've still got the CD with the Balance Of Power expansion somewhere...I played the hell out of that game.
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Yep that was it!! Thanks dude been searching for so long!
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Warhead reminds me of the game XF5700 Mantis.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XF5700_Mantis
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Warhead one of the ugliest craft in gaming history? Come on Scott, you play EVE Online! You've seen plenty of uglier ships!
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Aaaah... StarGlider 2. It always had special place in my heart. The only game that managed to replace it was Frontier but really it was unique experience for me.
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I know that Descent was late to the game, being up in the doom era, but I would call it pretty innovative with it's six degrees of freedom, and multiplayer.
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what about EPIC for Atari ST :D
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On the C64 Stunt Car Racer had filled polygons.
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Thanks for the video, Scott. The Damocles section brought back a lot of memories. Those primitive sound effects are obviously lodged deep in my brain somewhere.
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