|
|
Post by Bone Daddy on Dec 25, 2012 22:10:03 GMT -5
What's your vote? What was the biggest jump in awesomeness/quality?
|
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Dec 25, 2012 22:15:24 GMT -5
The jump from 16 to 32 was definitely the most significant quality wise
|
|
Spider2024
Patti Mayonnaise
Dedicated 6,666th post to Irontyger
I believe in Joe Hendry.
Posts: 39,200 
|
Post by Spider2024 on Dec 25, 2012 22:16:32 GMT -5
I voted Atari to Nintendo. Atari games seemed too simplistic and one note, while Nintendo games felt like full games, with whole worlds to explore. Also they looked better and had great music.
Although might I add, the biggest jump in visual quality was PS1 gen to PS2 gen. We went from a blocky mess to beautifully rendered 3D.
|
|
|
|
Post by Cyno on Dec 25, 2012 22:20:03 GMT -5
Saturn/PS1/N64 to DC/PS2/Xbox/GC. A lot of 3D games from the 32/64-bit days look like hot garbage now.
Very close second place is Atari/Intellivision/etc. to NES and Master System.
|
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Dec 25, 2012 22:24:51 GMT -5
Nintendo to super nintendo/genesis.
Just look at both Castlevania and Mario on NES and then Super Mario World and Castlevania 4 for all the proof one needs.
More so Castlevania.
|
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Dec 25, 2012 22:30:45 GMT -5
Nintendo to super nintendo/genesis. Just look at both Castlevania and Mario on NES and then Super Mario World and Castlevania 4 for all the proof one needs. More so Castlevania. Not big on Castlevania (or more accurately its sub-genre) so I can't really comment on that, but Mario's kind of a funny example for me. I love World and it's the first game I played, but I actually prefer the original game. Granted, I'm also the one weirdo who likes the original Super Mario Bros. more than I do 3. |
|
nate5054
Hank Scorpio
Lucky to be alive in the Chris Jericho Era
Posts: 7,011
|
Post by nate5054 on Dec 26, 2012 1:26:34 GMT -5
To me it was from Atari to NES, no question, not even close.
What you could do with a NES vs. Atari is mind boggling. While graphics and the size of games got better as time went on, the improvements were more incremental.
|
|
Dub H
Crow T. Robot
Captain Pixel: the Game Master
I ❤ Aniki
Posts: 47,824
|
Post by Dub H on Dec 26, 2012 2:28:37 GMT -5
Well i wasn't there to the jump from atari to NES
But the jump to the 3d era was amazing,probably the biggest jump
|
|
Malcolm
Grimlock
Wanted something done about the color of his ring.
Eternally Confused
Posts: 13,478
|
Post by Malcolm on Dec 26, 2012 2:55:18 GMT -5
Saturn/PS1/N64 to DC/PS2/Xbox/GC. A lot of 3D games from the 32/64-bit days look like hot garbage now. |
|
Dr. T is an alien
Patti Mayonnaise
Knows when to hold them, knows when to fold them
I've been found out!
Posts: 31,353
|
Post by Dr. T is an alien on Dec 26, 2012 3:02:20 GMT -5
I say second gen (Atari) to third gen (NES) is the biggest in general. The Colecovision was definitely the most powerful system of that era (by far, I would say) and while these games were damned fun, you had this:
Atari
Intellivision
Colecovision
and went to systems that COULD look like this:
|
|
Dr. T is an alien
Patti Mayonnaise
Knows when to hold them, knows when to fold them
I've been found out!
Posts: 31,353
|
Post by Dr. T is an alien on Dec 26, 2012 3:04:26 GMT -5
To make a more telling comparison, look at the ports of the same game, Donkey Kong:
Atari
Colecovision
NES
Admittedly, the Colecovision compares far more favorably than the Atari, Intellivision, or any other second gen system in the US market but it still
|
|
|
|
Post by Epidomy on Dec 26, 2012 3:49:24 GMT -5
Atari to Nintendo, defiantly.
|
|
Bo Rida
Fry's dog Seymour
Pulled one over on everyone.
Got away with it, this time.
Posts: 23,506
|
Post by Bo Rida on Dec 26, 2012 5:50:36 GMT -5
Atari to NES.
Although the move from 2D to 3D was impressive the games weren't always high quality, it took a while for 3D gaming to be perfected.
|
|
|
|
Post by Nerdkiller the threadkiller on Dec 26, 2012 6:35:48 GMT -5
The 4th to 5th gen is a bit too obvious, since it was the transition from 2D to 3D, but for a real bump in the graphical polygon count, I would have to go with 5th gen to 6th. The number of games that were capable of 60fps at launch (like Ridge Racer V) meant that the new games immediately outclassed the old games. Shame that the same couldn't be said about this current gen's game until later.
|
|
The Ichi
Patti Mayonnaise
AGGRESSIVE Executive Janitor of the Third Floor Manager's Bathroom
Posts: 37,278
|
Post by The Ichi on Dec 26, 2012 8:56:32 GMT -5
PS1/N64 to PS2/Xbox gen. That's when 3D was finally done right and when things such as online play became the thing. That, and the PS2 is hands down the greatest console ever.
|
|
