90s kids what was it like transitioning from 2-d to 3-d games?

[Zero]

Tell you the truth, I probably wasn't wow'd by N64 games because I really didn't start buying games until the late PS1/early PS2/Dreamcast era and just rented everything before that

Them cartridge prices were too damn high

 

[Captain Crunch]

When I got the 360 and Gears of War for Christmas, I knew the game done changed.
Resident Evil 4 even had me

 

[Prodigital]

No mention of the shyty controls? Brehs i couldny even walk in a straight line, those cameras on the first 3d games were horrendous

 

[Black White Sox Hat]

It was like..

 

[Bryan Danielson]

Nah got my Super Nin Xmas 94 had to deal with my Super Nin and Sega Genesis until 97

You had some cool as parents and uncles!

If you was my nephew back then I would've been like "booooooy if you don't get yo hands off my console" prolly Rock Bottomed you!

If i was an adult back then with a 4 year old brat asking for a Super NIN, I would've been like "boy if you don't go somewhere and sit yo 4 yr old ass down, play with the Legos I bought you and watch some Rugrats!"

 

[Bryan Danielson]

I remember when NARC first dropped in the arcade....

The graphics on that was amazing..... That was my fav game at the time.


But then the console version dropped... Talk about disappointment

 

[Spiritual Stratocaster]

You had some cool as parents and uncles!

If you was my nephew back then I would've been like "booooooy if you don't get yo hands off my console" prolly Rock Bottomed you!

If i was an adult back then with a 4 year old brat asking for a Super NIN, I would've been like "boy if you don't go somewhere and sit yo 4 yr old ass down, play with the Legos I bought you and watch some Rugrats!"

Pretty sure he convinced my mom to get it so he could play it without having to buy shyt...since he was living with us

 

[Wild self]

Nah on some serious shyt, Mario 64, Sonic Adventure for Dreamcast, and Zelda were experiences.

Those games changed my cognitive structure of my brain. Like, on some revolutionary type shyt that I dreamt of day and night.

 

[Amestafuu (Emeritus)]

A lot of 3d was ugly. It finally took the ps3 generation to where I felt 3d could wow me like some of the 2d games did. I'm talking full 3d here, not games with 3d models on top of prerendered backgrounds.

Yup actually ps2 for me and Dreamcast. But due to console limitations I was PC gaming hard back then. I always prefferes an I'll 2D to 3D game initially. I remember just dreaming of what a 3D GTA would be like while playing the old games from top view. Once that became possible it was a dream come true.

 

[the cool]

It's like going from Xbox One to PS4.

 

[the cool]

going from D-pad to the analog stick annoyed the shyt out of me.

im still not used to that shyt

 

[Slystallion]

Ps1 had 3d with tekken and virtua fighter resident evil and so did the arcade but you didn't really feel it until you laid eyes on mario 64 which really was a jaw dropping experience like no other you really felt wide open with space where in a game like resident evil or virtua fighter you felt confined...the type of movwment seen in Mario 64 was groundbreaking until gta3 ushered in the sandbox game movement

 

[ball15life]

It happened twice for me....and I doubt it will ever happen again

Moment #1 - I was born in 87....Had the NES and SNES growing up. When I got the 64 for Christmas in 1997 though...I will never forget Diddy Kong Racing and how it had a full 3d world I could freely drive around in...then Mario and the Wrestling games...just

Moment #2 - Ill never forget going into Toys R Us and walking up to the game demo station thinking "why these dudes watching an NFL game...where are the video game demos?"

They were playing Madden 2001

 

[Brief Keef]

when the 16 bit era was over what was your reaction seeing the new graphics on the N64 PS1 etc....???

basically

 

[Black_Jesus]

Mario 64 was some next level mind blowing shyt