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Post by Segata Sanshiro »

Veggita2099 wrote:Although really I haven't seen too many graphically impressive games on the Xbox.
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Nick wrote:The last two were essentially an answer to all the PS2 hype at the time.

To answer the question at hand, Did the Dreamcast's Power Get Used 100%? No. Reports were that it could potentially render up to 8 million polygons with the correct programming. Most games only pushed up to around 3-5 million, tops. And this was in the best of the best graphical releases for the DC.

I think, if the system was still in production, and developers were still making games for it--big name games, with millions of dollars going into them--they would be comparable to what the best of the current gen has to offer.
I seriously doubt it would compare to the Xbox 360, but seeing the junk that has been released lately cross platform I say it would handle them fine. Get sick of game companies making games with obsolete technology so they run on the PS2 instead of designing them exclusively on Xbox or Gamecube.

Although really I haven't seen too many graphically impressive games on the Xbox. The best looking (graphics wise of course mind you) games I have seen have been Gamecube games such as Resident Evil 4, Metroid Prime, etc.

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Did you notice that the date I posted on was months before the Xbox 360's launch?
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Post by Veggita2099 »

Nick wrote:
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Nick wrote:The last two were essentially an answer to all the PS2 hype at the time.

To answer the question at hand, Did the Dreamcast's Power Get Used 100%? No. Reports were that it could potentially render up to 8 million polygons with the correct programming. Most games only pushed up to around 3-5 million, tops. And this was in the best of the best graphical releases for the DC.

I think, if the system was still in production, and developers were still making games for it--big name games, with millions of dollars going into them--they would be comparable to what the best of the current gen has to offer.
I seriously doubt it would compare to the Xbox 360, but seeing the junk that has been released lately cross platform I say it would handle them fine. Get sick of game companies making games with obsolete technology so they run on the PS2 instead of designing them exclusively on Xbox or Gamecube.

Although really I haven't seen too many graphically impressive games on the Xbox. The best looking (graphics wise of course mind you) games I have seen have been Gamecube games such as Resident Evil 4, Metroid Prime, etc.

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Did you notice that the date I posted on was months before the Xbox 360's launch?

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Post by cube_b3 »

and isn't x-box 360 7th generation which would still be considered next gen till all the 7th gen consoles are released so right now dreamcast is still a current gen pc on the same line as orignal X-box , Poop Station 2 :kiss) and Game Cube
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Post by GyroVorbis »

That's what I think.

I don't think we've officially moved to the 360's generation until the competition has come out as well. DC, GC, Xbox, PS2 are still current gen whereas 360 is still gonna be nextgen until around November when Rev and PS3 arrive.
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BILAL_XIA wrote:and isn't x-box 360 7th generation which would still be considered next gen till all the 7th gen consoles are released so right now dreamcast is still a current gen pc on the same line as orignal X-box , Poop Station 2 :kiss) and Game Cube
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Post by cube_b3 »

Time to bring the thread back to life.

I do not have a screen shot showing it's true power instead I have a quote out of an interview with Yu Suzuki I hope it is helpful and could stir up a nice discussion.

IGNDC: Obviously, this indicates that you're able to get a lot more out of the Dreamcast than before. How much further do you think the system can go, graphically?

Suzuki: It depends on software technology, but there's still a lot of space left. Probably, easily, twice the level of Shenmue 1.


IGNDC: Do you think the system can compete with the current level of PlayStation 2 games?

Suzuki: Looking at the current PS2 software at E3, we can do better with the Dreamcast. Of course, PS2 is new, so its games will get better. Not many people are fully utilizing it just yet.
Well so do you think Resident Evil 4 (PS2 version) is twice the level of Shenmue 1 , If not is it less or more.
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Perhaps so, they might have to cut down on polygons to maintain a solid framerate, but texture wise it would beat the crap out of PS2, as usual :P
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I updated the fist page !
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What game is this?

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Post by Christuserloeser »

Looks very interesting!
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Post by Imerion »

Is that Planet Harriers? If I remember right, it was a Naomi-arcade game which was supposed to get a DC release. There was even a video of it included in a japanese DC Demo-CD. However, it was never released, which is a pity, since it looks fantastic and another rail-shooter on the DC could compensate for the fact that Panzer Dragoon never got a DC release...
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Post by Juan »

Imerion wrote:Is that Planet Harriers?
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Post by cube_b3 »

Perhaps the broken links could be fixed Arqueiro.

Planet Harrier was not released on any console right?
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BILAL_XIA wrote:Perhaps the broken links could be fixed Arqueiro.

Planet Harrier was not released on any console right?
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lets try fix these broken image links ? :mrgreen:
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Post by cube_b3 »

Yaay!!! By the way celebrating this topics 7 month Belated Birthday have we concluded the Dreamcasts True Power yet?
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Post by mankrip »

Yes. It's a lot of power :mrgreen:.
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Post by Green Ranger »

Don't know if this has been mentioned yet, but how about Alone in The Dark: The New Nightmare and Evil Dead: Hail To The King? I hear the pre-rendered backgrounds are enough to drool over.
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Post by cube_b3 »

I haved played Evil Dead and loved the shadows of the trees inside the cabin.
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