GBA Crazy Taxi and Space Channel 5 look like ass, big suprise.

Ughhhhh, when I heard they were making a GBA Crazy Taxi I was hoping for an original game with graphics designed with the GBA in mind. Not just the graphics from the DC game dumbed down to the point where they can fit onto the GBA cart. And Space Channel 5 is the same way, although looks a little better since its no so 3D I guess. I know they are being developed by Sega, but I just don't see why they would do this? Even if the games play just like the Console counter part I don't think I could look at the screen long enough to find out.

Crazy Taxi screens:
http://www.the-magicbox.com/game012903c.htm

Space Channel 5 screens:
http://www.the-magicbox.com/game012903b.htm

http://www.the-nextlevel.com/board/s...threadid=14617

You're right about CT. SC5 looks great, though.

Doh, did not know this thread was already made. Yet I don't know how to delete it. So whatever.

I think SC5 looks brilliant. :)

CT looks quite decent too - when you compare it to other GBA games.

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CT looks quite decent too - when you compare it to other GBA games.

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Actually no it does'nt. Its a pixily mess and the thing I hate most about companys thinking that 3D can be done on the GBA. Sure it can be done, but unless the graphics are as simple as say Monkey ball, why bother?

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Originally posted by Clash_Master
I know they are being developed by Sega

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That's news to me.

Anyway, I'm such a GBA whore (not to mention CT and SC5 nut) to buy both anyway. I think SC5 looks quite good, and I see nothing in CT that would interfere with it playing solid (though I won't go so far as to sat it will until I see movies). Both have the potential to be pretty faithful recreations of fun games. I don't see the problem.

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Originally posted by Clash_Master
Actually no it does'nt. Its a pixily mess and the thing I hate most about companys thinking that 3D can be done on the GBA. Sure it can be done, but unless the graphics are as simple as say Monkey ball, why bother?

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3D can be done quite well on GBA! You should see V-Rally 3 or Sega Rally. I have V-Rally 3 and the 3D is amazing. You have to remember that these games are played on a tiny little screen and shrunk down the pixelyness goes away and makes the games look much better. I'll admit that CT does not look even close to the level of those two games... Those screens look so-so. It looks decent though (I am not saying it looks great or even good) and it will probably look much better in motion on the small screen.

Maybe it won't... I am not planning on getting it one way or the other... But I must say, other 3D games do look quite nice on GBA. You should check them out. ;)



ps. I am pretty sure both of these games were outsourced. Sega Rally was made by Sega Rosso though.

I am going off Magicbox has them listed as Devloped by Sega, published by THQ. So I guess they could be wrong. :: shrugs ::

And I don't see how anyone can think CT looks decent. I am a HUGE CT fan, I love them all. But I sadly will not buy this game based on graphics alone. Its just plain ugly. It might move good in 3D, and the 3D it self could be good. But I want to puke looking at those awful, awful pixels.

http://www.the-magicbox.com/Jan03/ctaxigba5.jpg
http://www.the-magicbox.com/Jan03/ctaxigba2.jpg

Why did they have to just take the buildings from the DC game and just warp them down to size? Why not re draw the buildings? Or the cars, or the streets? Its a mess. And its sad.

Magicbox lies. Crazy Taxi is developed by Graphic State Games. SC5 is Art Co.

As per usual these companies have a history of craptacular THQ game to their credit. GSG made Star X, and Art Co made the GBA port of Britney's Dance Beat. But then Realism has a worse track record than that, and Monkey Ball was quite good, so I'm not gonna judge just yet.

CT looks fantastic all things considered. SC 5 just looks flat-out stunning.