Quake on GBA

No offense, Hero, but what more can 2d do?

Do you want to see GBA cel shaded games or something? Aside from that, I'm not sure what the difference is between this generation's 2d games and the 16 bit generation. Obviously you're not going to get hi-res out of the GBA, so I'm not sure what you're complaining about...

And the GBA does have 2d games in spades, so relax... one company trying to pursue the perfect 3d engine won't kill it. I mean, just look at Castlevania: White Night Concerto/Harmony of Dissonance for an example of some awesome 2d effects on the GBA.

The main limiter of GBA 2d is just the crappy resolution. Maybe if Nintendo designed it with TV-output in mind, companies would try to make games with better resolutions. But with cart sizes and no TV-out in mind, you're stuck with graininess whether you like it or not.

Indeed? Something like 'Touché' would have been more fitting.

Okay. I LIKE those shots. I'm very dissapointed that they couldn't get the actual models in there, and had to butcher them to high hell, but I'm impressed.

...And I wouldn't mind 3D on the GBA, so I guess I'm an idiot for hoping for something that "shouldn't" exist. :rolleyes:

Anyway, once they can get the original Q1 models on there, I'll play it.

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Originally posted by Shinobi128


Just like when I first saw Resident Evil for the Game Boy Color. It's still impressive even if it shouldn't be there in the first place.

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Yeah, what's wrong with a little experimenting and exploring? So it looks like pixelly crap, it's Quake on the GBA, what'd you expect? It's still interesting, and I think the developers are meeting a lofty challenge pretty well. On top of all that, who knows what this could contribute to actual GBA games that the naysayers around here would like. Pushing the hardware is always a good thing.

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Originally posted by bbobb


My god... everytime I see screenshots from that game I wet myself.

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I am now...

Dang...and GameCube gets a cel-shaded Tales, right? What I wouldn't give for Namco to just have this instead, on all three systems.

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Originally posted by lithium
Yeah, what's wrong with a little experimenting and exploring? So it looks like pixelly crap, it's Quake on the GBA, what'd you expect? It's still interesting, and I think the developers are meeting a lofty challenge pretty well. On top of all that, who knows what this could contribute to actual GBA games that the naysayers around here would like. Pushing the hardware is always a good thing.

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Preach on brother. :)

I didn't think Quake was all that and a bag of chips in the first place, although it burned some extra hours from just playing the demo... I remember my first PC almost not being able to handle this game and now it comes out on a handheld. :) I think that's impressive.

Otherwise, if they release ports like these, they should enhance them, there are SO many more ways to make these games more interesting than a 3-5 year old game would normally be...

Shinobi128: Yeah, but there's a difference between those Quake shots and the RE shots: The RE shots don't look like crap. Those Quake shots are horrid, pure and simple.

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No offense, Hero, but what more can 2d do?

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This wasn't directed towards me, but I'll take it anyway.

More frames of animation, larger sprites, more parralax, more sprite rotation, more detail, higher res, and so on. 2D got cut down right before it could really hit its stride, and so few companies have even tried to take 2D to what it could be (SNK, Capcom, random offerings from Square and Namco), though it's not entirely their fault (they must make money to survive).

Before you also state a lot of that couldn't be done on the GBA, Hero did also state about 2D being done on any current-gen systems (aside from the DC, which was forced out thanks to it having so many good games). The GBA can still be pushed much farther then it has been, C:CotMS is a big glowing symbol of that.

Are there any videos of it in motion?

*to lazy to check links*

Because that little video I saw of Quake on GBA a while back was quite impressive.

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Originally posted by Regus
Are there any videos of it in motion?

*to lazy to check links*

Because that little video I saw of Quake on GBA a while back was quite impressive.

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http://www.agbgames.com/qtest2.mpg