Oh, no, I had my entire world redefined at the sight of the first 3D fighting game… when I played it in arcades the year prior.
The launch version for the Saturn was… a different story. Again, by the time I was able to get my hands on a Saturn the version they were bundling was VF Remix instead, which again, mind blown, entire path in life significantly impacted, so I’ve always been morbidly curious about vanilla.
OK, I had to look this up, VF1 was model 1, like Virtua Racing, but the did ship a backport of Remix that did run on ST-V. More likely you remember people being excited about the idea that Saturn would just be arcade hardware at home and we’d get arcade perfect ports of Daytona and VF, which was extremely not the case.
I mostly remember the arcade being pin-sharp, which it was, but once you got the upgraded textures nobody was complaining. And we got both at once in VF2, so…
no, we were excited we could have arcade 3d at home. but it’s 25 years ago, or some such… honestly I care more about “sweet memories” than historical correctness. nonetheless your memory, and will to share it, is more than appreciable, in fact I thank you for sharing.
That’s vanilla VF1, right? So… disappointed and mildly concerned?
I’m kinda joking, (kinda), because by the time I got a Saturn it came with Remix already, so I wouldn’t know.
you were disappointed and mildly concerned at the sight of the very first 3d fighting game? wow…
Oh, no, I had my entire world redefined at the sight of the first 3D fighting game… when I played it in arcades the year prior.
The launch version for the Saturn was… a different story. Again, by the time I was able to get my hands on a Saturn the version they were bundling was VF Remix instead, which again, mind blown, entire path in life significantly impacted, so I’ve always been morbidly curious about vanilla.
EDIT: For reference, for people who may be lacking some context here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubJSL5GhSZU
ok my bad. legend in town was that inside coin ops there was saturn hw. but who knows… this is maybe true for me, and not for you.
OK, I had to look this up, VF1 was model 1, like Virtua Racing, but the did ship a backport of Remix that did run on ST-V. More likely you remember people being excited about the idea that Saturn would just be arcade hardware at home and we’d get arcade perfect ports of Daytona and VF, which was extremely not the case.
I mostly remember the arcade being pin-sharp, which it was, but once you got the upgraded textures nobody was complaining. And we got both at once in VF2, so…
no, we were excited we could have arcade 3d at home. but it’s 25 years ago, or some such… honestly I care more about “sweet memories” than historical correctness. nonetheless your memory, and will to share it, is more than appreciable, in fact I thank you for sharing.