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I always wondered if that dinosaur was using the 2MB of memory in the final retail unit, or 4MB often seen in arcade boards using the the PS1's technology.
by danbolt 6y ago
I always wondered if that dinosaur was using the 2MB of memory in the final retail unit, or 4MB often seen in arcade boards using the the PS1's technology.
- Jare 6y agoI recall seeing it live in a devkit but I can't for the life of me remember the devkit specs. Note that that demo catered very expertly to the strengths of the PS1 hardware, it should run jut fine in a retail unit.
- danbolt 6y agoYeah, the sort of things pictured in the dinosaur demo don't always match what's seen in retail PS1 games. I'd love to see a dissection of it.
- Jare 6y agoSome things I can think of: - Dinos were so in vogue and so suggesting of technological innovation. Jurassic Park came out what, 2-3 years earlier? - Very limited z-sorting requirements, could likely be done with a simple bsp if sorting individual polys proved too taxing. - Polys of fairly regular dimensions, not overly long in one direction. Helps with less visible sorting and clipping artifacts. - No problem with lack of perspective correction, because textures are already shimmering due to the organic skin animation. - That black fog has always been very effective. We love terrifying things emerging from the dark, which Doom3 tech proved again, and more recently VR.
- flatiron 6y agoI could swear I “played” it when I was a kid off a PlayStation magazine or Pizza Hut demo disk on a retail (well modded) unit
- dazzawazza 6y agoI think it came out on a demo disk at some point. You got to move the dino about and maybe the light source? It's been a long time!
- detritus 6y agoYes, I distinctly remember rotating this model around on an original PS1 many (many) years ago.
- AlecSchueler 6y agoFor me it came on a disk caled Demo 1 which shipped with the first issue of the Playstation.
- myspy 6y agoSame here, it came with a demo disk attached to the PS1. G-Police was on there too and Abe's Oddyssee I believe.
- dkersten 6y agoYep, I remember this too.
- ekianjo 6y agoIt was on a demo disk. I had it.
- wastedhours 6y agoYep, had it too!