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V-Rally 3 is prob my fave title. But you see pseudo 3D in many GBA classics: Iridium 2, Driv3r. Each a custom rendering method presumably ;)

• JohnBooty 4y ago
  Iridium is just insane visually, I love it. As far as I've ever been able to tell, there are no polygons. - Player and enemy ships + missiles etc are flat 2D scaled sprites - Some backgrounds are pure FMV (I think some warping is applied as the player ship moves, to give a more 3D feel) - Some backgrounds are "SNES Mode 7" style ceilings and floors Probably the definitive example of "faking 3D without using any polygons" IMO. Even more impressive than Sega's super-scaler games like Space Harrier, Galaxy Force, etc.
  • egypturnash 4y ago
    Iridion 2? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztBqI3UvIs0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztBqI3UvIs0 I'm seeing a pre-rendered background loop with a little skewing applied as the player moves from one side to the other, with a lot of scaled sprites on top of it. Nicely done. The big tell on the background loop for me is that the repeating background stuff never changes during a level.
    • JohnBooty 4y ago
      Right, Iridion, thanks. Not sure about Iridion 2 but some levels in Iridion 3D are not purely prerendered background loops - this level is a Mode7ish flat "floor" (the ocean) with a perspective-warping sky BG It's not super advanced technically, maybe, but it's very well done IMO