“We gave them an early version to get some feedback about it and they tore it apart”.
When it comes to the topic of titles that push the Game Boy Advance hardware, one game that constantly comes up is Vicarious Vision’s Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 2, and it’s easy to see why.
Released as a launch title for the console in June 2001 in North America (and June 22nd in Europe), the game was an impressive adaptation of the popular PlayStation skateboarding title, which managed to surpass people’s expectations. Tasked with creating something that emulated the 3D gameplay of the PlayStation original, Vicarious Visions didn’t end up shying away from the challenge, opting not to produce a simple sidescroller similar to Natsume’s earlier Game Boy Color port. Instead, the studio decided to split the difference, settling upon an isometric viewpoint featuring a real-time rendered 3D character that ran on much of the same source code as the original.
Read the full article on timeextension.com
“We gave them an early version to get some feedback about it and they tore it apart”.
When it comes to the topic of titles that push the Game Boy Advance hardware, one game that constantly comes up is Vicarious Vision’s Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 2, and it’s easy to see why.
Released as a launch title for the console in June 2001 in North America (and June 22nd in Europe), the game was an impressive adaptation of the popular PlayStation skateboarding title, which managed to surpass people’s expectations. Tasked with creating something that emulated the 3D gameplay of the PlayStation original, Vicarious Visions didn’t end up shying away from the challenge, opting not to produce a simple sidescroller similar to Natsume’s earlier Game Boy Color port. Instead, the studio decided to split the difference, settling upon an isometric viewpoint featuring a real-time rendered 3D character that ran on much of the same source code as the original.
Read the full article on timeextension.com
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