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"3D games on The GBA"

Anyone remember Starwing for the SNES, thats was 3D so if the SNES can do it why not the GBA. Just think in a years time you could be playing Lylat Wars Advance.
Maybe we can have a series of Star Fox Adventures games on both GC and GBA. I think there is alot more to come out of the GBA, there making Doom for it so why not Perfect Dark. Doom graphics on GBA can't be bad can it?

Anyone remember Starwing for the SNES, thats was 3D so if the SNES can do it why not the GBA. Just think in a years time you could be playing Lylat Wars Advance.
Maybe we can have a series of Star Fox Adventures games on both GC and GBA. I think there is alot more to come out of the GBA, there making Doom for it so why not Perfect Dark. Doom graphics on GBA can't be bad can it?

Iridion 3D is a Starwing like game but it uses a 2d scrolling background that repeats itself to give the sense that it is 3d. Tony Hawks pro Skater uses a few hundred polygons per skater.

I don't know if the Gameboy has the capabilities of the SNES FX chip that allows a lot of polygons to cross the screen simeltaneously like Stunt racer FX and Starwing 2 (Jap)

Ecks Vs Sever , its the first 3D game i've seen.
Its looks like Doom in graphics quality. It has deathmatch options so perhaps we'll see Perfect Dark after all.

the snes was a 2d console but it did later on bring out a few 2d/3d games a kind of mix between the 2.as the GBA has more power inside i think it will bring out some 3d titles

Once the developers understand more about the machine then we can sit back and watch the full flowing 3-D titles arrive - Remember how long it took for developers to relise the potential of PSOne!! The GBA will just get better and better!!

Tony Hawks Pro Skater 2 feels like a 3D game.

However I'm not sure whether it counts as one though...

Sorry to disappoint you all, but you wont be seeing true 3D graphics on the GBA as it doesnt have a 3D chip like the PSX.

However, we will get games that appear to be in 3D, like Tony Hawks

a 3D chip is just a different type of graphics chip which isn't neccesarily needed for 3D graphics.

I reckon Tony Hawks on the GBA is the best version yet - That is how much I rate it!!

Edgy wrote:
> a 3D chip is just a different type of graphics chip which isn't
> neccesarily needed for 3D graphics.

It is for "true" 3D graphics. We can have 3D look-a-like graphics, like Tony Hawks and GTA etc, but not true 3D.