Shenmue (1999) reverse engineering reveals possible sun position oversight
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Re: Shenmue (1999) reverse engineering reveals possible sun position oversight
#2Man I loved this game so much as a kid. I remember being enthralled by opening the drawers, lol. I basically played it once a year every year from ages 9 - 16. Some of the enchantment was lost when I played the remaster recently, but still such a great world they built.
Re: Shenmue (1999) reverse engineering reveals possible sun position oversight
#3Reminds me of a similar story about Blast Corps, specifically how they implemented logic to correctly display apparent retrograde motion vis-a-vis the orbit of Venus from the perspective of Earth...all just for what basically amounts to a background animation. [0]
Re: Shenmue (1999) reverse engineering reveals possible sun position oversight
#4Man I loved this game so much as a kid. I remember being enthralled by opening the drawers, lol. I basically played it once a year every year from ages 9 - 16. Some of the enchantment was lost when I played the remaster recently, but still such a great world they built.
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Re: Shenmue (1999) reverse engineering reveals possible sun position oversight
#5Man I loved this game so much as a kid. I remember being enthralled by opening the drawers, lol. I basically played it once a year every year from ages 9 - 16. Some of the enchantment was lost when I played the remaster recently, but still such a great world they built.
What didn't work about the remaster or was it just a matter of shattering the illusion of your memories?
I've been thinking about the game a lot since having my first child last year. She often lifts things and rotates them in her hand just to see and experience them. When I was a kid playing Shenmue I always found it funny that they added that mechanic because "who does that?" but now I feel a very deep appreciation for it.
Re: Shenmue (1999) reverse engineering reveals possible sun position oversight
#6Man I loved this game so much as a kid. I remember being enthralled by opening the drawers, lol. I basically played it once a year every year from ages 9 - 16. Some of the enchantment was lost when I played the remaster recently, but still such a great world they built.
An all-timer for me as well! So much strange magic in there. No game before or sense has quite that vibe. Maybe a product of it coming out at just the right time.
"Do you remember... that day?"
"The day it snowed?"
NO! The day I got it right as it came out. A Friday after school and I played for like 4 hours straight. Yes! I remember THAT day!
Re: Shenmue (1999) reverse engineering reveals possible sun position oversight
#7Reminds me of a similar story about Blast Corps, specifically how they implemented logic to correctly display apparent retrograde motion vis-a-vis the orbit of Venus from the perspective of Earth...all just for what basically amounts to a background animation. [0] [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZ6eNJi02Qk
Well that's ANOTHER oddball, semi-forgotten, great game!
Re: Shenmue (1999) reverse engineering reveals possible sun position oversight
#8Man I loved this game so much as a kid. I remember being enthralled by opening the drawers, lol. I basically played it once a year every year from ages 9 - 16. Some of the enchantment was lost when I played the remaster recently, but still such a great world they built.
What didn't work about the remaster or was it just a matter of shattering the illusion of your memories? I've been thinking about the game a lot since having my first child last year. She often lifts things and rotates them in her hand just to see and experience them. When I was a kid playing Shenmue I always found it funny that they added that mechanic because "who does that?" but now I feel a very deep appreciation…
> What didn't work about the remaster or was it just a matter of shattering the illusion of your memories?
At the time it was a unique, first of it's kind, game. Now there have been a lot of advancements since then so I didn't have the same "Wow" feelings of just being in the world. But the nostalgia still hit me hard and it still has a special place in my heart.
Re: Shenmue (1999) reverse engineering reveals possible sun position oversight
#9Reminds me of a similar story about Blast Corps, specifically how they implemented logic to correctly display apparent retrograde motion vis-a-vis the orbit of Venus from the perspective of Earth...all just for what basically amounts to a background animation. [0] [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZ6eNJi02Qk
Well that's ANOTHER oddball, semi-forgotten, great game!
Nintendo and Rare (as "Xbox Game Studios") figured out how to work together, and as of Feb 2024, you can play Blast Corps on the Nintendo Switch Online Expansion Pack (along with a bunch of other Rare games)
Re: Shenmue (1999) reverse engineering reveals possible sun position oversight
#10Man I loved this game so much as a kid. I remember being enthralled by opening the drawers, lol. I basically played it once a year every year from ages 9 - 16. Some of the enchantment was lost when I played the remaster recently, but still such a great world they built.
I remember driving a forklift for hours!