Starfox, or Virtua Racing?

Anayo1 · Postby **Anayo1** » March 14th, 2007, 3:32 pm

In the early-mid nineties, Sega and Nintendo each made a game for their respective Genesis and SNES consoles. These games had some sort of graphics-enhancing chip to give them 3D visuals. These games were Virtua Racing, a racecar game with triangle trees and dodecahedron mountains, and Star Fox, a space shooting game with cube robots and rectangular prism skyscrapers. I thought it would be interesting to start a topic with the following premise: which of these two super FX/SVP chip games is the best?

Leo Ames · Postby **Leo Ames** » March 16th, 2007, 5:13 pm

Are you asking the Critic, or everyone?

I think Star Fox easily beats it in every area.

chrisbid1 · Postby **chrisbid1** » March 16th, 2007, 8:22 pm

they are two completely different types of games, both play well, both looked good for their time and both had decent frame rates for their time. one is a rail shooter and the other is a very dam good home port of an arcade game.

it all depends on what type of games you like.

now if you want a direct comparison...

VR > Stunt Race FX

Alienblue · Postby **Alienblue** » March 17th, 2007, 1:13 pm

I totally agree with Chrisbid, you CANNOT compare these games, besides the special chips and 3-D they are completely different! It's like comparing Asteroids to Pole Position!

One is a Space shooter, the other is a racing game. To be honest I wasn't crazy about either (yes I bought BOTH, $102.38 with tax for Virtua Racing! WOW!)... I like racing games but VR was TOO ambitious for the time; Outrun was actually more enjoyable. In fact (Oh, CRITICCC..!) POLE POSITION 2 on 7800 was better!

I was wowed by Starfox same as everyone, but once the Awe factor wore off, I thought it was very boring and the insipid animal mascot characters ruined what SHOULD have been a serious "Wing Commander" style game. Thumbs down to both!