We chat about videogames and videogame accessories.

Now I want the PS1 port! Why is the animation in these old Capcom fighters SO AMAZING. I lament the move to 3D if only for that reason.

90s animators in Japan had some real wowie-zowie skills! I’d ask, “where are they now?”, but I think the issue is more like the economics have fallen out from under them for the most part. Two lost decades too many and all that.

I've still not gone through the PlayStation library, but it's revealing itself to me as the second most advanced 2D powerhouse available. People dump on it because the Saturn is more powerful and because of how many of the quality games are on both platforms (with most Saturn versions claimed to be superior), but it's still a joy for sprite enthusiasts such as myself.

Yeah, I think the difference in capabilities has been exaggerated a bit much, despite the technical details. Particularly with the history of the Saturn being what it is (and having never gotten my hands on one; yes, I’m still on the run from a certain judo practitioner), I’m a bit leery of the many non-objective-and-just-a-little-defensive-sounding comparisons between the two that I’ve heard before.

It would not surprise me if two ports from/to the same systems with what is probably a good deal of shared code have transparently identical components. There has always been plenty of “hope they don’t notice” to go around, and that’s something that won’t be going away any time soon....