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[Shtef]

Found this article really interesting, I don't have much to say, just wanted to share it with you guys.

The computers used to do 3D animation for Final Fantasy VII... in 1996.

It's time for a little dive into mid-1990s computer history!

lunduke.substack.com

 

[Dibbs]

Cool, thanks for sharing!

 

[ParaSeoul]

 

[Revolutionary]

Wow I remember seeing pictures of this in magazines when I was a kid! Never seen it in motion before.

Also:

dat ass.jpg

 

[Trogdor1123]

I really thought they were going to make this back then. I was super pumped

 

[sinnergy]

I really thought they were going to make this back then. I was super pumped

That was the plan .. until they heard N64 used cartridges

 

[ZoukGalaxy]

Oh WOW, I was aware of these beasts back in time, but didn't knew for the "up to 16GB of RAM" in the 90s !
It's like saying I have 16 TB of RAM nowadays !

 

[Trogdor1123]

That was the plan .. until they heard N64 used cartridges

A sad day…

 

[Ma-Yuan]

I have a nearly identical Sony PVM like seen on the picture of the article

 

[Pejo]

Wow, this is slow as hell and janky and everything, but it has more soul than I've seen in a FF game in 20 years.

 

[ReBurn]

Yes that looks about right

 

[German Hops]

It's amazing to look back and see what was cutting edge in 1996.

 

[Krappadizzle]

It's amazing to look back and see what was cutting edge in 1996.

I was just talking about how we'll have generations of people that never got to experience the difference of going from the Nes/SNES/Genesis-era to the PSX/N64/Dreamcast era and how quickly the tech grew and evolved. We'll never see a jump like the 16-bit era to the PSX/N64 ever again until we get the matrix kind of plug-in style of playing. Gaming changed on a fundamental level in that generation. Now it just evolves to looking like nicer versions of the previous generations.

 

[EverydayBeast]

The size of computers were huge back than.

 

[Krappadizzle]

The size of computers were huge back than.

Honestly, the PC cases aren't much different these days....Monitors on the other hand are a completely different story.

 

[Drew1440]

SGI hardware was on a completely different level back then

 

[DonkeyPunchJr]

Man I love early 3D stuff like this. Might look like ass by today’s standards but it felt so magical seeing stuff move around in 3D in the early days.

 

[A.Romero]

Wow I remember seeing pictures of this in magazines when I was a kid! Never seen it in motion before.

Also:

dat ass.jpg

Me too.

They basically delivered with FFVII but in a much more refined game.

 

[FalsettoVibe]

Awesome. Thanks OP.

 

[DonF]

Man I love early 3D stuff like this. Might look like ass by today’s standards but it felt so magical seeing stuff move around in 3D in the early days.

I remember being blown away by ffvii, I couldn't believe they made something look that realistic, then ffviii hit and I thought this guy's are wizards! How could they improve so much on the same hardware... And then they released ffix. The absolute madlads!!

Good times. Now I might complain over a frame drop on a 4k60 game hahaha

 

[UnNamed]

I loved the old Silicon Graphics logo