Games that Push Hardware Limits 10

[@grongy6122]

That low-poly flat-textured aesthetic rocks, respect to the guy who made the intro and Joe's model

[@antdude]

Nice change. ;)

[@Shinesart]

The the screen tearing just perfect representation.

[@mrburns366]

The question I have is... did Joe really do all those dance moves? 😁

[@phattjohnson]

@@mrburns366 If so, I need that mo-cap tech!

[@csciacchitano]

Yeah that ruled

[@FranklySean]

The screen tearing on Joe's model just makes it perfect

[@fullauto86]

Lolol right

[@donkeyparadise9276]

Define screen tear

[@FranklySean]

@@donkeyparadise9276 use a dictionary, donkey

[@trentnix]

The 16-bit poly Joe is simply outstanding. It's a great idea that was well executed. Props.

[@thecrazycapn]

Man. It's amazing what a relief Virtua Racing's 15 frames a second is after the 2-10 fps before it.

[@mattnova18]

and the frame rate on the 32x is so much better, makes the Genesis game nearly unplayable in comparison.

[@doslover]

For real, it was such a shift I thought it was sped up at first.

[@yittmashups]

I had to hold onto my seat it was blazing so fast!

[@animatedplastic]

@@yittmashupstoo much Blast processing?

[@RemoWilliams1227]

​@@mattnova18I didn't play it at home until I got the 32x version. Evidently that was a blessing 😂.

[@MyRetroLife]

I know the music in Virtua Racing is short and sparse but man do I LOVE IT. It immediately takes me back to those 32X days. Great episode as always Joe

[@logan_cadfgs]

Out of all the cool production value shit Joe has done, the authentic high-fidelity screen tearing is easily the most ambitious yet

[@DavidDrury90]

Joe it's insane how the production quality and creativity of the show keeps soaring. Excellent first impression on the video. Loving it so far. Who knew you'd be even more handsome in low poly?

[@johneygd]

Yep,except for his annoying sarcastic jokes he makes🤣

[@phattjohnson]

@@johneygd Anny Ing? Is that the girl from Smooth Criminal?

[@KaloKross]

@@johneygd get tate'd on

[@Godsgood111]

​@@KaloKross lol thanks for the new catchphrase 🎉

[@ClockworkBastard]

@@johneygd that jokes is a selling point. It has to be like that

[@stevenross4223]

Nice use of the "Days go by" music video at the end! Never realised I needed to see you dance as a 3D polygonal character, but I definitely did! 😂

[@CanadianDude]

Loved that bit and the original video itself.

[@GuestZer0]

3D video games from before 3D consoles is one of my favorite aesthetics.

[@phattjohnson]

Damn straight. I got the SNES with Starwing (as it was known in PAL regions) for Christmas one year and my mind was blown. I'd hardly seen fully 3D graphics like that in arcades let alone in my very own living room!

[@SaintCyrX]

Same, more so on PC for me though. The console ones always really struggled, but the PC 3d of the time were usually competent making them more tolerable to explore imo.

[@SomeOrangeCat]

You would have loved owning a PC in the mid 80s to early 90s then. We had no shortage of such games, and even on a meager 286 they'd run pretty well!

[@neonpop80]

@@SomeOrangeCat Is there some list I can find of those games?

[@SomeOrangeCat]

@@neonpop80 I wouldn't even know where to begin. Flight sims of the era were mostly flat-shaded polygonal games though.

[@MoonSarito]

Wow, I've never heard of Drakkhen, sounds like a game I definitely want to try out, the idea of open-world 3D on a 16-bit console is just incredible.

[@thefrankiepalmeri]

This actually makes your channel 20000% better. Don't change this.

[@phattjohnson]

Quality uploads? Damn straight. Hope he never quits!

[@JohnSmith-or7gh]

I love how Joe's reflection is showing up on the restaurant's window. Not only that, it's the opposite side of the 3D model. Talk about level of details.

[@acecarrera1]

Game Sack pushes the limit of its creativity yet again. Joe now is a playable character on 32X Virtua Fighter.

[@inthefade]

Out of this World or Flashback.

[@erictheded]

The Star Fox demo kiosk at K-Mart blew my little mind. I had no idea such graphics were possible.

[@RemoWilliams1227]

Agreed, Star Fox was mind blowing at the time.

[@pcachu]

My therapist: 16-Bit Polygonal Joe isn't real, he can't hurt you. 16-Bit Polygonal Joe: 31:07

[@KlomboFanClub]

the editing for this video RULES gamesack goes so hard I love it

[@plume...]

29:06 Giant panther head emerges from the ground and shoots at wizards with lasers from its eyes.

[@starlightrevenant]

It's great to see Joe rendered in 16-bit polygons for this episode, but by the 32/64-bit era Joe is fully rendered using 3DFX graphics.

[@JGreen-le8xx]

OpenGL FTW!

[@yewles1]

​@@JGreen-le8xx GLIDE!!!

[@ErinPlays]

Yoshi did an amazing job with low-poly Joe! I love how these types of games look. It's comfy. Race Drivin on SNES is giving me flashbacks to a horrible stream I did. This is a really rad episode!!

[@mattycipov6080]

You are a master of the KZbin experience. I appreciate everything you do.

[@brooklynboiprod]

I thought I was watching a Dire Straits video

[@brandonmorris9559]

That intro and beginning rocked I love game sack!!!

[@animatedplastic]

Ha. It's crazy to look back and see 16-bit games that tried to push polygons. I am finally almost caught up on all the episodes! I'm now only 11 days behind. Yay!

[@wonderingmonitor1996]

Never thought I would start my Sunday watching PolyJoe dancing 😂😂😂

[@BeardTech]

I absolutely love the early 3d Genesis and the experimental stuff with the Saturn. Burning Rangers is one of my favourite 3d games of all time, as well as Star Fox.

[@robintst]

Randy Linden's SNES port of Doom is nothing short of impressive on a technical level knowing the hardware limits in place and how he pulled it off, the guy was an absolute wizard. He also did the impossible port of Dragon's Lair to the Amiga and created the Bleem PSX emulator.

[@businesscat380]

He also worked on the Dirt Trax FX game featured in this episode. The guy is a wizard though!

[@inceptional]

And we've learned from him directly in recent times that it's even possible to pretty much double the frame-rate using HDMA properly too. So, look forward to seeing some hacker implement that at some point, if not Randy Linden himself.

[@SomeOrangeCat]

Yup! He's definitely some kind of sorcerer!

[@90sNath]

Unrelated, but God, why do people still call the PS1, PSX? A PSX already exists.

[@SomeOrangeCat]

@@90sNath Because originally PSX was shorthand for the original PS1.

[@CZpersi]

My most favourite PC game with polygon graphics was Stunts. It is incredible what they have managed to achieve with the limited tech - the level of freedom, track editor, driving model...

[@iNubpwn3r]

Not many things can cheer me more then a new GameSack episode on sunny Sunday morning. Great one too. Thanks. 👍

[@laowhy86]

My fave series! Epic job!

[@mx3fto]

One of the thhings I have always appreciated about your videos is the way you time everything with the beat of the music perfectly, from game transitions and including the final dance skit in this. That takes effort and it is appreciated :)

[@pwnswoggle]

Another World/Out of this World and Flashback are rotoscoping sprites during gameplay just like Prince of Persia. Great work on this ep, the 3D you was gold.

[@Godsgood111]

Wow, another perfect episode. Thanks for constantly topping yourself. Im currently choreographing and practicing your sweet 16 bit polygonal dance moves.

[@smoothALOE]

This is hilarious. The polygon imagery during the transitions, haha!

[@wraithcadmus]

SNES Doom is impressive for sure, though according to Randy Linden about 95% of the lifting is done with the SuperFX2. I joke that Doom was ported to the SuperFX2 and used the SNES for playback. As Joe alluded to the 16-bit micros did a lot with 3D. Shout-outs to, Hunter for having a full 3D world with NPCs who remember you and multiple driveable vehicles in 1991, Frontier for being everywhere and a sequel to the beloved Elite, and Zeewolf 2 for probably being the most technically impressive with its patchwork floor.

[@inceptional]

Also according to Randy Linden, by going back and using the SNES' built-in HDMA feature properly, he could basically double the frame-rate now from around 10 fps-15 fps to around 25 fps. And there's talk about doing exactly that.

[@camdenlacy9755]

Dirty Vegas - Days Go By. Classic.

[@timothydoyle8800]

The opening was really cool. And I really appreciate your dedication to the topic by turning yourself into Flashback for this episode.

[@blogrovic3138]

Finally, someone who isn't hating on Drakkhen. That little misunderstood early open world masterpiece. I love the AMIGA version forever and back. Also, whenever you thought, Game Sack couldn't improve on quality, it proves you wrong :D

[@mikeberg6407]

The entire animation budget for this weeks episode of game sack went into the ending lol

[@lasersnake]

Great episode and the ending was brilliant 😂

[@villain253]

Joe. You rock. Thanks for all the great entertainment.

[@aarontruitt]

Glad I stayed for the ending haha this is one of my favorite Game Sack post credits scenes. Well done

[@rinbros]

20:15? Not many views? This hardware pushing limits videos are the best series in the channel Joe.

[@영차영차-i1z]

Incredible ep and presentation. Love those early ventures into Three Dee!!

[@MrBirchieBirch]

I played F22 Interceptor & LHX Attack Chopper A LOT on the Megadrive. Loved those early polygonal games.

[@kennethd4958]

I LOVE the "Games That Push Hardware Limits" series. What a great Sunday.

[@xLASTxxSHOTx]

Great episode Joe! The low poly breakdance dance was incredible!

[@Fifth313ment]

Your channel is so underrated! It's so much fun to go back in time with you guys. And you always go the extra mile in your videos!

[@realDonaldTrump420]

I'm going to subscribe ten times!

[@TrashfordKent]

Hi Joe, a massive amount of effort and detail put into this episode, very entertaining to what would likely otherwise be a dull topic

[@wettuga2762]

The funny thing is that Joe actually did the dance and it was later converted to polygons. Joe's got some moves!

[@DiSCERiTY]

did he really or no?! I was just wondering if he could really dance like that or not lmao

[@yoshivu8236]

​@@DiSCERiTY he can

[@noneofyourbusiness4616]

No, they superimposed a CGI figure over an actual dancer in the music video for "Days Go By" by Dirty Vegas. Seemed a little bit too extended of a sequence for "fair use," but I'm no lawyer.

[@GetToThePointAlready]

No they didn't, they used an actual dancer to do those moves.

[@noneofyourbusiness4616]

@@GetToThePointAlready Evidence for claim?

[@vallaurianv6024]

Another great video. The effort and craft you put into these are stellar. That ending 😂.

[@GoldenKitSylveon]

That intro is sooo good!

[@Franky_8-Bit]

Love this episode! Primitive 3D was shocking for me when I played starfox 64. Brings back memories

[@MisterGiGs]

The, Dirty Vegas - Days Go By, part at the end of the video was a nice touch, brought back a lot of memories of that era of music and gaming 😀

[@kubev]

Agreed. I was hoping for a Genesis-faithful FM synth take on the song to go along with it.

[@adultkarate1820]

The polygonal shadows in the end sketch fit perfectly with the background scenes, perfect alignment with the other shadows. Nice detail! And I only notice this stuff now cuz of your channel 🔄

[@yittmashups]

Another late night in the sack with Joe, always a good time.

[@Bangyourbirdnumb]

It's so warm & cosy.

[@the8wave]

Most underrated channel on KZbin… hands down. You’re up there with AVGN in my opinion. Don’t stop… please.

[@johnrussell8086]

I never imagined that Jimmy White would ever be mentioned on Game Sack😂

[@roskelld]

Same. RIP Archer MacLean, he made some stellar games throughout the years.

[@DGR_Dave]

I used to watch that Days Go By music video so much back in the early days of KZbin...hilarious to see a polygon of Joe doing the exact dance moves 😂

[@fiskburk2908]

that flashback game sack logo transition was hilarious, and what an amazing episode, boy this was creative as hell, kudos to the guy who did the 3d polygons!!

[@bayaarlo-borjiged1841]

I loved the fact you added a reflection to your crazy dance moves in the window in some shots at the end.

[@flaviokauling1436]

Joe, you keep outdoing yourself with your content and presentation! Excellent episode!

[@Yantryman]

Joe, thank you so much! Going through very hard love situation at my 42 and you really help me with ur videos and ur chicky humor, please dont stop!

[@spookydonkey42]

Now this episode clearly is packed with *MEGA POWER* !!!

[@sabrinadoesmagic]

The special effects for this and the revamped music is amazing. Great work as ALWAYS.

[@gouravchakraborty9801]

Nice flashback styled intro there, Joe

[@jw6588]

The dancing at the end just kills it, this is a great video Joe.

[@DrXJMY]

Exactly What I needed. Thank you 16-bit 3D Polygon Joe. Good job as always

[@Aberukun]

Wow, there is even a reflection in windows. Such attention to details.

[@TwoBlackMarks]

The F1, F1 World Championship and Kawasaki Superbike Challenge are maybe my most impressive racing games with polygons on the Mega Drive, they run very smooth. I did have (and still have) Virtua Racing in the 90s, and I did play it a lot.

[@nekononiaow]

Yup, seconded, those games use raster graphics to draw the road but all complex roadside elements are drawn using polygons. This allows for a really high frame rate coupled with good looking immersive graphics. Those games deserve to be in a future 3D episode.

[@TwoBlackMarks]

@@nekononiaow They are very playable, well, to be honest I have never finished them or anything, mostly just driven some laps now and then, but they are very playable it. Especially for such old console racing games. If I had them when new I would have played them alot probably, not that many old racing games have held up the best.. But there are some, like Outrun is the type of game I just try out, but end up just playing it some more..

[@PinchedAce1]

Great episode, Joe. I love early 3D graphics, particularly like stuff on the Amiga and megadrive (basically anything running a Motorola 68000 cpu). The chunky polygon voice over stuff was great too.

[@tubebandits4439]

This episode was sooooo exquisite.

[@holderbee7811]

Joe: This game sets new records... Creator Of La Cucaracha Game: Ehyeeeeeeeeees??? Joe: For how fast it gets boring! Creator Of La Cucaracha Game: AWWWW

[@Sweet4ooth]

Another World was always one of those games that drew me in with it's atmosphere.. time to try and finally beat it. Thanks for another great episode, Joe.

[@MereNotilde]

That dance sequence was LEGENDARY

[@ilikecurry2345]

Looks like Joe's finally growing into a VTuber phase.

[@PowderMonkey217]

The more I watch this episode the more I appreciate it's production values

[@Reaperman4711]

I really like the genesis Domark racers. Kawasaki Superbike, and the two Formula One games (2nd euro only). I'd love to see more of these vids, since early polygon racers are 'my jam.'

[@patrickbyrne5070]

Always makes my day when a new Sack falls in my lap. Cheers Joe, much love from UK

[@DJ_InYourFace]

30 seconds in and there's already a huge polygon in my pants thanks Joe

[@DanielDangerous]

How many megapower?

[@Carbine64]

Stereo of the art sound?

[@DJ_InYourFace]

@@DanielDangerous only 5 but they're thick

[@Renwoxing13]

The ending skit is love, life, hope... and it nothing else in this video is beloved... this skit is !!!

[@icelandicbanks6473]

Draekken would absolutely slay in today's market if you slap in some better looking polygons and added meta-progression. Looks like a cool take on auto battlers!

[@oscarzxn4067]

I have heard that most people hate the game.

[@icelandicbanks6473]

@@oscarzxn4067 LOL, this cracked me up, I love it.

[@BocaRetroGames]

Amazing effect. Such good production

[@poisonsnivy6439]

Oh wow, Joe made his VTuber Debut

[@thereviewsbrothers3854]

Another excellent video. It’s amazing how you are always able to show a great mix of games we all know and still a ton that we don’t. I always love finding out about new games and this is really one of the few channels that lets me do that.

[@scherge]

I remember getting Stunt Race FX for my birthday and how much I disliked it at first. However, since I had to wait at least four months until Christmas before getting another game I had to spend some time with it, and after getting used to the game's physics it was actually a lot of fun. Great episode, as usual, thank you!

[@florianandelfinger7820]

Joe, just insane production values! Best retro gaming channel, hands down.

[@psychopoison]

Genesis pushing those games with no special chip in the cartridge, is crazy, really good

[@3diamonds524]

This was too good, Joe! Loved the poly intro and version of yourself.

[@Swordslinger-hb1ns]

Fun fact Joe: if you were lucky enough to acquire an SNES Xband cartridge by Catapult you could play SNES Doom online across the country! That really 1-up the Super Nintendo version of Doom over the Sega 32X version.

[@erikdominick7404]

I'm just glad you could take the time off from moving these refrigerators and these color tvs to show these games to us

[@steverempel8584]

I remember playing Doom with the Brutal Doom mod, Hi res texture mods, the gzdoom modern engine, and heavy metal music covers for the soundtrack, it was quite an amazing experience. Then I immediately played the SNES version afterwards for comparison, what a difference! This video reminds me of those great times.

[@g40rc378]

Amazing end skit - the shadows, the reflections, everything!

[@Innocuils]

Love this, the low poly intro and outro is freaking awesome! DAAAAAANCE!!!!

[@TN_T_]

Whoever did the animation on the dance at the end, I mean shadow character dance... knocked it out of the park. Great job!!!

[@solsticeprojekt1937]

I like the artificial screen tearing especially. What a nice touch. You are so extremely talented, it's amazing!

[@ZakkHung]

Favorite intro to date. I love these games still on occasion. The best memories. 💜

[@guillermovelasco103]

Best thing to wake up to on Sundays! Thank you, Joe! Now back to bed for two weeks until next video release!

[@berighteous]

bravo. The dance moves were killer. Thanks for all the work you put into the show.

[@larrybiggets6702]

This is why I love Game Sack. It hits every subject.

[@love_life_leafeon5955]

Ever since I got a graphing calculator to program on I've been obsessed with 3d engine code. Love these episodes