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Best Retro Game Intros

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,253 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    Duke Nukem: A Time to Kill.

    Game was pretty mediocre but always liked the intro. Especially the track.

    Haven't actually watched it in years so it may have aged terribly! NSFW for pixelated boobage.



  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 51,829 CMod ✭✭✭✭Retr0gamer


    Always thought the Vagrant Story intro was pure class. Really sets the tone of the game and the credits make it feel cinematic. It ends with a fight with wyvern that's been impaled with a load of arrows.


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,630 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    The 3DO Road Rash intro is pure class.
    The collected videos from the 3DO The Need for Speed are also great, much of which was left out of the PS and other ports of the game.

    But this is probably my favourite of all time, at least in part because it gave my new, at the time, Dolby Prologic set-up a much-needed work out.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,253 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    Anyone else kinda miss these CGI intros from the 32 bit era?

    I remember buying a game and half the enjoyment about first firing it up was seeing how cool the intro was (and wondering how long it would take for games to start looking like this)

    Amazing how rubbish it looks now, but the PS1 Tekken intro used to look great;



  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 51,829 CMod ✭✭✭✭Retr0gamer


    Miss them as well. Namco and square were in an arms race against each other.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,790 ✭✭✭Jack burton


    Still love the opening to final fantasy VIII




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,755 ✭✭✭Inviere


    o1s1n wrote: »
    Anyone else kinda miss these CGI intros from the 32 bit era?

    I remember buying a game and half the enjoyment about first firing it up was seeing how cool the intro was (and wondering how long it would take for games to start looking like this)

    Amazing how rubbish it looks now, but the PS1 Tekken intro used to look great;

    I remember always thinking "those will be the in-game graphics on the next console after this one", when seeing those. If you imagine they're running on the console that came out after the 16bit era, you can get a sense of just how much wow factor the PS1 packed. It was jaw dropping.


  • Registered Users Posts: 16 ozozo


    Not sure if it can be considered as retro but I always enjoyed Worms 2 intro video :)

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkzFMfCamdU


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,058 ✭✭✭Doge


    o1s1n wrote: »
    Anyone else kinda miss these CGI intros from the 32 bit era?

    I remember buying a game and half the enjoyment about first firing it up was seeing how cool the intro was (and wondering how long it would take for games to start looking like this)

    Amazing how rubbish it looks now, but the PS1 Tekken intro used to look great;



    I thought the Tekken 2 intro was much more epic personally.
    I remember being amazed by it on a demo disc, at how great the CGI graphics looked, and how sexy the blonde looked in it haha!




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,861 ✭✭✭✭mrcheez




    always sends a chill down my spine


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,058 ✭✭✭Doge


    Quake II had a fairly decent albeit basic intro also, with your entire platoon wiped out it was enough to get your blood pumping for revenge, and then the level opens with the track Descent into Cerberon plays giving the perfect atmosphere.



    The intro story in the manual was very well written also, finishing with:

    "You leap out the crushed pod door, alone, with blaster in hand, and tear off into the room with the bittersweet stench of vengeance coursing through your veins…"

    Heres the full page:
    https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=588947632


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,253 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    Inviere wrote: »
    I remember always thinking "those will be the in-game graphics on the next console after this one", when seeing those. If you imagine they're running on the console that came out after the 16bit era, you can get a sense of just how much wow factor the PS1 packed. It was jaw dropping.

    I know right? Jumping from 16 bit sprites to 32 bit CGI, it wasn't unreasonable to think that the next generation would look like the CGI intros. I really was expecting that with the PS2 release, especially with all the talk of the Emotion Engine etc - when I finally got one and saw how similar (relatively speaking) games were to PS1 games, it turned me off gaming for that whole generation.
    Doge wrote: »
    I thought the Tekken 2 intro was much more epic personally.
    I remember being amazed by it on a demo disc, at how great the CGI graphics looked, and how sexy the blonde looked in it haha!

    Ahhhh it was actually the Tekken 2 into I was thinking of afterall! Yeah must have watched it a million times on that demo that came with the console. They really packed a lot into that disc.


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 51,829 CMod ✭✭✭✭Retr0gamer


    I found the jump from PS1 to PS2 pretty major. 3D games on PS1 and N64 felt like the engine was about to tear itself apart at any moment due to the texture warping, low framerates and other issues from that generation. The Dreamcast/PS2 was the first generation where the game engines felt stable without being held together by jank.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,253 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    I can appreciate that looking back alright, but did you notice that at the time?

    PS1 games looked amazing when they came out. I remember being absolutely blown away by the likes of Gran Turismo, MGS and Resident Evil. Can't say I would have been sitting there noticing flaws, sure my brain wouldn't have had the experience/knowledge to really understand what the flaws were (maybe a bit of clipping, that was about it)


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 51,829 CMod ✭✭✭✭Retr0gamer


    Well PS1 and N64 games looked amazing at release but I was also familiar with PC games and by 1998 they were starting to look very shabby. Even in arcades you had naomi based games and stuff like Daytona. For instance I played Tomb Raider 2 on my PC with a first gen Power VR graphics card but played Tomb Raider 3 on the PS1 and the visual jank was very evident. Going from that generation to the Dreamcast was a massive leap in 3D visual fidelity, far great than any generation since.... and probably ever will be due to how visual advancements slowdown with each gen.


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 51,829 CMod ✭✭✭✭Retr0gamer


    o1s1n wrote: »
    I know right? Jumping from 16 bit sprites to 32 bit CGI, it wasn't unreasonable to think that the next generation would look like the CGI intros. I really was expecting that with the PS2 release, especially with all the talk of the Emotion Engine etc - when I finally got one and saw how similar (relatively speaking) games were to PS1 games, it turned me off gaming for that whole generation.

    I'm not sure how true it is but the CG intro for Metal Gear VR missions was apparently created using the engine they were creating for MGS2 on PS2. When you look back at it it's very possible it was. The FFVIII dance scene was also recreated on PS2 hardware as a tech demo.


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,630 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    Surprised this hasn't been mentioned yet!



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,058 ✭✭✭Doge


    Totally forgot about this one!
    Impressive for the Mega Drive.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30,123 ✭✭✭✭Star Lord


    Surprised this one hadn't gotten a mention either... blew my tiny mind back in the early 90s!

    Another World:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,755 ✭✭✭Inviere


    Star Lord wrote: »
    Surprised this one hadn't gotten a mention either... blew my tiny mind back in the early 90s!

    Same! Incredible sense of atmosphere, and have that real "Amiga" feel to it that just wasn't properly available on consoles.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,974 ✭✭✭Chris_Heilong


    This is the first time I thought a game intro actually looked good, Tekken had really stiff animation during its intros and N64 games themselves were blurry mess.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,906 ✭✭✭CosmicSmash


    I always liked the Ridge Racer 4 intro, I thought it suited the game perfectly.



  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,630 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    I always liked the Ridge Racer 4 intro, I thought it suited the game perfectly.


    Best bit of the game!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,861 ✭✭✭✭mrcheez


    pfft... best ever





    "Gay bonaaaaa ret's go away"


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,253 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    Star Lord wrote: »
    Surprised this one hadn't gotten a mention either... blew my tiny mind back in the early 90s!

    Another World:

    One of my favourite things about that intro is how seamlessly it melds into the first level.

    To the point where I'm sure 100% of people who have played that game die the on their first attempt within seconds as they dont realise it's started :D


  • Posts: 3,689 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Shenmue II, designed for Sega Dreamcast

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsLUrsxWvxw


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,790 ✭✭✭Jack burton


    This is the first time I thought a game intro actually looked good, Tekken had really stiff animation during its intros and N64 games themselves were blurry mess.

    That is definitely one of my favourites, Tekken 2 up there aswell.

    A fantastic PS2 one is onimusha 3



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30,123 ✭✭✭✭Star Lord


    o1s1n wrote: »
    One of my favourite things about that intro is how seamlessly it melds into the first level.

    To the point where I'm sure 100% of people who have played that game die the on their first attempt within seconds as they dont realise it's started :D

    Yup... absolutely!!! :D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,861 ✭✭✭✭mrcheez




    Voted #1 for "oh **** I have a broken cart... to welcome to one of the greatest gaming moments on the NES" in the span of 6 seconds

    I swear my heart initially dropped when I got this for my 12th birthday and turned it on to think I had a broken copy in the first 3 seconds. I was on the verge of blowing into the cart when the Batman finally showed ;)


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 840 ✭✭✭peddlelies


    This is prob my favourite.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,058 ✭✭✭Doge


    Here's another decent c64 intro:



  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 51,829 CMod ✭✭✭✭Retr0gamer


    Kapustina wrote: »
    Cash Bandicoot FOREVER

    The music and character have annoyed me since release.

    I just remember the original game as this mediocre platformer that was badly received yet gets recognition because it was the only popular platformer on PS1 so everyone played it. Klonoa and tomba were far better than crash bandicoot ever achieved.


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,630 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    I have always loved the first Gran Turismo game's intro, as much for the excellent use of "Everything Must Go" by the Manics.
    It took me a near decade to find that on CD!



  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,482 ✭✭✭Kidchameleon


    Super Metroid


  • Registered Users Posts: 6,287 ✭✭✭DaveyDave


    I've always been fond of the Street Fighter Alpha 3 intro.


    CiDeRmAn wrote: »
    I have always loved the first Gran Turismo game's intro, as much for the excellent use of "Everything Must Go" by the Manics.
    It took me a near decade to find that on CD!


    This is the strongest nostalgia I've had in a long time! Have a few songs from the game in my Spotify library :)


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,952 ✭✭✭✭Stoner


    Not so much an intro as it just played in the background, but I loved the sound on Galaxian, the intro showing the points for each shot down ship.


    https://youtu.be/XhYVcwhSWjI


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,964 ✭✭✭✭Thargor


    o1s1n wrote: »
    Duke Nukem: A Time to Kill.

    Game was pretty mediocre but always liked the intro. Especially the track.

    Haven't actually watched it in years so it may have aged terribly! NSFW for pixelated boobage.

    That was embarrassing even back at the time.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,253 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    Thargor wrote: »
    That was embarrassing even back at the time.

    Only embarrassing for those who take gaming far too seriously :p


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,630 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    DaveyDave wrote: »
    This is the strongest nostalgia I've had in a long time! Have a few songs from the game in my Spotify library :)

    This is the actual full CD release, just over six minutes long!.
    I went through a few bob trying to find this, but did in Chapters, back when it was on Abbey St and sold lots of CDs and Vinyl.



  • Registered Users Posts: 6,287 ✭✭✭DaveyDave


    Just thought of this! Loved the sound of overboost.



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  • Registered Users Posts: 6,287 ✭✭✭DaveyDave


    Just thought of this! Loved the sound of overboost.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,277 ✭✭✭KeRbDoG


    Two which I'm surprised didn't get mentioned

    Syndicate (Amiga)


    Syndicate Wars (PS1)


    The other is Gran Turismo on the PS1 with "Everything Must Go"


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,253 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    God, I loved Syndicate Wars! The little 2000AD animated ads blew my mind. Still remember paying full whack for that when it came out in Advanced Vision in Bray, 45 pounds. :eek:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,277 ✭✭✭KeRbDoG


    o1s1n wrote: »
    God, I loved Syndicate Wars! The little 2000AD animated ads blew my mind. Still remember paying full whack for that when it came out in Advanced Vision in Bray, 45 pounds. :eek:

    Ah, the in game billboard ads! There was another for Ghost In The Shell too :)


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,630 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    The best thing about Ridge Racer Type 4 was the opening movie, the game was very hard for me to love!



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,036 ✭✭✭circadian


    Ridge Racer Type 4 is the best in the series for me. I poured hours into it and the soundtrack was excellent, that intro is definitely a stand out from that era too.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,036 ✭✭✭circadian


    CiDeRmAn wrote: »
    I have always loved the first Gran Turismo game's intro, as much for the excellent use of "Everything Must Go" by the Manics.
    It took me a near decade to find that on CD!


    I remember hearing that track for the first time and spending weeks hunting through local record shops for it, one of them eventually found it and ordered it in for me. Still a cracking remix.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,036 ✭✭✭circadian




    Great intro, great game.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,861 ✭✭✭✭mrcheez


    25th Anniversary version released recently too and it's great


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 27,348 ✭✭✭✭super_furry




    Immediately thought of Omega Boost when I say the thread title and went to watch the intro, which in my head was class.

    It eh.....it's definitely of it's era let's say. Probably cost a mental amount of money too.


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