Arcade Card games

[Black Tiger]

I played 3 x 3 Eyes for what seemed like several hours and didn't find any impressive cinemas other than that one intro cinema at the beginning.

There're lots of nice looking stills, but it moved so slowly that I eventually gave up and went to sleep. I'd like to finish playing through it someday, but it was so boring for me that I can't bring myself to play it over other PCE games that need my attention.

[duodreamer]

does the added ram on the arcade card make all cd games run smoother?

[Necromancer]

does the added ram on the arcade card make all cd games run smoother?

Nope - games have to be specifically programmed to utilize the ram.

[nat]

does the added ram on the arcade card make all cd games run smoother?

Nope - games have to be specifically programmed to utilize the ram.

What he said. The additional RAM is invisible to games that aren't specifically programmed for it.

Although most games run pretty "smoothly" just the way they are so it shouldn't be a big deal (in most cases).

[Keranu]

I played 3 x 3 Eyes for what seemed like several hours and didn't find any impressive cinemas other than that one intro cinema at the beginning.

There're lots of nice looking stills, but it moved so slowly that I eventually gave up and went to sleep. I'd like to finish playing through it someday, but it was so boring for me that I can't bring myself to play it over other PCE games that need my attention.

I haven't played much of it either (got to the part when they are on a snow mountain getting ready to ski). I think the opening cinema is enough to convince that the cinemas are some of the nicest in the PCE library. The other two or three cinemas I saw in the game afterwards were equally impressive as well. I love the way they combine FMV and hand drawn still shots.

[SignOfZeta]

The cinemas in 3x3 Eyes (none of which are FMV, btw) are pretty awesome. With the arcade card in, only the intros (one before title screen, one once you start the game) are enhanced. Well, the ending might be enhanced but I haven't finished it yet. The load times also change a bit since with the arcade card the the intro has at least 10x as much animation, but takes f*ckING FOREVER to load. The worst load on the PCE. Worse than a Neo CD. Even worse that Street Fighter Zero 1 on Playstation (the bench mark of load terror).

Nevertheless, anyone who loves PCE should own this rather cheap game just too see how badly the AC went to waste. Those intros are very very impressive.

[Keranu]

Yeah the loading time SUCKS for the Arcade Card version of 3x3 Eyes! I still think the SCD version of the cinemas look pretty damn good too though. I'm not sure if I agree with Zeta though about it being worse than Neo Geo CD loading because games like Real Bout Fatal Fury 2 on Neo Geo CD and the later KoFs are pretty damn awful.