I had the same feeling, but with a TNT2 card. I first played Half-Life with software rendering, 320x240 in my fishbowl 14" monitor. Then a few months later I bought the TNT2 (M64, the cheap version), and began my 2nd playthrough at a glorious 640x480 with much better FPS. It was awesome.
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leave_it_blank@lemmy.world 5 days ago
My first game I played with the Diamond Monster 3D (Voodoo 1 4 MB) was Tomb Raider 1. I could not believe what was happening. It looked soooo much better, and the frame rates were so fucking high! That really was voodoo magic. I can’t remember something other that magical in all my gaming history.
keimevo@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club 5 days ago
Same.
Next I upgraded to 2×12MB Voodoo 2 (SLI with an IDE cable).
Best of times.
dan1101@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Same. Another similar breakthrough memory I had was the Gravis Ultrasound and hearing actual sampled instruments in the Ultima music. Before that game music was much more bleeps and bloops.