Games on the NES that had 3D glasses?

[Anthony1]

What games on the NES came with 3D glasses?

I remember that I got some chessy NES game in 1987 or 1988 that came with 3D glasses.

All I can remember is that I was a junior or senior in High School at the time, and I remember that I would sometimes smoke some hippie lettuce and then play that crappy game.

Why, I don't know.

That game sucked.

But for some reason, that game plus some hippie lettuce equaled being really "tripped out".

That was during my "high school rebellion years" of course.

[spoon]

I rember these two games: 3-d world runner, and I believe Rad Racer or Road Blaster.

[Crush Crawfish]

Don't Forget Orb 3D, too.

[scooterb23]

I believe Orb 3D also used 3D glasses...just a guess, I'm not sure. ;)

[Jasoco]

It was Rad Racer. That game had a 3D mode activated by pressing Select. RoadBlasters didn't. So I don't think that's one of them.

[SoulBlazer]

3-D World Runner is a GREAT game, and one that really helps gameplay by using the glasses. It's still damn hard and a lot of fun to this day.

Rad Racer, while also a great game, has not aged as well and the glasses were only a novality for that one.

Fact -- both games were made by Square before they had a US base of operations. Rad Racer had a sequel, which came out in 1990. It was the last non-RPG game the company would do until Tobal #1 for the PSX in 1996.

[Graham Mitchell]

Fact -- both games were made by Square before they had a US base of operations. Rad Racer had a sequel, which came out in 1990. It was the last non-RPG game the company would do until Tobal #1 for the PSX in 1996.


Another fact: If you look at the title screen of those NES games (Final Fantasy, World Runner, Rad Racer (watch until it says it on the display during the demo)) they all say "Programmed by Nasir" or something. That was Nasir Gebelli. Square made all those 3-D games because this guy had a knack for programming in 3-D on the Apple II. The guy that designed Final Fantasy and all those great RPG's worked on those 3-D games and wasn't really happy about it. He was sick of designing, so he was going to quit after he made his first RPG, hence the name "Final Fantasy".

[Jasoco]

Another fact: If you look at the title screen of those NES games (Final Fantasy, World Runner, Rad Racer (watch until it says it on the display during the demo)) they all say "Programmed by Nasir" or something. That was Nasir Gebelli. Square made all those 3-D games because this guy had a knack for programming in 3-D on the Apple II. The guy that designed Final Fantasy and all those great RPG's worked on those 3-D games and wasn't really happy about it. He was sick of designing, so he was going to quit after he made his first RPG, hence the name "Final Fantasy".Seriously? That's cool. I've always wondered where the name came from.

Another useless tidbit of trivia. I love it!

[optic_85]

3d World Runner is one of my all-time favorite NES games! I love it. The levels are cool, the bosses are cooler, and it's deffinately a challenge...

[Anthony1]

Yeah, 3D World Runner was the game that I was playing back then. Thanks for the help.

[rbudrick]

In Japan,. the Famicom had it's own specialized 3D system ala Sega Master SYstem, but I don't know if they are very similar.

-Rob

[Ed Oscuro]

You bet your backside they're similar! I have a set, they're just shutter-mechanism deals. Unfortunately I have no games for it, but the interesting thing is that Nintendo never released any games for the 3D System. Konami did, though, and Falsion is one of them. I used to know some other titles, but they escape me at the moment...ahh...

[SoulBlazer]

That's a different story then what I've always heard and read. Square was founded in 1985, and made their first games for the MSX computer system. They did'nt do very well. By 1987 the company was in serious fiancial troubles and they did'nt know what to do. It was decided to pool all of the companies resources and money on one super game, picking the Famicon as the system of choice, and deciding on a RPG since the Dragon Quest game (we know it was Dragon Warrior) had done well. Since it was a 'final' game for Square unless the game did well, combined with it being a RPG, the name "Final Fantasy" came about. The rest, as they say, is history. :)

But at the time Square was too small to publish games outside Japan, so Nintendo did their early publishing for them, with games like Rad Racer, Knights Quest (I think that's the name of the game), and 3-D World Runner. I'll have to go back and check the release date on Rad Racer II -- I always thought Final Fantasy II was the first game they published themselves in the States in late 1991.

[shaggy]

Another fact: If you look at the title screen of those NES games (Final Fantasy, World Runner, Rad Racer (watch until it says it on the display during the demo)) they all say "Programmed by Nasir" or something. That was Nasir Gebelli. Square made all those 3-D games because this guy had a knack for programming in 3-D on the Apple II. The guy that designed Final Fantasy and all those great RPG's worked on those 3-D games and wasn't really happy about it. He was sick of designing, so he was going to quit after he made his first RPG, hence the name "Final Fantasy".


That is totally false. The reason it was named Final Fantasy was because Square at the time was going under and this was going to be there final game unless something spectacular happened, which it did. Final Fantasy sold so well the company did not go under and they are still around today kicking ass.

[Jorpho]

Apparently 3D Worldrunner had a sequel released in Japan. You can now get a translation patch here (http://donut.parodius.com/?func=trans&platform=nes&gamekey=571).

[Graham Mitchell]

That is totally false. The reason it was named Final Fantasy was because Square at the time was going under and this was going to be there final game unless something spectacular happened, which it did. Final Fantasy sold so well the company did not go under and they are still around today kicking ass.

Check out The Ultimate History of Video Games by Steven L. Kent,(Prima, 2001) p. 540:

They're talking about Hironoby Sakaguchi and Nasir Gebeli: "In an effort to get more excited about his work, Sakaguchi decided to switch genres and work on a game that would be more interesting to write. He decided to create an RPG and brought the iddea to his boss" "Since ha planned to quit making games after his first RPG, Sakaguchi named his game Final Fantasy."

So, maybe it depends on your source. Also in the text, they state that Highway Star (Rad Racer in the States) and Worldrunner had sold over 500,000 copies in Japan, so Square was not at a risk for going under.

The real history of video games is totally based on hearsay and quotes from other people--it's not a respected industry so it doesn't get a scholarly treatment. As such, this book could be totally false. But that is what it states.

[Graham Mitchell]

That is totally false. The reason it was named Final Fantasy was because Square at the time was going under and this was going to be there final game unless something spectacular happened, which it did. Final Fantasy sold so well the company did not go under and they are still around today kicking ass.

Check out The Ultimate History of Video Games by Steven L. Kent,(Prima, 2001) p. 540:

They're talking about Hironoby Sakaguchi and Nasir Gebeli: "In an effort to get more excited about his work, Sakaguchi decided to switch genres and work on a game that would be more interesting to write. He decided to create an RPG and brought the iddea to his boss" "Since ha planned to quit making games after his first RPG, Sakaguchi named his game Final Fantasy."

So, maybe it depends on your source. Also in the text, they state that Highway Star (Rad Racer in the States) and Worldrunner had sold over 500,000 copies in Japan, so Square was not at a risk for going under.

The real history of video games is totally based on hearsay and quotes from other people--it's not a respected industry so it doesn't get a scholarly treatment. As such, this book could be totally false. But that is what it states.

[Graham Mitchell]

I'm a huge fan of double posts...sorry. :roll:

[Jasoco]

Hmm.. Great. Not I'm really curious as to which is the real history. @_@

[v1rich]

Thinking of smoking some more hippie lettuce and kicking back and tripping out playing video games with your 3D glasses again? :)

Just Kidding! :)

[rbudrick]

I coulda sworn Nintendo had at least one game that used the 3d glasses. Ugh...now I hafta go home and research it. Coulda sworn I just read it in one of the books I mentioned here:

http://www.digitpress.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=32513

Oh well...

-ROb

[Ed Oscuro]

That's a different story then what I've always heard and read. Square was founded in 1985, and made their first games for the MSX computer system.
Now here's another thing that I'm not clear about. Square made a few games for the PC-9801 (ports maybe? One of that era's NEC computers, anyway) and on Karine the Sword for the FDS there's another company's name, "Extal Soft." I'm not sure that Square actually started out in 1985 or if that's a convenient date for them starting business under a certain label.

[rbudrick]

I dunno if square did pc98 stuff, but I do have their MSX version of Dragon Slayer part 1, which was originally a falcom game don eon the pc88 or pc98

-ROb