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Family Computer => Famicom / Disk System => Topic started by: corisco on March 30, 2007, 07:35:58 am

Title: List of 3D games
Post by: corisco on March 30, 2007, 07:35:58 am
Famicom 3D Games
Which games have 3D graphics and what about the game is best enhanced?

Attack Animal Gakuen --

Cosmic Epsilon --

Falsion --

Famicom Grand Prix II: 3D Hot Rally --

Highway Star (Rad Racer) --

Jumpin' Jack: Tobidase Daisakusen Part II --

Tobidase Daisakusen (3D World Runner) -- Square Soft released 3D sunglasses for those who did not want to buy Nintendo's 3D System.
Title: Re: List of 3D games
Post by: Doc on March 30, 2007, 09:22:08 am
3-D Worldrunner.
Title: Re: List of 3D games
Post by: JC on March 30, 2007, 01:15:36 pm
I'd been hoping to make a list of these...good topic to post, corisco.

3D Hot Rally
Cosmic Epsilon
Falsion
Highway Star
Tobidase Daisakusen (3D World Runner)

There's gotta be a few more.
Title: Re: List of 3D games
Post by: featherplucknfilms on April 01, 2007, 04:13:32 am
Actually 3-D World Runner doesn't use the 3D System...they has their own normal 3D glasses that they sold to be used with the game.  3D World Runner 2 (Tobidase Daisakusen 2) does use the 3D System however.  Another one is Attack Animal Gakuen.
Title: Re: List of 3D games
Post by: JC on April 01, 2007, 11:47:15 am
The games list doesn't have World Runner 2 -- at least not by the two names you listed. Could there be another name? It would be disk, like the first, or cart?
Title: Re: List of 3D games
Post by: Switchstance on April 01, 2007, 12:08:34 pm
Quote from: featherplucknfilms on April 01, 2007, 04:13:32 am
Actually 3-D World Runner doesn't use the 3D System...they has their own normal 3D glasses that they sold to be used with the game.  3D World Runner 2 (Tobidase Daisakusen 2) does use the 3D System however.  Another one is Attack Animal Gakuen.


Yes, those like cinema scoopes, red/blue system. Attack Animal Gakuen it's not 3D World Runner 2 ?
Title: Re: List of 3D games
Post by: featherplucknfilms on April 01, 2007, 02:48:20 pm
Nope, but they are really similiar looking.
Title: Re: List of 3D games
Post by: featherplucknfilms on April 15, 2007, 02:35:55 am
Here's a couple pix of Square's 3D glasses that you could buy separately for use with 3D World Runner.

(http://www.subphylumclothing.com/ebay/173/IMG_2337.jpg)
(http://www.subphylumclothing.com/ebay/173/IMG_2339.jpg)
Title: Re: List of 3D games
Post by: Doc on April 15, 2007, 10:34:08 am
Those glasses are SO COOL looking!  ;D Who wouldn't want to walk around with those babies. :P
Title: Re: List of 3D games
Post by: Jedi Master Baiter on April 15, 2007, 10:14:57 pm
Did they make prescriptions for those? :P
Title: Re: List of 3D games
Post by: ericj on July 03, 2008, 04:47:56 pm
Quote from: JC on April 01, 2007, 11:47:15 am
The games list doesn't have World Runner 2 -- at least not by the two names you listed. Could there be another name? It would be disk, like the first, or cart?


Right, 3D World Runner doesn't use the 3D glasses, but Jumpin' Jack aka JJ, or by its subtitle, Tobidase Daisakusen Part II, does use the glasses. I have it as a cart and haven't seen it as a disk.  I think it's more fun than the original  :P

I believe I have all the games that use the 3D glasses and think this list is complete.
Title: Re: List of 3D games
Post by: JC on July 03, 2008, 05:16:28 pm
So, wait...3D World Runner (in the list) isn't 3D? But, I would need to add JJ because it is 3D?
Title: Re: List of 3D games
Post by: ericj on July 03, 2008, 06:30:00 pm
3D World Runner is a 3D game, but doesn't use the 3D Goggles, just the two-colored-lenses glasses. JJ uses the 3D goggles system so it needs added to your list. Is the intention of the list to be for the power goggles only, or all 3D games (including the games that use the non-powered goggles)?

Hope this makes sense.  :)
Title: Re: List of 3D games
Post by: JC on July 03, 2008, 10:14:55 pm
Yeah, that makes sense. I don't know much about the technical differences between the spectacles and the goggles. I'm going to include both, since they're both 3D games, but it'll be specified that the spectacles are different from the goggles when this makes it to the site.
Title: Re: List of 3D games
Post by: ericj on July 04, 2008, 07:13:13 pm
Here's a pic of my 3D system and games. The carts are originals, but the disks are pirates.

(http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj287/pingaloquita/3DSystem.jpg)
Title: Re: List of 3D games
Post by: 133MHz on January 22, 2009, 07:38:23 pm
Quick question: Does Tobidase Daisakusen (3D World Runner) use the FDS enhanced sound? Tried it a few moments ago and sounds a little different than the US version.
Title: Re: List of 3D games
Post by: nintendodork on January 22, 2009, 07:40:42 pm
I'm not sure, because I'm not sure if my Famicom supports the FDS synth...

I'd like to know this too so I can figure out if I'm actually hearing the FDS synth or not..
Title: Re: List of 3D games
Post by: 133MHz on January 22, 2009, 07:42:00 pm
Can you hear the main theme music from the game?
Also, are the glitches on the right side of the screen normal? (kind of like the SMB3 status bar glitch)
Title: Re: List of 3D games
Post by: nintendodork on January 22, 2009, 07:50:57 pm
As far as I know, mine sounds exactly like the ROM, but maybe not as much bass...probably because my TV doesn't have great speakers and my laptop does.  And I haven't noticed any glitches or skips on the screen...
...but when you say "main theme" music.. what exactly do you mean?  I can hear all the music when I actually play the game, but if there's supposed to music on the title screen (Side A) then I'm not getting anything :-\
Title: Re: List of 3D games
Post by: 133MHz on January 22, 2009, 08:03:55 pm
The title screen is silent, need not to worry :).
Title: Re: List of 3D games
Post by: nintendodork on January 22, 2009, 08:07:46 pm
Awesome!  My FDS synth works!!  My A/V Mod doesn't suck!!  I guess that guy does know what he's doing :P
Title: Re: List of 3D games
Post by: Xious on April 26, 2010, 09:29:34 am
Before anyone assaults me for 'digging up a dead thread', I wanted to do a couple things:

First, I want to ask if there have been any revelations on 3-D system games. I suspect there are at least a few more. I am trying to collect them all, but only have a few.

Second, I want to point out that the Worldrunner 3-D system game is "JJ: Tobidase Daisakusen II" a.k.a. "Jumping Jack".

Those 'Tobidase Daisakusen' glasses are super-neat! I used to have a pair of prescription 3-D red & blues, but I cracked the blue lens and nowadays it is impossible to find anybody stateside who can make coloured glass. I'd fancy another set if I could find a maker that can produce them (in glass, not plastic).

Lastly, a somewhat interesting bit: I was digging through some old Commodore Amiga stuff and I found a boxed set of 3-D glasses labeled 'X-Specs', and upon inspecting the system I noted that it looked strikingly like the F3D System, all the way down to the headband, but without the Nintendo branding.

Thus, I took the glasses and the controller box, and inspected them closer. They are identical! This means that if you see a pair of X-Specs, you can use the glasses with your F3D module. The X-Specs module is wired for the Amiga's DE-9 controller port, instead of being DA15, but the glasses are unmodified. My guess is that the company that made them, now long defunct, simply imported used F3D glasses and cleaned the logos off with paint-remover, then rewired the module boxes and sold them as their own product.

There is an X-Specs site here: http://www.amiga-hardware.com/showhardware.cgi?HARDID=769 , for those curious about them. I don't even remember if I ever had any Amiga software that used them, but I must have at one time or another, else I probably wouldn't have owned them. Talk about digging up the past! It's been fifteen years or more since I've used my A4000. :)

The point is, if you are looking for a second pair of glasses for your F3D, you can put "X-Specs" in your eBay watchlist, as you can probably pick up a pair for a tidy bit less than the normal set.

I am also having a technical hitch with my sets... Both seem to work flawlessly with my copy of '3-D Hot Rally', which is an original disk, but when I try to use them for 'Falsion', a pirate disk, the foreground (ship) image is doubled. This happens with both sets of glasses and makes it impossible to enjoy the game. Has anybody else run into this with 'Falsion', or am I the only one?

Is this likely to be a fault on the disk, because it is a pirate, and has some kind of error, or is it possible that both sets of glasses are misaligned somehow, or aren't synching properly? I need some more 3-D games to test it out and 'JJ' is my next pick, as I don't yet own it. I would like to buy another 'Falsion' disk--an original this time-- to see if it makes any difference.

If anybody has spares of any 3-D games, I would like to pick some of them up. To me, it is by far the most amazing accessory for the Famicom and I wish that Nintendo has the gusto to make better use of it. Unfortunately, like the Robot, they simply let it fizzle.

On that subject, I know that outside Nippon, the Robot (R.O.B.) has only two games. Were there ever any other titles for it in Nippon for the Famicom, or were any planned? It might be cool to design a new Robot game. We could do with some new #-D games as well... :)

-Xious
Title: Re: List of 3D games
Post by: nintendodork on April 26, 2010, 02:41:03 pm
I'm not sure if any were planned, but the Family Robot had just as many games as R.O.B did.  It's hard to even call them two different things, since the only thing that's different about them is their cosmetic appearance.
Title: Re: List of 3D games
Post by: UglyJoe on September 30, 2010, 07:19:55 pm
Hmm...

So Highway Star uses the 3D System and was released on 08/07/1987.  However, the 3D System wasn't released until 10/21/1987.  Both release dates can be confirmed (in Family Computer 1983 - 1994 and elsewhere).

Doubt that means anything, just thought I'd mention it.
Title: Re: List of 3D games
Post by: Frank_fjs on April 07, 2012, 05:49:36 pm
Figured I'd resurrect this thread as it has relevant information in it...

Regarding Tobidase Daisakusen, someone posted pics of the official glasses that were made available for it at the time:

(http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y189/fjs/images2.jpg) (http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y189/fjs/images1.jpg)

I have the game and want to test it out in 3D mode, and was thinking I'll pick up some cheap red/blue glasses from eBay. What strikes me as odd though, is that the standard has always been to have the red lens on the left whereas in the pictures of the official Tobidase Daisakusen glasses, they show the red lens to be on the right.

So will I need to modify some cheap red/blue glasses to suit by switching the red/blue lenses around or will it still work regardless? Any thoughts?
Title: Re: List of 3D games
Post by: UglyJoe on April 07, 2012, 07:09:05 pm
Quote from: Frank_fjs on April 07, 2012, 05:49:36 pm
So will I need to modify some cheap red/blue glasses to suit by switching the red/blue lenses around or will it still work regardless? Any thoughts?


I think you'd have to swap the red/blue lenses on a cheap-o pair in order to match the official glasses.
Title: Re: List of 3D games
Post by: Frank_fjs on April 07, 2012, 08:15:41 pm
Thanks.

Well I ordered a pair of cheap-o glasses and will try both ways and report back here with my findings.
Title: Re: List of 3D games
Post by: crade on April 09, 2012, 07:41:05 am
The "Astro Fang" game is very similar to Rad Racer, and it says "3D" on the box, but I don't think this game actually has any 3d functionality...  The usual methods for turning on 3D don't do anything.
Title: Re: List of 3D games
Post by: Frank_fjs on May 03, 2012, 06:42:00 am
Just to follow up on the matter of which side the red/blue lens goes in, Nintendo did indeed go against the standard of red left, blue right.

Of course the cheap-o 3D glasses I ordered from Hong Kong are non reversible, really should have paid attention to that before ordering, so I had to wear them upside down to test. The game (Tobidase Daisakusen - fun game but I prefer it in non-3D mode due to the loss of colour when in 3D mode) does indeed require the red lens to cover the right eye for the proper 3D effect.

You will notice the same thing on the US 3D glasses too, in that the lenses are reversed so that the red lens covers the right eye.

(http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y189/fjs/ps2011.jpg)

So yeah, if you plan on playing some Nintendo 3D games that use the anaglyphic glasses, make sure you grab an official pair or reverse the lenses on a cheap pair.

Title: Re: List of 3D games
Post by: marioxb on August 22, 2020, 06:07:08 am
The US version of Rad Racer included a pair of glasses made from the same plastic material as the black sleeves the games came in (is that what's pictured here?), soft, thin plastic, not cardboard?:

(http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y189/fjs/ps2011.jpg)

When I ordered a replacement for $2.00 from Nintendo's replacement catalog (USA), they actually sent me this:

(http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y189/fjs/images1.jpg)

I was actually sort of upset with that and wanted the thin plastic ones that came inside the Rad Racer box from Toys R Us! It was tough to find evidence of the packaged 3D glasses even existing.
Title: Re: List of 3D games
Post by: portnoyd on August 23, 2020, 05:51:31 am
How long ago was this?
Title: Re: List of 3D games
Post by: marioxb on August 23, 2020, 06:42:44 am
Quote from: portnoyd on August 23, 2020, 05:51:31 amHow long ago was this?

Shoot, 87? Around the time of Rad Racer's US release. I don't have much of my NES stuff anymore. I remember when my parents bought me Rad Racer, I was wondering how I'd be able to play it without a steering wheel type controller. LOL

I don't think the glasses had any writing on them, nor had a package. They were definitely yellow and in the style of the Japanese ones, however.

Here they are:

https://techcrunch.com/2011/01/21/original-mail-order-rad-racer-3d-glasses-on-ebay/
Title: Re: List of 3D games
Post by: P on August 24, 2020, 01:53:17 pm
So they were not really Tobidase Daisakusen glasses? Or maybe they are rebranded, use the same injection mold or something.
Title: Re: List of 3D games
Post by: portnoyd on August 25, 2020, 03:03:43 am
I think they were and NOA had them shipped to the US as replacements, from NCL. Maybe excess stock that they didn't sell and found a use for, kind of thing.
Title: Re: List of 3D games
Post by: UglyJoe on August 25, 2020, 04:40:05 am
The old gamesniped article (http://gamesniped.com/2011/01/19/yellow-rad-racer-mail-away-glasses-nes-nintendo/) that the techcrunch article cites has additional picture.  There is an advertisement for the yellow glasses in an issue of "Nintendo Fun Club", so certainly seems legit.

Edit:

I think the frames may be a little bit different.  I tried to take a picture of my Tobidase Megane in as close an angle as the gamesniped reference photo as I could.  It seems like frames on the US version are a bit flatter somehow, or the temples are curved the same way.

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