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The Popo
06/02/22 8:34:48 AM
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Its basically a glorified GIF by todays standards, but at the time, the opening cutscene to Ninja Gaiden on NES seemed incredible:

https://youtu.be/_rkaiKYEkDQ

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SuperExcitebike
06/02/22 8:36:08 AM
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FFVIII intro

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Antifar
06/02/22 8:36:30 AM
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Probably Star Fox Adventures. That game just blew me away graphically

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Garlands_Soul
06/02/22 8:37:51 AM
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The whole opening of FF9 was and is gorgeous

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gunplagirl
06/02/22 8:38:02 AM
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Listen to my story

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party_animal07
06/02/22 8:39:44 AM
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Chrono Cross' intro

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alphagamble
06/02/22 8:40:01 AM
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Ridge Racer 4 intro for me

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SSJKirby
06/02/22 8:40:56 AM
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King Kong on xbox

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Punished_Blinx
06/02/22 8:42:07 AM
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The Abe's Odyssey intro. Thought it was like watching a movie.

It still holds up overall.

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K181
06/02/22 8:42:43 AM
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Going inside the gate for the first time in Chrono Trigger. I have no clue why it did, but I was floored by the animation of being inside it.

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LinkPizza
06/02/22 8:43:09 AM
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I remember Legend of Dragoons cutscene being pretty good. Especially compared to the graphics. That said, even with the blocky people, I love that game to bits!

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sabin017
06/02/22 8:43:23 AM
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Mechwarrior 2 intro

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Error1355
06/02/22 8:46:19 AM
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MGS1's intro.

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Veggeta_MAX
06/02/22 8:47:50 AM
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https://imgur.com/f7b41cy

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IMNOTRAGED
06/02/22 8:48:17 AM
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Ivynn
06/02/22 8:48:40 AM
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FFVII. That really and truly blew the mind of many.

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Sufferedphoneix
06/02/22 8:54:59 AM
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SuperExcitebike posted...
FFVIII intro

Came to say this.

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ROBANN_88
06/02/22 8:58:20 AM
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Garlands_Soul posted...
The whole opening of FF9 was and is gorgeous
This

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Living-Legendx8
06/02/22 9:00:38 AM
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Pokmon (original)

https://youtu.be/iyKhZc1ok_k

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Tyranthraxus
06/02/22 9:02:57 AM
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The introduction / title screen of Syndicate was the first time I really felt like "wow" and IMO it still holds up as a fucking amazing cutscene today.

https://youtu.be/cM0d7VGFNsY

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haloiscoolisbak
06/02/22 9:09:28 AM
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Easy answer, because the first game I ever owned was Star Fox 64 and that had amazing cutscenes to a 5 year old

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Eat More Beef
06/02/22 9:17:33 AM
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SuperExcitebike posted...
FFVIII intro


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masterpug53
06/02/22 9:18:04 AM
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FF 6 Opera House and Ending Sequence. I was blown away by how the music synced perfectly to what was appearing onscreen.

From a purely graphical standpoint, something in FF 7; I'm gonna say the entire sequence of the Sapphire Weapon attack on Junon probably left the biggest impression.

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The Popo
06/02/22 11:26:57 AM
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A lot of good stuff in here. Most Final Fantasy games have amazing scenes. The start to Super Street Fighter II was jaw dropping at the time as well.

The reason why I made this topic was I recently played FF6 Pixel Remaster, and I remember as a kid being floored by the graphics when the floating continent rose to the sky:

https://gfycat.com/flowerymisguidedekaltadeta

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Robot2600
06/02/22 11:27:59 AM
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Final Fantasy 7

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Garioshi
06/02/22 11:32:31 AM
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Genuinely can't think of a single cutscene that impressed me

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Seaman_Prime
06/02/22 12:15:50 PM
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Tekken 5s intro
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NeonOctopus
06/02/22 12:24:47 PM
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The intro to Jurassic Park Part 2: The Chaos Continues on SNES

https://youtu.be/4lkn5rNCMcE?t=25

This blew my mind as a kid. I literally this looked like a cartoon show with the graphics and voice acting. Kid Neon was in awe at this and thought cutscene graphics LITERALLY couldn't get better than this! lol

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WaterLink
06/02/22 12:27:13 PM
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoBLuaTkRfw

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masterpug53
06/02/22 12:36:44 PM
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WaterLink posted...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoBLuaTkRfw

Ah, I knew I was forgetting a particularly mind-blowing FMV sequence that came before the Weapon attack on Junon. Thanks for reminding me :)

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WaterLink
06/02/22 12:57:38 PM
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masterpug53 posted...
Ah, I knew I was forgetting a particularly mind-blowing FMV sequence that came before the Weapon attack on Junon. Thanks for reminding me :)

Looking back on it, is Tifa or Aerith driving the truck? I always thought it was Tifa but isn't the driver's side in Japan on the right? Which would make Aerith the driver...

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MC_BatCommander
06/02/22 1:01:06 PM
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FF7 intro cutscene blew my mind, kid me was convinced that was the pinnacle and video games were never gonna get better lol

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masterpug53
06/02/22 1:02:27 PM
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WaterLink posted...
Looking back on it, is Tifa or Aerith driving the truck? I always thought it was Tifa but isn't the driver's side in Japan on the right? Which would make Aerith the driver...

Never really gave it any thought tbh. Last time I watched it in-game was close to two decades ago, and my brain was still going 'hehe motorcycle omgz.' Doesn't look like Tifa is really doing anything with her arms, which would further suggest that Aeris is driving.

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Questionmarktarius
06/02/22 1:02:27 PM
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Dragon's Lair

SuperExcitebike posted...
FFVIII intro
...too bad it's all downhill from there.
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WrkHrdPlayHrdr
06/02/22 1:03:21 PM
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I'm 100 percent sure there were earlier ones. But for some reason the one I remember the most going "WHOA!" to was the space scene in FF8. Hearing actual lyrics behind a song playing on a videogame was kind of wild to me.

Yes, there were the lyrics in Liberi Fatali but not actual english words I could understand at the time.

And yes, there were lyrics on video game soundtracks before. The earliest one I remember was an NES game title screen for Skate or Die 2. But FF8 was a full blown song.

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DrizztLink
06/02/22 1:04:35 PM
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WaterLink posted...
Looking back on it, is Tifa or Aerith driving the truck? I always thought it was Tifa but isn't the driver's side in Japan on the right? Which would make Aerith the driver...
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/5/1/0/AABUaRAADS0W.jpg
Japan is one of the very few countries that drive on the left and weren't colonized by Britain.

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WaterLink
06/02/22 1:11:58 PM
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DrizztLink posted...
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/5/1/0/AABUaRAADS0W.jpg
Japan is one of the very few countries that drive on the left and weren't colonized by Britain.

I'm not talking about which side of the road they drive on, I'm talking about which side of the car the steering wheel and pedals are on, which I'm pretty sure in Japan is on the right.

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Zurich
06/02/22 1:12:30 PM
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Resident Evil - first zombie encounter

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Kitt
06/02/22 1:17:07 PM
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https://youtu.be/Ze100FH2ftU

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LNSS
06/02/22 1:17:34 PM
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Garlands_Soul posted...
The whole opening of FF9 was and is gorgeous

This, probably.

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BuckVanHammer
06/02/22 1:17:43 PM
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Zurich posted...
Resident Evil - first zombie encounter


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DrizztLink
06/02/22 1:18:21 PM
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WaterLink posted...
I'm not talking about which side of the road they drive on, I'm talking about which side of the car the steering wheel and pedals are on, which I'm pretty sure in Japan is on the right.
I'm almost completely sure those two things are correlated.

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Questionmarktarius
06/02/22 1:18:59 PM
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DrizztLink posted...
Japan is one of the very few countries that drive on the left and weren't colonized by Britain.
It would have been very interesting if Canada worked out a bit differently.
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spikethedevil
06/02/22 1:20:16 PM
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WaterLink posted...
I'm not talking about which side of the road they drive on, I'm talking about which side of the car the steering wheel and pedals are on, which I'm pretty sure in Japan is on the right.

@WaterLink in the FMV you can see Tifa starting up the truck and the truck starting up before Aerith gets fully in.

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Xavier_On_High
06/02/22 1:23:26 PM
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The Assault on Dollet cutscene from Final Fantasy 8. It was the first time I had ever seen an FMV transition seamlessly into gameplay. It still kinda blows my mind what was possible with pre-rendered backgrounds and how few games actually utilized those possibilities.

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JuanCarlos1
06/02/22 1:26:48 PM
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gunplagirl posted...
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mybbqrules
06/02/22 1:26:51 PM
#49:


sabin017 posted...
Mechwarrior 2 intro
Probably between this and Warcraft: Tides of Darkness for me.

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modena
06/02/22 1:35:03 PM
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Ivynn posted...
FFVII. That really and truly blew the mind of many.

That's what I was gonna say too.

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