Extreme G was just one of the many “extravagant” racing game that were released on the Nintendo 64. Developed as an alternative to F-Zero and Wipeout, the game was created by Probe Entertainment and published by Acclaim. When it was announced, some early pictures were released to show the graphic of the project. The 2 original screens are probably taken from a tech demo / target render, as the graphic is much more defined than the final version.
The other images are taken from a Beta version: we can see in the bottom left of the screen, some debug bars, used by developers to check the 3D engine parameters, such as the effort of the CPU and fluidity. The game still lacked many of the on-screen HUD, the speed was indicated with a needle and simple colored bars, while the lap-time was occupying too much of the screen.
[spoiler /Clicca qui per la versione in Italiano/ /Nascondi la versione in Italiano/]Extreme G è stato uno dei tanti racing game stravaganti che ha potuto vantare il Nintendo 64. Sviluppato come alternativa a F-Zero e Wipeout, il gioco è stato creato da Probe Entertainment e pubblicato da Acclaim. Quando fu annunciato, probe diffuse alcune immagini del gioco, per mostrare lo stile del suo nuovo progetto. Le 2 foto iniziali sono tratte probabilmente da un tech demo, creato su hardware più potente rispetto ad un normale Nintendo 64 e la grafica è molto più definita della versione finale. Le altre foto sono tratte dalla versione Beta vera e propria: possiamo infatti notare, in basso a sinistra, le barre di testing, usate dai programmatori per tenere controllati alcuni parametri del motore 3D, come lo sforzo della CPU e la fluidità. Mancavano ancora molte delle indicazioni su schermo, l’indicatore della velocità era segnalato da un semplice ago con barre colorate, mentre il tempo del percorso sembrava fin troppo grande e fastidioso, occupando parte della visuale. [/spoiler]
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Hey Mono,
i found a 3-minute long video for some beta footage for Extreme-G and it has a cool song in it. on youtube just search “Extreme-G Beta Movie”
Thank you Darkstar! It looks nice, especially the Computer Graphic parts :O
You wouldnt happen to have or know of someone that has a beta version of the game would you? I’d really love to actually play around with it
not that i know, but maybe there is a prototype in some collection, after all Acclaim closed for bankruptcy and most of their stuff was sold or took by random people
More videos:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDRVlAEVIsg (it’s the same thing as the first one included on the page but without the logos at beginning and end)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RoG3OOa6PhY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=db8VSFUIlOQ
Taken from the archived version of Nintendo’s website from 1997.
How come there is only concept art for Neon? Why not any other bikes? Just curious as I am very obsessed with this game lol.
Second vid is away.
Still away ;)