Holy shit! That's an actual in-game screenshot?!

Life after Mario 64?  I can't even imagine a world like that.

Dude I'm gonna have to upgrade soon.

I've never turned down a game because of the graphics.  I played Max Payne for the first time last December and loved it.

I don't believe it.  Has to be shoop'd.

Oh lord, go ahead, make me feel old why don't you?
 
Seriously though, nice time capsule there.  Though I don't remember there ever being talk of an N64 Unreal...
 
As to choosing games based on graphics, fuck no.  At least not technical graphics.  Art style goes a long way with me, which is why I love stuff like Bayonetta and 3D Dot Game Heroes.

nostalgia trip in three...two...onaaaAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

I only turn down a game for graphics if I can't tell whats going on.

" I only turn down a game for graphics if I can't tell whats going on. "

Don't worry, consoles will get to this level of detail eventually.

" Don't worry, consoles will get to this level of detail eventually. "

Crysis has been owned.

I have that issue. 
 
That Street Fighter 3 article was fucking stupid.

Man, I friggin LOVE the original Unreal.

I would never turn a game down just because of its graphics. Some of the greatest games ever created aren't even in 3D, much less the high-definition craze that's the trend nowadays. I mean,  awesome graphics certainly add quite a bit to the experience, but gameplay should always be paramount (it's a video game, after all). Just try to imagine how much better than the first game Lost Planet 2 could have been if they spent all that effort that went into the visuals on improving the gameplay instead. What a damn waste.

EPIC!

Clearly Pre-rendered.

Dugg

So obviously concept art drawn by a person.

...What is Next Generation?

Damn it. I really want to know which 3D accellerator I should buy.

" Jeez louise that issue dates back to 1997, man have graphics gone a loooooooong way since then. I remember when I though the graphics of super mario 64 were ' the shit ' back then but then again I was 9 years old and all I had was a sega mega drive. Shigeru's plans for the future were to pump out every spin off of the mario franchise and wait until the year 2010 before he would decide to release a 2nd 3d mario platformer on the same console. Too bad I have no idea what was said in that interview for that issue. "

10 years from now, Crysis would be holy cow we used to play that shit?
wow.

I turn down a game because I can't run it on my computer. Not because it has bad graphics.

It just shows how fast technology and the video game industry is changing. They are revolutionizing the world with unbelievable capabilities.

I've turned down Super Mario Galaxy and SMG2, mostly because of the graphics.  After watching Blu-Rays, HDTV, and 360 games in 1080p, standard resolution is almost painful to look at now...  I suppose I've been spoiled by HD, but I honestly see no reason to go back to SD to play a brand new game. 
   

Graphics will never look better than that.

Will my Voodoo run this?

Who's the complete bitch who ruined the vibe ITT?

Daaaaang

I thought Street Fighter 3 wasn't that bad, why the hate???

Simpler times.

I was only 6 in 97, but I must say I find this really amazing. I had to look up M2 on Wikipedia.

Unreal was like the Killzone 2 of its time.

Daaaamn, now that makes me feel old!! Ahhh, nostalgia..... 
 
I have been unable to play games because they were too good for my PC, so the opposite is true for me. Gameplay comes waaaay before Graphics. Probably why I enjoyed Super Mario Galaxy so much.

That's awesome. It's always fun to look back and laugh.

OH SHIIIIIIIITTT

It seems Next's April  Fools issue came out 2 months late.

As someone who just got a Ps3 last Christmas, I don't care about graphics. I can still play Ps1 games and N64 games. I still play Chrono Trigger and I'll probably start FFVI for the first time soon.