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📉𝙇𝙤𝙬-𝙋𝙤𝙡𝙮 📈𝙃𝙞𝙜𝙝-𝙍𝙚𝙨
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Posting screenshots of retro low-poly games in high resolutions using emulators, camera hacks and other tools for a better, sharper look at the artistry involved in making them.

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a close up of a person 's hands reaching out to each other .
Alt: a close up of two robot pilots' hands doing a fist bump while holding their thumbs up while the fires of a battle burn in the background
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January 23, 2026 at 9:58 PM
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Virtua Racing (Saturn) (1995)

2/2
Racing through the Bay Bridge racetrack, literally driving over a red bay bridge that looks suspiciously low for the oncoming boat from the left side. Oh wait, that just might be a rock, nevermind. Racing over a red bowstring truss bridge (I only just found out what this type of bridge is called, you learn something new every day) through the lovely Big Forest track, just taking in the natural sights under a lovely SEGA-blue sky. A look at a different, frontal angle of the vehicle with the driver's tiny helmet sticking out, passing through a rocky area with some nice clear green grass next to the edge of the track. I just realized it says Position 16/16 in all of these screenshots. I'm not that bad at racing games, I was just focused on taking screenshots, I swear! The driver racing towards an evergreen forest with a large Ferris wheel sticking out and a smaller circular ride, maybe a Super Star next to it, seriously contemplating to ditch the race and get on one of them rides and have some fun!
January 23, 2026 at 3:09 PM
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That cat did some epic zoomies!
January 22, 2026 at 3:53 PM
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Cruis'n World (N64) (1998)

2/2
A neon-pink old timer Rocket speeding through the dense streets of London, cluttered with fancy stores and restaurants. Did you know that in 1968, the City of London sold the London Bridge to entrepreneur Robert P. McCulloch who transported the exterior masonry and rebuilt it in Lake Hawasu City, Arizona. The monstrous red pickup truck Monsta rushing through a surreal dirt road tunnel covered in ancient mesoamerican ornate walls and Mayan stone carved jaguar heads breathing fire right above the racers. Did you know that Mexico is home to 35 UNESCO world heritage sites, including ancient pyramids, preserved colonial towns and natural parks, one of which seems to be used as a racing track for cruis'n. The sleek red Kamikaze AWD with its split dual rear window racing over the Brooklyn Bridge with a green car up ahead not liking the lane you're in so it just decided to stumble over the other tracks on the left, almost causing a crash with another yellow car. Did you know that according to postal supervisor Howard Wallace Connelly, one of the early mail packages sent through the 1897 New York Post Office pneumatic tube system was a cat? “How [the cat] could live after being shot at terrific speed from Station P in the Produce Exchange Building, making several turns before reaching Broadway and Park Row, I cannot conceive, but it did,” Connelly notes in his 1931 autobiography. “It seemed to be dazed for a minute or two but started to run and was quickly secured and placed in a basket that had been provided for that purpose.” One former railroad employee actually referred to the pneumatic tube system as the NYC USPS “Cat Subway.” Driving the Tommy, a classic red Mini Cooper, through the streets of Paris with the finish line just a few meters away, waiting at the Arc de Triomphe with bikini babes and surfer dudes waving at you and oh god they're not moving away I can't break in time oh dear lord MOVE AWAY DAMN IT! Did you know that the oldest standing bridge across the Seine river is called Le Pont Neuf or the New Bridge? Everything has to be topsy turvy with the French!
January 22, 2026 at 2:53 PM
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I only found out about this recently and saw that intro, it's so beautifully cheesy and awesome! Zuntata are so cool.
January 22, 2026 at 12:00 PM
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I've only ever played the game a teeny tiny bit but watched the intro again recently and it's a masterpiece, a tight and coherent direction that's so refined and razor sharp in its execution, I can't imagine the work that went into just the intro, let alone the entire game.
January 21, 2026 at 8:17 PM
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Chaos Break (PS1) (2000)

2/2
Having kicked one too many zombies, Mitsuki runs into a big Shai-Hulud of a monster with spiky bits and a nasty maw, chasing her down a chilly corridor like a rolling boulder chases a bandicoot. One of the missions of a D.E.F. agent is to gather data and intelligence on location, no matter how small or trivial it may seem because it might mean the difference between life and death. So naturally the best place to start is the restrooms, quickly managing to find a floating CD-ROM over one of the toilets, undoubtedly filled with sensitive corpo data. Deeper into the facility, Mitsuki gets to the red light part of the base, finding one of the scientists lying dead on the ground, being eaten by a weird little facehugger kind of creature with a fleshy tail and two big front eyes and horns/claws, squiggling on the ground and making a mess of the place. Mitsuki promptly employs her devastating high kick, quickly realizing that it's a bit too high to hit anything lying flatly on the ground, and starts worrying. Not long after, Mitsuki runs into a whole gaggle of the little buggers, hanging from the ceiling like Half-Life barnacles, looking very creepy and oozing their green puss all over the floor, eww.
January 21, 2026 at 4:13 PM
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I had a whole folder called "dick shots" with a couple of dozen screenshots, I tried my best to keep my aim true while pressing that screenshot button.

And I agree, it's a biological imperative to get those special kind of "justice shots".
January 21, 2026 at 12:08 AM
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Thank you for your kind words and I'm glad I can bring some joy into the world!
January 20, 2026 at 3:57 PM
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"They were tired of the life in shadows, so they decided to leave their clan and travel to LA!

Ninjas in Limos!

Coming this Christmas"
January 20, 2026 at 3:48 PM
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Virtua Cop 2 (Saturn) (1996)

6/6
We finally hunt down the true gang leader, the cool as heck Joe Fang with his long hair and shades, wearing the most futuristic black cyber armor and a jetpack twice his size, holding a futuristic railgun in his right hand and a machete in his left, I guess because he's trying to look more threatening? He's obviously moving his mouth and trying to say something but he's like a mile away and you can't hear a word. Well, you've won! Joe Fang is done (for now) and we see three thugs (including NOO guy) holding their hands up while the final twist reveal is shown in text, spelling out "VIRTUA COP 2 STAFF", confirming that the real criminals were the devs of this game. I'm just kidding, this is one of my top 10 favorite games of all times and I love it to bits. James "Smarty" Cools, also known as player 2, the cool and calculated blonde hero walking past a cop. The police officer, thrilled to see the famous "Smarty" raises his hand for a high five as James instead gives him a salute, creating a really awkward situation. And after that long ordeal, Michael "Rage "Hardy, our sleek haired hero sits down on the dirty pavement, knee bent and hand resting on it, looking far into the distance while reminiscing about all the times he shot someone, feeling sad that there's nobody to shoot anymore. But perhaps, one day, there will be more people to shoot.
January 20, 2026 at 3:03 PM
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Virtua Cop 2 (Saturn) (1996)

5/6
What I've neglected to mention is that our hero is equipped with an ultrasonic super gun that, when aimed at a perp's crotch, causes their genitals to explode in a gushing blue flash of water, instantly liquefying them. Hence, we see one of the balaclava wearing thugs looking confused as they see their groin area flash and fshhhhh out water. This guy though he'd take an innocent passenger on this train as hostage but nope! Ninja dick explode! A very chunky and muscular trucker guy with caterpillar mustache and black shades and tank top, suddenly stops running and looks confused as a very tiny gushing blue flash explodes from his pants. I forgot to mention that the size of the flash is directly tied to the size of one's ween. A crazy looking criminal rushes in with an axe oh wait dick explode.
January 20, 2026 at 3:03 PM
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Virtua Cop 2 (Saturn) (1996)

4/6
As a cop, our hero has no sense of private property and privacy so he barges in one of the ship's rooms which just happened to be taken by an actual member of the gang so we see him crouching down and pulling out a gun while his red shirt is all unbuttoned and showing his other guns and things. Storming through the ship's dance lounge, police hero guy's horrible aiming skills manage to miss most of the miscreants onboard, instead shooting all the champagne bottles as they splash on one of the thugs' face so he looks like he's crying as he's wiping his eyes with his sleeves. The corruption has gotten so far that even the members of the Sega Sound Team band on stage have taken up arms and are trying to shoot you in the face. I'm very disappointed in them. You find yourself in a large hangar with a big tank with two robotic arms but you quickly destroy it, forcing its pilot, one Garse Bradley to jump out, looking like a green Santa Claus, pissing him off as he runs towards you, bringing a wrench to a gun fight.
January 20, 2026 at 3:03 PM
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Virtua Cop 2 (Saturn) (1996)

3/6
A drama in four pictures. As our hero drives through the city, he is startled by a tiny ninja with a tiny axe on his windshield. A completely unrelated drama is also ongoing on the distant bench between a man and a woman. As he frantically tries to pull out his gun and starts shooting the creepy little ninja, our hero shoots a few stray bullets and manages to hit the man on the bench as the words MISS! LIFE-1 appear on the screen while another ninja is preparing to shoot you from right next to the bench. After some of the commotion is done and the dead man naturally vanishes in a quickly blinking flash, we realize that the lady is still completely unpreturbed by what's going on, not even noticing that her partner has phased out of existence. Sadly, we are still threatened by the dishonorable ninja that aims his gun at us so we continue our murderous rampage through the city, leaving the red-haired woman with her thoughts about something... or someone else. As we find that the gang members have kidnapped and are holding the mayor hostage on a cruise ship, our hero barges in and by complete chance runs into an elevator that, upon opening reveals the red head lady from the bench, looking startled, standing next to a young dashing sailor whose guilt is shown clearly on his face. You decide that this is none of your business and proceed to action hero your way through the ship.
January 20, 2026 at 3:03 PM
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Virtua Cop 2 (Saturn) (1996)

2/6
It was you. You took the shot and are continuing to drive through the city with a helicopter hovering above and a large truck with its container open in the back, showing another thug wearing a blue shirt and balaclava, trying to look cool but knowing deep inside that this ain't gonna end well for him. One of the helicopters near the pier, flying really low in front of the ferry terminal with a soldier fellow with a camo uniform, goggles and a green military helmet sticks out and tries to shoot you. These guys will never learn, will they? Running through a subway as you're mowing down the thousands of criminals and soldiers, you get to the exit with a couple of limos and ninjas while two nincompoops are cowardly holding their heads down and running towards each other, about to bonk their heads with a satisfying coconut sound. Driving through the lush Virtua City with beautiful glass covered office buildings and completely destroying a biker and his red bike. His buddy who is still riding his own identical looking bike looks over and sees the absolutely disassembled state of the other vehicle and decides to drive off into the cityscape, where we can see a huge billboard with a grayscale image of a dude about to pour a small beer bottle into his mouth and the words "JUMBOS' DRINK! GOOD TASTE!"
January 20, 2026 at 3:03 PM
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I love the meeces!

Immaculate alt text on these, I love it 👌
January 19, 2026 at 9:25 PM
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Castlevania: Legacy of Darkness (N64) (1999)

2/2
A blonde haired maiden in her white night gown is running frantically in the woods at night, probably just dreaming all this as she needs to pee really badly but there's no toilets in this dream forest. A closer look at the fancy interior of Dracula's castle with ceilings so high and hallways so long, the N64 can't draw that far in the distance and red carpets, expensive chandeliers and golden knight armors wielding axes and swords, never knowing if one of them will come alive at some point and try to slice and dice you. The vanity at display in this castle is disgusting. A real castle-vania if you will. The beautiful witch Actrise, wearing the latest in 19th century fashion with a feather in her hat, is attending a dull party in a dimly lit castle hall with a bunch of old men and Death itself (now THAT'S what I call a dead party), showing a faint smile like she's about to do her evil lady hoo-hoo-hoo laugh with her hand over her mouth. The aforementioned dead man's party with a satanic altar, an old book and a floating red orb, as Death itself is making an incantation in front of a giant coffin with the young maiden that was running in the woods laid on top with a white sheet over her. Kinda looks like a Ghost concert.
January 19, 2026 at 2:27 PM
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Happy Birthday! 🎉
January 19, 2026 at 12:50 PM
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Panzer Dragoon (Saturn) (1995)

4/4
On the other side of the ocean, the pyramid-like structure of the ancients opens up and transforms, revealing its interior with various stringy, bone-like protrusions, sinew, organ-like objects and a big shining orb of light at the top with feather-like shapes on its side. It kinda looks like it's about to fuse with a Final Fantasy boss and become Kefka or whatever. Back in the desert, Kyle is shooting down some little drake-like things (not the rapper) as they're accompanying a giant worm with a bumpy, teal carapace shining under the scorching sun, shai-huludin' and speeding by. The final encounter with the dark dragon, now being transformed by the ancient Kefka pyramid into a super dragon with a gigantic pointy head and menacing red eyes, dragon wings for mustache and a comparatively thin spine-like body. He looks like a puppy, getting closer to a little bug and trying to sniff it. Just a little bonus for all the low-poly fans, the intro SEGA logo that starts as this disjointed set of broken up pieces floating on a gray and blue checkered platform, forming the shape of a person with all the little pieces floating as hands feet and head. A veritable Rayman of the SEGA logo.
January 18, 2026 at 2:32 PM
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Panzer Dragoon (Saturn) (1995)

3/4
The adventures of Kyle and dragon take them to a deserty canyon like area at night as a prototype imperial assault ship is transforming into some kind of flowery insect thing with a blue cylindrical body, three elephant legs and six massive petal-like plates held together by very flimsy looking root-like metal extensions. Honestly, Kyle seems to be a bit confused and not sure what he's looking at. After all that ordeal with the weird imperial assault ship, Kyle and his cute blue dragon fly off into the night, with the full moon shyly peeking through the clouds. The imperial nuisance doesn't let up as a massive airship, seemingly made out of copper and floating by the power of its massive dirigible hanging above, is catching up to Kyle with a squad of idiots shooting their machine guns at him and missing every shot. Kyle has just turned around 90 degrees at them to enjoy the fireworks. A massive armada of insect-like boney dragon things flying towards the camera and a giant ship-like vessel dominating the view, with various cracks and ridges on its bone-like white surface with two big cracks almost looking like it has eyes.
January 18, 2026 at 2:32 PM