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* ''Hard Drivin'' is seemingly the first 3D racing game. The 3D board it featured was actually quite huge, looking like several modern-day computer motherboards stacked. |
* ''Hard Drivin'' is seemingly the first 3D racing game. The 3D board it featured was actually quite huge, looking like several modern-day computer motherboards stacked. |
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* ''Virtua Racing'', Sega's first 3D arcade game, was originally designed as a proof-of-concept demo for the state-of-the-art polygonal graphics hardware which (with some upgrades) would go on to produce such hits as ''[[Virtua Fighter]]'' and ''[[Daytona USA]]''. |
* ''Virtua Racing'', Sega's first 3D arcade game, was originally designed as a proof-of-concept demo for the state-of-the-art polygonal graphics hardware which (with some upgrades) would go on to produce such hits as ''[[Virtua Fighter]]'' and ''[[Daytona USA]]''. |
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* Sega's arcade hardware in general is chock-full of this as they represent the state-of-the-art in video game and/or computing technology. While arcades back then are indeed leagues ahead of home consoles and are thus the gold standard to which conversions of popular coin-op hits are judged against, a number of platforms stood out such as the Super Scaler hardware used on ''[[Hang-On]]'', and the Sega Model 3, whose graphics capabilities were derived from flight simulator hardware developed by Lockheed Martin. |
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== PC == |
== PC == |
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