Paul Westphal Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 I know the music is going to better, and it probably has some generic video clips, but what are the differences between CD and Cart? Is the frame rate is better? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kill_bill Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 The framerate and controls are better, haven't played them in a while so can't remember if there is something else! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisWR Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 (edited) More Frames/sec ( 3-5 ) better Control the Hover, more ground shading, Dynamic lights, better Music and Sounds, Movies, and better Textures ( Little ) and last the game have more Levels. Edited April 9, 2014 by ChrisWR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZylonBane Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 I know the music is going to better, and it probably has some generic video clipsNope, no generic video clips. They're all specific to this game. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Westphal Posted April 15, 2014 Author Share Posted April 15, 2014 Got the complete boxed wrapped cd for 22.50! Going to sell the complete cart set. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ovalbugmann Posted April 15, 2014 Share Posted April 15, 2014 Playing this game right now, the cart version, it's kinda mediocre, and the floating around is sometimes hard to control but I want to do a full play through, since I always skipped over this game back in the day 'cause of the floating around bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Dangerous Posted April 15, 2014 Share Posted April 15, 2014 I don't have the cart, but I have heard the CD is a considerably better game. I can only vouch for the CD version, which I find highly enjoyable and playable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JagChris Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 I don't have the cart, but I have heard the CD is a considerably better game. I can only vouch for the CD version, which I find highly enjoyable and playable. I don't know if the CD version is much different gameplay wise except for a little more smoothness. Other than that they are pretty close. The main thing the CD version has for it is some kind of updated 3D engine with Anti-aliasing and filtering on the polygons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willard Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 (edited) the biggest difference imo is the addition of a tank-like control scheme to the CD version. although the hovercraft controls are a little difficult to manage at first I prefer them in the long run as they add another dimension to the game (i.e. you can shoot in one direction while moving in another). I really like hovercar games (shockwave 2, aircars, what little there is of phase zero) but I thought hoverstrike was a little bland. this extends to the CD version, as you essentially get a few more levels that are barely distinguishable from the set on the cart version. For a game that was all about setting a technical benchmark for the jaguar, it really had no visual flair- such as trees, distinct buildings .etc Edited April 17, 2014 by Willard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otto1980 Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 http://forum.nexgam.de/index.php?page=Attachment&attachmentID=4408&h=d4c55abe2f6047e0fc25386ce3f0ec498c4d5a20 Antialaising... no just 3 fps more cd sound better controlls more levels groundshading lighteffects better controlls videos very little improved texturequality by 3Dengine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JagChris Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 http://forum.nexgam.de/index.php?page=Attachment&attachmentID=4408&h=d4c55abe2f6047e0fc25386ce3f0ec498c4d5a20 Antialaising... no just 3 fps more cd sound better controlls more levels groundshading lighteffects better controlls videos very little improved texturequality by 3Dengine Well whatever they did there is relatively very little aliasing in it. (Jaggies on the polygon edges) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZylonBane Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 Well whatever they did there is relatively very little aliasing in it. (Jaggies on the polygon edges) There is no edge smoothing in Hover Strike CD. What it does have is higher-resolution textures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilevoix Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 I understand having more grafx and more levels due to the size of the CD format Vs Cart but what makes it have better frame rate if the Jag CD adds Zero Horse power? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+thegoldenband Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 I would assume it's just optimization. The YouTube videos I've seen seem to run noticeably smoother than the cart version (which I know pretty well, having beaten it three times). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+madman Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 I understand having more grafx and more levels due to the size of the CD format Vs Cart but what makes it have better frame rate if the Jag CD adds Zero Horse power? Updated 3D engine as mentioned. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VladR Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 I understand having more grafx and more levels due to the size of the CD format Vs Cart but what makes it have better frame rate if the Jag CD adds Zero Horse power? It's actually not just 0. Reading from CD in the middle of the level takes away a lot of performance (though in this particular case I am not sure if game is streaming the level data in the middle of level, or merely reads from CD upon start of the level). The reason why CD version has better framerate and few more effects is that the dev team was able to spend additional development time on improving the engine (optimizations,features). Lots of jag games would have turned out way smoother, if only developers were given couple more weeks to optimize. Sometimes, even a week can produce drastic improvements to framerate. Example - if some game takes less than 3 vblanks per frame (e.g. 60/3 = 20 FPS) and developers can reduce it down to 2 vblanks (after a week of optimizations), the framerate jumps from 20 to 30 FPS (60/2). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+CyranoJ Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 And if developers never finish anything, why they can achieve infinite frame rate! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilevoix Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 Nice!!!! Great read! I have the cart version and it is downright unplayable. I hop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trooper Galactus Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 Nice!!!! Great read! I have the cart version and it is downright unplayable. I hop The unplayability of the cart version makes you want pancakes? 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atlantis Posted March 11, 2016 Share Posted March 11, 2016 (edited) I'm trying to complete the cart version right now, and after a couple of levels you get used to the controls, the sliding, te lagging and what's up in the game. I find it to be playable indeed, and enjoyable: it sure gets my adrenaline kicking on level 5 missions! I like this kind of games, 3D roam about and shoot all that moves! Will later move on to the CD version that is waiting, when I'm done. Edited March 11, 2016 by Atlantis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilevoix Posted March 19, 2016 Share Posted March 19, 2016 (edited) I just got the CD version, trouble is it is sealed in the box. How to play? Edited March 19, 2016 by evilevoix Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+save2600 Posted March 19, 2016 Share Posted March 19, 2016 I just got the CD version, trouble is it is sealed in the box. How to play? Just watch a YouTube vid of someone else being tortured playing it and leave yours sealed. It'll be worth a few more bucks later on when (not if) you go to sell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+madman Posted March 19, 2016 Share Posted March 19, 2016 I just got the CD version, trouble is it is sealed in the box. How to play? Open the box? 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilevoix Posted March 19, 2016 Share Posted March 19, 2016 Open the box? Are you mad?!?!?!?!?!?!?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+madman Posted March 19, 2016 Share Posted March 19, 2016 Are you mad?!?!?!?!?!?!?! Clearly, look at my username! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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