Next are some early PS1 longbox games. Here I had more polygon-pushing games to choose from, but found that the worst offenders were almost always sports games. Here's Frank Thomas Big Hurt Baseball and Power Serve 3D Tennis, which are some of the worst offenders for bragging about their graphical power:
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Lots of other games did this too, but I found that usually the poorest games did the most to emphasize their graphical prowess. For example, the amount of bragging about graphics corresponds to the quality of title between Zero Divide, Battle Arena Toshinden, and Tekken. Here's some of what Zero Divide has to say about itself, in an attempt to cover over the horribleness found inside the box:
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Anyway, If the mood strikes me I may go grab some more...but as with the 32X, I think that the majority of the bragging about graphics was limited to print and other media (and playgrounds) and not very often to the back of the box. In addition, usually a good game stands on its own merits and the back of the box doesn't have to say much at all. The lesson: beware of excessive bragging on the box about technology, the game may likely be a stinker.
