History Main / DigitizedSprites

* ''VideoGame/LethalEnforcers'' and its sequel, ''Lethal Enforcers 2: The Gunfighters''. ''Lethal Enforcers 3'', released in 2005, would switch to polygonal graphics.

* ''VideoGame/Fallout1'' used 3D models converted into sprites for all of its graphics. The sole exception were talking heads, created from clay models painstakingly digitized into 3D and then saved as sprites.

* ''Videogame/RollerCoasterTycoon'' 1 and 2 used screencapped 3D for its vehicles and most scenery, while everything else was standard sprites. [[http://www.chrissawyergames.com/feature3.htm Seen here.]]
%%* ''VideoGame/SpaceRangers''

%%* ''VideoGame/MarioVsDonkeyKong'', first installment.

** The Mega Drive-era games tended to use prerendered 3d models for pseudo-3d bonus levels. [[VideoGame/Sonic3AndKnuckles Sonic 3 and Sonic & Knuckles]] also used prerenders of Sonic and Knuckles for the title screens.

* ''VideoGame/StarCraft'' used CGI renders for it's buildings, units and landscapes.
** The 2017 remaster also uses pre-rendered sprites but with a much higher resolution. However the renders used for the original game had been lost, So most of the assets had to be recreated again from scratch, With some being re-used from ''VideoGame/StarCraftII''.
* The first two games of the ''Videogame/TotalWar'' series, ''Shogun'' and ''Medieval'', used CGI Renderings for every unit.

* ''Videogame/SuperMarioRPG'', much like ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry'', derived its sprite and environment graphics from pre-rendered CGI models.

[[folder:Shoot Em Up]]

** ''VideoGame/SimCity4'' superimposes pre-rendered building sprites over low-poly 3D models. This can be revealed by [[https://i.redd.it/qbpzjmce2hsc1.png modding the camera]].

** The 2017 remaster also does uses pre-rendered sprites but with a much higher resolution. However the renders used for the original game had been lost, So most of the assets had to be recreated again from scratch, With some being re-used from ''VideoGame/StarCraftII''.

** Likewise with ''VideoGame/DukeNukem3D''.

* The EnhancedRemake of ''VideoGame/QuestForGlory1'' used clay models for its in-battle monster graphics.

This was popular in the TheNineties (MediaNotes/The16BitEraOfConsoleVideoGames) before processing power and tech prices could make MediaNotes/PolygonalGraphics practical for home computers and video game consoles. The process could actually make more detailed graphics than many of the early polygon-capable game systems since it was taking more advanced CGI and converting it to 2D images.

This was popular in the TheNineties (UsefulNotes/The16BitEraOfConsoleVideoGames) before processing power and tech prices could make UsefulNotes/PolygonalGraphics practical for home computers and video game consoles. The process could actually make more detailed graphics than many of the early polygon-capable game systems since it was taking more advanced CGI and converting it to 2D images.

* The UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis and UsefulNotes/GameGear game ''VideoGame/BugsBunnyInDoubleTrouble'' features these.

** ''VideoGame/SonicBlast'', being released around the same time as ''3D Blast'' and near the end of the UsefulNotes/GameGear's lifespan, is a 2D side-scroller that experiments with pre-rendered graphics, with limited success given the reduced horsepower behind the system.

* The ''VideoGame/GoldenSun'' games on the UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance digitized most of their sprites.

* ''VideoGame/{{Silpheed}}'' for the [[UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis Sega CD]] [=FMVs=] with prerendered 3d objects for the backgrounds, while the player character and enemies were polygons rendered in real time.

* ''VideoGame/{{Silpheed}}'' for the [[UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis Sega CD]] FMVs with prerendered 3d objects for the backgrounds, while the player character and enemies were polygons rendered in real time.

* ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog''::

%%* ''VideoGame/PoliceQuest: Open Season''