Daytona USA
Sometimes a game's colour palette is all that needs to be changed for a game's style to be lost. The original's deep blues, omnipresent black and white track edges and massive landmarks were classic iconography. And then, after a disappointing Saturn conversion, we got Daytona USA: Championship Circuit Edition. And it started going wrong.
The blues were lightened. Greens and oranges started to creep in, all in pastel-shades. Increased smoothing on the edges of the 3D models meant that everything seemed less bold. Like the whole game had been washed till the colours faded and then given to someone who'd never seen the original to colour it back in. The Dreamcast conversion (pictured) played more like the original, sure, but even its colours were like Daytona CCE. Almost as though that was how they always were. But we know better.
Above: Is it too much to ask that we keep the original colour scheme? Where's the Sega blue Hornet gone?
