If I wanted to simulate the glossy/ old look of Donkey Kong Country

kys

Use the same software they used, obviously.

>>544021
It used silicon graphics workstation, but what program on it, no idea, unless one came with the workstation itself.

>>544022
If you wanna be autsitically precise then you have to go all the way

Incidentally most companies involved in the graphics side of things are still around so your best bet is to actually ask them

>>544015
basic phong or blinn

Just use blinn, phong, or lambert for those objects

use a render engine that don't use raytracing or anything physical

that's about it. the rest is for you to decide

>>544015
part of it is the lighting, not just using basic blinn/phong/lambert - make sure the lighting is harsh and a little blown out like some of these images

>>544057
yeah that's the effect I was looking for. I think I understand now.

>>544022
Back then, Rare used a SGI Challenge for rendering, and Iris or Onyx workstations for modeling and texturing. Can't remember which one.
Anyways, they used Alias Wavefront Studio for modelling, and the original models were made using NURBS and textured (occasionally. Models such as DK's used textures; most scene props used vertex painting)
I assume it would be very very easy to make models of everything. What I'd be worried about would be the massive Cease and Desist letter from Nintendo (they really don't tolerate people messing around with their intellectual property) or maybe even Rare (original game is still theirs.)