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This board is for the discussion of classic, or "retro" games, including consoles, computer games, arcade games (including pinball) and any other forms of video games. Retro gaming means platforms launched in 2001 and earlier, and official game titles for those platforms released no later than December 2007 (homebrew console games made after this date will be permitted). The Microsoft Xbox, Nintendo GameCube, Nintendo Game Boy Advance, and Sony PlayStation 2 will now be considered "retro".

Helpful links:
Game Tech Wiki
Emulation General Wiki

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I'm currently downloading and throwing games into a 1TB SSD for my fat PS2. Hit me with all your suggestions, I wanna fill this shit up so I don't have to do this again. I've already got most of the obvious stuff and some HIDDEN GEMS but I'm sure there's a lot I'm missing.
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>>10881182
the list is too big to type anon

>>10881187
Thanks
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>>10881187
2 of 2
NTSC-J (bc why not)
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>>10881194
i should add that if a game is made in japan, then it is to be found on the second list even if it had a release overseas. in that sense these lists are a bit cumbersome for those looking for english language releases of japanese games.
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saturn emulator
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>>10881192
Chuck a screenshot or Pastebin link if it's too much for the character limit

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>XERXES
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>>10880946
This game used to scare the crap out of me when it was brand new
Nowadays I find the enemies to be rather cute and charming

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DOOM THREAD / RETRO FPS THREAD - Last thread: >>10873542

Doom/Quake/Duke/Heretic/Hexen/Unreal/Sam/Half-Life/etc
Gameplay, WADs/Maps/Mods, Source Ports
All other 90s FPS welcome
~ Let's post like gentlemen ~

FAQ/PASTEBIN
https://rentry.org/vrbin

SO YOU WANT TO PLAY SOME FUCKING DOOM
(or Quake, Duke, Marathon, Deus Ex)
https://imgur.com/a/wWS8zXz

Same thing, in video format:

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>>10880789
Wtf just how big is the HDest community that there are weapon addon packs?
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>>10881089
Do you recommend Kloinks, anon
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>>10881180
It's a magical world out there. I treat it like the biggest, baddest Doom fangame.
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>>10881180
It's something along the lines of MM8BDM or Complex Doom, somebody's always doing something with it.
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>>10880807
>SPAMMY SPAM!

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Has anyone here played this? It's one of the more underrated FPS games from the 90's. Nightdive Studios is working on a remaster, which I'm excited for. I just wish it had a stronger fanbase.
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>>10880824
>boomer-shooter
go back
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Thinly veiled marketing shill thread
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>>10880761
doom with a jetpack
only slaughtermaps but with confusing layout
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>>10880761
that game sucks some kd the enemies are buttholes, stupid game
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yeah i played it once at a friend's house a long time ago. ps1 version i imagine. the only thing i really remember is him calling it "po ed" instead of "pee oh'd" but i didnt get what the name was going for either at the time

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>What is Micro Machines?

I have beaten about 350 NES/FC games. The hardest I've beaten were 1943, Adventure Island and Kung-Fu Heroes. Hector isn't harder than 1943. I haven't played Starforce though. Battletoads is nothing.

The hardest I've played that I couldn't beat were Micro Machines and Motocross Champion, but for the later it was only the 8th track I couldn't beat and you can restart just that track over and over if you want until you can get it right; so Micro Machines is infinitely harder to beat.
I admit I must not be very good at racing games however.
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The Mexican Runner beat Battletoads in under 40 minutes. He also didn't take that long to beat Adventure Island. I would agree 1943 is tough. Japanese Star Force isn't that bad; the US version is much harder. Ikari Warriors is only tough if you're thickheaded like TMR and refuse to use the game continue code. I would say Section Z is pretty bad although some disagree. Might & Magic due to the sheer length of it.
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My randomized game list to play--1-60
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This son of a bitch right here.
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>>10879361
Who is Steve Jobs?

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Mario 64 is full of hundreds of unpredictable bugs that considerably hamper the gameplay experience. People are still able to accept that it is a good game.

Sonic Adventure is a very stable game. It is considered unplayable due to an alleged plethora of gamebreaking bugs.

Why?
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>>10878151
Yeah, this hasn't been surveyed and peer reviewed yet
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>>10878067
>That means that ten thousand kids (probably more) encountered the unfair invisible wall bug, and many of them probably cried after dying due to it. Is that really okay?
they probably went "wtf was that shit?!" and then never encountered it again and forgot about it.
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>>10870760
>disrespecting pannenKINO
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>>10869836
Fuck that star. I was convinced the developers put an invisible wall there on purpose to fuck with me
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I've never been able to get a consensus, but from my experience the most stable Adventure is the Gamecube version of DX. Everything before or after that has always felt scuffed to me, but maybe I'm just unlucky.

Damn this is boring
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What n64 game does this map to? I don’t understand genres
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>>10880782
mario
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>>10880727
>>10880782
Falseflag. Nu-/vr/ isn't very good at subtlety.
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Kichikuou is better
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Very few saturn games are good for long play

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>saturn quake
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>>10880771
no I don’t care about cod and you shouldn’t either
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Yeah.. I think I'll take the opinion of the offical Sega Saturn magazine UK over some lifeless loser on 4chins lmao.
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>>10875717
Both PSX and N64 ports were great, former because of how technologically impressive it is and some new stuff and latter having an entirely new campaign.
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>>10864128
>no argument

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After playing both this year, I have concluded that T2X is better than TBP.
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>>10878761
They're fine, you can kill them with one broadhead arrow if they are unaware and block their attacks with your sword.
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>>10877303
It’s enjoyable enough to revisit occasionally. I liked it much more on release but even back then I noticed how different it was and went right back to playing T2 when I was done with it. There’s nothing from T3 that I wish were in the previous games. Right now it’s part of my not-Thief stealth game rotation alongside Darkmod and whatever other stealth games I’m trying out. I used to find it surprising nobody made a suitable successor for T1/2, but after all this time I don’t think it can be done. Talk about original flavor.
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>>10868309
Katie, pull up that clip of my shtick getting extremely repetitive and then bring me a black bull to prep. *honk honk*
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2000s FM moment
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>>10878761
Scary shit is generally rare in Thief games and fms (the actually horror-themed ones excepted). Game generally try to go more for that dark weird fantasy vibe than actual horror.
Of course, YMMV.

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>Links
Retro sizer https://retrosizer.com/
Retro handhelds spreadsheet https://pastebin.com/ZyqXr19r
SoC Comparison https://versus.com/en/mobile-chipset

>Where to buy
Aliexpress, gogamegeek, litnxt, keepretro, mechdiy, Anbernic/retroid store

>What do I buy
Post your preferences: Money (20$ - 200$), Shape (horizontal, vertical, clamshell, square), Pocketable or not, OS (Linux, Android, Both), Systems (Pre PSX is 8, 16, and 32-bit eras, PSX with extras, Dreamcast and N64, PSP and DS, PS2 and GC/Wii capable)

>Recommended devices
Prices depend on when and where you buy.
- Retroid Pocket 4 (200$, horizontal, 4.7" 16:9 Screen, up to PS2/GC, android)
- Anbernic RG556 ($200, horizontal, 5.8" 16:9 OLED Screen, up to PS2/GC, android)

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>>10881078
>and then the fucking handhelds where they have no sticks but play up to N64 and DreamCast
Not a thing, you got chinked.
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>>10870181
I'm trying to decide between RG35XX-H and Miyoo mini plus. I prefer form of former, but I keep hearing latter has way better software.
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>>10881157
Had Miyoo Mini and currently have RG35XX H and holy fuck do I miss OnionOS. If it wasn't for the fact that Miyoo is working on flip I would get another Mini right now. I don't like Batocera but some anon suggested MinUI and I'm using it right now and it's serviceable. Also I don't play PS1+ games as much as I though I would so sticks don't matter to me.
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>>10880607
PS1 and down like virtually all ARM Linux shit.
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>>10881157
It does, but it's also way slower. 35XX-H and Plus are at a weird spot because anbernic won't share the chip's software and there's not as many people adopting them to drive development. I'd suggest the 2S for a horizontal if you're not getting taxes, no worrying about community having to fix it, working sleep mode unlike most Linux chinkhelds, very decent controls and enough power for N64 and DC.

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Was it really reasonable to expect children get to the end of the game with 3 lives and no saves? Imagine getting this as a child and having to start at the beginning every time you wanted to play
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>>10880668
You are a dumb faggot.

I raped your girlfriend.

She liked it.
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>>10880795
>I raped your girlfriend.
>She liked it.
Kurgan pls go
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>>10870273
If you didn't play the game the exact same way I played it, you didn't beat the game.

Stop not being meeeeeeeeeee.
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>>10865238
If you add these two lines to the custom filters in uBlock Origin it will automatically remove all posts with a name and/or tripcode associated:

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>>10874491
I'm pretty sure the airship can only be on empty spaces marked by a coin. And I have no confirmation but it probably can't be on a space that isn't presently accessible by the player.

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Let's have a /vroom/ thread. What racing games are you into lately?
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>>10878835
There's so many janky jdm games from that period. Another one is Highway 2000 on Saturn
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>>10878835
Wow what is this snes game using the super fx chip?
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Speaking of Ridge Racer, someone noticed that a demo of the PS1 port of the original was on a Japanese demo disc, and I wanted to poke into it's innards a little.

The highlights of the demo itself are as follows:
>No real sound effects -- Just the starting countdown, the Final Lap and New Record voice calls.
>Girl holding the sign is completely MIA, there's a single frame of her in the files, probably wasn't fully converted yet.
>Drifting basically doesn't work despite triggering fine -- The car always slides out
>Camera controls don't work -- Allegedly there's a way to catch the chase cam
>Cannot pause the game -- Graphics for the menu exists though
>No music track list present -- Not even the font for it is here
>No replay mode
>No menus

As for the files:
>Xevious Green was not present in this build, instead it was the otherwise arcade-only Xevious Yellow.
>13th car is not present at all, or at least has no icon yet

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>>10879896
Ridge Racer is cool. Did you know you that both RR tracks are present in Revolution? They are selectable in link up mode but using gameshark codes you can select them in singleplayer too
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>>10876310
I'm about to restart playing Racing Lagoon myself. Any gotchas I should be aware of?

Post a cropped pic of any game screen and anons try to guess where it's from.
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>>10881175
yeah
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this one could be a little harder
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>>10881181
rock n roll racing, snes version i think
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>>10881183
yeah

it's hard to make them hard but still guessable hah
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try this one on for size

Been a while since we had one of these threads. Share your GOODest shader presets and screenshots.

If I see that fucking waterfall one more time...
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>>10865046
genesis model 1 has dogshit composite encoding. AFAIK this doesn't happen on model 2s, but model 2s also have worse sound.

Those jailbars are actually always there, it's just that during transparency effects like sonic 1 waterfalls or sonic 2 chemical plant tubes, they become extremely noticeable due to the rainbow effect
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>>10878769
absolutely disgusting bro, those scanlines aren't even at all
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>>10879076
Of course they're not even, there's 223 of them
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