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Even outside of tourist areas, shits so expensive anymore.
>>12707551Based
>>12706769Yeah I agree lmao. Even with the spike this hobby is so cheap compared to close to every other hobby, even taking away that you can emulate everything for free.Take US Gamecube which is one of the hottest/expensive consoles to collect now. You have one extreme outlier with Pokemon Box (not even a game) but otherwise nothing above $650 even for the ultra expensive CIB collectors games. Even then you have two games above $500 CIB, and then only around 30 games above $100 CIB. Anyone with a paycheck can set some aside and get these games. If for whatever reason you wanted the full set you could spend $10,000 maybe $20,000 on the high end. Retards spend more for sealed pokemon boosters than that.People here crying the formerly $3 japanese game is now $20 is hysterical. Just emulate
>>12706405>so expensive anymore.Who are you, my friend's redneck dad?
>>12707139>2026>Still acting like economic theories (not principles, btw) are real
>>12707139I know this is bait but the "demand" for gameboys drops every year.Do you know anyone with kids? The only mobile gaming they do is on a tablet.
What the fuck were they thinking?
>>12706897I want it
>>12706787I loved this controller. Felt amazing in the hand. When I first played it, all I wanted to do was squeeze the triggers because they were so damn comfy.
>>12707985>Try speedrunning
I just realized the GC controller was specifically made for 3D platformers.It should have been obvious because of Mario Sunshine, but I thought of it while playing Sonic Adventure DX after playing the PC version with a 360 controller for so long.>notched sticks to make walking forward easier>irrelevant d-pad because 3D movement>the big A button for jumping>the smaller buttons for abilities (analog stick means no run button)>c-stick is good for cameras, not so good for aiming in shooters>analog triggers for horizontal camera rotation, which wasn't unusual at the time
>>12706802Me and my friends all had Gamecubes, we would just call the C-stick the "camera stick" or the "camera" because it always controlled the camera and we would instantly know which control we meant by it. I literally don't know anyone who called it the "C-stick", "nub" or "C-nub".
>>12708153where do you think all the fog comes from
>>12708103aom > cof
>>12708171There are no women like her anymore, though. They all have tattoos and piercings and colored hair now.
>>12708171You like stinky goobers?
>>12704730Retro games look like THAT!?
Thoughts on the Zelda franchise?
>>12708159What if I don't like any of them?
>>12708162You grew up on something else entirely.
>>12708159Bullshit cope, ocarina was my first and it's far from my favorite
>>12706985Zelda is pretty dank FR Zelda II is my favorite no cap.
>>12706985lmfao what is this retarded rubric? Zelda 1/2 doesn't need a compelling narrative, it just needs to give you a sword and let you fuck off. And what makes Oracles/Minish less "long-lived"(?) than TP?
I enjoy this trope, though it's a difficult one to fuck up, really. What are (you)r favorites? Any variation of the basic idea is relevant (alternate worlds, time travel, pre/post-apocalypse etc)
>>12704887Might be the wrong era for you, but I still remember the real-time shifting world mechanics of Soul Reaver absolutely destroying my 12 year old brain back in the day.
>>12705465and just like that i miss graalonline
>>12705578>Dude broke into my house and flushed all my Switch gamesI hope you don't mean that literally.
>>12705465Chad Lorule Vs virgin hyrule
>>12708173I wish I didn't. I mean, I assume he flushed them, anyway. The cases were all in the bathroom sink and the cartridges were gone. Made my bed and did my fucking laundry, too, right hand to God. Craziest fucking event in my last decade.
finally!!! the obscure ''it's just like my hecking Dark Souls but for the PS1'' hidden gem is translated (via AI slop) now all the posers will play ot for half an hour (or watch someone playng it) then never talk about it ever again
>>12708014Been a while since I let a main menu track play to the end, that's some good stuff
>>12708042It's true but he was SCEI staff and I'm not really sure how much input SCEI had on this game since they're mostly a Sony developer technical support team afaik rather than a primary developer like Quintet or Shade.
just got edge wind, pretty good BUT it doesn’t give any skill points when used neither does magic, i was using blish storm before and that gave a +3 per hit so i guess it depends per move not move class
>>12708150Yeah I noticed that too but interestly enough you will get a point with edge wind if the actual swords hits them. It'd be nice if the menus told you how many points you get for each move.
>>12708154yeah noticed the blade connecting as well also found another use for the frost sword, or maybe all elemental swords.im on the coast with fish and slimes in water and when i use the frost sword it does very little damage,able to farm alot of skill points that way if you have the patience for iti assume it works the same with a fire sword on fire type enemies etc
>replay beloved childhood game >it sucksHas this ever happened to you, /vr/os?
>>12706645Damn. I'd be hyped up if I saw that cover too.
>>12704674i don't think i ever "loved" the oldest games i've played... there were game n watch stuff which i played because i didn't have damn a famicom(or le micro genius clone console.)
>>12706646Elaborate
Battlefield 1942.Back when it came out, I thought it was amazing how it was massive maps with tons of people and you could grab the nearest vehicle and drive, fly, or sail it around. Played the fuck out of the Wake Island demo, then a shit ton of matches on the Normandy Beach level. Thought it was one of the greatest multiplayer FPS games alongside UT1999 and America's Army 2.x. Still remember the time I was a part of an engineer group in the supply truck following three tanks around and repairing them after battles. Then I finally got a chance to play it again around 2017 or so.It's so damn terrible. AI is beyond stupid, vehicles and weapons are poorly balanced to the point there's 2-3 of each that dominate everything and the rest are a waste of your time, you can hit targets with tank-fire that you can't see because the engine won't load them at that distance, and grenade spam is so OP that the 2-3 multiplayer servers that still exist will kick you for doing it. There's only a handful of classes, and Assault is already pointless since Medic gives you an automatic gun AND the medkit so you can heal yourself and allies, so Medics usually beat Assaults in 1:1 fights.AA 2.x is dead, and UT1999 is mostly highly customized servers and one 24/7 Facing Worlds snipefest, but at least you can still have fun playing UT1999 in campaign or with bots on Adaptive Difficulty setting. BF1942 isn't fun to play with the players still playing, or with bots. It's just painful all around. Unfortunately, it's one of those multiplayer games that's only fun when the playerbase is a wide range of skill levels filling up the servers and causing chaos. Once the meta is known(bomb people from out of visible range with planes/tanks), it stopped being fun.
>>12704674no, they always slap
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>>12708167>apples and orangesalso, no, they aren't, actually. so you're doubly retarded there, zoomoidal
>>12708167millennials are perpetual children who refuse to accept that they're dying. the world isn't able to age and needs to be a snapshot of what it was when they were a kid
>>12708182retro isn't a function of arbitrary number of x years passed, retarded zoomgroidal
>>12708184yeah bro I'm gonna trust your arbitrary definitions that conveniently cutoff right at the end of your childhood let me guess, hey arnold is a retro cartoon but codename kids next door isn't
>>12708184It literally is tho.Time marches on indefinitely. There will come a day when GTA6 is retro.
Nobody called it SNES during the 90s. It's the Super Nintendo.
>>12708132Yeah the console generation shit wasn't a thing until the internet retro gaming boom happened and then everyone started using the generation stuff
>>12707402this, and we'd just shorten it to "regular" and "super" because no one had a sega
it literally doesn't matter because we call it the snes now
>>12706659This but unironically.
We had a Master System (Sega Base System) but nobody ever called it the Master System, we just called it a Sega and when the Genesis came out, we would call it a Super Sega because called the Genesis a "Sega" because nobody had a Master System. Otherwise it would just get too confusing.
The gold standard for licensed retro games
>>12707423Indeed, Hyperstone Heist is so obviously inferior that I'll end this pointless argument with the contrarian retard here.
>>12706550>Thinks fucking Super Star Wars is the comparisonOP said retro games not SNES games.
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>>12705514Yeah HH is a better game overall. Also the soundtrack absolutely SOUL DESTROYS snes TiT to the point of brutality.
>>12708164HH's renditions of the soundtrack are weaker compared to the original and it lacks Neon Night Riders, which deducts a lot of points. Also the controls feel off since it was an early Konami MD game and those weren't very good.Make another thread, this shit doesn't belong here.
The perfect cartridge design.>right angle end label>majority of front side is dedicated to cartridge art>sides of front side are ample for gripping and keeping digits away from the sticker>perfect size, sleek and nice fit>back side uses industry standard seals and only two of them>no pointless latching teeth>no excess amount of screws>interior slots PCB to fit only one way, else it can't be closed>two halves separate neatly with cosmetics like the sticker remaining only on one end>roomy interior givves space for expansion or budget PCBs>no excessive shielding or low quality plastics prone to yellowing>extremely durable>no gaudry greebling that gets caked in dirt or distracts from the cartridge label artNothing comes close.
Ultimate design would be HuCards in Famicom Disk System like cases with a lil manual.
>>12706190It really is the perfect cartridge design, isn't it? That said, which is the second best? My vote is for N64 cartridges.
>>12707853>comes in a cardboard box>no end labeltrash-tier
>>12706190>The perfect cartridge design.Except, as others have noted, the way you're required to hold it tends to create excessive wear on the label which will damage it over time.Atari Jaguar cartridges avoid this issue in their design by having a handle on the top of the cart which gives you something to grab onto when inserting or removing it from the system, so you don't have to touch the label area.
>>12706190HuCard was perfect>One overmolded, monolithic piece>Art printed onOK, well maybe not perfect since you have no access to the PCB to repair it or replace it if it gets damaged (like wearing the pins out) but the art was actually printed on. None of this paper sticker crap that can get wet or damaged easily.
Could PS2 handle REmake and RE0?According to Capcom, the character Leon was modeled with 10.000 polygons on the Gamecube, and on the PS2 the polygon count will be almost half of that number. By comparison, the Snake on Metal Gear Solid 3 has 4.000 polygons, 1.000 less than the PS2 RE4 Leon.The textures, that on the Gamecube were on the 24bits color standard, will be lowered to 4 or 8 bits. On the other hand, the wider and superior memory bandwidth on the Playstation 2 will allow the use of more varied textures than that used on the Cube.
>>12707889Wrong thread. That's the N64
>>12706840>>12706880>>12707762>>12707861>>12707889>console warring for a dead gen after 25 yearsyou're like the japanese guy on that island
>>12708046That’s nothing, there are geriatrics on AtariAge still fighting the good fight in the 2600 vs Intellivision war.
>>12706534>>12704730
>>12706840lel
This game is a 10/10. Play it now
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>>12707879Just play the game
>>12707871I got this from a bargain bin probably around 2006 or so and never really played it much. Is it actually good? I've never seen anyone ever mention it on here
>>12707871It's more like a 7/10
Wait.Is his name supposed to be like... Death Heaven?
>>12708052Deathevan is like the manifestation of a rot.
I love BoF II.I'm glad we can talk about this series nowadays, until a few years ago it was impossible to keep a nice BoF thread going because of you know who.
>>12708110I don't know who, actually.
I only play the original SNES translation and that is what I enjoy.
>>12708074Twat? Well, you could say
