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
Has anyone played Halo for the Atari 2600? How does it compare to the Xbox original?
It's a fun novelty if you like 2600 stuff. I wish Microsoft would have gone through with Halo DS.
DOOM THREAD / RETRO FPS THREAD - Last thread: >>12122043Doom/Quake/Duke/Heretic/Hexen/Unreal/Sam/Half-Life/etcGameplay, WADs/Maps/Mods, Source PortsAll other 90s FPS welcome~ Let's post like gentlemen ~FAQ/GENERAL GUIDEhttps://rentry.org/vrbinSO YOU WANT TO PLAY SOME FUCKING DOOM(or Quake, Duke, Marathon, Deus Ex)https://imgur.com/a/wWS8zXzSame thing, in video format:Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>12133113More like fart pass, lol
Which is the best Wolfenstein version?
>>12132394Just finished it, thanks for the reclink, btw https://www.quaddicted.com/db/v1/maps/53cb70901c7e10d72a05a427dea8b3c07c07d659294cf5f47ea4796422d4026a I like how compact the map is and yet how much is there to explore. Secrets turned out to be easier than some of the progression. Is this guy magikal of quake?
Pretty sad id didn't want to make another wolf game and that quake couldn't replace doom like they expected.
This is truly a halo board now lmao.
Enjoyed it a lot but why in the hell is the final dungeon and most of the bosses there including Kefka so fucking hard compared to the rest of the game? But yeah anyway I beat the first six FF games on NES/SNES and I regret sleeping on this series for so long, there's a certain charm to these games that makes them stand out. My final ranking isV > VI > III > I = IV > III liked all of them, II is at the bottom not because I got filter'd by the game mechanics, I actually think they are cool, it's just that I enjoyed playing it the least, particularly because of the dungeon design. How'd you rank the games, guys? What are your favorite moments, music tracks, artworks, etc? I'm really excited to finally play FFVII
>>12132348true but sometimes games get really annoying if you wanna autistically 100% them.>t. did that with 6 and 7, couldn't even do the weapon superbosses in the latter even with a guide>>12132554there's actually a trick to his blitzes, you can press his buttons twice instead of doing diagonals and it makes him so much better if you can't into fighting inputs.
>>12132646To create a new Jedi Order that will bring peace to the fractured world.
>seemingly weak guy returns as a literal demonThey did this with Garland and Emperor too but Kefka is the first villain in the series to have at least some sort of a personality. Every endboss before him is a literal who you meet towards the end of the game except Garland who appears during the first hour of FF1 and then fucks off for the rest of the journey
>>12132348Gonna say I disagree. I see this defense a lot, but a lot of us didn't have access to guides back then either. The most natural experience isn't supposed to be condensed down to an afternoon or two, these games were supposed to take time to beat. Having to find secrets and sidequests was part of the experience. They're fine for completionist runs, but you shouldn't be going for one of those on your first time.
>>12132273It's always like this. They want you to spend a bunch of time exploring and levelling up before final boss for every square game minus maybe chrono trigger
Favourite: SMB3Least: SMB2 (international)
>>12131758This why care?(3,W,1,2 is the correct order)
>>12132151>frogIt's-a-mario
>>12132114So is LL, 2USA, or 64 excluded from that?
3 > W > 1 > 2 > 2JWish they'd bring back Mario Bros 35, that would put 1 back in Rank 1 spot for me, damn that was fun.
>>12132804Mario 35 was the fucking shit and I'll never forgive Nintendo for shutting it down after like 3 months
Screen Utility - https://shauninman.com/utils/screens/Handheld Comparison - https://retrocatalog.com/Google chart - https://tinyurl com (slash) AllHandheldshas anyone asked my question before? - https://4search.neocities.org/vrCompare handheld sizes - https://retrosizer.com/Handy Handheld info - https://handhelds.wikilast thread>>12125692 (Cross-thread)
>>12133389See >>12130336https://youtu.be/zVAHh-DmDu8?t=60>>12133376>The right stick (slider) is not a plug and play swap. It’s soldered to the main board and not replaceable and requires custom soldering and modding the shell. It’s possible, but not like swapping out the left stick.Actually, ignore everything I said, it looks like a mess.
Speaking of import taxes, does anyone know if Retroid underdeclares the value of the package?
>wake up>boot up portal>play lumines for a hour>look over at nazitter feed>the new retroid pocket 6 has been redesigned to just be a smaller shittier version of the portal with the same layoutlmao!
>>12133093Refresh when?I need a new version with the exact same form factor and price but better hardware.
I do think getting rid of the buttons on the bottom is the right call if it's supposed to be "pocketable"
>Retro game series has no reason to return to these daysCan you think of a better example? I have no idea how some of you still unironically play the Wizardry series. It has aged incredibly poorly.
>>12133095>Is not bait is just baitWell, to ruin your day, Wizardy Variants Daphne exist and the 10 guys who love Wizardry enjoy it a lot
>>12133142So because you can't argue and deny my point you are grasping at straws about my phrasing. About par for the course, people who cannot argue usually do stick to grammar and phrasing bs.>>12133129Because it doesn't say you can't change my mind anywhere. It says I want to be convinced otherwise maybe you will open my eyes. For context I've tried Wizardry 3 and 5.
>>12133370>It says I want to be convincedThen go play the games yourself, like actually play them, put some time in, and find what people enjoy out of them. Or are you the kind of worthless retard that needs to be told what to think.Dog shit thread still
>>12133059Go play the dark spire if you're genuine. It's pretty much Wizardry on the DS.
>>12133372>Or are you the kind of worthless retard that needs to be told what to thinkBut enough about people that like Wizardry
...Back to the topic of Point and Click adventure games.Have you pointed and clicked today?What are you playing on? ScummVM? DOSBox? Mac or console emulation?
>>12132873I'm going to keep bumping this. I think I liked the Full Throttle/COMI style interfaces best.
I saw Roberta Williams at a grocery store in Los Angeles yesterday.
>>12132873Just started playing Shannara. Not sure how I feel about the battle system but other than that it's pretty comfy so far.
>>12133304>Kiss
The soundtrack of this game slaps, I love the oppressive atmosphere, but I find it impossible to figure it out.
People will always argue about what is the best game of all time, or what defines a true 10/10, but I think we can all agree that this is the closest gaming has ever come to perfection.
>>12132070>Halo>Interesting
>>12132080no fucking way.
>>12132080>Floigan literally predicted the futureI am at a loss for words.
>>12132049suggesting everyone else is playing old video games for nostalgia like you is tertiary behavior
I can't really say it's the best game ever, but it's pretty close to perfection.
Not a single game has topped this in Soul.
3 words: Pong.
2 words: Halo.
>RNG fishWho thought this was a good idea? Everything else in this game is 100% fair.I particularly hate when they hit your feet making you jump prematurely
>>12133189>No scanner will uncover them due to some lost knowledge. What did he mean by this?
>>12133210I meant that there's hidden levels and another mode selectable from the title screen, only for the very best players.Youtube personalities and Wikepedia;et al don't know as much as they think they know about SMB.
>>12131265>The more you play Kaizo, you'll uh.. be better at Kaizo!No fucking way, retard? Never figured.>A lot of those people collect 1CC like they're candyProof? If you say Ryu, you've already lost. For every 1CC clear proof you show me, I'll show you a clip where he's struggling in a laughably easy Crash Bandicoot level.
>>12132993The hammer bros are like Bowser, you want to blitz through them before they get to jumping and have enough time to catch you in a bad position. Running underneath a Hammer Bro when they have different altitudes of platforms is the safest.
>>12129034This, nobody gives a shit about score, the coins give you something to do. Maybe you'll choose to play safe over jumping for coins but those micro decisions add weight and risk/reward, which is fun, even if the reward is superfluous
I've run out of "hidden gems". Post some mediocre PS1 games that you enjoy.
The granstream sagaguardians crusadepsybadeckODTdragon valorshadow madnesstechnomage
>>12132919>I've run out of "hidden gems"I don't believe you
>>12132974>Tai Fu>Apocalypseneither of those are mediocre, especially apocalypse.
EpidemicJuggernautDanger GirlDonald Duck: Goin' Quackers
The easiest answer to this thread will be:Just play every psx game from 1994 to 1996 and 2001-2006.
Why would you do that to yourself?
>>121319212x resolution is fine but anything more than that for 3d stuff is overkill and does not produce better results.
>>12132887>the guy who thinks we aren't on planet retard is a staunch defender of playing /vr/ pc games in hdOH NONONONONONONONONONONONONONO
>>12131921If you arent playing on a crt you need to upscale the resolution somehow
oh my god is that a retro game being played in 4k??? BAZINGA!!!!
>>12133382>He doesn't play 320x240 games in 4K.Too bad, sucka.If I can I'll upscale and/or up the internal resolution. If I can't, I stretch to fit to my 4K screen in orig ratio.I played NES - PS2 on orig hardware on CRT, it sucked and doesn't make you special.But by all means, you do you.
What made Halo special?
>>12131905Johnson? I just asked if he's the only black guy.
>>12132460Those are all pinnacles of their respective genres.
>>12129510Cortana's tits.
>>12129510It was just babby’s first video game for a lot of millennial college kids who previously didn’t play because Mario for babies and sports. That’s it.
A unique combination of solid art direction, memorable music, engaging gameplay, intelligent AI, interesting story, and advanced physics engine. There's never been another game like it.
You should play shmups.Don't worry about finding one that's "easy" or "for beginners"; they're all hard, just pick what you think is the coolest or best one. The only difference is time, and the really good ones have enough depth to not get tiresome. You just have to change your mindset, credit-feeding is acceptable for practice but it's not beating the game. Chase the 1cc. Easily the most gratifying experience in gaming.Also "memoslop" isn't real, it's a meme non-players made up to describe routing
>>12133289>it just looks like a cave ripoff with a lock-on mechanicThis is bad why?
>>12129235Haven't played Garegga besides some credit feeding, how viable is Gain for clearing if I don't care about scroring at all?
How to play Shmups- play Space Invaders until you become a Space Invaders GOD- you're now ready to move on to Galaxian- repeat but you have to become god at every previous shmup before you play the next one because that's how they are designed
>>12133328>Implying there is something wrong with this
>>12133289>but it just looks like a cave ripoff with a lock-on mechanicThat will be every other indie shmup. Why every other? Because there are also 2hu clones.Tutorial is fine though, many techniques are game-specific so other than what it did there isn't much more to say in general terms. Guess they could tip you on overall strategy but idk, that's more up to debate compared to knowing how to stream bullets.
