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
How abstraction is too much? I love the simplistic nature of some retro games, it really feels like it was designed for my imagination to fill in the gaps.
>>12758650>drawing of a turdSNES was full of it btw
>>12758624Proof?
>>12758624>amusing
>>12759195>>12759180If your writing barely reaches AIslop-tier you should give up and turn yourself in at your nearest onions green factory, at least you'll be of some use then.
>>12756234>>12756182i prefer graphical tiles in roguelikes and angbands. i am fine with textbased games, and games that literally books, and after being amazed by PC VGA graphix and Genesis games back in the day,i can't really go back beyond that. Gameboy monochromes are ok, many of their games had higher detail than some olde DOS games.
Was the Nintendo 64 the "rich kid's console"?
>>12757137>Okay, walk us through how you would’ve pirated a PC game in 1997.In the UK at least, probably half or more kids than had a PS1 got it chipped from someone through word of mouth or at an independent PC shop. Pirate games were sold again through word of mouth, computer fairs or car boot sales.
>>12757153I was pirating DOS games in the early 90's pre-Internet by just copying the floppy discs, later Windows 9x games with my CD writer
>>12756784>280 million people>70 million of them children>20 million consoles sold, most to parents of children>roughly 2 in 3 households with children would have had oneIt was a most-kids console, only beaten by the most-everyone PS1.
>>12758540>Now compare the game prices.People rented games in the 90s. I had an N64 at launched and owned a total of 3 games in its entire half decade of relevance. Very few N64 games were worth owning except 4 player games.
Some of these comments are blowing my mind, I always thought the N64 was a poor kid console. >>12757051lmao my mom thought my uncle bringing over pirated dreamcast games would give us a "virus" with no explanation. >>12756784It's tough to exactly remember, but in small town Canada, the PS was the rich kid console. The N64 was the poor kid console. >PS1 USD MSRP $299 USD>N64 USD MSRP $199 USDAt least up here, the PS was always the rich kid console. >be me, poor canada fag>get N64 near launch>already have NES, SNES, Genesis. >Get a PS1 for Christmas in like 2001
What would you say is the single worst thing to ever happen to retro gaming?
>>12759136>Gatekeeping exists for a fucking reason.No it doesn't.You're mentally ill if you think "gatekeeping" is a thing that can even exist. It makes no sense. You're detached from reality. You can't simply STOP people from enjoying a game you like with your anger power. How utterly delusional can you possibly be?
>>12759425How so? Prove your claim.
>>12759454>You can't simply STOP people from enjoying a game you likeTheir ignorance can be impeded from taking over all discussion of the game by a dedicated fanbase.You stupid fucking communist.
>>12759470Haha holy shit you're fucking retarded and losing it.
>>12759470>N-N-N-N-N-N-NUUUUU WE COULD HAVE SAVED OUR PWECIOUS FWANDOM IF ONWEE WE GATEKEPT MOWE!!!!
SP Editionhttps://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: >>12741038
>>12759383Yeah, I'm in the same boat. I just want something to run my Steam and GOG stuff in a smaller envelope.
>>12759332V A S E C T I M M Y
>>12759346Redditors famously celebrate castrating or spaying themselves. I also celebrate them doing so.
>>12758580Same, been getting a lot of play put of mine
>>12759383>while lying on bedthen get whichever chinkheld has wifi and the size of screen you want and the formfactor you want or whichever has 2 out of the 3 (wifi being one of them)for me that would be the 35xxh, but that's probably too small a screen for your adhd eyes and too hardcore a formfactor for your adhd hands, so pick something else
Games zoomer won't understand
>>12753429I think the pre-MvC crossover games do get kind of forgotten relative to the "actual" MvC titles. Sometimes I feel like even the first game is so overshadowed by MvC2 that even it is forgotten, even though it absolutely blows the sequel out of the water in terms of aesthetic.
>>12753429>No Norimarono thank u
>>12758454To be fair, I don't think anyone younger than boomers understood this game either, unless you were one of those weird kids who was really into the Stooges for some reason.Yeah, I know, reruns, but I think most people gen X and beyond were watching reruns of 60s and 70s stuff, with occasional old cartoon.
>Games zoomer won't understandany actual retro game. At best they can mimic opinions from their favourite retro gamer on youtube.
>>12758815Old three stooges aired in syndication usually aroud the time the good saturday morning cartoons ended in the late 80s. same as original star trek. Like 11am saturday morning.There were also syndicated clip shwos that had abbot and costello skits and other vitnage comedy shorts that aired randomly with old popey cartoons. I think people just bought the rights to a bunch of shit and bundled it for syndication to mom and pop tv stations.In the 80s we still had the coin operated video booths, for $0.25 you got a 5 minute cartoon, or a 3 stooges skit. They had tom and jerry, woody woodpecker, deputy dog, and a few live action shorts from stooges, etc. They had these at the mall i grew up near.
How did Sony come to dominate the gaming industry? What went so right here?
>>12759492And why would I care about the opinions of some literally who random?
>>12759494He has leaked out stuff in the past that turn out to be right.Theres a reason why PlayStation is killing off disc support and thats because Sony is spinning off that department and they won't have the rights to use Sony's discs anymore.
>>12759505>Theres a reason why PlayStation is killing off disc supportWe already knew Sony was closing all their physical media factories, not only the blu-ray ones. You don't need to be an "insider" because Sony themselves announced that last year.https://www.sony.jp/rec-media/info2/20250123.html
>>12759521Just the European ones reserved for PlayStation game production, there are American ones Disney is using that are still in business and doing well and the Japanese ones used for anime are still heathy as a horse.
>>12759521>>12759526Also they're only discontinuing recordable (as in BD-R and BD-RW) Blu-Ray discs, pressed discs for movies and TV shows are still alive and well.
Is it still possible to enjoy Sierra adventure games if you're playing them for the first time today?
yeah if you enjoy pixel hunting, moon logic puzzles and bullshitfuck motherfucking Sierra, leisure suit Larfy is for fags anywayhonk if you love pussy!
kings quest was never good
>>12759429Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers holds up well. Use the original CD version game files and the repaired speech RESOURCE.AUD file with ScummVM.
How impressive was the Halo 2 E3 2003 demo back in the day?>Halo 2 - E3 2002 Announcement Trailerhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luhXojiSVC0>Halo 2 E3 2003 (Raw/Interlaced)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEgBlUxm128 They changed it in retail and I honestly prefer the one we have now. It's far better.
>>12758615Playing Halo 2 rn. Was having fun right up until the Brutes take over the game. They are not fun to fight holy shit. Big retarded bulletsponges, I hate how they just tank everything, other enemies actually respond to getting shot. They make it feel like a much more primitive shooter suddenly
>>12759245Shoot them in the head or use explosives personally I liked halo 2 brutes they feel like proper end game enemies I hate how nerfed they are in halo 3
Just found a pretty nice 2600 for a decent price today, what are the best games for this console? What am I in for? I have never played anything older than the NES.
>>12759010Defender is pretty good. Also ikari warriors.. its basically the first halo game.Most of the games are shite though. Its still neat as a collector item. I got a rom cart for mine to make using it a little bit easier.
About the rom cart. Its called harmony cartridge. It uses a micro SD card. Once you read the special instructions to format it, you can easily load it with all the games from a single download. The site that has all the games is called atarimania.com.
>>12759406>ikari warriorsWhat the fuck, I never knew this got a 2600 port, that's crazy.
>>12759426It got quite a few surprising ports and original/main target late games due to its successors all shitting the bed.Of those I've played Commando, Fatal Run and Xenophobe. I guess Klax too, but it was the 90s so it was time for Klax and thus not surprising. Still the system feels best when you play the older short burst arcade games.
>>12759010>River Raid>Pitfall>Asteroids>Missile Command>Rampage>Pole Position
holy crap this GAME
>>12759389>Posts car he'll never have even if he was an adult when it was newIf "luxury" alone makes something good, I guess iPhones are the premium gaming platform to have according to your stupid ass.
>>12759469>Get filtered. 2 is more fun than 1. The combat is absolutely cutthroat,I don't believe you're bring earnest, I genuinely think you're either trolling, or you just have actually shit taste and thus there's no point in replying to you because you're so beneath my respect.
>thread immediately starts with seething towards re for mogging aitd right out of the genre it pioneeredinferiority complex as usual eh
>>12759478I'm not a fan of AitD but it didn't die because of RE, it died because of chronic mismanagement from the publisher (a common occurrence in France) and every innovation it tried only made the series worse.
together in the dark with your bros on the couch
Confess your retro game sins
>>12759507Crucify this man
>>12759503oh I guess I just have schizophrenia then
>>12757367Straight loserSora is the cutest character in the series and he is literally the main character.
>>12759509Typical of the west, China does not have this problem.
>>12758692Based anti western pig dog
(YOU) have 3 more weeks to download everything you want at gog-games before it goes 404. What games will you download? For now, this is my list:>Settlers 2>SimCity 2k 3k 4>Diablo>Majesty>Stronghold>Ys Chronicles>Populous 3
>>12757386That, and the security updates for LTSC builds of windows are vibe coded.
Namefags need to be banned more.
>>12755629gog-games is a piracy site.
>>12755025Retard
>>12757489I have a few qualms with this app:1. For a Linux user, you can already build such a system yourself quite trivially by getting an FTP account, mounting it locally with curlftpfs, and then using SVN or CVS on the mounted filesystem. From Windows or Mac, this FTP account could be accessed through built-in software.2. It doesn't actually replace a USB drive. Most people I know e-mail files to themselves or host them somewhere online to be able to perform presentations, but they still carry a USB drive in case there are connectivity problems. This does not solve the connectivity issue.3. It does not seem very "viral" or income-generating. I know this is premature at this point, but without charging users for the service, is it reasonable to expect to make money off of this?
Here's the ACTUAL hard fax list of the Top game for each generation, you can't argue numbers brah.>Gen 1Pong>Gen 2Pac-Man>Gen 3Super Mario Bros.>Gen 4Tetris (GB)>Gen 5Pokémon (GB)>Gen 6GTA San Andreas Anything else is a secondary, literally.
CJ is the force ghost that went coast to coast
>>12758821The face...of retro....
i thought it was gheorge flood
>>12752923>scratches your disks>superiorlmao.and if you are gonna counter with>who needs discs when you can softmod?half of the 90k models need to manually launch fortuna and fats have the truly superior hdd softmod.
>>12759269nah there's a video where we found his clone
>Trying to get the last Key Element in the Lake Ruins>Figure out if you don't grab it before the water is lowered you can't get it>Get locked out of second craftable swordGot a save before I started Lake Ruins, debating with myself if it's worth it to try and run through it again.
I got the Book of Loss on level 20 I think of the Noble's Tomb. Went down to level 40 and didn't get anything else. I'm assuming it goes to 99 or 100? What is the reward? With the Book of Loss I unlock level 3 spells right? Don't think I can get any more books as rewards?
>>12759316The 3D one, yeah. Adventure dungeon crawler but with a tank.
>>12759260both of the bonus dungeons have exclusive loot you can randomly get in them, i got a 55 dmg short sword in the tomb
>>12759362What level did you get that? Outside of herbs I got no loot by level 40
>>12759420i’m pretty sure i never went deeper than floor 24 in the tombalso got a black oni shield in the chaos ruins that was 55 def i think but i died with it, that was around floor 80-90
