What are the best pick-up-and-play arcade-style games for PC Engine? I'm talking single screen high score type games.
Truxton.>but i said single-TRUXTON.
>>11518402>I'm talking single screen high score type games.parasol stars is phenomenal. still shocked it wasn't an arcade gameif only konami/capcom gave the same level of love that namco and taito gave the pce
>>11518402You could have just asked>What are your favorite pick-up-and-play-em-ups?
>>11518494Anyone who plays arcade ports of shmups in 2025 is trolling in 99% of circumstances
>>11519215Shmups are unavoidable on PCE.
What are some good games based on classic-era (pre-2 Stupid Dogs) Cartoon Network cartoons? Other than the Taito Flintstones and Jetsons games which are a given.
>>11518748It's Jhonny Quest.Also the top one is The Thing from Fantastic 4https://youtu.be/WfcOGFu9Iwk?si=XuvPLSyqIRS5XPluMan I really miss when Cable TV had soul like this. How come media layout and edition became so ugly and souless with all the modern tools we have available now?
>>11518725Looks kind of like Top Cat to me.
>>11518773Remember when Top Cat was a human kid and had a pompadour?
>>11518783Yeah, I really wish they never made any of those live action movie versions of old cartoons. This 1 was even more disappointing than Top Cat even though it had John Goodman.
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The only bad thing about the n64 was the pitiful amount of texture cache it was given
>>11517992Also the laggy RDRam.
>sony cd royaltiesPublishers needed to pay Nintendo more per unit.
>>11518047They would've been using a custom format by Panasonic if they went the disc route like what happened to the GameCube, Wii and Wii U.
>>11516759>>11516846>>11516849>>11516891>>11516905>>11517017>>11517881Dont ya fucking live Tennis?
This game is such a huge step back from 3 in terms of world design and atmosphere. Everything is packed together and there's nothing to discover or any sense of exploration. Most of the map is just back alleys and the only spot that isn't is a gigantic beach with absolutely nothing on it. Just wandering around Liberty City finding hidden packages and exploring the map is one of the best parts of the game. While the gameplay mechanics are undeniably improved, especially aiming and the camera, VC feels like a cheap budget title ripoff in comparison in every other way
>>11518165Since no one is being very helpful and basically just being /v/2.0 YOU FAT FUCKING SPASTICS I'll give you my recommendation as a skinny good looking spastic:Go get GTA1 Ready2Play and just play the first city till the first cutscene, should take more than an hour. If you enjoy it them play more, if you don't at least you can see why the jump to GTA3 was mindblowing back then.Play 3 with fixes so it runs - don't start getting HD models etc. unless it's the xbox ones, play with a controller and appreciate the top down view option if you don't use it. Play it as a VIDEO GAME, as in have fun with it, dick around - it's not a simulator. You HAVE to remember when it was released and the dramatic jump forward - it's jank as fuck and if you can't get over that then, wrong board, chief.Addendum: if you like the first one the GTA2 is tremendous fun but completely detached from pseud-reality, more cyberpunk. Personally I love it but I'm a fag who still loves the first one. Something about the faux radio just makes that game so replayable for me.
>>11518657I have literally given you hard evidence there are more unique pedestrian interactions in VC than 3. I'm not even saying one is better than the other, you have very autistically convinced yourself that VC is a silent, linear game. By the numbers, VC's pedestrians interact with one another more, to the tune of about 500 words more.IDK what else to tell you man, believe whatever you want to.
>>11517669>While the gameplay mechanics are undeniably improved, especially aiming and the camera,Bot post. Clean it up, janny.
>>11517669nuts, 3 is kinda a bad game and Vice City is better.
>>11518165Stay away from the garbage 'definitive' versions. 3 and VC have reverse engineered pc ports and for San Andreas the old Steam version modded. I don't know if they have removed songs and other bad changes though.PS2 emulated isn't bad though. For Vice City, use either 1.40 or 2.01, avoid later revisions like the plague. They remove and censor a lot of content. If you use 1.40, make sure not to save at the ice cream factory, there's a chance it can wipe your save but other than that it's a good version. 2.01 removes bugs including the ice cream factory save bug and like one shitty song from flash fm, but they kinda change the guns to look a bit worse imo.
Use this chart and award each unique category to a retro game. Template in follow up post.
>>11519219Yup. One of my favorite Batman/Christmas/SNES games of all time.
>Most annoying fanbaseThere are fags in every fanbase, only group I really couldn't stand were from Kingdom Hearts.>Most replayableMaster of Orion II>Most ComfyYoshi's Island>Favourite OverallMetal Gear Solid 2>Best multiplayerBomber ManComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>11519237I had a lot of fun learning to beat it with a single life
Some of my picks might be boring, but it's my truth darn it.
>>11519217Favorite overall is on a Nintendo console, but favorite on a Nintendo console is something else?
If you could only have 1 retro console and 5 games for it, what would you choose?
>>11501421>GameCube>F-Zero GX>Super Monkey Ball 2>Kirby Air Ride>Custom Robo>Animal Crossing>hurr gamecube isn't retro fuck off there is zero fundamental technology shift that separates N64 from GameCube but just in case, so there is no dispute...>Genesis>The Sonic 3 in 1 Combo Cart with Sonic 1, 2 and mean bean machine>If that's not allowed then just Sonic 2>Road BlastersComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
GamecubeTHPS3SA2WWRE4SC2
all I need
>>11519230Based
>>11501421GameBoy Advance- Dragon Ball Z: Supersonic Warriors- Mario's Picross 2- Mega Man Zero 3- Mega Man BN 6: Cybeast Gregar- Super Robot Wars OG 1
Is it worth a playthrough?
Beat it, I'd say it's a good adventure game overall. The atmosphere is really unique and weird. But honestly I feel like I'd get tired of it if it was longer. Maybe I'll check out the sequel >>11517958I've heard it about before, will try someday. Thanks
>>115190472 is probably the best, it's also probably one of the best looking 3D PSX games
>>11519051Checked some gameplay on Youtube, it does look great. Crazy how they went from King's Field to this in less than 5 years. Reminds me of that huge gap between early and late 80s Famicom/NES games
>>11517391>You'll want a walkthrough for the true ending.If you mean the very best one that you only get if you ignore the blind guy then yeah but you absolutely don't need a walkthrough to get all the astral pieces
>>11517916>I'm convinced it's 100% sheep mentality opinion without really trying to the gameNiche games almost always get shat on by journos and gamers because those games are not for everyone obviously, I see no problem with that. For example almost all of the reviewers gave Shadow Tower, another FROM game, scores ranging from 2 to 4 and yet I think it's one of the absolute greatest RPGs and enjoy it more than any turn-based game on the system. Reviews are targeted at mainstream audiences and exist to help them decide if they want to buy a game or not
I love this game.
What was it like to grow up playing retro vidya during the '80s, '90s, and early '00s with those living in the Spanish and Portuguese speaking countries? What were your gaming magazines like? What were your gaming stores like? Did you have rentals? Did you have kiosks? What consoles did you own? Did you get a micro or a desktop computer? I like hearing about your childhood; Latin America and Iberia nostalgia.
There were plenty of PC games magazines most of them spanish but a few of them shared content with magazines from Germany.
And dozens of japanese/weeb magazines.
Wtf this is probably the best co-op shooter on console
>>11517647>Gamecube version is superiorMany such cases
Go fuck yourselves Playstation faggots
>>11514850So much competition, with TimeSplitters 2, and, uhhhh.....
>>11518813Timesplitters Future Perfect, Halo 1 and 2, Dark Alliance 1 and 2, Champions of Norath
>>11519074Diablo clones aren't shooters
Are we now in the age where what is old is new again? Seems like old games get talked about quite a bit these days over anything just made.(At least where I work)
>>11519091He's right, it is ugly. It's the very reason I bought a European SNES mini.
>>11519110My point is that people online throw away words like "ugly" or "nice looking" when talking about inanimate objects and it's weird, like what's the actual argument other than subjective taste? I don't really find any console truly "ugly", they are all cool machines in one way or another, but at the same time I don't find any particularly super amazing-looking. All consoles are more or less the same kind of plastic boxes, which is fine.
>>11519142I get what you're saying. Just that some people prefer a more stylistic look than a square or boxy look when it comes to consoles. People are the same way with cars, some people would rather drive a Corvette than a 1970's station wagon.
>>11519151Yeah it's all down to personal preference but I find it funny that people go around saying "ugly, pretty, ugly". I dunno seems rather infantile. Maybe i'm autistic and think too much.
>>11519079>snes is for arcade games>snes is for rpgsUh, ok?
How many times would you be forced to upgrade your PC in the retro era to keep up with new releases? Seems like every few years you’d be forced to start from scratch up until Windows XP where shit finally slowed down and got optimized
>>11518973Everything up to 7th Gen is considered retro here retard, so up until 2005/6. I am talking about PC hardware from 2003/4.
>>11518973Mods dictate that PC is a platform, and the PC platform came out in 1981. That's why you can make Crysis threads here, because they don't count the age of the components inside the platform it's running on, just the age of the platform itself and the software for it.It's a messy rule and causes nothing but problems.
>>11518670>4megs of RAM enough until '97>4GB of RAM in 2001retard
>never obsoleteHow did they do it, and why has nobody else been able to replicate it? Greed?
>>11518853Are you the same guy who has made like 5 posts in the last few days talking about his "cuck dad"
What's the best party to start with with no duplicate members?
>>11518504>You play the NES version because if you play a version that doesn't have a spacestation you didn't beat the gameproof that spacestation is more canon than a sky station
>>11517226>GOD TIERfighter>HIGH TIERred mageblackbelt>MID TIERwhite mage>LOW TIERthief>SHIT TIERComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>11518382>Which version of FF1 should I play?Ask yourself why you are playing FF1? If you are interested in playing the first game in a famous series and want more context for future entries in said series then there is only one version. If you are looking to experience a semi important data point in the history of JRPGs then there is only one version. If you are just looking to play a fun JRPG and hate 8bit graphics then play something else. The non NES versions of FF1 are for people that have played the game already.
>>11518606The robotsThe room that revolves on itself
Technically, if you don't play with four thieves then you can't get the 100% best ending, due to insufficient stealing power for stealing all the secret dark crystal pieces from the four fiends
>Virtua Fighter was seen as popular and better the SF in japanWhy? Its just proto Tekken/DoA, they have VF charavters in DoA
>page 10 againNo one gives a shit about VF
>>11511656hi tekken3spammer
>>11511259This is the exact type of post I think of when I'm trying to remember why I tune out all gameplay discussion from this board. Good bait if so, but I doubt it at this point
>>11512762That's the type of guy to call you a "troon speedrunner" if you say the word "frame" in any context. You're scaring him
>11511275>jank
Any brand consumer CRT + composite is all you need. RGB and PVM is cringe
>>11519220Uhhhh didn't you get the memo? we're on 4pleb, we go for the lowest common denominator experience because what Tyrone experienced as a kid = the true experience. Hobbyist equipment is for NERDS!
>>11518968>muh "retro"I don't care about arbitrary termsRGB for everything pre -6th gen (s-video for a few that don't feel bothering with like 3DO, Atari 7800 and PC-FX), rest is component or better
I only had RF. RF!Even for the Saturn.It was very playable and I never noticed anything different. It was fun.
>>11519248A clean RF connection doesn't look bad and can be really soulful. RF is how I played PSX in 1997.IIRC the PlayStation didn't come with an RF connection, and my TV could only accept RF, so we had to go to Toys R Us (or some other store, I forget now) and buy one.
I only played arcade games, those were RGB. Real games for real men, not kiddy stuff.
