Could I get some recommendations for some old surreal games? Bonus points if they have plots that don't lean on the surreal setting/characters as a crutch.
>>12844094its a port of a ps1 game
>>12846221I'll take "things that belong in a perfect cover art thread" for 500.
>>12846230It's very, very hard to create the soulful look of that time period without coming off as artificial
Relax
I recently tried out Sentient for PS1.It's meant to be a serious science fiction adventure, but somehow the devs accidentally made it look and feel uncanny and disturbing as fuck.It really boggles my mind how they could look at these weird as fuck npcs and go "Alright, this looks perfect!"And the way how they behave is equally weird.To be fair, it was a really ambitious project back then since the game gives every NPC his own unique AI that constantly changes depending on what you say to them, and instead of choosing pre-defined dialogue options you build your sentences yourself out of various text blocks, which is a pretty cool idea in theory. But it really didn't work out, instead everyone just starts to hate you at some point or just acts in a completely nonsensical way.It's clunky as fuck and feels like a walking simulator most of the time, but if you want some sort of trippy science fiction fever dream, go for it.
Game file size used to be a marketing standpoint. Sega did it too.
>>12847306the cost of the cart is offset by the number of units sold.
Because back then, game consoles didn't have hard drives or anything, you put the cart in and that was your game, maybe a CD (and the one thing stored was your save game on a card), obviously bigger was better as there was no negative side effect to such.Now since everything installs to be on a hard diive/SSD or something, it's less exciting to hear that a game is fuck huge. They don't really market such anymore, it's just something they inform with no real fanfare, and everyone who pays attentions groans at yet another Multiplayer FPS weighing in at triple digit gigs for no real reason other than "Fuck compression!".
>>12850870Also as far as console games were concerned, it wasn't "File size", it was rom size, and more rom meant a bigger and/or more beautiful game.
>>12850870the game cart itself was a hard drive, as well as additional memory and processors. it was essentially a hardware expansion you could hotswap.
>>12850884Yeah, but it's not like it was meant to be permanently in your console and store other shit besides the game and saves
NIPPON ICHI(Translation: I want to fuck Mai so bad)
I want to chocolate pie her
>>12840018
>>12847742Why are they all stuck together?
>>12847742They're probably scattered to the wind aside from whatever they keep around for archive purposes.
>>12850741instantly bust my nut.>>12844587This.
Does /vr/ like Shantae? Never played it until now, and I had a lot of fun with it!
>>12848703I don't care nearly enough for that to matter. Plus, a game being so bad I couldn't be bothered to finish it even though I bought it feels like as much license as I need to shit all over it.
Rottytops, my beloved...
>>12848460Kinda like how I pushed your mom to her limits
Unironically one of my favorite game series.
>>12850838Yeah, the first game won me over despite its flaws. Risky Revolution looks REALLY good!
>Hannibal the video gameBased on screenshots, it seems like a game where you'd JUST arrive as he escapes again and again, which would be repetitive, and maybe some unrelated missions as a cop as you're always on duty and shit, but I bet the Anthony Hopkins impersonator would do some amazing narration and the Clarice Starling knock off VA would be horrible.
>>12850567Was hoping for a game where you march elephants over the alps and beat the shit out of the Romans
I don't get it, you just fly through rings and sometimes have to destroy grey things then you turn into a kid or something...
How do I beat the first level? I got to the boss once but on a accident. Someone explain my goal
>>12850181>Collect 20 blue balls > Unload them on that large transparent sphere breaking it(this will cause blue balls on the stage to turn gold) > Go into the starting gazeboEach time you do this it will cause the track to change and you repeat the process 3 more times(each level has 4 different "laps").That's the gist of it.Now for more experienced players the idea is to maximize your score(you need at least a C ranking on every stage to unlock the final secret one but only scrubs get less than an A rank) so instead of immediately going back to the gazebo after unloading the 20 blue balls the idea is for you to keep repeating the same lap as long as possible, you do this by flying over the gazebo instead of into it so that the track doesn't immediately change and just loops around the same way, only diving into the gazebo when the time is very close to running out. You should spend that time collecting whatever you can to up your score, especially by maintaining "links" which is when you keep gathering balls/going through hoops in quick succession, if you remain a couple seconds without getting anything the chain is broken and the links reset back to zero so you wanna practice the best way to keep it going as long as possible. Of note that it's still in your best interest to always collect the 20 balls and break the globe as fast as possible before focusing on score since the golden balls are worth more points than the blue ones.
>>12850359webm for reference on what it looks like to keep the chain going. notice the link counter going upalso each boss should be dealt with as fast as possible as that's gonna play a part on the score rank you get for each stage(again, you should aim for at very least a C)
>>12846795Jeez wonder why Saturn only sold 1.5 million units in North America when this is Sonic Teams big title.
>>12850395That actually looks pretty sick
>Ruins your otherwise kino soundtrack with boomer KISS tracks
>>12848597>Inclusive Network GamingDo Germans really?
KISS rocks!
>>12849754hell yeah brother
>>12848748KISS literally stands for 'Knights in Satan's Service'. They were created by the Antichrist to indoctrinate you to Lucifer's evil ways.
>>12849292Z boys would like tpo have a word with you
ITT: Retro waifus
>>12849340Big Feta Cheese
>>12849081Really coolWhat game?
>>12843249>t. never developed object permanenceI guess if you didn't see her dress cover the stool underneath it, it can't be there right?
>>12850604Dead or Alive
>>12850241Literally who?
What was it like to be around the 80s and 90s as all the classics were coming out in real time?
>>12835457Not that anon, but here you go.
>>12849458Thanks a ton for sharing this anon.t.Same person from above.
>>12849445It's translated as Sailor Guardians nowadays, because they felt "soldier" and "warrior" felt too violent for girls.
>>12849356>an enjoyable adaptation with tons of soulIs that how you rationalize lousy translations or are you just being ironic?
>>12850786It's just retardspeak for "I remember it from when I was a kid".
Would the Saturn have been saved if the Sega 64X dropped?
No, fuck off
>>12850751It had crazy power doe, it would have MOGGED the n64
>>12850753I fucked ur mom with more power last night
>>12850757I blast processed ur twink dad with my fist
What's the most pretentious retro game?
The one where you keep making this stupid fucking thread
>>12848549MessiahOmikronBlack and white on psxSporeanything by Peter Moleneux>>12849584the one on dreamcast and ps2? At least Fez is plain OK. It is just plain game a bit arsty, but bland.
Pacman
what does a big mistake miyamoto whatever yet about my friends about zelda
What are your favorite retro visual novels?
>>12847529You posted itFate sucks btw
>>12847529It was the right game at the right time. There are other VN that I like which may hold up better, but this one is still special if only to me.
>>12848972no u
>>12847529that one>>12848972based
>>12847529Ayakashi. I was lured in with nice titties, turns out it's actually a very fun read.
Anyone else remember having a blast with this one?
>>12846151I think those dangeresque point n clicks are /vr/
>>12846893https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2k7m1ko7NM
DELORTED
>>12846151I have a few episodes on my Wii U still, they should do a switch release for it. Honestly I want a sequel to peasants quest
The GOAT retrogaming portable console
>>12848920the generationaly poor trying too hard to fit in child
>>12848920I remember playing this shit for hours and then hearing the beeps and boops in my head. Shit made me hallucinate and probably gave me serious brain damage.Fun tiem, tho. I remember having one that had fucked up programming and there was a small chance that literally in any game the boss tank from tank game appeared. It came with fucked up sound that went back to normal only after hard reset.
>>12850507>play Tetris>suddenly a fucking tank appears out of nowherekek this is hilarious.
>>12850163I didn't think they're producing the boards anymore, it's just old stock shoved into new housing. 5 bucks at five below
>>12848920>Trying to beat level 9 of Tetris>Blocks fall so fast that the buttons can't keep up with them>I eventually find out that holding the down button makes the blocks fall slower>Finally beat it and it rolls back stage 1I was so dissapointed. Even the generic handhelds I used to play 10 years before had a small fanfarre.
Show me your collection. I know some of you guys have very cool stuff
>>12845959I don't feel like posting a pic right now but here's what I got right now:>Projector that has S-Video ports for my Saturn / N64. Also has regular composite ports>24 inch Philips CRT TV>N64- controllers- lots of my favorite game carts- rumble pak + memory cards>Sega Saturn Model 1- 3D pad controllers- Regular controllers- saturn multi-tapComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>12850398Ocarina of Time on the projector using S-Video
>>12850398Sega Saturn Hang-On GP on Projector through S-Video
>>12850110Quality over quantity, I love it. Section Z is an underrated game so I'm glad you're giving it some love. I still need to get a copy of Holy Diver for famicom myself.
>>12845959I'm a poorfag so this is all i have. I would like to have a bigger focus on ps1 and ps2 games but prices are rough in my country even for cheaper games like gta, so i try to get the best deals for the games i like the most. I've finished 90% of the games i own, and i basically only buy games i like a lot
