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>>12026227this was peak....
>>12026639Red Alert announcer is canoncally EVA too, just a male version. For me it's a tie between him and Lt. Zofia, even though I don't like RA2 that much.
>>12026226Fun fact, Dune 2 was partially inspired by Nectaris
>>12026207>there's no initiative for being the attacker so both sides just grind each other downNo
>>12026227Crazy how the game that established the modern PC RTS genre got a console release
What's/vr/s general opinion on the puzzle genre? I just recently discovered that people typically hate slide puzzles and i enjoy them. Also, puzzle genre general i guess. Lolo and kablooey are really fun.
The Bombing Islands on PS1 is a good one that doesn't get talked about much. Starring Kid Klown. It's a little slow but the puzzles are of pretty good quality.
>>12019537Game boy puzzle games, being monochrome, might be up your alleyThere is also non-retro game Void stranger
>>12025590All me
>>12023539Stop That Roach is entirely turn-based, no timer, I think you just have a limited amount of steps/turns to complete each puzzle.Klotski is a simple block moving puzzle game for Win3.x, there is a timer but that's just for points, there is no time limit.Pandora's Box is a collection of different puzzles for Win9x, no timer or time limits. All puzzles are visual like lining up pieces of a picture, no reflexes needed.
>>12025614Kinda reminds me of Dig Dug 2
Do you think adding a Bow and Arrow item would have broken Zelda II combat? The bow (and boomerang) must have felt like an odd exclusion, no?
>>12025714my guess is it's not there just because you don't fight ganon, like if he did return when you weren't dead you'd need em because of the silver arrows. there's no puzzle bosses like gohma in zelda 2 either.>>12026762no you need the blue candle to open up level 8. >Even the fact that the flute didn't teleport you anywhere. that would've been nice. probably would've done it between towns rather than dungeons in that case.
>>12026781you literally cannot kill ganon without it.
>>12027120lol im aware. im not that other retardi was talking about 2
>>12027120>you literally cannot kill ganon without it.You cant beat the final boss in GnG with throwing the shield at it. But it is not a weapon people associate with the character because 99.9% of players never even knew it existed.>lance>dagger>torch>axe
>>12025714I think it would be superfluous given the existence of the fire spell.
Im having issues with an expansion pack i just repaired...I got this expansion pack from a friend that told me it didnt work, after readaing about it i found out the main issue is the resistors going bad, i checked and indeed 2 of the resistor arrays had issues with the normal values, few days ago i received the replacements and now it is working for the most part.Issue is the console keeps resetting by itself every few mintes, sometimes 5 minutes in, other times 10-15 minutes in, i have 3 other n64 consoles and this same issue happens with all 4 consoles, also have another PSU and it still happens with the other PSU, and also i have another expansion pack and a regular jumper pack and the resseting issue only happens with the expansion pack i repaired.So, anyone has experience with this issue? it obviously is something with this expansion pack, i tried applying thermal paste under the small rubber pad thats inside the expansion pack, also i applied more solder to the upper pins on the RAM chip that serve as anchor points and my guess is also transfer heat from the chip to the PCB.
>>12024619because rdram is a piece of shit.it was tried on desktop computers and it flopped because it performed worse in real world scenarios because of increased latency compared to sdram and got hotter while being more expensive.it didn't help that ddr sdram hit the market half a year after.
>>12023679>>12024520>they run very hotApparently you're supposed to put the cover over it but I'm kinda glad I never did
>>12024801just get some ram heatsink on aliexpress
>>12024763I could imagine a bad connection for the socket possibly
RAM is dead. sell on ebay as is for parts, cut your losses and buy another.
Anyone has extracted the Bubsy 3D Analog hack yet?
>>12026495>SEGA SATURN version advertised, never releasedsaturnfags in shambles
Bubsy doesn't play like Sonic, it plays more like Knuckles.
Arcade game thread discuss the games, hardware, maintenance etc>No vertically oriented games policyWhy'd SNK do it?
>>12026385>Why'd SNK do itFor multislot MVS, I'm guessing they thought it would just be easier for operators to know that whatever they bought would jest werk with their MVS cab, and not have to worry about rotating monitors/accidentally putting a vertical game in with horizontal games. I'm not aware of any of SNK's cabs having an easy rotation mech, which would make things even more frustrating.
Holy fuck the CPSII fan is noisy, anyone know of a good drop in replacement?
>>12026385>>No vertically oriented games policyBut most of the arcade games I play are vertical shmups.Oh well, I will take a chance to remember everyone about the better clone of magical drop.
>>12026428I think he was referring to SNK with that
My usual method of deal hunting is patience and watchlisting things on eBay to fish for offers. Retro game stores and good yard sales aren't a thing within 40 miles of me. Are there any other good methods I can use?
>>12024432I got all the Xbox SC games for super cheap. Each for under $10 at my local used game store. The cheapest I think was Pandora Tomorrow for like $4. Every disc worked flawlessly.
ahhh fishie fishie fishie
>>12024432Yeah... but how about playing video games?Stop hoarding, stupid freak.
>>12024432Just use emulators. Its free
>>12027304>>12025668>unsolicited advice >>12027164>angry unsolicited adviceEmulator purists are almost always the aggressors in this debate. It never occurs to them that people can do both, or choose not to emulate without also hating the concept of it
it's my favorite so take care of it okay?
>>12026936Maybe if you rest it in your lap while you tap the buttons it might be comfortable for non fighting games
>>12026920pick one up on ebay
>>12026928Yeah but the main point of them is moving the existing number of buttons around as opposed to having extra buttons available for binding. Think the white/black on the huegbox.
>>120269288th generation had some fightpads too.
>>12026989If you have that many actions you need to bind, maybe you should design your game for keyboard.
Can we have a pixel art thread?
>>12023516fantastic.
>>12024481I actually posted these >>12022781 hoping to bait that reply lolThey are actually not traditional painted in any capacity. The artist is Iain McCaig (pretty well know among pros); he talked about this early gig fairly recently in an interview for a LucasArts fan website. He "painted" all these from scratch using digital software and a MOUSE since tablets weren't a thing back then, and not even referencing photographs (though he used his coworkers as inspiration).To be fair though it's not really "pixel art" but rather a very early and inconvenient form of digital painting.
>>12023359>>12024209>>12024687Yeah Nieborg's work is highly recognizable. He's still active iirc (nothing major but worked on a bunch of WayForward games at least)
>>12025328Kek my devious friend.I've seen a very old making of Lucasfilm games, and they did scan aquarels for a couple of games but I would also believe that the artist used an early wacom tablet.
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I'm cool, nihil and great... This is what masculine dandism is about.
>>12027148We both know that's bullshit
I gave up. It's just too hard.
>>12027175No shmup is hard. They just look hard. But in actuality its just routing and strategy.
>>12025738Same, I have stopped going for 1ccs of 45 minute console shmups where you have to fall asleep to die for the first 20 minutes. Kind of a shame because I love the aesthetic of most 16-bit console shmups but so many of them are kinda snooze-tier for a lot of their playtime
>>12027338Console games in general are just lesser versions of their arcade counterparts.
How were they so fucking soulful??
>>12026130Mega Drive had categorically better hardware than SNES.
>>12026109>and in the early handhelds too though.You mean like when they released a portable Master System the same year NEC released a portable PC Engine? Very impressive.
>>12026804Hell yeah, brother.
>>12026827A handheld with colors, compared to one that was black and white, with a lit screen, compared to one that was hard to see, and graphics superior to the Master System, compared to one that looked worse than the NES, was by all means superior hardware wise. I'm not arguing if it was more efficient, if it had a better library, etc. We all know Nintendo won because their handheld was better, but hardware wise it's obvious the Game Gear was more advanced, they're different things.
There isn't a single SEGA console I'd put in my top 5, but Sonic Adventure absolutely murders Super Mario 64. When Sega did it good, they did it better than anybody.
Been playing some Mystical Ninja starring Goemon. Great game, but why are these fuckers always so hard to find? They are almost always hidden in the strangest of rooms.
>>12027340Maybe because their dads died.
Looks like the last one died. Let's have another.
>>12027223Put the connector in, on the ribbon cable side *without* the contacts, pad it with some folded up paper like a cut to fit post it note. You need pressure so it hits the contacts inside. Then drip a bit of glue so the paper stays against the connector and doesn't go anywhere.And be careful with those latch bail connectors you savage.
>>12027250Thanks. I know I'd probably break it trying, but I'd rather try and fail than never learn.However, I managed to fix it by pushing the latch back on and taping it in place. It works fine now. Thanks anon.>>12027260Thanks anon. I appreciate you.
>>12027273>brazilian seethes over being called a brazilan
I'm just going to pay to have my Virtual Boy repaired.
>>12027284Good to hear. Not sure how long that will hold but you can always hot glue for a more sturdy hold that will last longer. In the meantime you can practice soldering that sort of stuff. It's not rocket science. Every pajeet or chang at a phone repair shop has mastered it.
what's your most boomer retro gayming take?
>>12023818He got pegged by MJ earlier.
>>12025052Someone is a tranny.
>>12026790>comic reader>hates MJFound the jew.
>>12016608All games should be played without guides and if it means you can't finish a game then you should be fine with that.
Monkey island 2 is shit
Do you think Sega 32x and Sega CD exclusives would have fared better as Sega Saturn games?
>*looks at Knuckles Chaotix*Yeah.
Cosmic Carnage is underrated fighting kusoludo. It's not good but it's so fascinating with the weird ass cast of characters with jointed sprites and zooming effects.
