These are my 4 favorite retro games of all time, what kind of person do you think I am?
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>>12679548I think you are me.Get out of my pants you fucking imposter.
Not bad at all. Putting TSS there makes you automatically based, but you need to play more shmups to scrub out the 2hu. I'm sure you can replace it with one from CAVE, like Deathsmiles.
>>12680158deathsmiles ii is the worst cave game i ever played
>>12679629Are you trans too?
>"Nice jump.">THEY FIND YOUR BODY AND GIVE IT NEW LIFEreeeeee
As someone who's starting to go back through old video games and working forward playing notable games from each era, are there really any games from before the third generation worth playing? I started this impromptu by putting my PS1 copy of Namco arcade collection and tried out games like Digdug and Ms. Pacman, and understood them all to be "Learn to get good and compete for high scores against other players" type games where I'm not gonna get much out of them after spending maybe 10 minutes to learn how they work. About the only game in that collection I might have an interest in really playing is Tower of Druaga (as obtuse as it is) it's the only one with an actual goal and completion state.Also, any easy resources for finding said notable games of each console/year?
Yes there are games worth playing, but you have an obvious objective in mind with a game that has a start and end state that isn't just running out of lives. Williams arcade games are great games. From Spyhunter, to Robotron 2084, to others like Satan's Hollow. Also no telling if you're interested in text adventures which came before.
>>12682702>are there really any games from before the third generation worth playing?Yes. If one of those games happens to grab you then you might indeed want to spend a few hours with it rather than ten minutes. Although I was born in 1980 I personally never cared much about Dig Dug or Pac-Man, but I can get into Robotron: 2084 or any of several Donkey Kong-style games that give you several very different "screens" to loop through in cycles of four or so rather than one basic concept that seems to repeat in a cycle of one. The cycle of four may feel much more like a "real game" to you, even though the player is still meant to loop through it over and over, fighting for the highest possible score. You can also sometimes find true, early examples of the kind of "real game" that seems to be built to follow a single story from beginning to end and then stop rather than making you loop for score - for example, Adventure for the Atari 2600.You don't have to play or learn to appreciate any particular classic if you don't want to, but there are a LOT of very old games, and they vary in design more than you realize. I would suggest not ONLY playing the ones that seem to be historically important though. Pick some random stuff too and just see what it's like. I've had way more fun playing certain randomly chosen weirdo obscure 198X games in MAME than I ever had with, say, Breakout, which I think has always kinda sucked even though the concept spawned clones for decades.
why not organize a party where your friends come over and you all get pizza and compete for high scores on those games. that might be one way to try to experience the missing aspect of enjoyment of those old school cabinet titles.
>>12682745This, or fire up the Atari 2600 emulator and mess around with Warlords/other competitive games from that era. Mess around with the switches, see how the game changes. Can you beat your friend in Combat when you've got the giant ship with a huge hitbox and he's got the little ship?
Although arcade games from the 70s and early 80s may not always have an ending, they do almost always have a point where the game has essentially shown you everything it has to offer. For example Ms. Pac-Man repeats after board 21. So if you can clear that board you can consider you've "beaten" the game and move on without needing to play to a kill screen.Keep in mind that a lot of games from this era are not "only the game, just the game" experiences. Half the "fun" is the out-of-game research of methods to get good enough to reach that end-game state.
Well lads a second heat wave has hit bongland and i am sweating like a mad cunt, but it is the kind of summer heat that reminds me of being a kid and getting a Dreamcast cheap from a car boot sale and playing games like House of the Dead 2, Crazy Taxi and Sega Bass Fishing.What retro games do you consider as having peak summer vibes to enjoy this season as the world burns down outside?
>>12680826just get an air conditioner
>>12682809I refuse.
>>12682809>>12682827Another scorcher
>>12682829Fahkin swelterin today lad.
>>12680826>12 PACK OF DR PEPPER>2 LARGE BOTTLES OF CHERRY FLAVOURED WATER>2 PACKS OF TUNNOCKS TEA CAKES IN IN'T FRIDGE>80'S CITY POP MIX ON SHUFFLE>ALL WINDOWS OPEN>FAN DIRECTLY AT ME BOLLOCKS>SEGA BASS FISHING ON DREAMCAST WITH THE SEGA FISSION CONTROLLEROh yeah, its summer time.
Did OG Xbox have soul? It was an affordable way of playing Doom 3, Halo, Morrowind, KOTOR, etc
>>12681220Steam turned pc into console baby shit. I will never respect a single turd who thinks it improved the platform.
>>12681220if by "back then" you mean the early 90s, then sure. by the time the xbox came around, playing games on PC was easy as fuck and fiddling was non-existent for 99% of games unless you're talking about getting cracked games or mods to work. i'm not sure what kind of favella box you were running at the time but my win xp rig from 2002 never once had trouble installing and playing any game of the era unless it was some kind of graphics beast that my PC just didn't have the specs to handle. i'd buy a game, stick it in, install and play. every single time. there was nothing remotely difficult about it and the most you'd have to do is
>>12681220>>12681643>Steam made PC gaming bearable>Steam turned pc into console baby shitIt wasn't Steam, it was Games for Windows. Steam was just the beneficiary of what GFW did because they had a ready store. GFW made PC into a fancy console with easy xbox controller integration and easier console ports. The Games for Windows Bioshock release is what elicited the "PC master race" meme and brought in an influx of normies who were excited to play the same games they played on Xbox but with better graphics.
>>12681058Yeah right lol
>>12682736PS2 can brute force any effect Xbox can and more
What's the verdict on the Final Fantasy I~VI Pixel Remaster? Are they the definitive versions? Did Nobuo Uematsu personally oversee them and re-record the OST?
>>12681203Boka nova!
>>12679609>? Are they the definitive versionsHell noBut they are the most convenient way to play. It's great for introducing friends to the series.
>>12679609PoomakesIf they had DLCs of the extra content their predecessors had, they would have been perfect remasters.
>>12679617snes has more detail and balance vibrance but the remaster makes it more comprehensive to their concept/promo arts
I really loved the expressions and emotions shown by the sprites of 5 and 6 on SNES. 4 looks best as the DS remake imo.
Crazy that we never get this thread.They even deleted the last one for some reason.I'll start:OG tier: Shove it!Kino: Adventures of Lolo 1-3Not a fucking puzzle game tier: Dr Mario, le hecking Lebbings :DDDD, any chink card game or imitation of tabletop/casino games;
>>12682545The manual says he needed to get "the hottest, most luxurious sports car ever made" to win the babe, but yeah looking at the car I feel like the car dealer might have scammed him. It got him the babe though.
Sutte Hakkun
>>12678952Yes, it's a puzzle game with light platformingit's great btw in case you were wondering. Good progressive difficulty curve, never pulls shit that requires a walkthrough that the player could never have guessed.
>>12682556Maybe he just had some clarity and decided to settle for a more practical car.
>>12682618>warehouse worker>poorfag mentalitymany such cases.
What was the Space Invaders hype of 1978 like? Did you get to play it back then?
>>12681974I think it's cool that this guy is the final boss of the PS1 Space Invaders.
Reminder there was a figma figure of the artwork monster that was released in 2020.
>>12682096>>12682056It's like when Capcom acknowledged the US NES boxart Mega Man
>>12682375figma nuts
>>12682096>>12682056This guy is like the complete opposite of the whole Dig Dug situation where they actually honored the original idea instead of dramatically changing it.
Post what you're currently playing, your setup, recommend games and other Genesis things here
>>12679492Missed an opportunity to add "classic" in the description
>>12681731Yes, so the Mega Everdrive Pro can play Sega CD games right off of the cartridge. Unfortunately you still need to have the add-on to play 32X games, but you can also just put them on the flash cart
>>12681783>Everdrive prothat just emulates the Sega CD, just burn discs instead.
sega is where junk shovelware goes to die. It stopped after the next gen for a reason
Playing Aerobiz Supersonic. Starting in New York is babby mode difficulty. Going to retry the third scenario with another HQ city. On the second scenario I started in Rome and it was a hell of a battle to be powerful enough to clash with the New York CPU and snatch victory a quarter or two before the twenty year mark.
What are your favorite Castlevania titles from the platform entries? Outside of the NES original, I haven't really tried any but I'm increasingly curious
>>12681054Same argument everyone makes for every game.At the end of the day, 99% of people's takes are "good good" "bad bad" "good bad" and "bad good".It's rare to get actual insight, let alone from people who actually played the games.Reality is almost all classicvanias are good. All the home console ones are good.
>>12680485>Bloodlines is liked because it is rare.Bloodlines is not rare. It was a popular Sega Genesis game and to this day appears on pretty much everyone's Genesis must play lists. Don't act like it is Rondo where it was Japan only and made for an expensive CD add-on of a system that flopped in the US. Bloodlines is liked because it is fun.>All the home console ones are good.Also this.
>>12681117I just found SQ really really boring. So much walking and talking. It's weird to go from an action platformer to that.
>>12678423Nah Belmont is still pretty slow in though not as bad as in the first GB game
>>12676016IV is my absolute favorite. Hell, the music alone puts it at the top of my list without even factoring anything else into the equation.
Games you love for some reason that others dont
>>12681235That's fable (of a dying mind)Chicken chaser was chasing his memories all along, but he couldn't win in the end and succumbed to the jack of blades slashing his life thread away
>>12680570I love Fable, it succeeded Ocarina of Time personally. I replay it every few years.
>>12680570lots of people love fable 1. heres a real example of something only i appreciate. despite its flaws and emptiness it was a unique rpg at the time. ps1 couldn't handle big seamless 3d spaces like the n64 could, and this game took advantage of that. but no one else really tried that with this genre until gen 6 and games like kingdom hearts/dqviii came around. plus it has a fun battle system and progression system. for an imaginative 8 year old who loved rpgs, it was a great game.
>>12680570>>12681141>>12681202Nobody dislikes these games
>>12681623back in the day, people shat on fable because they didn't get to watch grass grow, or have a family, or plant trees, or whatever the fuck else molyneux promised
Physical media used to be fine but it doesn't make any sense in 2026>every single oop media triple or quadrupled in price within covid>the demand is hilariously high no matter what niche and shit sell out asap>limited gamer/black record/youtooz are all doing their bs "limited preorder only" on shitty ass product if you want a physical version>ps5 games will soon cost 200$ used in 2028Its funny because technically, people should have less money than ever (atleast 20-30% less) yet curiously everything became expansive and selling fast af. Are people just in debt or its just rich people buying everything? Shit doesn't make any sense
>>12680483>"Physical media doesn't make sense!!!">All "digital" games are stored on physical mediumsWhat did OP mean by this?
Physical media needed to die long ago. I’m sorry but it’s not the SNES era anymore where a cart could have a chip that made it run faster. Once CDs took hold, it’s just software, the physical media does nothing for me.
>>12682676Thanks for the input, Mr. Goldstein.
>>12682676
If you actually explore console catalogs rather than continually gravitate to the same basic bitch shit then you'll find reasonable prices.
I don't understand the rules for her block and it just seems random whether you can hit her. Sometimes when you start the fight you can immediately use the Flying Swallow to ground her, but other times you bounce right off her and she uses this opportunity to grab you. I can't say I've found the angle or timing makes any difference and it effectively seems like RNG. And every time I get her to 10% HP her AI seemingly decides to never be vulnerable ever again. What are you meant to do?
Yeah fuck it. I abused Ninpo to ground her when her HP was low. Retarded boss blighting an otherwise perfect game
>>12680026Its my favorite action game of all time but no way I can say it is perfect. The game does seem to have an issue with the flying swallow being able to properly hit at times when a boss dodges which really should not exist. Its not just Alma 2 but even the first Alma fight has this issue. And yes her fights do have some RNG at play. With that said though I still like both fights overall as well as the game itself. Its a masterpiece. Best in the genre to this day.
>>12682462I didn't like the first Alma fight either because the closest save point was too far away. It made retrying so much of a hassle that instead of practising, I just abused my consumables to tank her hits.Same thing with the final boss: I can tell it's a really awesome boss, but the game made it a complete pain to practise because retrying involves doing that lengthy platforming escape sequence each time. So I reloaded an earlier save to buy a bunch of healing items (right before the Emperor fight), which I then used to tank Murai's hits. I would've loved to master that boss but I'm not doing all that busywork before I can practise the fight again.
>>12680026>I abused NinpoYDBTG
>>12679991yep id love to know how this fight was programmed because it definitely felt like a dice roll with that move. its been a long time since i played it but no other fight sticks out as having seemingly changing rules throughout the fight for certain moves.
For me its City of Heroes. Homecoming's patch 28.3 last year made this game extremely compelling again.
>>12682374we had a huge batch of patriotic characters show up for july 4th recently. I play on the roleplaying server - i do not enjoy the RP as much since the population has dipped but gameplay getting alot of changes and new content ( an actual raid wtf?) has got me playing more than I used to. One of my favorite memories is someone making a stripmall ninja karate instructor either with his guild or multiboxing. there were like 20 of him as ninja masterminds and he had all his pets doing karate emotes lol. One man raid
why did the santa claws guy delete his post wtf
>capeshit but unlicensedyikes
>>12682662This a retro board, zoomzoom.
>>12682664also goro is there for some reason
What are your hot takes on retro games? Mine is that Doom II SUCKS on a first playthrough.
>>12679653especially second and third episodes where advanced enemy spawns and late weapons have already been taught to the player and you have everything by level 2.
>>12669994That's not even a hot take within the Doom community. Practically only the people that played it back then and the contrarians think Doom 2's levels are any good. Fuck it I'd say you're not even missing out much if you just don't beat Doom 2's campaign and go straight to wads, now that's a real 'hot take'. Although that's what most people do already.
>>12674842>The game would be much easier as a resultWell here's the thing, it doesn't have to be because if it were to give you more rockets + cells then they'd have to add more enemies or be more antagonistic in the level design to compensate for it. Plutonia does this and it's well-regarded for it. But it's true that the SSG was made to counteract the new tankier enemies, that's fucking obvious. It's your main weapon for a reason.
>>12670092>Nights into Dreams is a good game that is unfairly hated.No, it's a crap game that is unfairly loved.
>>12682149>But it's true that the SSG was made to counteract the new tankier enemies, that's fucking obvious.The super shotgun does to the weapon roster what the new D2 enemies do for the monster roster: There’s a fatass powergap between the shotgun and plasma gun, the chaingun and rocket launcher. It’s also not like the new enemies are “weaker” specifically to the super shotgun, they’re still dying more quickly to cells and rockets.
