It's that time of year again /vr/. Did you play a ton of retro games this year? Or did you spend most of your time getting mad at people online? Yeah same here. Well I have come to you in this hour of need to give you the excuse you needed to spend the last few days of the year playing some retro games. It is time for end of the year bingo.For anyone new, pick a challenge from the card to complete, then take a timestamped photo or screenshot with computer clock in it. I will add that to the card as the thread goes on. The goal is to get as many bingos, or at least one, before the new year in the last time zone to enter it. I will do my best to keep the thread alive till then but once the clock turns over to 2026 for Baker Island I will let the thread go, only updating the card if there are some late entries.
Here is last year's card for those interested. It took roughly 24 hours to get the first bingo. I tried to even things out a bit this year, so we will see how it goes.
And here are threads from previous years, along with some random ones for those that may be interested in how things have gone.End of 2024 Bingo:https://desuarchive.org/vr/thread/11475945End of 2023 Bingo:https://desuarchive.org/vr/thread/10555473End of 2022 Bingo:https://desuarchive.org/vr/thread/9529207/End of 2021 Bingo:https://desuarchive.org/vr/thread/8468302/One at the beginning of 2022https://desuarchive.org/vr/thread/8475554/Random /vr/ Bingo from 2017:https://desuarchive.org/vr/thread/3714029/
>>12278829Absolute reddit bingoI replayed mainly the classic RE titles, SoR games (which never leave the rotation), Soul Calibur (without the fishing controller), FFVIII, and a variety of racing games which I'm always constantly playing
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>not making the middle square DMD modegay
>>12278916A very classy start
Sup
>>12278921I always forget about this one
>>12278829Monster Collector that isn't pokemon or digimon
>>12278939I was never sure how to feel about the sentience of Zoids in the anime
N64 with no expansion pack
>>12278951Nice. I assumed someone would just take it out of their system and leave it empty but was hoping someone would just have the original in still.
>>12278950My headcanon was always that they were big ol' puppies who were more than happy to be killing machines for the military industrial complex. Kinda like police dogs or that duck that got a citation for bravery in WWII.
>>12278829'Sup /vr/.8-bit anime game, Doraemon on Famicom. Not a bad score for a first time. This city is huge, my screen is too bright.Glad to be part of the only worthy thread of the year.
I miss the pc big boxes.
>>12278987A is a classic to be sure though my knowledge of Doraemon is very limited
>>12278996I am shocked more devs don't sell the collector's editions with no game for PC games modernly with how things are right now
>>12279002Mine too, Doraemon isn't really popular around here so I vaguely recall a few thing about him. Where are the kids on the cover ? What am I supposed to do in this map but shooting aliens ? Who knows, I don't have the manual. But it was that or pic related, which I think might be even more classical.Thx for your thread.
>>12278829After my absence in last year's bingo, I return once more. 3D Beat 'em up.
>>12279023Welcome back anon, good to have you with us
Cardboard Genny.
Cheatin' bastard. That's all for now. Might fight Reptile later if it's still there.
>>12279045>>12279062Very nice condition on the box. I was unsure if someone would have a complete, so I changed it to just having one at all.
>>12279071I've got Battleship and Ristar both in good condition cardboard boxes as well.
>>12279071I wasn't sure if 32x counted so I decided against it.
>>12279080That is an interesting thought. My gut says not to count it but if we needed it for a bingo in the final hour I probably would have counted 32x
I hope the SNES version of Reptile is okay.
>>12279428Works perfectly
Retro Rally Racing
>>12279465One of the best
"Novel based on a retro game" here.I've got you six; Yume Nikki, Disgaea, Persona 3, and one of the crown jewels of my book collection: the three original Madou Monogatari novels.
>>12279490Very impressive collection
I was gonna post my copy of the Doom novel but >>12279490 beat me to it, so have this instead. If it doesn't count I totally understand, but none of the pacman games I have can count to 50,000. Home consoles hadn't invented 5 digit numbers yet.
>>12279553I realize only now when I was researching this that I was really only looking at arcade scores for beginner and intermediate. I will keep your image in mind if no one else shoots for it.
>>12278832>>12278829This isn't how bingo works. I hate you.
>>12279553>>12279618I'll get it done, just give me a couple hours to eat and shit first
>>12279631This is /v(r)/ingo, tardo. lurk moar.
Here's Soul Calibur.
>>12279786Excellent
>>12278829Impromptu pic just for this thread.
>>12279980Rad. It is always sad that the Wonderswan didn't get its chance in its era. The battery life was great.
Cujo Reference
>>12280141Congrats on your achievement of learning with a talking car>>12280146Good stuff
I command you to
>>12278829Holy shit that fucking train stage was filtering my sorry ass way more than the final boss rush...Hope this one helps in any way.
>>12279690The card says BINGO.
>>12280319There's no caller. Literally unplayable.
>>12280274>>12280318No time stamps
>>12280274>>12280359Whoops
>>12280382>>12280274Sorry fell asleep for a bit. Nice handheld>>12280318I will give you an honorable mention for your valiant effort, but I will take anyone that may still do it with a time stamp.
>>12280318>>12280359*facepalm* Right, I was too full of amazement and adrenaline at the time.Currently I only have original screenshot's filename, so I've included that.
I made the push! NES Pac-Man 50k completed.
>>12280510Congrats!And with that we have the first bingo of the year. Just about 18 hours this time.
>>12278838Anybody knows how to get the pictures ? I can't dl any of those.
>>12280768What browser and device are you using?On desktop Firefox you can just click the picture to open it in new tab and then Ctrl+S it.Well, apart from 2017 bingo link, where all pictures seem to 404.
>>12280791Yeah I was going for 2017, I was wondering what was the original /vr/ingo challenges.I thought the others were also 404 so at least I've got that. Thx.
>>12280921Try checking other archives that aren't desuarchive.
>>12280539The retro Gods are appeased for yet another year.
>Beat Metal Slug 1-3The first one counts, right?
>>12281348It counts toward beating 1 through 3
>>12281136Darn, I feel spoonfed not having thought about it. They were some excellent challenges. Glad the tradition is still running.Should I finish a season in a retro sports game or beat Metal Slug 3 ?
>>12279045this cover intrigued me so i checked out the game and i have to say it's pretty fun so far. cute little zelda-like. thanks for the indirect rec
I know it's a shit pic, my Gamecube stopped reading discs and I can't find the right cables for my Wii, and it's super late.
>>12281637It's so shit I kinda like it, good on you anon
>>12281637Thank you for the effort anon
>>12281532It's also quite expensive for a physical copy.
>>12281691Looks like this thread slowed down after the first bingo.This year's middle square turned out to be doable after ~24h of getting bonked by Base 2 and Energy Zone defenses.No idea how to prove lack of Konami code, but maybe this can do for a motivational placeholder until some real NES / Famicom deal appears.
>>12282698Yeah, I am hoping that it picks up a bit today as people are looking for stuff to do.Also, congrats on the victory
>>12282698And I am not worried with proof since the past three years no one even seemed interested in trying for the middle space.
>>12282775Well, there was this one guy that seriously tried challenging the Tetris score on real gameboy last year.I also tried that one for fun on some online site, but barely scratched 2000 points.So there's probably always some interest, but most of it might be quietly curbstomped.
>>12282917Beating Wozniac's score is a tall order, best I can clear is around 40k.
>>12281373>Should I finish a season in a retro sports game or beat Metal Slug 3 ?
Bullseye
>>12283164Nice shot!>>12282917>>12283007Yeah I am probably being a bit unfair in saying that, I think I even remember someone mentioning that they were trying last year now that you bring it up. I will have to read through the thread again. But that is why I did Contra this year because I felt for people here it was a bit more approachable. Next year I will probably try something a little harder but maybe no the Wozniak level.
>>12283202>Next year I will probably try something a little harder but maybe no the Wozniak level.Yep, keeping the challenge clearable with good effort would be the right idea.Rolling with cranked up to 11 faggotry advised by the likes of >>12278919 gets boring pretty fast.
>>12283202I am working on Theme Park but I have to relearn the game. Will try again after dinner
>>12283365DMD being the center square is a /v(r)/ingo tradition.
>>12282917I'm pretty decent at Tetris and my all time personal best from when I was stuck at an airport for 9 hours with just my Gameboy is still 100,000 points short of Steve.
>>12283671Yeah, hip and cool for few cheap keks, but meh in the long run.
A bit after midnight but before 1AM for me, second time this year that I tried to finish this game.************ am I glad for infinite continues.
I'm too busy to do it myself right now, but I hope some does the Theme Park one because it would be really fucking funny if everything except the sports game one got finished.
>>12283810All we need is the second one now>>12283671I don't disagree with you but since we are under a time limit and I want people to try stuff out and have fun at the end of the year I am trying to find a good balance.
>>12283926>I'm too busy to do it myself right now,
>>12283926surely someone could find an easy short season game that technically qualifies
>>12283640>>12283926I just pump all money into ride research
>>12284205
>>12284205>>12283926Technically we still need the second Metal Slug but that is pretty much everything but the season of a sports game
>>12279465>>12279482ACTUALLY, SEGA RALLY IS NOT A RALLY GAME BECAUSE YOU RACE LAPS IN CIRCUITS, DIRECTLY AGAINST COMPETING DRIVERS AT THAT. RALLY IS ABOUT DRIVING FROM WAYPOINT TO WAYPOINT TO BEAT YOUR OWN TIME.
>>12284269>>12279465>>12279482I propose a new rally submission:
>>12284343Or we can have both
>>12284352Based compromise-sama
Happy New Year from the east coast
F***** windows that keeps misync me. I thought it was later than it is.Anyway, it was a league and not a season but I've discovered a nice funny game and played through it. Sure, it was cheaper than what I originally had in my mind.But we're on a schedule.
>>12284659Forgot pic related,I still hope someone's else did another sport game, I don't mind if this one is rejected after all.And now we'll see if somebody will go through Metal Slug 2. I've done my share, see you next year and have a good one !
>>12284659>>12284667Works for me. This was basically another version of Arcade Mode or Story Mode for a fighting game in my mind. I just figured "season" got the point across.
Happy New Year to Baker Island. That brings an end to me keeping the thread alive and another year of last minute retro gaming. I will see you all at the end of the year.
>>12284681>>12284916Pheeew... Stage 6 with extra time limit was intense as hell. Happy New Year too ya all.I'm so done for today...
>>12278829>>12284936I'm not OP but if last guy's computer is up to date, we finished it all by a mere couple of minutes.Well played everyone.
>>12285130>>12284936Noice
>>12285130>if last guy's computer is up to dateWell, it's connected to the internet, Date and Time states that it's synchronized with "time.windows.com", and screen capping soft applies UTC+0 timezone.I was on the verge of giving up during this 4th run (missions 1-5 were a breeze, 6 was a brute force trainwreck), but then Metal Slug spawned and helped toasting final barrage of martian saucers.Pure luck from >>12281284's retro Gods (probably).
>>12284936>>12285130Congrats everyone. Op here, sorry I passed out after my last post. Also, my full card version had to much confetti the file size was over the limit so thanks for getting that.Good start for the year
Have a happy new year everyone!
