Retro Gaming Megathread: Disconnect from the present, and Go back to the nineties.

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falz: Jan 29, 2005; 01100110 01100001 01101100 01111010

Wise Fwom Yo Gwave posted:

Oh yeah - I also played the everloving dogshit out of Altered Beast on my launch Genesis. But you probably already knew that. Because.

Perfect.

# ? Mar 15, 2017 23:47

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# ? May 20, 2024 12:14

Wise Fwom Yo Gwave: Jan 9, 2006; Popping up from out of nowhere...

PaletteSwappedNinja posted:

Those are all good changes, I was more referring to how you're basically told where to go and where to find most of the upgrades and how broken some of those upgrades are. It doesn't ruin the game but I really didn't expect it to be so easy.

"Told where to go" by process of elimination (AKA putting useful poo poo in previously worthless bunkers) is LOADS better than "Better get that Nintendo Power subscription, or you are hosed" from 1988.

# ? Mar 15, 2017 23:51

d0s: Jun 28, 2004

Kid Fenris posted:

I think everyone who had a TurboGrafx enjoyed Keith Courage for a little while, just on the thrill of it being the first thing you played on your brand new system. Heck, I had short-lived fun with it when I got my TurboGrafx off eBay in the late 1990s. But after a stage or two, the novelty of gunhead dudes and Rygar-ish music and anime characters saying things like THIS IS ROCK ZONE wore off, and I started scanning auctions for a cheap Ninja Spirit or R-Type.

The thing about Keith Courage is it's a game for children, based on a show for children. I'm older now and I don't play it much, I'd also rather play Ninja Spirit or R-Type, but when I was a kid I played it a lot (and I also owned objectively better games). I kind of feel like it trained me to play better games- it was my first experience of a game with a money system and shops, upgradeable weapons, NPCs to get information from, an overworld and a dungeon, etc. It's difficulty was not outrageous and it taught me how to play a memorization-heavy game without being as punishing as something like R-Type would be for a 6 year old. Memorization isn't always a bad thing and is a huge part of even some of the greatest games ever made (see R-Type again)

e: I'm just explaining why I like the game, not claiming it's a stone cold classic or anything. I can obviously see why people who didn't grow up with it wouldn't like it.

# ? Mar 16, 2017 00:04

Rirse: May 7, 2006; by R. Guyovich

PaletteSwappedNinja posted:

Those are all good changes, I was more referring to how you're basically told where to go and where to find most of the upgrades and how broken some of those upgrades are. It doesn't ruin the game but I really didn't expect it to be so easy.

It a lot easier then the old Blaster Master, but I rather it be like this then the River City Ransom sequel on Steam that is way harder the original game and kept too much of the bad quality of the original game that didn't age well.

# ? Mar 16, 2017 00:23

PaletteSwappedNinja: Jun 3, 2008; One Nation, Under God.

Rirse posted:

It a lot easier then the old Blaster Master, but I rather it be like this then the River City Ransom sequel on Steam that is way harder the original game and kept too much of the bad quality of the original game that didn't age well.

That game does have a lot of issues but they're mostly unique to that game and aren't something they inherited from RCR/Kunio-kun.

# ? Mar 16, 2017 00:52

In Training: Jun 28, 2008

I hope that Blaster Master Zero is a springboard into something more robust and unique. Although I am enjoying it.

# ? Mar 16, 2017 00:56

PaletteSwappedNinja: Jun 3, 2008; One Nation, Under God.

While we're at it I'd like to remind people about Double Dragon 4, the game everyone already forgot about despite being, what, six weeks old? RCR Underground has issues but DD4 is just dire.

# ? Mar 16, 2017 01:05

GutBomb: Jun 15, 2005; Dude?

All of the Keith Courage talk prompted me to play it as I've never played it before and just got a duo R and an everdrive for it. It's pretty cool. As a bonus now I know what game the Frank intro in Pat's flea market madness videos comes from.

Here's my setup. I just need a dreamcast and the collection of consoles that are nostalgic for me is complete. (I never played a Saturn or an N64 so that's why I don't have those, and I have a PS3 with backwards compatibility in the living room on the HDTV.)

GutBomb fucked around with this message at 02:03 on Mar 16, 2017

# ? Mar 16, 2017 01:51

Nate RFB: Jan 17, 2005; Clapping Larry

In Training posted:

I hope that Blaster Master Zero is a springboard into something more robust and unique. Although I am enjoying it.

It has to at least be better than that Wiiware one (Overdrive?). That game was tragic.

# ? Mar 16, 2017 02:00

al-azad: May 28, 2009

PaletteSwappedNinja posted:

While we're at it I'd like to remind people about Double Dragon 4, the game everyone already forgot about despite being, what, six weeks old? RCR Underground has issues but DD4 is just dire.

You know what I haven't forgotten? Double Dragon Neon.

# ? Mar 16, 2017 02:02

FireMrshlBill: Aug 13, 2006; LEMME SHOW YOU SOMETHING!!!

I've only played the first 5 min of Blaster Master Zero since I am waiting until I beat Zelda first so I have another single player game to hold me over until Mario Kart 8. However, that Wonder Boy remake is looking promising as well, especially since it has the ability to switch back and forth between the old game and new like the Another World remake had. I never played the original Wonder Boy game since I've never played a Master System, but it still looks good.

PaletteSwappedNinja posted:

While we're at it I'd like to remind people about Double Dragon 4, the game everyone already forgot about despite being, what, six weeks old? RCR Underground has issues but DD4 is just dire.

Oh poo poo, I totally forgot I bought DD4. I was too wrapped up in FF15 to play it and then the Switch/Zelda came out.

# ? Mar 16, 2017 02:15

Beve Stuscemi: Jun 6, 2001

GutBomb posted:

All of the Keith Courage talk prompted me to play it as I've never played it before and just got a duo R and an everdrive for it. It's pretty cool. As a bonus now I know what game the Frank intro in Pat's flea market madness videos comes from.

Here's my setup. I just need a dreamcast and the collection of consoles that are nostalgic for me is complete. (I never played a Saturn or an N64 so that's why I don't have those, and I have a PS3 with backwards compatibility in the living room on the HDTV.)

Peepin dat 32x-cd combo

# ? Mar 16, 2017 02:17

Turbinosamente: May 29, 2013; Lights on, Lights off

I figured there were way more Gundam games than I could comprehend, I was mildly curious if any of the PS2 era ones were worth bothering with. Sound like a no especially since I'm not a fan of any of the series.

And how was Double Dragon 4 dire? I got the other NES remake by Arc System Works: River City Tokyo Rumble and sadly I haven't had a chance to play it myself but I haven't heard anything bad about that one. Or much of anything at all it doesn't seem to have left an impact either.

# ? Mar 16, 2017 02:19

FireMrshlBill: Aug 13, 2006; LEMME SHOW YOU SOMETHING!!!

GutBomb posted:

All of the Keith Courage talk prompted me to play it as I've never played it before and just got a duo R and an everdrive for it. It's pretty cool. As a bonus now I know what game the Frank intro in Pat's flea market madness videos comes from.

Here's my setup. I just need a dreamcast and the collection of consoles that are nostalgic for me is complete. (I never played a Saturn or an N64 so that's why I don't have those, and I have a PS3 with backwards compatibility in the living room on the HDTV.)

Now that is some kicking off of the shoes... one lands nearly behind the TV on the other side of the other. Some aggressive relaxing there

Turbinosamente posted:

And how was Double Dragon 4 dire? I got the other NES remake by Arc System Works: River City Tokyo Rumble and sadly I haven't had a chance to play it myself but I haven't heard anything bad about that one. Or much of anything at all it doesn't seem to have left an impact either.

Tokyo Rumble was great and addictive. I 100% it while on vacation on the plane/train and in bed after my wife and kid were asleep.

FireMrshlBill fucked around with this message at 02:22 on Mar 16, 2017

# ? Mar 16, 2017 02:20

al-azad: May 28, 2009

FireMrshlBill posted:

I've only played the first 5 min of Blaster Master Zero since I am waiting until I beat Zelda first so I have another single player game to hold me over until Mario Kart 8. However, that Wonder Boy remake is looking promising as well, especially since it has the ability to switch back and forth between the old game and new like the Another World remake had. I never played the original Wonder Boy game since I've never played a Master System, but it still looks good.

Oh poo poo, I totally forgot I bought DD4. I was too wrapped up in FF15 to play it and then the Switch/Zelda came out.

I can't wait to get to new Wonder Boy and try out Blaster Master and Thimbleweed Park and Cuphead sometime this year and

*Persona 5 is in 3 weeks*

Let me just sweep everything off my desk onto the floor.

# ? Mar 16, 2017 02:29

GutBomb: Jun 15, 2005; Dude?

FireMrshlBill posted:

Now that is some kicking off of the shoes... one lands nearly behind the TV on the other side of the other. Some aggressive relaxing there

Ha my kid likes playing with shoes.

Lol.

# ? Mar 16, 2017 02:29

TheRedEye: Sep 10, 2003; WE HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR YOU!

HKR posted:

Speaking of cool things:

https://gamehistory.org/dooly-bravo-land/

Stuff like this makes me wonder what classic games we might have missed out on from regions that didn't have a presence in the US/EU/JP game scenes.

I adore this dumb game a lot but it is not a lost classic!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xUdTQifiNw

# ? Mar 16, 2017 02:33

d0s: Jun 28, 2004

from arcade version:

OH! BIG

Vigilante on TG16 was my first beatemup. A long time later I got a toploader NES when they were being blown out at toys r us and when I rented Kung Fu I was like "oh snap"

# ? Mar 16, 2017 02:35

8-bit Miniboss: May 24, 2005; CORPO COPS CAME FOR MY

I want to be a big too. :negative:

# ? Mar 16, 2017 02:36

GutBomb: Jun 15, 2005; Dude?

d0s posted:

from arcade version:

OH! BIG

Vigilante on TG16 was my first beatemup. A long time later I got a toploader NES when they were being blown out at toys r us and when I rented Kung Fu I was like "oh snap"

Up on the d-pad is jump and that's a travesty that makes me wish I had your Amiga thing for this. Also the first boss just lets you continually punch him without fighting back.

# ? Mar 16, 2017 03:02

d0s: Jun 28, 2004

GutBomb posted:

Up on the d-pad is jump and that's a travesty that makes me wish I had your Amiga thing for this.

That's a thing on tons of beatemups and isn't really a big deal as they're usually a lot slower than the fast action/platform games on the Amiga that are really crippled by having up jumping

# ? Mar 16, 2017 03:38

Mak0rz: Aug 2, 2008; 😎🐗🚬

GutBomb posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_pcMxKmOOY&t=67s

# ? Mar 16, 2017 04:13

DoctorWhat: Nov 18, 2011; A little privacy, please?

GutBomb posted:

Ha my kid likes playing with shoes.

Lol.

WHERE'S ALL THE PIPIS?!

# ? Mar 16, 2017 04:39

FireMrshlBill: Aug 13, 2006; LEMME SHOW YOU SOMETHING!!!

DoctorWhat posted:

WHERE'S ALL THE PIPIS?!

I didn't know you were in movies

# ? Mar 16, 2017 05:08

fishmech: Jul 16, 2006; by VideoGames; Salad Prong

GutBomb posted:

Up on the d-pad is jump and that's a travesty that makes me wish I had your Amiga thing for this. Also the first boss just lets you continually punch him without fighting back.

One of the British YouTube people like Chinnyvision or Kim Justice was reviewing a game and I heard them complain up wasn't also jump in it. And I just sat there like "christ it's bad British controls Stockholm Syndrome".

It wasn't even a game that was being played via joysticks where that might be a necessary evil, it was being played on keyboard controls. So no excuse.

# ? Mar 16, 2017 05:25

HKR: Jan 13, 2006; there is no universe where duke nukem would not be a trans ally

Fixed the broken control panel base, did some basic cleaning, remounted.

Also replaced all locks on the cab with ones that I have a key for. Still painting the control panel, but should have that done right before vacation. The parts came in today and I'm excited.

# ? Mar 16, 2017 06:34

Discount Viscount: Jul 9, 2010; FIND THE FISH!

fishmech posted:

One of the British YouTube people like Chinnyvision or Kim Justice was reviewing a game and I heard them complain up wasn't also jump in it. And I just sat there like "christ it's bad British controls Stockholm Syndrome".

It wasn't even a game that was being played via joysticks where that might be a necessary evil, it was being played on keyboard controls. So no excuse.

Now I want to see what Brits think of MK Mythologies: Sub-Zero.

# ? Mar 16, 2017 09:41

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Turbinosamente posted:

And how was Double Dragon 4 dire? I got the other NES remake by Arc System Works: River City Tokyo Rumble and sadly I haven't had a chance to play it myself but I haven't heard anything bad about that one. Or much of anything at all it doesn't seem to have left an impact either.

DD4 is a game that didn't really have any beat-em-up designers working on it, so a lot of baffling decisions were made. None are particularly dealbreakers but it results in the game just being lazy and boring. Stuff like "game's playfield is in widescreen but it never spawns more than a few enemies at a time, nearly never next to you", so the extra real estate just makes things take longer, or that you've seen all(?) the sprites within the first few minutes, or platforming challenges (always a fun time in a brawler) next to dudes who throw boomerangs, or...

It's real lazy.

# ? Mar 16, 2017 10:12

Beve Stuscemi: Jun 6, 2001

d0s posted:

from arcade version:

OH! BIG

Vigilante on TG16 was my first beatemup. A long time later I got a toploader NES when they were being blown out at toys r us and when I rented Kung Fu I was like "oh snap"

I feel like this was a thing in 90's beat em ups