MODERN GAMES ARE TRASH
*references a game that's basically a reskin of a game from 1995*
Once I’m done snoring my way through DQ11 I’ll be going back to Earthbound which unlike DQ11 Is an actually good Dragon Quest game.
MODERN GAMES ARE TRASH
*references a game that's basically a reskin of a game from 1995*
I mention DQ11 because I obviously think it’s an example of trash modern gaming. And DQ has been gained by modern features. It’s your run of the mill jrpg now.
That said, agreed with Spieler on fuck the "retro games haven't aged well" crowd. That exact phrase is thrown around without meaning, it and "innovation" mean absolutely jackshit when coming from gamer gits.
Whatever. Anyway. I been enjoying these old Interactive Entertainment reviews
Always wanted to play this but never picked it up, would love to see a gog release though I've heard it works fairly well in vanilla dosbox.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VS9j5H0dg14
Say what you will of Ultima VIII being the downfall of the series, but this had a really fun sandbox; as a kid me and my friends didn't really progress the story much(tho i tried, and i actually got most of the way through I had no idea and thought I had miles to go still 'til i watched a walkthrough later), just played it like a roguelike seeing who could steal the most the fastest before getting caught and murdered. Played it a little while ago through Origin. The story and atmosphere are still great, and it has a really great interactive environment. I love the animation too (same engine used for the Crusader series). The slowdown didn't affect me much by the time i first played this (1996).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCM9kjvBUAU
I'm all about this thread. But being like DQXI sucks! Let's talk about retro games! Is a bit :confused
I mean XI is like a reskinning of decades old games.
Ironically, I've been replaying FF6 and I think it doesn't hold up nearly as much as my nostalgia told me it would. I think contemporary JRPGs like Persona 5 and DQ11 are just plain better in terms of both mechanics and writing/characterization.
I'm all about this thread. But being like DQXI sucks! Let's talk about retro games! Is a bit :confused
I mean XI is like a reskinning of decades old games.
The title of this thread is pretty insulting to ANY person that's working on games, or anyone that follows this hobby seriously.
I'm all about this thread. But being like DQXI sucks! Let's talk about retro games! Is a bit :confused
I mean XI is like a reskinning of decades old games.
The title of this thread is pretty insulting to ANY person that's working on games, or anyone that follows this hobby seriously.
:idont
Their problem.
Y you guys so caught up on that throwaway part of the op? Let her work, we’re enjoying old games in this thread
Ocarina of the Time is the origin for modern handholding/tutorials
Play a bunch of 90s PC RPGs, sis.
:confused Ocarina of the Time is the origin for modern handholding/tutorials and current Nintendo games have developed some of the most perverse. To the point where I'm shocked that Miyamoto didn't order a complete restructuring of Zelda Switch, because up until recently they've implanted literal video walkthroughs into Zelda worlds. Mario Kart's default control scheme now steers automatically. Their new platformers are all strikingly easy, excluding the moderately challenging Donkey Kong, and there's alarm screens that ask you to skip/cheat through a level whenever you manage to do the impossible and fail a couple of times.
Also the reason why people hype up the last few years is because that the Ubisoft/Bethesda/Sony narrative/etc. pool isn't the end-all anymore. Many hardcore games like Bloodborne, Cuphead, Crash Bandicoot, Nioh and even Bethesda's Doom are now successful again. Though if your positive examples are OoT/Nintendo games, I don't see how things like Astrobot, Sonic Mania or Nier Automata are any worse.
Those games you listed are exceptions. Games are in infinite regress.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbBEAJfaJfo
Something else to consider:
http://www.retrotink.com/
Been thinking about getting one of these so I can ditch the little CRT I have.
I have no interest in fortnite, R6, or Minecraft.
Cindi, it's on the pricey side but have you looked into upscaler technology, ie OSSC, Framemeister, etc? I'm putting together a dream retro rig but waiting for a scart switcher I preordered to finish manufacturing and ship to me.
Anyways, another decent modern day game is Alliance Alive, it's like a slightly easier, more goofy take on SaGa with a Bravely Default art style.
Murayama wrote, didn’t direct
Does it hand hold, treat you like a child, make it like babby’s first jrpg, have a twenty hour tutorial, an obscene focus on story to the point of detracting from the gameplay? Even story based jrpgs back in the day like suikoden has a gameplay first principle. Minimal handholding, risk (characters can die permanently), minimal cutscenes despite story being a big focus, lots of side quests, and hidden shit.
If it’s not that I have no interest.
'NEW THINGS ARE BAD!
OLD THINGS ARE GOOD!
I'M BASIC AS FUCK!'
Gideon Zhi just released a translation for SMT If so you can play it on your retro platform
http://www.romhacking.net/translations/3951/
It´s been a long road, but today AGTP releases a complete translation for Shin Megami Tensei if... on the Super Nintendo/Super Famicom. For me personally this journey has encompassed a second undergraduate degree, a cross-country move, a complete career change, multiple periods of both employment and unemployment, the licensure of one of our translation patches, and the beginnings of a family, in addition to having to deal with several project-related IRC and Discord raids, hate speech, and generalized harassment from the SMT community at large. It´s done, and I *will* maintain the patch should anyone find any bugs or typos. But that´s it.Whew. Anyone know more?
I do this for the enjoyment of the process, to challenge myself to produce work of ever-higher caliber. if... hits a high enough bar at this point that I´m satisfied releasing it. I hope everyone who´s been clamoring for the patch gets some enjoyment out of it; I´ll let the game speak for itself.
With Majin Tensei 2 being mostly done elsewhere, don´t expect any further Megami Tensei work out of AGTP. No updated patch for SMT1, no back-porting of if...´s work into SMT2, no Majin Tensei 1. I´m done. To those who were looking forward to the aforementioned, I truly apologize. Maybe focus on cleaning up your community.
I’ve never played it multiplayer besides double dash.
I’ve always want to get into Mario kart which is why I want to play Mario Kart 8 online.
Can you do battle mode online
I watched videos of battle mode. It looks amazing. Why do people hate it? I remember it being controversial.
I watched videos of battle mode. It looks amazing. Why do people hate it? I remember it being controversial.
I watched videos of battle mode. It looks amazing. Why do people hate it? I remember it being controversial.
People hate battle mode? ??? News to me. MK8's battle mode did get shit on because it didn't have proper stages, but MK8 Deluxe fixed that and added stages just for this mode.
Others were blown away by Mario 64 but what stole my heart was Wave Race. I hadn’t seen anything as impressive on the psx or Saturn or anything in arcades either. At the time a lot of racing games had primitive 3d graphics like Daytona. They looked good, but the visual spectacle of Wave Race 64 was beyond any of that for me. The water, the physics, the mists of Dake Lake, the stunts, the music, the entire aesthetic. It was such a gem at the time and this may be weird to say, but the primary reason I was jealous of Nintendo 64 owners.
Also there's an interview with a Diehard Gamefan Magazine artist and there is some REAL CRAZY SHIT about sharing hookers and playing Yoshi's Island.
I just finished reading this
(https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/5164y2Zd9YL._SX382_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg)
JFC what a crazy series this is. It's basically 500 pages of unedited interviews with SUPER obscure dudes from the Japanese game industry during the 80s (even ran into some of my old bosses in there). Super fascinating but I feel like I'm like one of 10 people who this book is for. After reading it I'm going back and playing these nutso MSX2/PC98 games that get referenced in bulk.
Also there's an interview with a Diehard Gamefan Magazine artist and there is some REAL CRAZY SHIT about sharing hookers and playing Yoshi's Island.
the problem with those books is that the author is a fucking nutjob and you're trying to read an old anecdote from a dev and here he goes trying to show off his knowledge about a game they fucking made or going into a stupid rant about how women having periods is a choice or some bullshit. great idea for a series and there's lots of great info in there but my god it can be hard to read sometimes.
there's also a post up somewhere from the woman who ran the translation service he used talking about what a fucking jackoff he was the whole time.
what ps2 gen games you play stealth
DDS2 has one of the all time best battle themes. Loved that game!
What other PS2 rpgs will you be binging on? I feel one of these days I have to go through Metal Saga, Nocturne, Xenosaga 2 and 3, and the Growlanser games.
I do think this gen is a big improvement over last one when it comes to rpgs. Nier Automata, Octopath, Xenoblade 2, the first half of Bravely Default, Alliance Alive, and DQ11 are amazing.
How come I never heard of Kid Dracula? Looked it up and it looks VERY expensive, unless you want the shitty Chinese pirate.
How the Dreamcast copy protection was defeated (http://fabiensanglard.net/dreamcast_hacking/)I remember this as it happened and each revelation made it clear it was a matter of when, not how. The MIL-CD thing led to a bunch of groups saying basically that and Utopia got there first.
Is Ecco the Dolphin worth playing
Nothing says Christmas like Pit Fighter on a bootleg cabinet
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Is Ecco the Dolphin worth playing
Absolutely. It’s a mind boggling game with insane atmosphere and story. Better than Sonic.
Nothing says Christmas like Pit Fighter on a bootleg cabinet
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1. Why are you torturing yourself with Pit Fighter
2. Why are you hosting your photos on Photobucket? Use Imgur or something and get rid of that awful watermark! :P
https://twitter.com/GameHistoryOrg/status/1077588947390418945Crazy to read how much of Nintendo's influence changed Sim City from simulation like software with no goal to an actual game with goals and rewards.
Kinda weird Nintendo never went back to it with the N64 or GameCube.
Woah, and it has advisor guy plus first person 'walk in your city' gameplay. A mixture of Simcopter and Simcity.Kinda weird Nintendo never went back to it with the N64 or GameCube.
They did...on the N64 DD.
:leon
Did not know about this either.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSduUGL4pXE
However, in a twist, the player can then shrink their nigh omniscient overhead perspective into a first-person, citizen-on-the-streets view. While in this perspective, other Sims can be interacted with. They will tell the player about their lives and neighborhoods. Sighting a gun toting criminal on the sidewalk is a good indicator that more police stations need to be constructed. These city dwellers are rendered as cartoon sprites.
Apart from the ability to walk the streets there is some additional city interactivity available in the first-person perspective.
At airports, the player can now access a helicopter. The vehicles' horizontal movement is controlled via the control stick and vertical movement with the up and down c-buttons.
In a hide-and-seek mini-game Dr. Wright assigns you a person to find on the streets of your city. A bar on the bottom of the screen shows if you are drawing near to the quested person. There are some rewards to be had from listening to these persons' stories.
If a rail system is in play players can board it; it can also be ridden, and the player may look out of the window of their car.
Using Mario Artist: Paint Studio players can create a character, animated with two frames of animation, and import him or her into SimCity 64. This character can roam the streets until the player decides to make a new one.
Happ! What pound is the spring?
Ohhh this is one of those mini cabs? Nvm
Eh Himu, you need to watch this animu on Netflix:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S51PKANf92c
Oh wait, is this show actually good and not Loli Uguu Trash? (I assume everything is unless it is BAKI)
Oh wait, is this show actually good and not Loli Uguu Trash? (I assume everything is unless it is BAKI)
Also, one thing I thought of.
Akira Ono = Akira Nishitani (SF2, Final Fight director) and Yoshinori Ono
On August 5, 2014, Osaka District Police searched the offices of Square Enix, the publishers of High Score Girl acting on an IP violation claim by SNK Playmore stating that the manga allegedly features over 100 instances of characters from The King of Fighters, Samurai Shodown, and other fighting games. In response, Square Enix voluntarily recalled all printed volumes and temporarily suspended publication of future volumes and digital sales. However, the manga continued its run in Monthly Big Gangan.
In August 2015, it was reported that Square Enix and SNK Playmore had reached a settlement, cancelling the lawsuit and enabling the manga to be sold again in different formats.
Also, one thing I thought of.
Akira Ono = Akira Nishitani (SF2, Final Fight director) and Yoshinori Ono
It's possible, but I kind of doubt it. Different Kanji for Ono, too.
Here's some unrelated trivia about the comic-QuoteOn August 5, 2014, Osaka District Police searched the offices of Square Enix, the publishers of High Score Girl acting on an IP violation claim by SNK Playmore stating that the manga allegedly features over 100 instances of characters from The King of Fighters, Samurai Shodown, and other fighting games. In response, Square Enix voluntarily recalled all printed volumes and temporarily suspended publication of future volumes and digital sales. However, the manga continued its run in Monthly Big Gangan.
In August 2015, it was reported that Square Enix and SNK Playmore had reached a settlement, cancelling the lawsuit and enabling the manga to be sold again in different formats.
It’s also Ouno, not Ono.
They did...on the N64 DD.SimCity64 was one of the first games they showed on the 64DD. The original EXCITING SELLING POINT was the ability to walk around your city IN TRUE 3D. Of course it got delayed five years or whatever and then the 64DD bomba with developers even in Japan so they killed the whole thing.
:leon
Did not know about this either.
The game gained controversy when it was discovered that designer Jacques Servin inserted an easter egg that generated shirtless "himbos" (male bimbos) in Speedo trunks who hugged and kissed each other and appear in great numbers on certain dates, such as Friday the 13th. Their fluorescent nipples were drawn with a special rendering mode usually reserved for fog-piercing runway landing lights, so they could easily be seen from long distances in bad weather. The egg caused hundreds of himbos to swarm and crowd around the helicopter, where they would be slashed up by the blades, and then need to be air-lifted to the hospital—which earned the player easy money. The egg was caught shortly after release and removed from future copies of the game.
The designer was fired afterwards for adding unauthorized content (which delayed the release of the game, and caused Maxis to miss Christmas season). He cited his actions as a response to the intolerable working conditions he allegedly suffered at Maxis.[1][2] This caused a member of AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT UP), a gay AIDS organization, to call for a boycott of all of Maxis' products, a measure which Servin rejected.[3] Some months later, a group named RTMark announced its existence and claimed responsibility for the himbos being inserted into the game along with 16 other acts of "creative subversion."[4] Servin stated that he had received a money order of $5,000 from RTMark for the prank.[4]
New Sega Saturn Translation (!) for Linkle Liver Story
http://aishsha.blogspot.com/2019/01/linkle-liver-story-released.html
New Sega Saturn Translation (!) for Linkle Liver Story
http://aishsha.blogspot.com/2019/01/linkle-liver-story-released.html
New Sega Saturn Translation (!) for Linkle Liver StorySSF is the recommended emulator. Getting that to read disc images is such a pain. (As I have found out yet again.) I just burned a fucking disc like a neanderthal. Let's see how this goes.
http://aishsha.blogspot.com/2019/01/linkle-liver-story-released.html
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Emulators to use
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The game is VERY picky with the emulation software.
Hence, it simply freezes eventually on mednafen and
has some issues on the most popular emulators available
today.
- SSF (number 1 recommended, though it has some
reported lag and framerate drop issues);
- Yabause/YabaSanshiro (play the game fine mostly,
but experience troubles when playing separate
musical pieces in the beginning and the end:
yabause-0.9.14 version was used for testing);
- Mednafen (v1.22.0 or earlier) is not recommended -
game freezes on global map;
- Real hardware. THE GAME HAS BEEN FULLY TESTED
ON AN ACTUAL SEGA SATURN SYSTEM WITHOUT ANY
ISSUES DETECTED. It goes without saying that
it is the best option to play the game.
That's like Homers car of retro stuff :dogeI'm surprised that it's a real SMS and not a pi3 with some 5000 roms in 1 megapack running.
All it needs is a label that says: "Hi-Definition Graphics"
That's like Homers car of retro stuff :dogeI'm surprised that it's a real SMS and not a pi3 with some 5000 roms in 1 megapack running.
All it needs is a label that says: "Hi-Definition Graphics"
I realized I've never played a game gear game. Any game gear games worth looking into? I heard the Shining Force game on there isn't that bad. Any gems there?
I realized I've never played a game gear game. Any game gear games worth looking into? I heard the Shining Force game on there isn't that bad. Any gems there?
What crt is it
My advice? Just get a smaller but better crt. Find something with s video and component and only use the tv for pre ps2/360 systems.
What’s that fighting game?
How do I play import ps2 games? Considering getting a fat and hd loader but idk.
Also what the Christ, female loli pope
I realized I've never played a game gear game. Any game gear games worth looking into? I heard the Shining Force game on there isn't that bad. Any gems there?
The top loader mod on a fat PS2 isn't too hard, that's what I used to do back in the day before I bought a Japanese slim PS2 from cvxfreak on GAF years ago.*
*There are a few games that won't work with the top loader method, one of the Sakura Wars games, that's why I ended up getting a Japanese console.
The top loader mod on a fat PS2 isn't too hard, that's what I used to do back in the day before I bought a Japanese slim PS2 from cvxfreak on GAF years ago.*
*There are a few games that won't work with the top loader method, one of the Sakura Wars games, that's why I ended up getting a Japanese console.
I think there was also a similar method of using the disc for the top loader on the slim PS2s. It didn't work for some games and is the same reason why I ended up getting a modded PS2 slim instead.
Memories :thinking
I’ve decided to invest in a crt. I’ve been thinking of it for a while because the lag in an hd set up isn’t good for old fighting games. We bring crts to local fighting game meet ups and I’ve wanted to bring Bushido Blade to a local for a while.
The benefits seem pretty obvious. So with me more dedicated to playing older games it makes sense to just finally bite the bullet rather than try hooking this stuff up to an hd set up. I dropped by the rents and...no crt from what I can find. :(
So I’m looking for a new one. What’s a good size? To my memory, tv size is different with crts compared to lcds. Like, a 20 inch lcd looks small as hell but a 20 inch crt feels beefy. I had a 10 inch in freshmen year and that was too small so I’m thinking 13-19 inches would be better? I don’t want it to take up much space because it won’t be the primary tv of course.
My life in gaming seems to have a good video on it? Posting so I can watch it later.
https://youtu.be/RAi8AVj9GV8
Then again, small crt size isn’t much a big deal. I’ve played on Sony PVM’s at tournaments and they’re absolutely fine so :idont
I will be travelling next week and am wondering what kind of retro game to play in the hotel.
- Snatcher (Sega CD)
- Dreamweb (DOS)
- Axiom Verge (I know, not old)
Kinda have that sci-fi noir itch to play Snatcher to be honest but Dreamweb is just so good from what I tried it.
Snatcher is what popped my Kojima cherry. It blew my feeble teenage mind back then. Still holds up today, IMO.
Why the fuck do you use photobucket in 2019
Woo-ee that case is good af
What's the M30 like?
If I’m in Japan, what retro systems/games should I look out for?
If I’m in Japan, what retro systems/games should I look out for?
If I’m in Japan, what retro systems/games should I look out for?
If I’m in Japan, what retro systems/games should I look out for?
Thanks for the suggestions, I’m going to be there in a few months, but if anything I’ll get a system that has some practical use.
Pc-98 is cool, but there’s not much I’d be able to do with it, same with the 8001, but it’d be cool to check out.
But there’s also lots of old indie gems out there that are relatively unknown iirc.
I’ll dig through the recommended systems at some point though, thanks!
Yeah, Rape Day is a landmark title.
A fan-made three-player Final Fight "30th Anniversary" mod is in development!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdMiM1AvE6Y
There's a Double Dragon mod with Hulk Hogan and Ultimate Warrior from Superstars instead of Billy and Jimmy
https://youtu.be/OmwwlMm2BT0
Icewind Dale games are more combat-focused than quest-focused like BG. As for PC games you need to play:Some objections:
(snip)
Don't maul me, Rumbro. (http://i.imgur.com/G36Lf41.png)
I finally got to play Knuckles Chaotix on the 32x. What an underwhelming experience.. The 32x-enhanced effects are really cool but the gameplay is super convulted and bizzare. It feels like a kludge of different concepts all mashed together. I'm really not feeling it at all. Everything seems to be able the chaining concept and.. uh thats it? You get to choose who your partner is and they seem to have all sorts of different skills,
Maybe it gets better later in the game but it's quite a letdown. Damn. It looked so interesting back in the days.
edit: I was expecting a sonic style platformer, but I got a strange The Lost Viking style puzzle with Knuckles and his furry bait friends
What about ones on freer websites :doge:lol
Anyways, if anyone is interested in retro game creation / demaking, here's a project that piqued my interest:
https://www.gbstudio.dev
It's a visual editor like Contstruct / RPG Maker, but for GameBoy ROMs -- ones you can write to a cart and play on real hardware. 🤩
Sold two of the rare older Saturn titles I've had sitting around
Sold two of the rare older Saturn titles I've had sitting around
Which ones?
Please elevate your empathy for people born after the early 1970s :(
Unless you want them for collecting purposes, I suppose it makes sense to sell arcade ports that can be emulated perfectly. Elevator Action Returns was one of the last Saturn games I bought, after I had pretty much everything else I wanted (never got Sega Ages).
Crazy how expensive Saturn (and most other retro) games are now.
I genuinely hope this is a game about elevators and elevator operators.
Even I knew about Elevator Action... but I did watch G4 back in the day. Icons used to be good for this shit.
Ninja Five 0 is another expensive af action game that gives me serious Elevator Action Returns x Shinobi x Bionic Commando vibes.
Oh man, Icons and Game Makers brings me back. G4 was a garbage channel, but it was only garbage cause the good stuff they made had terrible ratings.
Also, too. Bork, where is your avatar from?
Elevator Action and its sequel, Returns, are some of my favorites.
Ninja Five-O is good too. SE did a sort of Elevator Action "reboot/remake" for ps3 and I remember it sucking.
https://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation-3/elevator-action-deluxe
(https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-B07iZ-Ph1Lo/WXnsSfsg6CI/AAAAAAAADmg/hnHxDe-_JdAIhlsfqpz_OLF78OU2nhQjACLcBGAs/s640/Elevator%2BAction%2BDeluxe1.jpg)
Unfortunately SE owns Taito now and the only Taito property they want anything to do with is Space Invaders so we are shit out of luck. I keep waiting for someone to make a Spelunky take on Elevator Action and no dice.
YES. And YES. I still listen to it's whopping 3-4 tracks to this day; both the Arcade and SMS versions. Fucking love it!!Elevator Action and its sequel, Returns, are some of my favorites.
Ninja Five-O is good too. SE did a sort of Elevator Action "reboot/remake" for ps3 and I remember it sucking.
https://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation-3/elevator-action-deluxe
(https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-B07iZ-Ph1Lo/WXnsSfsg6CI/AAAAAAAADmg/hnHxDe-_JdAIhlsfqpz_OLF78OU2nhQjACLcBGAs/s640/Elevator%2BAction%2BDeluxe1.jpg)
Unfortunately SE owns Taito now and the only Taito property they want anything to do with is Space Invaders so we are shit out of luck. I keep waiting for someone to make a Spelunky take on Elevator Action and no dice.
At least Elevator Action got put out on Arcade Archives. They need to at least do that with Rastan. Best soundtrack ever.
I just learned not too long ago that there was a Rastan 3. More of a beat em up ala Golden Axe than the other games.I tried it out not too long ago when my son was going through a fantasy, sword fighting, beat'em up phase. Wish I knew about it back then.
Retro Gaming today:
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Original hardware or FPGAs or bust
Original hardware or FPGAs or bust
FPGA...like MISTer? Gamesack showed that in their latest video, and it didn't seem all that great. At least, not yet.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dibLXWdX5-M
Original hardware or FPGAs or bust
FPGA...like MISTer? Gamesack showed that in their latest video, and it didn't seem all that great. At least, not yet.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dibLXWdX5-M
Boritos suggest me obscure DS shit, I know it's out there
Heh yeah I'm about to order a copy based on that video. Game is totally up my alley!
Boritos suggest me obscure DS shit, I know it's out there
Contact
Henry Hatsworth in the Puzzling Adventure
Monster Tale
Aliens: Infestation
So somehow I missed a ton of the Nintendo DS shit back when it first came out, and after buying a DSi XL on a whim for $23 at 11pm in Kyoto, I'm going to make the statement that the DS is basically PSone.5, I'm not sure.
You've got:
-- Rippin pixel art games
-- Bad 3D so you gotta know what you're doing if you're going down that route
-- "Sure, why not" attitude in regards to publishing whatever fucking weird shit people wanted to make back then
Boritos suggest me obscure DS shit, I know it's out there
Also I've never played Chrono Trigger but I think now is the time
Fun fact: I'm the voice of Rocket Slime in the English versions.
Fun fact: I'm the voice of Rocket Slime in the English versions.
WHAT?!?!?
This is really cool, but...$250, man.
https://twitter.com/SmokeMonsterTWI/status/1140675409593323520
(https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/facebook/000/000/283/gaijin4koma2_peersblog_1200684608.jpg)
https://twitter.com/Nukleon/status/1140683472144687104
(http://media.ign.com/games/image/article/738/738102/gaijin4koma_peersblog_1200684654.jpg)
Gamesack put up another "Left in Japan" video and one game featured was Kyuutenkai: Fantasic Pinball. Never heard of this before- it's a fantasy-themed pinball game made by Technosoft/Tecno Soft and released in 1995. They ported Devil's Crush to the Genesis and this appears to be similarly-themed.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpQltjzt1Tw
The Saturn version sells for ridiculous prices, but the PS1 version is pretty cheap. Ordered a copy for $24.
nothing beats an original
I've been stuck in retro mode for the last month and the latency has fucking RUINED modern shit for me.
I turned on my PS4 last night to try Sonic Mania and the delay between when I press a button and when something happens on the screen made me furious. Check it out, I'm now officially a cranky old man (goes back to Castlevania on DS with its 7ms latency)
Hi everyone I'm sho nuff, I'm old and live in a big house full of CRTs because they fill the hole of my missing wife and children, dont forget to like and subscribe, now let's talk about Saturn games
Hi everyone I'm sho nuff, I'm old and live in a big house full of CRTs because they fill the hole of my missing wife and children, dont forget to like and subscribe, now let's talk about Saturn games
Pix of your setup?
Did you try Mednafen (or Beetle-PSX, as it's known in Retroarch)?
Hi everyone I'm sho nuff, I'm old and live in a big house full of CRTs because they fill the hole of my missing wife and children, dont forget to like and subscribe, now let's talk about Saturn games
Pix of your setup?
Nah, does that tend to work better?Extremely accurate emulation. If it can't run it, I don't know what would.
(http://i64.tinypic.com/35iwtjk.jpg)
I'm moving some things around so I brought all my stuff to work. The left Philips is a HDTV CRT which weighs far too much (that's my coworker's, mostly for Bemani games). Commodore monitor I'd be happy to give to anyone local in Seattle; we made a custom Svideo cable for it. The Sony is a BVM capable of 1080i and is the single greatest television I have ever seen in my life and it's my main display. Panasonic PVM is big, bright, and beautiful. Sony at the bottom is one of the last CRT monitors they did and is god-tier but I might have to give this to someone as it weighs waaaaaaaaaaay too much and takes up too much space.
Also in that picture: Virtua Fighter 3 arcade board and Apple //e
No discussion needed- Genesis has blast processing :smug
:snob
I'm moving to Japan in 3 months so if anyone in Seattle wants any of this shit PM me(https://media.giphy.com/media/WUq1cg9K7uzHa/giphy.gif)
No discussion needed- Genesis has blast processing :smug
:snob
yeah good for blasting right into the toilet amirite
Sooo I've been playing Chrono Trigger on the DS and
WHY THE FUCK DID NOBODY LEARN FROM FUCKING CHRONO TRIGGER? Seriously there are so many QOL improvements to the JRPG genre in this game it makes me furious that nobody rolled with any of these, seriously what in the actual fuck, how just how
Best feature: WALKING AROUND WHILE PEOPLE ARE TALKING
Also here's an important question: Should I be playing it on my DS, or should I be playing the SNES version (I have access to both)
the new ps1 ending sucks, iirc in the snes versionspoiler (click to show/hide)frog doesn't get back to normal[close]
I've been browsing ebay for random games for giggles, and holy god some of the prices on this stuff.
Not the stuff that's clearly holy grails (or artificially inflated titles) but just random games you wouldn't think of.
Remember DrillDozer, the game nobody gave two shits about and was clearanced as low as $5?
Averages between $75-90 CIB (https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_nkw=drill+dozer+gba&_sacat=0&rt=nc&LH_Complete=1) on eBay - with Cart Only going as high as $50
This is the first game in the series! Didn't know it went back that far.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_1t3sEFYlc
Got a good deal on a Japanese NeoGeo mini with 2 pads. The stick on the unit and pads is analog, which I'm not thrilled about (hard to pull off moves in KOF for me) but otherwise it's pretty nice. Not sure if I'm going to keep it at work as part of my mini arcade or bring it home since it has HDMI out.
I've been browsing ebay for random games for giggles, and holy god some of the prices on this stuff.
Not the stuff that's clearly holy grails (or artificially inflated titles) but just random games you wouldn't think of.
Remember DrillDozer, the game nobody gave two shits about and was clearanced as low as $5?
Averages between $75-90 CIB (https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_nkw=drill+dozer+gba&_sacat=0&rt=nc&LH_Complete=1) on eBay - with Cart Only going as high as $50
I've been browsing ebay for random games for giggles, and holy god some of the prices on this stuff.
Not the stuff that's clearly holy grails (or artificially inflated titles) but just random games you wouldn't think of.
Remember DrillDozer, the game nobody gave two shits about and was clearanced as low as $5?
Averages between $75-90 CIB (https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_nkw=drill+dozer+gba&_sacat=0&rt=nc&LH_Complete=1) on eBay - with Cart Only going as high as $50
ALSO - damn a lot of segaCD stuff has aged horribly. I think the fact that i'm playing using an OSSC is REALLY making the segacd's fmv limitations glaring.
:goty
(https://i.ibb.co/6Y7gHc8/IMG-20190904-093135-350.jpg)
That sucks that the MegaSD is a little jank. Hopefully firmware patches can fix it.the issues are still not patched :|
Slightly updated game room, until my wife starts throwing a shitfit that I bought Vidya so close to her birthdayNice room, but is that Blackberry you used to take the pic lol.
(https://i.ibb.co/zrD1hjX/IMG-20190904-121800-239.jpg)
Work colleagues are not friends. :kermit
Bought a bunch of games at a local retrogaming event last week
Captain America and the avengers Genesis:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rjnl7uas3HM
A big downgrade compared to the arcade version, but the gameplay is still there. The soundtrack is so fucking catchy during boss fights.
Killer instinct Gold N64:
A strange upgraded port of Killer Instinct 2 arcade. Very decent, fun to play. I can't say anything really bad about it. The soundtrack is pretty epic.
Waku waku 7 sega saturn
Dear God.. What happened? Huge downgrade over the Neogeo version, the audio is super weak, there are CONSTANT LOADING TIMES (3 loading screens before you get to a fight, and another one for every round) and lots of backgrounds are super compressed. It's a shame, as it was one of my favorite quirky game on the MVS. I'm still hunting for a legit copy of the mvs game..
7th Saga got fucked up for US release (since we have big fat white cocks) so it's needlessly difficult and shit was nerfed (xp/gold). There is a patch to change US version to the JP valuesah cool, thanks for the link. I had no idea! I'm gonna try it with my everdrive..
http://www.romhacking.net/hacks/264/
7th Saga got fucked up for US release (since we have big fat white cocks) so it's needlessly difficult and shit was nerfed (xp/gold). There is a patch to change US version to the JP valuesah cool, thanks for the link. I had no idea! I'm gonna try it with my everdrive..
http://www.romhacking.net/hacks/264/
NES "port" of Captain American & The Avengers was the superior port. The SNES/Gen version of the arcade game was just too fucking slow.
Super Return of the jedi SNES:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYMrO7EX8cI
What the fuck. This game is impossible. What happened to the difficulty level? You get assaulted NON STOP by endless enemies, traps, bottomless pits and super hard bosses. I don't get how I completely dominate the first game and I can barely finish the first few levels without losing all my credits. WTF?
I'm not taking it over the arcade game. I'm taking it over the SNES/GEN port of the arcade game that is agonizingly slow.
I can't play bullet-hell games. I get stressed just watching them.Once you start playing them, it gets very addictive. It's very rewarding to see how far you can get with one credit.
Awww yeah got a good Black Friday deal on the Genesis mini. Looking forward to bastardizing it by modding it play SNES games.
(https://i.ibb.co/Sy0Bmtt/IMG-20191129-202218-916.jpg)
Awww yeah got a good Black Friday deal on the Genesis mini. Looking forward to bastardizing it by modding it play SNES games.
(https://i.ibb.co/Sy0Bmtt/IMG-20191129-202218-916.jpg)
Got a new Nintendo 64.
I want some Nintendo 64 games. Is anyone willing to let go of any?
how tf was a genesis game going to look that good? were they going to do a sega cd release too? those graphics and the amount of variety look unreal for an old cart game.
Time Splitters FP for GameCube is 30 Euro.
Which is more than the average GC game but not something I would consider rare.
I have so many games I'll probably never play again in my life that I'm sort of wondering if I should start selling off some.
Mainly Wii games, of which I have nearly 80 I think and Xbox 360 games.
I enjoyed collecting over the years but if most Wii/360 era stuff is worthless it doesn't seem worth the effort.
This weekend I hunkered down and played through all of Eric Chahi's HEART OF DARKNESS on PS1. The game is fucking brutally hard so I had to savescum through most of it. It's like Out of This World but taken to an even more extreme degree, kinda hard to describe. The animation is fucking phenomenal though. Has a real interesting development history, was like 5 years in the making and it kinda shows I guess. Glad I played it but not a great game.
Also, I played it via retroarch's BeetlePSX emulator using a CRT filter. I've hated these things in the past, but this is the first time I've done it with a 4k monitor, and it looked really, really nice. Almost looks like ye olde phosphors.
Time Splitters FP for GameCube is 30 Euro.
Which is more than the average GC game but not something I would consider rare.
I have so many games I'll probably never play again in my life that I'm sort of wondering if I should start selling off some.
Mainly Wii games, of which I have nearly 80 I think and Xbox 360 games.
I enjoyed collecting over the years but if most Wii/360 era stuff is worthless it doesn't seem worth the effort.
Paper Mario GCN is like 200€ right now.
Found my old Ace Attorney 3 cartridge for DS and am wrapping it up after 15 years. Using a DSi which is the shit; nice to have 1:1 pixels and that huge display (3DS scaling of DS games is uggo).
Wondering what AA game I should play next, can't remember what order they take place in for the life of me.
Also if you have a DSi you should google MemoryPit
Don't know if this allowed here, but are there any decent ROMs sites around. I'm thinking of coping some Everdrives and going that route with original modded hardware. And no I'm not paying ridiculous prices for NES, SNES, Genesis carts.
I do try to get stuff legit via classic collections so I'm not a complete garbage person. Nor do I pirate stuff I can't buy at reasonable prices. I also buy all those mini consoles. But I'm itching for original hardware. The nostalgia boner is too strong.
You can guys can PM if it's not allowed.
Emuparadise is still up and running strong. :lol at anyone who would think someone is a garbage person for downloading roms for 25-35 year old 8-16 bit kideos.
Idk. Coming from GAF and ERA, didn't know the policy here lol.
Don't know if this allowed here, but are there any decent ROMs sites around. I'm thinking of coping some Everdrives and going that route with original modded hardware. And no I'm not paying ridiculous prices for NES, SNES, Genesis carts.Just search for the /r/roms subreddit and follow the megathread thread link at the top.
I do try to get stuff legit via classic collections so I'm not a complete garbage person. Nor do I pirate stuff I can't buy at reasonable prices. I also buy all those mini consoles. But I'm itching for original hardware. The nostalgia boner is too strong.
You can guys can PM if it's not allowed.
Idk. Coming from GAF and ERA, didn't know the policy here lol.
You've been a member here since 2007 though :lol
Should I do the Edgeworth spinoffs
Don't know if this allowed here, but are there any decent ROMs sites around. I'm thinking of coping some Everdrives and going that route with original modded hardware. And no I'm not paying ridiculous prices for NES, SNES, Genesis carts.
I do try to get stuff legit via classic collections so I'm not a complete garbage person. Nor do I pirate stuff I can't buy at reasonable prices. I also buy all those mini consoles. But I'm itching for original hardware. The nostalgia boner is too strong.
You can guys can PM if it's not allowed.
Emuparadise is still up and running strong. :lol at anyone who would think someone is a garbage person for downloading roms for 25-35 year old 8-16 bit kideos.
I wanna explore Sega CD, especially with Terra Onion's Mega SD cart.The ultimate euphoria is playing those on a Sega CDX.
But a lot of the big hitters are crazy expensive--Snatcher, Popful Mail.
I used to dabble with ROMs a long time ago. I just hated the sketchy sites full of malware.Don't know if this allowed here, but are there any decent ROMs sites around. I'm thinking of coping some Everdrives and going that route with original modded hardware. And no I'm not paying ridiculous prices for NES, SNES, Genesis carts.
I do try to get stuff legit via classic collections so I'm not a complete garbage person. Nor do I pirate stuff I can't buy at reasonable prices. I also buy all those mini consoles. But I'm itching for original hardware. The nostalgia boner is too strong.
You can guys can PM if it's not allowed.
Emuparadise is still up and running strong. :lol at anyone who would think someone is a garbage person for downloading roms for 25-35 year old 8-16 bit kideos.
you're not a garbage person. just a very lazy one. we know roms are not hard to find. put some effort in.
"if you can't find it, you don't deserve it" - god
I wanna explore Sega CD, especially with Terra Onion's Mega SD cart.The ultimate euphoria is playing those on a Sega CDX.
But a lot of the big hitters are crazy expensive--Snatcher, Popful Mail.
:ohyeah
I used to dabble with ROMs a long time ago. I just hated the sketchy sites full of malware.
I used to dabble with ROMs a long time ago. I just hated the sketchy sites full of malware.Archive.org has full sets, too. Torrents and direct downloads. You might have to make an account for some of them, but it's worth it.
Funny you mention that, because I've had the opposite experience. Reicast ran Grandia 2 and Skies of Arcadia perfectly uprezzed and widescreen in default with no finagling. PS1 (FPse & ePSXe) and Saturn (Yaba Sanshiro) always has certain things missing, like certain effects or text or the sounds are off.ROMS pre 32 bit era are cake to deal with. Getting PS1/Saturn games to run properly is the big pita, imo. All the technical stuff to spruce up the graphics goes way over my head; OpenGL and all that jargen. :whatisthis
I've never had trouble with PS2 or PS1 but I never fuck around with the graphics settings and just play the default settings. I did have trouble with a Dreamcast emulator though.
Simple? Plenty of waysBugger.
Legit? Definitely not
Been having fond memories of playing Gunsmoke on the NES lately. Is there a simple and legitimate way to play it in 2020?
Most MISTer users are so fucking annoying about it on twitter tho. I'm about to mute any mentions of it. Get the fuck over it, god damn.
Been having fond memories of playing Gunsmoke on the NES lately. Is there a simple and legitimate way to play it in 2020?
https://youtu.be/2IST_g7pq-M
this is awesome
I hope MK 12 brings back the fun and playful side of MK
Joker is such a garbage guest character
Saw this reposted on a news site today Shuri:
https://arcadeblogger.com/2016/05/06/arcade-raid-the-duke-of-lancaster-ship/
that arcade blogger site is cool.I didn't know they had this in the museum in vegas. :o
http://arcadeblogger.com/2018/07/06/arcade-holy-grail-the-pinball-circus/
For me it would multiple days, all on either T2 or Star Trek TNG.that arcade blogger site is cool.I didn't know they had this in the museum in vegas. :o
http://arcadeblogger.com/2018/07/06/arcade-holy-grail-the-pinball-circus/
Vegas Pinball Museum is fucking nuts-butts. I could have spent like...multiple days there.
oh I have been multiple times, it's great. that said, I thought it was moving near mandalay bay, but quick google and seems it hasn't? the only real knock on it is that it's off strip...then again it could go way downhill if it does move and there are 5x the people/kids there. would give them way more money to work with though.
an old link I had bookmarked forever. This is one of the coolest private arcade setup ever. It was dismanted a long time ago when the owner got in a messy divorce, everything got sold, but still, damn.
http://www.peterhirschberg.com/#/LunaCityArcadeMirror
It legit feels like a late eighties arcade.
http://www.peterhirschberg.com/#/LunaCityArcadeMirror
It legit feels like a late eighties arcade.
Finished ff4 today. The ending was a bit cheesier than I remembered, and I like how they didn’t even bother to explain how the twins are back. Their sacrifice was a major moment and at the end they’re back and it’s as if nothing happened. Zeromus was one violent bastard, but on my 3rd try I somehow accidentally managed to glitch his script. He killed kain and rydia and then he pretty much got stuck in a loop where he would cast black hole or whatever, and a shitty version of meteo.
Edge and Cecil slowly killed him while Rosa cure4’ed the crew non stop. It was rather underwhelming
I was thinking of starting ff5 next, but that psx remake of ff1 and ff2 are pretty tempting. I also never really tried Chrono Trigger so this could be a good time to finally really give it a try. Is ff tactics worth it?
Btw I was playing the psx port of ff4, the weird 3d remakes looked so terrible
So who am I going to see at Portland Retro this year?
The SNK40th collection is really well done IMO, even if most of the games don't really hold up. I like the presentation/info more than playing a lot of these oldies, but options to change language, arcade vs console, etc. Worth the 15 bux I got it for.
I think they somehow left off the museum page for Ikari Warriors II arcade tho. :doge
Finished ff4 today. The ending was a bit cheesier than I remembered, and I like how they didn’t even bother to explain how the twins are back. Their sacrifice was a major moment and at the end they’re back and it’s as if nothing happened. Zeromus was one violent bastard, but on my 3rd try I somehow accidentally managed to glitch his script. He killed kain and rydia and then he pretty much got stuck in a loop where he would cast black hole or whatever, and a shitty version of meteo.
Edge and Cecil slowly killed him while Rosa cure4’ed the crew non stop. It was rather underwhelming
I was thinking of starting ff5 next, but that psx remake of ff1 and ff2 are pretty tempting. I also never really tried Chrono Trigger so this could be a good time to finally really give it a try. Is ff tactics worth it?
Btw I was playing the psx port of ff4, the weird 3d remakes looked so terrible
Origins is in my opinion the best of the FF1/2 remakes, since the GBA and PSP ports neuter the difficulty (but maybe in the case of FF2 it's for the best). FF1 I have a shit-ton of nostalgia for, as that's how my friends and I spent our summer 1990... but 2 does not hold up due to the proto-SaGa systems in place, so you're better off reading a plot summary. If you're more into RPGs for gameplay than story, then FF5 is a must (GBA port being the ideal way to play). Tactics is definitely worth playing too if you like strategy RPGs.
Palmer Luckey is bidding on the Nintendo Playstation (currently at around ~$360k)
https://twitter.com/PalmerLuckey/status/1228115750381948928
only hardcore final fantasy fans play ff1 on old flip phonesThat was the way I played it my first time. The ending dialogue/epilogue kinda kicked me in the feels part of my package.
https://m.imgur.com/a/7wDmzb9
I was a huge Landstalker fan, but the one-on-one combat in Dark Savior didn't quite work out for me. Some really unique design decisions in that game, basically how you play the opening chapter will take you to one of 5 different routes through the game. I really need to give that and Dragonforce a fair shake, since I wasn't really able to get into either game.
Alundra was right up there though...I was a huge Landstalker fan, but the one-on-one combat in Dark Savior didn't quite work out for me. Some really unique design decisions in that game, basically how you play the opening chapter will take you to one of 5 different routes through the game. I really need to give that and Dragonforce a fair shake, since I wasn't really able to get into either game.
Landstalker was the GOAT and none of Climax's games following it were as good, IMO. Although I did not play through Ladystalker.
Alundra was right up there though...I was a huge Landstalker fan, but the one-on-one combat in Dark Savior didn't quite work out for me. Some really unique design decisions in that game, basically how you play the opening chapter will take you to one of 5 different routes through the game. I really need to give that and Dragonforce a fair shake, since I wasn't really able to get into either game.
Landstalker was the GOAT and none of Climax's games following it were as good, IMO. Although I did not play through Ladystalker.
IIRC, that patch/mod allows for widescreen too.Alundra was right up there though...I was a huge Landstalker fan, but the one-on-one combat in Dark Savior didn't quite work out for me. Some really unique design decisions in that game, basically how you play the opening chapter will take you to one of 5 different routes through the game. I really need to give that and Dragonforce a fair shake, since I wasn't really able to get into either game.
Landstalker was the GOAT and none of Climax's games following it were as good, IMO. Although I did not play through Ladystalker.
I need to give that another shot since there's a non-WD English version out there now.
IIRC, that patch/mod allows for widescreen too.Alundra was right up there though...I was a huge Landstalker fan, but the one-on-one combat in Dark Savior didn't quite work out for me. Some really unique design decisions in that game, basically how you play the opening chapter will take you to one of 5 different routes through the game. I really need to give that and Dragonforce a fair shake, since I wasn't really able to get into either game.
Landstalker was the GOAT and none of Climax's games following it were as good, IMO. Although I did not play through Ladystalker.
I need to give that another shot since there's a non-WD English version out there now.
Last time I tried it (I think it was running the ISO on Retropie) it wouldn't play :'(Funny you mention that, when I tried it on the Wii U PS1 emu, I got all the way to the point you can use your sword again in the town... But the first patch of grass I cut anywhere instantly drops a rare item, and when I pick it up.... It crashes the game. :(. I don't know if it's the emu or the iso or the patch.. too much tinkering for me to figure it out.
I actually have the Sega CD version.
Not sure why anyone who collects games would buy these reprints. While they are legal (because LRG obtains the rights to do them from the companies who currently own the rights), just like LRG's other reprints of old console games for GB, NES, SNES, N64 etc., they aren't actually licensed by the platform owners (Nintendo, Sega, etc.).
Meaning, unlike their games for current systems (PS4, Switch, PS Vita), these console re-releases aren't official. So for collecting purposes, they have little to no value. Even completionists who try to collect complete game libraries don't need them.
Wouldn't mind grabbing realMyst. :gladbron
Not sure why anyone who collects games would buy these reprints. While they are legal (because LRG obtains the rights to do them from the companies who currently own the rights), just like LRG's other reprints of old console games for GB, NES, SNES, N64 etc., they aren't actually licensed by the platform owners (Nintendo, Sega, etc.).
Meaning, unlike their games for current systems (PS4, Switch, PS Vita), these console re-releases aren't official. So for collecting purposes, they have little to no value. Even completionists who try to collect complete game libraries don't need them.
I'm interested because I love me some Monkey Island. I see they're doing this for Rebel Assault on Sega CD too. I assume the same would go for someone who is a fan of that game. They already know the collectors are going to buy up most of their stock anyway.
Dunno if I'm going to get the Sega CD MI set anyway with them saying a PC re-release is coming later on.
Not sure why anyone who collects games would buy these reprints. While they are legal (because LRG obtains the rights to do them from the companies who currently own the rights), just like LRG's other reprints of old console games for GB, NES, SNES, N64 etc., they aren't actually licensed by the platform owners (Nintendo, Sega, etc.).
Meaning, unlike their games for current systems (PS4, Switch, PS Vita), these console re-releases aren't official. So for collecting purposes, they have little to no value. Even completionists who try to collect complete game libraries don't need them.
I'm interested because I love me some Monkey Island. I see they're doing this for Rebel Assault on Sega CD too. I assume the same would go for someone who is a fan of that game. They already know the collectors are going to buy up most of their stock anyway.
Dunno if I'm going to get the Sega CD MI set anyway with them saying a PC re-release is coming later on.
I've tried replaying Rebel Assault on Sega CD recently and it's borderline unplayable now, as in it's damn near impossible to see where you need to move or shoot at. I have no idea how I was able to 1CC it back in the day, especially since I was usually under the influence of heavy psychedelics.
Not sure why anyone who collects games would buy these reprints. While they are legal (because LRG obtains the rights to do them from the companies who currently own the rights), just like LRG's other reprints of old console games for GB, NES, SNES, N64 etc., they aren't actually licensed by the platform owners (Nintendo, Sega, etc.).
Meaning, unlike their games for current systems (PS4, Switch, PS Vita), these console re-releases aren't official. So for collecting purposes, they have little to no value. Even completionists who try to collect complete game libraries don't need them.
I'm interested because I love me some Monkey Island. I see they're doing this for Rebel Assault on Sega CD too. I assume the same would go for someone who is a fan of that game. They already know the collectors are going to buy up most of their stock anyway.
Dunno if I'm going to get the Sega CD MI set anyway with them saying a PC re-release is coming later on.
I've tried replaying Rebel Assault on Sega CD recently and it's borderline unplayable now, as in it's damn near impossible to see where you need to move or shoot at. I have no idea how I was able to 1CC it back in the day, especially since I was usually under the influence of heavy psychedelics.
Impressive!
That's gotta be one of the worst, if not the worst version of the game, too.
Not sure why anyone who collects games would buy these reprints. While they are legal (because LRG obtains the rights to do them from the companies who currently own the rights), just like LRG's other reprints of old console games for GB, NES, SNES, N64 etc., they aren't actually licensed by the platform owners (Nintendo, Sega, etc.).
Meaning, unlike their games for current systems (PS4, Switch, PS Vita), these console re-releases aren't official. So for collecting purposes, they have little to no value. Even completionists who try to collect complete game libraries don't need them.
Not sure why anyone who collects games would buy these reprints. While they are legal (because LRG obtains the rights to do them from the companies who currently own the rights), just like LRG's other reprints of old console games for GB, NES, SNES, N64 etc., they aren't actually licensed by the platform owners (Nintendo, Sega, etc.).
Meaning, unlike their games for current systems (PS4, Switch, PS Vita), these console re-releases aren't official. So for collecting purposes, they have little to no value. Even completionists who try to collect complete game libraries don't need them.
Or maybe people just like buying old games so they can play them on original hardware?
Fuck collectors who buy games just because "they're valuable." That mentality is driving game prices out the ass and ruining the market.
Not sure why anyone who collects games would buy these reprints. While they are legal (because LRG obtains the rights to do them from the companies who currently own the rights), just like LRG's other reprints of old console games for GB, NES, SNES, N64 etc., they aren't actually licensed by the platform owners (Nintendo, Sega, etc.).
Meaning, unlike their games for current systems (PS4, Switch, PS Vita), these console re-releases aren't official. So for collecting purposes, they have little to no value. Even completionists who try to collect complete game libraries don't need them.
Or maybe people just like buying old games so they can play them on original hardware?
Fuck collectors who buy games just because "they're valuable." That mentality is driving game prices out the ass and ruining the market.
Sega CD was worse and more pointless than the 32X
Speaking of which this is incredible:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j11SgTcagMY
God bless Sega and the Saturn.
:salute
Not sure why anyone who collects games would buy these reprints. While they are legal (because LRG obtains the rights to do them from the companies who currently own the rights), just like LRG's other reprints of old console games for GB, NES, SNES, N64 etc., they aren't actually licensed by the platform owners (Nintendo, Sega, etc.).
Meaning, unlike their games for current systems (PS4, Switch, PS Vita), these console re-releases aren't official. So for collecting purposes, they have little to no value. Even completionists who try to collect complete game libraries don't need them.
Or maybe people just like buying old games so they can play them on original hardware?
Fuck collectors who buy games just because "they're valuable." That mentality is driving game prices out the ass and ruining the market.
I get where you are coming from, but at that point why not just buy a replica or a multicart if you only want to play it on the original hardware?
32X also sucked. At least with the 32X you could put Genesis games into it.
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Sega-Genesis-Model-2-Monster-Bare.jpg/1024px-Sega-Genesis-Model-2-Monster-Bare.jpg)
:lol :lol :lol this hunk of shit
Sega CD was worse and more pointless than the 32X
I'll only buy a limited run if it's a game I really wanna play... i.e. Cosmic Star Heroine or Darius Burst. No interest in having sealed games sitting on my shelf.
It was garbage video quality back then, too- but it was the cheapest way to play CD games so nobody really cared at the time.
"Sega CD... Have the game AND the soundtrack altogether.!.. (just don't play that first track on a conventional CD player)"
:rejoice
I bought the PS4 versions of Night Trap and Double Switch, didn't get Corpse Killer though
I also hate looking at shelves full of games.
after moving like five times in the last seven years i can confidently say that i fucking hate having a big physical collection too. it's nice to pull out some old games that i love and play them for awhile and look over the manuals and stuff. but having games that I'll never touch again, or newer games that are just a case with a disc? no thanks, that's a waste of space.
after moving like five times in the last seven years i can confidently say that i fucking hate having a big physical collection too. it's nice to pull out some old games that i love and play them for awhile and look over the manuals and stuff. but having games that I'll never touch again, or newer games that are just a case with a disc? no thanks, that's a waste of space.
I moved like six times within about the same amount of time, before finally buying a home, and it wasn't particularly difficult or time-consuming to put the games into some boxes and seal them up for the moves.
:idont
well stop moving five times over seven years. what are you, a gypsy?
:camby it's different when you can pay movers to carry all that shit for you ya rich so and so
LIKE HELL. Took me forever but finally got a beautiful, beautiful replacement in box. Will break it in tonight playing SAKURA WARS, THE ENGLISH VERSION on my Sega Saturn via Framemeister (still haven't found a good CRT in Japan yet).
LIKE HELL. Took me forever but finally got a beautiful, beautiful replacement in box. Will break it in tonight playing SAKURA WARS, THE ENGLISH VERSION on my Sega Saturn via Framemeister (still haven't found a good CRT in Japan yet).
What's your method of choice for playing English translations directly on your Saturn?
LIKE HELL. Took me forever but finally got a beautiful, beautiful replacement in box. Will break it in tonight playing SAKURA WARS, THE ENGLISH VERSION on my Sega Saturn via Framemeister (still haven't found a good CRT in Japan yet).
What's your method of choice for playing English translations directly on your Saturn?
Yeah, I'm on Pseudosaturn Kai as well.
Hey, did you know that Sakura Wars is actually a bad harem VN, I've just made this horrifying discovery myself
I am playing the first "Glory of Heracles" game on NES (Heracles no Eikou) and it's pretty funny how this game works (precursor to Dead Rising / BoF Dragon Quarter system?).
- No Battery Saves. Only Password (save states baby)
- The password doesn't actually save your "progress" but instead carries over your current level and items.
- Make progress, but decide to stop and write your password? All of your progress is gone! Go kill those bosses again
- The goal of the game is the do the 12 heroic labors of Hercules (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labours_of_Hercules)
- The game is open-ended (you can literally go anywhere you want - unless you don't have X item). Of course, some areas and dungeons have stronger enemies than others.
- The game is very "hint" specific so you need to talk to anyone and write down everything they say.
- The game has a durability system!
- You can actually sell "key items" and if you do, you have to do the quest again to get it back.
$40 more for the “physical” edition and it doesn’t even have the actual game on physical discs, just a download code.
:iface
$40 more for the “physical” edition and it doesn’t even have the actual game on physical discs, just a download code.
:iface
https://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchpage.jsp?st=IAM8BIT
Best Buy is selling licensed repro carts now I guess. $100 tho, lol.
https://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchpage.jsp?st=IAM8BIT
Best Buy is selling licensed repro carts now I guess. $100 tho, lol.
What the fuck :lol
"rare" :lol
i barely understand why someone would buy a repro to begin with, much less a $100 repro lmao
If you're not a collector but still want to buy cartridges there's nothing wrong with repros. The save situation on repro carts is also usually far better (FRAM instead of watch batteries) and obviously, something newly-manufactured is going to look a lot better on average than something old and used.fair enough. for me its more the thought process of "if its not original than just get an everdrive or something similar at that point". but for the cheap ones i understand it a lot more than a "collector's repro"
The big benefit of repros though is their low cost, which this completely misses. :lol
i barely understand why someone would buy a repro to begin with, much less a $100 repro lmao
Now, Phantasy Star Retranslation version 2.0 (from the same folks, along with newcomer Damien Guard) brings a yet more polished English script along with a bevy of much-appreciated quality-of-life improvements. Below the new sound test menu you’ll find options to increase Alis’ Alisa’s walking speed, XP and money multipliers, an option to reduce battle frequency, and cosmetic choices for hair color and font.
I've played that game on X68000 before, it's p.cool.
So the TL;DR version of that video is fanboy ranting. He says they released "filler" games while showing Sonic 2. :dogeIt is ranting, but I agree with him. I don't understand why Sega just doesn't give a shit about at least porting things to most available systems. Like Phantasy Star 1 Remake (Sega Ages). Why is this only on the Switch?... A system geared for young children that don't give 2 shits about Phantasy Star (or even know what it is)? Why is it not on PS4, PC and even Android? Simply doesn't compute for me.
I would like to see official M2-ported versions of more arcade games past the 16-bit era, but licensing does get in the way with some of them and there's always emulators if not.
It is ranting, but I agree with him. I don't understand why Sega just doesn't give a shit about at least porting things to most available systems.
Like Phantasy Star 1 Remake (Sega Ages). Why is this only on the Switch?... A system geared for young children that don't give 2 shits about Phantasy Star (or even know what it is)? Why is it not on PS4, PC and even Android? Simply doesn't compute for me.
But hey, this is another reason for you to GIVE IN and get a Switch. :P(https://media1.tenor.com/images/0008a11cf07e70bca25a41e59fc75094/tenor.gif)
SEGA making bad business decisions is entirely on brand for them.
They had like 2 or 3 good Genesis/MegaDrive years and were always lagging behind or were outgunned outside of that.
Sega fans should respect the mediocrity as that is what the brand stands for. :lol
Why bother with Sega Ages when there's this patch insteadI did get that patch, and it's pretty awesome... but I like teh update grafixes and watching the hind quarters of Alise swinging that sword. :ohyeah
http://www.romhacking.net/translations/1069/
So the TL;DR version of that video is fanboy ranting. He says they released "filler" games while showing Sonic 2. :doge
I would like to see official M2-ported versions of more arcade games past the 16-bit era, but licensing does get in the way with some of them and there's always emulators if not.
I think they're all Famicom versions and not arcade.
:donot
They also announced volumes 3 and 4 already.
Kotaku: How did the Famicom project come about?
Uemura: It started with a phone call in 1981. President Yamauchi told me to make a video game system, one that could play games on cartridges. He always liked to call me after he’d had a few drinks, so I didn’t think much of it. I just said, “Sure thing, boss,” and hung up. It wasn’t until the next morning when he came up to me, sober, and said, “That thing we talked about—you’re on it?” that it hit me: He was serious.
Kotaku: How did you analyze rivals’ game consoles?
Uemura: I had a semiconductor manufacturer dissolve the plastic covering on the chips to expose the wiring underneath. I took pictures, blew them up, and looked at the circuitry to understand it. I had some experience with arcade games, and right away I knew that none of what I was looking at would be any help in designing a new home system. They simply didn’t have expressive enough graphics. They had a monopoly on patents for them, circuit structures and features such as scrolling. And they were simply old-fashioned. That’s why I couldn’t use anything from them.
Uemura: The colors [of the Famicom] were based on a scarf Yamauchi liked. True story.
Any recommendations for TurboGrafx/PC Engine CD games other than RPGs?One of my personal favs on TG16, was Bloody Wolf. At the time, it made me think of a mash up of Metal Gear and Contra.
Also WTF is up with the PC Engine CD version of Golden Axe. Like it starts out great with the cutscenes with excellent music. But the game itself looks like a Commodore 64 conversion.
Any recommendations for TurboGrafx/PC Engine CD games other than RPGs?One of my personal favs on TG16, was Bloody Wolf. At the time, it made me think of a mash up of Metal Gear and Contra.
Also WTF is up with the PC Engine CD version of Golden Axe. Like it starts out great with the cutscenes with excellent music. But the game itself looks like a Commodore 64 conversion.
Nice, I never knew Forgotten Worlds was on there. Loved the Genesis one.Any recommendations for TurboGrafx/PC Engine CD games other than RPGs?One of my personal favs on TG16, was Bloody Wolf. At the time, it made me think of a mash up of Metal Gear and Contra.
Also WTF is up with the PC Engine CD version of Golden Axe. Like it starts out great with the cutscenes with excellent music. But the game itself looks like a Commodore 64 conversion.
Yup, I like Bloody Wolf a lot. Great soundtrack. It's a card game though.
I did find Last Alert, which is in the same vein with a cheestastic English dub for the cutscenes.
The TGCD version of Madden is surprisingly good if you're into the 16 bit American football games.
There's also (not surprisingly) a lot of great shooters on the CD. Forgotten Worlds and Side Arms along withe the Thunder games being my favorites so far.
The conversion of Strider is really good and adds in new cutscenes.
I recently modded up my mini PlayStation with AutoBleem, which is stupid simple to setup.
You only really need two things:
1- A usb stick. I picked this 128GB but you could go higher or lower. 128 is more than enough for me.
https://amzn.to/30yqL3Z
2- An OTG cable, so you can plug it into the back port of the mini PlayStation along with power (this lets you use the USB port/stick to its full potential, the front ports are limited, and it frees up a controller spot).
https://amzn.to/3hlhOlq
From there all you basically do is drag and drop AutoBleem to the stick, then plug it into the front port, install AutoBleem's kernel (allows OTG and other stuff), then you can set up the USB (format it as NTFS etc) to use the OTG cable and just drag and drop your games.
The only real negative/drawback is being stuck with the original PS1 pad, but if you want to take the extra steps to use analog/other controllers you can.
Nice, I never knew Forgotten Worlds was on there. Loved the Genesis one.Any recommendations for TurboGrafx/PC Engine CD games other than RPGs?One of my personal favs on TG16, was Bloody Wolf. At the time, it made me think of a mash up of Metal Gear and Contra.
Also WTF is up with the PC Engine CD version of Golden Axe. Like it starts out great with the cutscenes with excellent music. But the game itself looks like a Commodore 64 conversion.
Yup, I like Bloody Wolf a lot. Great soundtrack. It's a card game though.
I did find Last Alert, which is in the same vein with a cheestastic English dub for the cutscenes.
The TGCD version of Madden is surprisingly good if you're into the 16 bit American football games.
There's also (not surprisingly) a lot of great shooters on the CD. Forgotten Worlds and Side Arms along withe the Thunder games being my favorites so far.
The conversion of Strider is really good and adds in new cutscenes.
Never played it, but Double Rragon 2 on PCE-CD is supposed to be an updated version of the NES version with added cutscenes and better visuals.
Any recommendations for TurboGrafx/PC Engine CD games other than RPGs?
Also WTF is up with the PC Engine CD version of Golden Axe. Like it starts out great with the cutscenes with excellent music. But the game itself looks like a Commodore 64 conversion.
but most is trash, unless you have nostalgic feelings for it.
I recently modded up my mini PlayStation with AutoBleem, which is stupid simple to setup.
You only really need two things:
1- A usb stick. I picked this 128GB but you could go higher or lower. 128 is more than enough for me.
https://amzn.to/30yqL3Z
2- An OTG cable, so you can plug it into the back port of the mini PlayStation along with power (this lets you use the USB port/stick to its full potential, the front ports are limited, and it frees up a controller spot).
https://amzn.to/3hlhOlq
From there all you basically do is drag and drop AutoBleem to the stick, then plug it into the front port, install AutoBleem's kernel (allows OTG and other stuff), then you can set up the USB (format it as NTFS etc) to use the OTG cable and just drag and drop your games.
The only real negative/drawback is being stuck with the original PS1 pad, but if you want to take the extra steps to use analog/other controllers you can.
“The pack includes, but it not limited to, some of the features detailed below. Many of these features are carryover from prior hacks that have previously been developed for Zelda. Items denoted with an asterisk are brand new features that have been created exclusively for the Mesen pack.http://www.romhacking.net/forum/index.php?topic=31559.0
• Increased resolution**
• Increased frame count for running**
• Updated sound effects and music**
• New title and game select screen**
• Animated environments**
• Save manually with Up+A when in the items subscreen
• Re-localization of the game script
• Increased bomb max
• Increased bomb upgrade amount
• Faster text printing
• Change the Red and Blue rings to Red and Blue tunics
• Breakable tile hints
• Press the “Select” button to toggle the item assigned to the “B” button
• Faster health refills
• Partial heart pieces in HUD”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DiuqgyVx0w
https://twitter.com/analogue/status/1317118116678094860
https://twitter.com/analogue/status/1317118116678094860
Dubbed the Retro Station, this tabletop unit has an 8-inch screen and weighs 2.1 kg. It comes with the following titles:
Mega Man The Power Battle
Mega Man 2 The Power Fighters
Mega Man X
Mega Man Soccer
Mega Man & Bass (Japanese Console Version)
Street Fighter II
Street Fighter II’ Champion Edition
Super Street Fighter II
Super Street Fighter II Turbo
Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo
The unit has been listed for sale on Amazon Japan, and while the page doesn't currently have pricing information, according to Siliconera, it previously said 21,780 yen – which is around $210. It is also reported that Gantaku, the company that handled the production of the thematically-similar Neo Geo Mini production, is the firm behind this particular unit.
SuperRT – Realtime Raytracing on the SNES (https://www.shironekolabs.com/posts/superrt/)
(https://i.imgur.com/DTRqgqR.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/2buU4rk.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/DGV6YmH.jpg)
I always thought there was so much untapped potential in cartridge CPUs such as SuperFX. This is pushing it way further than I ever thought possible though!
I definitely paid $80 for FFIII back in the day and remember the initial version of SFII going for $75. :doge
I remember paying nearly $100 for Sonic 2 back in the day.:leon What's the deal with that? I don't remember it being so much ever. Personally, I remember renting S2 on actual Sonic 2sday fro the local video store (Versatile Video). I literally saw it sitting there on some bench behind the counter... guess they didn't put it out on the shelves yet, so I bugged them to let me rent it... Totally played it for 3 days straight.. Will always stay my favorite Sonic. :heart
I remember paying nearly $100 for Sonic 2 back in the day.:leon What's the deal with that? I don't remember it being so much ever. Personally, I remember renting S2 on actual Sonic 2sday fro the local video store (Versatile Video). I literally saw it sitting there on some bench behind the counter... guess they didn't put it out on the shelves yet, so I bugged them to let me rent it... Totally played it for 3 days straight.. Will always stay my favorite Sonic. :heart
RPGs were always more expensive than other games of the time due to the larger ROM sizes compared to their contemporaries and the fact that Nintendo/Sega saw them as niche, enthusiast games for older people with money to burn. Some prices I recall at the stores (mainly Toys R Us, EB) at the time:
Phantasy Star 1 and 2 were $70
Phantasy Star 3 was $75
Phantasy Star 4 I remember was a whopping $110 at Toys R Us (The most expensive I've ever seen a non-Neo-Geo, non-special edition, retail game release)
Final Fantasy 6 was $80
Chrono Trigger and Secret of Mana were both $75
Even the Game Boy RPGs (Final Fantasy Legend 1-3, Adventure) were all $40 when their peers would be $20-30
The Astro City Mini is pretty dope if you’re like me and used to own a real Astro City and need that hot aesthetic in your life. Otherwise you should just get a Raspberry Pi or something
The Astro City Mini Arcade stick is SHIT HOT, costs enough tho. Weighs 6.5 pounds holy shit
Paprium finally came out!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stWXSdDqwtc
Paprium finally came out!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stWXSdDqwtc
So is this game going to come to modern systems/pc at some point? Or do you have to play on an emulator?
I didn't even know it was possible to prevent roms from being dumped in modern times. wtf.
Seems a bit up their own ass.
Amazingly, even though the Paprium saga has left a bad taste in the mouths of many, WaterMelon has just announced another Genesis project – but it's expecting people to lay down cash before even seeing a single screenshot.
Entitled A(...)M(...)96, it's another scrolling fighter for Sega's 16-bit console, and will cost you $169 for the standard version and $229 for the limited edition. WaterMelon clearly expects this to become something of a collector's item, as it is only creating a single batch, and warns buyers "if you miss it now, you miss it forever!" It is also encouraging people to buy in bulk, stating that a discount will be applied to orders of more than 7 units, and that any order over $4999 will get a "free arcade cab, custom-made for the game."
after getting burned by xenocrisis, I'm kinda done with homebrew games :-\
Speaking of limited, they announced their next game:
https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2020/12/just_when_you_thought_2020_couldnt_get_any_weirder_watermelons_paprium_is_finally_finishedQuoteAmazingly, even though the Paprium saga has left a bad taste in the mouths of many, WaterMelon has just announced another Genesis project – but it's expecting people to lay down cash before even seeing a single screenshot.
Entitled A(...)M(...)96, it's another scrolling fighter for Sega's 16-bit console, and will cost you $169 for the standard version and $229 for the limited edition. WaterMelon clearly expects this to become something of a collector's item, as it is only creating a single batch, and warns buyers "if you miss it now, you miss it forever!" It is also encouraging people to buy in bulk, stating that a discount will be applied to orders of more than 7 units, and that any order over $4999 will get a "free arcade cab, custom-made for the game."
:titus
Any trailer & screenshots?
No
Dudes, why is that?
We only focus on the game!
Can I buy the game later?
No, it's a single-batch, but you can try ebay later-on.
Any purchase deadline?
Maybe
Is it worth the price?
Considering how exclusive it is,
we think it's a bargain.
thinking of getting a retroid pocket 2.
Thoughts?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b68eUQ6WmEQ
Hooked up the PS1 to the 4K tv. Played some Medal of Honor. Game is still pretty fun.
https://youtu.be/WJITjKpcPHk
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2021/01/pc-fan-port-of-early-sonic-games-lets-you-zoom-the-camera-way-way-back/
Honestly at fullscreen that might be my preferred way to play Sonic, at least parts of Sonic 2 and probably CD.
HD Retrovision?Yes!
I don't have any but their Genesis component cables are held in really high regard. They also sell PlayStation and Saturn adapters for their Genesis cables.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXtoeXLD85s
I didn't know someone patched the PS2 version of Phantasy Star Generation 2 in English!
https://cdromance.com/ps2-iso/sega-ages-2500-series-vol-17-phantasy-star-generation2-english-patched/
It runs kinda not bad on my phone... The battles looks great!... but those cut scenes are a bit jarring what with the art style though.
Finally got the English patch for Virtual Pro Wrestling 2 :jeb I didn't realize it ever got finished and released, but it's a damn near complete translation of everything. There's a handful of stuff deep into the options that I have no clue what it is even in there for or what it does that isn't translated and that's about it.Can always use a phones OCR for those few.
Im still waiting on an Unreal Tournament or Quake 3 revivalThere was both: Quake Live and UT2014.
Im still waiting on an Unreal Tournament or Quake 3 revivalThere was both: Quake Live and UT2014.
Spinal Breaker, a shooter in the spirit of Cabal. There are some very uhh, late '80 racial stereotypes in this game. What the fuck :doge
So I saw a thread on all of Mario game deaths in a few days and it said that the Fire Emblem 1 NES release on Switch with all the nice quality of life stuff like FF and turn rewind and save states is also disappearing in a few days.FE Awakening is what revived the series and a fantastic game.
Is FE1 any good? I usually feel like 8-bit stuff is way too dated gameplay-wise but I saw a review that said with the QoL stuff it holds up as a tactics game. If I had to choose between playing FE Awakening on 3ds or this version of FE1 NES as my next FE and didn't care about fucking thousand your old loli dragons, which is the better tactics game?
Busted out the VIRTUAL BOYS to try them out - no surprise, they have issues (virtual boys are very problematic).
I found someone online who repairs the headset piece so I am sending them out this week.
Have some virtual boy porn
(https://i.imgur.com/woL3ynK.jpg)
jack bros is doodoo. wario land baby.
https://www.ebay.com/p/5924
Jesus Christ :o
How is playing DS games on an emulator given the whole split screen thing?
Since I'm on a SaGa kick, I was looking at the history of releases and saw I never picked up SaGa/FFL 2/3 remakes on DS that were Japan only. Not even sure if my DS works these days or if I'd want to play anything on actual DS hardware anymore. 3DS still nice, but DS kinda olddddddd.
Wonder if I should play them on an emulator if I ever want to give them a try.
Have you gotten DHL shipments from individuals in Japan vs. companies? I tried signing up to ship this fucking Astro City stick to my friend and couldn't make it happen; it was giving me insane price quotes ($400) and requiring bizarro shipping codes.
Yeah, the downside of buying JP versions of almost every JPN game through like PS4 or something when they started being dual-audio more regularly and release worldwide at the same time is that very few of my JP retro games have a ton of value, whereas the US versions of the same games are $$$$ because they had lower print runs and most of the collector fanbase is English speaking.
Not only did the JP versions cost like $20-30 more at release than the US versions, but now they're worth less!
I remember Radiant Silvergun (Saturn) and SMT3 Maniax (PS2) being of a couple of the rare JP games actually worth anything.
Yeah, the downside of buying JP versions of almost every JPN game through like PS4 or something when they started being dual-audio more regularly and release worldwide at the same time is that very few of my JP retro games have a ton of value, whereas the US versions of the same games are $$$$ because they had lower print runs and most of the collector fanbase is English speaking.
Not only did the JP versions cost like $20-30 more at release than the US versions, but now they're worth less!
I remember Radiant Silvergun (Saturn) and SMT3 Maniax (PS2) being of a couple of the rare JP games actually worth anything.
You'd be surprised, there are some games that are common as dirt in the US (such as Battletoads, Contra, Castlevania, and a lot of later Mega Drive games) whose Japanese versions are worth a lot of $$. Shmups both US and JP are usually pretty expensive. It's RPGs that are super cheap in Japan while extremely expensive in the US - the popularity and ubiquity of the genre in Japan compared to when it was niche back in the US, plus readability factors into it.
Radiant Silvergun surprisingly isn't worth that much more than it was back in the early 2000s. I remember paying close to $150 for it and that was like the most I've ever spent on a single game, up to that point. Now pricecharting has complete for $250, which hasn't accrued value nearly as much as some of the other Saturn heavy hitters. I speak as I take a break from Magic Knight Rayearth, which I bought for $65 back in 2001, now worth 10x as much.
Even considering how easy it is to emulate AND pirate w/ flashcart, people are still willing to spend upwards of $200 on DS games
Nothing beats an original (tm)
Even considering how easy it is to emulate AND pirate w/ flashcart, people are still willing to spend upwards of $200 on DS games
Nothing beats an original (tm)
The DS spike isnt just Pokemon, though
Even other platforms are stupid - PS1 prices are insane, and that's just as easy to emulate/pirate
Nothing beats an original (tm)
I thought Tetris DS would be super rare but apparently not. :goty2 IIRC it was only on the market a month before the license expired or something.Yeah it doesn't make much sense.
You can hold select/start while loading DS games to load them in the original ratio instead of being blown up on the 3DS
Just get a flashcart duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuude
Is the Nintendo DS retro at this point?Yes.
Anyways, found a cheap copy of Last Window. The sequel to Hotel Dusk. So I got that.
People who collect bootlegs are total loons, but who am I to judge?
Interesting video on PSX prices going through the fuckin roof:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QndkgjZJS5w
It's not just PS1 games
That store looks excessively high, charging double (or more!) of what even the "ripoff" retro stores around here or the local Facebook group trying to pull one over on an unsuspecting gamer are charging. Literally last week I saw someone sell Parasite Eve for $80 for instance.
videogames.pricecharting.com has Suikoden 2 going for $320 CIB, not $500. I get stores have to make money but yeah...