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Has anybody played Princess Maker 1? How does it compare to 2?
It's pretty similar mechanically., minus the adventure mode. Less endings too.
>>3213015
I wonder if anyone played all Princess Maker games here.
>>3214348
I wonder if anyone FUCKIN TRANSLATED THE OTHER GAMES FUCK
How about a thread about "okay" games for change? I can't be the only one who is tired of seeing the exact same threads about the exact same "overrated" and "underrated" games that usually consist the exact same arguments about which term should be applied to which game? So try thinking about the most okay game you can think of and write a small description of it.
I just finished pic related and it is the most okay game I have played in a while. Every single aspect of Xardion was so okay nothing about it really stands out but I still had a good time with it and will recommend anyone who hasn't played it giving it a go. The game itself really is your average run of the mill action platformer that features a space/robot/mecha theme, very generic gameplay, level design and enemies. To give it some credit it does have a RPG like experience/level system and 3 characters for you to control that attempt to give it some uniqueness.
OK games?
Well, STG Strike Gunner was pretty O.K. in my book. It did its job, was rather good without really messing anything up.
I'll play.
Fun little side scrolling space shooter. Music is kinda cool but just loops the same thing. Only two levels iirc that repeat so you're basically going for high score which is fun with some pals. Plus I always thought those SMS cards were nifty.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_RFF2XXbVQ
So i got a decent gamepad on my PC to play retro and other games. see Pic.
I'm pretty happy with it, and is perfect for general usage, it has plenty of buttons, but on look the gamecube and wii u classic pro and x-boxgame pads look more comfy. Especially that button alaignment on the xbox pad.
http://www.goldenshop.com/ai/images/products/originals/118_309_pc_gcpad2.jpg
http://www.thinkgeek.com/images/products/zoom/f3a7_pro_controller_u_for_wii_and_wii_u.jpg
https://love2d.org/w/images/d/d4/360_controller.png
Though, i don't know if the wii one can be hooked on PC or not?
What's youre favourite controller?
is it adaptable to pc?
>>3211113
If you're going to buy a controller like that you might as well just use a PS3 controller.
>>3211113
Is that a generic controller? I has a dozen of them, they are acceptable for a while but they are low quality and break down eventually.
I'm pretty comfy with my 360 pad, 2.5 years now.
360 wired pads plug & play with windows 7+
There's a literally $2 adapter to use PS1 & PS2 controllers on USB plug & playand on ps3 I'm told
Lots of people use arcade sticks of course
I personally mainly use a 6th gen Pelican Real Arcade stick with an adapter
A very popular choice for the budget conscious's first arcade stick is the Hori 360 fightstick
Get something with real arcade components for refurbishing/upgrading it'll last forever
If you think the dpads you listed are good try a SNES, Saturn or Neo Geo pad
So /vr/ which is your favorite out of the Heretic - Hexen = Hexen 2 etc saga?
>>3210916
Heretic > Hexen >>> Hexen 2
Heretic was an amazing FPS. I'd even say it's on par with Doom in a lot of ways.
Heretic is ambitious and had a kickass concept, but fell short in execution. Classic case of eyes bigger than the stomach.
Hexen 2 tried to fix the predecessor but repeated the same mistakes less the charm of the original.
what dew u think of heretic ii :)
>>3211202
Surprisingly decent but entirely different genre and doesn't hold a candle to the original.
How would you rank Konami's top five biggest retro franchises, /vr/?
>Castlevania
>Contra
>Goemon
>Gradius
>Rocket Knight
>>3209168
Contra >>> Castlevania > Gradius > Rocket Knight > Goemon
>>3209168
Uh, does Rocket Knight really fit there? At the very least Parodius is "bigger"
>>3209168
Goemon > Contra > Gradius > Rocket Knight > Castlevania
Growing up as a PC gamer there weren't too many platformers on the PC back then. We had the Apogee games and later Zool and Jazz Jack Rabbit. One game I've REALLY enjoyed is COOL SPOT. Every summer I feel like touching this gem again. The game play is VERY smooth and it feels great. The atmosphere is nice - but that mostly applies to the beach level. Unfortunately the level inside the house with the rats is a bit annoying and I don't even think I ever managed to beat this game. Cool Spot 2 with it's isometric view...was that any good because I do not like it.
What version / port is the best anyways? I really enjoy the DOS version. Just look at that dithering. I think I will try the SNES version now though. What was the deal with Cool Spot anyways (I am not American). Was he the mascot of 7UP? I thought Feedodeedo or however you spell that triangle face dude was their mascot.
Always loved the music in this. Sounded like a Beach Boys rip off.
>>3208461
It's a 99% eye candy fest and I don't even care; comfy AF game
I tend to like the Genesis or PC/Amiga versions best; the SNES version has nice transparency effects and whatnot, but the screen layout feels weirdly crowded and the HUD is lesscool. I grew up with the Master System port though, of all things
Cool Spot used to be the Sonic to Fido Dido's Alex Kidd; FD eventually made a comeback in the 2000s, since Spot was too aggressively ninetiesy probably
>>3208527
Bitch, it's Tommy "Music Options Submenu" Tallarico
Anyone else picking this up?
>chink special cable
>proprietary transcoder
>$35
Sure the hipsters will eat it up.
is it for real this time? do they have the genesis one too?
Previous thread: >>3194473
This thread is for the spirited discussion of CRT displays - Televisions, monitors and projectors used for the playing of retro games!
>Try to keep it /vr/-related: Nothing past 5th gen(+Dreamcast). Slight OT might be okay if related to CRTs (E.G. 16:9 compatible models, flatscreens, etc.) Systems with backwards compatibility are also pretty safe territory, assuming you're focusing on the older games. PC CRTs are also a-ok.
>Produce OC! Get out your real cameras and take beautiful pictures of your CRTs displaying recognizable characters with the kind of beautiful accuracy that brings tears to the eyes of young and old alike! If you take 100 photos, at least one of them will turn out alright! (maybe)
>Try to be as detailed as possible when asking info on a specific model. As always, google is your friend, and we are your friends with benefits. Older archived threads aren't a bad place to look either.
>Share appreciation for others choice of technology and personal philosophy of gaming. As always show courtesy in your discussion and moderate yourselves first.
Discussion of video processing and scaling devices is okay, but try to keep the focus on CRTs and CRT accessories
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S-Video Pasta: http://pastebin.com/rH2h6C7W
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And a Magical webm and youtube link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9Nd5rI1tVs
alternating moe
old battlestation blues
i'm picking up this pvm and was wondering how i play it on a ntsc nes/snes? it looks like the standard yellow cable from composite wont fit in the video in. also, am i correct in assuming its mono sound? do i absolutely need svideo?
Why is 2000 the retro cutoff? Why not 2001, the end of the second millenium?
Why are you on /vr/ and not on /v/
Same answer
Why isn't music from the 20's considered classical? It's almost 100 years old.
Why isn't really old furniture considered antique? C'mon, old and antique are the same thing.
With Sonic eventually making his big comeback, what was your favorite Sonic game?
Thank god I never was autistic enough for sonic.
I Played sonic 1 & 2 ALOT.
But when sonic three came out, I was sick of it.
I cant still play 1 & 2, but can't force my brain to want to play CD or anything. Just wont do it.
>>3207052
>With Sonic eventually making his big comeback
haha
no.
>>3207052
>mascot platformers
Sorry, but I don't have autism, OP.
What are some underrated retro composers?
For me it's Soyo Oka. She did Pilotwings, Super Mario Kart, Sim City and the updates to Super Mario All Stars.
My favorite by her: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPcP8MRh8r4
Game Boy best composer: Alberto Jose Gonzalez.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlokRNcURKM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iw1jVM1Q9sw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssvZolPmmu0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssvZolPmmu0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTxZchmHmBw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3mMVvw_1Xk
I mean, those that do know him actually rate him highly, but he still rather unknown, especially considering he is one of the best chiptune composers of all time.
>>3204242
there is this little known guy called yuzo koshiro
i think that somebody should make more use of him
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXjaCkPWpvU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYGBqmxoLrg
>>3204242
Yes, I love Soyo Oka too.
Shame she only contributed to like 5-6 games.
ITT: Literally unbeatable games.
>>3201771
I could never make it past the fucking helicopter in Shinobi for NES.
>has 1000 levels
>latest levels are literally impossible
Space Invaders
ITT: PC ports
Have both Virtual On and House of the Dead gathering dust somewhere. Both were excellent conversions, and I remember Sonic CD having a great one as well.
PC version best version.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFvLa2Kr62Q
Good port, same essentially as the Sega CD version IIRC.
I never played a Breath of Fire game before, where should I start?
3 then 4
You can play BoF 1 and 2 if you really like the others, but they feel more dated and are not that good storywise
>>3152038
3 looks really good, but it's incredibly slow and boring. They really could have cut the entirety of the pre-time skip.
>>3152030
1 or 4. 1 if you want to play them all. They get progressively better, so that will give you the most fun with the least disappointment.
4 if you just want to see what Breath of Fire is like. It's the best game in the series.
You will also get the recommendation that 3 is by far the best in the series by someone who played that one first. 3 is good, but I disagree with it being anywhere near as good as 4. He's very fond of it though so you might be too.
Futuristic Parks Edition
DOWNLOAD OPENRCT2: https://openrct2.com/
Collaboration document link: http://pastebin.com/9isX3qBZ
Awesome Downloads:
>RCT1 recreations - updated and meticulously crafted in 2013 by Crappage for near-perfect accuracy, right down to available rides and research order (contains "Real" parks and gaming magazine parks):
http://www.mediafire.com/download/3cw47sd2wt3hues/ExactRCT1Recreations.zip
>/v/ pack - updated to include the latest scenarios and tracks made by 4chan users and some other communities (We're updating this file as more stuff is created, currently has 120 scenarios and 161 tracks, includes sandboxes):
http://www.mediafire.com/download/6izs1w1tn7z1sk7/vpack.zip
>UCES - includes all objdata files already extracted from each scenario upon loading, and includes tracks:
http://www.mediafire.com/download/7wcrq3xl266d1bj/UCES.zip
>RCT2 Extras - includes the official remade RCT1 scenarios and Panda World created by Chris Sawyer/Atari, as well as different color waters and paths, the Windowed mode hack, RCT1 menu music, and some modified .exes if you need them:
http://www.mediafire.com/download/5bcw39lec5mkxd6/RCT2_EXTRAS.zip
>Trainers - includes 8cars, ParkDat, TRG, and Save Game Modifier:
http://www.mediafire.com/download/q5l8bvtw3bwjaj3/Trainers.zip
>Amazing Earl stuff - adds some custom-made rides and scenery:
http://www.mediafire.com/download/f3jzct5v8kbzdfj/AmazingEarl.zip
>RCTConvert a tool made by Rvnx to convert RCT2's sound files into mp3
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/57672247/RCTConvert.zip
---
Helpful Resources:
>Knowledge Base
http://www.rctstationarchive.com/knowledgebase/index.shtml
>RCT1 Manual
http://replacementdocs.com/download.php?view.1111
-MISCELLANEOUS-
>Original Mr. Bones save
http://www.mediafire.com/?5mogrbefwf5v94d
>The Time Machine and Katy's Dreamworld (User Created Expansion Sets)
http://www.rctmart.com/downloads/uces/UCES_Setup.zip
>New Element Designs (RCT fansite where people upload crazy looking parks)
http://www.nedesigns.com/
>A website made by a fellow /vr/other where you can find everything that's on this list and more:
http://galax.moe/rct/
Current contest entries:
Anon - Piscine Pond
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/16909401/rct/Piscine%20Pond.sc6
Anon - Chireno Bayou
http://www.mediafire.com/download/j78jby3377837l7/ChirenoBayou.sc6
Shnupz - Tranquil Tropics(v2)
https://www.mediafire.com/?343xb9c8v1hzqdd
QB Mac - Tourism Trouble
http://www.mediafire.com/download/yary6woqb3vuapd/Tourism_Trouble.SC6
Anon - Skullfucked
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/5388678/Skullfucked.sc6
QB Mac - Cyclone City
http://www.mediafire.com/download/de6cno7sxhkbzzf/Cyclone_City.SC6
Mold - Monumental Mine
http://www.mediafire.com/download/215620s66w3u72b/Monumental+Mine+v1.zip
Anon - Hurricane Hollow
https://a.uguu.se/gnpcoi_HurricaneHollow.sc6
Monday - Silver Peaks
https://www.mediafire.com/?9ulg8eyg6xad0ae
Mold - Rampaging River
http://www.mediafire.com/download/w93r1bpl12o0xzh/Rampaging_River.SC6
HappyMerchant - Boardwalk Bonanza 2.0
https://mega.nz/#!6gEzADLB!s1IL-Ks0GvCpuIt3YlhEpIM3OGn6kLFySFR0hNYKT50
Anon - Howling Meadows
https://www.mediafire.com/?19wzsjbxw1u9fjn
Narc - Cozy Cove
http://www.mediafire.com/download/3h3aqxdij6j0ii2/Cozy_Cove.sc6
>>3150960
I feel extremely bad for not wanting to vote for Cyclone City and Rampaging River.
Don't get me wrong, they look extremely nice, but goddamn they're just so huge. I have no fucking idea how to plan a park in those, so I just resort to spaghetti-ing the fuck out of themwhich is pretty fun, but still.
