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Japanese Thread, talk about your quest to learn a bizarre foreign language so you can better experience 20-year old children's novelties.
Been poking around in more games and finding more stuff I can read as I progress in kanji, but now I find grammar to be tripping me up a lot. Is there a good grammar resource to check out?
Sorry, OP, but this is a topic for >>>/jp/
>>2958767
I would normally agree, but their threads on the matter are abysmal. I've seen much better come out of /vr/ in the past.
Have you read Tae Kim?
I like Nintendo as much as the next guy,
heck I even think that the SNES was one of best of it's time.
But the N64 was kinda shitty in comparison
>Loss of RPG support
>had many "samey" platformers
>still used cartridges
>controller was a clusterfuck
>1st party games are the only things worth playing
> all of the 3D models looked horrible (technology was limited, but many titles on the PS1 utilized hybridization of 2D/3D for better results, ie, Chrono Cross)
>limited library
What are your sentiments on this?
People are only nostalgic because it was their first console,
I was playing NES when I was 3 years fucking old, and I don't nostalgia over that.
4/10
Guaranteed replies though with /v/.
Test
>>2958438
Yes now fuck off
>Be me about 4-5 years old
>Can't really read very well
>Play Super Mario Bros frequently.
>Knows what the "Thank you Mario, but our princess is in another castle" text says because my Dad read it to me.
>After many hours, I finally beat the game.
>I can see ending the text doesn't look the same
>Holy Shit, What does it say
>Calls my brother over to read it for me.
>He tells me it says something along the lines of"Sorry Mario, but you were too slow and King Koopa already ate the princess"
>MFW I think I just killed the princess.
>Begins to cry frantically.
>>2958343
your brother is an asshole
>>2958343
>Be me, probably about 7 or 8
>Playing Crash Bandicoot
>Fighting Pinstripe
>Mom sees that he has a gun and immediately makes me turn the game off
>She's mad, doesn't think the game is appropriate for me
>"What's this game about?"
>"Neo Cortex kidnapped Crash's girlfriend."
>"And what does he want to do to her?"
>Feeling super uncomfortable
>Finally manage to get out of the conversation somehow
>Literally afraid to play any video games in front of my parents after that
>be me
That's not how we greentext here on 4chan
>ITT: Non-PC stuff in retro games
Hard mode: No SJWs or /pol/ shitposting please.
>>2958074
Non pc stuff? Care to specify?
What? Politically correct?
>>2958075
As in not politically correct.
Was Sonic 3D Blast an objectively good game?
I love the franchise a lot, but this game - not so much. The floaty controls and camera movements gave me nausea and headaches as a kid, so I'm having a hard time trying to play it again now that I'm older.
With that said, the art is nice and the music great, for both the Megadrive and the Saturn versions. I do enjoy the Saturn special stages a lot.
The maneuvering took some getting used to, but I enjoyed it. I would actually count it as my favorite Sonic title from the Genesis / MD era. S3&K was great, but that whole formula had already peaked with Sonic 2. I mean, if you've played one side-scrolling platformer, you've basically played them all. It's nice to have an occasional sequel that takes the series in a different direction.
>>2957221
The faux-3d was awful. It would've been ok if it controlled in a tight manner like Mario. Very cool boss fights though
The last thread: >>2934620
In this thread we discuss clever techniques in games that squeezed every ounce of performance out of limited hardware. If there was ever a time you were playing a retro game and asked yourself "how did they do that?", post it and we'll figure it out.
Impressive graphical effects, sound, and implementation details all welcome. Bugs, although unintended, can be interesting to understand as well.
As for me, I wonder, how Bucky O'Hare got parallax scrolling backgrounds. Did it use some mappers or it is some voodoo programming?
>>2957089
Sorry, forgot to add.
>>2957089
Parallax scrolling is just background images moving slower than foreground images.
"It all began in 94"
First for best girl
>>2953642
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1TzVkds3Ps
>>2953642
Kept on rolling in 95
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Tell us your…
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>>2952754
Why are these threads so dead lately? Did everyone just fuck off to the /vg/ thread?
>>2952797
These threads used to be shitposting in the purest form.
And if somebody ever mentioned danmaku you'd get anti-waifu-shitposters, danmaku-hating old farts and the likes enraged,
what are some good c64 games? I want to get into c64 emulation but I dont know where to start. I played wolfenstein and liked it quiet a bit though.
Splonk!
Wizard's Cavern
Joseph Grice's Baseball
Lord Loughney
Why don't you just google it? You've given next to information on what you do or do not want.
Just play any Epyx/Origin/Lucasarts/Microprose/Accolade/Electronic Arts stuff. Be aware that this thread will be flooded with Yurosemens promoting bad tape shovelware.
http://www.hardcoregamer.com/2016/01/25/umihara-kawase-just-wont-stay-dead-coming-back-to-steam-from-degica/189352/
Hardcoregamer is claiming that the Umihara Kawase games are coming back to Steam in the next two days (Jan 28th) now under this Degica publisher.
I have no idea who HC is, nor are they listing their sources, so what's the chance this is legit?
If you've been sleeping at the wheel, all three games were ported to PC and sold in Steam in the fall of last year, but just a few weeks ago the company went bankrupt and they pulled it from Steam.
I guess most people didn't buy it the first time because failed to notice this was the whole trilogy, not just the vita port. Looking forward to shitposts complaining $30 is too much and the japanese can't into good programming (the game is locked to something like 720p).
>>2947324
>(the game is locked to something like 720p)
Well that is undeniable that it is retarded, are all the 3 games like that?
Still, I want it, was already self-flagellating for not getting them when I had the chance so I'm jumping on it as soon as I can.
>>2947327
Umihara is the waifu/mascot for /vr/. She has been here longer than you.
What's wrong with naming the main character after yourself in an RPG?
>>2945856
Nothing, it's a fucking game. Are you 12?
>>2945861
Yes.
>>2945856
I love you Kevin
Post 'em if you got 'em.
>>2944070
What is this? It looks familiar, like I could have played it.
Super Mario Bros. 3 and Super Metroid come to mind.
>>2940294
Thisisbait.jpg
>>2940294
Super metroid for sure, I was too impatient for it when i was a kid.
I hated horror games as a kid, quite like silent hill now.
Source:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpk2tdsPh0A
>>2928792
Did this just happen today? I watched it in the old /vr/ thread 2 or 3 days ago.
>>2928796
Well /v/ is exploding with this now. That video has spawned a whole new range of dank memes.
Ok /vr/, I really want to play Baldur's Gate for the first time now, but tell me, why shouldn't I play the Enhanced Edition?
I'm a sucker for extra companions but I would easily ignore them. Is the Enhanced Edition really that bad?
>>2924097
I heard it breaks more than it fixes and it's easier to mod the originals to fix the things that were originally wrong with them (being too easy, sometimes not being authentic to the rulesets, correction of bugs and exploits)
so what people will suggest is that you pirate all the basic versions of the trilogy, then spend 6 hours modding them all into one beautiful interwoven mess of the kind of balance crimes that are correctly characteristic of the Dungeons and Dragons experience
the only downside to modded BG over BGEE is the tiny, tiny little UI that you'll have to strain your eyes at unless someone has made a mod that correctly covers that without bugging the fuck out on modern operating systems
>>2924097
Enhanced Edition is fine. I'm sure someone will post a litany of reasons why its not.
I'm going to try my best to wager the pros and cons of EE, but I will, obviously, be biased, since I prefer the originals. So cons first:
>A normal game can be easily modded close to the level of EE (high resolution, BG1->BG2 mechanics, etc.) with just a few minutes of looking for fixes. There's a few things that EE does which are pretty unique (like the ability to zoom in), but I never found any use for them when playing. EE is more expensive; up to you if downloading a single Fixpack and maybe some widescreen mods is worth the bonus $$$.
>EE will likely never support certain mods that the community enjoyed but that haven't been imported. The absolutely terrific Northern Tales of the Sword Coast aren't compatible with BG1EE, and neither is Tactics mod for BG2EE (though it's had better successors). I've also seen reports about Ascension (which makes Throne of Bhaal so, so much better) not working well with BG2EE, but I can't confirm this at the time.
>EE has a lot of "fanfic" additions. Some of the NPCs might feel off (bonus EE NPCs stand out horribly from classic BG1 NPCs in particular; might feel kinda uncanny, one may even call them special snowflakes), the new items in BG1EE kinda screw up the low magic feel of BG1, with some being overpowered.
>With the above in mind, in terms of fanfic bonus content, EE is beaten by World of Baldur's Gate, which is an easily installable, stable Big World installation which updates classic BG, adds a couple of decent story/NPC/item/location mods to it and combines BG1+BG2+IWD1 into a single game. WoBG and EE are mutually exclusive. Some argue that the liberties taken with EE by Beamdog mean that you might as well go all the way and install WoBG.
tbc.
