Why amerifarts are so upset over this little cable?
Report, hide, ignore.
>>3096682
>Because it's easier to hate what you know nothing about and remain ignorant than educating himself.
Like what you are doing right now by assuming?
>>3096409
Don't you ever call me a fart again bitch nigger ass newfag. Fuck you I'll kick the shit out if you if I see such a stupikd post here afainf. Just DIE!
Do "bits" actually mean anything with regards to a computer's processing power?
Ever since Sega vs. Nintendo we've been conditioned to think more bits is automatically better, but I've been reading up on assembly language and experimenting with homebrewing, and from what I can tell it seems that a CPU's "bits" are far, far less important than the amount of memory it has, the color depth, the sound capabilities, etc.
Not to mention, it's well known that the GBA was 32-bit just like the PS1. The Atari 2600 and NES both use pretty much the same stock 8-bit CPU, just clocked at different speeds. Not only that, most modern PCs are still only 64-bit.
So, do a console's "bits" have any actual meaning, or are they just a marketing gimmick? Am I correct in saying that today we could easily make an 8-bit system that exceeds the power of an N64 by many orders of magnitude?
>>3096229
ask the atari jaguar
>do the math
it was a way of marketing but not just because of it
>most modern PCs are still only 64-bit.
Even 64 bit only became important once the 32 bit address space wasn't enough to address all RAM.
Expanding the word length to 16 and 32 had similar implications. The infamous 640 KB conventional memory were a relic from the original IBM PC which used an intel 8088 which had a 8 bit external bus.
>>3096279
I thought address space and a console's bits were two different things. IIRC the NES has a 16-bit address bus because there's no way you could map all that memory to 256 bytes.
I think I want to play this game again after a long 14 years of even thinking about it. What am I in for? Should I play them sequentially?
So average it hurts but the mechanics are pretty unique. US character design >>> JP design.
I remember I rented the first one from Blockbuster in beat in in about an hour.
>>3095952
Don't you unlock the real last level by collecting the crowns?
Popful Thread! Post some games that are popful!
>>3095857
>>3095885
>>3095893
Okay, so this is only half-/vr/-related, but one of the reasons why I have difficulty having fun with Mario Galaxy is because Mario's maneuvers are much less flexible than they are in Mario 64. For example, in Mario 64, the angle you at which you jump off the wall corresponds to the angle at which you jumped towards the wall. In Mario Galaxy, on the other hand, your wall jump always comes off perpendicular to the wall no matter what angle you started from. This, combined with the blander thumbfeel of clinging to and sliding down the wall before jumping off compared to precisely timing your button press to hop off the wall with a satisfying thump and a "Yah!", made wall jumping a lot less fun for me.
A friend of mine disagrees with me -- he says that the wall jump physics are better in Mario Galaxy because they're more forgiving and easier for a newbie to pull off. I think accessibility is great and all, but the thing is that you can easily play through Mario 64 without ever learning the wall jump, but the wall jump is required to progress through many levels in Mario Galaxy. I'm not sure if you need to be able to do it, but it feels a lot more like a carefully restrained piece of the player character's basic toolset rather than the semi-advanced technique that was fun to mess around with and do cool shit with.
I'm inclined to think that Mario Galaxy is just a more linear game in general. Mario 64 just dumps you into the level and lets you explore this (for the time) breathtakingly exciting 3D world, whereas Galaxy charts out a very specific course from planet to planet for you to follow. Mario 64, on the other hand, almost scratched a Super Metroid sequence breaking itch.
What do you guys think? Which wall jump is better?
Trash thread.
it's not just wall jumps, this freedom of movement and physics depth permeates all through the controls in mario 64. it has yet to be surpassed in this regard.
>>3094640
fuck off, retard
I think that making it easier was a mistake, but jumping perpendicular to the wall is correct.
Japanese PC Gaming General: Spring Edition
GET HYPE Thread Anthem - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFpKVEqWKG4
//Pastebin//
>Links to vendors, emulators, game info, fansites, &c.
http://pastebin.com/g99LycCJ
//Games//
>ROM sites w/games, tools, OS packs, &c.:
http://www.retroprograms.com/
https://archive.org/details/PC98_Games_1813
http://www.theoldcomputer.com/roms/index.php
>Project EGG's for legal downloads (takes PayPal, subscription service). Collecting should use Suruga-ya for mail order. Try bidding on Yahoo! Japan, too; use a middleman service like From Japan for shipping:
http://www.amusement-center.com/project/egg/
http://www.suruga-ya.jp/
http://auctions.yahoo.co.jp/
http://www.fromjapan.co.jp/
>/vr/ Anon's PC-98 dump:
https://mega.co.nz/#F!F59WkSqQ!quGKSFIswBgv0rxAAaF8Pg
>PC-88 dump:
https://mega.co.nz/#F!10IGCLjQ!Aim8asXQ62YKRqzGfAqX5w
//Emulation//
>lllusion City blog has primers on emulating the PC-88, PC-6001, and FM Towns platforms:
http://illusioncity.net
>Guides to Neko Project II & making bootable HDI files for PC-98:
http://fullmotionvideo.free.fr/pc98/neko.html
http://fullmotionvideo.free.fr/pc98/articles/hdi/hdi.html
>MS-DOS and Windows 3.1 work for the PC-98; consider Ko-Window or SX-Window for the X68k (FM Towns has proprietary OS). The 8-bit machines run mainly BASIC.
//Music//
Misty Blue (PC-88, Koshiro): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KOiDPpHFgw
Golvellius (MSX2, Miyamoto): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXvBmHndSxM&t=7
Star Cruiser (X1, Yamanaka): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kc1vUz87_Yo
Rhyme Star (PC-98, Abo): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PA_rvNRNBg
AZURE (FM Towns, Umemoto): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTolqkb6cQo
Code-Zero (X68k, Random House): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIleersmwMo
Power DoLLS 4 (Windows, Saitoh): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hZAUQaCDg8
//Translations//
romhacking.net
>Most active J-PC group:
http://heroesoflegend.retro-type.com/forums/index.php
Didn't see one so I made one
>>3093141
Your pic looks neat. Is it translated, and also: what is it?
I don't know shit about japanese pc gaming.
>>3093158
this, looks really interesting.
>>3093158
>>3093176
The game is Genesis: Beyond the Revelation. It was one of Square's earlier games for the PC-88.
Translation is available here:
http://www.romhacking.net/games/495/
Translator's notes mention it being a roguelike, but from what I've played it's nothing of the sort.
WELCOME.
>>3091912
AWWWWW YISSSSSSS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKqZnXNfhxM
>>3091912
First time playing this. Thought it was meant to be a strategy game. I just equip every slid with the highest stat items (go smash a few heads at the arena if I do t have the funds) and trounce almost every mission (the only time I fail is when MC gets killed when somehow his body is fucking one hit KO, pseudorandom bullshit). Is it just because I'm playing easy mode?
Also can someone explain why enemies will occasionally target each other? It always misses (through the magic of chaff grenades) and their missile four doesn't decrease. Just a DS glitch?
>>3092584
I've only played the SNES version, so this may not apply, but the game is very badly balanced. The only difficult mission is the Hell's Wall one, and that one is a joke because the AI is extremely bad. The slow gameplay becomes stale because there is so little variation and challenge over the course of the game. Not to mention the game itself is poorly designed; for instance you can only move then attack, not attack then move. It's a shame because I think this game had a lot of potential.
I don't ever recall the enemy attacking itself tho. Maybe just DS, but that seems weird. Are you sure it's not the enemy attacking an NPC?
Is there any music out there related to Castlevania Symphony Of The Night? No lyrics, just instruments?
SOTN related? what do you mean?
I can think of Malice Mizer's gekka no yasoukyoku song.
It has lyrics but the single includes an accordion arranged version and an instrumental/karaoke version, not sure if this is what you're looking for but whatever.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-C_RNzFy8A
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7YmHF5buvM
>>3091557
Music related to what is found in the soundtrack/game. Some tags that come to mind are gotchic, haunted, dark, epic, cathedral, classical. No emo.
Examples like:
Tragic Prince
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHpMdgM0Sb4
Dance of Pales
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oquad3rnZSI
Lost Painting
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYwS6481oQk
I'm looking for music that is strictly instrumental, but thanks for the recommendation :]
>>3091923
Well Malice Mizer sounds a lot like Castlevania and they are in fact Castlevania fans themselves.
Some other Mizer tracks you might enjoy:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5heJhkvCnQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0o_V48xCegE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SDMUPMNrIA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hB3KnmMULh0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNHwkSi8ky4
Best of eBay thread
>>3080906
Top kek. Please post more
>>3080913
Sadly I lost my folder, that was OC to get the thread started.
>>3080906
Man I cannot believe that shit sold.
Did you have a crush on Misty?
>>3079970
yeah
>>3079970
nah
of course I did and I fapped to this drawing at least a hundred times.
I'm trying Tactics out for the first time & got the resolution mod, but everything's so tiny considering my screen resolution of 2560x1600.
Is there any way I can double the dpi for the game or something like that? Also is there supposed to be a way to run it at higher resolutions in windowed mode, cuz it defaults to 800x600.
First world problems. Just run at 720p.
>>3060174
>First world problems
Truly this is the case. Any way to run it at higher resolutions while windowed at least?
F:T is underrated.
Discuss the amazing original tetralogy as well as the online games ITT.
http://poal.me/2r7rej - Choose your favorite.
http://ephinea.pioneer2.net - Play online now!
i tried to get into ps1 couldn't do it. played psiv and loved it a fuckton. it's like playing an 80s space anime i love it.
>>2974561
>"Here's a random subject that I have nothing to say about."
>"Hey guys, it's your job to get this discussion going for me!"
No it's not. If you can't be assed to post something more substantial, then why did you start this thread in the first place? You can't just pick a subject and say "Go!" and expect other anons to do all the work for you.
Fuck off.
>>2974561
I love Nei!
Everything from classic nostalgia
to Brutal Doom, Project Brutality
Online Coop
and mod-heaven.
>>3102110
this looks like a hell lot of fun!
Shotgun Frenzy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHsQfRnquck
you know where I can download this?
Is there a Version compatible with Brutal Doom?
(and what music-track is this?)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FIE7bRTWFo
can I get this glowing-bullet-decals-effect as single .pk3 ?
>Post hidden gems or your favorite beat 'em ups.
Capcom's AvP was pretty fucking cool.
>>3108091
avp is overrated. dutch is useless. lyn has that gun and reload glitch for infinite safety and keepaway
all cps2 scrolling fisticuffs are overrated
that robot game is dumb as dumb can be
Dungeon and Dragon is freaking boring and vanilla with shitty character design. only the fighter looks cool the others look like hank hill and a midget
Dungeon Dragon 2 is the buggiest arcade game ever made. more 1 hit kills on bosses than any other game ever made in the history of the galaxy. fucking ogre shadows aren't even implemented properly. most unpolished and unfinished and hastily put together piece of horse manure ever made.
battle circuit is dumb and slow with stupid character design
Streets of Rage 2 is better than them all.
>>3108097
Wow what a little bitch
>>3108097
You mean Streets of Rage 3, Sophie.
Can we have a legitimate discussion on why game systems over 15 years old are not considered retro now?
You can't really discuss the Dreamcast or original Xbox on /v/. They don't give a fuck about anything but current era.
Because rules.
>>3106997
I would love 6th gen discussion on vr
I wouldn't love all the purist who hijack very thread to just say "not retro"
Just wait they'll be here too
>>3106997
Because /vr/ is too autistic.
That's really the only reason. You can make threads and the won't be removed, but they'll be ruined within 3 posts.