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Song of the Caverns. Comfy location, excellent ambient loops and pretty challenging overall.

>>3018019
This, it sums up everything I like about Thief and has some great NPCs.
In 2, my favorite is Precious Cargo for the unique location/theme.

>>3018519
The only issue I have with Precious Cargo is how linear it feels compared to the other levels, it doesn't loop back on itself.

SUPER C

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>>3017553
Super Contra as in the arcade version, not the watered down NES reworking.

>>3017553
This thread made me try Hard Corps for the first time. It's hard going, coming from the SNES version, where you can hold R to stay still and fire. I figured out you can switch to that mode by pressing A + B but it's still a bitch to get used to. Plus it makes ducking while firing a little less straightforward.

I like it so far though.

Depends on the game, my fammie.
In most snes puncher walkans you can just spam your desperation move and shave away half his life bar in one or two lives, then just play normally. My favorite conveyor puncher boss fight of all time is still Rolento.

>>3017209
>He plays snes beatemups

...................(deep breath). Why?

>>3017195
simpsons has strategy. but fuckin ninja turts doesn't.

>>3017269
>Why?
I know, I know.

===NEWS===

[02-24] Doom Upstart Mapping Project: 16 maps for ZDoom
>>3020057
https://www.dropbox.com/s/4grk7z8xscvy4l2/DUMP-1-testfinal.pk3

[02-24] Combined Arms test release
>>3019619
https://www.dropbox.com/s/npye7agbam4tmad/Combined_Arms%28prerelease%29.pk3

[02-24] /vr/E1 project update. Get mapping, already!
>>3019509

[02-24] An Evening Stroll In Venice, final /idgames version
https://www.doomworld.com/idgames/levels/doom2/Ports/v-z/venice

[02-21] The /newstuff Chronicles #490
https://www.doomworld.com/php/topstory.php?id=4557

[02-20] AMR: please test map03 of Brutalist2o30pAAA.wad (for GZDoom)
>>3012146 >>3012174
https://mega.nz/#!18AFnT5S!elQBvTQLCyEF7nucYyu0ELyHdltrHSKdTbCYz0SmqmA

[02-19] Anon mod release: Crack-Doom
>>3009775
https://www.dropbox.com/s/m6o1up244wtlew5/CrackDoom.pk3

[02-15] Anon map release: mars.wad (two doom3 maps remade in zdoom)
>>2997975
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4mwJRa7e5VpUU9EMmpuczJyTHc/view?usp=sharing

[02-15] 64K ZDoom mod contest. Make a ZDoom mod under 64K download size.
http://forum.zdoom.org/viewtopic.php?t=50859

[02-13] Anon map release: admission.wad (may be a /vr/E1 submission?)
>>2993321
https://mega.nz/#!8gVGmCbA!HJIkScMdgagC3cyVPvaryCnobBMIjUGqfizxesUK6aU

[02-13] Anon map release: luckystar6.wad
>>2993247
https://mega.nz/#!jgx3CZZS!skdeF7GB710BgeDcphyXbKagbXQOg8LbZwJYcQqdNAY

[02-13] Two anons' hand-made cacodemons
>>2991584 >>2993354 ; >>2994774

[02-12] A video of a speed run of the whole of Scythe 2 in 87:30
https://youtu.be/nD0SdGto14U

[02-11] D!Zone's faked screenshots weapon, made for ZDoom
https://www.doomworld.com/vb/post/1555455
http://s000.tinyupload.com/index.php?file_id=72085928745461856170

[02-11] Mano Laikas, Doom2 megawad by Nicholas Monti (EvilTech, Erkattäññe)
https://www.doomworld.com/vb/wads-mods/86022-

[02-11] Ovum: a Sunder/C-Shock/Sunlust-style map by rdwpa
https://www.doomworld.com/vb/wads-mods/85993-

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first for bring back carmack

2nd for graf shit flinging
It's news to me.

>>3022454
Why should what other people make and sell and buy affect you at all? Do you do these things? Does it ruin the legit games you have in some fashion?

>>3022465
What kind of question is that? I see someone selling these things for $40 per at a booth and I'm not allowed to have feelings for this?

Well they went through the trouble of burning the chip and soldering it to the cart and printing the box and labels, so that definitely takes effort.

But the key element here is the game itself. They didn't make the original game, nor did they hack the ROM. Selling something that someone built as a labor of love on top of a Nintendo game they love is double-immoral, and as far as Nintendo IP is concerned, probably illegal too.

ROM hackers distribute IPS patches for free - no original ROM data is passed around and no price is paid.

That's just my opinion though.

I've always played the Genesis version, but the Saturn one looks WAY better (especially the intro, man, I miss old-school Sonic). Shame about the bland color palette.

Fun fact, there's a romhack of the Genesis version that has no flickies.

They are the same, only the special stages are different.

>>3015350
As someone who loved the sonic gamaes it boggles my mind how many apologists exist for the shit entries in the series, especially the shitty saturn ones.

I'm sure if I asked which article you were talking about, the name of the site it's being hosted on would immediately confirm my suspicions that it's not even worth responding to.

>>3016026

I think OP's referring to this:

http://thegamedesignforum.com/features/reverse_design_ff6_4.html

>>3016014
By the same logic, you could argue that the way reflect works is a design flaw, which is an idiotic argument to make. As it is, Runic/Reflect offer powerful effects that force you to alter your strategy to compensate for their weaknesses, which is exactly how they should be.

If you want to talk actual design flaws in FF6, I'd say the esper/spell system that allows every character to learn every spell is pretty terrible. And there's all the exploits and stuff, but glitches shouldn't really count as design flaws.

4, 5, and 6 are fantastic.

9 is a trainwreck.

The rest are okay.

0 (Akalabeth), 1, and 2 are archaic and primitive. Skippable if you want to.

3 is a simple strategy rpg

Escape from Mt. Drash is a mediocre curiosity with good music for its time.

4,5,6 are the true core of the series with the best gameplay, plot, and worldbuilding. 5 and 6 have been remade as total conversions of the PC game Dungeon Siege.

There are a couple of adventure game spin offs. Savage Empire and Martian Dreams. They're ok.

The console ports of Ultima games suck with the exception of Master System and Playstation(Jap only).

Ultima Runes of Virtue on the gameboy is a nice zelda-ish game.

7 and its expansion are great except for the combat. The best looking game of the series so this is where you should start to acclimatize yourself to oldschool graphics.

Ultima underworld (UU) 1 and 2 are must plays: the Skyrims of their times. They are first person with no party.

8 is shit

Ultima online is still going strong on official servers but like all MMOs is a waste of life.

9 is such utter dogshit that some people who were exposed to it quit gaming forever, took up real life sports and never looked back.

There were a couple of browser games that closed down a few years ago. Nothing of value was lost as all browser games are garbage.

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Ultima 3 NES looks pretty sweet.

I thought the 5200 was launched in 82 and the 7800 in 86.

What I want to know is why Atari never bothered upgrading their hardware.

2600:6507(gimped 6502)
5200:6502
7800:6502

Seriously, what the fuck Atari?

>>3015868
What should they have upgraded to?
Make the 7800 a consolized ST with a 68000 like the 5200 was a consolized 400? Switching to a Z80 seems pointless and a x86 inappropriate at the time.

They also had the XEGS which obviously had a 6502 as a consolized XE.

Just equip your Interceptors with PCs until getting an Avenger. Don't bother with anything else.

>>3008362
And from then on, Avengers are the best, with just using Skyrangers for troop transport?

>>3008372
Keep the Skyranger for reconnaissance (like searching for alien bases) because it doesn't need Elerium for fuel.

That's Maple syrup land money.

US didn't see prices like that till N64.

>>3009275
Makes more sense now.

>>3009275
With that said I don't think there were 80 dollar games. Sure they went up to 70 bucks for the N64, but not 80~90. That was probably one of the advantages for the PS1 during that time, they probably paid 50 bucks for their games instead. I had a N64 during that period though.

I have /vr/ to learn about games from, so I don't need to waste time by looking at any reviewer.

He's probably the only reviewer on youtube that i genuinely respect. Im a great Atari fan, and the dedication he puts to his videos is awesome. And the most important thing: he barely reviews mainstream shit that every dork loves to talk to.

>>3007278
Calling what Mark does "reviews" is incorrect. Mark does "first look"'s. Calling what he does a review is fucking laughable, because he often gets information blatantly wrong.

>>3016985
Most machines only kept scores for a day, isn't it?

>tfw your initials actually are ASS and Capcom censored them

>>3016987
I'm specifically referring to home ports of arcade games where you get to save your score, but yeah.

>>3016889
It's a picture from the Genesis version of Aladdin, from an emulator, and stretched to an ungodly 5120x3584 size. You can tell because the dithering isn't working the way it would on a CRT.

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>>3016889
>a kids movie that makes modern pop culture references out the ass also sneaks a few in the game

What's the issue here?

>>3016889
why is your image 4k?

you could try playing the fucking game

>>3016651
You really don't even need to know the rules of basketball to play NBA jam, it's that simplified

>>3016659
Says absolutely nothing. Your shitpost was not needed, shitposter.

OP, the key to winning at Jam is being aggressive. Practice knocking over your opponents, and learn to do it when they're vulnerable, like when they take a shot.

Fire mode is activated only when three shots physically go through the basket. This means that you can prevent an opponent's fire by goaltending (jumping up and grabbing the ball on its way down) on the last shot. You can also use this to your advantage when trying to obtain fire for yourself. If an enemy is about to make a shot that would disrupt your three-in-a-row, jump up and grab that shit so you can still make your third basket. This should tell you that when you want to secure fire or remove someone's fire that dunks should be your priority.