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What game is that from? Cool thread btw, I always saw the Lttp one wrong.
>>3008280
It's from Crusader of Centy (aka Soleil).
>>3008291
I used to love that game as a kid
Do you remember this?
>>3008189
I fucking despise KISS and anything their whored out brand is associated with, thank you for ruining my night.
>>3008202
KISS ARMY reporting in, fuck you, I bet you like Bon Jovi.
>>3008202
I don't even like Kiss, but I played this game over and over as a kid
ITT: Best Pokémon rival names
>>3008147
You know that /vr/ is a SFW board, right?
>>3008147
I name myself bull and him as cuck
Point & click, text based etc. it's all good. What have you been playing lately? Any obscure recommendations? Perhapsgames made by you?
I finished Flight of the Amazon Queen some time ago because it was available for free from the devs and it was pretty alright. It's definitely trying to be up there with Monkey Island and Indiana Jones, the visual style and humor is very similar. Some of the puzzles were kinda stupid because your character carries a baseball bat in his inventory throughout the whole game and there's like gazillion different puzzles you could've solve with that in real life logic.
There's also lots and lots and lots of red herring. Could be because the devs had too many ideas and they tried to cram them all in and then just got bored. It has nice voice acting as well.
I'm also currently working on my own adventure game with AGS, though I'm not sure if I should make it for MsDOS for nostalgic reasons, or if I should just go with windows.
I've been also playing lots of the first Tex Murphy game. I really want to like it but it's really really hard game and not in a good way. Got the all Tex games from some bundle and I'm 12 hours in with the first game and no end in sight, it's really repetitive as well.
Good thing the plot is pretty interesting. I'm looking forward to play the other games, the third one and following games should have that sweet sweet FMV I love so much.
It's a weird mishmash of genres; point & click, flight, text adventure, shoot em up, and it doesn't do very good job in any of those. The graphics look like ass with the weird bronze-red color scheme.
>>3008068
Honestly I liked first Tex Murphy more than second one. Martian Memorandum is a point'n'click, but holy shit it feels awkward and sprites are horrible. 3-4 are pain in the ass to play because of controls and 5 is a remake of the first one. 4 is really awesome because it multiple endings and other stuff.
I've been playing DOOM, which I suppose qualifies as point & click.
Jokes aside, I haven't really played any recently aside from Anna's Quest off and on, and that one's not retro.
Tried making one in AGS back in August and realized I better learn to draw backgrounds and characters first. And pick a nice style, more importantly.
>>3008074
I played Under A Killiing Moon and got surprisingly far. Then I gave up at the stealth section with the guard bot. I hate exploring while essentially on a time limit in a room.
Another old game I played was Discworld Noir. A very flaggy game where sometimes you have no other choice but to revisit everything and brute force your way through.
What are your favorite pre-1995 polygonal games?
Tie Fighter (1994)
Virtua Racing
>>3008042
Was the window frame a sneaky way of partitioning the display area for efficiency or something?
What are some ps1 games that don't use all 4 shoulder buttons? I want to play on my psp but the analog stick is broken, the psp thinks I am using it when I am not touching it (I had to fiddle with the controls to get spyro working because it was either rotating the camera or causing spyro to roll around)
RPGs and platformers are what I am mostly looking for, but anything is fine
To clarify, I can assign any two of the shoulder buttons (l1 + r1 or l2 + r2 or a combination of them) but because the psp uses the analog stick as the l2/r2 buttons for ps1 games I have to disable them in the native emulator's control settings.
downloading tomba now, and I already have the crash games. I really want to try grandia, but am unsure if it will use the 4 shoulder buttons :\
What a good idea for a thread.
I finished Castlevania SotN on PSP, I actually preferred it to the Dual Shock.
Legend of dragoon
Rhapsody a musical adventure
Legend of Legaia
If you play on automatic, Gran Turismo and most of other racing games.
ITT: You post your top 5 retros.
>>3007779
RE2
Twisted Metal 4
Willd Arms
Ocarina of Time
Majora's Mask
5- Contra
4- Super Mario World
3- Castlevania
2-Castlevania SOTN
1- Metal Gear Solid
>Games
Transbot
Wonder Boy
Gunstar Heroes
Darius Gaiden
Panzer Dragoon II
>Systems
Saturn
Master System
Mega Drive
C64
Game Gear
Are any of the Shantae games worth playing? I want honest opinions based on more than just "muh fapbait"
They're fun.
Don't mind me, just posting better Shantae.
>>3007523
The first is technical wizardry. Huge game world, lots of collectables, but severely limited by the GBC. A little more subtle in terms of dialogue, but it has plenty of charm.
Risky's Revenge is neat, especially with how they tiered the environments, but it's got some obtuse puzzles and isn't really worth its asking price (on DSi anyway, it's cheaper elsewhere).
Pirate's Curse does away with the transformation mechanic and is an infinitely better game because of it. Light Metroidvania-ing, great music, and solid gameplay.
I have played it before, but lost all the games. How would I play the games in this series again?
>>3007274
I got Age I on Pirate Bay
Age II is on Steam if you want to shell out.
Age III is as well, but I'm not a fan of it.
>>3007286
Never used Pirate Bay before. Is is complicated?
Was looking to find a free way o enjoy those games from back in the day.
Those games were fun.
I feel like I should get an actual retro console now since I've had multiple CRTs in my house just because I couldn't afford a flat screen. Which one should I start with though? I mean master system looked intresting but I don't know.
>>3007210
A sega genesis! The consoles, controllers, and games are pretty cheap and the library is good as well.
>>3007210
What are you, 15? Just get a part time at McDonalds and a 200 dollar LCD with a PS4.
>>3007210
If you can't afford a $200 flat screen you should be saving your money for rent, food, bus fare to the welfare office, etc. Not wasting it on games. Emulate on your obabaphone.
I have scored more than 20,000 points in Pitfall. I would like my Pitfall Harry's Explorers Club patch.
Also Pitfall thread. Talk about the Pitfall games.
Example: Pitfall!, Pitfall 2: The Lost Caverns, Super Pitfall, Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure, etc.
>>3007198
>Super Pitfall
Fuck that fucking bullshit ass game, fuck the devs, fuck whoever playtested it and said it was OK, fuck the publisher, fuck everyone involved in the fucking ear.
Seriously, I rarely see a game full of such bullshit and dick moves. Read the fucking manual and you can see the bullshit without even playing. Here's a few gems:
"(talking about the keys and other items you NEED to beat the game)Since they are invisible, Harry should jump often while exploring the cave."
"At various places in the caverns, Harry can instantly transport himself from one cave to another by jumping in a particular(but unmarked) spot."
The entire game involves running around a cave full of enemies(all of which one-hit you), trying to find where the fuck the hidden items/teleporters are by jumping fucking everywhere. It's the only game I've ever beaten that I have no desire to ever touch again.
FUCK Super Pitfall.
>>3007321
thanks, James.
>>3007321
ah, I see you're a fan of James Rolfe :^)
I feel like I'm the only person who likes this game.
>>3007095
How does it feel to be alone?
>>3007096
Great, nobody to make me look bad like most fanbases do.
Yep it's like an inferior wonder boy 1 clone.
What's your favorite arcade game? From your childhood? Now?
Thunder Blade has always been my favorite.
>>3007012
>from childhood
Blew my god damn mind that there was a TMNT game that LOOKED EXACTLY LIKE THE CARTOON WITH ALL THE SAME CHARACTERS. It was such a triumphant moment when I first saw this game, like some sort of vindication after playing the first NES game.
>Now
SadlyI haven't really played a 'new' arcade game since DDR machines in the early 2000's.
I remember really enjoying Hang-on and stun runner in the arcades.
At home I really liked Virtual-On on my Saturn.
The last one I recently really got into was was Galaxy Force 2, which is an amazing game once you can 1CC it, and Strider.
>childhood
I didn't play in arcades enough to be able to pick a favorite, but I always spend 90% of my money on light gun games.
>now
Beatmania IIDX.
Do you have any links to rare, retro interviews with game devs/artists/composers? Post em here. I found this interview saved deep within my bookmarks folders and it influenced me to make this thread. This is an interview with the composer of NiGHTS.
http://www.originalsoundversion.com/a-blast-from-the-past-tomoko-sasaki-and-naofumi-hataya-nights-interview/#more-6759
I will search around in my bookmarks and see if I find anything else interesting.
>>3006993
Here is a cool interview with the composers of Earthbound. In japanese so you will have to throw it in google translate.
http://www.1101.com/MOTHER_music/index.html
Any Yasunori Mitsuda fans here?
http://www.squareenixmusic.com/features/interviews/yasunorimitsuda.shtml
If you couldnt tell at this point, I am a musician...
Here is an article explaining the development process of Gex.
http://games.greggman.com/game/gex/
https://youtu.be/-hVuv7mDNqM
https://youtu.be/gSBsqx0iuPg
>>3006937
Alternative version
https://youtu.be/x-iuEbozv1Y
https://youtu.be/AbO1YtoUqM8