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For new it's either micomsoft scalers or degrees of varying shit.

>>2891493
Before getting rid of the CRT, consider sample-and-hold blur and what you are going to do about it.

>>2891507
Is the FrameMeister just a preium upscaler? Or are there cheaper options with decent input lag?

It's a consumer TV. You'll have shit for adjustment.

>>2891416
I know it won't be as good as say a PVM or trinitron, but it's really all I have.

>>2891447
Well then it's pretty much hope for whatever. Find the service menu.

Messing with the pots on the back without a test pattern isn't going to end well.

Maybe he's too frail to survive being knocked out in battle.

Of course, Strago's probably older than him, but he has a lot of vitality.

He fucking disappears halfway through the game anyway, and nobody cares.

I would say it's story-gameplay disconnect or whatever the technical phrasing is, but in certain cutscenes in FFV for example, healers will revive characters with HP=0.

>>2891331
It's called ludonarrative dissonance. The term was invented by Clint Hocking, the director of Far Cry 2.

Star Ocean was like the Tales of of the hipsters. A shame because I liked 1 and Second Story a lot more than Destiny and Eternia.

>>2890723

Star Ocean 1/2 had MUCH better gameplay than the 2D Tales games. More interesting mechanic depth as well.

>>2890706
This game rules, Dias and Ashton all day. Getting royalties for writing novels was cool too

Also barrels

>>2890660

great deal imo

If it's really refurbished it's a nice deal. But since it's gamestop I doubt that they even tested it.

$20 is basic ebay price.

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Chippoke Ralph no Daibouken: The Adventure of Little Ralph is a fantastic side-scrolling action-platformer for the PS1. You play as a young boy armed with nothing but a sword facing off against a horde of cartoon-esque demons and monsters. The levels have thematic variety and an overarching Ghibli-esque art direction which is very pleasant.

The best part is the gameplay. Similar to the Mario or Mega Man games, you are given a very limited arsenal of moves but have to absolutely master them to overcome levels. Whenever you gain points by beating enemies, chains of dangling fruit appear in midair, which you need to collect before they disappear to collect further points. If you're going for a high-score run, the game gets very intense (in a good way).

This is recommended for everyone who wants a side-scrolling challenge. There is an Easy mode for players to learn the ropes, but you will only be able to play the final level and see the true ending on Hard mode, which is a nightmare.

As a final aside, an oddity of this game is that some of the latter boss battles play out like 2D fighting game matches: the camera zooms in, the sprites gets bigger, and Ralph gets a slightly wider arsenal of melee attacks!

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Segare Ijiri for PS1 is a deeply strange Japanese game. You play as a boy with a big, yellow arrow for a head. Your mother is an omniscient giraffe. The game is something of an abstract coming-of-age story as you clear various challenges designed, allegedly, to teach you various life lessons. If you don't speak Japanese that whole aspect would be lost on you, but I suspect it wasn't very clear anyway.

Segare Ijiri is a 3D platformer where physics are regularly disregarded. You make your way through non-Euclidean levels divided into box-like rooms where each one is a small and simple puzzle. Your mom usually instructs you on what you need to do, but figuring it out yourself through deduction is pretty easy most of the time. For such an elaborately bizarre game it actually has decent length (that of a typical platformer of its generation), and a solid variety of obstacles. You'll have to swim, dig, converse, climb ropes, and tip-toe around sleeping threats (that last action is performed by holding Square while moving the D-pad).

A recommended title not just for fans of weird Japanese games but also bizarre platformers in general. It was followed by a similar sequel, Zoku Segare Ijiri, for PS2.

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Napple Tale: Arsia in Daydream is a 3D action-platformer with RPG elements for the DreamCast. At its time of release it was touted for being developed by an almost entirely female staff, a rarity in the Japanese industry. It tells the story of a girl whisked away to Napple World, a dimension between the living and the dead; now she must recollect the pieces of her scattered soul to get back home.

Napple Tale features a hub world and four primary sub-worlds with seasonal themes. Though it was touted as an RPG, it's no more of an RPG than, say, Klonoa is, though it does feature backtracking and alternate routes. Not knowing where to go next can be frustrating if you don't know Japanese, but isn't hard to figure out through trial and error.

The game's main draw is its wonderful art direction, complemented by very competent DreamCast graphics. Napple World is populated by a host of picturesque characters and the game is crammed with lovable details, which help hide the extremely easy gameplay. There are also collectible pets which give your character specific in-game abilities useful for clearing obstacles, but the game is so easy that it feels completely redundant.

Overall, Napple Tale is a game you'll want to play for the visual spectacle it presents and fairy tale atmosphere it crafts more than for any aspect of its gameplay. Though it never got a sequel or spin-off, it retains a small cult following in Japan (and has inspired lots of fan art).

I wouldn't be able to deal with something like that. Complete or burst.

I have magic knight rayearth (e) without the manual, but with case and rear art.
Also tales of destiny with manual but no case.
The magic knight manual bugs my a little but I'm not paying out the ass for it.

If it's a cartridge game, I don't give a shit. The box & dox are fine to have, but ultimately it's only the game that matters.
However for disc-based games, there is NO good excuse for missing any part of it, so they must be complete for me.
>tfw one of my few incomplete disc games is Mega Man Legends. (missing the manual)

You posted it.
Most of them are quite meh, but if you desperately want to play beat'em up on SNES play the Capcom and Konami ones, plus some others like Sonic Blastman 2, Denjin Makai, Kunios and a few other SFC exclusives.

Turtles in Time
MMPR:The Movie is good enough to mention

that's like... it. most SNES beat 'em ups have a maximum of 3 enemies on the screen at once compared to the 5 or so you'll usually see in a game like SoR2 or 3.

>>2889593
beat em ups.

>>2889609
He said fun, not repetitive and generic.

>>2889510
I have yet to play a bad Kirby game. And I have played all of them aside from the Wii titles.

>>2889510
first nes and gameboy titles

1. Kirby's Adventure (NES)

2. Kirby's Dream Land 2 (GB)

3. Kirby 64

The top two are the must plays, 64 is great, and everything else is good/okay but not too special. Not really sure how to rank the other titles in relation to each other.

Kirby's Dream Land 1 was too short and didn't have the trademark powers

Kirby Pinball is a fun game that's frustrating as hell.

The better GBA one is just a remix of Kirby's Adventure, other one is fun but open-world doesn't really suit kirby in my opinion, found it too easy to get lost and end up backtracking.

The DS ones were playable, but again sort of gave me deja vu like I was just playing another remake of Adventure with pussified graphics.

Haven't played the GC, Wii, Wii U titles

>>2889380
They're the same fucking thing, retard.

>>2889512
nope, idiot.

btw i'm just gonna play the psx version with mednafen. just gonna press -ffw like a pro when the loading screens appear.

>>2889140
Virtual console is exactly like cartridge. Why are you letting your female cousin cuck you anon? Find her and beat the fuck out of her.

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>Virtual console is exactly like cartridge.

>>2889147
So there are no real issues with the games then? Also, I can't stand the bitch. She'd been staying at my apartment for about a month because my gf is one of those people who believes in second chances and all that nonsense. After she bailed, we found out that she stole my box of old games and a bunch of jewellery and clothes from my gf's closet. We called the cops but they couldn't really do anything about it. I'm just glad she's gone.

>>2888982
Kekekek.

>>2888672
that song that plays when you go looking for your sword!

>>2888678

According to my MP3 listing, that one is just "Koholint Island". Then you get the sword and afterwards "Overworld" plays.

Here's a playthrough that showcases that transition.

https://youtu.be/knZrmLPqB4Q

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The overworld is a nice one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdargMzqueM

Dream Shrine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNeQ-72KwEQ

Southern Face Shrine is my favorite, too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Py0IVtf621Q

Face Shrine is a good follow up to the previous song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izx8CGifKhc

Mount Tamaranch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4NkDABWYI8

>>2888678
>>2888691
It's called Sword Search here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3w76fAVzemk

And of course https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vqTMKmy6WE

>>2888561

Stuff like this is pointless, it's basically just paying for emulation.

Not to my knowledge. They're happy to charge you $10 per title separately.

As for other retro compilations, I just got Konami MSX Ultra Pack on the Saturn and it's very nice. 30 games on one disc, some of them quite good!

They made some fucking lazy Mario and Kirby compilations for the Wii.