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Larn123 was my preferred game. Never liked Nethack compared to larn, then again I was 10 or something. There is a learning curve to knowing the monsters and what to type to cast the spells, but I remember having a ton of fun playing it.

>>4098807
>>4098807
>Yeenoghu
Goddamn Yeenoghu. That's super rare, btw, but he fucked me up once too before I was prepared to take his triple-flail dog-ass down.

The key to nethack is two fold:
1) take notes on EVERYTHING you observe. I have a file of notes over 2000 lines long that I still update and consult while playing.

2) very minor spoiler there is an oracle not too far into the dungeon; find her and give her money, she'll give you major clues. Fortune cookies are also terrific sources of information. Most features of the game are hinted at by these means, although sometimes cryptically. Once again, write EVERYTHING down.

remember, dying is part of the fun.

also, play as a dwarven valkyrie until you can ascend. you dark vision, gnomes and dwarves are friendly, you can carry a shit ton of stuff, and combat is usually simple melee.

>>4098479
E3 1995

E3 95

>>4098479
A dinner plate for a controller. Noice.

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Cool Boarders 2 had serious flaws but I had a great time with it.

Unfortunately it's one of those games no one seems to remember today, as it probably got "replaced" with SSX.

>>4098467
I remember this. I never had a psx back then and preferred it to n64's 1080 (found snowboard kids way later) ironically, I fucking hate snowboarding

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On /vr/.

Either one you like. They belong on both.

Kinda neat to see what a game was like. Most people I know got more enjoyment out of the little hidden bits, like that one demo disc that had the music video to Korn's Got The Life buried in there.

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Before demo CDs appeared on consoles, I used to buy magazines that came with CD-ROMs full of demos for PC. It was kind of a scam because it said "includes [x game] complete!" and it was also just a demo.
On principle demos are great because they let you test games for free. Most of my demo discs were kinda shitty though.
The one demo disc I actually remember enjoying was the Nights sampler on Saturn.
When I got my Saturn, I couldn't get it with any game because the shop I got it from just didn't have any Saturn games in stock, the system itself was hard to find here.
So it came with a Saturn demo CD (included Clockwork Knight, Die Hard Trilogy and others), and the Nights sampler.
Nights was actually more generous than most other demos, it let you play 2 levels, one with each character, and they were fun as hell. Nights is also an arcade kind of game so replaying the levels was fun.
Eventually I got the full game and it felt massive, I was used to play the same 2 levels over and over.

>>4099493
Why?

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>>4096815
never noticed how rad that box art was

>>4096368
I got close as a kid but the final dude has multiple forms and got me close to his end, hard game but i loved it as a kid.

Actraiser and the Lion King. The Lion King especially frustrated me because I didn't even enjoy playing it; I just felt compelled to put it behind me.

Flying Warriors on the NES
also Ninja Gaiden, I ended up deciding other games would better justify my time than doing that same shitty level set over and over just to die at Jaquio and go all the way back.

>>4095408
Why the fuck would I want to waste my time doing that?

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Here, I'll start. Chose a place called 8-bit Retro Video Games in New Mexico. Can't say anything about the prices, but setup's nice with two arcade cabinets.


>>4095417
because ... America! A random place to keep everyone anonymous and non-Americans can join in and see what America's got.

What the fuck is this thread?

>>4095131
Any stat, as long as in had AGI at least 6, the higher the better. I also recommend INT no lower then 5 and at least one combat perk (the best option for someone new is guns). I also like speech for quest related reasons. Make sure CHA and AGI are even numbers, as you get the bonus for every 2 points you spend.
Don't take fast shoot on your first playthrough.

>>4095162
Not him but I just got FO1,2, and Tactics on the Steam Summer Goy Sale. Any useful tips for 1? I'm interested in concentrating on energy weapons at some point.

>>4095131
>STR 10
>PER 1
>END 10
>CHA 1
>INT 1
>AGI 1
>LCK 10

>Tag Outdoorsman, Throwing, and Gambler

So play older ones like Tenshi-tachi no Gogo. Or ones without girls.

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>>4094802
Season of the Sakura was a pretty cool visual novel. I wish I bought in its day. I still want it too. Shame there wasn't more with not-Katsuragi Misato. Even back then I recognized the Evangelion, St. Tail, and Rayearth ripoffs but I think part of the charm was that it took the characters and jammed them into the same school setting.

I think there are plenty of visual novels that offers stories that are different from just school love. I've gone through a few that were mystery thrillers, some explore horror, some are fantastical. The venerable Chrono Trigger had a visual novel sequel in Radical Dreamers. I think Elf's Yu-No game is pretty good. The C's Ware titles like Eve Burst Error, Eve: The Lost One, Desire, etc. are compelling too (I have not played Eve Zero yet) that goes beyond character archetypes and focus on their narratives.

I visit my local Walmart (in the middle of nowhere US, they are the center of our lives) and I see they still sell visual novels like The Walking Dead, Life Is Strange, The Wolf Among Us, etc. so I am guessing people are finding reasons to pick up new VNs anyway. I think of the genre like those pulp paperback fiction books you'd find, disposable entertainment where some enjoyment can be had. I think I even read that some of those games won awards, so I guess they are getting recognition even with their anime girl archetypes.

>>4094910
>. Or ones without girls.
Gaaaaaaay

>>4091994
A complete remake? I'd love it. They really don't need one though, and it's highly unlikely anyway. Atlus will probably just bundle the PSP ports together in a collection and release them on PSN or something because they know it won't get any mainstream success the way P3-P5 did, unfortunately.

The battle system needs to just be scrapped entirely IMO. P1's is just clunky and feels like an unnecessary change to make the game feel less like "SMT with highschool students" and 2's is alright, but the way to get new Personas needs some streamlining.

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Do you know how fast I would give ATLUS all my money if they completely remade the P2 duology? Best plot and casts, by far. I'm really sick of the highschool dating sim aspect of Persona.

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>>4095326
One of the best things about P2 is how the characters and plot mesh well with the high school setting without delving into a slice of life and dating simulator like the later games. Of course, you can date best boy Jun, but the relationship is subtle and feels realistic for the characters, unlike the rushed 'romance' in P3/4/5. It was nice to have the negotiation option with Jun and Tatsuya as well, it felt like my choice actually affected the gameplay, albeit subtly.