Archived threads in /vr/ - Retro Games - 390. page

>>3882386
I feel we missed on several unborn masterpieces and the medium would be a lot more respected than it is now. Lots of people marvel at the technological progress we've witnessed but at the same time, gaming reached mainstream status thanks to powerful graphics while not having a strong enough "culture" or past behind that could offset the money-grabbing nature of vidya today. We have shit music, books & arts done today but also some good ones because they were developed and nurtured beyond a few decades. The older the medium is, the stronger it is at providing exceptional (as in "exception" from the pile of shit that is apparent to everyone) quality works in a era of mediocre super-capitalism. Vidya lacks tradition, lacks decades, if not centuries of perfecting its forms slowly, little by little. The film industry is relatively new too but thanks to its longer history compared to video games, we still have some good movies appearing out and an incredibly rich of past movies that it's almost endless, and that was just over a century of time.

Thoughts?

Videogames were a commodity first and an artform later
that seems to be your problem

>>3882386
>>3882391
Video games are still in their infancy, it will gain tradition over time. Masterpieces will come, but even with the progress we've made these are still just the initial building blocks being worked out. I would love to see what the games of 2117 will be like, let alone 2517.

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Why is nobody talking about M&M games in these threads?

I'm not sure which is more annoying, shooters doing full damage from any distance or flyers being able to reach any part od the map in HoMM2. They kind of balance eachother out but I always lose my shooters.

>>3829281
Ask a question and it drives discussion, the same thing we tell the HoMM posters.

Make a list of games instead of genres and you'll see why.

>>3880924
>why do people consider the SNES to be superior again?
Primarily because people associate more colors with more power, and fell for the Mode 7 gimmick. Also I guess people thought that synthesized music sounded more old-school than sample-based music so therefore it must be weaker.

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>>3880924
>snes better at platforming
uh no sweety thats where ur wrong

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Apparently I'm expected to post in here?

>>3876450
You always have in the past.

>>3876457
I haven't been actively participating for a while but I'm in. What's new?

Different devices with different uses and different downsides.

>>3876206
Both, of course.

>>3876206
Buy a PROPER fucking tv set with good deinterlacing and scaling built-in. Stop buying off-brand chinese shit.

>>3861060
but it already had a pc port

>>3861063
its glitchy as fuck. enemies being invisible, disappearing textures, shitty key remapping

Finally, now they can work on the good turok game.

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>>3818128
>Why is this game so good?

Because it's motherfucking Shining Force.
Are you one of the rare one's like me who prefer the first one over the second?
I just enjoy it's more serious tone and atmosphere, and the music in the game fits that perfectly. I listen to the soundtrack a lot to this day.

Also, since you made a SF thread you'd better brace yourself, the horsefags are coming.

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>>3818154
>Are you one of the rare one's like me who prefer the first one over the second?

Based on the SF thread that I've seen on /vr/ I think most posters like the first Shining Force better than the second.

Myself included.

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>>3818154
>the horsefags are coming

Oh no! Not the horse fags!

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>not playing Captain Tsubasa, the only RPG/Soccer game ever game

Isn't Nintendo World Cup the only has that supports 4 players?

>>3898615
>And not Nintendo World Cup Soccer, please.
Nintendo World Cup Soccer is the only good soccer game on NES kiddo.

>>3898652
>ONLY Soccer/RPG

Inazuma Eleven exists, if youre willing to go Non-Retro

Not really. It's just that nobody could access the rest of the Floigan Bros' on-disc DLC until recently, because they were encrypted.

Nice Nintendo Super Famicom controller there, I wish the American Nintendo Super Nintendo Entertainment System controller had funky colors like that.

>>3898147
Thanks. I took a super fami controller and a murica snes controller. I opened up murican snes controller and took out the wire and plug & put 'em in the super fami so you get the colorful buttons & the long wire!

>>3897896
Pandoras are good but there are a lot of "pandoras" that are shit. I honestly don't know how they even find hardware so shit that can't emulate old arcade stuff well.
If you're going for an all in one you either want to get it locally or through a solid recommendation. Quality ranges from top notch arcade to total shit. You can't just judge by the price. There is total shit out there selling for $250+ and top notch stuff for $150.
Do you have a decent display or are you gonna hook this up to a shitty walmart LCD?

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>>3897896
I was looking at these on DHGate but they seem completely opaque. Are there any tells? Any way to figure out the good ones?

>>3897987
I have an awesome smart tv in the living room and an ultrawide BenQ gaming monitor.
I found a what seems to be a decent seller on Aliexpress, I was planning on getting one with Sanwa joysticks/buttons.
From what I can see it's really well made, but is it worth spending 450$ to import it?

Any questions about this?

>>3897751
Are you diagnosed with asperger or anything similar? Your phrasing and rule-setting indicate "yes".

Let me grade your work.
>I doing a thing that I call mega marathon were I play all the classic mega man games you join in on the fun to but there's some rules you play the games out of order but when you defeat a robot master you have to finish game rule 2 you can take a break from a certain game give a shot at another one rule 3 7 -8 count but you have to finish 1-6 any questions?

It should be
>I'm doing a thing that I call "Mega Marathon", where I play all the classic Mega Man games. You'll join in on the fun too, but there are some rules. You may play the games out of order, but when you defeat a Robot Master you have to finish the game. Rule two; you can take a break from a certain game between Robot Masters and switch off to another Mega Man title. Rule three; you can consider 7 and 8 part of the marathon, but 1 - 6 have to be finished. Any questions?

Now your shit grammar and punctuation aside; rule two contradicts rule one. You've given no direct insight into how we "interact" with your marathon and you've not given any clear guidelines to how it will work.

>>3897484
>all 4

>tfw I can't play Roger Moore in glorious 3D

>>3897543

There were only 4 Bond actors ever when Goldeneye 64 came out.

>>3897207
you want fog? go play the n64

If you can't play it like God intended then don't play it at all.

Maybe you should play on a CRT like the devs intended

>>3897105
power slave/exhumed.

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>>3897105
GRIFFIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIITH!!

>>3897105
Do you post on a Microman group on FB?

>>3897050
No.

I don't worry much about finishing games and just play what I feel like at the time. Though lately it feels like I spend more time modifying and organizing my consoles than I do playing them.

Jesus christ lose some weight dude, its unhealthy. You will never get a pussy in this state.