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Can we have a conversation about whether or not SM64 is a 'collectathon'? I hate the term myself, and it might sound like an insipid discussion at first but actually, the other day when some whippersnapper on /v/ started arguing with me about it things got interesting - we ended up talking about the function and utility of Stars in SM64, and its underlying game design principles and techniques. His whole argument was that SM64 was a collectathon by virtue of the simple fact that you need to collect Stars to progress through the game; I contended the game was first and foremost a 3D platformer, and the role of Stars in the game is purely superficial. I'm not sure collectathons were even a thing back when SM64 came out - the term itself certainly didn't exist yet, then.
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>>3761619
I would say it's a collectathon, just because you need to do different goals and objectives to get different stars. like collecting 100 coins or 8 red coins.
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>>3761619
definitely not a collectathon
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>>3761619
I think first, we need to look up the vocabulary definition of the term "collectathon":
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…Oh right, there isn't one! Meaning, your autistic argument was completely pointless.
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>Be me
>have high end gaymen PC
>have 50" 4K TV plugged to it also
>have fun with recent games of course, but...
>mfw rev up that OpenTTD and still spend silly amounts of time having those trains rolling
Anyone else still playing this little masterpiece?
Also, TTD general thread
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I'd rater play Cities Skylines.
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>>3761896
Cities in Motion you mean? (this one is actually closer to Transport Tycoon, and dare I say, better).
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>>3761915
How so?
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70hUi_B0CdY
>PSX can't handle great 2D gam_
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Oh God this game is so beautiful.
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Never heard of it, but looks amazing (except the cover)
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>>3761328
RAYMAN
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Im about to start quest for glory 1. What stats and race should I choose? I plan to play all five
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>>3761235
Do you plan on becoming a paladin?
If not choose thief but add some magic stats if possible.
Thief has the most fun storyline I think.
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>>3761235
Here's a tip:
>Shamma-lamma three scoops of mana. Hilarious, gregarious, floats in the airious.
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>>3761235
>stats and race
I'm assuming you mean class and not race. And as I recall there's only three in the first game and four overall: Fighter, Thief, Magic User and Paladin. I'm guessing for the fifth class you're thinking Hybrid.
I'd really recommend not doing a Hybrid build until you've beaten it the other way. And definitely don't do >>3761238 that.
It sucks all the replayability (of which the game has an enormous amount) right out when you have access to every single route for overcoming problems. It's all about finding the way to solve the same quests in a different manner.
Like the Spitting Flowers.
>The Mage casts Fetch to telekinetically grab the seed.
>The Thief has no magic, so he climbs the mountain wall to grab it.
>The Fighter can't cast or climb, so he throws rocks to knock it down to the ground.
Coming to the same puzzle on multiple playthroughs and figuring out how you'll overcome them without the skills of your last character is half the fun of Quest for Glory.
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Anyone have any experience with the Pi Hut controller? Seems to have good reviews but you never know.
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>>3760925
>something no one has ever heard of
>good reviews
Shit being shilled?
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>>3761570
Nah, just genuinely curious about it.
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Never heard of it, but I hear the iBuffalo and the 8bitdo SNES30 are good USB SNES controllers
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What's /be opinion about this game? Should I play Dreamcast or GameCube version?
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Sorry about the typo, I meant /VR opinion
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>>3760768
Gamecube
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It's... Okay. I went into it expecting something like Shining force but you only ever control four team-mates max. Ship-battles were a major let-down for me since I thought you'd be able to assign crew members to do this or that but it's not really that deep.
Either version's fine but if you decide to play the gamecube button do take note that you can press the start button at the beginning of certain attack animations to skip them. Also the gamecube version's just more refined in general.
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What are the essential adventure games? I know about Sam and Max and Kings quest, but what else is there?
Text or point and click, it doesn't matter.
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>>3760426
Broken sword will always be my favourite. I also have a crush on George stobbart so yeah...
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Grim Fandango
Full Throttle
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For Sierra, I'd say:
King's Quest 5 or 6
Police Quest
Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers
Police Quest is pretty unique game in that its puzzles are designed to make you follow strict police procedure when dealing with characters/criminals (you'd better not use unwarranted force you sniveling cadet!).
Hon. mention to Space Quest 4, which is a funny space pulp adventure but is mechanically almost identical to King's Quest.
Also hon. mention to Phantasmagoria, but that's more of a "play around Halloween type of game." Not really scary, but atmospheric with some goofy FMV acting. The puzzles are pretty simple but it's worth it to take in the town. A superior FMV-style game is Gabriel Knight 2.
It's easy to burn out on these type of games, so I think it's best to look into a few, see which style you like the most, and play that one to completion.
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Name a more consistently great developer.
Protip: you can't.
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Weekly treasure thread ahoy.
Can't wait to argue with the anti-treasurefags about game design and japanese developers.
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>>3760235
Touhou 2 had some pretty horrible glitches.
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Are nostalgic normies the reason why retro gaming/collecting is so shit these days? 2017-01-25 04:12:43 Post No.3759715
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Are nostalgic normies the reason why retro gaming/collecting is so shit these days?
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>pic completely related
Are the early 20 year olds who'll pay anything for the consoles they loved as kids the reason why common SNES games are $40 when their famicom counterparts are under $10 for example?
Are they why the normie consoles like the NES, SNES, and N64 are heralded as the face of retro gaming ignoring things like the Genesis, FDS, and retro computing which for the 80's at least was the REAL face of retro gaming?
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>>3759715
Yes that's right. It's the normal people who are spending their disposable income on things they want that are the problem. Not retarded weirdos who bitch on the internet about being poor.
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Genesis, Arcades, and old computer games. That's retro gaming.
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>>3759717
I have a job and have a decent collection senpai. Granted most of it is obscure shit but it always seemed weird to me that a 20 year old game is still being sold for $60 at times just because nostalgic faggots will buy it.
This is the best Sonic game.
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Undoubtedly
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>>3759690
This is a fact, not an opinion.
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ITT: Post games you've never once seen discussed before on /vr/.
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I've never seen this discussed outside of reviews from when it was new.
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What is your favorite version of the ORIGINAL arcade SFII? Not Super, X, Anniversary, or console ports, but the original CPS1 games:
World Warrior (aka the Thinking Man's SFII)
Champion Edition (aka Why is the Snake Orange Edition)
Turbo: Hyper Fighting (aka The Official Bootleg SFII)
*insert SFII bootleg here* (aka ChingChong Edition)
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The first one for SNES. First and last time I cared about SF.
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>>3759330
>World Warrior (aka the Thinking Man's SFII)
Aka fighting in a swimming pool, aka 8 chars where 2 are pretty much the same.
Everything before Super was broken. 3 hits = dizzy rule killed the game. Super acknowledged combos and toned down dizzies, finally allowing for matches that didn't end with 1 hit. If you hate Super, you're a pleb and a casual and should stick to Smash Bros.
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>>3759330
World Warrior, cos fuck the haters
CE (rainbow bootleg), cos pretty
Super, cos characters
Who does everyone play with?
Akuma>Ryu>Ken
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Questions Regarding Panasonic 3DO
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For a while I've been mulling over picking up a 3DO. While I emulate some games and get a better feel for it, I wonder if any enthusiasts can answer some hardware/software questions. I did see the thread that was a few days ago/last week, which was somewhat helpful/interesting.
MODEL: while general consensus seems to point towards the FZ-10 being the most reliable model, there are some who still tout the FZ-1 as the sturdiest. My intention is to pick up a FZ-10, because my assumption is that the flip-top and lack of moving parts makes for a machine less prone to breakdown. Is this a right assumption?
REGION: I have read about the minuscule amount of kanji problems that can come from a select few imports. Thus i have decided it might be best to pick up a Japanese model. However, if there are a few JPN games that don't work on NTSC-U models, is the inverse true, with a few USA games not working on the Japanese? Or is my suspicion groundless?
Those are the two major questions I am considering. Aside from that, feel free to talk anything 3DO.
I'll probably be keeping my eye on YAJ listings (many of which unfortunately are vague on condition and workability due to the language barrier).
[Disclaimer 1] I have time to think about it since I am going to wait for a deal or a decent price to pop up among the various auction sites; I'm not looking to spend triple digits on getting a console.
[Disclaimer 2] Yes I have more money than sense! I'm working on reversing that though (wait a minute).
[Disclaimer 3] I like silly FMV games.
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Advice for someone who actually has a Jap FZ-10
Don't.
There just aren't enough good games for the thing and the prices are too high. I got mine through a yahoo japan reseller and didn't pay to much, but still more than I thought that I should have.
The only good games that could be played on the thing have drastically better ports on other consoles. The console itself has shit video output. I even bought S-Video cables which only made it look like polishing a turd. It has weird issues with black levels and everything looks washed out. It should have been a 240p console. I'm pretty sure the original model 3do is the same.
Just stick to emulation. Unless you are a diehard collector
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FZ-10 seems to be the most reliable
There aren't a lot of games (since most were ported)
but you should try these:
exclusive:
Bladeforce
Oukoku no Grand Chef
The Seal of Pharoh
Immercenary
Scramble Cobra
Stellar 7
Iron Angel of the Apocalypse
Iron Angel of the Apocalypse Returns
Autobahn Tokio
Armageddon
Guardian War
Dr Hauzer
Slayer
Cyberdillo
multi plat:
Doom
Super Street Fighter II Turbo
Off world interceptor
Total Ecplise
Luciennes Quest
Policenauts
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S-video looks pretty good one mine
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>>3759345
got mine for 100 including postage
you do know you can burn the games it has no copy protection or region locking
games arent that expensive picked up street fighter for 10
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if you could only have one snes game from your collection what would it be
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>>3759074
Does my flash cart count? If not, then Super Metroid.
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>>3759079
No silly, good choice. Idk if I would bring that tho
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>>3759074
Earthbound, so I can sell it and buy back a part of my collection.
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What's the /vr/ consensus on OOT? 2017-01-24 10:20:31 Post No.3758332
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What's the /vr/ consensus on OOT?
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In all honesty, I think that the only thing keeping it up these days is 90's kids unending nostalgia for it. While I was alive for it's release, I honestly didn't give two shits about the N64 back then, all we had around here was a PC. (Voodoo 5500 pentium 2, about 200 times more advanced than N64). The game is tossed around on websites and forums by millennial who's first console was probably a hand me down N64 in the early 2000's, so I'm wondering is all the love real?
Anyways, more recently when I got into retro gaming, I decided to give it a try, promised the gaming experience of a lifetime for it's 10/10 gameplay, story, music, BLAH BLAH. The game was boring. I just couldn't get into it, or it's gameplay style. Who likes running across an open field back and forth, back and forth to get a sword? I mean, is that what people consider fun? And the dungeons and some items which are not intuitive in the slightest? The great music? Yeah, if shitty compressed midi qualifies as good music then maybe
I fucking love ALTTP, infact it's my favorite game of all time, and I managed to beat it without a guide. I don't know, maybe it's that I just don't have 3D sensibilities. One way or the other, I honestly think that the absolute only thing keeping it on such a pedestal is nostalgia, as someone who played it for the first time much, much later
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tl;dr
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>>3758339
skim it over autist
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If you find that people's hype tends to leave you wanting when playing said hyped games, perhaps you should just stop giving a fuck about what other people think and decide if you like a game on your own.