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Do you guys make pixel art at all?

I've been wanting to for a while now, so I sat down and made this. Took me about a half hour honestly. Critique is welcome.

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Is there a list of /vr/ approved emulators? If not, which emulators do you most recommend for each platform?

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Just played Planrscape Torment for the first time.

What other games like it can you guys point me to?

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Nintendo (and media in general) love to repackage their older games and update for newer hardware, sometimes altering the game for better or worse.

What do you think is the superior version of a game? Personal examples would be great.

For instance I think Metroid: Zero Mission is only option if you want to play the "original' Metroid. If nothing else, then because of the in-game map.

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I was chatting with a friend about who play/hack old games and consoles. I was tempted to say it is fairly balanced, but have nothing to back up my claim.

Mind sharing your age, gender?

40, male

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Can we have a /vr/ guilty pleasures thread?

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Is there ANY reason to play on original consoles when emulators exist? Higher rendered resolutions, higher frame rates, save states, cheats, highly customizable, you can use any controller, mods and texture packs, etc.

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Previous thread: >>3291450
This thread is for the spirited discussion of CRT displays - Televisions, monitors and projectors used for the playing of retro games!

>Try to keep it /vr/-related: Nothing past 5th gen(+Dreamcast). Slight OT might be okay if related to CRTs (E.G. 16:9 compatible models, flatscreens, etc.) Systems with backwards compatibility are also pretty safe territory, assuming you're focusing on the older games. PC CRTs are also a-ok.
>Produce OC! Get out your real cameras and take beautiful pictures of your CRTs displaying recognizable characters with the kind of beautiful accuracy that brings tears to the eyes of young and old alike! If you take 100 photos, at least one of them will turn out alright! (maybe)
>Try to be as detailed as possible when asking info on a specific model. As always, google is your friend, and we are your friends with benefits. Older archived threads aren't a bad place to look either.
>Share appreciation for others choice of technology and personal philosophy of gaming. As always show courtesy in your discussion and moderate yourselves first.

Discussion of video processing and scaling devices is okay, but try to keep the focus on CRTs and CRT accessories

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I remember that game being one of the hardest game ever.

I would rate the levels From Easiest to Hardest this way:

Port Of Adia- still quite a challenge for the first level, and its probably the easiest area to accidently pass by mission objectives (after the Hive, that is).

Primagen's Lightship- Theres plentiful ammo and health strewn about and none of the enemies are particularly infuriating. Thanks to the fantastic structure, it's not too much hassle retracing your steps for quest items etc. the fans and lasers are bothersome at times though.

Death Marshes- The new arsenal you find admidst this level (Shredder especially) keeps the enemies at bay for the most part, though the heavily armoured fellas still take a beating. Took me a while to learn to keep away from the health sapping bogs altogether. The music in this level scared the shit out of me.

River of Souls- Favorite level, long but varied. Challenging but not annoying. Undead Battles and the Riding Gun section are my favorite parts of the game.

Lair of the Blind Ones- Humongous! Seemingly never-ending! Guardian's bows are purty powerful and tedious jumping sections over bottomless pits I never welcome in any game. Not to mention the underwater section, your maps almost obligatory there! A nice array of foes to face though, the atmosphere is impressive and the enviroment varies enough to stop it growing repetitive... unlike the Hive.

Hive of the Mantids- Honestly.... how irritating are the drones, the STANDARD enemies in this level? Pain in the backside to successfully hit and over-effective weapons. Incredible looking level when you first set foot in it, but 30 mins or so in the difficulty somewhat sours the experience, endless complex networks of tunnels, paths to mission objectives never obvious... dunno how long I spent hunting for one last lousy satchel charge.

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Anyone going to be doing the 4 job fiesta this year?

http://fourjobfiesta.com/

Basically if you don't know about it:

>Play FF5 with some imposed limitations
>jobs are assigned via twitter bot when you get a crystal
>you cannot use jobs other than the assigned job
>Once you get your first job all characters must be assigned that job
>you must use at least 1 of each job (IE: If you got Knight, then next unlock is Red Mage you have to have at least 1 Knight and 1 Red Mage , the other 2 can be Red Mages or Knights)
>Other options for harder runs like Berserker Risk (adds Berserker to each crystal), or Classic Jobs only.

I got a really shit run last time but still managed to complete it. I'll probably play it again today. Starts in about 5 days.

I guess if enough people are interested we can post progress itt and make it a bit of a general.

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I have one of these but I can't get Castlevania: Spectral Interlude to work on it. Can anyone here help?

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Can anyone help me find the 4th game from the first line?
At least give me the name i can't find it. I already have every other one i wanted
blocks, dots, jacks, jezzball, rodents revenge,

But i think this is one of these that i played a lot back in the day and i can't find it's name. I won't download every single microsoft entertainment pack just to find it!

Also, make it a windows 3.1/95 games

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>This is the then in development character roster with the new cast in the bottom row, none of which are in the alleged proto screenshots posted ages ago.

>I’ve been told that the protos were trashed long ago but hope remains that the data exists.

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Post games with loot systems, doesn't matter what kind of game.

Just finished Record of Lodoss War for Dreamcast, and I'm looking for something else with a nice loot system, randomized or not, doesn't matter.

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Does anyone know if there's a translation for this out? it's the osomatsu-kun game on NES/Famicom if you're wondering, also if not tips on translating or editing text on NES/Famicom games would help