/vr/ - Retro Games

Been awhile since I've played through any of these. Last one was X1. I kind of want to go through all the X's, but I also wanna skip to X4 because I've never played any of the non-SNES X games. I know they're not well regarded but I wanna see how bad they are.

>>8082

hey BO, it's me OP. Sorry, I just forgot this board existed until now.

I see there's not a lot of users here, but I'll try to post more regularly. I just glimpsed at 4chan vr and it's a hellhole.

X4 isn't the bad one, but X5 onwards are disappointing, not terrible or unplayable, but disappointing.

X series peaked with X2 for me, although many people would also say X1 or X4. X4 is well regarded and it's good, I just don't think it's better than X1 or X2, maybe it's better than X3.

>>8107

All good, I forget about it too. Guess I'll skip X4 and beyond if they're just mediocre. Too many games to play as it is. I'll probably do X and X2 back to back. Finishing some games in my backlog at the moment before that though.

>>8109

I could never get into 7 or Rockman and Forte, to be fair I never really tried though. They were some of the first games I tried out through emulation years ago. Real cartridges of 7 are going for $200 so looks like I'll be emulating that if I try it again.

It's all downhill from here. This board is dead but at least it's not as bad as it is there.

And I forgot the one that really impressed with grafix/sound - Ghost Recon, looks nice even today. And can't stress enough awesomness of OPF, it even has a speed of sound sumulated, real sky navigation with stars, good music, good stuff.

>win95/98

"the age of the plague", as i recall it

>>1958

Gameplay is better (engine was upgraded to support SVGA, gameplay is tighter), story is worse.

Turning Tolwyn into Space Hitler was hack writing.

The thing about that got me is that its only cd based console clone. But as you said it might be trash like most of console clone.

anything like this that we can diy besides a raspi?

Rare promotional VHS that was shown in WH Smith stores to advertise their computer game selection. Featuring titles from the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST and Commodore Amiga. W H SMITH SOFTWARE TOPSOFT 10/FORMAT 16 ISSUE 26/OCTOBER 1988

Mortal Kombat 3 making of

1994 CES interactive CD-ROM

Trade show video of E3 2000. I wish I could have attended

Unless I have a specific game that won't run properly under PCem, I use PCem for everything DOS and Win3.1.

>>7998

Interesting. DOSBox emulates both DOS and 3.1, doesn't it? Is PCem superior for any reason?

>>8006

From what I understand, DOSBox uses hacks to achieve better compatibility. PCem is extremely accurate, at the cost of higher CPU requirements.

>>8006

Late reply, but like 8007 said, DOSbox focused on getting things running with lots of hacks and game specific settings. This wouldn't be an issue if they were still updating, but the last time DOSbox updated was years ago. It's "good enough" if it works, but that's about it. PCem is still under active development and is getting more accurate and faster as time goes on.

Meanwhile PCem has been focusing on trying to emulate every part of the hardware as 1:1 as possible. So instead of having a generic motherboard, generic graphics card, generic SB card and so on, PCem uses specific emulated hardware. So instead of generic mobo with generic CPU with a set clockspeed in settings, you would use say…. an ASUS P/I-P55T2P4 mobo with a Pentium MMX 166 CPU. You can go into the BIOS for this emulated mobo, and change any setting just like on real hardware. You aren't using some generic VGA card, you are using a Phoenix S3 Trio64 2D accelerator that can handle 16M colors at 1024 x 768 in Win3.1, paired with emulated VooDoo cards in SLI. Naturally, having actual real hardware emulated means games tend to run the first time without any special settings needed. DOSbox uses an emulated hackjob version of DOS. PCem will use any OS that you install on it. You wanted DOS 2.0? Go ahead and use it. You want to use DOS 6.2 with DOSSHELL backported to it and set to automatically run when you turn it on? You can set that up easily.

With DOSbox, you have to individually configure each game, but you don't usually have to setup the environment. With PCem you MUST setup the environment(install drivers for everything, install the OS, etc), but the majority of games the OS can run only requires you to install the game. While DOSbox is faster to setup to get a single game to run, PCem is faster in the long term for DOS/Win3.1 emulation. Once you have your DOS or Win3.1 box setup, all you need to do is mount the install disks and install the game and play.

The only downside to PCem is that it requires you to know what you are doing, where DOSbox is brain-dead easy, doubly so if you are using a front-end like D-Fend Reloaded. If you don't kPost too long. Click here to view the full text.

Link sneezes if you let him idle in Zora’s Doman. I did not know this in 22 years of playing this game.

Just go to zophar and download from there.

>>8052

>I updated it to remove the generation bit. I know PC can be a grey area but for now I'll keep it as is, hopefully it's clear enough. If it becomes an issue than I'll revise it.

It should be if it could run on period-correct PC hardware from the '90s, then it gets a pass on /vr/. So, games like Deus Ex or McGee's Alice are considered retro despite coming out after 1999, because you could run it on PC parts that existed in the '90s. Another criteria could be if the PC game doesn't support DX7 or OpenGL 1.2.1 (their last versions before Y2K), then it's not /vr/.

>>8059

Since you are kind of doing a board clean up, I think it wouldn't hurt if you prune all threads with a broken OP image

>>8074

But I'm sure you could get games released into 2004, 2005 to technically "run" on hardware from 99. I think the most current OS the game supports at the time of its release is less ambiguous.

>>8075

I was thinking about what to do with those. Mass deleting non-spam posts is against the mod rules here I guess and there's so many of them that I might get called out on that if I did. I've deleted some low content ones. I might just lock or autosage the ones with long histories and actual discussion. I'd kind of feel bad outright deleting them too. But I locked a few and made new threads.

>>8076

Thats fair

Im not familiar with the "mod rules" here but having those threads that have all their images removed feels weird

>come back to board

>it's been taken over

At least people are posting again. For the record, I only let 6th gen in because people here asked for it, when there was a poster or two. I prefer the current rules. Kinda bummed the edits I made for the stickies are gone though.

>>8077

Most of those were old threads that didn't survive the transfer over to the new domain for whatever reason. I don't get it either. Half made it, half didn't. None were deleted by me or anyone else.

> work at a (((recycling))) company

> watch very good CRTs every day get destroyed

> sees a 29" CRT VGA monitor in very good shape

> scared to be seen as a hoarder

> to shy to ask the boss if I can keep it

> the monitor gets tossed in a container and is destroyed for parts

>>8019

Why would you be scared of being seen as a hoarder? obviously you have not asked for anything else beforehand, so, I don't see the problem if its only that one time, and the monitor/tv is worth it,It'll do you goof though knowing if they'll ever allow employees to take shit for themselves before you start dreaming about the next CRT that passes by, maybe offer a couple dollars, if the company pays for kg of electronics trash, or say it's for your grandma if you are autistic and don't want them to know you are into old shit, take it from an actual electronics hoarder (nothing of value just appliances boards) who would dread destroying all that stuff, and adopt the next shining and capable CRT that drops by, give it a good home.

>>8019

all this greentext when a simple

>autism

would've done the job

>>5300

Retroarch

>>5276

more like super mario land 3 (lol j/k 2)

The first one is the best. those two aint got shit on it.

>>5276

The Wario Golf minigame was the worst part of this game!

1, because you could actually die in it. Felt like a nice extension of the Super Mario Land games that didn't go too crazy.

Can anyone reupload the Mischief Makers OST CD rip? Apparently the one floating around the web is incomplete (and also low quality anyway). I found a link in the archive, but it doesn't seem to work.

http://ipfs.io/ipfs/zDMZof1m6TmScGfjFtSW1SfhejcCYKuNsCvqhjdGWbJAbKNJF9a8/Mischief%20Makers%20-%20Go%20Go%20Trouble%20Makers%21%20OST

What do You guys think about NES Ferrari Grand Prix Challenge BGMs?

I like this soundtrack better than most of the stuff I've heard from his brother Tim.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGIKnn-COS4

You didn't need to post those images that were obvious GIMP jobs done this century. Most of those look total shit on an actual CRT.

<The Sports

>Super Dodgeball (Nekketsu Kōkō Dodgeball Bu) (Arcade, NES, X68000, and at some point PC Engine, Game Boy port later, and eventually a sequel on SNES, then an all-new remake for Neo Geo)

Lead Kunio and his gang to victory by finding a way to beat the life out of everyone with only a dodgeball. The PC Engine version, Nekketsu Kōkō Dodgeball Bu: PC Bangai Hen, is a special version of the original Dodge Ball which combines the graphics and teams of the arcade version with the emphasis on character-specific statistics and team formation. Features an arcade-style mode and a plot-oriented Quest Mode where Kunio gets his ass beat by a fucking alien and he and his crew have to euthanize them with dodgeballs.

>Nintendo World Cup (Nekketsu Kōkō Dodgeball Bu: Soccer Hen) (NES, X68000, Game Boy, at some point the PC engine, and ironically enough the Sega Drive)

Play some soccer/football and beat the shit out of the opposing team on the way. There's really not too much to say, it's simple as it gets. I think the PC Engine version (Nekketsu Kōkō Dodgeball Bu: CD Soccer Hen) is the definitive edition but I'm not too sure about that.

>Downtown Nekketsu Kōshinkyoku: Soreyuke Daiundōkai (NES, PC Engine, and later Game Boy)

A game that can be played with up to 4 players. Lead Nekketsu against 3 other rival schools in four different competitions, no holds barred, and beat the shit out of them too.

>Ike Ike! Nekketsu Hockey Bu: Subette Koronde Dairantō (Unreleased Title: Crash 'N The Boys: Ice Challenge) (NES)

One of Kunio's pals has self-esteem issues with his hockey team. Kunio uppercuts the fuck out of him and tells him to be a man, and then takes charge of his own hockey team and goes on a rampage. In short, hockey but you beat the shit out of everything. This was meant to be released in the US as the noted unreleased title, but for some reason never went far.

>Crash 'N The Boys: Street Challenge (Bikkuri Nekketsu Shinkiroku: Harukanaru Kin Medal) (NES, Game Boy)

Kunio's bloodlust grows. Now no longer content with beating the shit out of people with hockey sticks, he resorts to spiking people like they Post too long. Click here to view the full text.

<Other

>Nekketsu Kakutō Densetsu (Famicom)

Not a beat-em-up and I'm not exactly sure if it could be counted as a sport game, but it's a 4-player 2-on-2 platform fighter that came way before Smash bros. Also features a custom character that's made based on your date of birth and blood type. I feel like the game's usually a curbstomp until the final boss, but it's great fun. There's tons of obstacles you use to your advantage.

>Kunio no Oden (Super Famicom)

A puzzle game that's sorta like Puyo Puyo? It's hard to explain how to play it since I've also yet to play this, but essentially it's one huge, cutesy eating competition

Since the series is still ongoing, if you wanna give money to them while still playing classic games, you can get Kunio-kun: The World Classics collection for most modern gaming stations including PC (but it's all Japan-only) and be able to play most of the NES/Famicom classics, both original and an updated version that helps reduce lag in some games. I've also got a collection of translated and untranslated Kunio games, and while it doesn't feature everything (would if it could), it at least features most of the classic NES games and a couple SNES games. There's also a 3DS game in the mix but it should be easily noticeable and easy to skip.

https://mega.nz/#F!yFVCGAQZ!nf3AwhHUvOa4nTfFtq6kAA

Other than that, Kunio discussion thread I guess. One of the biggest mysteries, for anyone willing to hunt them down, is the River City Ransom/Downtown Nekketsu Monogatari EX 2007 hacks and seeing if the "stars" thing is real. Again, the Jewtube embed here is an example.

(3/3)

>>7836

Great series. I will try to collaborate with the team sometime soon. Nothing else to comment; the games excels. Unfortunately, quite unknown on the west side of things.