/v/ - Video Games

>>14744486

I bought it because I already have a large Laserdisc library and it was pretty cheap for a good quality player with optical audio output. I hear they go for up to or over five hundred burgers in good working condition.

I haven't played Genesis games since the early 1990s, and only then when I was at a friend's house.

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>>14744501

but why? Physical media wastes space and is a PITA. Laserdiscs especially.

>I haven't played Genesis games since the early 1990s, and only then when I was at a friend's house.

So what makes you think INSERT_SYSTEM_NAME's games are worth playing now? Just seems odd to me to be interested in a system without knowing what the system has to offer.

>>14744646

Laserdiscs take up very little space, even though they're quite large in diameter the packaging is typically quite thin. They also provide a superior picture when compared to DVD, and I don't support Blu-Ray with its auto-cancelling features. For some shows like ST:TNG and movies like the original Star Wars trilogy there hasn't been a better release than the Laserdiscs.

As far as your second query, I am curious to see what titles have held up well in the over twenty years since I've played the system. I also never got a chance to play any Sega CD games. As I already said, I bought this thing primarily because I already have Laserdiscs, the Genesis component was kind of a bonus. Since I have it now, I'm interested in seeing what's worthwhile. I didn't buy this thing because I really really wanted to play Genesis games, but why not now that I have it?

Beyond Oasis. It's a beat em up/top down adventure hybrid. Playing it right now. Have fun.

>>14744747

Thanks anon. What about RPGs?

>>14744756

http://www.racketboy.com/retro/games-that-defined-sega-cd

>>14744501

>I hear they go for up to or over five hundred burgers in good working condition.

You are fucking retarded.

>>14744784

Did everyone just suddenly find these le retro gaming sites? For fuck sake, not only are normalfaggots are subhuman, they piss me off. Money grubbing freaks.

>I just got a Pioneer Laseractive for ten bucks, with the Sega PAC

Bullshit, those things are super rare and cost a fortune.

AlienSoldier

Battlemasters

Blastermaster

Doom

Chakan

Castelvania bloodlines

Gunstar heroes

Shinig Force 1&2

Rock&Roll racing

Streets of rage 2/3

Shinobi 3 return of the ninja master

Sonic & Knuckles

Alicia Dragoon

Vengeance

Those will get you started

Looks like it has a nice port of Road Blaster. Never heard of the system, and I had a bargain 3DO shortly after it went tits up. I'll go ahead and recommend Silpheed for Sega CD too. Nothing you're looking for but there you go.

>>14744894

Just going off the completed listings from eBay, check it yourself. Why are you so mad today? Incel rage?

>>14744948

>every thrift store knows what super rare items they have

>>14745095

Thanks, I vaguely remember Chakan. Shining Force sounds like it's pretty cool too.

>>14745156

Thanks anon.

>>14745333

Nice Ice Cubegoodselection.

>>14745329

>>14745333

Nice collection and checking those trips. Looks like the PACs cost half a g or more by themselves. Are there TG16 games worth playing aside from Ys? I own that one for my IIGS.

I'm still not sure if I want to keep the Laseractive or sell it to some more interested autist, but there's no need to act rashly. Stuff like this tends to appreciate in value, I might recap it and stick it into my reserve stash under shrinkwrap for the retirement fund.

>>14745416

Thanks again anon. How do you like Videodiscs? I'm not looking to get into the format but I'm interested to hear what you think of them video- and audio-quality wise.

Read This

http://www.racketboy.com/retro/best-games-that-defined-sega-genesis-megadrive

http://www.racketboy.com/retro/games-that-defined-sega-cd

>>14744693

>They also provide a superior picture when compared to DVD

Wrong.

If you mean early DVDs from the late 90s that are encoded at a low bitrate, perhaps yes, and if the DVD in question was taken from a cruddy worn out master tape and not from a fresh film scan. LD also has issues like laser rot that deteriorate picture quality over time.

>original Star Wars trilogy there hasn't been a better release than the Laserdiscs.

The specialized editions make them entirely irrelevant.

>>14751417

DVDs still suffer from macroblocking and picture breakdown during high-motion scenes, as well as other issues. Many DVDs are simple transfers of LD material anyway.

>The specialized editions make them entirely irrelevant.

Great mait, what if you don't want to watch Lucas's terrible Special Editions?

>>14751730

Too bad HD dvd lost. It did not have the blooming blu ray has either.

>>14751794

Are you serious? HDDVD was awful.

>>14751730

>Many DVDs are simple transfers of LD material anyway.

Continue to be wrong TORnigger, most DVD transfers within the last 10 to 15 years are downscaled from HD masters which are sourced from at a 2K digital intermediate file or even 4K file. Pretty much what >>14751762 said.

>DVDs still suffer from macroblocking and picture breakdown during high-motion scenes

And LDs can suffer from blurred smearing during high action scenes, not an argument. Stop listening to hipster niggers who know fuck all about video tech.

I also meant to say DESPECIALIZED editions, the fan restorations you can download

>>14751794

HDDVD lost because of its lower storage capacity.

>the blooming blu ray has either.

Nigger what? Is this some new video meme like how people think a color cast on a movie is an inherent flaw of the disc when it's always a fault of the studio who releases and determines how a particular movie is authored?

Why is everyone here so fucking retarded about video encoding?

>>14751802

>Are you serious? HDDVD was awful.

Go watch side by side comparisons. HDDVD was the superior format.

>>14756223

>Nigger what? Is this some new video meme like how people think a color cast on a movie is an inherent flaw of the disc

This refers the the artifcating that occurs in blooming on blueray where it did not happen in the same scenes on hddvd releases. HDDVD format on a blueray disc would have been a superior piece of media.

>>14745331

>Incel rage

You can go back now

>>14756613

Go post side by side comparisons, in every way Blu-Ray is better on paper. You made the claim.

>>14744461

As someone who owns a high end laserdisc player, no, it's not a very good LD player. You want something with one of the better comb filters in it. Good luck recaping that thing though, yikes. That's gonna be a lot of soldering. How much did you pay?

I hope this isn't off topic, but I review anime on Laserdisc in case anyone's interested. I don't think it would fit anywhere else. /tech/ certainly isn't going to have a laserdisc topic on there.

>>14756667

You seem awfully invested in this anon. Maybe you should learn to relax. After all HDDVD is gone. HDDVD had much better video compression at the time but was certainly limited by disc capacity. This limited capacity affected additional audio options. If you want to believe Blueray was the better video format at the time there is likely nothing you can not easily find yourself that I can post to change your mind. Sony had experience losing a format war once. They planned very well for a Blueray win. They did not give out all of that free studio equipment for no reason. That all being said Blueray has come a long way since its early transfers. Had both formats survived until this day Blueray would likely have long surpassed the video quality of HDDVD by virtue of reducing Blueray's video compression alone.

>>14756755

>still no comparisons

Look, it's really not very convincing when the only thing I can find is a video of some fat mexican dude talking about how the HDDVD menus were better than the blu-ray menus.

Torfag "proud" because he spent money.

>>14745602

Been too long since I saw Oliver Twist. That is the most Judaic nose I've seen yet.

>>14751794

Get those LDs while you can, Criterion releases are already getting stupidly expensive for some of the rarer titles. They'll never get any cheaper.

>>14756672

I have a much better comb filter in my TV.

>>14756856

It is you. I can understand old vidya on CRTs because of no lag and response time, but there's no reason to watch old hand drawn anime on a 15 year old DVD made from a composite master tape if an HD scan from the original film scan exists.

>>14757499

>there's a great charm of keeping everything period-correct

Except it's not period correct, especially if there's a new HD master of the original film. Doubly so if there's been a new color grade that gives old shows a look comparable to that of their original, bright cels they were animated with.

>>14756681

We don't want you on /a/, we don't want you anywhere.

>>14756755

>HDDVD had much better video compression at the time but was certainly limited by disc capacity

Nigger, HD DVD had worse video compression because it had lower disc space. If you have more disc space, you have more room for a bigger file with less compression.

>>14756613

>artifcating that occurs in blooming

Post pics and actually explain without pulling shit out of your ass. If you mean there's some artifacts where shit looks bright, that's you watching an over exposed scene and is a fault of the cinematographer who worked on a particular movie, or whoever encoded something and were told to brighten up a specific movie. That's not a bluray problem.

t. person who edits and encodes video for a living

>>14760910

> If you mean there's some artifacts where shit looks bright, that's you watching an over exposed scene and is a fault of the cinematographer who worked on a particular movie

yet this artifacting can not be seen in analog versions of the same films or in the HDDVD version.

>>14760910

>Nigger, HD DVD had worse video compression because it had lower disc space.

For you to say this then make the claim

>t. person who edits and encodes video for a living

Indicates to me you are a liar about your profession or droning through it without any knowledge of the subject.

>>14756667

>t. heavily invested in inferior format

Keio Flying Squadron