ad8b78 No.15793825
Because modern games fucking suck and /vr/ is a graveyard
This thread is for anything 8bit whether it's home computers like the C64, ZX Spectrum, MSX, PC-88 or consoles like Famicom/NES, SEGA (((Mark))) aka Master System, PC Engine and so on.
So what is /v/
>playan/emulatan
>considering to buy/recent pickups
>controller, keyboard, joystick or arcadestick?
>no one answers these anyways
>what o you get if you cross a bungee cord with an owl? my ass
ad8b78 No.15793841
I'll start. So I got my hands on a copy of pic related and in all honesty, this is the best Mega Man clone I have ever played. I'd even go that far to say it's better. The customizations are great, the controls are fluid and music is greatnot as good as Mega Man but close.
7a9763 No.15793848
>>15793825
Isn't the PC Engine half 16-bit?
ad8b78 No.15793865
>>15793848
Yea, it's sort of both. And it has newer models which go up to 21bit plus so called arcade cards for extra ram and other bullshit. But it's an 8bit console nonetheless.
542409 No.15793904
>>15793848
The cpu is 8-bit, but it has a 16-bit video color encoder, and a 16-bit video display controller. Honestly, the games end up looking more like SNES games and it was even released in the 16-bit era and ended up competing with the Genesis and SNES, so it feels more accurate to call it 16-bit to me, but that's just me. Then again, it's also pretty niche so I doubt it'd overtake the thread or anything.
ad8b78 No.15793950
>>15793904
That's the PC Engine CD/Duo or Turbografx 16. I was referring to the base model that only plays HuCards. They also released a limited model Turbografx only in Spain for a short period of time that looks like a Turbografx 16, but didnt have the CD addon.
5c2793 No.15794025
>>15793841
>I'd even go that far to say it's better.
It's sooo much better than mega man. Funny thing is it was directed by mega man creator Akira Kitamura.
>>15793848
Its graphics are 16bit, yes.
1878a7 No.15794068
>>15793825
>playan/emulatan
Just beat the original Castlevania trilogy on my NES, feels good and seemed pretty easy now that I'm playing on a CRT with no display lag to fight against. Also Simon's Quest is better than it gets credit for, fuck AVGN.
>considering to buy
I'm looking in to either an MSX or just an MSX2 because I'm a big fan of the original Metal Gear (hell, even the shitty NES version which still has some good game under whatever the fuck the porting team did). I'm sure the only games I can get are in moon but I've been studying lately so I'm up for the challenge.
>controller, keyboard, joystick or arcadestick?
Depends on the game, but mostly controller.
>no one answers these anyways
Just for you anon.
072ce8 No.15794095
>>15793825
does the SG and the MS have any noteworthy games? aside from phantasy star I cant think of anything
ad8b78 No.15794112
>>15794025
It's definitely less frustrating than Mega Man that's for sure.
>Akira Kitamura
He made Little Samson too which has, in my opinion, the best controls of any NES game, period. It's like a mix between Wonderboy/Mega Man/Ninja Gaiden, but in a good way.
>>15794068
>I'm looking in to either an MSX or just an MSX2
MSX collecting is a rather pricey hobby. And all those filthy gaijins harvesting Japanese 2nd hand shops don't make it better.
>>15794095
It has different versions of Ninja Gaiden, Shinobi and Kenseiden. Then theres Alex the Kidd, Psycho Fox and Zillion from the top out of my head.
072ce8 No.15794133
>>15794112
>It has different versions of Ninja Gaiden, Shinobi and Kenseiden
how are they compared to their Fami/NES counterparts?
1878a7 No.15794144
>>15794095
I hear good things about the Wonder Boy series.
>>15794112
>MSX collecting is a rather pricey hobby.
Checking out prices online and I can see what you mean, it's not terrible yet but they're not cheap, about as much as you'd expect to pay for a modern console. I wonder if prices are better in nippon?
ad8b78 No.15794176
>>15794133
It's a mixed opinion kind of thing. In the Master Sytem version you can climb which was later added in Ninja Gaiden 2. But its a completely different game than the NES version. I'd say play it and see for yourself.
>>15794144
Hardly. Importing isn't really worth it and if you buy local then it isn't much different since these games are quite rare and it's a retro computer so most people copied floppies. Similar to C64 in Europe.
1878a7 No.15794221
>>15794176
>since these games are quite rare
Are there any good piracy solutions for MSX? I assume it's too niche for a flashcart. I guess if I'd just be stuck finding a way to make floppy discs it would be pretty stupid to even try.
072ce8 No.15794222
>>15794144 (checked)
>>15794176
alright, I'll check them out then, thanks lads
9a98bf No.15794231
if you like cutie's then play Ast-Tie-An-Axe on the NES.
ad8b78 No.15794254
>>15794221
If you have a floppy it's easy to just copy them just [diskcopy a: b:]. Not sure how it works to copy them from different medium(HD, USB or so), but I guess aslong as you have floppy writer thats compatible with modern PC I assume it's quite easy.
Here are some commands for MSX2 for noobs.
http://www.msxarchive.nl/pub/msx/mirrors/msx2.com/sources/command.txt
1878a7 No.15794269
>>15794254
Interesting, thanks.
3c1ad5 No.15794582
I personally prefer 16 bit games, mainly due to the superior gameplay, stability, and more games that support save data. That said I acknowledge that not all games support that feature, but god damn kids today take this shit for granted.
f0a670 No.15794626
>>15794582
There's an elegant simplicity to 8-bit games. Something like Star Tropics basically pushes that simplicity to its limit and there's a ton to enjoy from that. I love both and growing up with 16-bit games it took me some time to realize what makes 8-bit games worth playing but there's a lot to them that 16-bit games do not quite capture.
3e6a23 No.15794753
>>15794068
>I'm looking in to either an MSX or just an MSX2
Anon, you might as well just emulate those old Japanese computers because they're pretty scalped to hell and back. MSX emulation especially is easy.
7af645 No.15795014
>>15793950
Didn't the Ricoh 5A22 in the SNES also have an 8-bit data bus though?
9a98bf No.15795120
>>15794626
No kidding. There is something elegant about the acceleration & physics of Super Mario bro. 1 &3 that makes if very comfy to play. Yet it could easy go overlooked on account of how simplistic everything seems at face value.
5c2793 No.15795456
>>15794095
Plenty. Excluding arcade ports and Alex Kidd in miracle world because it's god-awful:
Aladdin
Alex Kidd in Shinobi World
Asterix
Castle of Illusion
Donald Duck: Deep Duck Trouble
Donald Duck: The Lucky Dime Caper
Fantasy Zone II
Golden Axe Warrior
Golvellius
Kenseiden
Land of Illusion
Legend of Illusion
Master of Darkness
Ninja Gaiden
Power Strike II
Psycho Fox
Sonic the Hedgehog
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Sonic the Hedgehog Chaos
Spellcaster
Wonder Boy III
Ys
Zillion
>>15794133
Ninja Gaiden is a unique entry with its own levels and story. It's great. If you're emulating it must be played at 50hz though. In fact most SMS games need to be run at 50hz otherwise they're too fast and the audio is borked.
97f7bb No.15795480
>>15795014
Two separate address busses driving the 8-bit data bus: a 24-bit "Bus A" for general access, and an 8-bit "Bus B" mainly for APU and PPU registers.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricoh_5A22
f0a670 No.15795488
>>15795120
In contrast I always felt world's acceleration was off.
7e28ab No.15796275
Regularly play manic miner but picrelated version so dunno if it counts. Used to have the source one time but can't find it. Played it from some CD as a child.
40baed No.15796285
>>15794095
Its light gun games make the NES light gun games look like a joke. Incredibly accurate with top shelf gameplay.
7edf11 No.15796312
>>15796275
This is a DOS version?
26cbf2 No.15802245
>>15796275
It's "Manic Miner for Windows".
There's more than one "Manic Miner for Windows".
d8d658 No.15802368
Got any with cute girls? It doesn't have to be good
2fa909 No.15802415
>>15802368
Yeah you can torture little girls to remove their clothes in this Enix game
76c61d No.15802431
>>15802368
Half of the PC Engines library is cute anime girls. The rest is toptier arcade ports.
>>15802415
I remember that one. It's on the PC-88 iirc.
d8d658 No.15802438
>>15802415
that Enix? what the fuck
b1cf48 No.15802448
I'm going through the NES and GameBoy Mega Man games right now. The Doc Robot stages in 3 are a pain but I'll get through it.
9bf88c No.15802468
>>15802431
>I remember that one. It's on the PC-88 iirc.
Well no shit, someone mentioned it on here a fucking week ago. I knew about this shit a while back, japanese companies like Enix and Hudson got their start on japanese pc's back in the early 80s.
76c61d No.15802513
>>15802468
PC-88/98, MSX and the X68000 were the main platforms for Japanese devs until the Famicom and SG1000 became so successful worldwide and m$ killed all of their competition in the PC market.
51f4a0 No.15802578
>>15794231
i remember her, she was in that big picture with all those nes nude edits
9bf88c No.15802792
>>15802513
Well yeah, they wanted that sweet money and the NES was technically superior to computers with shit sprite scrolling, Enix ported all their games and Hudson remade Bomerman.
76c61d No.15802823
>>15802792
I wish these companies would be still alive instead of having this fucking microfuck monopoly on computers. Well anyways, the music and graphics were better on PC even back then, but as you said, home consoles were the best for sidescrollers and the like. And thats what matters. The games.
9bf88c No.15802883
>>15802823
Most companies die or turn into zombies eventually since humans themselves have limited cycles. The culture itself was more pure back then, nowadays people want to put a price on those memories and repackage them as new products.
35ee22 No.15802912
>>15802883
>nowadays people want to put a price on those memories and repackage them as new products.
You have no fucking idea.
26cbf2 No.15802928
>>15802912
>video games with no physical copies
>physical copies with no video games
35ee22 No.15802939
>>15802928
>physical copies
They're coasters, they're fucking coasters that are just a miniature reproduction of the original case.
eccfdc No.15802951
>>15802912
ISO's are literally fucking zero dollars, sony could make so much money just by reselling burned ps1 discs, they don't even need to sell a console with it just sell repros of old games. Sony is braindead.
26cbf2 No.15802971
>>15802939
I saw what they were. Sounded a bit more humorous in my head. Copies as in imitations.
eccfdc No.15802987
>bweep boomp bing bing yahoo games
12 bucks says my bet is the same number as your age.
79e225 No.15803014
>>15802912
>Wait what are those things
>Are they games? Like USB sticks with each game inside to plug into the PS1 Classic?
>Nope they're fucking coasters
I never even batted an eye at that piece of garbage but this is just negatively intelligent of them.