/vr/ - Retro Games

Why is Ultima 8 so bad?

>>5563

I don't remember it being that hard. Not as hard as trying to get Ultima 9 to run at a playable framerate, Jesus. But learning to get games to run was the whole reason I ever got good at computers in general. Stupid IRQ settings.

Plus, these days GOG makes it super easy.

>>5577

>trying to get Ultima 9 to run at a playable framerate

It still ran like shit last time I bothered to try, on something like Palomino or Thunderbird with at least 128 MB RAM etc. That's an achievement in and of itself, how badly it is written.

>>5561

Ultima 4 on NES was a very good RPG

>>6658

Ok nevermind, problem solved. It turns out I had to use a DOS mixer program to set volume levels for Quake (the CD audio output channel was all the way down from the DOS mixer's perspective) even though the game was running under Windows. Then again Quake is a 16-bit DOS program, so the solution is plausible (even if confusing).

>>6669

Oh and fastvid helps immensely, with activated LFB combined writes the game runs as fast under DOS as does under Windows (with the latter probably activating an equivalent performance improvement on graphics driver level).

I noticed that Quake 2/3 engine games somehow insist on using display modes with very high refresh rates like 150 Hz. I don't want to overwork the old CRT monitor with stupidly high refresh rates which are of no use anyway (the computer reaches nowhere near the framerates), just 85 Hz (which is set in dxdiag, and which other games follow except for Q2/3 games like Q2/Hexen2/Half-Life/Q3 etc.) or even 60 Hz will be enough. I don't remember them doing this back in the day btw (or I just didn't pay attention to it), have they always been that way?

>>2946

It's very average. Drags on a bit.

It's also bizarre in that you spend the entire game shooting the X-Men.

Quake has always been good

>>8153

Screw you, mark and acid

>>8154

It's some kind of malware site

>>8034

Is this the only alternative Chan with a board dedicated to retro video games?

>>8178

Don't know but this place and sharty seem to be the most active alt chans atm, and there's a retrogaming board here, so go nuts.

>>8049

>>8049

>the fall of /vr/ this past couple months

And fools like you running to the jannies to save you from reading posts you didn't like just encouraged their corruption, and now the emboldened tyrants have been toppled.

>>7549

That sounds super cool! Doom is one of my favorite games of all time and while I'm not a modder for it, I love seeing the crazy shit people make with the game. I know this thread hasn't been posted in for a month or so but I'd like to give it a bump anyways; here's to finding a cool project to work on, OP.

>>7549

I thought that was a Planet of the Apes wad for a second.

>>6490

Super Mario World - Call of Cthulhu

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mnaf1sp9-A

I'm about to pick up a Wii for $60 and start homebrewing! Not even really sure what that even is, but I guess I can do lots of emulation and media on Wii?

I still go to piratebay(dot)org for DOS sets. I can't find them anywhere else. I just search "dos games" there. atm there is a good comp.

DIE JEWS DIE

>>8107

>>8108

I'd argue at least X5 and X8 are worth playing if you're somewhat interested, they're flawed games but there's done enjoyment to be had with them, X6 is an acquired taste, it has some of the worst level design in any sidescroller I've ever seen, but once you get used to all the bullshit, it can be a fun time, X7 is easily one of the worst games of all time though, zero redeeming qualities to it.

>>8168

*some, not done, goddamn it.

>>8108

Spoiler alert, I did not skip X4 and it made me realize I don't like Mega Man games as much as I thought I did.

>>8190

But you did like X and X2, right?

>>8191

I found them entertaining enough but honestly, if I replayed them I probably wouldn't like them so much.

Holy fucking shit dude, you had to bring this shit here? You homo fagnigger.

>>8164

thank you

Had to clean up this gay shit.

>>8165

Oh frig off with your stupid meme, you friggin BIRDHEAD.

>>8172

IDIOT

>>7808

Here's my 3x3 taking all consoles into account.

>>8176

Image didn't load up for some reason, odd.

I pretty much hate all sports games and I remember liking it.

>>6684

>not speedball

>>6636

I don't see the issue with realism, if you don't like it you might aswell play something with special moves and powers, for example, being grounded isn't a bad thing, SWOS is good because it's simple, while also having depth, not because it ditches realism at all, it's a good representation of the sport in my eyes.

>>8079

literally schizos i think. i can't even follow the other shmup general because it's literally just people talking about other literally whos out of context.

>>8130

You never belonged to the /vg/ crowd anyway, australia. Reminder that the /vg/ crowd are just a bunch of zoomer LARPers who savestate scum their way through touhous.

4chan refugee here. Why can't I see any images?

My favorite shmup is twinkle tale btw

I like both the classics and the Igarashi directed games, but the classics are more fun to revisit, Castlevania 3 US, X68K (or Chronicles), Rondo of Blood, Dracula X and Bloodlines are some of the best games I've ever played, great gameplay and fair difficulty.

>>8064

Bloodlines > 4 > 3 ~ 1 > power gap > 2 > double power gap > SOTM and other wankery about grinding experience and getting LE LOOT

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Rondo > 3 > 1 > Chronicles > 4 > Bloodlines > 2 > Dracula X > Haunted Castle. I'm not even going to bring the igavanias into this because it'd be apples to oranges and I'd prefer to forget that 3Dvania happened at all.