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This board is for the discussion of classic, or "retro" games, including consoles, computer games, arcade games (including pinball) and any other forms of video games. Retro gaming means platforms launched in 2001 and earlier, and official game titles for those platforms released no later than December 2007 (homebrew console games made after this date will be permitted). The Microsoft Xbox, Nintendo GameCube, Nintendo Game Boy Advance, and Sony PlayStation 2 will now be considered "retro".

Helpful links:
Game Tech Wiki
Emulation General Wiki

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He will save Uranus

Grand Theft Auto III

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Grand Theft Auto III might not be as refined as GTA Vice City or Vice City Stories and especially not San Andreas, but it is still a pretty fun game that is a solid entry in the series. Pretty far from "aged badly" like quite a few people say that it is. Sometimes people just don't know what a true "aged badly" game really is.

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Hey everyone, I just started playing Ultima 3 for the first time, and I’m having trouble deciding what kind of party to go with. Do you have any tips or recommendations for a solid setup that works well in the game?

So is this actually the worst game ever made?

point and click

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just got this on GoG,what am i in for ?
lets also discuss other point and click,what are your favorites.

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ULLA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjDFMDpNp5k

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These two were the peak. A perfect one-two to wrap up one generation and start the next one.

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DOOM THREAD / RETRO FPS THREAD - Last thread: >>11484202

Doom/Quake/Duke/Heretic/Hexen/Unreal/Sam/Half-Life/etc
Gameplay, WADs/Maps/Mods, Source Ports
All other 90s FPS welcome
~ Let's post like gentlemen ~

FAQ/GENERAL GUIDE
https://rentry.org/vrbin

SO YOU WANT TO PLAY SOME FUCKING DOOM
(or Quake, Duke, Marathon, Deus Ex)
https://imgur.com/a/wWS8zXz

Same thing, in video format:
https://youtu.be/ietb4JwaaXA
https://youtu.be/DhOjleMqwdQ
https://youtu.be/CGj4gXyCzg0

== GAMES/RESOURCES ==
DOOM Quickstart (IWADs etc): https://mediafire.com/file/wuniyrhsjjgq4y8
QUAKE Trilogy FAQ: https://pastebin.com/Ucb11XhU

PortaDOOM:
https://github.com/Kroc/PortaDOOM/releases
DOOM Shovelware:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1Xy-YDWytlEa2CS9rit-PUgcieh4MrGzR
HALF-LIFE (GoldSrc) Anthology:
https://mega.nz/file/GRUCGbAY#RhOiqxnf7UPOiXcJNbRh-prKIEVRhjJaEpAkt34lyZg
4CHAN DOSPACK + Win98 games (pre-configured):
https://mega.nz/#F!3t8nzSIS!947kyMN6Z80f8HS7q2XlqA

Assorted /vr/ shooters, mods, etc:
https://mega.nz/#F!QXIk1bjB!NHRWGIfjcc77PyGgRlga4Q
https://mega.nz/#F!GtEQTISJ!CCJGyPEEEsZasc1PMXicUA
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1ppJLNvQEPfP4FsOCQBak1TMvPUIswCac

== INFO/LINKS ==
OFFICIAL DOOM WIKI
https://doomwiki.org/

WHERE TO FIND WADS
Vanilla/Boom: https://doomworld.com/forum/4-wads-mods/
ZDoom: https://forum.zdoom.org/viewforum.php?f=19
/idgames: https://doomworld.com/idgames/

MODDING RESOURCES
https://forum.zdoom.org/viewforum.php?f=37
https://realm667.com/

== /VR/DOOM COMMUNITY ==
THREAD ARCHIVES
https://desuarchive.org/vr/search/text/%22doom%20thread%22/type/op/

OUR WADS/MODS
https://rentry.org/vrdepot

MAKING NEW THREADS PROPERLY
https://pastebin.com/8mDnrsrB

IMAGE/WAD DATABASE
https://vrdoom.booru.org/
https://clovr.xyz/wadsup/

MULTIPLAYER SERVERS
US West: http://clovr.xyz/
CA/US Midwest: https://macgu.fun/

The Simpsons Games

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I wasted so much time as a kid playing this shitty game and never managed to get past level 2. Just being able to beat level 1 took forever. Why can't you kill the aliens with rockets and bombs, but you can kill aliens disguised as humans by jumping on them? Killing aliens would be funner than removing purple off things. The only compliment I can give is a couple of ways to remove purple objects is actually creative, but they're few and far between.
The tree house of horror game for GBC was actually pretty decent.

/hhg/ - Handheld General

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406V Edition

Screen Utility - https://shauninman.com/utils/screens/
SoC Comparison - https://versus.com/en/mobile-chipset
Google chart - https://tinyurl com (slash) AllHandhelds

https://retrocatalog.com/

Last thread - >>11487315

n64atomicpurple

what the fuck were they thinking

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Separating the men from the boys edition.

It's time for the monthly /vroom/ (or /vr/oom according to some) thread. What have you been playing lately? what dogshit contrarian opinions have you developed this 2025? Did reviewers overrate V-Rally 64?Have you been welcomed to the garage yet?

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What was it like to grow up playing retro vidya during the '80s, '90s, and early '00s with those living in the Spanish and Portuguese speaking countries? What were your gaming magazines like? What were your gaming stores like? Did you have rentals? Did you have kiosks? What consoles did you own? Did you get a micro or a desktop computer? I like hearing about your childhood; Latin America and Iberia nostalgia.

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What is some essential playing to get all the references in the Parodius games? I've cleared Gradius 1, 2, and Life Force. Briefly checked out Parodius Da and it looks like the first boss is the Track and Field mascot?

SRB2 Thread (it's retro, game from 90s)

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I'm making a modpack where the game is actually finished with extra features such as Shadow the Hedgehog and Hyper forms.
>new characters from the Chaotix to Flicky
(no modern or tranny shit, just sonic kino plus mario)
>finished red volcano zone
>finally finished dark city and grand eggship
>old stages are coming back such as mine maze
>everyones super
>hyper form possible
>most of it's OST are indev
>restore unused content such as eggrock boss
The SRB2 community is full of shit anyways (imagine treating mods as "intellectual property" at the same time as "art" where you MUST have a "license" to even use it on an open-source game), so there's no issue to "steal" them from the "artists.".
If you have an idea of what I should add, then don't hesitate to ask.

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It feels like they squeezed the energy of a hydrogen bomb into this thing. You'll play Rez for 20 minutes and it feel like your bones have been liquefied.

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Decided to finally sit down and play through this game. Overall I'd say it's a good 3D dungeon crawler but I wouldn't call it a groundbreaking masterpiece or anything like that. I'm guessing the later entries are the reason this series has so many fans. Amazing atmosphere though. Also I want to say that this turned out to be one of those games that actually gets easier as you progress, except for the final floor. I had dropped this game like three times before because I was getting my ass kicked on the first floor. Well guess what it turned out to be the hardest part of the whole game. I've heard that the later entries are longer and more confusing but maybe I'll check the second game too. So what do you guys think of the first King's Field game?

Replaying Morrowind after 20 years

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Haven't played this game in a long ass time. I remembered fucking around with levitation enchantments on my clothing on xbox when I was a kid and getting over the wall to the volcano or whatever. I never finished the main quest because I was too retarded but had too much fun trying to figure out how to become a vampire without a guide. This was probably the first real rpg I can remember playing with the kind of open ended freedom, and no hand holding figure it out style gameplay and replaying it again, I gotta say it's great. Don't have a lot of time these days so I've been using alchemy to cheese the game while playing the main story and it's got my head scratching what the hell happened to Bethesda. Maybe some other developer will be able to capture this kind of magic again but at least morrowind exists

Is there a /vr/ canon?

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In literature, some people have tried to compile a list of various genre "canons", such as professor Harold Bloom's "Western Canon", which is a huge list of nearly every significant contribution to the Western literary world.

I was wondering if anything similar existed for retro videogames. Is there a retro canon? Or, if someone wanted to go through and play every significant retro game (even the niche but important ones), what would be the best way to know what to pursue?

The peak of the First-Person Shooter genre.

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Franchise killers thread

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90% of this game's challenge would be gone if the screen scrolled down when you fell and let you land on the floor below

Super Famicom/Nintendo

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I grew up with it, but now it has just become a Super Mario World and Donkey Kong Country machine. All it's third party games have better entries on other systems, except maybe JRPGs. I can't make that call as I'm not a storyfag. If you can think of a non JRPG game that has the best entry on SNES then let me know and I will try it. Let's keep this a constructive thread.

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People here told me you are guaranteed to get extremely overpowered loot from enemies.
But after two playthroughs I never found anything better than the Alucard gear.

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>Enemy Zero began life on Sony's PlayStation. Its unveiling at the 1996 PlayStation Expo in Tokyo was described by journalists as the highlight of the show. Irritated by Sony's failure to meet even a third of preorders for the PlayStation version of D (and to a lesser extent, their policy that all marketing for third party games had to be approved by them), at a press conference during the expo Kenji Eno made a shocking move. Eno showed a preview of Enemy Zero. At the end of the clip the PlayStation logo appeared, but slowly transitioned into the Sega Saturn logo, indicating that the game would now be a Saturn exclusive.

>wind fish
>fish
>it’s actually a whale
Literally unplayable.

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ITT: 10/10 arcade games

Shenmue I&II, worth it?

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Picrel is a largely "untouched" port of the first two games, I've read that's for better and worse.

I can snag this for dirt cheap right now, but kinda hesitant. Discovered Yakuza pretty late and backwards (6, 2 Kiwami, Still working on Zero), but really enjoyed what I've played so far. Read Yakuza was heavily influenced by these two games.

Fill me in on your experience and opinion on these, how do they hold up today? What should I expect? How does this compare/contrast with Yakuza or any other inspired games?

>inb4 emulation or you're (insert slurs here)
I've been emulating and sailing the high seas for years, some re-releases or remasters I've really enjoyed I've snagged on my console to support them. On sale, that is. ;3

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I've watched T2: Judgement Day and Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines for the 1st time recently. I still like the 1st film better for being more horror themed, but I had a fun time with the sequels. I'd say the video games for the 1st film were mostly good, especially the SEGA/Virgin ones. I'm getting into the video games based on the sequels now and so far it's been worse, for T2 I've played the Master System/Game Gear version and the Game Boy version, both were fine, but nothing more than that... the NES one is just like the Master System/Game Gear, but it looks and sounds better, which is nice, but it's more of a pain to get by too... I'm torn on trying to beat it, moving onto the SNES/Genesis title, or going for Terminator 3 on GBA, which looks like a cool isometric shooter.

Anyways, discuss video games based on this great franchise.

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How did Sony make good development tools (usable by even small indie teams), good performance, and internal software which is emulated easily compared to the Nintendo 64 which doesn't even run any game natively at that high of an FPS and has been since optimized by indie developers online. This doesn't seem to be as much as an issue with the NES or SNES either

Prototype Official Xbox Magazine implies FFX would come to Xbox

Screenshot 2025-01-09 at 04-49-03 Official Xbox Magazine (Ziff Davis Media Pitch) Ziff Davis Media Free Download Borrow and Streaming Internet Archive

https://archive.org/details/Official_Xbox_Magazine-Ziff_Davis_Proof_2001/page/n5/mode/2up?view=theater

A proof of concept for Official Xbox Magazine has an example article written in Latin (a section of Horatian Odes to be exact) about Final Fantasy X coming to the Xbox.

The real question is, was this just wishful thinking and a way to pad out this proof-of-concept, or were there actually talks to get FFX on the Xbox? One could say it's simply an example to show how the magazine would be edited, but curiously, this proof-of-concept also details a game called "Metal Gear Solid 2X" being reviewed, also in Latin poetry (and hilariously listed as being developed by id Software and published by Activision).

As we all know, a timed exclusive version of Metal Gear Solid 2 did release for the Xbox under the name Substance, so that begs the question:
Was Microsoft actually in talks with Square to bring Final Fantasy X to the Xbox? Is there any other evidence to suggest this was something they were trying to make happen?

As we all know, Xbox made a huge effort in trying to get Japanese devs on their machine in the early days, and the Xbox did receive a lot of exclusive Japanese games and many ports. This prototype OXM issue also ends with a preview for their next issue, titled "Big in Japan", once again listing they will be reviewing Final Fantasy X.

Diablo/Diablo II

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I've somehow never played Diablo II. I just started last night and ended up playing until 2AM. Damn, this is fun. Barbarian with two axes chop chop chop

I'm having these annoying graphical glitches in my inventory and character menu, though. Anyone have any idea why I'm getting that nasty gray in the weapon slots? The footage I've looked up doesn't seem to have it, and black is rendering just fine on the globes. I'm using D2XD but I get the same effect if I just launch the .exe, too.

Gta 3 has best radio

zsnesstart

how bad was emulation during the early 00s? What about gamecube? Ps2? do you find yourself fiddling with old outdated ones to this day?

>extremely talented programmers
>the games weren't fun to play
What happened? Rare and Rockstar are the only European devs I can think of who made games that are still decent, and even those had a lot of quirks.

Controversial /vr/ opinions

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I think Altered Beast is fun

Spyro 2: Gateway to Glimmer

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I dedicate this thread to the best 3d platformer of all time.

>the best underwater controls in any game
>each world feels like an actual world, with unique races, short cutscenes and an unobtrusive story
>insanely polished mini games for ps1 standards, still fun to this day
>mini games are short and sweet, won't take too much of your time unlike Spyro 3
>hover was such a great addition to Spyro's moveset it made Spyro 1 feel incomplete in hindsight
>fun to 100%, if you miss any gem Sparx can point them out to you
>the best hub worlds in any game

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I need some retro games with this vibes, please.

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Thoughts on the Game Boy Advance?

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Does anyone know how to use d terminal?
Im looking for s-video cables for my consoles because my crt has that and composite, but all I'm finding is d-terminal cables at shops.

Windows XP

Sometime in the 2000s, the computer science teacher says that in the next hour you and the boys can do whatever you want with the computers. What are we playing?

/vr/ct - Day After Christmas Edition

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last thread;
>>11439198

last weekend map download;
https://files.catbox.moe/dgwpzi.park

Awesome Downloads:
>OpenRCT2 - Currently the best way to play RollerCoaster Tycoon. We use the latest stable version for multiplayer unless otherwise noted:
https://openrct2.org/downloads

>UCES - includes all objdata files already extracted from each scenario upon loading, and includes tracks:
http://www.mediafire.com/download/7wcrq3xl266d1bj/UCES.zip

>Amazing Earl stuff - adds some custom-made rides and scenery:
http://www.mediafire.com/download/f3jzct5v8kbzdfj/AmazingEarl.zip

>Anon's devkit v0.2
https://pastebin.com/y857FdJH
>4chan Kit v0.3
https://www.mediafire.com/file/dtzvwbcngrh0ghi/4chan_kit_v0.3.7z/file

- - - - - - -

>Knowledge Base
https://web.archive.org/web/20160807005625/http://www.rctstationarchive.com/knowledgebase/index.shtml

>RCT1 Manual
http://replacementdocs.com/download.php?view.1111

>Headless Server Guide (pls fix)
https://pastebin.com/smsQWZtB
>Weekend Parks Archive
https://files.catbox.moe/2h17nx.rar

>Current state of weekend multiplayer: Alive

/hbg/ - Homebrew & Romhacking General

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Previous Thread: >>11454323

Gameplay and development discussion:
What homebrew / hacks are you playing /vr/? Are you working on anything? Would you like to learn? Projects and questions welcome.

Active Communities:
romhackplaza.org
romhackheaven.com
smwcentral.net
metroidconstruction.com
retrohackers.net
neoromhacking.net
romhack.ing
romhacking.net
gbatemp.net
sonicretro.org
mariopartylegacy.com
pokecommunity.com
baddesthacks.net
pouet.net

Huge Community List:
pastebin.com/edWKBJqn

IPS/BPS Patcher:
romhacking.net/utilities/1040

Huge Archive:
archive.org/download/En-ROMs/En-ROMs/

Other Archives:
archive.org/details/rom-hack-patch-archive
mediafire.com/folder/50m95vbbuyf25/vr's_ROM_>Hack_Recommendations
archive.org/details/hbmame_0244_roms

Quality of Life Improvements:
https://pastebin.com/4gmM7wc6

Desplash Patches:
mega.nz/folder/FZtzjZJa#qtrGXSbVNjiXUrnGUGSVMw

AtariDev:
forums.atariage.com

NESDev:
wiki.nesdev.org
forums.nesdev.org

SNESDev:
snes.nesdev.org/wiki/Main_Page
github.com/alekmaul/pvsneslib
wiki.superfamicom.org

N64Dev:
n64dev.org
n64vault.com

GC/WiiDev:
devkitpro.org
github.com/devkitPro/gamecube-examples

SegaDev:
smspower.org

MegaDev:
gendev.spritesmind.net/page-doc.html
github.com/Stephane-D/SGDK

SaturnDev:
antime.kapsi.fi/sega/docs.html
segaxtreme.net
jo-engine.org

DCDev
dreamsdk.org

PSXDev:
psxdev.net
problemkaputt.de/psx-spx.htm

PS2Dev:
github.com/ps2dev

XboxDev:
xboxdevwiki.net/Main_Page

GBDev:
gbdev.gg8.se/wiki

GBADev:
forum.gbadev.org
github.com/pret
forums.serenesforest.net/index.php?/topic/26913-nintenlords-hacking-utilities

VBDev: virtual-boy.com/development/

Amigadev: eab.abime.net

PC98Dev:
hackipedia.org/browse.cgi/Computer/Platform/PC,%20NEC%20PC-98
target-earth.net/wiki/doku.php?id=blog:pc98_devtools

fighting game parallels vs thread

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To begin...who's the better wolfman, Talbain or Sabrewulf?

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This entire game is just random nonsensical shit happening without any rhyme or reason.

/vr/ storytime thread: The Adventures Of Bayou Billy

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in the late '80s. Konami released Bayou Billy for the Nintendo Entertainment System. it's a pretty fun game.
Archie, for god knows what reason. decided to adapt it into a five issue comic series.
i tried storytiming this on /v/ but the threads move too fast there. so I figure i'd put it here since a comic about RETRO GAMES belongs on the RETRO GAME board.

cs_italy

cs_italy. Home. At least it was until the 1337 Krew fucked everything up.

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it strikes me as odd that neither the Chinese or Koreans were interested in making video games during the retro era. there was this sense of competitiveness between americans, euros and japs at how to outpace one another in the gaming industry

What are the best PS2 games?

Halfway Through the Decade Edition

Star Wars - The Arcade Game (USA)-241231-015606

ITT: Pick an Atari 2600 game and post your score. If you see a score and think you can beat it then go for it!
Previous thread: >>11447479
This game is definitely ambitious and I wouldn't say it's bad, but compared to other arcade ports from the time it's mediocre.
~~Also kind of funny that Atari couldn't release their own game on their own console because of Parker Bros~~

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Whats wrong with it again?

Sonic's post-Dreamcast rebranding

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Sonic Adventure 2 was expected to be the final Sonic game until quite late in development. Shiro Maekawa wrote a fitting sendoff to the franchise here, but then Sega continued to live - with such a climactic finale, how do you make a sequel? Well, Maekawa figured: you don't.

Maekawa learnt that the hard way that you CANNOT write yourself into a corner with children's properties because you will be forced to abandon all your worldbuilding and character arcs in favour of infantilised corporate.
>Eggman turning a new leaf?
Nah, he's now a comic relief villain.
>Knuckles settling down?
He doesn't even watch the Master Emerald anymore.
>Tails LEADING the freedom fighters in SA2 and being an overall badass?
Nope, all his character development is undone and he's reverted to a weakling sidekick

The bastardisation of Tails, Sonic narcissistically calling his trio "Team Sonic" and even more narcissistically proclaiming "WE'RE SONIC HEROEZ!!" are the results of a need to aggressively reorient the brand; Sonic needs to be obviously cooler and more respected than his comrades in order to impress small children. Every game since SA2 has thus felt like one successive soft reboot after another where nothing is permanent and it feels like they've all been produced by Kathleen Kennedy. The few "story-driven" games like Shadow 05 only proved that trying to move the story forwards post-SA2 is an exercise in futility.

It's a franchise living in the shadow of a game that came out 24 years ago. Such is the reality of a milked franchise.

RR64

This game sucks. It came out a year after Type 4, yet it's got none of the style, has only three real tracks with slight variants and the drifting feels terrible. Even the music is bland and unmemorable. What were they thinking?

best 3d platformers besides the obvious?

sunchads

>collect 120 power stars
>obtain 120 shine sprites
>secure 100 jiggies

where the fuck do I go from here? Ive tried dabbling with tooie, lara, crash and spyro and theyre not half as fun. please help me fill the hole in my heart, /vr/. surely there is at least one game in this genre as fun as 64, sunshine and kazooie.

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Post most immersive games

i missed out on cool pc games growing up
i was stuck on console

Sega Dreamcast thread?

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Sega Dreamcast thread!

PS2 modding and homebrew

PS2BBN

Due to some recent developments in the PS2 loading scene it is worth considering upgrading from old OPL installs to something new like:

Unofficial Open PlayStation Loader (uOPL)
Extreme Elite Boot+
English Translated PlayStation 2 Broadband Navigator.

If you're curious what has changed about these I recommend looking into it here:
https://www.psx-place.com/resources/unofficial-open-ps2-loader-uopl.1523/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooH0FjltsyE

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Thoughts on the new Retroarch PS2 core? Hopefully it can take care of the some of the blind spots that PCSX2 still has.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JflGdjfIS8

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Post PVMs, Discuss PVMs.
Whip OLED trannies with scart cables.

So, does anyone here have experience with using PVMs 9" and under? What size do you think is too small?

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Aw yeah, a videogame starring our heroes!

WarcraftIII

Now presenting: the greatest game ever made.

Capture

>People complain about having to get 100 notes in Banjo Kazooie
>It's more or less same mechanic as Mario 64 100 coin things. Never once I have seen someone complain about that, they have complained about certain 100 coin stars but never the system as a whole.

What's the explanation here. It would have to be a pretty universal to explain how there no outliers. I think it's that notes are required in kazooie while coins are not required.

PSX / PS2 : much lesser known games thread

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No VN / JRPG / turn-based

starcraft

surprised that a Windows 98 game works fine, what other retro games work on modern Windows versions?

Name a more iconic and soulful quartet

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You can't.

They should have made the entire game just about Zidane, Garnet, Vivi and Steiner. Steiners and Zidanes and Steiners and Vivis dialogues were pure gold.

zoombinis

MAKE

ME

A

PIZZA

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How the fuck do I play this? I mean the ball is supposed to charged by juggling but I can't juggle it at all. It just flies away when I hit it once.

FFV - advanced dungeon

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How is the advanced dungeon post game? Is it worth playing through the whole game if all you want to access is the post game dungeon with the super bosses?
I already beat the snes, gba and pixel remastered version I just ~~never bothered to do the optional stuff~~

Cute beat em ups

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Shoot Em Ups have an entire subgenre autistic fans have labeled "cute em ups," but I only know of 1 cute beat em up (picrel.) Do any others exist? I don't care if they're actually good, but bonus points if they are.

What is this weird thing that resembles a window? It doesn’t seem to anything, and it only appears once in the game. It is a mystery.

Retro Music/OST

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Does any retro game come close to these when it comes to OST? They are in a league of their own it feels like.

DBZNS

What are your thoughts on the DBZ games for the snes? I didn't even know there were this many titles after seeing this picture of them all together. Not ONE released outside Japan...

telephone-call-shenmue

You called me, motherfucker YOU CALLED ME, MOTHERFUCKER

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Infinity engine peaked here

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MK3 has such a "we have KI at home" vibe: urban stages, techno music, some of the characters, silly finishers, auto combos. Did they actually rip KI off?

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Was it an immersive sim?

sonic game

for me it's sonic 2.

Tell me about Shy Guy!

Why does he wear the mask??

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Pre-rendered graphics in fighting games, yay or nay?

This game is wonderful, but I rarely see people talk about it. It got included in both the Capcom Beat ‘em Up Collection and Capcom Arcade Stadium 1, yet it’s still so criminally overlooked compared to their other work.

It’s got an amazing aesthetic that kind of reminds me of a proto Space Dandy/Redline. All of the characters play pretty differently, and even though there’s a heavy emphasis on multiplayer with the team up attacks, it’s still a fun solo clear. Lots of fun dialog and music. You collect coins in the stages which you can use to unlock additional moves for your character (though they start off with your typical beat em up kits).

My only gripe is that it’s incredibly easy, especially for an arcade game. It’s fair which is appreciated, but it’s all too easy to stun lock enemies and even bosses (and I don’t mean with glitches/cancels like Final Fight; you can literally juggle bosses almost infinitely with normal gameplay).

Should Have Gotten A Sequel

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Post your favorite games that should have gotten a sequel but didn't.

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How's this game compared to Type-4?

RetroArch BlurBuster Shader

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I tested this extensively with Chrono Trigger this morning on my OLED 120hz. Unfortunately, I conclusively determined there was zero reduction in motion blur. It just made the image dimmer.

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why didnt nintendo release a Super mario world 2 romhack like they did with the lost levels? Imagine harder levels or just an expansion pack with new levels

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You have beaten all versions of Final Fantasy 1 like a true fan would, right?

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Is auto-fire cheating?

>Vib ribbon sequel
>Has nothing to do with rhythm or music
>Main gimmick is using your photos as a trampoline
>Need some outdated Sony camera to be able to transfer the photos to the game
>Kills SCE and NanaOn-Sha‘s partnership for good
What the fuck were they thinking?

APOLOGIZE

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What's the definitive version of Pong? I need it to play on a TV at home.

goku-mad

What is the best Dragon Ball Z fighter across 4th and 5th Gen systems.

Space Invaders had a great vogue in 1978

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It feels weird to me how many people hate WoR and drop the game at that part. This is the best moment of FF6, from both a gameplay and plot perspective. Just because it doesn't happen linearly doesn't mean it's bad.
Terra coping with being a woman, Setzer completely demoralized and stuck in the past, or Cyan pretending to be someone he isn't to give hope to an anonymous woman are among the best moments in the game or any jrpg ever. Also, the exploration and hidden content are peak FF, nothing matches them before or after 6.

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Kino or needlessly complex?

Is there a better handheld golf game?

Thoughts? Does it hold up?

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1 dead hoarder, 100 dumped prototypes. Happy new Year and thanks to his son for doing the right thing and dumping them after dad kicked the bucket.

https://hiddenpalace.org/News/Happy_NES_Year

Terrible Game Reviews

Average Earthbound Fan

I get a kick out of reading/watching retro reviews that are just bad. It seems the bongs always have the worst opinions on games, but I have a special place in my heart for the schizophrenic ramblings of George Wood.

/vr/ nightscapes

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First Darius: Three Screens
Second Darius: Two Screens
Third Darius: One Screen
Why are they going backwards? What the hell were they thinking?

GTA 3 on Dreamcast

First release reveal
https://youtu.be/wZ9byYPzQXU?si=hkac-q2w7y9eg87L

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Did you like FFVIII's junction system?

Retro Advertisment

Everything about Advertisments or other related print stuff.

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Did this actually have game breaking bug/s or were people just too 'fancy' to play Ocarina and MM on Gamecoob?

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>almost 60 hours in
>just got the old man

so when does this game actually start getting good? am I in for another 50 hours of "save this random boring village that has nothing to do with anything, then go do it again for another puzzle piece"? why do japs think this is good game design? why do I keep giving this series a shot? is there ANY title in this series with an interesting story, good characterization and good pacing? so far Ive played half of VII, VIII, IX, XI, I, II, and III and none of them are even close to FFIV-X level. I and III were the only ones I modestly enjoyed, the rest were chores that I barely tolerated. why do I have nothing better to do? when will I finally "get it"? why are jrpgs my favorite genre but this supposed holy grail never clicks? I have so many questions.

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Man this game is hard, way harder than Shinobi

/vr/ comfy FPS thread

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Holy shit this game has s o v l off the charts

Classic Mega Man Music

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I recently stumbled upon a rendition of Dust Man's theme done in the Mega Man 10 style:

https://youtu.be/scllYkxkeo4?si=jsO7w-wanQyo2ElA

It got me thinking about how each classic MM ost has a distinct sound that you can recognize even when it's a track not from the ost. Unfortunately it looks like that channel only has one other done (Cut Man also in MM10 style), but man how cool would it be to hear every classic MM track done in the style of every other MM game.

good titles

Kino ...

how long does it take you to beat mega man 2?

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my last run i managed to beat it in 46:40

any tips for getting faster? glitchless i mean.

Is there any database containing the damage (and other) formulas used by JRPGs? I haven’t found any and it seems like it would be interesting to examine and compare different formulas.

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Why is 3v3, 1-on-1 better than 3v3 tag for KoF?

>Dangerous Streets
>Human Killing Machine
>Rise of the Robots
Why did the Amiga suck at fighting games? Even the Commadore 64 had yie ar kung fu but the Amiga’s best fighters were choppy ports of Mortal Kombat and Street Fighter

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Lots of people discuss their favorite retro OSTs, but what is the WORST retro ost you've ever listened to?

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COMMERCIAAAALLS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeL9cJ5khHU

I wish NEC wasn’t so fucking retarded with the PC-FX. I love the look, feel and unapologetic Japanese anime feel to it all but it just didn’t have the games or the power

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>there was a point where Sega was supporting the Genesis, the Saturn, the Game Gear, the Master System(in Europe and Brazil), the Sega CD, the 32X, the Pico, PC, and arcades
>at the same time
What the fuck was their problem?

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I have never gotten all the chaos emeralds. I pick up one or two here and there but I can't be bothered to get them all.

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I hate these shitty bonus stages

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So is knuckles actually rapping while looking for the emeralds?

https://youtu.be/y7hQCg0O-go

How did you feel about the Orange Box? Did you really expect Valve to become a juggernaut by spring boarding off of it?

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>best magic stat but worse Limits
>early weapon with 255% accuracy making Deathblow useful but very first boss after his acquirement is healed by his attacks causing a horrible first impression
>ultimate weapon is technically OP but it takes 30k deaths to make so
>only 4 Limits compared to all other characters' 8
>has faaaar less story moments than the other optional party member, you literally go inside a waterfall twice and call it a day
>is turned into a tryhard emo edgy boy in the Compilation, his personal game (Dirge) is shit
Having a soft spot for OG Vincent is suffering

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>need to finish game on normal to play on hard
>finish the game
>don't feel like doing everything again anymore
why does capcom do this

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And suddenly, just like that, CRTs are completely obsolete. How's it feel, fellow emuchads?

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What are some retro games where it is fun to play against the cpu/bots in multiplayer? I don't just mean shooter games, party games like Mario Party, fighting games, anything

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remember when viewitful joe zeroed out your memory card?

Literally the best ones. You don't need anything else. This is what the series is about.

Scifi slop and super-linear corridor slop isn't fucking FF.

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>no Yae
Dropped

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What kind of ability does a ship captain have to summon ghost ships and sharks to attack with?

Underrated SNES games

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Recently played pic related and it might be a new favourite but I've never heard anyone talk about it. Post other SNes games you think more people should play

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Now that the meme has died, was this game actually good?

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Dark Gaia creeped me out

relax

DOOM THREAD / RETRO FPS THREAD - Last thread: >>11467191

Doom/Quake/Duke/Heretic/Hexen/Unreal/Sam/Half-Life/etc
Gameplay, WADs/Maps/Mods, Source Ports
All other 90s FPS welcome
~ Let's post like gentlemen ~

FAQ/GENERAL GUIDE
https://rentry.org/vrbin

SO YOU WANT TO PLAY SOME FUCKING DOOM
(or Quake, Duke, Marathon, Deus Ex)
https://imgur.com/a/wWS8zXz

Same thing, in video format:
https://youtu.be/ietb4JwaaXA
https://youtu.be/DhOjleMqwdQ
https://youtu.be/CGj4gXyCzg0

== GAMES/RESOURCES ==
DOOM Quickstart (IWADs etc): https://mediafire.com/file/wuniyrhsjjgq4y8
QUAKE Trilogy FAQ: https://pastebin.com/Ucb11XhU

PortaDOOM:
https://github.com/Kroc/PortaDOOM/releases
DOOM Shovelware:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1Xy-YDWytlEa2CS9rit-PUgcieh4MrGzR
HALF-LIFE (GoldSrc) Anthology:
https://mega.nz/file/GRUCGbAY#RhOiqxnf7UPOiXcJNbRh-prKIEVRhjJaEpAkt34lyZg
4CHAN DOSPACK + Win98 games (pre-configured):
https://mega.nz/#F!3t8nzSIS!947kyMN6Z80f8HS7q2XlqA

Assorted /vr/ shooters, mods, etc:
https://mega.nz/#F!QXIk1bjB!NHRWGIfjcc77PyGgRlga4Q
https://mega.nz/#F!GtEQTISJ!CCJGyPEEEsZasc1PMXicUA
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1ppJLNvQEPfP4FsOCQBak1TMvPUIswCac

== INFO/LINKS ==
OFFICIAL DOOM WIKI
https://doomwiki.org/

WHERE TO FIND WADS
Vanilla/Boom: https://doomworld.com/forum/4-wads-mods/
ZDoom: https://forum.zdoom.org/viewforum.php?f=19
/idgames: https://doomworld.com/idgames/

MODDING RESOURCES
https://forum.zdoom.org/viewforum.php?f=37
https://realm667.com/

== /VR/DOOM COMMUNITY ==
THREAD ARCHIVES
https://desuarchive.org/vr/search/text/%22doom%20thread%22/type/op/

OUR WADS/MODS
https://rentry.org/vrdepot

MAKING NEW THREADS PROPERLY
https://pastebin.com/8mDnrsrB

IMAGE/WAD DATABASE
https://vrdoom.booru.org/
https://clovr.xyz/wadsup/

MULTIPLAYER SERVERS
US West: http://clovr.xyz/
CA/US Midwest: https://macgu.fun/

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What lore accurate moves would you give him, what Captain Falcon moves would you keep?

Final shit

In the timeline where Capcom had even a modicum of self control and were significantly less greedy, this game is legendary. Unfortunately we're not in that timeline. The one we inhabit is the one where they made a great idea for a game and loaded it with the most bullshit AI in the genre.

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ITT: Aykroydvanias

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in my humble opinion, there is an underappreciated beauty to early attempts at 3D gameplay in pre-gen 5 consoles

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REAL RACING ROOTS '99 IN....

~~Ridge Racer Type 4 thread~~

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Choose, /vr/

/vr/ Tier List Thread

my-image

Create and post a tier list of your taste in retro consoles:
https://tiermaker.com/create/game-console-tier-list-16848515
P.S the retards that created it out the Turbografx 16 down as the Mini, treat it as the original console and PC engine when ranking.

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Pretty much

Games that almost killed their franchise!

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【遂に発売！】ゲームセンターCX 有野の挑戦状 1+2 REPLAY

Latest sub:
>Game Center CX #360 - Contra III The Alien Wars [LocationScouts]
https://nyaa.si/view/1914151

>Season 28: Episode 16 (#392) "Tokimeki" (Either a Tokimeki Memorial game or something else that makes your heart flutter) premieres on Thursday, January 23rd.

https://otn.fujitv.co.jp/gamecenter/index.html

https://pastebin.com/u/GCCXGeneral

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Ok, this is really fucking fun!
Ive been into this game for the past 2 weeks, plenty of soul, the controls feel great and the sound department really did its job with this one.

Playing the PS2 version btw, so, only downside is amount of playable machine feels a little short.

Also, Pinball discussion allowed in this thread.

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What are some retro games that feature fractals aka "the neuron of god"?

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I think my Ps2 has autism

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it's a good game it's just not a good Wizardry game

ps2 gems, name or no banger

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the suffering: did tourke kill his entire family or is he innocent? you decide in this banger of a game.
whats urs?

/hhg/ - Handheld General

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"Get it?" Edition

Screen Utility - https://shauninman.com/utils/screens/
SoC Comparison - https://versus.com/en/mobile-chipset
Google chart - https://tinyurl com (slash) AllHandhelds

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A mysterious artifact..

I really love Halo CE, Simply for the environments if nothing else.
I realize their are anons that believe it ruined fps game, is a baby game, but honestly I don't care I still love it