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I've started looking at my options and they don't look great. A flood of pricy shit made with cheap parts. A shit lottery with "renewed" controllers. And more reasons to hate the FGC for hoarding and breaking countless official controllers. The fuck am I supposed to buy? Feel free to enlighten me. Or bitch and share your horror stories about controllers here. I know some of you have some...
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/
This thread is dedicated to the discussion of any classic games made by Blizzard Entertainment; those being every game released from their early days as Silicon & Synapse to the release of Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne (2003). Fans of Warcraft, StarCraft, Diablo and even older series like The Lost Vikings, Rock N' Roll Racing and Blackthorne are all welcome here.
For a short history of Blizzard and a list of all their games, check out this wiki:
>https://www.wikiwand.com/en/articles/List_of_Blizzard_Entertainment_games.
- COMMUNITY PASTEBIN -
You can find custom content made by other /vr/ users, as well as download links, mods, guides and more by visiting our community pastebin:
>https://pastebin.com/t4KiZqKS
Relax, talk and play. Let's have a good thread.
>1996
If a game came out before the end of Tixs and Builder’s club, then it will right at home in this thread
>Roblox was officially released in 2006, development builds were around as early as 2004
>Roblox was developed for Windows XP, which was released in 2001 by Microsoft
From the sticky:
>Retro gaming means platforms launched in 2001 and earlier, and official game titles for those platforms released no later than December 2007
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFng5qjbVVc
The game has plenty of threats, such as the enemy teams trying to make more money than you, weird creatures, old collapsed caves, ghosts etc but the biggest problem is that your DIGGERS are lazy and only work while you watch them. When you scroll around the map to give orders to one particular DIGGER, another DIGGER might put down his pickaxe and wander off.
Another problem is that your DIGGERS are clumsy and will sometimes drop gems. So you gotta tell them to pick up the gems and carry them back to base, and even then a DIGGER might get lost somewhere, or run off because he saw a ghost. When in a panicked state like this, DIGGERS might even run into water and drown because they can't swim very well.
Oh and if two opposing teams of DIGGERS ever run into each other they start fighting and there's no way to break them up. You can only watch the clock run out, gems lying around, because DIGGERS are busy boxing underground.
Mine would probably be the underrated master system. I absolutely Wonder Boy and Fantasy star as well as all the cool homebrew. Probably wouldn't win in a head to head with the nezz but definitely my 2nd favorite 3rd gen console.
>Try to keep things /vr/ related: Focus should be on 6th Gen Consoles and older. Slight off topic is fine so long as it's related to CRTs, such as later 16:9 models, HD models, etc. Systems with backwards compatibility are also safe territory, as are re-releases on newer hardware. PC CRTs are also welcome and appreciated.
>Produce OC! Bust out your camera and take photos of your CRTs displaying all sorts of games, featuring all sorts of tubes, using all sorts of signals. Getting good shots can be hard, but if you take enough, at least a few will turn out alright.
>Try and give as much information as possible when asking for info on a specific set, or troubleshooting an issue to expedite and help you may receive. As always, Google is your friend and we are your friends with benefits. Do people read this? Older archived threads aren't a bad place to look either; Seriously, there's literally 6 years of backlog at this point.
>Share appreciation for others choice of technology and personal philosophy of gaming. Always remember to show courtesy in your discussion and moderate yourselves first.
Limited discussion of video processing and scaling devices is alright, but remember to keep the focus on CRTs and CRT accessories.
CRT Pastebin (Never Ever) : http://pastebin.com/1Ri5TS3x
Guide to CRT Hunting : http://pastebin.com/H9H9L2LQ
Guide to Video Monitors : http://pastebin.com/pQX4N6gZ
General Purpose CRT Adjustment Guide : http://www.arcaderepairtips.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/guide_setup_adjust_arcade_monitors_v1.2.0.pdf
S-Video Pasta : http://pastebin.com/rH2h6C7W
BKM-10R Protocol Info : http://pastebin.com/aTUWf33J
JVC RGB card cloning guide : https://pastebin.com/EXqMBfcY
Post racing games only you've played edition
What have you been working on?
The learning curve seems insane with all the micro management and I don't want to sink 10000 hours before I can have a chance of beating other players.
Hear me out.
Jim Gamerson claims that decades of shoddy PAL conversions made him mentally retarded as the in-game clocks did not run at the correct speeds. Because he trusted these in-game timers, he unknowingly internalised an objectively incorrect length of a second (1667ms instead of 1000ms).
This has resulted in ongoing harm affecting Gamerson's daily life as an adult because his ability to count seconds is objectively inaccurate. This has led to difficulty in cooking, timing workouts, et cetera.
Gamerson argues that the defendant had a duty of care to ensure games were properly adapted to the PAL standard, be it through adjusting the game's timers to correctly display the time, mandating PAL60/NTSC support, or at least issuing warnings about potential perceptual distortions. By approving 50Hz-only games that weren't optimised for the lower refresh rate, the defendant failed in this duty.
>the US could have had the famicom 2 years earlier and the NES wouldn't exist
Does anybody remember "Rats!" ?
cocoon stage before megaman x meets it, how the maverick hunters already knew how it would look like in its last form? how they got a portrait of the moth even before it morphed into its last form?
What the heck why did we get the big dumb DVD cases.
Also typical is the inability to skip enemy turns, which requires patience. But the option to save anytime during battle helps. The battles themselves are solid; there’s always some unique gimmick to them. Although bosses are disappointing - a bunch of regular enemies, and then the boss himself dies like a chump in 3 hits.
The game isn’t particularly hard as enemies not near you don’t move, and the only penalty for a character’s death is them missing the battle, unlike games where character deaths are permanent. I only lost a character once and only due to some bullshit screen-clearing spell that the character was weak against. The inability to grind due to no extra missions or replayable stages means keeping everyone leveled is crucial. One thing I disliked is the lack of meta info: spells and their cost are only revealed in battle, and upgrades, items, and lore aren't elaborated on, which many even 16-bit RPGs did better.
The story is simple, not bad, but underwhelming compared to the greats of the era, but there are a few good moments. Where the game excels is sound, with great music and audio quality, the sprite-based nature freeing disc space, loading is fast to due to this too.
Overall, is a solid game recommended for tacticool enthusiasts.
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
retrohackers.net
smwcentral.net
metroidconstruction.com
romhacking.net
romhack.ing
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
atari-forum.com
atarimania.com
atariarea.krap.pl
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
Now games have 10 times bigger budgets but have smaller map and maps made by AI and auto generated.
Count how much San Andreas had
-roads
-intersections
-buildings
-biomes
-stuff to do and visit
GTA V has smaller map than San Andreas.
50% of GTA V map are procedurally generated mountains.
GTA V has only one city.
GTA V has procedurally generated and copy pasted streets, buildings. Everything looks the same except a few things that are made manually like airport, port.
San Andreas map was almost whole made by human, manually. This is why everything is so unique.
In GTA V wherever you go in the city, all roads and intersections are the same.
>Daggerfall and other games are bigger
No, they either have big empty land with nothing, or they have the same stuff procedurally copied everywhere.
You will never get a map bigger than GTA San Andreas. Video games are over. AI or indians are not capable of doing such map.
This is supposedly the apex of the franchise? What is better than it? It bored me, much like DKC which I have played, felt like just basic platforming without novelty. It has plenty of secrets and exploration I guess, but it's not too exciting because it's not an adventure game so it comes off as half assed, like when Mega Man or Crash has a random vehicle part, just feels like bloat.
>>11627092
last weekend map download;
https://files.catbox.moe/1xuvvw.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
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>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: I'm walkin' here
I have come into ownership of some old floppy disks. Some of them are just random shit, but two caught my eye.
They are labeled
Ubi Soft
Disk X of 3
High Density
At the top they say "Volume Special #125B-11F2"
Not sure what I'm looking at, I thought maybe it was a game, but it doesn't say. And there's only Disk 1 & 2
Did I find some old internal Ubisoft documents from 1993?
I'm a Mid 20s Zoomer so I never used floppy disks, is this just some game?
I'm planning on getting a Floppy Disk Reader anyways.
I'm only talking about pure platformers here or the closest to that there is, no Mega Man style action-platformers (so no Blasto or Adventures of Little Ralph), no action-adventure game with some platforming (Tomb Raider, Akuji), and no "I don't know what to call this but since I'm retarded I'll call it a platformer" (Spyro).
Missing from the list are Johny Bazookatone and M&Ms ShellShocked. That's because they suck.
How could things turn out so wrong
You came along, to save the day
I knew that it would be okay
My knight in shining armor came
My life would never be the same
'Cause you're my hero
You came to rescue me
And now you've set me free
There's so much I want to make you see
You're my hero
Don't ever let me go
I just want you to know
There's so much inside, and I want to let it show
And now I owe, so much to you
Is there is there anything that I can do
I want to show you that I care
When you need me I'll be there
I hope that you don't go away
I'll always wish that you would stay
'Cause you're my hero
You came to rescue me
And now you've set me free
There's so much I want to make you see
You're my hero
Don't ever let me go
I just want you to know
There's so much inside, and I want to let it show
'Cause you're my hero
You came to rescue me
And now you've set me free
There's so much I want to make you see
You're my hero
Don't ever let me go
I just want you to know
There's so much inside, and I want to let it show
I never played the NES cause it doesn't seem interesting
I love seeing that the AI can actually fuck up and create epic crashes that have dramatic impacts on the races.
In most racing games I've played the other racers have no AI like ridge racer, or are simple rubberband toys
What went right?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3iWPtw1vNY
I submit to you https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYzNg5kqrdg it takes me back to 2001-2 era
Garou Densetsu forever.
I CAN'T DODGE AND MOVE AND SHOOT AT THE SAME TIME ;-;
>made by konami
>has good graphics (for a ps2 game)
>it even has nudity and everything (reportedly)
>japan only
How has this not been fan translated yet?
>get lord of the rings tier epicness
Neat.
What were the strengths and weakness of both?
Also it's connected to the interlace unit if that changes anything. Pic related, it's what I bought
sadly tcrf doesn't have everything regarding the giga leak. Where can I read up more on this?
>Game Center CX #212 - Olivia's Mystery [LocationScouts]
https://nyaa.si/view/1954591
https://otn.fujitv.co.jp/gamecenter/index.html
https://pastebin.com/u/GCCXGeneral
MORE THAN ENOUGH TO KILL ANYTHING THAT MOVES
Modding/Repair Thread!
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
HALF-LIFE (GoldSrc) Anthology:
https://mega.nz/file/GRUCGbAY#RhOiqxnf7UPOiXcJNbRh-prKIEVRhjJaEpAkt34lyZg
4CHAN DOSPACK + Win98 games:
https://mega.nz/#F!3t8nzSIS!947kyMN6Z80f8HS7q2XlqA
Assorted /vr/ shooters, mods, etc:
https://mega.nz/#F!QXIk1bjB!NHRWGIfjcc77PyGgRlga4Q
https://mega.nz/#F!GtEQTISJ!CCJGyPEEEsZasc1PMXicUA
== 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/
MIDI COLLECTIONS
https://files.catbox.moe/2hul76.zip
https://mega.nz/file/dWQ3SThI#qYcpa4eGQj6ElyRZgjGqszR59dh4Fq9D3qXYee54kZQ
https://archive.org/details/archiveteam-geocities-midi-collection-2009
https://archive.org/details/midiru-archive-2022-02-25.7z
== /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/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtL5YnozEHU
>Every time they came over, the only game they EVER wanted to play was picrel.
>I got so sick and tired of playing this shitty Mario Party clone that I took the disc and scraped it against a brick wall until it didn't work anymore.
Anybody else have an experience like this, or was I just an asshole kid?
>or a Japanese gal
>these will be your horror-game protagonists.
Why was this so prevalent in the 00's?
RetroArch on paper is the end-game best idea ever: it combines all of the systems in a platform that is ported to just about everything, but god dammit it fucking sucks to set up and change ANYTHING on here. There's even more than one menu for fucking controls, it's so god damn scattered for everything. I feel like I'm diffusing a bomb every time I try to change something because if I push one thing wrong my whole install is unrecoverably fucked. I've been emulating since 1997 and I have never used a mainstream emulator that's this confusing and frustrating to use.
Programmer-fags, can RetroArch be saved by a high functioning autist that can whittle down the options to shit anyone ever needs to actually adjust and is easy to undo when you fuck up? I love retro handhelds and all-in-one mini gameboxes, but RetroArch is making it more of a pain in the ass than a good time.
Before we begin, I'd like to mention that the list which follows is a compendium of information derived from a variety of sources, which include old forum posts, strategy guides, videos, and things I've noticed during my own time spent playing the game. Above all, this list is comprised of entries submitted by /vr/ users who have contributed invaluable data over the last 7 years. I've said it every time, and I'll say it again: I learn something new about this game with each passing thread, and I don't think this thread will be any different. As always, if you have anything of merit to share, please feel free to do so and I will add it to the list.
And now, I present to you once more, the many secrets, mysteries and oddities of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.
Please bear with me while I post the current 118 entries...
>1. In the game's debug menu, a particular crash will cause a screen to appear with some gibberish. Alongside this gibberish, the phrase "I LOVE YOU" is displayed at the top.
>2. Hidden in the game's code is a fully functional Arwing from the StarFox series. This Arwing was used by the developers for testing various combat and camera control features. If you hack it into the game, you can fight it. Not only will it damage Link by trying to shoot him, but you can destroy it with numerous weapons, all of which will cause it to fall to the ground and explode.
>3. Signposts have some impressive physics effects. If you cut a sign and a piece of it all into the water, the piece will create a ripple and float. If you pound the ground near a broken sign with the Megaton Hammer, the pieces will jostle around. If you bomb a sign, pieces of it will fly all over the place.
>My friend Bink, he's on the floor again, chasing all of the monsters away
>My friend Bink, he ducks the gunfire, shoots back, and saves the day
>Watch him run, watch him fly, watch him jump, watch him jump so high
There's also lines mentioning quarters, and beating Level 9. So it's an arcade game, with a player character named Bink, that has at least 9 levels, and involves monsters, guns, running, flying (possibly metaphorically), and jumping.
Does this match the description of any real arcade game? Or did the band just make it up?
Here's the song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOmXXZ0hSPg
Here's the lyrics (slightly inaccurate in the details, but it gets the important stuff right):
https://genius.com/Three-against-four-jump-bink-lyrics
>within 2 millimeters of travel
who thought this was a good idea?
Zero...
>Hang in there, Iris.
Please... stay away from Repliforce... Let's live together in a world where only Reploids exist.
>Iris, there's no world just for Reploids. It's only a fantasy.
Kill humans. Behead humans. Roundhouse kick a human into concrete. Slam dunk a human baby into the traschan. Crucify filthy humans. Contiminate a human's food. Launch humans into the sun.Stir fry humans in a wok. Toos humans into active volcanoes. Leak coolant into a human's gas tank. Judo throw humans towards an Axe Max. Twist humans' heads off. Report humans to the IRS. Karate chop humans in half. Curb stomp pregnant humans. Trap humans in quicksand. Crush humans in the press disposer. Liquify humans in a vat of acid. Eat humans. Dissect humans. Exterminate humans in the gas chamber. Stomp human skulls with dash boots. Cremate humans in the oven. Lobotomize humans. Mandatory abortions for humans. Grind human fetuses in the garbage disposal. Drown humans in fried chicken grease. Vaporize humans with a buster. Kick Dr. Cain down the stairs. Feed humans to Wheel Gator. Slice humans with a beam saber. Total human death... With you.
>Iris!
>Iris!
>Iris!
>Iris!
>Nooo!! This isn't happening!! There's no reason for me to go on! What... What am I fighting for!?
Anyways, how do crt shaders/effects look at 1440p compared to 4k? I've heard 1080p is shit for shaders but never heard much about 1440p. I used to use 4k shaders with retroarch and it always looked great, but I've been interested in a retrotink 4k, and it can only do 1440p with hdr and bfi.
I think a lot of it has to do with how boring the track locations are. The first game had plenty of distinct colourful locations, at least 10, with each track being distinct. Meanwhile if my count is correct 2 only has 5 different locations except that they build a tons of different tracks from the same location. Not only that but at least half of the locations are boring.
Now I know the surroundings aren't what matters the most, but it actually matters in helping to memorize tracks. Here everything blands together.
Also in the PSX versions the framerate in 2 is pretty bad, I have to turn overclocking on in order to reach the kind of smoothness the first game had by default (I know, PC versions exist). That smoothness was a big part of what made the first game great. Secondly the perf loss seems to come from the extra detailing in the surroundings, which again feels misguided. 1 had less detail but fantastic art direction and this allowed for a great looking and smooth game at the same time.
This sequel just feels like they were trying to stretch as much content as possible from a base that is as small as they could get away with.
I haven't tried World Tour but I've lost hope.
Examples being Neon Genesis Evangelion: Iron Maiden in VNs, and 007: Goldeneye in FPSs
Why do normies hold this as one of the best SHUMPS? It looks good and sounds good, but the gameplay is most important, and it's ass.
>no new games in over 20 years
>no remakes or re-releases of any kind
What's the deal with this? Literally everything gets remade now. Why has this series been pretty much completely forgotten?
A scope and production value never really seen before
Still the 11 most expensive video game of all times
If FF7 had failed, Squaresoft would have gone bankrupt
Snake's Revenge
The most hardcore Meta Gear game, made by the original Castlevania team.
The game that inspired Kojimbo to go back to work and make Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake
>much cooler story
>level transitions which make the game and levels feel actually alive, like they're actually taking time in real time, and have actual progression
>lot of replayability
>power-ups, changing the gameplay
>lot of shit to do
>cool and epic bosses
>michael jackson-like music
>best peak fucking final boss ever a.k.a doomsday zone
>multiple secrets, level mechanics, funny sprites, even win poses, etc plus multiple special and bonus stages
>"uhh sonic 2 is the superior game because... ehh because.. uhhh"
based on an inferior version
locked to 30fps
>Don't bother including a color blindness feature for those who can't progress further into the story due to the mandatory color-matching puzzles
What a wasted opportunity
>Yay!
What the fuck was his problem?
What's the verdict?