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Ofc overall it's less scary since it's more action focused, but when it's actually focused on horror it's nerve wrecking.
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.
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
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
== 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/"doom thread"/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: https://clovr.xyz/
CA/US Midwest: https://macgu.fun/
>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
>more gorgeous than most games that are released today and also fantastic music
There is truly nothing like it. The artstyle is instantly recognizable. There is nothing that looks like it except maybe Plok. Most love Rayman 2, but true men of culture like Rayman 1.
It's not irredeemable garbage, but by what metric is this ever better than the first game?
Post racing games only you've played edition
Screen Utility - https://shauninman.com/utils/screens/
SoC Comparison - https://versus.com/en/mobile-chipset
Google chart - https://tinyurl com (slash) AllHandhelds
has anyone asked my dumb question before? - https://4search.neocities.org/vr
last thread >>11672204
Probably my favorite section in the game second to the village sections.
Just booted up an old Frontline save and I'm playing the Arnhem Knights level. Framerate is choppy but the atmosphere and music are top notch. Really miss FPS games like this, the only "movie" games that I can stomach.
>https://youtu.be/6dh4X1j6LZ0?si=MfmNah_lKD4DKBj2
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
Nobody wants a 20+ year old sports game or bargain bin dirtbike game
>Pixel hunting
>Timed/reaction-based puzzles
>Game allows you to continue playing after you unknowingly put yourself into an unwinnable state hours earlier (i.e. you can't finish the game because you don't have a very specific item needed to progress that you needed to acquire a long time ago and no longer can)
Do you agree? Which of these are worse?
Please tell me why we're supposed to think these are good outside of "I grew up with it" and "this is a big fandom so I need to like it"?
What have you been working on?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3iWPtw1vNY
I'd like some recommendations for other games that you think are similar to Links Awakening DX.
Also, I found an odd file on my GBC DX cartridge, the game file name was "?A" and the game was all glitched and link was upside down. I started with full hearts and 999 rupees. I just tried to recreate it on my rom but there's no ? character.
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.
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.
inb4 we had shitty licensed games all the way back in Atari and NES era: yes, but not nearly as many and they were still somewhat unique, not just "a shitty platformer with lame music and badly cropped photos of real humans for sprites".
Also, answer honestly: did you actually enjoy some of these games?
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.
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.
man early 3d is so ass
Are the others as fun as these two? Planning on going through Time Busters next.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFng5qjbVVc
i will only list the retro games:
1. Shenmue
2. Doom
3. Super Mario Bros.
4. Half-Life
5. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
8. Super Mario 64
9. Half-Life 2
10. The Sims
11. Tetris (1984)
12. Tomb Raider (1996)
13. Pong (1972)
14. Metal Gear Solid (1998)
15. World of Warcraft (2004)
17. Final Fantasy VII (1997)
19. Grand Theft Auto 3 (2001)
21. Grand Theft Auto (1997)
link:
https://www.bafta.org/media-centre/press-releases/most-influential-video-games-of-all-time-poll
what do /vr/ think of this?
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
>within 2 millimeters of travel
who thought this was a good idea?
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
I never played the NES cause it doesn't seem interesting
SOVL
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.
Does anybody remember "Rats!" ?
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.
>excellent idea takeshi! millennials pseuds will be praising us for decades thanks to this!!
Were the bottom of the tunic looking like a skirt and the earring enough to make western normies insecure?
inb4 we had shitty licensed games all the way back in Atari and NES era: yes, but not nearly as many and they were still somewhat unique, not just "a shitty platformer with lame music and badly cropped photos of real humans for sprites".
Also, answer honestly: did you actually enjoy some of these games?
Garou Densetsu forever.
This title is a text-heavy adventure game set after the events of The Return of Ishtar and features 48 possible endings. Choose your own fate for Gil and Ki!
https://stargood.org/trans/bluerod.php
Also, the Tower of Druaga thread, I guess.
>rent ocarina of time from blockbuster
>turn on game
>see file named DONTDELET
>delete file
>mfw
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.
Then after this, Sega would immediately start making bad decisions and would get eaten alive by Sony. Plus this was the last traditional 2D Sonic game for many years. As a big Sega fan growing up, I always associate this game with the company at it's peak of cultural influence - Sega was legitimately cool in away Nintendo was not.
>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
>>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
>1996
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.
Anyway, it's an interesting third person stealth-shooter. The sense of humor is excellent and the acting is very well done. I'm only a few missions in but I love how detailed the environments are. Despite never having played it, it has a very late 90s feel to its 3D, the way the lighting works and the amount of detail in the environment. It's very impressive for a Dreamcast game.
Have you played it? Or the sequel?
Not the creator of the GameBoy (that's Satoru okada)
Copy the Microvision for the G&W
Not the creator of Metroid
His autobiography is full of lies to make himself look like a genius
I CAN'T DODGE AND MOVE AND SHOOT AT THE SAME TIME ;-;
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
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
I used to know a couple C64 games you could do this with, but I can't remember what they were.
Also it's connected to the interlace unit if that changes anything. Pic related, it's what I bought