/vr/ - Retro Games

Defender of the Crown.

ZSNES. I've used that for several years. I found a emulator for RISC OS called !SNES x9 that I'll be using soon.

>>370063
I play modern games, but I like the retro ones the best. There are some games that I enjoy that are modern, but I keep coming back to the retro ones.

>>363469

Practially every MS-DOS game can be emulated under DOSBOX.

Mount c c:/
Not using windows? No problem. Type mount c custom path.
I know in Haiku, GNU/Linux, and a few others you can type 'mount c /'. In RISC OS you type :0 (mount c :0). If you are installing from cd-rom you can mount -t cdrom.

>>362246
I actually liked Sonic 3D and Sonic CD was my favorite game in the franchise. I didn't like Sonic Labyrinth. I got to the underwater stage and quit. I also didn't care for the games featuring Tales for the Game Gear. Some people might like those games, but I didn't like them.

Keyboard + mouse is the best, in my opinion. I was always the keyboard only guy, but I've realized recently that keyboard and mouse is much better.

>>355993
Basic is very easy. That is why its "Basic". You can make a game with Atari Basic, but to make a game with pizazz, then you'll have to learn Assembly. There are plenty of guides on Atari Age. There is a youtube video explaining how to use Visual BB (tinkernut video, its how I learned the basics). Visual BB is like Visual Basic. It is very easy to make stuff. You draw your sprites then you click and drag your sprites onto the source code.

My goal is to make a sidescrolling shooter like R-type.

Here is my favorite Sonic games in order

Sonic CD > Sonic 2 > Sonic 1 > Sonic 3 > Sonic and Knuckles > Sonic 3D > Sonic Spinball > Dr Robotnic's Mean Bean Machine.

/vr/ tip #1. When you get a game over, wait (on the gameover screen) for 2 minutes and 30 seconds and Totaka's Song will play.

>>361796
Yes. Its very usable. It was officially released last November for the PI. Not all software will work. You need 32 bit compatible software. 26 bit software will not work out of the box. There is emulation though (free OS emulator and a comercial 26bit emulator).

The November release (5.19 r6) was my first time ever using RISC OS. I quickly fell in love with the OS.

I do not, but I do have a Raspberry PI running RISC OS with BBC Basic. I have never owned a Acorn computer, but I have played the Chucky Egg port for RISC OS.

I love Rocks N' Diamonds. I play it on my eMac 700 and on my Raspberry PI running RISC OS.

>>352030
Well, anything is possible. In Japan there is a guy who killed someone in Europe and was sent to a asylum (or something like that). He was deported back to Japan and now he is living a free man.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BosZxa1bYcE

>>352858
Yes, there is a community to make homebrew games. I don't know where it is, but there are youtube videos with homebrew projects.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbUrl0AALN4
Lightpen

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCiP6ka-irI
Vacmania and others

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E85K0tfFgIs
Vector Pilot

>>352431
Once I finish a test game, I'll try something more complex.

>>352354
Holy crap, this is very easy.

>>352334
To make a game you install Stella and Visual bb (Atari Basic). Once you do that, you watch, or view tutorials, and you are good to go.

Welp, I found a sdk for making atari games in basic. Time to waste hours making some games. If I figure how to make a game, I might make /vr/ the game.

If I get more money, I'll consider buying a 2600. God damn the prices are so low compared to the NES. People are selling games on eBay for .99 cents.

>>352264
Well, looking on eBay, I've noticed that a lot of people are selling Atari 2600's bundled with a ton of games for under 60 dollars. One is doing a buy it now with a complete package for 90. You can get a Atari by its self for roughly $15 USD.

>>352264
Maybe. I don't know. I think there was a Atari (maybe we are thinking of the same thing) that was released in the 2000's and it could play old cartridges. It was made during the time when people started making homebrew cartridges on Atariage.

>>352248
price*

>>352234
You can buy a woodgrain Atari 2600 for roughly the same prize (controllers, games, and console).

>>349086
You can buy a Nintendo + controllers (and lightgun) + games for 30 - 40 dollars. If you buy a Gyromite cartridge, you can open it up, and use it to play Japanese games. Most common NES games will range anywhere from a few bucks (on ebay) to $15-20 USD. Gems will cost anywhere from 10-30 dollars. Rare Japanese titles will cost even more.