/vr/ - Retro Games

Earthbound all day.

>>396658
The slingshots have less of a chance to hit than the yoyos or bats.

>>343486
Believe or not, I bought it when it came out. The big box was up on the rental shelf at Blockbuster, pretty hard not to notice it. I already had played a few SNES rpgs and it looked fuckin neato. I was right. Saved up my lawnmowing money and bought one for $50 a couple of months later.

I sold it on ebay in maybe 2002(?) or so for around $100, whenever it was that the Starman website starting getting popular.

I picked up another CIB copy with guidebook in a trade with another collector maybe five or six years ago. I traded him Tengen Tetris for Earthbound and some cash.

It's overhyped but that doesn't erase the great experience I had first playing the game and not knowing a damn thing about it. I experienced that final battle not knowing that "Pray" was going to work. Used it as a final option after Jeff and Poo were dead and after a couple times, when it starts doing the cutscenes... I get shivers thinking about how holy shit of a moment that was. And then you get to walk Paula home with everyone saying thanks. Still one of the best endings of any game ever.

Plus the soundtrack is totally god tier.