/vr/ - Retro Games

Come on, slowpoke!

>>5256997
The N64 version of multiplat games was often the best one.

Right here.

>>4953906
Definitely the case with ShadowMan

>>4817127
Upstanding African-American citizen.

>>4676047
A metroidvania exploration game were I actually got lost and nobody cares.

Those are the best episodes!

Okay I need someone who owns both this controller and Shadow Man to tell me if its as much a godsend to the game as it looks. I started playing this recently and holy shit you effectively don't have camera controls In this game because they're routed to the d-pad. You could switch control schemes of course, but then you don't have easy access to action commands.

>>4276262
Shadowman scared the shit out of me when I was a kid.

>>4064818

I found fond memories playing this game but I never see anyone talking about it. It also doesn't have a sequel or anything. Did it even get any love at all? I think it falls in the same category as Turok and I would clearly play a "remaster".

Is it just me, or is the N64 version the definite version of the game, more so than the Dreamcast version?

Sure there are fewer sound effects/musical tracks, the levels are populated with fewer enemies and the textures are a bit different (perhaps more murky) but see, that's exactly the damn point.

There are an annoyingly large number of enemies in the PC/Dreamcast version of the game and they all take a stupidly long time to kill. The N64 version fixes that by just having fewer enemies.

This is kind of subjective, but I find the endless looping of music or ambient noises in the Dreamcast version to be a bit annoying and an atmosphere killer. The N64 version seems to have areas with no music between areas that do have music, which seems to work a bit better.

Lastly, the texturing is pretty different in the N64 version (not just the resolution downgrade you'd expect) and it makes Deadside seem like a way grittier place. Atmosphere seems considerably better.

So this is the point where I'm getting at...did the developers accidentally create the best version by "downgrading" it for cartridge? Maybe I'm going crazy here, but anybody else think this?

Also on a further note, the N64 version is devoid of those weird microstutters and long loading in the Dreamcast version.

Bam

Hate this game. Never understand how to play it. Fell dumb, you just need some tattoos.

We all have backlogs, some larger than others'. I you ask which single game has been queued in your backlog the longest, and why?

Pic related, mine. I purchased Shadowman in 2005 while still in college. So at the time I didn't have time to play it. But after graduation there were either new games that came along or I wasn't in the mood, or I just plain forgot I even owned it. Someday, Shadowman, someday....