/vr/ - Retro Games

>>7824696

Lol; I used to kill the time by holding my NES controller as if it had an extended sword, and swinging it as such when I'd fight the wyverns or whatnot, and I swear when that sort of a thing was actually made possible by the Wii some twenty-odd years later, I literally cried, lol. Turns out it wasn't that great, because like that shit is tiring af, but still, the concept was like *chef's kiss* lol...

This or alttp or the ghouls and ghosts series

>>6944064
But the most overrated retro game has to be this piece of garbage. Most "overrated" games are decent or mediocre, but this one is straight-up bad. Like, if I didn't know it had an actual fanbase and someone recommended it to me, I'd honestly think they were kidding.

How the fuck did this become a hit? It's the most tedious shit ever.
-Mash A to win battles
-90% of game is grinding
-Changing directions is delayed
-Have to go into the fucking menu to use stairs

And it's not even like it has a good story, great music, or stylish enemy design to make up for it

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>>6405491
It's the first Dragon Quest game. It's the English localization known as Dragon Warrior, which is easily distinguishable from the player character sprite which is significantly different for the Japanese version in that there is only a sprite for the protagonist facing forward as opposed to all four directions like the localized version.

It's also easily distinguishable as the first game as opposed to the three sequels for the Famicom/NES, because only the first Dragon Quest for the Famicom had the unique battle aesthetic where there was a window with its own background. In 2, 3 and 4 it's simply a black screen for a background and battles take up the entire screen.

>>5958672
I just learned about this hidden gem recently. It's charming and fun, but honestly it's also pretty broken. No surprise this series faded quickly into obscurity.

Is there any JRPG that requires skill? I tried getting into Dragon Quest but all that happens when you die is losing half of your gold, prolonging something that's inevitable to happen (completing the game).
Most JRPG's feel like you can just dump free time to win, and there's nothing else that matters. I'm not being tested for my reactions, for pattern recognition or anything other BASIC video game stuff. All I do is navigate menus.
Goes to show why they ended up being heavy on the story side, since the gameplay is just a braindead time filler with no aptitude checks.

I hurt my hand. Can anyone recommend some nes games that can be played with one hand?

Just finished pic related. How are the ports / remakes, particularly the Super Famicom version? The combat being so basic made grinding much more of a chore than in similar games like FFI, are there any of those or a fan patch that would make it less of a pain in the ass?

anyone who grew up with grind-heavy rpgs what did you do to pass the time while you leveled?

one character