/vr/ - Retro Games

>>10405909
getsu fuma den
rygar (both arcade and fc)
legendary axe 1

>>10405909
Lord of King (Astynax Arcade)

>>10405909
Zelda II

Blades of Vengeance

>Warrior, Archer, and Wizard to pick from
>Great soundtrack and epic sense of adventure
>Tons of secrets to find gold, consumable items, lives etc.
>Has 2 player

>>10405974
>>10405938
>>10405931

Dude YES. I am gonna be busy tonight.

>>10405909
MAGICIAN LORD MOTHERFUCKER
https://youtu.be/jobo06MPXxU?si=bbnohcoXZYLqLqUd

>>10405909
Black Tiger/Dragon is one of the better arcade titles of the late 80s. You really can’t go wrong with any of Capcom’s fantasy action games.
Crossed Swords for Neo Geo is a first person (?) esque sword fighting game sorta in the vein of the arcade version of Punch-Out! by utilizing the wire frame behind the back player character. Very interesting game and worthy of a play through, but definitely not for everyone. Enemies and obstacles jump in on you and you gotta beat their asses
https://youtu.be/YjP9LSGb-co?feature=shared

>>10405909
Actraiser
You are a philanthropic God fighting against infernalities

>>10405997
>not Zelda II
You're braindead, it's better and longer than all of those combined. I do like Rygar (NES), but it's a "jankfest", enemies are constantly blinking because it's trying to do too much.

Jewel Master

>>10406559
okay game, amazing soundtrack

both legendary axe games
>>10406097
sonson ii is the "spiritual sequel" to black tiger if you like that one

>>10405909
Cadash (arcade)

faxanadu- the game where you can't hit the enemies that go for your shins

>>10406950
just like real life

>>10405909
If you like shmups, get ready for some of the best metal you've ever heard

>>10405909
Check out Magic Sword by Capcom

>>10405923
>>10406559
These two are very good too.

>>10406924
Turbo Grafx / PC engine is the best version of this game.

Willow for arcade.

>>10405909
d&d tower of doom, and shadow over mystara
maybe golden axe?

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>>10407019
Amazing game, any major differences between this and the TGCD version?

>>10406950
You can hit them once you get the long sword.

>>10407819
Good pick. I also loved Wardner (Wardeners Forest/Forest of Warner/Pyros/Pyross) This, Willow and Black Tiger were my go-to coinops.

>>10407019
v based

Altered Beast (arcade) is kinda satisfying and not very long

>>10407819
>Willow for arcade
Such a great game to begin with but then a few stages in (bottom left in your image) the game decides that you've played enough and the enemies are tanks that take too many hits to kill and you've got no chance unless you just credit feed.
The NES Willow is decent though.

>>10405909
surprised nobody mentioned it but the Chronicles of Mystara D&D arcade games are actually quite good

>>10407819
I don't know what's crazier, how good this game looked for 1989, or the fact *I never fucking heard of it* till the 2010s. When to arcades a lot and never, ever saw this.

>>10405997
Legendary Axe 2 fits your description better than 1.

>>10408547
That's funny. I used to see this at a couple of different locations near me. Loved it as a kid and it's still great.

Is it me or are most games like this just inferior to Castlevania?

>>10407813
That version has some cool zombie gore not in the other ones

>>10410509
it's you

>>10410509
Castlevania didn't get good until SOTN.

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>>10411576
Oh yeah? Name just 3 better games in this style OP asks for that beat Castlevania.

>>10410509
there are plenty of games better than the original castlevania

legendary axe for starters

>>10411716
>legendary axe for starters
Good game but I knew you anons would fuck up with the very first game. No way is that game better than all the CV games.

>>10411694
Golden Axe, King of Dragons, and Shadow over Mystara

And those seem to fit the style of what OP asks for a lot more than Castlevania. Which does not feature any playable barbarian or mage until Rondo of Blood.

>>10411730
Are we sure OP meant beat em ups to? I was under the impression by warrior sidescroller's he meant single plane action games with some hacking n slashing and some platforming. Not beat em ups. Even if he didn't though, the best CV games are still better than your list.

>>10411694
Super G'n'G, Volgarr the Viking, Wonderboy in Monsterland for a start.

>>10411789
>the best CV games
So not games before SOTN?

>>10408034
Not that Anon but I personally prefer the TG16 version. Sega CD version is easier, has some missing effects, and music sounds different (though which one sounds better is personal preference)

>>10411807
That second game isn't even retro.

>>10411903
So? It's better than Castlevania.

Mother

Fucking

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