/vr/ - Retro Games

After finally learning to like Sonic's gameplay, I've been on a huge Genesis kick. I'm really getting addicted to Sonic's gameplay and now I'm working through a bunch of games. Nearly beat Streets of Rage 1 and that game is tight. Tried Golden Axe and don't like it as much because it feels so cheap. I beat Beyond Oasis and thought it was okay. It feels fun exploring the library since I never had one as a kid. Love the music on the Genesis.

>>10393493
Hell yeah my man.

Also agree on Golden Axe, despite the community hype, I can't really get into any of them. I think it's just because it's a first party IP so it gets more recognition, but there's a lot to love in the library in every genre, which makes it so fun to explore.

>>10393465
I've been going through the SEGA CD library for the past few years but stopped for a while to work on some other stuff. Easily my favorite system of all time, though. Would be nice if it got even half the amount of attention Saturn gets, especially considering it actually feels like a Genesis successor

>>10393520
Same, it's actually really fucking good. That CD audio alone would be a huge boost even if they added nothing else, but when you DO get more, it really elevates the system and has its own unique personality and charm.

Just walking around a video store the other day though, noticed they were selling a Sega CD. Too bad that wanted like $229 for it, lamao

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>>10393476
I have an irrational, intense hatred for these fake nostalgiabait photoshopped images

>>10393536
Will definitely take alternatives/suggestions, then. They were just whatever I could find that could sum up the whole platform in one image, since 4chan doesn't let you post multiple images at a time.

I bought a Genesis but I haven't gotten that much enjoyment out of it. Here's what I've liked so far;
Flicky, so good I made a thread about it the other day
Midnight Resistance, great run-n-gun like Contra
Subterrania, seems good but it's very hard
Decap-Attack, pretty good platformer
Other than that I've tried a lot of games I just straight up disliked. I'm still looking for something else as good as Flicky, though.

>>10393549
What.
If you like those games, there's going to be hundreds more you're going to love, I wouldn't stop digging so soon.

The shmup library on Genesis is fucking fantastic. I think it's officially tied with the PC Engine in my mind. I'm diving into Eliminate Down for the first time. Got about half the game roughly down and I'm just having a fucking blast learning this one. One of the BEST horizontals I've ever played. Easily up there with first R Type and Gradius for me. It doesn't beat the presentation of Thunder Force IV, but in terms of level design, I might like it a little more.

The adjustable speed is so well done. At parts you zip around the screen like you're playing a Toaplan game or a PC Engine caravan shooter. Other times you can slow it right down for some focused Gradius/Salamnder style micrododging. Great weapon system too where you have three weapons, but no weapons feels redundant or shitty like in a Compile game. Every weapon has areas where they shine and the puzzle aspect of what works best where is just... *chefs kiss*

>>10393520
I've never seen someone on the internet claim the Sega CD is their favorite console. What are your favorite games for it? It seems like a small library.

>>10393616
You're spot fucking on with that. PC Engine/TurboGrafx is as much a shmup/anime machine as the Neo Geo is a fighting machine, yet even still the Genesis gives it a run for its money in that department. Its fluid fast-paced action really lent itself to so much good shit.

Also fucking GLEY LANCER.

>>10393536
its not irrational
it looks worse than a magazine ad
no ones house looked like that kek
its what modern youtubers do for their gayme rooms

>>10393465
want to buy kolibri
been playin 32x library, sega cd
sonic cd is different, i dont like it as much as pt2
but being able to play through maps im unfamiliar with with cd quality audio is surreal

also love timegal (crt required)

>>10393631
There's about 200 games for the Sega CD.
40 for the 32X.

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>>10393476
>millenial "art"

>>10393637
BASED Kolibri bro
Why is it so good? There's nothing else like it. Feels like a cousin of Ecco, but inverted.

>>10393647
>zoomer "art"
Oh wait, that's right, you offered nothing of worth, as usual

>>10393637
Never heard of Timegal. Tell me more, anom

>>10393652
sorry, i prefer the Mega Drive, not the geneshit

>>10393689
What's the difference

>>10393691
>What's the difference

>>10393707
So the art? Western art in general was way too focused on extravagant macho realism at the time, wasn't endemic to the Genesis

>>10393640
I was curious so I looked it up: there's apparents around 800 Genesis games and double that for the SNES. 200 is absolutely a small library by comparison...

>>10393712
No one said 200 was big, just that it's not as small for being a dedicated peripheral as one might think. Most don't end up cracking 50, regardless of platform.

Captcha: YAA, TV

>>10393654
Not that Anon but it's a QTE FMV game like Dragon's Lair. It was originally a laserdisc arcade game but it got several ports. I suggest looking at other ports too because they look very different from the Sega CD version

>>10393723
Laserdisc, wow. For some reason Sega is the only name I see when it comes to laserdisc video games, considering how rare they are. Why is that?

>>10393707
improvement

>>10393727
>Sega is the only name I see when it comes to laserdisc video games
But the original version is made by Taito. Ninja Hayate is also by Taito. Dragon's Lair was made by Advanced Microcomputer Systems. Time Gal just happened to have a port on the Sega CD. The PS1 also has port but it was only released in Japan

>>10393493
Glad to hear you are having fun with what the Genesis has to offer. Two games that I would recommend are Gunstar Heroes (a wonderful run and gun) and Wonder Boy in Monster World (ia breezy side-scrolling ARPG, but some of the progression is bullshit and I did refer to a walkthrough here and there)

>>10393723
graphics on sega cd are rough for timegal
but thats probably why he said "crt required"

>>10393476
>playing genesis in the dreamcast era

>>10393549
What are your favourite genres? What games did you play that you didn't like?

>>10393520
SegaCD is pretty cool and I mean to try out some more of the games. Particularly Popful Mail, Snatcher, Mansion of Hidden Souls and Shining Force CD. I am interested in what your favourite games for it are. I love Sonic CD and Lords of Thunder.

>>10393995
>he doesn't

>>10394018
is lords of thunder better on sega cd or pc engine cd?

>>10393536
Why are you sois triggered? Can you even articulate why?

>>10394034
I haven't played the PCE version, but that was the original and I hear that it was the better version. It's a shmup with fun guitar rock and a shop. I've enjoyed playing the Sega CD version.

This is a pretty detailed comparison:
https://www.sega-16.com/2006/06/side-by-side-lords-of-thunder-sega-cd-vs-turbografx-cd/

>>10393536
Me too. They're such a s.oy, reddit, consumerist depiction of the past. No one had a room with this much video games shit. They just had their TV with their console, and games on a shelf, bin, or scattered about. These have posters garishly plastered over the whole wall like a nu gamer would have and 99999 different games. If anyone had some dedicated gaming decorated room with this many games, they must have been a rich spoiled child.

>>10394135
Damn you're one bitter faggot. It's obviously meant as an idealistic exaggeration.

>>10394140
those aren't ideal

>>10394040
It looks extremely consumerist in a very strange and offputting way. Like "how do you do fellow retro gamers I love video games too". I feel like the kind of person who makes or enjoys these kinds of images also collects funko pops. It looks like it's more about being part of the culture and hobby rather than genuinely enjoying the hobby itself

>>10393631
Sonic CD
The Terminator
Starblade
Road Rash
Keio Flying Squadron
Lords of Thunder
Android Assault: Revenge of Bari-Arm
Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure
After Burner III
Silpheed

I still have yet to play some of the great ones like Popful Mail, the Lunar games, and Snatcher, but it's great for platformers, shmups, and RPG's.

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>>10393536
It looks kinda dumb but it's really just a compilation of games/peripherals put into an image rather than a text list so people can look at it and say "I remember having this or that one". It's very obviously not supposed to be somebody's room.

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>>10393472
I never liked the way this guy shoves as many logos and recognizable brands into his nostalgia art. Plus, he never draws the fucking consoles properly.

>>10394235
it reminds me of that shitty image with the spaghetti and the charizard card and everyone was going RETVRN when they saw it

>>10394393
It was made by the exact same person

>>10394235
Finally someone with common sense.

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>>10394514
Oh my god. Who the hell cares. Do you actually give a shit, or is being a snide snob your real hobby?

>>10394207
Thoughts on Ecco CD?

>>10394514
Lmao the spaghetti is so out of place here

Was the genesis the spaghetti, the lasagna, the calzone, or the antipasti of the 16 bit era?

>>10393536
It is not irrational. They're fucking vile.

>>10393541
>Will definitely take alternatives/suggestions, then
Literally a picture of someone's old megadrive setup. A front room with a mega drive plugged in and a kid having a blast is more engaging that that absolute garbage.

Pic related is unironically one of my favorite games on the Genesis.
Rings of Power.
It was done by Naughty Dog no less. There's a lot to complain about this game such as the difficulty. This game is so hard that the instruction manual comes with a COMPLETE WALKTHROUGH inside.
Still this game was impressive in it's scope at the time, especially for Genesis RPGs. The world map is huge and you can get lost easily. It's dripping with charm and soul. I highly recommend it, but be warned: it is very very difficult. Don't feel bad about using a guide.

>>10395168
Also, it was one of the first games with full-frontal nudity. Maybe even the first of the 16-bit era. To make the boobs appear, you have to do a crazy input: You have to press buttons on controller one AND two AS you boot up the game. I forget what it is exactly.

>>10394531
The soundtrack is really good and it's pleasant to look at but it's a tough game. Tides of Time seems to be a bit better. I haven't played that much of either but that's what I've gathered

>>10394140
This doesn't even look idealistic to me, it looks like slavery

>>10394514
The charizard card was the holy grail to children at the time. There's no way they'd leave it next to a plate of neglected yet steaming spaghetti on the floor.
Why is the spaghetti just lying there fresh on the floor? What kind of mom is gonna just come put piping hot spaghetti on the messy floor of their kids' room.

>>10395298
Anon, IT'S SPAGHETTI
You know the 90s thing. Remember when people ate spaghetti in the 90s? You gotta make sure to add spaghetti in your 90s pic because that's a thing of the 90s. Remember the 90s?

>>10394034
They're both good, but the Sega CD version is a lot easier than the PC Engine version in general and your pointblack sword is very OP.

I'm a zoomer (transexual, yes) and I bought the Megadrive collection on the Switch and most games are hard as balls (not mine though, I know, heh). Most seem to be more arcade oriented, as if they're made to eat coins out of your wallet. Really interesting to me since I never went very far back in my retro gaming pursuits.

>>10393712
You're not wrong, in fact a handful of them are not even in English. The ratio of good to bad games however is higher than one would expect. It's sort of a quality vs. quantity thing. SEGA CD and TurboGrafx-CD respectively both almost feel like their own console gen to me, like there was a half generation between Gen 4 and Gen 5. And imo a lot of those games exceed the quality of both, especially in SEGA's case.

>>10393717
Apparently it's about on par with FDS, but again much higher quality imo, also way more games than 32X or 64DD which oddly resembles it.

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>>10395293
What is your problem
Levels of seethe that shouldn't be possible
Over what? I can feel your blood pressure rising from over here.
Is this what they meant when they talked about contrarians who just hate anything to have a personality

>>10395165
The hell is this shit? What's with the goofy green lights?

>>10395553
Why is it so good bros

>>10395783
Yeah, that's how I feel. Sega CD and TurboGrafx CD feel like their own next gen consoles. Shame they didn't get their recognition even higher.

>>10393981
I did try the Wonder Boy game and yeah, something about progression pissed me off so I put it down. I don't remember what it was though.

>>10394514
This is my image. From the systems to the toys. I lived it all. Except I had a fake tamagotchi and a second hand Gameboy

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>>10393465
I have come to believe that the Megadrive is cursed.

>Christmas 1991
>last day of school
>cant wait to leave and play c64
>friend tells me hes getting a 'megadry'
>no idea what it is, but i dont like it
>try to slip out of main hall, but chatty teacher starts asking me about Christmas
>stuck there for 15 minutes
>Soon all the kids are gone, and the school is empty, yard is empty
>but the megadry kid is standing alone in the middle of the playground walking in an odd pattern
>go home and enjoy C64 + xmas with delicious nanna
>Boxing day, no sign of megadry. Lot of cars outside his house.
>his dad died suddenly
>came home for xmas three years ago
>walk past megadrys house
>find myself drawn to his back garden gate
>its slightly open
>hear an ear splitting screech
>up in his old bedroom window, a flash
>silence

do not look for cursed stories in archive or your mother will die

>>10395646
The ability to improve your play without budgeting your credits was a plus for bringing arcade games to consoles.

>>10394514
why do those n64 games have after-market labels

>>10401281
Sick. What game?

>>10401291
Phantasy Star II

>>10395168
I loved the booklet for this game.

I was a Super Nintendo fan but at a friend's house he had a Sega Genesis, he told me do you want to play a game that they gave away, Sonic 2 is a good game.
When I saw the intro and played it a little, I fell in love with Sega Genesis and bought the console. I played it more than my Super Nintendo and the multigame cartridges. God, what good games they had and how cheap they were.

>>10402064
LET'S GO BOYS

The background live detail still impresses me compared to modern games

>>10402064
This game looks cool. I need to play it someday

>>10402212
How about today?

>>10402331
There's never been a good X-Men game

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>>10402064
This game, After burner II, and Kid Chameleon got the most playtime on my Sega back in the day.

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>>10395339
If you look into the artist, he's Moroccan (Islamic 3rd world country) and definitely didn't grow up with any of the shit that he depicts in his art. That's why it's uncanny. You're being mocked.

>>10402359
Oh and of course the Sonic games, but those kind of go without saying.

>>10402364
Hahahaha MASHALLAH down with western infidel degeneracy

>>10402364
And is he a millennial or a zoomer?

>>10402064
I just came into the thread to bring Ranger X up. Started it up for the first time in I can't remember how many years and successfully cleared it. Feels good since it was one of my most-played Genesis games not named Streets of Rage when I was a kid

>>10393465
Just last night I played Target Earth for the first time. It was really cool. Never was a Sega guy, not even due to console wars drama just because I grew up with Nintendo and Sony consoles, but the Genesis has a really unique feeling to its games that I really like. Wish modern consoles were so different and everyone didn't try to do the photoreal boring bullshit third person shooter with waist high cover and forced walk n' talks.
Anyway, Target Earth is really difficult, but it scratches the mecha run n' gun itch. I consider it research because I'm trying to develop my own game in that vein.

>>10402364
It definitely explains why 99% of the art consists of nothing but game box art photoshopped in everywhere.

>NOOOOOOOOOO
>STOP DRAWING THINGS THAT AREN'T REALISTIC, NOOOOOOOO
>goes back to playing anime titty game where they're just heads attached to a tit

>>10402364
I didn't grow up with 99% of the shit he depicts and I sure as fuck didn't grow up with piping hot spaghetti on my floor.

>>10402668
Draw me your room

>>10393616
>I think it's officially tied with the PC Engine in my mind

it has literally half the number of pce shooters
it doesnt even have a gradius, r-type or galaga game on it

>>10393520
>Easily my favorite system of all time, though

why? it's utterly mogged by the pce cd

>>10403029
Some people like to play games that aren't hentai/anime/shmups :3

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>>10403029
Stop false flagging, snerd. PCE and Mega Drive fans have no animosity for each other. The only people talking like this are coping with they're 16-bit console of choice being a 2.68 mhz garbage heap.

>>10403116
Man is right.

>>10394135
My cousin's room was like this. He wasn't rich but was extremely spoiled (and extremely autistic though undiagnosed as this was the 90's). He had zero interests outside of video games. He unsurprisingly had no friends either.

>>10403514
yeah, I mean it isn't that huge. I'm pretty sure lots of kids had rooms like that. I knew a pigfarmer's kid who had a room like it (except they were in drawers, you open the drawer and dozens of games of one of many systems all neatly arranged), and guess what? His two sisters apparently had similar rooms with games and systems, though I never saw them. And they were also a very sporty family. How they got the money for all of them I have no idea.

>>10403529
One of the richest guys I knew growing up was a pig farmer. You wouldn't know it by looking at him because he was a fat alcoholic driving a beat up truck but he had millions in the bank.

My Genesis is throwing up a red screen when I turn it on. There is sound, the games are running, but the screen is red. Sonic 2, Maximum Carnage, Quackshot al the same thing. Red screen while I can still hear the music

>>10403116
In fact they are both my favorite consoles of all time. They are just that good

>>10403029
I find that TurboGrafx-CD is great for Japanese games while SEGA CD is great for mainstream games. So, someone who prefers Japanese games is likely to prefer TurboGrafx/PCE CD while someone who prefers mainstream games might prefer SEGA CD. I always liked the Genesis but wish the Saturn had more of the kinds of games on it, SEGA CD is that sweet spot where they took the already existing Genesis hardware and made it just powerful enough to feel like a new system while not being as radical a departure as the Saturn was.

>>10404341
What non-Japanese games are there for Sega CD besides awful FMV shit?
The only games I care about on Sega CD are the Japanese ones.
Therefore the PCE-CD beats the shit out of it in terms of quantity, and the best of the PCE-CD is at least on par with the best of the Sega CD.

>>10403872
Never heard of a red screen before. Hopefully one of the anons here can help you.

>>10405349
The Terminator and Road Rash are really good imo. If you like Aladdin for Genesis you might like Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure. Mickey Mania and Earthworm Jim are generally held in high regard as well. Beyond that it has ports of Monkey Island, Heart of the Alien, Another World, and a few Amiga games like Wolfchild and Wonder Dog. Novastorm and Microcosm are alright but probably better played on 3DO. It also has the ESPN sports games which are pretty solid imo. Starblade is Japanese but it's a pretty good rail shooter too. Plenty of other platformers like Hook, Flink, and Puggsy are good on Genesis but the CD hardware makes them better.

I will say I prefer TurboGrafx-CD over Saturn. The TurboDuo itself also looks like a very cool console. Though personally it sits and no. 2 for me.

>>10403872
i installed a patch to the wrong region rom recently and also booted up to a red screen when emulating. you might be fucked

Bumping this thread for myself

Wanna get back into SEGA CD soon, plus there's like fifty Saturn threads a day

>>10408440
>sitting the console on the discs
oof

>>10409373
What am I'm looking at

>>10409375
a map

>>10409406
What map am I'm looking at

My Sega Genesis HD Model 1, Sega Genesis Mini, Game Genie, and a handful of the games I wanted to show off. I got more, but not enough space.

>>10411685
Damn that's kino. Would hang out with.

>>10393465
>>>10413106

>>10411685
RobertCop Vs Terminator is superior on the Genesis.

>>10413245
The fuck? We've been here the whole time and you just show up? Fuck off you purebred faggot.

>>10413438
I'm sorry. I would have posted it here. I didn't look first. I'm not trying to hijack anything. I'd just prefer to use the OEM USB controllers with Genesis emulation. I don't want to go third party.

>>10412373
Thanks.

>>10413254
Which is exactly why I own the Genesis version.

>>10413254
Most multiplatform titles are.

>>10413442
Fair enough. Sorry for the anger. /vr/ really is in a mood today. We'll try our best to help.

>>10413671
Based Genebrother.

>>10413674
Facts, friend.

>>10413675
You're good. I would have reacted in the same capacity. I'm not opposed to the mod gods deleting that bread entirely.

The only thing that I can think of, is that I was attempting to use the mini's USB controllers with KEGA and GENS on Windows 7. Upon looking into this issue, the OS is the only thing that it could be. I don't think BIOS's are utilized for cart based emulation, as is or was the case with PS2 emulation years ago.

>>10413442
Just buy the Retro-Bit ones, they are nearly identical and still licensed by SEGA. Better yet you could just get the Big6 which is closer to the original 3-button Genesis controller.

>>10414683
I have one of the Retro-Bit six button, that I use on my OG Genie. I didn't realize they also sold USB versions.

>>10413442
I've got a controller from a mini model one, I assume it's a driver conflict where it either doesn't recognize it as a controller or the controller it is recognized as isn't compatible with your emu. Either way I'll screw around a bit and see what I can come up with.

Best looking Genesis game? I'm thinking Ristar, Thunder Force IV, Ranger X, or Rocket Knight Adventures perhaps.

>>10414785
There is a USB version, 2.4ghz version, and if you can still find them a Bluetooth version

>>10402331
Had a friend obsessed with this game and Mortal Kombat 3 Ultimate.
He had a bootleg cartridge of X-Men that let you skip to levels and ended up crazy good at it from start to finish from replaying every part so many times. On Mortal Kombat he got so good he could beat the tallest towers at the hardest difficulty with flawless victory all the way. He ended up dropping games and getting into fitness though.

>>10409414
I believe it's the world map from Shining Force 2.

Just finished a replay of Shining Force 1 and it's still so great.

>>10417347
Pic related, or Alien Soldier. The ones you listed are gorgeous too. I don't have webm's but I wouldn't mind adding some to the collection.

>>10417596
based

Most underrated Mega Genny game?

>>10419837
Kid Chameleon. It gets shat on for being a SoA production, with the typical GEMS music and not the best graphics, but the level designs are brilliant and plentiful, the abilities are very cool, and it presents a challenge level not frequently seen in the genre of pure 2D platformers. It is one of the best designed platformers of the era, and it is a real shame more people won't give it a chance.

>>10393649
>Why is it so good?

Because it's a game by the developers of Ecco, on a system that failed so hard that it took the entire company with it, so you have stockholm syndrome and want to claim that this dead system has a good game. protip: Kolibri is not a good game. It's pretty, but it's not good.

>>10420028
Yeah, I think it's a pretty good game too!

>>10420003
I'll have to look into it, thank you.