/vr/ - Retro Games

Rules:

1) Savestates are allowed ONLY for the purpose of taking screenshots and ONLY if your emulator/game in question does not have a pause function.

2) Rerolls are allowed under the following conditions:

The game you get requires some sort of hardware functionality that cannot be accurately emulated to complete (eg, Boktai)
The game would otherwise require cheats, hacks, or alteration of the software to complete due to a bug (eg, Cheetahmen II)
3) Playstation 1 games can be given up to 2 weeks to complete if the game is more than 2 discs.

4) If you lose / give up to a game you have to go back one square instead (ie if you gave up a Genesis game, you go back to GB/GBA and continue frome there)

5) For Rule 4, if the game you fail is on the same path as another console, you have the choice to roll for that console instead of dropping down a level.

For games that have a high score or no end, the rule is:

If no high score has been established, set a goal and beat it
if you're playing something another anon already has a high score on, beat their high score
If you are playing extended rpgs/pokemon/whatever you get a week [Depending on the game needs to be asked in thread]

I present my apologizes for the ols OP, but I need to continue to share my progress

>>1046787

Continue! Now I'll try to get Eebit. Need 4 Eebit Amirite, I have 3.

>>1047902

Eebit Bite is quito powerful. A great add for my party.

Now, I'll go to the jungle again.

We Wolverine now

>>1047951
Goddammit

>>1047921

New area discovered! Somehow, this game is really fun

>>1047957
Great spawn, game

>>1047960

This chick is pissing me off!

>>1047967

>>1047969

>>1047964
Goin Riiight innnnto the Air Zone

>>1047975
Beat that one

>>1047981

>>1047983
GOD FUCKING DAMMIT

holy crap a game I actually own

DOS Mega Man X

captcha: lel ftefeen

>>1048002

>>1048002
I am so sorry.
Please copy that floppy.

>>1047989
I already used one continue, shall i beat this?...

>>1048002
AAAAAHAHHAHAHA FAGGOT AHAHHAHAHAHA


Dude, I am so fucking sorry for you.

>>1048007
another one down

I could never beat this game as a kid. I guess it's time to finally win the belt.

>>1048016
NOT THIS

>>1048012

I bought it for the 6 button controller it came with at EB in the late 90's

I'll perfect this bitch..... just wait and see

>>1048026
WHYWHYWHYWHWYWHY

>>1047973

I tried to make a gif for you guys to show how the battle system is. Basically, is a pokemon-esque battle, but I don't know (by now) how to teach new moves to my "Dream Creatures". The battles have animation, btw

>>1048002

it begins!

>>1048036

WHAT THE FUCK?

Glass Joe down. He's pretty easy and doesn't give much of a fight.

These guys are huge. He isn't called Little Mac for nothing, I suppose.

I think I got Von Kaiser stuck in an infinite chain somehow, which led to an early TKO.

Holy shit, this fucking dialogue.

>>1048046

Apparently, I'm Kyros, the Great Magus. My arrive was foretold in legend: "A great evilness will appear in form of Shadow Geysers, and Kyros will come from another world to save all"

But the thing is... I just only fell from a cliff and appeared in this strage world!

And down goes the Minor Circuit.

The infamous scene.

>>1048084

omg nigga stole your bike! Call the cops!

I'm not really sure how this happened, but I got him locked in a stun like with Von Kaiser.

That was quick.

>>1048078

I obtain the Core Glyph.
"What is that and how do you use it?"

Wakarimasen lol

I had a bit of trouble, but Doc's advice made me remember how to win. You have to hit him in the face while his mouth is open to make his pants drop.

One more left for the Major Circuit.

>>1048105

Seriously, the artwork on this game looks terribly awesome.

Damn, my first loss.

Nailing the bull charge is so satisfying.

I lost once, but he's down.

>>1048035
I have work to do, i may try again later

>>1048084
I remember humming "nigga stole my bike" to the beat. Good times. Never beat tyson though, he's a motherfucker

>>1048124

Battle Sample.

http://youtu.be/DZDAuB1ZUv0

I remember beating him when I was 8. Slept over my friend and we spent the whole night trying to beat him. Finally got him at around 5 in the morning. Could never beat him since. Just look at his winking that's all I remember.

>>1047879
So what about NeoGeo? Are the games meant to be 1cc'd?

What happened to the wiki? Where can I check the highscores if I need to?

>>1048351

The Wiki
http://vgauntlet.wikia.com/wiki//v/_Gauntlet_Wiki

finally got that bastard, after getting my deadzone issue fixed

>>1048367

Did somebody knows how to put all the images uploaded on a page, on a Gallery? That current left aligment looks awful and it isn't handy at all.

http://vgauntlet.wikia.com/wiki/List_of_SNES_games

>>1048314

The Shadow Geyser. Shit looks creepy, yo!

>>1048447

>>1048404
You could just use a image grabber extension for your browser, or downthemall and upload them there yourself. Alignment looks fine to me.

As for other anons, idk.

>>1048168
This is where it'll get sad. Oh anon, I hope you aren't playing this on an emulator (but I know you are because you're getting screenshots).

>>1048486
Why should that matter? The obvious difference is accuracy, but would it really matter all that much (also bnses equivalent for nes, does it exist?)

>>1048395
Huh, this game looks alright in screenshots, nothing like 1 and 3 for the DOS. Why were anons freaking out about it?

>>1048450

Into the Shadow Geyser. I better prepare my anus.

>>1048496

the timing is off, the music is abysmal due to the MIDI hardware at the time, some of the graphical effects are missing / reduced. The boss intros are way too fast.

but if you never played the SNES version it's an acceptable port. But, since I played the SNES version to death it's merely OK

It begins

>>1048530

dragons are raining from the sky, everything's in Moonrune, and I have no idea whats going on

>>1048450
>>1048519

OST to the Shadow Geyser.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CD1t1EE9p-w

>>1048543

apparently this nigga cant swim

Switching games, time for Shell Monsters story

>>1048498
From what I understand the accuracy DOES matter for Punch-Out (if not only Punch-Out and no other game), and Tyson himself is impossible on an emulator without a TAS because it's impossible to read his punches.

>>1048543
>>1048552
there is a translation of it, if you are interested, word is that it's not that great of a game though

>>1048587
oh, forgot link
http://www.romhacking.net/translations/1477/

>>1048569
that's been proved not true multiple times though

>>1048550

Welp, I think I finally reach the boss or something. Wish me luck /vr/

>>1048620

>>1048615

A shiny Gem! Let's took it.

>>1048623

BOSS

>>1048624

A Magi Battle. This guy is fucked.

>>1048628
>>1048624
everything about this game looks strange and off and like something out of an /x/ creepypasta, dear lord

>>1048593
>>1048569
BOTH of you provide your sources please, can't find it on google.

>>1048450
>>1048628

The Geyser's gone. A floating weirdo appeared and run away for that cave. Be Right Back I'll go to save, recover health and get some Baloon Sags (High Potions).

>>1048640
well... my source is seeing people beat the game on an emulator in these threads...
and that it's an older than old troll... I honestly can't believe that a lot of people on /vr/ take it so seriously

>>1048647

>>1048640
My source is only word of mouth, from /vr/ anons, so it's not in any way credible. It just makes sense to me so I believe it.

>>1048649

There are new house avalieble on Vash Naroom! First, the Avoid the Avogo minigame. These things fly around very quick, and if you made it to the finish, you get "tickets" to spend on...

>>1048674

Curio's Shop. He doesn't accept those filthy Amirites. He prefers delicioussss... tickets....

Curio Shop OST
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-ixke6d5U8

Got Tetris 2 yesterday. I'm horrible at puzzle games, so for now i got at most to 11th round.

Goal: 15th round

BOY I SURE DO LOVE REVOLVING SHIELD BOSS BATTLES

Fuck you, Fantasy Zone

>>1048683

Don't Forget to add a your score and screenshot when you've done, anon.
http://vgauntlet.wikia.com/wiki/List_of_NES_games

How the fuck do I get up there?

>>1048709

Grr. Chaos World is just sitting there tempting me. But the RNG has spoken.

>>1048739
Pogo jump, I assume. You should be able to reach.

>>1048749

nigga that was the first thing I tried

>>1048680

Save a guy of a BlackAvogo. Now I can save my progress on the jungle.

>>1048787

Key Item Obtained! With the Crystal Gloves, I can break blocks of dirt now.

Shadowrun finished, I fucked up a few times but I got there in the end.

H-here I go

>>1048814

Wow, what a shitty ending screen.

Okay. Sweet Home is go. Maybe I won't try to pretend I'm a normal person with a social life this weekend so I can actually get some vidya done.

Also, can someone confirm that the time limit should be 5 days for this?

>>1048940

should that really be the first thing on your mind...?

>>1048946

i kinda want to go after those other items but i wasted all my wood here last time, so fuck it, save it for later i guess

>>1048938
That came after a big montage of all the notable enemies/friends and runners, plus the credits.

>>1048952
fucking love the mac n cheese WORMS!!

>>1048953

requisite spooky. Still nothing new yet, are these skeletons lying around just there for advice, la-mulana style?

>>1048956

Huh, the game glitched the hell out when I tried to call the other 3 into this battle with some shitty ol' bats. Battles are pretty easy so far though and the combat system isn't too complicated.

>>1048968

okay... well now it's starting to get a little tense. freakin' zombies stunning/confusing my characters, already used both of the tonics i've found, out of life points and i'm beginning to realize just how limited my resources are.

>>1048981

Wow, they're really stepping it up with the dark areas.

I'm getting wary about wasting my woods because it seems pretty damn likely that the game is uncompletable if you use them in the wrong areas. Just used two to get a flashlight but that seemed unavoidable.

And seeing as the fleshlight doesn't actually light up the room as well as a candle, apparently, i guess it will get me past some barrier...

>>1049000

bingo.

>>1049001

Welp, made it to the garden, looks like I have to find a generator. That one fresco did mention something about "entering another world" or something. Maybe shit's about to go down.

Anyway this game is great. I wish I could manage items a bit better though, it feels a little awkward to just leave them around in hallways and try to remember where they are when I need them.

>>1048683

>>1049014

Can you show me your inventories? I beat this game a while back, and I never had a real problem with inventory space, so it might be you're carrying around a lot of unnecessary items.

>>1049014

>rolling Sweet Home

You're one lucky fuck. That game is IMO, the best RPG on the system.

morning bitches!

>>1049241
sigmaids

Why.

Shit just got real

>>1049406
Be careful Zero

>>1049367
>Shit just got real

*correction*
Shit just got emulated

>>1048091
For the first time you fight Flamenco, you keep him in a loop as long as you keep alternating left/right when hitting him.

first game, and its an unlicensed codemasters game!
that being said, this soundtrack amazing, the graphics are crisp and nice, and the game is pretty fun. its kinda hard to tell if a projectile is going to hit you or not, but that aside, its a nice game. apparently it was one of the games cory archangel hacked to make art pieces.
http://www.albrightknox.org/collection/collection-highlights/piece:mig-29-soviet-fighter-plane-and-clouds/

>>1049421
Do you think you're cute or funny or cool for making that post?

>>1049449

I still chuckled

captcha: not TheProc

Final Battle

dammit

>>1049495
i lost steam at the spider battle and couldn't be bothered with it any more

>>1049495

Damn, nigga, get it together. I saw you post updates in like 3 different threads.

Sigma is e-z

>>1049505

yeah my mistake

Ha ha, I'm back home, with an actual name, and it's time to restart the NES.
Surely I won't roll a racing game with zero visibility this time, right?
Right...?

damn that's one generic name
but at least it ain't racing

I won....finally...

>DOS
>Championship Manager: Season 97/98

Oh shit, I know nothing about football.

EITHER KIND!

From the Sosa to the Chi damn right we eatin'
Boss Brick and Chief Keef damn right we eatin'
Breaking down a brick, call that government cheese
Breaking down a brick, call that government cheese

I'm doing it.

I'm doing football!

I'm doing all the foots and balls!

>>1047879
>1) Savestates are allowed ONLY for the purpose of taking screenshots and ONLY if your emulator/game in question does not have a pause function.

that was changed on, save states are also allowed for the purpose of "leaving the system on", but CAN NOT be used for resuming where you were before after you die in a game

>>1049682
or restarting where you left off if you screw up as well

GODDAMIT GUYS.

LISTEN.

STOP posting incremental screenshot updates. Make a nivce fucking collage of that shit every four or so nice shots youi get and throw that into a collage.

Here, use this one, it's online and free.
http://bighugelabs.com/

so I decided to do this and got this game

>>1049709
right now I am moving along aimlessly in some sort of body of water...
also, I've read that this is a zelda like game, in that case could I have the 7 day RPG limit if it proves that to take longer than 3 days?

>>1049696
thanks for the link, when I was doing this before I just used GIMP for screen shot collages, which was actually a huge pain.

Gauntlet, are you coming on to me?

>>1049721

My pleasure. Next stop: complaining about the one-step-back rule.

Jesus fuck dat TECHNOLOGY.
This may not be the best game out there, but damn, it's juicy.

A couple observations from playing the first few levels...

The game is a beat em up with a simple leveling system and pretty tight controls. The AI is sometimes unfair as fuck and the fact that you can't block like they do (despite having a shield) adds insult to injury, but it's bearable overall.

You get five credits, and no extends. Death also takes you back to the beginning of the stage. This forces you to play the game through mostly without dying, however you get to keep your experience even after being booted to the title screen.

As I said, the visuals are juicy as fuck. They somehow managed to render the background in layers (yes I said layers, not just scanline scrolling), and there's no sprite flicker present anywhere. Many sound effects are PCMs. Yet, the game's cartridge is only 256k. I don't know which mapper is it running on but it's used well. It's literally one of those "looking better than the hardware allows" games you hear of in creepy stories.

>>1049751

Sword Master hardly qualifies as having great NES visuals.

Also? You can block. Just duck.

Kids these days.

>>1049751

Just in case you didn't figure out how to use magic or the different ways y ou can swing your sword:

http://gamesdbase.com/Media/SYSTEM/Nintendo_NES/manual/Formated/Sword_Master_-_1992_-_Activision.pdf

>>1049763
>You can block. Just duck.
Doesn't do shit. Manual says that pressing up will raise the shield though so that might work.
And if having actual layers on the NES isn't impressive, then I don't know what is.

>>1049767
I'm already reading it but thanks.

>>1049721
I hope this isn't considered cheating, but I found a map for this game and have been using it it solely to figure out where to go and where to go first. Navigating the over world is quite unwieldly without a map and the only hint you are given is "Solve the three cyphers", yup, this is like zelda

>>1049778

Just checked and it does just fine. You hold up to block overhead swings and projectiles being rained down on you, such as the wizard's angled fireballs or the ogre's overhead swing.

Ducking blocks standard swings and fireballs. Try it out on the first skeleton in the game.

The hardest part of this g ame is learning to read the enemy tells really, really quickly.

>>1049782

It is considered cheating. There's some leeway for using old magazine scans, but seriously, using a map in a Zelda-style game? it's like you don't actually want to play the game. The whole goddamn point is to explore.

>>1049780
>the wizard's angled fireballs
Just checked, it doesn't seem like magic can be blocked at all or the timing/position window is really tight.
Overall, the combat feels like Zelda 2 on crack.

>>1049796

The fuck are you doing? You just hold up and let it hit your shield. You just duck and let the straight ones hit your shield. It's not a timing thing. I literally just did both of those things against the wizard.

>>1049796

You're going to have a borderline impossible time with this game if you don't get the blocking down. It's the core mechanic of the game.

>>1049785
fuck you, take a look at this shit

>>1049824
forgot link, filesize is too big for the site
http://www.vgmaps.com/Atlas/MSX/HigemaruMakaijima-NanatsunoShimaDaiBouken(J)-Maps.png

>>1049824

Listen, if you don't actually want to play retro games, that's fine. Part of the experience was breaking out the pencil and paper and making your own maps.

Let me know if you get any Mega Man games; I'll give you some links for the proper order to do the robot masters in so that you don't have to tax yourself with these difficult old games.

And, seriously. That's not that fucking tough of a map. It's just big, and you're probably going to hit a few brick walls by getting into areas without having what you need to progress. Enjoy not having the sense of satisfaction that comes from returning and triumphing.

>>1049830
>>1049824
also, sure, the idivisual island and pirate boats are like zelda, though the game play is more arcade like, but there is an over world, and it's more Final Fantasy like in it's hugeness, and you aren't given any clues to where the islands and pirate boats you need to go to are, unlike FF, so.... yeah... you guys should hold off on the getting pissed off unless you have played the game and know what the person is talking about

>>1049841
le troll detected

>>1049841

Quit trying to force your arbitrary shit on people. You seem to forget that we had Nintendo Power, hotlines, and player's guides back then, too.

>>1049849

I outright said there was leeway for using old magazine scans.

>>1049849
also, it's most likely that the game came with a map that probably looked a lot like the one I found

>>1049849
Don't forget a peer group that was playing the same games you were.

I knew how to finish Legend of Zelda before I even got it based on playground conversations.

>>1049851
>leeway for using old magazine scans.

so I can only use a map if it's a scan from a magazine? That's some bullshit right there, especially since I'm pretty sure this is the type of game that would have come WITH a map. Also, do you really expect me to search through tons of hard to find Japanese Famicom and MSX magazines until I find a map for the game?

>>1049859
>HigemaruMakaijima

About 1 minute in google found me the original textile map. The original scan. Keep up those protests, though.

I'd give you a direct link, since you seem to like your hand being held, but the website doesn't allow that. Just scroll down a bit.

http://www.generation-msx.nl/software/capcom/makaijima---higemaru/release/1017/#prettyPhoto

>>1049709

Wait, Capcom made MSX games?

Shit, news to me.

>>1049878

I believe that may have been the only one.

>>1049864
jesus christ, why do you have to be so god damn hostile

also that map is way too small to even read

>>1049878
I think most of them were just ports of NES and arcade games though

>>1049857

That group of peers is this thread. For example, I told that guy playing Sword Master about blocking.

>>1049884

>too small to read

You have to be trolling. Click the map. See how it expands a bit? Now see that icon in the upper right of the image? Click it to expand the image to full size. It's huge.

But, seriously, do whatever you want. Teaching you how to make the map scan bigger has just caused me to lose all faith.

And this is hardly hostile, especially by 4chan standards. It's exasperation over seeing someone who doesn't want to put in the least amount of effort and then wants to be told its okay. You didn't have to tell us you were using a map at all, and someone objecting to it and directing you to a proper scan of the original map has only upset you.

Back to your hugbox.

>>1049806
Oh, it worked. Apparently the shield's hitbox is a bit off to the left, so you end up blocking with your head. Now that it's out of the way, I can keep enough health for Death. (who looks nothing like Death outside of the manual)

>>1049812
Dodging seems safer so far except for the mages.

>>1049898
>4chan standards
you mean /b/ and /v/ standards right?
this is neither of those boards

>Back to you hugbox.
Yeah... you aren't worth my time.

>>1049884
>jesus christ, why do you have to be so god damn hostile

Wow what a little bitch, gamefaqs is that way little baby bitch boy --->

>>1049910

Dodging is good. Jumping in to attack and then back out works a fair bit of the time as well. Glad you're getting the hang of it; it can be a pretty unforgiving game.

>>1049924
and /v/ is this way
>>>/v/

>>1049884
>>1049864
also, something I didn't notice until now, that map looks nothing like the ingame overworld

>>1049968

Welcome to retro games! The included maps were often stylized and useless for anything but the most basic navigation.

>>1049973
fuck off, you seem to assume that I'm just some kid that magically discovered this board with no interest in "retro" games. For your information I wam 33 and have been playing games for longer than you have been alive most likely. All I am doing is using the map so it will be easier to navigate the over world. It's not like I'm using a walkthrough or something. Also I am not in this to prove how "hardcore" I am but to have fun. So take your childish "stop enjoying games differently than I would enjoy them" bullshit some place else.

>>1049991
Your sentence structure seems to suggest that you're quite younger than 33, come back when you pass junior English, lil boy

>>1050009

>>1050032
Stop replying to him

>>1050036
meh, I'm just doing it for my own amusement at this point

>>1050036
"Guys! stop it!!"

You're pathetic

>>1050060
I fucking mean it. By replying to him, you are giving him exactly what he wants.

Do not reply to his posts. Report and ignore

thank you based mods

This game is awesome and challenging. Almost finished though! This is from the beginning of the last world. The bosses are great too, all kinds of weird card games instead of a straight up boss fight. It's a welcome change.

>>1050130
Fuck, forgot image.

Your game is "Sesame Street ABC"! Now go play it

Well, this should be fun.

>>1050187
Ok, here we go, easy roll.

>map debate

Well this thread got hostile.


Alright, this is what I've always heard and what I've always believed for the Gauntlet.

Guides and fan-made maps are NOT allowed. Any game manual or official map that came with the game IS allowed, as well as it being allowed to make your own map. I once had an RPG with no map and I just made one myself in MS Paint and shared it in the Gauntlet thread whenever I had fully mapped out an area. I'd post it here, but it was on my old computer and I wouldn't want to raise the image count anyway.

So, the one >>1049830 posted would not be allowed, but the resources >>1049864 posted would be allowed.

I will admit there are one or two times in which finding a manual online was impossible for me and I needed a vital gameplay thing so I went to a FAQ to look at controls. I believe we all cheat a little at the Gauntlet like that and never tell anyone. But, there's a line in which something that's arguably cheating becomes absolute cheating, and using an exact fanmade map qualifies as exact cheating.

Well last time I did a gauntlet thread months ago, I lost to the genesis and had to roll another GB game. I never rolled that, so I'll do it now.
>Your game is "Grandia Parallel Trippers"! Now go play it
ffuuuckkk

Well, beat Keropii. That was fun, the last boss was really good and I forgot to take a screenshot. My SNES game is Gundam Wing- Endless Duel. Actually, it's a pretty good fighting game.

Finally after 5-6 attempts it is done. Back to SNES. So im not wasting the image count with my roll its Flying Hero - Bugyuru no Daibouken. I'll start later i think i may actually enjoy this shmup.

>>1050418
I found this in some random thread once and decided to emulate it up with some bros.

Much fun was had as we all suck at fighters

>>1049189

I quit playing for the night there, here's 1/2 of the inventories. Just got back from work and I'm gonna keep playing after I rest a bit. Then weekend ahoy. Also I feel like a broken record asking again, but do I have 5 days for this or 3? It seems like a "lite" rpg if you know what I mean and I don't really see how it could be very long. Probably not Dragon Quest length or anything, right?

>>1050578
Here's the other one.

>>1049217
I know, right? It's fun as hell so far, I actually haven't enjoyed an NES game this much in a while. Then again I've only played it for an hour and a half.......

>>1050578
Here's the other one.

>>1049217
I know, right? It's fun as hell so far, I actually haven't enjoyed an NES game this much in a while. Then again I've only played it for an hour and a half.......

>>1050446
It's really a great game, enjoying it a lot so far. I think I'll keep this one to play with some bros as well.

But fuck Zechs man, he's cramping my style.

>>1050578
Sweet Home is a fucking awesome game. Excellent roll.

>>1050593

The woods in Akiko and Taro's inventory ones are the unbreakable ones. I found out what they did and got stuck and lost a character and then restarted, so I'm saving them this time.

>>1049696

i like incremental screenies better both for posting and reading
it's not as though we have an upper limit on the amount of threads we can make, and there only seem to be a few people participating.

>>1050578

Right, I just read up on the game (it's been a while...) and I now remember there was some inventory fuckery going on at the point in the game you're at. Once you get past the point where you need wood, you'll be a lot better off with inventory space.

Also, I'd give it seven days on principle, but yeah, it's not all THAT long, but it can fuck with you in certain spots that might cause you to take a lot longer than you expected. Also, the game is definitely fun all the way through.

I am tempted to start this and reward myself with a 3DS XL if I actually manage to complete the gauntlet.

>>1048793

Day 4, Begins! And it seems I got a new Start Screen, with mud and fungus. That's because I reach a cave full of fungus Dream Creatures, I think.

>>1050770

Into the mines. A bit creepy with those thorns growing up.

>>1050936

>>1050938

Finally out of the mines! A new world awaits me.

Time for more Sweet Home. Fuck, I didn't even have anything to do this evening and I didn't get around to playing til 11:30. Does not bode well. Anyway, in the garden.

>>1051336

ok fuck making that mosiac, it takes forever.

Seems like the game has been accommodating with different paths. I wonder if I'm supposed to split my party up more.

>>1051343

power! hell yes!

>>1051350

bullshit. what was that meow then?

>>1051354

Well shit. A gap only crossable by the party with the rope, strong new enemies, sticky floor, a slot for a ladder... gotta play it a little safe

>>1051362

Okay, now the inventory management is starting to piss me off as the unexplored areas get bigger and my party members get further apart... gotta go back and figure out an item to give up so i can bring a rope and have everyone meet up again.

Do I REALLY still need those unbreakable woods?

>>1051389

well, i'm officially kinda roadblocked. I think I may have missed how to get past the gargoyle statues or whatever they are; i know i'm trying to find the basement, probably through a secret door behind a mirror, but i have no idea how. time to go back through the notes.

>>1051427
How are you enjoying it so far? I've been meaning to play it forever but never really got around to it. Like a lot of games on my list to play.

>>1051443

It's fantastic! i'm really enjoying the party mechanics and puzzles, though they seem to be pretty easy- it seems like most of the challenge of the game is through trying to figure out the ideal way to do things right the first time, "oh, i should have brought x y and z characters here and brought these items..." combat is fun too and the enemy art is really entertaining and cool. music is awesome too. i dunno, it's already one of my favorite nes games so far and i've only played it for like 3hours.

Anyway, some progress! a new character appears! more shit to explore! Plot!!!

may have to stop here for tonight though. i don't think i have the endurance for the gauntlet.

>>1051465

and with this cryptic clue as to how the fuck to get into the basement, that's enough sweet home for tonight

I hate the title music for this game.

>>1051535
My god the graphics are awful... (This screen shot is relatively good looking so far) and when I swing my hammer it sounds like an explosion, even when it doesn't hit anything.

Also, there are 17 bugs left and I have no clue where the other rooms are. All I have found is an elevator that takes me up a floor and one door that leads to the kitchen. I know some bugs don't appear until you visit a room a second time but I think I've found those bugs too...

>>1051556
Well I kinda feel stupid now... The elevator takes me to more floors offscreen.

>>1051389

I THINK you're beyond the point where the woods are necessary.

Also, when in doubt, pray. It seems the majority of set pieces can be dealt with by praying - you shouldn't use it in battle, because it's really a waste of points.

>>1051560
>Having to deal with horrible platforming
>Bugs fly around the screen if you hit them and it takes more than one hit to kill them, and are still able to damage you while flying everywhere
>You get knocked back like 10000ft if you an insect fucking TOUCHES you

All 3 combined makes for an infuriating experience.

>>1051624

Yeah, he's pretty beyond the point where you need wood. Feel free to dump it.

Also, just a heads-up because this is by far the silliest "puzzle" in the game and you seem to be in the part where it's relevant. When you first use the shovel to dig up the LowKey, do not put the shovel down. You inexplicably need it later in the Basement for no well telegraphed reason.

Pretty good progress so far. I just entered stage 6 out of 7, and I'm pretty sure that I can breeze through the game until this point on one life.

Some recap:

Stage 3 was piss easy once I realized that crouching near Death is a safe zone, since it blocks low hits and lets high hits go over.
Stage 4 had some bullshit platforming but it's possible to despawn the eyes. The gargoyle was easy as fuck. The bomb spell he drops insta-kills him in the next stage.
Stage 5 is laughably easy. Got through it on the first try. Just like stage 3, it's a boss rush - death, gargoyle and some guy with a mace. The boss was a dragon, but it was easier than the enemies in the stage itself.

The mage staff was useless at first but it's overpowered now.
I still can't reliably double jump for shit. The timing is bullshit, it's literally one frame.

>>1051735
Final stage is a go. Four credits left.
According to the manual, I'm going to face two minibosses, the wizard himself and the dragon he's the bitch of.
Judging by the relative difficulty of dragons and wizards so far, this should be easy.

Alright, It took me a lot of time but I finally conquered Ninja Gaiden. The trick to get past that spot that avgn hates so much is the jump attack power, once I realized this even if the bosses were a lot of bullshit and having to start back at the beggining got me very frustrated, I had a lot of fun with it, I will probably play Ninja Gaiden 2 and 3, and replay this one casually.

>>1051901
>Your game is "Terranigma"! Now go play it
Im so going to enjoy this

HAHA YES I just killed the wizard

...yeah, I know the dragon is coming up, and he's probably a huge motherfucker because the game blacked out the background to make space. I'm afraid to unpause now. If I die, I won't have enough magic for a second try even though I still have two spare credits.

I restarted like five times since last post I think.

>>1051927
no wait, fuck
that wasn't the wizard, I'll be fighting him now

aw fuck man, I'll be toasted without magic here

ha, they placed the only checkpoint in the entire game here
I have only one life besides this but he's not so bad, I can dodge his fireballs. I might be able to see the dragon at least before the game over.

aw sheeeeit man

That's some SNES tier sprite right there, even though it's technically a background.

At least he's stationary?

>>1051939
Stationary and tough as shit.

>>1051950
Two restarts later, I beat him. I was recording as well.
Should I upload?

Rolled for the second challenge already. Decided not to upload SM footage unless someone really wants it, as it's over 700MB after compression.

Oh fuck, another fighting game. I thought I've done enough blocking and dodging and shit for the week already.

>>1052327
Hyper Fighting is my favourite version of Street Fighter 2, Super Turbo being a close second.

>>1051627
Fuck level 5. For some reason on your quest to destroy all insects you take a helicopter and start chucking bombs at them.

Never mind the idea that insects touching you damages the helicopter, the irony is that the most dangerous enemy is the swarms that fire flies at you. The swarms move faster than your helicopter (and the projectile flies are even faster than that), and somehow, a tiny ass fly is able to take out an entire heart while the much larger hornets(?) do nowhere near as much damage

>>1051056

3 days left counting from now. I'm scared, this shit is too long and I don't have enough time...

>>1052468

fukken Parmalag drops your fucking Amiritire at once!

>>1052496

About time...

quick question: what's the "best" NES emulator?

>>1052509
check http://emulation-general.wikia.com/wiki/Nintendo_Entertainment_System_emulators

>>1052428
I accidentally started over from the beginning, so I might as well mention this too...

The AI of these ants are fairly simple, they chase you if you turn away from them and run away if you face them, this however changes when you hit them. After you hit them, they manage to run outside the borders of the screen if you chase them, and if you run away from them they will chase you to halfway across the room and spazz right the fuck out right then and there, (too quickly for this GIF) making it basically impossible to hit them.

Which means I have to keep running in and out of the room over and over again until I manage to land some 2 hit combo while they ricochet across the screen.

Luckily this phenomenon only seems to happen in this one room, so far while I've played it.

>>1051624
>>1051651

Got it, thanks. Continuing later tonight probably.

>>1052504

Gruk has nice tits.

>>1052553

The second Shadow Geyser has emerge from the ground!

>>1052531
Ok it didn't take long to get back to where I was before.

After the helicopter stage there's a redo of the sewer level, and it had a giant ant that was shooting energy balls at me or some shit.

Then there's this. Apparently pests of the land and sky were not enough for Kernal Kleanup (yes that's actually what they called him), so he's attacking the sea pests too.

Unsurprising come to think of it.

>>1052583

The entrance.

>>1052590
And then, you're on the moon!
This one actually makes sense because of the game's plot...
Does this mean I'm on the final stage? I hope so.

>>1052601
Ok, there's 2 parts to this level, once you clear the outer moon, you go into Ronnie the Super Rat's base.

I killed what I thought was every fucking enemy in the stage and started wandering for nearly 5 minutes to find that 1 last enemy and all of the sudden (after seeing this room like 20 times) this fucker appeared...

I'm guessing this is Ronnie, he looks a lot... bigger compared to the title screen version.

>>1052638
That was easy, just jump and hit and eventually he's backed into the corner and was stuck in a pattern.

I'm hoping Western Exterminator Company actually wasted money hiring a programmer for this...

>>1052597

This is a piece of art, /vr/. The Shadow Geyser sure looks awesome.

>>1052660

So, the Dream Creatures of the Shadow Geyser have +30 HP, and a new movement called "Prism".

Basically, that shit reflects any attack, no matter how powerful is, and then the effects dissapear. Shit is hard, yo.

>>1052701

Found the 2nd Rune! Now, a boss battle. Who would be my opponent?

>captcha: fathsto satisfactory

>>1052757

This boss is really cute.

>>1052762

Bitch is down!

>>1052783

Sudden boss battle with a strange guy with a hood. WTF!? The game didn't aware me of this! and I'm out of energy thanks to the last boss battle!

>>1052794

Welp, here's the thing: Morag (that faggot eith hood) seems to be the evil dude here. He defeat me easily. Then, he convert the Elder of the Underneath in a fucking worm and kill everyone in the town.

Later, Wencer (a good guy I found in the Forest) threw a fucking arrow on Morag's head and save me. Then, I blacked out, and he took me to his house to cure my wounds.

Then, I went to Gia's place (an old woman who is Eidon's sensei) and POOF! Motherfucking Morag appear, capture me and took me to a place full of lava. He was just to threw me in the lava, when the citizens of Cald (pic related) interrup him. Then, Cald was attacked by many ShadowMagis in service of Morag...

One by one, I defeat them... Then, the Elder of Cald thanked me aaaaaand... I'm here.

All happen so fast...

>>1052893
is english not your first language or something?

>>1048035
>>1048026
Wish AcrylicAnon would update, this game looks stupid in a really entertaining way. Who would think "Let's stick Wolverine in a Mega Man clone" would be a good idea?

>>1052898

That's right pal. My english isn't very shaped yet, but i'm working on it.

>>1052910

i'm seeing you as jorji now for some reason

>>1052976

>>1053071

Let me enter country pal!

why are women so fickle, /vr/?

time for some friday night sweet home.

>>1051624
i've been using pray points for battle just if i'm running around with characters that are relatively underleveled/underused. i don't really see the issue, i'm assuming there are more setpieces later that require it?

>>1053504

ok, now this is one of the cooler enemy sprites i've seen so far.

>>1053506

Can you take a screenshot in a higher resolution, anon? That really looks kewl

>>1053517

I'm playing in a window twice that size but nestopia just dumps screencaps like that for whatever reason.

if you want a specific size just use a nearest neighbor resize in paint.net or something, like so.

>>1053523

I think it looks cool with the ntsc filter too. i like to use this filter when playing but it's a pain for the gauntlet because the screenshots come out scrunched

>>1053523

That pic is fine. Thanks kind anon! Please, continue your journey.

>>1053530

no problem.

i wonder if there's something better to use these fire extinguishers on. they do seem to be throwing them at me and i don't mind a point or two of damage.

>>1053532

wow no shit i already got it.

>>1053532

well fuck.

Also, off-camera, met a dude digging a tunnel, gave him my shovel, and we all got washed away. What the hell though? They made a kinda big deal about meeting that first npc, who the fuck was this one?

>>1053541

i'm quite imjured myself.

>>1053541

i'm a bit imjured myself.

i also keep fucking up my posts. yay painkillers

>>1053546

>>1053551

you look really cool, wraith, but i'm gettin' real sick of your shit over here

>>1053553

UMMMMMM

well, i guess i found where i need that unbreakable wood.

>>1053553
UMMMMMM

well, i guess i found where i need that unbreakable wood.

>>1053556

FUCK. Uh, shit.

My dude with the rope is stuck behind i place where I need a wood to pass. And that area is inaccessible from where the rest of my party is without a rope.

Time to go searching, I guess. If i can't find a rope, though, I guess I could get one of my other party members with wood taken away to the same area he's in and make my way back......

>>1053562

FINALLY SUCCESS after 30 minutes!

>>1053585

hm. now to get past this area to find the crazy evil lady's bedroom... need to go over my notes and see what i can use for a longer rope or something though.

>>1053594

fuck yes, my hunch of using the bow worked. thank you, link's awakening.

>>1053596

Well, that's certainly a way to mix up the standard later-game palette swap technique.

>>1053603

and a nice big new area to explore. tons of tonics lying around too. good thing i'm overleveled from grinding trying to get the wraith to teleport me or i'd be going through them. nice to have a stash though.

>>1053612

holy shit! people!

>>1053631

good to know. i'll take your word for it.

don't fuck me over on this one, game.

>>1053634

also: RATS

>>1053637

after another half hour of running around, got the two keys and ran into this mysterious person....

>>1053650

wh.... huh? okay, i got to her bedroom and why the hell are you still alive?, but then i got teleported elsewhere, and i still need to find that last blue candle...

i'm pretty done for tonight but need to get to a good stopping point

>>1053654

OH SHIT

>>1053658

ok, confronted the lady and she teleported me way back again. that's it for tonight. tomorrow: the fireplace. feel like i'm getting towards the end. I started midnight on wednesday... so i think 3 days are up? oh well, this is fun as hell anyway.

>>1053662

also totally unintentional moment to screencap that. fucking awesome.

I'm fucked, right?

>>1053709
Gyruss is a great game. The arcade version especially. The NES port is pretty true, with beautiful Bach that you will love. I put it in my Colecovision all the time, just to listen to the music.

>>1053732
Hell yes! This game is awesome.

It begins.
Controls set up, manual downloaded. I hope that my dpad/numpad scheme will work better than having to use trigger buttons. Wish I had a sega controller.

The bad news is, I suck at fighting games and I don't like them for that very reason. The only fighting game I ever was remotely good at was DOA2 and that's only because of its low skill ceiling.

So, what are my conditions for winning? Which speed and difficulty do I need to clear?

>>1053780

I'd figure default settings would be acceptable. So I'd guess level 4 difficulty with level 3 turbo, which is the first thing you get if you just keep pressing Start.

Here we go

Well, I knew this would happen.
It's either the lack of a proper controller (DS3 here) or simply myself being too retarded for fighting games, but the input just doesn't listen to me.
I barely struggle to get a projectile out one time out of four, when the AI shits out specials like nothing.
Did I already mention I fucking hate fighting games?

>>1053818
Image obviously missing.

Welcome to fighting games, where your commands never work, your enemy always has priority, and the metagame is based on things you need to have friends to find out.
I want to go home.

I'm getting flashbacks of being bullied.

Should I be satisfied? Because I'm not.

Is that thing eating me?
Fucking BRs.

It'll all be over soon.

I got good. But at what cost?

>>1053945

The pain has yet to begin, although depending on your luck, you might breeze past the real toughies.

>>1053949
Well, the only thing making this hard is the AI cheating by spamming moves that take a lot of time to input.
I'll just keep being a cheap motherfucker until the RNG decides not to block me enough times.
Still, I can't remotely conceive how could anyone think this is a good game, let alone start an entire genre thanks to it.

Just as predicted, spam works best against spam.

Surprisingly, Bison doesn't cheat. It's an even battle for once.

That's quite a fitting ending for all the shit that this game has given me.

The battle counter was at about 80.
Retroarch doesn't have a GG core so I'm rolling for GB for convenience's sake.

>>1054052

What shader are you using, if you don't mind me asking?

>>1054083
Maister's NTSC. I downloaded it because it simulates RF artifacts, just like blaarg's. (which I couldn't find in shader form)
I also have bilinear enabled.

Oh gods. I was supposed to end up with licensed shovelware sooner or later, wasn't I?

>>1052062
Can someone tell me the secret of this game? I had this game since I was a kid, but I barely got in third level.

About to roll for NES. I suck at games. I'll never make it through in three days.

So it begins.

I've taken advantage of the LCD shader's "background" feature to make my personal GB experience a little more authentic. (to be honest, my GBA doesn't look too different from this these days)

>>1054332
Jesus fuck it's a zeldalike.

>>1054187
Block what you can, dodge what you can't, dance around like a faggot, abuse bugs to get past the eyes, and save your magic in the final stage.

Is it just me, or does his sprite look like he's wearing a bikini?

So not only I'm running around in a city in a fursuit, but also a bikini on top of it. This game is gonna be disturbing.

Some guy told me that it's dangerous to go alone and gave me this....

Or something like that.

[ Screenshot enhanced to convey the current gameplay situation. ]

Seriously, the gameplay is all over the place.

Shit. I keep getting myself killed in this place, and every time I die I have to do a lengthy segment with a bunch of walking and talking.

140.85, what should I do?

Fuck, how many more stages of this shit do I have to push through?

And so it begins. I figured I would stream my misfortune as I'm pretty bad at video games. Feel free to stop by or not, won't be bumping or anything. twitch/repdadtar

>>1054486
>twitch/repdadtar
I'll watch it during my own suffering.
It'll be a shared misfortune.

>>1054391
>emulated screen scratches

Now I've seen everything.

I'm absolutely out of options. If I follow the tracks and go west, they're going to bust a cap in muh ass for 1.5 hearts each hit, and it they will hit me at least twice if I try to get through.
I'm clearly not supposed to go there on foot, yet there's no streetcar to board even though everyone's telling me to.

>>1054506
What I want to know is why they spell "faget"?

>>1054524

>>1054486
Please tell me it's possible to climb to the top of things that you're scaling the side of. I can't figure it out. If not I'm boned and will not get passed the first stage of the gauntlet.

>>1054527
Yeah I get that but what's it got to do with the emulator?

>>1054524
probably a message to the person that is idiotic enough to use it

>>1054486
Welp, at stage 2 my patience has almost already come to an end. This game is ruining my life. I think the gauntlet might be tapping me out in the first round.

I'll take a break here, I'm too tired to decipher retro developer moon logic tonight.

>>1054542
I made the overlay myself. Don't like it? I don't give a fuck.

>>1054567
why the fuck did you make it though?
to be an edgy 13 year old?

>>1054575
I think the better question is why do you keep asking about it?

You know, I think there should be an amendment to the guantlet's rules; No fucking posting about filters, holy shit people can use whatever they feel comfortable with without retarded judgements. I personally feel bilinear filtering looks like garbage, but if others are happy with it, then it's their business how they want to complete their challenges. In closing; shut the ever loving fuck up about filters and keep the discussion related to the games themselves.

A Gauntlet like tank game to start my gauntlet.

>>1054638
>Vindicators
awww yea that game is fucking awesome in the arcades. I never tried the nes port..

>>1054640
Just had a quick play of it in MAME before starting it on the nes.

Tracks control independently with 2 sticks and two additional buttons to turn the turret. Kinda felt like Katamari except you are trying to avoid things.

>>1054657
interesting. I think I might try this along side you just to see how it is. The controls were the main draw of the arcade version.

Is zoomed out more than the arcade version but has no way to turn the turret, much easier to control but there are far less directions to move in. Enemies seem cool, turrets that spin and only fire if you go in front of the barrel, pop up turrets that you have to wait for them to be vulnerable, and stupid tanks you can lure into mines.

Looks like I got lucky, going to enjoy this game I think.

>>1054684
Would be interested to hear the opinion of someone who played the original a fair bit.

>>1054686
is it me or does this look pretty impressive for a simplistic NES game?f

>>1054706
Runs smooth most of the time, but so far only been 4 or 5 units on screen at once.

This part here makes its slowdown to half speed for some reason, think its those poles (they shoot lightning between each other) and the doors at the same time.

>>1054696
I'm very happy with this port. The controls aren't the same, but they still feel just as good even without the second stick. I'm going to hunt this down for my collection. Also the high score is only 30000, so you should blast right through this one.

>>1048023
Same here, Anon. I actually made it really far in that version of the game, even though I never could get that shitty controller to work.

>>1054754
>the high score is only 30000

Info for the arcade version in MAME said 70 levels and there are bosses in the nes version at least. Was hoping for a congratulation ending screen.

Bonus rooms explode after ten seconds. Can hear the Gauntlet II announcer counting down in my head.

Finally on the bored