/vr/ - Retro Games

>>10778416
I think calling it underrated is a gross misinterpretation as it was very popular in the 90s. Even found my old ticket to the theater to see the movie, hard to believe it was $4.75 and they gifted a pack of cards and magnets too for seeing the film. The manga garnered a lot of interest, even got the creator to design some mice. The game was one of those launch window games of the original Playstation I had to get because not only is it of a license that was fire in its day, it played damn well with a cool soundtrack too.

>>10778416
It was featured in one of those GDQ side events on YouTube. What I'd really like to see are rom hacks. The game has a lot of cool movement options and it would be really cool to have some levels that use them to their full potential.

>>10778416
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zm4y1JCwcY

I like how goofy the Major is in this adaptation. She's much more true to her manga self than the stoic bitch of the actual anime adaptation.

inb4 gfcore fag and the guy who thinks the game needed more platforming in order to be good

>>10778689
>launch window games of the original Playstation
nah

>>10779454
Eh, I don't think this game is gfcore. Sure, the GITS theme, anime drawings and techno music is definitely appealing to girls, but good luck getting a girl grasping the controls on this one. Also while the game is cool as fuck aesthetically, it's very male-oriented with mostly only mechs in cold, industrial settings.

>>10778689
It's underrated because it's way better than what most people give it credit for.
Sure, most people who put at least the minimum effort into learning how it plays end up liking it, but most people's reaction for this game is that they don't play as the Major and that "You just control a spider tank thing" and they never figure out how to strife or dash forward/backward.
It's still a classic, sure, but a bit underrated. It's one of the best 3D action games on the PS1 from a gameplay perspective. It's insanely good.
Bandai even tried to copy them Fuchikoma controls on the PS2 SAC game for the tachikoma and failed to replicate it.

>>10778689
>cards
Just remembered I had these. Pretty cool holographic/metallic effect on them

>>10779890
Sick, I miss trading cards

>>10779890
>that calf muscle
This right here is why japanese animation surpassed the west and it's not even close

>>10778792
>was featured in one of those GDQ side events on YouTube
Got a link? Or name of the event? Can't find anything on youtube

>>10778689
Where do you get enough money to own literally everything ever but also enough time to constantly post on /vr/?
I'm convinced you're some rich arab prince

>>10782526
Plot twist: marble table anon did a hand reveal. It's a woman

>>10778416
One of the coolest games ever made.
I have a copy of the soundtrack, and the artbook.

Its biggest flaw is how simple it is. It is a LOT harder than reviewers at the time said.

It is SO damn charming though, I just wish the translation was more in line with the movie, so "refracted light" was "therm-optic camo". Even sadder that it's off as the cutscenes are lip-synced around the US Dub audio.
I think a boots on the ground shooter in the universe at that time would be pretty close to if not exactly Perfect Dark with dual analog stick control.

>>10778416
Also gonna back up and say best first-third person camera switching ever. If the third person camera is ever in conflict, it moves seamlessly into the pretty awesome first person camera option.
I found myself regularly switching between the two during my playthrough on an emulator as both were fantastic. They had a very simple core, but polished it as much as physically possible.
It's like a super-polished Doom game.
I got through the entire training course and about 6 levels before I read the manual and learned that the rockets were a thing.

>>10782572
>Its biggest flaw is how simple it is.
That's a strenght!
>inhave a copy of the soundtrack
Jelly! Which version? There's a handful of them including all the Vinyl editions.

>>10778416
>massively popular anime
>movies that are known worldwide
>le underrated hidden gem
It's the exact opposite of underrated you dumb nigger

>>10782645
Read: >>10779781

>>10779781
>they never figure out how to strife or dash forward/backward.
Is this a modern thing? I never showed anyone the game who didn't figure out the shoulder buttons did something on the first level. Are there people who don't know you can scroll the camera in Super Mario World by holding the L or R shoulder buttons? Have we regressed to the point that gamers don't press buttons to see what happens anymore?

>>10782658
>Are there people who don't know you can scroll the camera in Super Mario World by holding the L or R shoulder buttons?
I've seen people who don't run on Super Mario games. Even after you tell them how to do it.

>>10782658
Yeah, somehow people really have the "how was I supposed to know?!" approach to game controls.

>>10778689
You're quoting the wrong anime...>>10782658
>Have we regressed to the point that gamers don't press buttons to see what happens anymore?

Yes...

Favorite levels?
I really like the villains lurking in the city one (level 7)

Why is this game like $200 now?

>>10783328
Takkyu Ishino fans

>>10782494
https://youtu.be/yWj79_hOHFk?si=ZK6qexLfKIA1vIhd&t=212

>>10783328
>buying games
>declineofvideogames.jpg

Can I get a quick rundown on Ghost in the Shell? Was there a series, or just movies?

>>10783419
Manga followed by movie and TV series by different authors.

>>10783419
The manga by Shirow is more comical, while the movie by Oshii is completely serious and introspective.
The PS1 game is based on the manga, which is one of the reasons many people were confused about it when it came out, at least in the west (the Fuchikoma that you control in the game is nowhere in the movie but it's on the manga a lot)

>>10784382
Like there are no dragonballs in the street fighta movie

>>10783360
Thanks! They're really stupid by not putting the name of the games they're showcasing on the video title. Pretty cool run, I enjoyed. Funny how the zoomer tranny comentator had no idea this game existed.
Also like 70% of the comments on the video are people saying they loved playing this game's demo back in the day but were never able to find it on stores to actually buy it.

>>10783428
>>10784382
Thanks. Is this the franchise that shows her wires and shit getting torn up in vivid detail at some point? I'm guessing it would be one of the movies?

>>10779463
I stand corrected. It was an earlier PS1 game for me, but not launch window. My memory is a bit hazier given my old age.

>>10779781
Well, I've always liked it. It was really cool and took advantage of being fully 3D in its day. Being a Shirow property was all the more reason as his works were very popular then. I don't recall anyone being disappointed the main play was not the Major, since there were times in the comics she's inside the Hutikoma or they were goofy sentient on their own (sort of like Disgaea Prinnys). There is a pretty cool FPS recently which I remembered that did the Kusanagi justice as the robo-girl.

>>10779890
Those are very nice.
>People love machines in 2029 A.D.
5 more years to the Motoko shaped love machines. Something to brighten up our already dystopian cyberpunk future.

>>10782526
I don't. I was just there in those days, and it's mostly stuff from clearance sections. The game was a dime a dozen in recycle shops; the blu-ray is a relic of a time before everyone streams; the mice are old WinXP USB 1.0 speeds no one wants when it is up to 3.2 or something now.

>>10778416
>underrated

>>10785326
dude check out this hidden gem I just found on the nes

>>10783360
>Open link
>TRANS RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS

>>10785339
It's really funny how GDQ pushes that agenda so much

I'm surprised this game has like, no glitches at all. Speedrunners can't use any exploit, just use the game's mechanics and be skilled at them.

>>10779454
Gee a game based on a manga about a cute cyborg girl in skintight clothing...

>>10778416
the ps2 one is better

>>10785339
jesus christ I thought you were memeing

>>10787345
Not really. Not even similar except for the Tachikoma mission that's not nearly as good as the Fuchikoma controls from the original game.

>>10785339
At least the put it right at the start. Friendly reminder that watch duration is the new dislike button. The worst thing for a video is someone clicking on it then closing it after a few seconds.

>>10787548
Sadly the speedruns on that video are pretty cool

Was this game ever re-released? Even on online platforms?

>>10787210
Based, if speedrunning was only based on legitimate methods and wasn't spearheaded by Men of Socks I'd be interested.

>>10788810
Every game has a no glitch category.

It's not gfcore but it's cool to own and show your gf

>>10790014
I wish I had a gf

>>10788785
No and it even worked only one time on a freshly bought USB stick for the ps mini the next day this shit emu on the stick didn't werked at all fuck this gaem.

>>10788958
Don't care.

>>10790831
>fuck this gaem.
why the game? fuck the emulators in any case.

>In a different timeline, Exact weren't kill and they would have produced more 3D action Kino during 6th and 7th gen

>>10778689
what's the model of the mice? those are too cool

>disc only for $50
Should I bite the bullet?

>>10779890
Those are the Chronium trading cards.
Pretty sought-after by GITS fans. You can probably sell them for some money on eBay, especially since at least 2 of these are on the rarer side

The thing is, most people never got to play the full game because it was hard to find on the wild. most people only played the demo (and loved it)

>>10793301
It was in my local rental store, no idea what you're talking about.

>>10793368
>no idea what you're talking about
You are not most people

>>10793417
I guess not considering I own my first home.

>>10793368
You were lucky. Most comments on YouTube videos about the game is people saying they loved playing the demo but could never find the game in retail

>>10792783
idk did you call 1-900-370-hint for tips on their products?

>>10793301
>>10793782
Bruh, I literally bought it at Toys Fucking R Us

>>10786125
Autism correlates heavily with troonhood and the obsession needed for timesinks like speed running

>>10793798
Seems you were in a lucky spot

>>10794368
But still the majority of runners are regular guys.
At any rate, it is something from a dystopian future

>first party licensed game
Any other examples of this besides the Illusion series and Popeye?

>>10778416
Why do people that never played those games during its hayday always make up some weirdo fanfiction story of how it was back then? Just fucking say you like the game because you have a big titty anime slut on the cover and you will willingfully ignore the actual game running at single digit FPS most of the time during gameplay on the actual console.

>>10795707
What are you even talking about schizo?
I can see this applying to retro games in general but why are you mentioning it on this thread specifically?

>>10795660
The weird thing is that THQ published it in USA. Not sure if it's because of licensing stuff (THQ somehow had the rights to GITS? weird), or Sony just didn't want to publish it themselves.
Sega's Disney games come to mind.
I think some of the Hamtaro games were by Nintendo?

>>10796448
Oh shit, yeah, Nintendo actually made a Hello Kitty game based on Balloon Fight as well
>The weird thing is that THQ published it in USA
It's weird but it sort of is a first party game still. It was made by the Jumping Flash guys iirc

>>10794368
Most trannies are just failmales, autism is only going to account for so much.

>>10797360
Yeah it is a first party game, it was published by SCE in Japan and Europe, but not in America.
Exact (the dev team who Made Jumping Flash and GitS) were also bought by Sony, before that they did games for Sharp X68000. Sadly Sony killed them after gits.

>>10795576
There was a scandal a few years back that was heavily suppressed by mainstream gaming "journalists" where those speedrunning event organizers weren't even inviting the top speedrunners in games/categories in order to bring in extremely unqualified individuals that matched their fetishes. So what you're seeing when you watch those organized events isn't representative of the actual community in terms of skill or status affliction.

And given the "trans"humanism themes in GitS, it's strange more stroonrunners don't like this one. But again I guess it's too male mind-oriented with it being mostly a mech game

>>10798962
Transwomen are men

>>10778416
I like the first and second games. Are there any more?

>>10800914
By the second game you mean the PS2 one? It wasn't exactly a sequel to the PS1 one, different developers. PS2 is also based on SAC.
There was an online FPS made by koreans? Or chinese? Never tried that.

>>10801429
There's also a PSP game

You can just drive straight past 99% of enemies. They should have gave more of a reason to engage in combat. Key cards dropping to open locked doors or objectives to take out all the terrorists or something.

Also needed more platforming. You have this unique and innovative topsy turvey wall climbing mechanic and it's used like thrice the whole game

>>10801889
And here he is, finally.

>>10795707
jumping flash owns you

>>10795707
>the actual game running at single digit FPS most of the time during gameplay on the actual console.
Ah, you never played the game.

>>10801890
Kek

>>10802052
I did, on real hardware with my legit copy. The game runs so bad that the last stage glitches the fuck out because it attempts to draw too many triangles in a single frame, so the floor can just disappear outright underneath you.
But yeah, go ahead and record stage 9 boss' framerate on real hardware with legit copy and please report back how smooth the framerate is

>>10802067
thoughts on star fox snes?

>>10802067
emuchads keep winning

>>10802067
Plays fine to me, you must have had a bad copy.

>>10802067
I played my legit copy on real hardware recently and I didn't see any disappearing floor or glitches, framerate was fine too

>Main theme starts playing during the second to last level
Kinoooooooooooo

>>10801889
>He doesn't drive past all enemies whilst taking them all out for maximum end score and without taking damage

https://youtu.be/ODiqFgtOwH4?si=TSURck85nK9OH6Ka
Get comfy and enjoy some late 90s kinographics.
Look out for the cute Fuchikomas hanging around the animation studio or coming out of the PC monitor!

Wait the protag is not Togusa?

>>10804896
nice amazing watching now thanks

>>10806140
Also if you can read moon you can see many of the animators there worked on other good stuff including Panzer Dragoon, Akira, Honneamise no Tsubasa, Gundam, etc

>>10804896
>"making of the game"
>actually it's just the making of the fmvs
uhhhh

>>10806248
To be fair the japanese text on the bottom says "all about the digital animation"
But yeah, would have been cool to get a full documentary on the game production as a while, OST included. I heard someone from Sony approached Takkyu Ishino and when asked to make the OST he said if Sony could afford hiring his european techno friends, ans sony basically said "go nuts". Apparently Production I.G didn't get the rights to use the soundtrack on this video though

>>10805742
No, you're the protagonist.

>>10806436
Yeah but the English manual says it's Togusa.
Probably they got confused by one of the cutscenes (without realizing Togusa was clearly not the rookie by watching/playing attention to some of the other ones).
Also surprisingly there's no scans of the booklet of this game online.

>>10807392
>there's no scans of the booklet of this game online.
You can fix that.

the real question is where tf was the rest of the team while the rookie was repeatedly sent on solo missions to save the world from terrorists

>>10807770
Also on the mission, did you not pay attention?

>>10785339
>have sponsorblock installed
>automatically skipped over all that

>>10807774
>yeah man, I'm totally there, I'm just, uhhh, in a different area where you can't see me, yeah

>>10807786
>I didn't watch the cutscenes

>>10807786
They explain what operation they are doing and why they have to send the rookie to do these missions.. basically yeah they're in another location. Could've been cool to see the rest of the team on their fuchikomas but I guess that'd mean limiting number of enemies on screen.
During one of the cutscenes one of the guys asks if it's really okay to send the rookie to a dangerous, key mission, and Motoko says something like "lets put that training to test".
I think the main idea Exact had was to get the player involved as if YOU really are a rookie at Section 9 under direct orders from Motoko, instead of playing as an existing character.
>>10807392
I'm thinking MAYBE it wasn't a mistake on THQ's localization team, maybe they thought western players wouldn't enjoy/get the whole "self insert" anime autism and decided to bullshit something so as to give the main character an actual face, name and be one of the characters. Just a guess, it could also totally be that they got confused but seems weird.

>I was totally there in a different location you might've 1v1'd the boss but I was totally instrumental in your victory don't stolen valor me rookie

>>10807876
Couldn't've done it without some boomers back at HQs assigning arbitrary letter scores to my performance

>>10807876
look, I provide logistics support, I'm an information person

>>10807761
Sadly that's not my pic, it's from a previous thread. I don't own the game

>>10778416
Move to /vg/ or sell the rest of your copies OP

>>10809240
I have no idea what you 're implying here.

>>10809272
Bullshit you go look in the fucking archive and tell me why we have a dedicated general to this game. This thread is an Ebay ad.

>>10809353
>general
Its just a thread anon, calm down
>ebay
i still dont know what you're implying

>>10809367
It is in the catalog permanently for months you cut the shit right now.

>>10809397
Really? I dont think so.
And even if that was the case, how is it related to ebay?
Why dont I see you complaining on otjer threads like Sonic, Mario or Final Fantasy that are actually here 24/7 all day every day all year?

>>10809408
Cease your whataboutism cretin. Those are franchises. This is a singular overpriced 5th gen game exclusive to one console.

>>10809412
You can just pirate or emulate, you know...

>>10809240
>>10809353
>>10809397
>>10809412
>that username
>this level of paranoia
>that wording
Can't tell if genuine schizo, a comedy act or what but I love the internet for things like this

>>10778416
I recommend picking up the Japanese copy, it's got beautiful artwork all around.

>>10809418
Their excuses reveal their motives

>>10809419
I love these levels, very panzer dragoon-esque

>>10809421
I like how they show off the widescreen option well, that's why I recorded that webm

>>10809438
Oh just noticed that. I play on my CRT at 4:3 but it's cool seeing it like that. Kinda makes me want a widescreen CRT.

>>10809240
Oddly enough, ecelebs haven't discovered this game yet

>>10809419
>>10809438
Wait, I played the demo back in the 90s and I dont remember it being so hectic. Did I just suck at it? Can you play it that fast normally?

>>10810857
The controls are really good in it, maybe you just weren't accustomed to them yet? The game hits full throttle by the second boss in the sewer and you're pushed to keep up the pace with increasingly fast enemies.

>>10810857
run the tutorial until you git good

>Fuchikoma: Batou! Look, see what I have?
>Batou: Huh?
>Fuchikoma: The new rookies gave me all these funny little stickers!
>Batou: Aww, take 'em off, you moron!
Cutest moment

>>10786125
If you don't people harass the shit out of you. Someone actually started a harassment campaign against a mastodon instance I ran because we "didn't have a rule against antisemitism". Apparently a rule against racism and religion doesn't cover that.

>>10811976
Who the fuck is behind these events?