/vr/ - Retro Games

"At first we used a character that looked like a rabbit with ears that could extend and pick up objects. As the game got faster and faster, we needed to come up with a special characteristic to give our character some power over his enemies. I remembered a character I had thought about years ago who could roll himself into a ball and slam into enemies. Hedgehogs can roll themselves into a ball, so we decided to go from a rabbit to a hedgehog"

oblig

and...

>>1081551
Glorious.

>>1081549
>>1081551
Seeing these two parenting posts made me think about what I'll do when (and if) I have a kid. I'm going to let them play Street Fighter. Any version. And I will job hard to them. Let them beat me, let them beat the computer if they can and let them harbor some sense of superiority towards me. He or she will be convinced that I suck at the game and it will be general knowledge around the household. Then one day my son or daughter will ask me for something. Something ludicrous or outlandish like a tattoo or a convertible or something. And I'll say "Certainly! You just need to beat me at Street Fighter!" And that day they will learn humility. They will learn that their father is not to be fucked with and that it will be a cold day in Hell before I foot the bill for a tattoo or a convertible or a tattoo of a convertible.

>>1081565
what if you adopt an asian baby and he whoops your ass?

>>1081537
>not just reentering the room

>>1081565
This is the kind of father I would like to be.
Except it would have to be Quake 3.

>>1081565
>>1081586
I don't know, I wouldn't be able to hide my power level. My child would probably wind up trained from birth in the holy arts of Quake Deathmatch.

>>1081549
If he can't beat a single stage in Silver Surfer after weeks of practice he's just terrible at games and doesn't deserve anything other than getting smacked.

>>1081614
>Contra
But one of the most popular things about that game was the cheat code.

>>1081618
Dude... that entire post was pure bait.

>>1081567
A. I can beat Asians provided they aren't playing in leagues or shit like that.

B. >Implying I'd adopt an Asian child when people are starving in Europe

>>1081614
>Planescape Tournament

Not sure if related enough, but whatever.

>>1081716
I think Churuya is usually related enough.

>>1081614
>Did Doom have cheat codes
Didn't it, though?
>leveling up in Ocarina of time
They may mean get more hearts, but really, this is reddit-level 'look at this game I grew up with' shit.

>>1081558

>>1081751
Sauce?

>>1081758
See >>1081625

>>1081760
>2005
>retro

from and old Garage thread

>>1081797

>>1081618
>>1081758
Just gtfo

>>1081614
hahaha
this image

>>1081797

I highly approve of this.

Why retro games are superior

My fav card crusher edit (unless you guys don't even remember card crusher edits...)

>>1081951
Pic related

>>1081949
it needs to be an in game pic.

>>1081637

>>1081956
No it doesn't. The aim of the image is to show the difference in character design, not to compare in game graphics.

>>1081960
I know that but I think it's argument holds better when they are both in game screen caps or both are character art.

>>1081637
>>1081958
Explain please?

>>1081967
Both are poking fun at people that think you need a CRT or filters for retro games to look right

>>1081967
Sounds like you weren't around. During the first few months of /vr/ everyday there was at least one thread (usually always the same thread) about people fighting about filters with arguments such as "HOW THE DEVELOPERS INTENDED IT" when using emulation with tons of filter.

>>1081964
Well I disagree. Anyone should be able to see the difference in character design even when comparing in game screenshot with artwork.

>>1081565
Do it anon.

>>1081614
>we collected hearts until we had enough HP
I actually laughed at that one.

>>1081716
>tfw nostalgia incoming

>>1081779
>He actually went bananas

>>1081960
I wanna see this

>>1081551
What game?

>>1081958
Actually, this dated VHS bleeding colors aesthetic is pretty pleasing.

>>1081565
You see, there was a time when my father was better than me at video games. When I realized that I would someday have to beat him, I stepped up my game and started training. pop in our new copy of Mortal Kombat 2, and I just stomp him.

there was nothing but pride at stake, so just think about that before you put something they really want in front of them.

>>1081519
Poor Scorpion.

>>1081739
I really need to watch this show. Gintama, right?

>>1082707
Yeah.

>>1081764
...but RPG maker has existed in one form or another since 1988.

>>1082851
Yeah, well Super Columbine hasn't.

>>1082713
Oh man this is such a good show, definately my favourite anime, loads of dragon quest references, the first Gintama picture is from part of an arc where they go inside a robot and fight a virus in the style of a classic JRPG

Definately worth a watch.

>>1082903
The thing with Gintama is that it makes references all the fucking time. To undertand many of the jokes you have to know tons of anime, games AND Japanese IRL celebrities.

>>1081797
What's the top part?

>>1083001
>can't recognise Chrono Trigger
>on /vr/

>>1082651
Streets of Rage

>>1081547
if sub zero won why is raiden showing hospitality

>>1081958 more pls

>>1083089
We don't see whose name is on which bar. They could have jumped over each other.

>>1081763
The website is on the comic.

>>1083001
Plumbers dont wear ties

>>1083047
don't be such a baby

>>1083001
Super Mario, a Link to the Planet Zebes

>>1083706

>>1081519
I just can't Stand VGCats' art style. Something about it pisses me off. Not to mention some of the more obvious jokes that could've been made are usually made years after anyone else has.

>>1081537
>not waiting on ladder, exiting, and re-entering master race

>>1081523
fukken sav'd

>>1083684
>twillight princess Link
>destroying pots
>which was more of an Ocarina thing
>cracked

So, is posting dorkly imminent?

>>1083731
prepare your pika-hole

>>1083706
>>1083721
Best one coming through.

>>1083750
>using 3-angle-blue against MS paint comics
Yeah, that's fair.

>>1081969
I think I tried that scene for 4 hours before ragequitting, giving up, and just stopped playing for a month.

>>1081551

Holy shit I made this months ago.

You've made my day by reposting it, thank you anon.

>>1083750
Who is the unfortunate soul in the background of the first panel?

>>1083797
One of the hiker NPC's no doubt.

>>1083797
>tfw you never use the healing woman because it's faster to just go to the old lady and cast LIFE over and over while the magic meter is filling up

Ain't got time for no hussies, I have a Hyrule to save.

>>1083797
It's the chick with the Ivysaur in the cave.

>>1083808
this man knows how to play zelda 2. plus I know that old broad let you put it in her ass

>>1083773

I saved your pic as well man.

Wasn't it from some thread about parents and vidya, and there was this one guy who was playing Streets of Rage with his father, and he chose the join Mr. X and killed his son's character?

If so, then that was you.

>>1083797
sure will

>>1081565
>a tattoo or a convertible or a tattoo of a convertible
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgVH2kDepqw

http://www.gamespot.com/classic-nes-series-super-mario-bros/reviews/super-mario-bros-review-6163683/

>Super Mario Bros.
> No negative points in the body of the review, calls it "one of the most amazing games ever made"
>8.3/10 it's okay

>>1083001

It's Zeal from Chrono Trigger

OC
vr related snapchat made by me
kilan_theman1
about half an hour ago

>>1083750

I prefer this one

>>1081614
>"Jazz Jackrabbit"
>mfw
>lol

>>1083797
>come inside

>>1081551
fucking saved. i love doing this to friends

>>1081974
good thing i missed such idiocy. if devs wanted their games to look like blurry taped shit then they woulda done it.

>>1081951
genius, my aching sides

>>1083750
You didn't lie.

/vr/ classic

>>1085601

>>1085614

>>1085526
god why ;_;

>>1085618

>>1085627
this counts

>>1085632
OC counts too

>>1085632
Now I want to see MB and Eggplant Wizard from Captain N in volleyball bikinis.

>>1085625
To be fair if you dont grow up with games from that gen you have no idea what to expect from other ones..

>inb4 HURR DURR IT OBVIOUS THAT PINK DOOR OPEN WIT 5 MISSLE

>>1085638

>>1085638
>I hate video games
But this isn't /v/.

>>1085643
I made that when /vr/ was new

>>1085646
If they tried pressing buttons before crying about it in a post they would have discovered it just fine. Many of us hadn't played previous Metroid games and figured it out. The problem is stopping and asking for help is just too easy to do now.

>>1085649

So, I've seen this a million times and never asked. What does the "22f" part mean?

>>1085646
I understand that but why bother?
>The graphics look like shit
>No 3D
>No voice acting
What made them want to start to begin with?

>>1081537
>>1081572
>>1083723

>>1085653
Forum names often had age and gender in them.

>>1085653
Don't know.

Remember these, though? OC

>>1085526
Funniest is the "played SM a million times" one, since in order to get where she is you NEED to use the morph ball.

>>1085653
22 year old female.

>>1085658
More OC from eBay or something.

>>1085657
>>1085660

Ah. Thanks.

>>1085663
>tfw he throws it at you and you accidentally catch it

>>1085662
lol LE GAMER FACE is what made them do it. Personally thanks to emulators i probably wont have to buy a game ever again. [\spoiler]metroid stumped me several times when i was younger and again as an adult

>>1085667
At first I thought that was a little expensive. Then I noticed it was ONLY for the manual. Good lord.

>>1085672
HDTV Find Wow

>>1085675
I wouldn't fault them if they didn't realize they can bomb the glass tube. That wasn't explicit.

>>1085679
Not sure I understand that. Was he just including words that would make it show up in searches?

>>1085678
for me it was that boss you fight right after you get the super jump. The entrance is in the corner of an elevator room. I missed it many times before consulting gamefaqs

>>1085683
Yeah, reseller scum have a habit of throwing in SUPER RARE ONE OF A KIND WOW shit into their titles.

We used to make fun of it when the board was started.

my father is electronics.

>>1085675
hey buddy, it's like this
[ spoiler ] spoiler goes here [ /spoiler ]

>>1085691
Holy shit that was a good time. Did that ever get screencapped?

>>1085701
https://archive.foolz.us/vr/search/tripcode/%21%21vPRlrndO9G8/page/1/ theres the posts he was making with his trip on, he made the genesis on SNES claim before he used a trip
https://archive.foolz.us/vr/thread/831170/ in this thread though you can see he starts using his trip halfway through

>>1085694
hey pal you don't need to close it if it's at the end of a post

>>1085732
orly?
ya rly.

>>1085691
>>1085724
I don't get it

Is this something to do with cutting/drawing scanlines on an LCD monitor?

>>1085770
>not being a childhood electronic genius who can play Genesis games on his SNES

>>1085785
Didn't bother to read more into the second linked thread until just now.

Also,

>One of the first posts in that thread
>It was illegal back then
>Little trash-can symbol at the end
mfw

>>1085785
Dude, I was jamming with the console cowboys in cyberspace before you even knew what next wave and cyberpunk were.

>>1085770
Well the thread started regularly with piracy back in the day, then all of the sudden this mega dedicated autist comes out and says his dad could make an SNES play Genesis games, he got ridiculed for it but absolutely insisted he was in the right. So /vr/ unanimously started mocking him with those phrases and pics like that one up above.

It was fucking hilarious.

>>1085804
>implying you've ever even been to Chiba City

>>1085805
But this
I admit to being 19 and wishing I was there when 2nd and 3rd Gen was hot shit from a technological standpoint

>>1085810

It was pretty awesome. But then, I'm 31 and I think if my 19-year-old self met me today, he'd be horrified at what I'd let us become.

Don't let that happen to you.

>>1081751
MissingNo. is encountered while surfing, not fishing.

>>1085667
um how is the condition not acceptable? Yeah the price is retarded but whats your problem with the condition? Is that tiny little fold unacceptable?

>>1085817
Too late. 10-year-old me is already deeply ashamed.

>>1085825

hlask2 pls go

>>1085825
Because shut up that's why

>>1083729
This one still doesn't make sense to me.

>>1085805
He started that thread too and threw a hissy fit when we all made fun of him and threatened to delete it. I called him a fucking retard so many times I loved antagonizing him, it wouldn't have been so good if he wasn't such a bad bullshitter.

>>1081614
>Level up, Zelda
>Castlemania, thinking hearts=life bar
>Not using konami code in Contra

Top lel

>>1085854

Play Super Mario Bros. 2 sometime

>>1085674
or if he throws health and you run off screen out of reflex anyway

>>1085870
I know what Luigi does, but why does he do it in the car?

>>1085863
Getting trolled this hard, you fucking moron.

>>1085870
imagine actually jumping and trying to do that in midair and land hahahaha

>>1081969
That fucking noble

>>1085878
Because people do stupid things when they're thinking about them, anon. You're looking for a deeper meaning than that?

>>1085831
>>1085832
The term acceptable is not subjective when it comes to consumer products.

>>1085831
hahahaha I didnt get that at first then I looked at the pic again. Seriously though the manual still serves its purpose unhindered. If there was a tear in the pages or something then I think its damage. Thats only cosmetic it doesnt harm the purpose of the item.

>>1085805
He also got wrecked after he made fun of another tripfag for his job, which this guys job was a quartermaster for his local police force. Before worked at Walmart and many a laugh was had.

>>1085526

>>1081967

Just try posting a screenshot of an emulated game without filters and watch the shitstorm unfold

>>1083731

pizza never stays on screen for more then 1 second.... EVER

>>1083729
>where

>>1085526
I love the guy who says he played it a "million" times. I stopped playing it years ago and I still remember quite vividly where it is.

>>1086081
The thing is that you can't possibly get to the place where he is WITHOUT having gotten the morph ball, since you need to morph roll through the tunnel on the left to get in there in the first place.

>>1086081
Sorry the morphball. I still remember where the morphball is.

>>1086084
I know, but why say you've played SM so many times and can't remember something like getting the morphball and the bombs? They practically force you to get those items.

>>1083731

>/v/ humor thread
>nothing funny was posted
figures

>>1086296
Gets me every time.

>>1085995
Space pirate shit always makes me laugh like a motherfucker.

>>1081779
>>1081780
>>1081783
>>1081785
im a giant and i cant read this

>>1086296
it hurts to laugh

>>1085679
That actually happened to me the other day. Fuck that arrow.

>>1085805
Plus he was terrible at english. He kept saying "my father is electronics", "I am solder", "it be like putting legos together" etc.

Only one I got, sorry

>>1086750

This comic is silly because the Pokeflute means you never have to buy AWAKE from the store again.

>>1086750
>>1086764

I think the punchline should be that in order to catch Snorlax, he puts him to sleep right after waking him up. The whole bit about throwing away the pokeflute is indeed silly and kinda unfunny.

>>1086764
Did that actually work in the games? I haven't played Pokemon in about 14 or 15 years.

>>1086782
Yes, i used it often enough. You just have to listen to a little tune everytime you wake a pokemon up so it takes slightly longer.

>>1086817
I never thought of that. I was 11 and conditioned by RPGs to just ignore key story items after I'd found the place for them.

>>1086817
Didn't the Pokeflute wake ALL sleeping pokemon though? Including opponents?

>>1086770
Just repeat the 5th panel in the 6th.

>>1086838

How often would you ever find yourself in a situation where both Pokemon are asleep?

>>1086856
effect spore, synchronize

>>1086859

Which didn't exist until like 2003

>>1086856

I think that would virtually never happen. You would need both a pokemon with a sleep-inducing move and one with rest for it to likely happen.

>>1086856
>>1086859

It's rare, but it does happen.

And you KNOW the enemy Pokemon will wake up before you. That's one of the laws of thermodynamics.

>>1085679

>>1086750

>>1086943
i like how in the last panel ash is the joker

>>1086872
Haha

>>1085686
>We used to make fun of it when the board was started.
Wow, tell us more stories about the olden days, gramps!

>>1086943
>explaining the joke

>>1086782
>>1086764

I used mine all the time. I built snorlax into my team and was kicking ass against the computer. I go to fight via link cable and i was sorely disappointed to find out that you can't use the Pokeflute there.

>>1087057

It's in reference to Tim Buckley comics, which get posted on /v/ a lot, and are criticized because the author uses too many words to get to the punchline, or sometimes just explaining the joke he just made in the comic.

>>1087057
How I envy you for being unaware of Control Alt Delete.

>>1087596
i just didnt recognize the B^U because i didnt think any further than "he shopped the mouth open"

it's painful to remember that i used to read that comic acitvely. pic super related.

Guess who is back

Source:http://www.zee-3.com/plok/index.php?comic=733

>>1087596
i didnt see the B^U face until it was too late
i feel the shame of a thousand realizations that i used to actively read and enjoy CAD

>>1087609
I do like this one

>>1087680
Considering how awful those sequels were, Plok is actually coming out on top there.

>>1087692
The day Bubsy 3D came out, we all came out as losers. All of us.

>>1085724
Holy fucking god /vr/, I'm dying here. I think I know now how James felt while reading that one mail.

>>1083731
Haha, yes!

The only time my brother and I ever cooperated was playing The Manhattan Project. This shit would happen all the time though.

>>1082676
So you can open all the missile doors? Considering there aren't any around you.

>>1088942
What the fuck is that thing on Mega Man's back?

I thought it was some weird scarf until I got a good look at it just a second ago.

>>1088951
It could be a jetpack.

Western cover art never makes much sense.

>>1087680
>>1087609
There's a Plok comic? How was it?

>>1085638
whats the original of this? i get the feeling some /pol/ dude made it with the jews and the holocaust in mind.

>>1085818

no one caaaaaaaaaaaaares

>>1085883
Not a deeper meaning, no.
So, the joke is that the guy is an idiot?

>>1083747
Earthbound has a few text dumps like this.
"I'll only say this once, but do you want to hear it again?
>Yes
No"

>>1088974
Same with the "MM" belt on 7's cover art

>>1088951
Obviously you use it to hang up Mega Man in your closet after you're done using him

>>1089056
>not putting your megaman in the fridge

>>1089072
But I want Mega Man, not Cold Man

>>1089084

>>1089084
>not Ice Man

>>1089094
He'd be in the freezer.

>>1085860
His arcade thread turned out pretty funny too.

>>1081949
Somewhat incorrect, as those are two entirely different people. Scissorman in CT3 was just a stage name used by that guy and his sister (Scissorwoman). They have no relation to either Dan or Bobby Barrows, the original Scissormen.

TL;DR: this image is bait

>>1088951
Look at the grooves in his boots too and that shoulder pad. They just felt the need to add more greebles to him to make him more complex. Western box design is afraid of cute, simplistic things.

>>1089231
Hell, they even added arms to a SNAKE.

>>1089031
You're kind of being overly confrontational about a funny little comic. If you didn't smile, don't take it out on me.

>>1085805
Can I get a foolz link to the thread? I think I was there for some of it, but I want to see the whole thread.

>>1081519
>didn't get this originally
>get friend zoned last month
>see this again
Goddamn it, VGCats...

>>1081614
>Did Doom have cheat codes?

>>1081779
better version
not a stormfag, pls don't hurt me ;_;

>>1083706
oh god it's got to be so fucking scary on that pidgey

>>1089410
a)you didn't read the thread and b)you just don't get it

>>1085601
wow
such secret

>>1089001
It originated on /new/, I believe, so you're semi-right.

>>1089084
ULTROOOOOOS

>>1081969
I fucking hated that retarded little minigame. I didn't even want the prize, autism just prevented me from accepting anything less than 100.

>>1081614
It forgot the
>99% of gamers don't play old games
>repost this if you are one of the 1% who do

>>1083727
You can't destroy pots in Twilight Princess? But robbing, extorting, and destroying people's property is a sacred Hylian tradition since the first game!

>>1089828
I don't remember it being in Link's Awakening, though.

>>1089042
I want to make a game where every time you answer "yes" to repeat the dialogue, the second time you get the option, yes and no switch places so that if the player presses down and A, they'll repeat it again.

>>1089837
Of course it was. If Marin was following you at the time she'd even complain about it.

>>1089837
Link's Awakening has throwable pots in people's houses. It also has this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbUjzYPzHLI

>>1087692

There is that 3D fan game someone in /vg/ is making.

>>1081948

>>1089186
>Bob and George
omg anon ;___;

>>1089517
You mean Spearow, or was that bait?

>>1081614
Why are so many people on 4chan incapable of understanding when a joke is being told? Half the replies to this thing are "BUT WAIT DIDNT THAT HAVE CHEAT CODES THO"

The image is fucking hilarious.

>>1087609

http://www.zee-3.com/pickfordbros/softography/index.php?game=78

>>1091164
i'm with you, bro, anyone that doesn't immediately recognize each one of those statements as erroneous doesn't deserve to be on this board

>>1082686
The only thing you can do in that zone is jerk off to her facebook pictures and imagine what life would be like if she felt the way you do about her when you cum.

>>1091164
>>1081614
>We collected hearts until we had enough HP to beat him.
Yeah, guys, come on, this is a joke.

>>1081949>>1081956 >>1089193
>playing clocktower on SNES
>shit my pants
>no refund
Game companies are such misers.

>>1091241
Also, he calls it fucking CASTLEMANIA.

>>1091242
Did you live in japan? Because unless you knew japanese and imported your story is not true. Nice try though :)

>>1089186
You hero.

>>1091247
Isnt that a reference to that russian guy who makes Dendy videos? Castlevania said "castlemania" in the label there.

>>1087609
Holy hell, Wetrix!

I left my copy at my parents house so I'd have at least one game to play when I came home to visit.
I don't get to play it often, but WHEN I DO MAN.

fucking earthquakes

>>1089186
this guy inspired so many people at making their own sprite comic... even myself, but i won't show it because it suck and it's in a foreign language...

>>1085894
brilliant.

>>1089186
...holy shit I'm being reminded of a past I wish I didn't have, fuck you /vr/