/vr/ - Retro Games

Comix Zone is pretty awesome, and needs a remake that makes it longer.

>>1127824
>remake
Please no. I don't want to see 2013 Sketch Turner.

Let him stay as 90's as can be.

>>1127826

How about a downloadable title that keeps it in a 90s atmosphere, but just adds more levels and moves?

>>1127828
I'd be down. It should include some of those "Sega Tunes: Comix Zone" tracks. Those were the tits.

The real question is: would they keep "losing health when punching boxes"?

>>1127840

Nah. That could be stripped without affecting the game.

Playing this game felt punishing yet satisfying at the same time. I loved it. The PC port is a little more forgiving on the controls part.

>>1127819

>implying Gunstar Heroes wasn't the most rad

>>1127892
Does Gunstar heroes have Fingerless gloves?

No it doesn't. It's not rad enough.

>>1127987
yes it does
and the art direction is 90s anime, which is rad as fuck

Yes, and more of the Howard Drossin music please. I never realised until way older that the first track on the Comix Zone CD said "I feel so stoned"

>>1128007
>and the art direction is 90s anime

More like weeaboo DeviantArt user who can't draw for shit.

>>1128141
>insulting Treasure

oh boy

>>1127892
good != rad, or least not always.
Sometimes it does, but not in the context of comparing something to the likes of Comix Zone.
It's like saying The Wire is rad, which on it's own is fine, but saying it's radder than say, Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles, just doesn't work.

>>1128182
The art is horrible in that ad though.

>>1127819

it's pretty fuckin' rad. also, hard.

rude, crude, dude fulla 'tude

>>1127826

I agree. Comix Zone breeds 90s comics in all of its post-apocalyptic Rob Liefeldish grimdark way. A remake would almost certainly adapt it to modern comics, which would suck some serious balls.

>>1127840
>>1127843

>Nah. That could be stripped without affecting the game.

Believe it or not, it couldn't. One thing most people never realized about Comix Zone is that it isn't a straight beat 'em up. It's also about 40% puzzle game. The game is filled with traps which are meant to be avoided by finding shortcuts, using items or just finding a way around 'em. You're meant to find solution for certain problems without expending health, otherwise you could just punch the shit out of everything.

This game was the embodiment of trying too hard

>>1128372
Fuck you that game was awesome. It was HUGE, you could play it for days.

>>1127819
One day, Sketch, one day I will beat Comix Zone

I've been trying to do so since I was a kid.

I remember that when I finally got to the ninja level, and the ninjas started whooping my ass, I didn't even want to play anymore. Like, they asked me
>SO U RANT BE NINJA
Yes

Then they whooped my ass and I said
>No thanks

>>1127843
It would make the game too simple
There are places where you need to get clever and use items.

>>1127819
Fuck yes. And there's never been another game really like it. Which is a shame because it could make an amazing franchise if someone cared to make sequels.

>>1128412
Its easy, think of it more as a puzzle game than action one.
Every boss has a trick you need to use to beat them
You need to roll under the first boss when he rises and then push the barrel under him.

>>1128437
They are afraid of rats

>>1128331
>>1128616

The remake can just expand the use of items and puzzles without requiring you to spend health. Or at least don't stick to the one life only mechanic.

>>1127819
Yeah but it bugs me endlessly how you take damage by punching enemies.

>>1128671
I don't recall taking damage from hitting enemies.
Punching boxes and such yes, but that made sense and added challenge.
When's the last time you punched a box into oblivion without a scratch on your hand?

>>1128671
You sure about that? I thought it was only environments?

>>1128674
But Sketch has the power of fingerless gloves!

I never thought of this as a mechanic to force players to try to think of ways around traps. This is actually brilliant.

I think I remember the healing item being called lemonade, but it looking more like a pill bottle. What is it called in moon?

strigil!!!

give me the respect dodge it bloooaaah.

hakkkerrree

I still listen to the Sega Tunes: Comix Zone CD, I love how they got all the grunge rock stereotipes so right. Howard Drossin is mah nigga

This has a chill soundtrack

>>1128372
>>1128393

Never legitimately got to the end of the game. Only ever reached the final boss using secret warp.

>my pride when

>>1128710

Always thought he was saying "Pack it in!" When you were hitting him. Loved the idea of Strigil being a cockney, sewer dwelling, meathooks from the freezer kinda jutjob.

>Stone face
>Callin' you mech head
>Straight laced
>Ya come undone.

Are you even trying, other games? Comix Zone is GOAT.

>People actually like Comix Zone

Woah woah woah I always thought everyone hated this game because I never hear anyone talk about it ever on any part of the internet, Good to know it's well loved around these parts because it's fantastic. I really should try to beat it one of these days.

>>1128862
You never will. There are two endings. Enjoy attempting to beat it twice.

I've only made it to the fingernail guy.

>>1127819
got the fucker boxed with manual right here, plus a poster on my wall.

also, my first rat was called Roadkill after Sketchs' rat

>>1128862

Who the fuck would hate Comix Zone?

Some kind of 90's hater?

>>1128951
It's an insanely hard game and a fuckup early on can cause a game over later in it. It requires a lot of knowledge to get through with minimal damage.

This game is the very living, breathing definition of the 90s as humanly possible. Everything was mutants, kung fu, artists trapped in their work and getting the girl.

>>1128917
I beat this game several times when I was 10.

Its hard, but its not THAT hard.

>>1129079
Then there is a god in our midst. I think I tried every weekend for a solid three years. Longer than that, actually.

I've given up on Volgar the Viking after two weekends. What have I become, /vr/?

>>1128968
>It's an insanely hard game

This. I liked it, but never beat it.

>>1128319
That's not an ad, that's the original cover art. And I agree, their artist was godawful - it's the main thing that put me off on both Gunstar Heroes and Guardian Heroes. Also Radiant Silvergun, but at least you don't see any of the characters there, as long as you skip FMVs and turn off face panels.

>>1128638
This. Comix Zone has tons of puzzles, AND even more hidden stuff.

Like on Episode 1, page 2, right at the start you have to smash a steel door that takes down 1/5th of your health on the first panel. The solution? Let loose Roadkill, and he'll find a hidden bomb powerup for you, that you can use to blast the door without losing life.

There are tons of shit like that. You can the entire lava cave that way too, and find a shortcut to the Himalayan arena with 2 extra powerups.

Also, POWAH FLASH!

>>1128917
>I've only made it to the fingernail guy.

ur kung-fu is NOT good.

>>1129182
beat it multiple times when i was 8, took me ages but i did it, god knows how many hours i put into it

>>1128663

You earn one life per each world you complete. Contrary to popular thought, Comix Zone isn't a hard game a all. Most people just don't know how to play it.

I thought you posted this here you fucker, I don't care because CZ is one of my favorite games ever

I really love Comix Zone, but it's too damn hard and meticulous
How do I git gud
Everything I do just kills me

>>1130256

Every room has an item

90% of the time that item shouldn't be used offensively

>>1130258
Literally every room?

>>1130261

No, but if you see a locked door or something, there's either an item or a rat trigger somewhere

>>1130263
Thanks, I'll keep that in mind. I have Comix Zone lying in the shelf for too long, it's time to end this

>>1130196

Well, nowadays, yeah, I can play it decently well. Really just the final bit gives me trouble now. Still, the one life mechanic was probably done to extend the game's otherwise short playtime, and a remake could add length.

Fucking loved this game to bits, also if you use the beta rom i don't know if it's the actual beta of the game, I'm sure someone can confirm there's around 5? songs not used in the actual game. I personally like Kung-Fungs theme in it.

>Human! This tournament is for Kung-Fung graduates!
>Kung-Fung?
>The temple master and trainer
>Where is the temple?
>You must be joking!

>>1130418
where can I find the beta

There is a radder game.
I forget it's ame, but you go around beating the SHIT out of lizards and dinossaurs and shit, and then you rip a shark in half with your bare hands.
I've seen /vr/ talk about it twice, but I can't remember it's fucking name.

Comix Zone is the raddest retro game.

Until PS2 is considered retro, then it will be replaced by God Hand

>>1132930
Cadillacs and Dinosaurs?

I played this game approximately one hojillion times. I think my best run was something like 14 minutes. I was continuously impressed by the sheer amount of secret passages and hidden power ups, and it encouraged me to keep trying out different weird things. I felt awesome when I found new ways to get around obstacles without punching through them and losing health, and when I found out that the ninjas screamed "EEK! A RAT!" when roadkill touched them, I laughed my head off.

It was one of my first tastes of tragic endings in games as well, if you didn't rescue your commander.. When I found out there was a "good" ending I was elated.

I suppose it's classified as a beat 'em up, but the combat was miles ahead of other brawlers in terms of not only complexity, but the weird and interesting ways you could use your environment and even other enemies.

>>1127819
I like this game but I've never been able to get past the first level.

>>1132930
hardcoregaming101.net/firstfunkyfighter/firstfunkyfighter.htm

tfw beating this guy in one round so he cant do the fire and water unite bit

RUDOLPH
RUDOLPH
RUDOLPH

>>1128862

Fucking played this game to DEATH. Have no problems walking through it these days. Got it on the original MD, and the PSP port, and whichever sonic collection it came on for the cube too. Never not played a version.

Also, that fuckin CD.Aw yeah. Comix Zone, is what kickstarter SHOULD be making. Someone get on that. I'd fucking love a longer version of that game.

hmm, how possible are genesis romhacks?

>>1130196

This, I can fucking waltz through this game, the ONLY part that is risky is the question marks between the mines. I always get greedy and check, despite not needing items, end up getting an explodey one, which triggers the mines and fucking wrecks my shit instantly.

It's usually the only way I die in that game, BUT I GOTTA KNOW WHAT THE ITEM IS.

>>1133559
The last level can be impossible to beat depending on what items you get at that part. If you get shit items (not even explosions, just useless stuff like a knife), you'll run out of HP by the time you reach mortus.

>>1133628
The rat is enough to get through, no need to gamble on the random items. Go down from the first screen for a HP drink. Also, the useless knife can open the door to the boss without having to force it.

Not the best, but a damn great game. It's challenging but definitely not arcade level hard. I managed to one life it back then. The only thing I didn't like were some of the puzzles, that felt sort of forced in a sidescrolling beat'em up such as this.

I'd love to see a sequel with expanded movesets and deeper combo system.

>>1133874
Yeah, but, that's about the only use for the knife.

And you can't get past so many obstacles and enemies with only 1 health drop - especially if you are playing from the previous page, in which case your HP might be low at the start already.

>>1128323

I will never have that pink shirt or DuckTales poster.

>>1127819
y

>>1128309
came here to post Skitchin.

That shit was rad as fuck in thought. Execution couldve been better, didnt live up to Road Rash

>>1132918
try romnation

>>1130196
>>1133559
This. I'm terrible at action games but Comix Zone is easy for me. Do people just bruteforce their way through each door/whatever rather than using items?

What is the artist who did most of the art even doing now? I know Drossin worked on the new Splatterhouse a few years back but that's the lat thing I remember.

>>1138536
Drossin does movie soundtracks mostly now iirc. He did Sonic/Black Knight, but we don't really talk about that, for obvious reasons.

Also, North America, you got fucked when it came to the bonus CD. All you got was a mix tape, we got the tracks the bgm was based on.

The artists though:

http://segaretro.org/Kunitake_Aoki

http://www.giantbomb.com/craig-stitt/3040-58622/

>>1128007
Blue looks like a tard.

>>1127819

Raddest fighting mechanic in megadrive.

>>1128843
Haha likewise.