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>http://www.timewalkgames.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=59_57&products_id=135
The English language SNES repro for a ridiculous price

Sweet. I'm well up for some point and click action and I've never played this.

about time i joined this. i've put the room on my psp and will start playing tomorrow.

I KILL YOU
I KILL YOU
I KILL YOU
I KILL YOU
I KILL YOU

playing on my wii with a classic controller pro. going to get some food from Steak & Shake will start playing when I get home in about in a hour or so. never played any games in the series. really looking forward to this, gonna smoke a few bong loads and take a couple vics and play this all night! thank you /vr/ for giving me something to do on this lonely Saturday night.

>>1132746
Me too, minus the food and weed. I've got plenty of beer though.

Starting this shit

>>1132703
i now understand this reference

>>1132703
i now understand this reference

About to stream it on twitch at /anvel_tianhold

This games pretty cool. Mapping this mansion out as I go. I might post it when I'm done, if there's interest.

There seem to be some things that only happen if you do certain things. I can only get the key for the west wing if I collapse the main hall's upstairs corridor and then check the box in the room with the TV. Has anyone noticed similar things? There also seem to be certain safe havens from the scissors dude; I've only found one so far in the barn with the car.

Can we get some information sharing on the go?

Is this game playable with the SNES mouse out of curiosity?

I saw Arino play it but never played myself, should be fun.

>>1133715
Unfortunately it's not. I'm more comfortable with the controller but that would have been cool. Using a controller also makes it easier to run, which i've discovered is very important

So just finished this game. Pretty spooky and tense for 16 bit game. Found the music really effective. Got myself an S rank ending as well. What are you guys thinking of it so far? and what endings are you getting?

>>1133785
I'm only just past the shower scene. After a ran out of the room I went back in to explore and got cornered. DEAD END

Completed the game with ending C. I enjoyed it. Super spooky!

>>1133785
>>1133854
you two are fast. is the game that short?

>>1133893
It's not SUPER long. Most of time is spent exploring the mansion. After that once you find items it's pretty obvious where to use them. Also, depending on what order you go to certain rooms or do certain things you become locked out of some set pieces/endings. The last section of the game is also extremely straightforward.

nominating ufouria: the saga on nes for next game of the week

its a really fun metroidvania from the people who made mr gimmick

>>1133956
That looks pretty interesting. Nice graphics for a NES game. So far Clock Tower has been pretty fun though. Since it's October it might be worth playing the sequel for PS1 next week as OP suggested

Is it possible to get away in these confrontations?

goddamn mannequin room

Is it possible to get away in these confrontations?

goddamn mannequin room

>>1134586
Click the cursor rapidly around yourself.

This mansion feels huge. They did a really nice job with the level design

>>1134586
Smash B and then leg it. What happens in that room? I interacted with a couple of dolls but never had an encounter.

>>1134706
I agree. Left wondering what the fuck is in the locked door to the right of the main hall, though.

>>1134837
it triggered an encounter for me. but it might depend at what point you are in the game. i hadn't used the gold key yet

Okay this interface is fucking horrible. Am I missing something, does she only walk in that slow stride?
Console point'n'clicks, man.

>>1135580
L and R triggers to run in either direction. But yeah, the controls aren't very smooth. Kinda adds to the stress and horror though, just like RE1's clunky controls

NOPE NOPE NOPE

>>1135841
dafuq? Is this the scene towards the beginning? I don't remember seeing scissor man that close up. Maybe I was too busy crying like a bitch

>>1135859
take a left from the main hall and enter the third room in the corridor, which is the bathroom. check the curtains and FUUUCK

that was actually the first time i saw him and it honestly scared me. i noped the fuck out of the room almost on reflex.

THEN WHO WAS PHONE

Clock Tower had tons of great design ideas and was original in gameplay and theme. However it was ruined by flawed gameplay mechanics.

The encounters are too redundant. It's basically "oh, he's here again, I'll just go hide to one of the only two hiding places that do work again and again".

The health system is terrible. If you want to stand a chance in encounters you need to NOT run most of the times during the game. That only makes a very slow and boring pacing even more boring and slower unnecessarly. Not to mention having to wait quite a long time for health to regenerate.

That whole slow pace and boringness isn't helped by the total lack of music outside of action scenes. Don't call that "atmosphere", there is nothing going on, it's just empty, dull.

Also there is the typical point&click bullshit puzzles : senseless puzzles, which equals "try everything with everything, every combinaison possible, without thinking, because you know the answer won't make sense anyway".
To that is added flaws in that design itself: in quite a few moments, you have to check several things successively in a precise order to solve the puzzle. While, it's supposed to make sense, it only makes things more complicated than they should be : for example the puzzle with the bird nest and the box. You arrive at a dead end with the box in front of you first, and then the nest. So, what do you do, you check the box. Well, you can't interact with it. Then what do you do? You check the nest. Nope, nothing. So you go out of the room because there was nothing, right? Wrong. You have to check the nest FIRST and THEN the box to be able to interract with them; and if you, say, check the nest, leave the room, come back, and check the box, that won't work either. It has to be successively. This design is terribly flawed and is applied several times throughout the game.

A very interesting game in its ideas and originality, but terribly flawed especially in gameplay. Horribly overrated.

>>1135989
FYI the game was also released on PC (windows 95) and Wonderswan, but only in Japan.

While the Wonderswan version is unninteresting (same game but in black&white), the PC version is probably the best simply due to how you play with the mouse. The graphics are slightly different too. Pic related.

>>1135989
>If you want to stand a chance in encounters you need to NOT run most of the times during the game.

Eh, not really. As long as you mash B at the right moment you can easily survive with red health.

Your other points are pretty fair but I still found the game to be enjoyable. What ending did you get?

So alright, this is pretty spooky. Didn't expect a SNES game to scare me but running from this psycho is pretty tense.
I don't think I fully understand how this works, though. I got myself in a spot where he cornered me in a room, and I kept continuing but couldn't find a way to survive.
Am I supposed to start over now? Can I get rid of this dude somehow?

Would appreciate some hints.

>>1133384
it only worked once for me. i got up the ladder, thought i had to wait him to go to the other side of the room and flee but jeniffer kicked the ladder to the floor. she got down just fine after scissor man was gone but now i can't go up again and he corners me.

another occasion i got up the ladder and walked ot the far left before scissors entered the room and the motherfucker literally came out of the ceiling and killed me

>>1136353
samefag here, i found another way to elude cutman: bait him to the floor where you bridge a gap with a plank, jenny will remove the plan and he will fail the jump. it is pretty hilarious

>>1136239
There are some hiding places but you can just mash b to push him aside and then run.

>>1136353
>>1136438
Yeah, sometimes you can just run up it and he'll leave but other times you need to kick it over.

Oh, man, that shit sounds funny as fuck!

How are you guys doing so far? I've been able to complete endings B and H

The guy in the jail cell is named Simon, his last name starts with B, and you make him feel better by feeding him a ham

Definitely not a reference to pic related.

>>1136489
All dead ends for me so far. I haven't had much time to play though, only an hour and a half.

I enjoy the tenseness of this game. I feel like I'm making good progress to an ending, but I don't know if it's the 'true' ending.

All I remember from Arino's playing is that if you see the monster, then you are doomed to a bad ending. I don't remember much of the game, but I feel like he's helping me a bit in spirit.

>>1136239
Don't be afraid to start over. Once you start finding some common 'correct' paths, it becomes a minor issue to progress back to a point close to where you had to restart.

>>1133384
Here's some stuff I remember from the GCCX episode: (naturally spoilered)

the best ending has only one other survivor, the blonde chick I think
if you see the monster in the basement, then you have entered a point of no return for dead ends and bad endings.
sometimes mirrors will make you calm, but other times a demon will try to pull you in!

And as you thought, the game is very much about when you do some things. Arino found that the best ending involved not finding someone dead very early on, I think it was the blonde chick in the shower. Part of the best ending involves not checking that room early on, IIRC

Sorry if my info is incomplete or inaccurate, I don't remember much of the playthrough.

>>1136438
The images you put in my head with that sentence...

>>1136607
hahahahahahahah thank you for that

Here be actual spoilers.

Actually getting the best ending is Japan-Hard without reading a guide. One other girl (either the blonde or the brunette) survives. No matter what you do the ginger kid always dies.

>>1136771
So is pic related like the "worst" ending, or doesn't it count as an actual ending?
I didn't even get to see anybody die, I just got in the car and left really early on.
Also more Cutman edits because I find him more threatening than some kid I can just knock over.

>>1132703
took me a minute to realize he was actually attacking me and not just crazy

>>1136782
Worst ending, technically speaking, although I personally find a different ending to be more depressing/"worse".

She makes it out alive, but is found dead three days later. Either murdered or suicide from trauma of abandoning her friends.

>>1136771
>>1136782
>>1136820
goddammit. i know you all said they were spoilers, but i've been conditioned to believe that black boxes should contain jokes

>>1136771
>>1136782
>>1136820
goddammit. i know you all said they were spoilers, but i've been conditioned to believe that black boxes contain jokes

about to use the silver key. god i'm scared of what's waiting behind this door

>>1137026
OMG DON'T GO IN THERE! IT'S A SPOOKY SKELLINGTON. JUST NOPE THE FUCK OUT OF THERE AND THROW YOUR CONSOLE/PC/MODDED WII OUT THE WINDOW. NOPE NOPE NOPE

Got myself three endings to this one. Great fucking game, solid story. Wonky mechanics make it a chore, but it's pretty good despite that.

Do not hover over the black shit if you don't want spoilers, I'm fucking serious!
I really like the parallels between this game and Dario Agento's movies

>mfw there's a health meter
>mfw i've been playing the game in the red this whole time
pressing X in a hallway let's you rest

>mfw there's a health meter
>mfw i've been in the red this whole time
>mfw this is why i can't survive any encounters
pressing X in a hallway lets you rest

Clock Tower PSX is better

Dat music

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSMKSrnJtIo&list=PLEE4FFD247AE96466

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4Bn4uTI3mg&list=PLEE4FFD247AE96466

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cScap_wHrII

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUzqSAGie-4&list=PLEE4FFD247AE96466

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yxcBeUqruQ&list=PLEE4FFD247AE96466

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jINCY4M0b3U&list=PLEE4FFD247AE96466

>>1137160
That's all well and good, but we're discussing Clock Tower on SNES

You massive faggot

>>1137160
>the sequel, on a more powerful console is better
good. thanks for that

>>1136014
>What ending did you get?

I got half of the endings. I played the game several times years ago using all the 4 versions of it (super famicom, psx, wonderswan, pc)

Alright, here is what we have gathered so far. Correct me if I am wrong in anything:

>Basic stuff
A: hold to bring up the inventory.
B: mash to escape scissor man and traps.
X: stop whatever you were doing and stand still.
Y: check stuff, walk. Double press to run.
L/R: run.

Quick start begins the game in the main hall after everyone has disappeared. I don't know how that affects endings but I am willing to bet it at least locks you out of some.

The order in which you do stuff determines what you can and cannot do later in the game. Try different combinations and routes. Sometimes seemingly innocuous things like talking to someone or turning the lights on/off is the difference between life and death.

The game autosaves whenever you go through a door. If you die and continue, you start right after entering the last door.

>Health

Running depletes health, which you can see by the color of Jennifer's portrait's background and her expression. Blue is high, beige is ok, orange is low and red is very low. Standing still for a while causes Jeniffer to kneel down and regenerate health, but takes a long time to fully replenish it. Also, it only works if you manually make her stop by ordering her to move or check something and cancelling it with X. It will not work when she stops after going through a door or recovering from checking something.

However, health only seems to matter during encounters with scissor man and when you fall into a trap. You can win these events by mashing B. It seems that less health just means you have to mash for longer. Therefore, walking to conserve health seems pointless or at lest less advantageous than running to save real life time.

Part 2 incoming...

>>1137545
Scissor man

If he touches you while you are kneeling or facing away from him, he instantly kills you. When he is after you, you can't walk, only run, which is another reason why walking is rather pointless. Also, Jeniffer will randomly trip and fall and lose health when scissor man is after her. Finally, you cannot interact with anything when you have a tail, only take doors and stairs.

I know of three ways to lose him. First is the barn. Wait for him to enter, take the ladder and drop it to the floor, he will eventually leave. Can only be done once as you can't put the ladder up again. Second is a corridor in the reddish area where you use a plank to bridge a gap to on the floor. Lure him there, Jeniffer will remove the plank and he will fail the jump. Pretty funny and damn satisfying too. Worked for me twice in a row, I think it can be used indefinitely. Third is after the encounter in the pool. As you can't interact with the box I knocked him over and crawled into the hole again. After that for some reason he was gone.


>Parrot room

Check the furniture to get the perfume. If you check the parrot he will peck you, reducing your health and won't ever shut the fuck up. Checking the mirror when the lights are on will kill you. With the lights off apparently it's ok.


>Doll room

Check the box under the doll next to the door for a key. To escape the possessed doll, lure it next to a wall and run past it when Jeniffer's portrait flashes indicating it is about to strike. It will fly into the wall and break to pieces.

>Items
This is were I found some of the items. Locations may vary depending on the playthrough but I've only noticed this happening with the keys.

>Rock
Pile of rubble left to the starting hall. Use it to break the weak section on the wall of that same room and gain acess to the courtyard.

Part 3 to come...

>>1137549
>Insecticide
On the left hall, go upstairs and enter the unlocked door to the left. Enter the room in that corridor, the insecticide is on the floor. Use it to kill the cockroaches on the kitchen.

>Dress
On the left hall, go upstairs and enter the unlocked door to the left. Enter the room in that corridor, check the shelves and then the box, Jeniffer will get to the other side and fetch the dress from the chest.

>Rope

On the left hall, go upstairs and enter the unlocked door to the left. Enter the room in that corridor, the rope is on the floor. Dunno where to use it.
>Endings I've managed to get

D: quick start, went left, got the rock, went into the courtyard, talked to Mr. Barrows, moved the box and entered the room. Went left until I got to the kitchen, checked everything except the cockroach storage, got the ham, left to the barn, got the car key and checked the car with the key thrice. In this ending, Jeniffer flees with the car and survives. Neutral ending? You-are-a-pussy ending?

H: normal start, talked to each friend twice, went after Ms. Mary, came back to main hall, pressed the light switch on the right (lights turned on), got up the stairs, floor colapsed. Went left, got the rock, went to next corridor, entered the room with the TV, box was empty, checked everything except the TV and the painting, went to the next room, got the perfume, checked the portrait and left (didn't bother with the parrot, mirror or light switch). Went into the left hall, cutman smashed through the glass with Ann's corpse, fled to the barn and he lost me. Fled in the car again but this time cutman hid in it and apparently kills Jeniffer on the road. Bad ending, motherfucker.

>Originally a fan remake of Clock Tower: The First Fear, it was a rumor until May 2009, when Chris Darril announced that the tribute he entitled Remothered (also referred to as Reborn) is a go and is on its way towards production, unveiling new images and videos of its progress. In early 2012, Chris Darril revealed that Remothered is currently being redesigned with modern 3D graphics, new characters, and a freestyle control system similar to that of Haunting Ground, Siren: Blood Curse and surely near to Silent Hill: Shattered Memories . Chris Darril is still directing, though some story elements have been changed to make a commercial release possible.

Later in the game I walked up to one of the sinks and jennifer got startled and stared at her hands. I'm playing on the Wii so couldn't screen cap. Anyone know what that was about?

Clock Tower is my favorite horror game of all time, mainly due to my experiences playing it with my best friend as a kid.

I highly recommend people that are playing through it to not look at ANY spoilers, even if they're stuck. It's a lot more fun to experience every single moment of "OH MY GOD WHAT" when your plans fall through.

When the thread's been around longer and more people have beaten it, I'll tell some stories in spoilers from my times playing it with my bud. We got every single ending as kids, through a lot of trial, error, and cowardice.

>>1137605
I think there are 2 options that scare her at the sink:

1. blood comes out and she stares at her hands
2. tiny white maggots come out and she stares at her hands, but they're hard to see

>>1137806
I think it was probably option 2.

It reminded me of the insects in the meat locker

Alright, so I think I've managed to screw up my game.

Pic related, it's where I am and what items I have. I have accessed both rooms, fought off scissorkid twice in this corridor (once he fell down the hole on the left in my pic, the other was just weird after he came out of the box in the storage room). I have read the journals and examined my "dad", as well as scoured both rooms and the hallway for anything to use items on and tried everything I currently have on everything several times.

If there's a way to get out of this part, PLEASE tell me.

>What should we play next week?
Clock Tower (PS1) runs well on my '09 macbook and Wii, so I'm sure anyone could get it working. However, this early on in GotW, it may not be worthwhile to play such similar titles two weeks in a row (especially point and click). After two weeks of scavenger hunting with FtFtBT and Clock Tower, I think we should go with a more action driven game that places emphasis on controls and gameplay. We could still keep with the 2spooky theme for October if people want

>>1138052
Personally, I think it'd be cool to see what the reaction to SNES Clock Tower is, and if it's good enough, run the ps1 one next week. The ps1 CT is fantastic, and really cheesy voice acting to boot.

I finished my first playthrough. How do you know what ending you got?

I killed the fat baby demon, took the elevator to 3rd floor, flipped some switches and Scissor Man fell, Ms. Mary killed my friend and came after me. Thankfully I saved those crows earlier in the game and they returned the favor.

Is it worth playing again for more endings?

>>1138975
Most endings as far as I understand it are just small variations of the one you got.

>>1138978
Same anon here. I kept checking the car throughout the game to see if I could get the scene from OPs gif but it would never let me drive away. But yeah, my ending seemed kinda standard

>>1138983
Try driving away 3 times in a row without leaving the room.

>>1132703
Parrots are the most terrifying animals above the sea.

>>1139576

>What should we play next week?
Clock Tower (PS1) runs well on my '09 macbook and Wii, so I'm sure anyone could get it working. However, this early on in GotW, it may not be worthwhile to play such similar titles two weeks in a row (especially point and click). After two weeks of scavenger hunting with FtFtBT and Clock Tower, I think we should go with a more action driven game that places emphasis on controls and gameplay. We could still keep with the 2spooky theme for October if people want

>>1138160
sorry deleted the post to give everyone more time to play and talk about this weeks game

>>1137549
One way I found to lose Scissorman is to the left of the shower where you can find a dead girl, go up the stairs and to the left to get to the area with the insecticide. If he's chasing you as you come in, you can throw a can that's on the ground at him which causes the gas to fill the room. He runs out and you have to as well because it hurts you, but you can immediately reenter.

>>1140201
Either Pulseman or Mega Man X mitebkewl, maybe Mega Man 2 or 3, though.

>>1140201
Not 2spooky but Umihara Kawase is pretty fun.

>>1140238
Those would all be fun. I think we should definitely consider a non-nintendo console title such as Pulseman. I'm sensing a pattern in the type of games you enjoy

>>1140243
I have been meaning to play that for a while

>>1140423
I think Symphony of the Night would be good, too, now that I think about it. I've been meaning to play it, and as a Nintendo fanboy I never got the chance to.
Or we could do Mega Man 1, 2, and 3 via The Wily Wars.

What version of the original do you recommend? the PC version or the SNES?

>>1140201

What's FtFtBT?

How about Sweet Home?

>>1140561
Read the OP.

>>1140557
NESfag mentioned it here >>1135990

I think almost everyone is playing the SNES version. It's the original and easy to emulate. Personal preference though

>>1140584
The SFC version is also the only one that is translated to my knowledge, so there's that.

>>1140201
Symphony of the Night. It's a bit 2spooky.

>>1140589
>mfw

>>1140596
>Quaid... start the clock tower... free Mars...

I'll play next week if you choose an actually decent game

>>1140694
what would you suggest?

>>1137550
>D:
You got the glitched D ending. Real D ending is different.

>>1138975
Go back and save (one) of your friends.

>>1140701
I'm not >>1140701
But how about these for 3spooky5u games?

Devil Crush/Devil Crash (Turbografx and Megadrive)
Kagero II/Deception II (PS1)

Should we play the sequel next week?

playing the sequel, the week after, would be retarded. enough Clock Tower lets move on to something else.

>>1142084
I wouldn't mind. The first one is pretty fun, relatively short and has multiple endings

>>1142084
I agree.

>>1142084
It really should be Symphony of the Night. It's kinda 2spooky.

>>1142384
anyone know how well this emulates?

>>1142384
This

>>1142393
It's emulates well and is also available on PSN and XBLA

>>1133715
The Playstation version is compatible with that mouse, but that one hasn't been translated.

>>1135990
I never was able to find a copy of the PC version, does anyone have a link?

>>1142384
>>1142827
Yes, SotN would be awesome.

Fuuuuckin' spooky

Next week's GotW will be Castlevania Symphony of the Night. Hopefully announcing early will give people a little time to get whichever version of the game they want or get emulation all set up.

Besides PS1, it's available in a bunch of formats as >>1142827 said. I will start the new thread Sunday morning.

Also, please throw out ideas for deciding each week's game. It would be awesome if we could make it more of a community effort and I definitely don't want to be responsible each week. Why did tripfag OP have to abandon us? ;_; Voting system or random generator might be the way to go. Along with having a list of titles in advance so people who prefer to play on actual hardware can get copies.

>>1143583
Oh neat. I've never played it before, but I'm afraid of being prejudiced toward it. What with all the hype and goat it always gets. Though I did play Bloodlines recently and really enjoyed it. I also enjoyed Lords of Shadow

>>1143610
I've never played much Castlevania except for a few of the NES games here and there. I am more looking forward to this because everyone says it's similar to super metroid. Isn't this the game that coined the term 'metroidvania'?

>>1143583
maybe we could just use something like the /vr/ gauntlet system where we just have a random generator for a list of retro games. and to just have something to keep track of games that have been covered so as not to repeat.

>>1143583
Hmm. I'd been considering taking Alucard on another trip through the castle lately, guess there's no time like the present.

>>1143640
that sounds like a good idea actually, then it isn't just one guy's personal choice and only games that people here would have already heard of, to me that defeats the purpose of an "...of the week" thing. Actually these threads make me cringe every time I see them.

>>1143861
I wouldn't consider For the Frog the Bell Tolls or Clock Tower very widely played. But it also doesn't have to be some obscure, never got a western localization, you've probably never heard of it game every week. The idea for some kind of generator is good though. But maybe from a voted upon list of games. They don't all have to be good either. Some rage weeks would be fun too

Guys, is there anything I need to know about PSX emulation?

>>1144109
not really. just look at the list of emulators in the sticky and google search for the bios if needed

>>1143841
mah nigga

can I emulate a mouse in the snes version?

>>1144160
yes

>>1142059
Bring on the sequel for next week.

>>1144160
>>1144202
Wait, what? Is there native mouse control in SotN?

>>1144295
here >>1143583

>>1144307
I think they are referring to Clock Tower. This weeks game. There is no SotN for SNES

I hope Game of the Week gets more popular, I think the threads would be better if we had some more people. Not too many, mind.

So, does anyone mind me being the new OP? I was the CV: Symphony of the Night fag.

>>1143583
>Next week's GotW will be Castlevania Symphony of the Night.

Who was the retard that decided on that.

I thought the point of these threads were to highlight hidden gems.

>>1145076
saddly it seems that the point of these threads are just to circlejerk over games that already have a huge fanbase.

>>1143583
Seriously? Didn't we decide to stop with the games that everyone plyed?

>>1145079
Well, we can discuss Symphony of the Night. Criticize it, praise it, all that stuff.

>>1143929
thanks to the internet Clock Tower is very well known and about anyone that would even think of going to a board like this would have at least heard of it. FtFtBT, very less so though... but I wasn't aware that it had been a game of the week.

>>1145081
I actually haven't played it yet. Besides, why not play something that's a bit overdone? We may as well see why it's overdone and praised.

>>1145080
did you somehow miss the mocking tone of my post?

>>1145080

There's nothing to criticize or talk about, SotN has been talked about to death.

>>1145079

Fuck this I'm playing Kid Dracula in protest.

>>1145086
>I actually haven't played it yet.

That was your criteria for picking it?

Remove your trip and name.

>>1145092
he didn't even vaguely imply that was his criteria for picking it, and even if it was I don't see why that would be rage inducing.. but then again people here like to get angry over everything

>>1145089
>Fuck this I'm playing Kid Dracula in protest.

That's cool, I'll join in. Can we make a thread?

>>1145098

I was thinking of using the GotW thread

Okay, so, guys, look, the deadline is tomorrow. How do we define a game as overrated?

SOTN as the new GOTW : It's great and all, but how about something that most people haven't played?

>>1144840

If that's the goal, then picking SotN and other already prominent games for a few weeks before moving into more obscure stuff makes sense. People are more likely to get involved if they recognize the game of the week or already have it.

>>1145141
Yeah, that makes sense. Alternatively, we could do all three Classvanias.

>>1145147
Yeah, that makes sense. Alternatively, we could do all three Classicvanias.

How about we play Uninvited instead?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjl3yLYePmE

>>1145141
Yeah, that makes sense. Alternatively, we could do all three Classicvanias.

Finally got this post right.

So, after playing Cock Tower, I thought it was a fun P&C adventure, but it would've been better with the SNES mouse.

>>1143929
>But it also doesn't have to be some obscure, never got a western localization, you've probably never heard of it game every week

This, playing unheard of games is cool but there are a lot of options in the /vr/ catalog. Just because you have played a game, or started a thread about that game, and consider it well known doesn't mean everyone else has. Even if its a game that gets its own thread from time to time, it would add a new level of discussion with everyone playing it during the same week.

>hey guys let's play this good game
>ok
>alright
>cool
>yeah, sure

>fuck you faggot playing good games is for assholes
>yeah this guy's right
>good games are overplayed
>muh hidden gems

So, any objections to Symphony?

>>1145623
Yeah, come on, this was created to play games you wouldn't think of playing otherwise. To make us discover new things. Most people played, or at least knew of SotN. Let's have something unexpected. I liked >>1134501 's idea, it looks fun.

>>1145632
No it wasn't -- Duck Tales was #1.

>>1145623
Yes, don't recommend one of the must-plays for the PS1 that appears in every top 10 list.
It's stupid.

>>1145640
Well, that was a mistake, doesn't mean we gotta keep doing it.

>>1145640
>>1145642
In Ducktales' defense, it WAS the week of the remake's release. That was a good occasion to get people to play the original too.

>>1145623
I'm OP of this thread. No matter what is chosen there will be dissatisfied people. We definitely need a more objective system for choosing games, but until that is implemented the important thing is to keep these threads going.

>>1145632
That is your interpretation of what GotW is about. I think it's great to play unknown games but not necessary for every week. I chose Clock Tower basically because a decent number of people seemed to like the idea and to keep everything going once the original OP disappeared on us. SotN similarly got a lot of positive feedback after it was suggested in this thread. But as I have stated before, I don't want to choose each week and we need some form of user voting system or random generator

I'm glad someone picked this up. Thank you, to whoever is doing this.

>>1145653
Hmm, oh well, it's not like it's a bad game after all. I'm not a big fan of metroidvanias anyway so that may have flawed my opinion a bit, but as long as we're playing awesome retro titles, I'm all good. Plus we just started, we have all the time we want to play more obscure stuff.

>>1145662
Welcome back. I'm OP of this thread and have everything ready for SotN for this coming week. Feel free to take back the reigns though.

>>1145667
I can't really be in charge. Lately I've been feeling really under the weather and my doctor is talking about putting me in a hospital for awhile.

>>1145653
Hmm, let's just go.

>>1145667
TAKING
THE
REIGNS

>>1145687
Get well soon OP

>>1145623

You mean besides all the objections that were raised before your post?

>>1145741
Just trying to get everything summed up.

A few questions:
Do I need to download anything besides just the emulator for SotN?
Is the sound okay?
Is the video okay?
What's the file size?

>>1145774
what are you trying to emulate on?

>>1145781
A laptop from 2011. A "gaming" laptop that a family member got me. I forget the exact model.

>>1145793
Shouldn't have any trouble then. Just download the emulator of your choice from the sticky. Also download the PS1 bios files. Just search google for PS1 bios or use this torrent http://thepiratebay.sx/torrent/3435955/

I've been running SotN with good sound and video on a 2009 macbook, so you should be good

>>1145774
Well, you do, of course, need the game file itself. It's around 300-400 megs.

>>1145812
What's the best PS1 emulator?

>>1145861
PCSX-R for a lot of games, Mednafen for 2D.

>[Rough idea of what the OP will be like:]

>What game is this?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castlevania:_Symphony_of_the_Night

Clock Tower is a PS1/PSX game released by Konami in 1997. It's "Metroidvania" platformer, or it has gameplay based around discovering new upgrades to progress in a semi-non-linear order. Sequence breaking is common.

>What is Retro Game of the Week?
It's a get together of people who want to play and discuss retro games each week. Each week a thread is created for a new game. This week’s game discussion will last until Sunday 10/27/13 (Americlap date). Feel free to discuss anything you want related to the current game.

>What kind of games get chosen?
Anything in the /vr/ catalog. Original OP took recommendations from the threads and ultimately chose the games himself. Someone tried a voting system this week but the thread either died or was deleted. Feel free to discuss future games and methods for choosing games in this thread as well.

Week 1 – DuckTales (Remastered)
Week 2 – For the Frog the Bell Tolls
Week 3 – Cock Tower
Week 4: - Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (Current)

Second week of 2spooky /vr/.

>Emulators allowed?
Of course.

>Where can I get emulator though?
https://sites.google.com/site/vrgotw/home

Have fun!

ISO and BIOS download:
>[Should we replace this with a PS1 BIOS and the .iso? Not doing it myself. 2illegal4me]

>>1145861
A lot of sites say ePSXe is good, but I have never once had success with it. I even spent almost an entire afternoon once trying to get ff7 or 9 to run on it with shaders, and I couldn't even get it to run without the shaders

I just use psx

>>1145917
Sadly, I don't think this is a troll. Samefag as here >>1145060 >>1145080 >>1145118 >>1145623
>Clock Tower is a PS1/PSX game released by Konami in 1997
>Week 1 - DuckTales (Remastered)
>second week of 2spooky /vr/
Pls go and quit asking for feedback. You as OP will only drive this into the ground even faster

>>1145949
It's shit because it's unfinished, unedited, and I'm tired. Also, one of those was a mistake, one of them was the truth, and the other is pretty stupid, thanks.

>[Rough idea of what the OP will be like:]

>What game is this?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castlevania:_Symphony_of_the_Night

Castlevania: Symphony of the Night is a PS1/PSX game released by Konami in 1997. It's "Metroidvania" platformer, or it has gameplay based around discovering new upgrades to progress in a semi-non-linear order. Sequence breaking is common.

>What is Retro Game of the Week?
It's a group of people who want to play and discuss retro games each week. Each week a thread is created for a new game. This week’s game discussion will last until Sunday 10/27/13. Feel free to discuss anything you want related to the current game.

>What kind of games get chosen?
Anything /vr/ material. Original OP took recommendations from the threads and chose the games himself. Someone tried a voting system this week but the thread died. Feel free to discuss future games and methods for choosing games in this thread as well.

Week 1 – DuckTales
Week 2 – For the Frog the Bell Tolls
Week 3 – Cock Tower
Week 4: - Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (Current)

>Emulators allowed?
Of course.

>Where can I get emulator though?
Google. It's not that hard to find.

Have fun!

ISO and BIOS download:
>[Should we replace this with a PS1 BIOS and the .iso? Not doing it myself. 2illegal4me]

>>1145970
>>1145949
wtf am I even reading?