/vr/ - Retro Games

>Hard platforming as a kid
Forgot to mention that. Did it on the second try right now, but I remember struggling so much at this point.

>>1503619
You have got some shitty emulator bro.

>>1503651
What's so bad about it? I think it may be stretched a little, haven't configured it in a long time. Just resized the image, is this the way it should look in terms of aspect ratio?

>>1503658
Forgot pic.

that fucking Jak 2 mission where you had to get a seal piece or whatever from that water slum area


holy shit was that mission hard

>>1503662
Not /vr/ or related, bro.

>>1503651
Is it ok like this?

>>1503619

I love me some cinascope emulation.

Crash, it's time to lube up, because you're about to get fucked.

>>1503934
I've already fixed it, silly anon. It's been a long time since I set it up.

>>1503965
>those bonus levels on crash 1
Shit was so fucked up. Maybe I'll revisit it as an adult now to see if i got gud.

>>1503619
> Spyro
> Hard platforming
Maybe Tree Tops, but other than that not too difficult.
But crash bandicoot however, that shit is impossible.

Ninja rope on this stage and people will either call hax or bow down and accept your godhood.

I know some of the worlds are easy but there are some particular parts that are annoying.

>>1504234
hardest part was probably collecting notes

This fucking level

>>1504394

Pools of Arsefucking

>>1504179
Those Gems of GB1 still haunt me.

>>1503619
>>1504179
>>1504432
I shit you not: I beat all three Spyro PS1 games 100% trouble with the trolley eh? but I never perfected a Crash game.

ITT: Shitty 3d collectathons (One of the worst genres ever)

Real hardmode platforming -> finishing makaimura. mario lost levels. donkey kong arcade.

>>1504456

>done
>done
>ok, not that one

And despite being pro at Spyro, I still had trouble with Tree Tops recently (not as a child, though, go figure).

>>1504456
Can you really consider spyro a collect a thon?

>>1504179
Say that to my life chests motherfucker, not online and see what happens

>>1504450
Spyro is really easier than crash. Never got 100% on crash, but got 100% in spyro 1 and 2. Three I didn't because paradox..

Just downloaded this from PSN (because that's all my PS3 is good for is playing PS1 games). I never got around to it when I was younger but always heard great things.

>>1504510

When you get the club/hammer, go back to Dan's crypt and beat the wall down and get some goodies. Also, collect as many chalices as you can; you get some badass weapons that way.

>>1504450
>trouble with the trolley eh?
I replayed this part as an adult not long ago and I was surprised how incredibly easy it was. Tree Tops, too, actually. No idea why everyone hates that world.

>jesus fucking christ those graphics are hideous

Why do pixels age like a fine wine, gaining even more charm over time, while polygons look like ass almost the moment a new gen comes out?

>>1504776
it's bad art direction. look at mario 64. it still looks great.

>>1504776
Low poly models can actually look quite good today, but 5th gen saw a lot of awful muddy textures which made almost any attempt at "realism" look disgusting. Cartoony games with simple to no textures are known for aging well.

>>1504779
I'd have to disagree there...I don't think Mario 64 looks terrible, but the art direction was very much a product of its time and looks very sloppy by today's standards. The DS remake mostly fixes this though.

The only hard 2d platformer is Maximo.

Collectathons like spyro dont have even have pitsfalls half the time

Crash and most other 'pure' 3d platformers throw too many lives and checkpoints at you for you to ever struggle.

Maximo is the only 3d platformer I played that consistantly gives you difficult jumps and actually makes failing a jump have an impact on the game.

>>1504798
alright well, if you don't like sm64, check out interstate 76'. very old 3d game with a very nice artstyle that makes it still pleasing aesthetically

>>1504818

>Spyro
>don't even have pitfalls

You serious? Levels are floating islands most of the time.

Unless you talk about Ripto's Rage.

>>1503619
More like; ITT: shitty cameras

Good thing they made it better in the other 2 games.

>>1504456
>Finishing DK Arcade

Way ahead of you there buddy

>>1504818
Do you even half life?

Do you even half life?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_B1M5f2OdE

>>1504478
Those life chests are actually pretty easy to get. You know how at the start of Ice Cavern you can see the middle of the level? That's because the level wraps around in a big circle. So all you have to do is start the level, walk forward to the platform that juts out, glide off it and bend to the right. A short blind guide will get you to the secret island and three 1-ups.

>>1504941
That level made me ragequit the game as a kid.

>>1504456

>>1504836
>Levels are floating islands most of the time.
you dont get to talk about floating islands until you play croc.

I just played this game for the first time tonight. It struck me as basically Banjo-Kazooie with only music notes, only 2 moves, and bland empty levels with nothing to do and no puzzles to solve. And compared to Banjo-Tooie it's almost a bad game by comparison. Seriously, I'm bored to tears.

Why has nobody mentioned Rainbow Ride yet?

>>1505182
Because we're not as uncoordinated as you, anon.

For a level that was essentially just one big bottomless pit, it could've been a hell of a lot harder.

Silly children, saving the princess is a man's game

http://youtu.be/D8G0mVmvxdo

>>1504998
Best fucking level coming through.

>>1505160
If you want more moves and minigames, Spyro 2 and 3 have those (some would say 3 has too many minigames but opinions). The platforming itself is generally easier in the sequels though with the minigames providing most of the challenge.

>>1505182
The last 2 levels of SM64 were such a letdown

>>1504450

Not even Crash 2? That was pretty hard with the brilliantly hidden secrets, too bad you can find them all on Gamefaqs now.

Much like its 2D superiors this game has plenty of difficult platforming.

>>1504383
That's always the hardest part because you have to do them all in one go.

>>1504998
I always really liked the aesthetics of Spyro games, but is that really the entire level? It's tiny. I guess it's deceptive due to the intended path and layout, but it's still really small.

>>1505160
Spyro is preetyy plain. Get the thieves, save the dragons, collect the gems. Ftom 2 to 3 shit gets better. I still remember struggling to fight the flying dragons in china level in spyro 3. Have you gotten far?

>>1505223
I hated it because it never let me get 100%. Had to watch a tutorial and now I feel dumb.

>>1505435
It looks bigger because there are parts inside the trees, and also because you're flying at crazy speed, so you don't really notice things passing you by.

>>1505182
Worst level in the game, I used to barely go near it

Daily reminder that something this hard exists in a videogame.

Is Gargoyle's Quest hard?

>>1505530

Speaking of which: fuck the Ice Cave and that stupid jump after the slide. You know which one I'm talking about.

>mfw I can only get to the Snake Pit.

>>1505530
Which game?

>>1505568
In case this is a serious question, it's stage 9 from Battletoads. Good luck getting to the point to try it out yourself though.

At least Battletoads had continues. Here you get one continue every 4 levels, at best.

>>1505609

Forgot to mention, the continues work as a one-time save point for the level you got them in. If you run out of lives, you go back to that level.

>>1505530

Conflict Frogs

All the instant deaths and limited saving made me wonder why they even included a health bar.

>>1508220
I find it funny, TR1 was a really easy game, but 2 skyrocketed the difficulty and 3 made it even more sinister. If I recall, there are enemies in TR2's earlygame that can eat as many bullets as the atlantean demons in TR1.