/vr/ - Retro Games

>>1668083
Shadowrun for the Genesis. It is overly gritty, but not that much sci-fi as it's balanced with regular fantasy. The plot is much more focused on fantasy lore than sci-fi grit, and it's not really story-centric either, it's more about the setting.

It lets you explore a huge flickerling city at nighttime (although you start in the slums). You also get access to a jungle later on, but the main focus is on the city.

Final Fantasy VII has some great stuff even if it's lowres PS1 era quality.

>>1668279
>>1668535
Thanks so much for your replies. I have tried Shadowrun both on Genesis and SNES and gave up pretty fast. Might give it another shot. Love FF7 but would prefer sprite based games :)

Beneath a Steel Sky maybe?

>>1668675
nes ff7

>>1668675
Genesis Shadowrun takes a little bit to get into. Once you can hire some party members and get some levels under your belt, it really tightens up.

>>1668083
what platform was snatcher released for? also a big fan of these kind of themes.

give "beneath a steel sky" a try

available (remastered) for IPad tablets and in ScummVM

>>1669490
Only the Sega CD in North America, any and all Japanese PC platforms in the late 80's and the PC Engine CD in Japan.

>>1669503
So.. i'll get a sega emulator and play it on my pc, is that how it works?

>>1669506
Yes, unless you want to pay $200 for a physical copy. Anybody who's anybody these days emus it.

This type of game sadly isn't common. Best of luck on the search.

Try Omikron: The Nomad Soul. It's all about nighttime flickering light city exploration.

>>1669701
its a good game but holy shit not 200$+ worth

Thanks for all your replies! I'm kind of looking for lesser known games, will definitely check out Omikron, but again would prefer sprite based games that take place in large cities with a focus on exploration. Some of my favourites are GTA, Deus Ex, Snatcher, BASS, Jet Set Radio, TWEWY (not retro), things like that would be great. Doesn't need to be cyberpunk, in fact would prefer it if it wasn't.

Rise Of The Dragon might fit.
Also The Longest Journey?
Kind of a no-brainer: the Blade Runner game.

>>1670204

Plus it has music by David Bowie.

>>1668535

Disc 1 is the best part of that game. I wish the whole thing took place in Midgar.

>>1671262
Indeed.

The game should have been set entirely in Midgar, with short excursions to Nibelheim and the Gold Saucer for story and entertainment purposes respectively.

>>1671262

Bump for cityscapes. Fucking love that shit. Will contribute once I get back home.

I've got the same city skyline at night fetish. After I finish my current game I'm going to play some Ridge Racer Type 4. It has a bunch of nighttime tracks with very fitting music to go with the scenery.

the yakuza games have built up Tokyo to walk through with oodles of detail. not sprite based though

>>1675205
Oh, you just made me realize Tokyo-to from Jet Set Radio is considered retro. That's definitely my favorite urban representation.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yv4NQ5hoE_o

>>1671290
>that Loveless reference

bump

bump for night city feels

Obligatory.

do do do dooooooooo

WAKE UP, METROPIA

>>1679979
>>1679995
>>1679982

This is exactly what I was looking for! What are these from please? Thanks :)

Pulseman's Neo Tokyo is one of my favorite stages in any video game. In Pulseman's case, it's also the least annoying and least garish stage in the entire game.

>>1680018
This >>1679982 is Streets of Rage, obviously.

>>1680018
half the shots you're gonna get will be from obscure japan-only PC98 games you can never hope to play. They'll feature wonderful urban landscapes with dithering that'll make you cry and you will never experience them firsthand. So it goes on /vr/.

>>1675635
>tfw you first heard on Wikipedia it was a reference to the MBV album and that got you into /mu/
>tfw you were then told it wasn't
>tfw Crisis Core further hammered that it wasn't
>tfw you see that screenshot and fuck yes, it did was a reference to the MBV album

>>1680118
yup

My wife and I played this a lot when we were kids.

I remember always hoping to get closer to that city in the background. It was like an additional layer of motivation to try and get further in the game.

Good times.

Kindred spirit found

Most of that block would have come from fmtownsmarty

>>1668083

Most of what had to be said has already been said, Anachronox would be my first pick.

Other than that, a few oddities:

Star wars games with Nar Shaddaa (or Coruscant) in their playable level libraries. I'd give Jedi Outcast and Academy a try, but I think JK1 had some of that goodness too. KOTOR 2's Nar Shaddaa leaves stuff to be desired in this department, but it's alright.

A bit weird and defo not old-school, but Transistor looks like this a lot to me. It's messed up thanks to the Process taking place, but the overall atmosphere is very similar

Project Eden should have this atmosphere, but I ain't going to lie to you, it doesn't. Avoid it, pretty mediocre game anyways.

SHOGO: Mobile Armor Division has nighttime city levels and they are fantastic. The game is also clinically insane and hilarious, and the gameplay is great.

The Fifth Element (PC or PS1, they're identical) has one of the best of this. It looks ugly and has kind of a lackluster gameplay, but it's pretty good. Also hard as nails.

Stolen has some good present-day citiycapes, but meeeeeeeehhhhhhhh. The game is crap and you should avoid it, unless you want a game with a final boss "fight" where both of you are running around and pressing buttons on keyboards. Seriously, avoid it.

On a very minimal scale, Gemini Rue has it. VERY minimal scale though.

Curiously, the end of Peter Jackson's King Kong has an atmosphere like this. No, seriously. It's '30s art-deco New York at night, and you get to explore it and smash it up as Kong himself. Definitely satisfying, and the game's pretty bitchin' too.
Dead To Rights on the PS2. Mostly takes place at night, and with neon-filled, sometimes atmospherically lit alleys. Not modern, but a colorful noir-ish little thingy that I'd check out. Look for screenshots, it'll help.

If you can go by such heresy, Sleeping Dogs may not be old or sci-fi, but it has som neat neon-infested Blade Runner-ish citiscapes at night. Also a sight when it's raining.

>mfw I travel the world and see cities are actually 3 or 4 blocks of tall buildings and the rest is 2 story sprawl like everywhere else.

Going Gets Tough starts playing in your head.

Manually.

And yes, that is a werewolf with hookswords for arms climbing up a skyscraper in the foreground.

Gotta go fast

There's that obscure JRPG Illusion City you hear of sometimes. It's supposed to be incredible. The only issue is only six of eight disks are translated.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CXilJIHAbU

The starting stages of Fear Effect take place in Hong Kong, I think. Lots of Blade Runner-esque imagery right there.

>>1668083
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymFbnHUp9Eg

>>1668083
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o84PiCvcgdU

>>1668083
where's the pic from?

>>1671283
First time I played the game I thought the entire game would be confined to Midgar

Last Resort on Neo-Geo: "If you are going to steal, steal from the best" - The first level of Last Resort is a serious homage to the Neo Tokyo skyline in the beginning of Akira (searchlights and all) and Neo Tokyo is sprawling grit par excellence.

>>1671256

It has my soul, by David Bowie.

Bloodnet has a vast a vast future metropolis to explore, but since you already had problems getting into the Snes/Genesis Shadowruns this would break your balls.

I guess you should try Blade Runner from Westwood.
It's a point and click adventure with some shooting parts (very similar to Snatcher) and thus holds up pretty well.
Even the graphics still look fine today.

>>1689725
Sweet!

>>1681404
What game is that?

Great thread, thanks.

>>1689892
>Bloodnet
>A mix of future tech and gothic vampire story, in the cyberpunk style
Oh god Twilight for boys.

>>1691807
It's not about a stalker sparkling his jizz all over you while you sleep.
At all.

>>1691813
That's why I said "for boys."

>>1691815
The only similarity is 'vampires'.
It seems like you're on some kind of bandwagon.

>>1691815
It's not about a stalker sparkling her femjizz all over you while you sleep.
At all.
Happy now?
Twilight is about clingy and creepy "romance".

>>1691798
>not getting the reference

>>1691820
>Twilight is about clingy and creepy "romance".
Have you read it?

>>1691798
Casion Night Toads for TubroGraphx 16.

>>1691838
Yes.