/vr/ - Retro Games

Might as well oblige.

Here's another one most of my friends didn't know about. Being able to build your own civilization was fun

>>2242413
>didn't get the recognition
>costs $200 loose

>>2242450
Walk up to anyone on the street and ask them if they have ever heard of E.V.O Search for Eden and 9 times out of 10 they will say no.

>>2242456
>Walk up to anyone on the street
>Ask them if they know any SNES game that isn't a currently produced franchise
>9/10 times they'll say no

>>2242456
So every video game ever except Mario?

Rez

>>2242474
>>2242471
I guess I didn't realize it was popular at all. Outside 4chan I've never met anyone who knew this game.

>>2242484
Oh, I've never heard of anyone talking about EVO. Only heard of it from /vr/ as well.
I'm just saying price and asking random people off the street has nothing to do with recognition.

>>2242479
mmm delicious visuals.

>>2242484
>>2242490
Same.Except once when it was in a bargain bin at a thrift shop a boy a little older than me commented it wasnt action-y enough to be fun so I passed on it. I was like 12.

I'm not even fucking with you. This game is amazing.

>>2242421
>not knowing about Actraiser
How is this possible? Actraiser is one of the better known games on the system, everyone who had a SNES knows about it.

Anyway I have been playing this lately and it's a damn nice game that should have gotten more recognition back in the day.

>>2242553
>Those games that you rented so many times that you could have bought the game at least twice.

>>2242550
Maaaaaaaaaaaamoriesssssss, yeah.

>>2242574
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfxqYIlxy8E

listen to this on repeat

>>2242574
>tfw the game cover alone was better than the film

>UNIRACERS
>PLOK
>ZOOP

I almost never hear talk about Spindizzy on /vr/. What a shame, it's a British computer essential in my book.

>>2242527
Played it as a kid and you would be correct. it's based as fuck

Culture Brain made many interesting games that got overlooked, for example pic related is a good action-RPG with an arabian setting that also has Dragon Quest like battles and a class system thrown into it.

Is this the most overlooked NES RPG ever?

>>2242594
>ZOOP

I personally enjoy Zoop, got it on the Megadrive (better music than the SNES version imo). though the only times it is mentioned on /vr/ is someone shitting on it.

>>2244667
>Culture Brain
Only game that comes to mind is Best of the Best: Championship Karate. Wait, no, that's Electrobrain.
Whatever, it is pretty rad.

>>2244675
I think that award goes to Legend of the Ghost Lion

>>2244667
>>2244707
>Culture Brain
bless them. I bought a copy of Scherezade new a while back, surprised it doesn't have a following at all. If it wasn't localized back in the day it would probably be some holy grail game now. Really great little rpg, especially for the nes.

They did all the Flying Warrior games and the Ninja Kids games. I think there was an N64 filter they out out but that was it.

Not sure if anyone else played this game but it was pretty fucking addicting.

>>2246104
Forgot pic

>inb4 any Pokemon game being underrated

>>2242479
I love Rez, great memories.

>>2248781
That's not underrated by any means whatsoever.

It's just nintendo being shit and not making a sequel that makes you think that way.

>>2248781
Does anyone know where I can download a proper Pokemon Snap ROM? All the ones I find are a little fucked up, when you go to pick a picture, they just show up as blobs so you don't know what you're looking at.

>>2248828
that's your plugin not the rom
use glide mk2

>>2248827
Yeah probably... It's just whenever I hear Pokemon games being talked about it's always about the RPGs for handhelds. Pokemon Stadium 1/2 weren't half bad, but Pokemon Snap is one of my favorite retro games of all time. Probably not top 10, but it's up there.

>>2248828
It's problems with the emulator, not the ROM. For Pj64, you have to turn off Z-Buffer iirc or some shit right before you get to Professor Oak for the review. If you google enough, you'll figure it out.
However, it seems as though you can never take pictures of the secret signs to unlock Mew's level, but you can cheat for that.

>>2242421
Progress is based off triggered events in that game though. It's not as though it's a true world builder where you can take your own stride completely. It's pretty linear when you get down to it.

>>2246106
>>2246104
Bought this a while ago and it's pretty fun, thought getting 100% is quite difficult. I'd give this one a try!

>>2242484
I heard my friends talking about/remembering this game once, I haven't played it though so I had nothing to add to the conversation.

>>2242413
I think given the circumstances it gets the quality it deserves

>>2242581
this is terrible

>>2249132
In my opinion not nearly enough people talk about Popolocrios. It's a shame we didn't get it for so many years and then when we did it was on the almost dead PSP. But it's a wonderfull RPG with one of the coziest atmospheres ever.

>>2252120
>2249132
Ooops, didn't mean to link that post.

Every thread until you play it.

>>2242479
I'd actually call Rez slightly overrated. Don't get me wrong, it's a great game, but it's not quite as innovative as people make it out to be; it wasn't the first game to have shit happening in time with music.

>>2242527
This is fucking fun if you're wanting something like Spyro and it's Halloween.

Also pic related as fuck.

This is a game I've almost never heard anyone else talk about, but it's fantastic. If you like puzzle games of this ilk that is.

It's a puzzle platformer similar to lemmings, but the gameplay is a little more involved. In each level the goal is to get one of your humans to the point. You can stack them, find spears to kill dinosaurs, or use it as a vault to get over pits as well as torches to keep them at bay in a certain way, burn down bushes etc. You can find other humans along the way by rescuing them and you even get a witch doctor that can sacrifice a human in your tribe to turn it into one of the told.

It was incredibly fun and took me a long time to get all the way through. The music was pretty great too. I used to jam along to this song so much.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCx2GePjGG8&index=4&list=PLFSHdeZ6gP02Ow9kKp7pGWyU6q-4f9R7U

>>2252127

Damn nigga you persistent, I remember the first time I took notice of /vr/ months ago you were praising this game. I am hunting it down but it's kinda pricey at this jew retro store I go to.

Remake with online when?

>>2252127
oh yeah, alundra! i was replaying it for 15 hours or so but then my mother died. these things are connected now in my soul/brain. i hope i can continiue this game in a few years withiut it being overshadowed by... you know

>>2252193
I don't think you could have picked a worse game to have a relative die on you in the middle of. Shit.

>>2242413
I like the PS1's Tempest X3 more than the original Jaguar.

Does that count?

>>2252198
well... yeah, exactly ;) and there are people dying in the game after every dungeon... how very kind of the creators ;)

>>2252175
fox kids
>muh nostalgia

>>2252254
Micro Maniacs unfortunately just had it slapped on the US version. I think it was because a cartoon was in the works or some shit.

>>2242594
>uniracers
FUCK YEAH. This game is the shit. Hard at first, but really fun.

>>2252154
what?
I've never played a game that does things as well as Rez does. The way the level and the music develops over the course of a level is fantastic, the lack of explanation for things really adds to unlocking things Thought level 4 was the last one, didn't know about the final level until my friend and I decided to play it tripping again., and playing with a rumble pak is superb. I'm also a sucker for on rail shooters though.

What games do anything like Rez, let alone /vr/ ones? Rhythm games obviously don't count because Rez isn't a rhythm game.

>>2242413
People recognize it now, dude, so it did get the recognition it deserved. A grindy fun game.

>>2252639
Lumines for one.

Amplitude/Frequency for another.

>>2252650
We're just going to have to agree to disagree, I find Rez way more entertaining than those games, but I wouldn't say the reason to play Rez is because of how well music is integrated in it.

>>2244667
I loved that game when I was a kid, I loved pissing off the shop keeper.

Glider Pro, a Mac game. Very cozy game.

http://youtu.be/EgEOsfeLVac

>>2252154
I agree. The gameplay in Rez is not as good as 2d shooters. The replay factor of Rez is super low once you beat it. The music is not as innovative or nearly as memorable as it could have been. The visual programming was just the funnest part of it. A worthy game to collect, but a great game? Nah.

Deception series. Especially 3, whenever it's brought up it's always the first two for some reason.

3 feels like the best one to me, it improves on the second and adds more content. Though the story is different.

>>2252193
I sorry to hear about your mom, anon. When it comes to the big things in life like that, there are always unrelated things that get attached to it in your mind and it sucks. Hope things get better for you.

Nice comfy game right here.

>>2242413
>tfw
>you will never evolve into a giant octopussy monster and wape your enema to death desu

this is my favourite nes game

>>2256647
ops this

Genesia/Ultimate Domain. Not the greatest turn based strat game out there, but good fun and got completely ignored in favor of Civilization and the like.

Can't get it to run under DosBox or a virtual machine or anything. GOG doesn't sell it. The dev or someone who owns the rights is currently working on an iOS version that only remotely resembles the original.

Landstalker : Treasures of King Nole

All time top ten tier for me.

A mix of Zelda & Pokemon, on the Genesis, from Atlus, and with a Sonic Cameo. Why is it never discussed?

>>2256819
>no more psp remake

>>2256819
There is a house missing which has been replaced by a flowerbed. I'm sure of it.

>>2256826

expensive on a board primarily of players who prefer original hardware. Plus, most of us dont have the time to sink a lot of hours into rpgs these days.

>>2256846
It's actually quite a short game.

how is this hidden gem not discussed more? I just don't get it

>>2252972
But the game is full of unlockables. I've beat the game a few times over and barely even scratched the surface of all the hidden things in the game.
How many on-rails shooters really have high replay value? Unless the game has alternate paths like Starfox 64 or House of the Dead 2 you just play again to get a higher score.

>>2257938
le funneh shitpost ecksdee

>>2257957

:^)

>>2252972
>The music is not as innovative or nearly as memorable as it could have been.
You shut your whore mouth.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iB2j2TtGLxM

>>2248781
>Rent game as a kid thinking it's going to be some amazing version of the GB games
>"Wtf?? Why am I taking pictures of pokemon this is so stupid!!"
>4 hours later
>Think why am I still playing
>Become super addicted
>Go to school
>All my friends can't stop playing it either


Nintendo got us all good. Such a fun game for such a stupid concept.

>>2242550
I loved Quintet and how they had Turbo in every game.

>>2242553
That series was really underrated. It was fucking weird to watch it as a really young kid and then see Batman Beyond do basically the same thing several years later.

>>2242553

>ph...pantom limb??

For me it has to be Afterlife, such a quirky little game, i enjoy it till this day, but hardly gets any appreciation

>only pro's can beat the game

>>2256648
Seconding this.

Crystalis was a masterpiece of an RPG on the NES, with amazing graphics and much more detailed characters, gameplay and plot than other RPGs of the time.

I never understood how it was not more popular.

>>2259603
Lazy Game Reviews did a video that I'm sure has aided its legacy.

>>2259843
I think it actually was fairly popular. Nintendo Power had a couple articles and a feature, and the game was in their top 30 for quite a while. I think it just doesn't have a huge reputation now among people who didn't grow up in that era.

That box art didn't do the game any favors, either. And how about the butchered GBC version? None of the music from the original, crappy new intro and ending screens, and worst of all the story was changed in a major way.

>>2260964

Ugh... I still can't believe they did that. I had repressed the memory of that version...

I would not say it was groundbreakingly amazing, but I was also fond of Faxanadu and rarely hear it mentioned.

>>2260970
I loved that game, too. Great music and sound effects. The graphics were neat, too, how everything managed to look like it was dying.

Also all dem blinking npcs.

>>2248781
You would think that this would be the perfect game to Nintendo shove their gyroscope gimmick and make more shekels from Pokemon while using and old concept.
I wonder why the hell they didn't do that yet, it was such a fun game with a stupid concept. The hidden pokemons shapes were pretty fun to find.

>>2256648
This cover art is pretty amusing, I must say.

>>2260974

faxanadu was always one of my favorites. the earthy, gothic art direction, excellent music, and gameplay. I also liked how you got stronger and cooler looking throughout the game, and famous with the NPCs by the end.

there were a few flaws, like falling too quickly, or sluggish buying, but overall it was a gem.

>>2242550
owned this game, beat it several times, it's a 30-ish hour jrpg, but this was back in the early 90s i picked it up from best buy I remember, so being a kid I had no idea what rpg or jrpg even meant at that point and wouldn't really understand until chrono trigger.

But I adore this game, a lot of comedy for something trying to be deep. Then again the name of this game in japanese is Slapstick

>>2252916

yes indeed, I played this and Glider 4.0.

So, how many of you guys played this amazing game?

>>2242421
I think this game was actually pretty successful. It was a well-reviewed game that came out early in the system's lifespan, and has generally always been well regarded. It even got a sequel.
>>2244667
YEAH. Great game, was lucky enough to get it complete in box back when this stuff wasn't so fucking expensive.
>>2256648
YEAH
>>2256826
YEAH
>>2260952
YEAH. But another game I think was actually pretty popular.
>>2260970
ALSO YEAH.

>>2261081
That game is total garbage, Anon-kun. Have you played it recently? Are you thinking of another game, maybe?

>>2261086

I loved it as a kid even if I was never any good at it. But no, haven't played it on a long time. I'll dust it off one of these days.

>>2261074
When I was a kid I found a copy of this game on the street. The label was torn off, and it was sitting in a bush. By sheer luck I was able to get it to work. The anticipation of playing was intense. But damn that opening, the music, this game is one of my favorites. 3 Different game types, kick ass music, and short and sweet gameplay. Everything you need in a classic nes title.

>>2242527
man watched some walktrough ..the music is amazing

>>2261020
>cooler looking throughout the game

I absolutely loved that as a kid. Everything else in your post is spot on as well, i liked how original their take on fantasy was.