/vr/ - Retro Games

This was my JAM.

That hidden shortcut in one of the India tracks! (Or was it Brazil...)

alpha wave

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bF_a6qMeWP8
http://www.myabandonware.com/game/continuum-tm/play

>>2425602
I can list some. Ultima 1, Ultima 3: Exodus, Ultima 4: Quest for the Avatar, Oregon Trail, Ultima 5, Ultima: Martian dreams, Lemmings 1-3, Jazz Jack rabbit, Alley cat, Turrican 2, Double Dragon, Elite Plus, Frontier Elite 2, I have no mouth and I must scream, Chip and Dale, Star control 1 and 2, Carmen Sandiego, and Maniac Mansion.

>>2425602

>>2425608
My honky. I love that game, can still remember that awesome music.

>>2425618
that looks a lot better than the PS1 version. i might play this

>>2425671
Yup, plus it has trains which I think were taken out of that version.

>>2425602
I'll post a pic that I grabbed from here some time ago.

Rusty is a nice hidden gem of a game, but the controls are a little awkward. To run, you have to hold 8 (up) on the numpad.

>>2426532

Is this the Castlevania clone game?

>>2426543
Yep!

>>2425681
That Monkey Island picture is from some kind of remake, is it not?

Also, even though it has Scorched Earth, it still needs WORMS.

>>2425602
Hard Nova
>http://www.myabandonware.com/game/hard-nova-ws
Surprisingly engaging, impressively detailed hard-boiled space merc sim. Outfit your crew and lead them through ground combat, infiltration, and boarding missions! Seduce, trick, and abuse NPCs into giving up vital information! Fight off fleets of enemy ships on your way to the next sector's wormhole! Discover an epic plot spanning galaxies of space and millennia of time!

Dark sun:shattered lands

>>2426567
>That Monkey Island picture is from some kind of remake, is it not?
nope

>>2425671
early 3D accelerators do that. Higher rendering resolution, bilinear filtered textures, and perspective correct texture mapping.
DOSBox by itself does not support 3D acceleration though, so you'll have to look for one of the glide-capable forks. And of course you have to find the DOS version of GTA. The Windows version is available for free from Rockstar itself.

>>2426663
they took it down actually.

>>2426664
yeah, though the originally distributed download is still available out there. Same with GTA 2

>>2426660
Are you sure?
It looks like it has slots for pictures where items should go, and when I played it there was only text for items, and there were more action buttons.

Pic related, I got it from Google, but it looks more like the version I had on my old computer.

Were there versions with pictures for items? Because I remember (non-English speaking country) not knowing what a Staple Remover was, and getting no hint from any pictures when I played it.

>>2426668
The interface looks like Monkey Island 2
Do you visit the scumm bar at some point in that game? I faintly do remember a brief stop at melee island

>>2426674
I can't really say, since I only played 1 and 3 in any serious way, but if it's a snapshot from the second one then sure, I just assumed it was some remake of the first one (since the SCUMM bar was one of the first places you visit in it).

I'll go ask my brother, since he's the only person I know who played the second one to the end.

>>2426685
3? There never was a 3. Monkey Island is a story of exactly two games. AND DON'T DARE TELL ME OTHERWISE

I'm only semi-kidding. as far as I heard 3+ were good/ok games, but I really dislike what 3 did to big whoop, and refuse to acknowledge the successor games to be anything else but forced sequels. 1 and 2 told a complete story.

>>2425681
Damn it anon, I'm not an ant, I can't see those pictures.

>>2426694
the images are reasonably big. However, the background itself is super messy and the lossy compression fucks everything to hell.

Heretic @.@

>>2426703
I actually liked Heretic more than Doom for some reason.

>>2426692
>as far as I heard 3+ were good/ok games, but I really dislike what 3 did to big whoop
Since I didn't play 2, I can't say how bad it was. I just got 3 (curse) for free by subscribing to a gaming magazine.

The thing I remember the most of it was playing on hard mode (Mega Monkey) and ending up on the hotel/volcano island without the worm-filled biscuit and from what I figured being unable to continue because I couldn't get the HAIR OF THE DOG thing.

So that was my memory of Monkey Island 3. I guess I missed something obvious, but I sure couldn't get past that point.

I can't bring myself to play DOS games unless I bring out the old CRT>

>>2426718
The game itself is excellent and fun, but I want to use this screenshot to mention something that bothered me quite badly back then: mixing (realtime) CG images with actors or real footage. The graphics back then were not realistic, and that was fine. But adding real objects and actors made that glaringly obvious and killed the immersion quite a bit

>>2426567
There is more than one version, I think the one which the graphical items is the DOS CD version. MI2 also has the new items.

>>2426840
>DOS CD version
Getting rid of the stump joke was the worst decision ever.

>>2426694
you opened the pic in a new tab/window yes?

Do you still have the old levels you made, /vr/?

>>2426692

3 and 4 are different games both good, but definitely different from what gilbert did.
I honestly like 4 more than the others since the comedy is more satirical instead of being cheesy.

And please let the hate for escape from monkey island end, at the time the hate started because the game was different and gamers felt cheated since they expected a ron gilbert game, but now people can enjoy the game on its own.

>>2426886
>And please let the hate for escape from monkey island end
I'll never get over it. If you enjoy these games though, go for it. Would be boring if everybody liked the same stuff.

>>2426897

So i guess there are people that still feel betrayed.
Over the years has been really hard to talk about MI4 and not being shit talked, even at the beginning of /vr/.

>>2426914
No hard feelings. My comment has been more tongue in cheek than anything else. As far as I understand these games are even pretty good in their execution. A different subject and it would have been all cool. As it is though, please don't take my comment too personally. I'm just not big sequels like that.

>>2426926

I understand, i was just making a point, since i thought by now that most people didn't care any more.

>>2426937
Kind of hard for me not to care. MI1 and 2 were my introduction to the point & click genre and among the first games I ever played. They were a significant part of my gaming history. So I am somewhat biased/attached. That's not gonna go away.

Kinda looking for an old DOS game I used to play but the memories of it are way too cloudy, but im givin it a chance, so if anyone might have an idea:
> game is turn based vs-multiplayer
> perspective looks like ultima games, but only got one screen
> ya can choose from your average RPG classes (war,wiz,thf...)

Never had the codes. But I'll take out your spleen why your not looking.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DH1DPP8BlAc

>>2425612
https://archive.org/details/softwarelibrary_msdos_games

>>2428623
Too bad most of that is either shovelware or just very early stuff

>>2427047
geez this is in depth.

this could straight up teach you medicine.

>>2427047
>aorta
>in the abdomen

Though, I mean, considering who's doing the surgery I suppose I can let it slide.

>>2428632
How about this then?
http://www.myabandonware.com

>>2428642

He was probably treating this.

>>2426552
Hey nice to see you active again. Hows your broken elbow?

>>2428649

Yep.

>>2426532
>Rusty
Can you post a DL link?

>>2428651
This is probably a clearer image of the aorta for him.

>>2428651
>mfw I actually have to study this for my finals

If I pass because of /vr/ I swear to god I'm gonna love you all from the bottom of my heart forever

>>2428690
Yes, that game is awesome. I love how the life bar works, you slowly become a skeleton. Weird, difficult, but fun.

>>2426674
It's the CD version

>>2428690

Sheeit was that game on commodore or Amiga by any chance? I'm getting flashbacks

>>2426694
Dude, you gotta right-click > view image

>>2426678
What am I watching?

>>2425671

It is.

GTA 2's PC version (iirc there was a dos release as well) was far superior to the PS1 version as well.

>>2428986
Skyroads

>>2428986
Skyroads.

>>2425602
Return to Zork

DOS might be the only vidya platform that aged worse than even the Atari 2600.

>>2429014
GTA2 for PC supported Direct3D, which means you can make it look good relatively painless, compared to GTA1. I prefer GTA1's cities and missions though

Princess Maker 2 is unironically one of the things you absolutely must play.

>>2429257
why?

>>2429262

The game is essentially a perfect raising sim. It sets the standard which all other games of this type can be judged.

>>2429262
Pedo simulator.

>>2425602
so many to post

>>2428645
I noticed something. Neither The Internet Archive Dos Archive nor www.xtdos.com have I have no mouth and I must scream, nor do they have the IBM PC DOS version of Frontier: Elite 2. Why is that?

Can somebody remind me if this game was any good?

I remember play it a lot, but I was a little kid so I never got very far, and I didn't understand what the different missiles did.

>>2429472
SAVE THIS THREAD!

maniac mansion?

>>2429685

I played that on XTdos.com! Its good, but isn't as audio-rich as the Atari ST version.

GOAT right here. My brother and I would skip school, come home and play this. Funky bombs, lava bombs, dirt bombs... good times.

>>2425681
Man there is barely any Apogee games there.
>BioMenace
>Crystal Caves,
>Secret Agent Man,
>Cosmos
>Monster Bash

>>2429405
ESA. There are quite a few other unavailable games like that

>>2429472
It's pretty entertaining. The missiles aren't that useful. It's much more important to learn a smooth line around the track, because your craft corners like shit.

>>2430054
literally the best game ever made

>>2427025
The Guild?

>>2430054
And then WORMS

>>2428650
Healed with no complications. Thanks for caring!

>>2428748
https://www.sendspace.com/file/v98bw8

This zip contains Rusty and Totsugeki Mix, which was a sort of spiritual sequel to Rusty.

>>2425681
really good list! no terranova though

>>2430403
ESA?

Can I now upload old games to archive.org?

>>2426718
Fucking Carmageddon 2 had the best fuckin car deformation physics ever. I remember hitting the edge of a building at some ridiculous speed and having my car sheared in half longways.

>>2431054
>Crowd Rallying Simulator 2000
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDz_KE9ERUw&t=1m2s

>>2430612
Not the guy who requested the DL link, but thanks. I remember never being able to beat this as a kid, and now I get the chance. Just like donkey Kong country 2...

>>2431078
Dammit wrong image. Sorry

>>2431058
Uh-OH!
BAN Incoming for breaking rule 5!

>>2431031
Carmageddon 1 (ONE) still have better vehicle damage than Just cause, Gta, Saints Row etc.

>>2430403
What in the world is this ESA?

>>2430971
>>2431192
My guess: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entertainment_Software_Association
>Support for SOPA and PIPA
>ESA has been known to actively send copyright infringement notices to websites and ISPs (targeting users)
>The ESA has also been known to lobby congress in order to get laws passed that benefit the industry's copyright protection.
It's the RIAA for video games.

>>2431221
Okay then. Who owns the copyright to IHNMAIMS and Elite 2 these days?

>>2431226
My speculation based on Wikipedia:
IHNMAIMS: Night Dive Studios
Elite 2: Gametek, Konami

>>2431507
This deserved to be on Amiga.

>>2431509
deserved? GTFO

>>2431058

>>2431515
Stay assmad, DOS fanboy. I like both X86 DOS and Amiga as well as Atari ST.

>>2431065
Darkseed 2 was admittedly a guilty pleasure for me. It was so ridiculous and cheesy that is was enjoyable.

>>2431650
320x200 or 1280x1000, don't bother with anything else

>Stay assmad, DOS fanboy. I like both X86 DOS and Amiga as well as Atari ST.

So, why did you delete you post ?

>>2426678
What are some other DOS games with dope music?

>>2432927
Redneck Rampage.

>>2432767
I didn't. The mods did.

>>2431650
I love how the laser rifles basically look like AAA batteries that someone strapped a stock and a grip to. They look like they belong in an episode of Rescue Rangers more than in a game about a global alien holocaust.

>>2432927
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=furdU2TpcpQ

>>2433562
Reminds me of a PS1 game called Circuitbraker.

Any relation between them?

>>2425615
this

>>2433740
Don't think so.
Circuit Breakers is a sort of followup to Dare Devil Derby 3D though, which Ignition seems to take some inspiration from.