/vr/ - Retro Games

The game is not that good, but it's not horrible either, just extremely mediocre and feels kinda unfinished. But fuck, the american cover is UGLY, I think the american cover alone makes the game worse.

>>2454442

Euro cover for reference (better name too)

>>2454440
For some reason Akklaim decided to ruin all Puzzle Bobble boxes and make them completely unappealing.

>>2454453
That one's cool in an 80's movie poster kind of way even though it gives you zero information about the game

>>2454440
Mario in europe has angry eyebrows on the box-art They do this because he looks more edgy that way and apparently that makes us europeons smack our wallet boners on the counter.

>phalanx-snes-boxart.jpg

>>2454486
Actually that shit is awesome and the game actually turns out uninteresting after looking at it.

>>2454454
i think that probably did well with its target demographic

>>2454483

>>2454453
I'd be confused as fuck when starting the game up, but that's a cool-ass cover.

>>2454501
other than that poorly drawn random guy on the cover, it's an appealing box

but then not-Megaman is just standing there like a retard with his screwed up knees and stance and gun instead of arm cannon and yellow out of fucking nowhere

>>2454442
At least it has nice colors

>>2454765
Holy shit top kek

alex in this cover look like a cereals box mascotte.

>>2454765

>Don't wanting to play a game with based Valderrama in the cover

Fite me irl

>>2455240
>bootleg Andy sending his brother to certain doom

=/

>>2454440
WOW THAT IS HORRIBLE.

Pretty much any SMS cover

the japanese cover of ghoul panic (warning furries material)

>>2455298
They're doing you a favor by driving you away

>>2455770
I kinda like this design of the Pac-Man character. It's delightfully weird.

>>2455770
weird.

>>2455262
This.

>>2455227

How did they screw the pooch this much.
For the longest time I thought it was just some shitty shovelware title. At least they could've put the fucking Treasure logo so people knew.

>>2455240
This is so 80s.

>>2455964
Uh-oh, have fun being taken away by the FBI or CPS.

I think Nintendo Power once had a page on terrible boxart and this was on it.

>>2455262

It's not even ducking connected to anything. It's just a fucking floating foot.

Fuck this gay earth. That was a fucking HOKUTO NO KEN game..

>>2455240
Why did Patrick Swayze punch Kevin Costner in the face like that?

>>2456031
Eh, you can tell it's a Treasure game from her face. Almost all of their characters look like that.

>>2456084
not retro

>>2455356
It could be much worse.

>Spoilering something like that.
Are you triggered/ go into hissy fits when you look at anthromorphic stuff?

>>2455240
>lol american art
Honestly, I like it

HOW DID WE GO FROM THIS

TO THIS?

>>2456184

>Wonder Boy is wearing Sneakers and knee pads.

Ah yeah, that famous "Skater Knight" Wonder Boy. Also the fact he's frowning makes me want to buy the game even more.

>>2456184

Noone buys cute games, that's for gay people. ONLY!!1 Also look how rad the protag is, duuude. And have you seen how big that sword is? that just screams ACTION, man!

>>2456361
this guy is actually right, anime shit is for fags

>>2454871
>mom says its my turn to play

>>2454463
Its more eye catching I suppose.

I mean.
"Dinosaur that cranks wheel and shoots balls at other balls" isn't going to really interest a lot of people, even though the games are fun as hell.

>>2456127
suck my fucking dick

Incidentally I was just thinking this looked ugly on my shelf

>>2455240
I always wondered why they were fighting on a bench...

And why that bench was so close to a... cliff?

>>2456192
>eyebrows down
>upside down frown

He's smiling. How do you see a frown? How the fuck do you see a smile as a fucking frown? HE'S IN THE FUCKING GAME NIGGA

>>2456441
I don't know, puzzle bobble always seemed kind of a girly game to me, cutesy dinosaurs make total sense.

>>2454483
laughed when I saw MGS

>>2454440
>>2454463
jesus christ how horrifying

>>2456441
What's that white thing below their mouth, their chin or a fucking huge tooth?

>>2456635
Toof.

>>2454494
I want this to be a thing

>>2456635
sperm

>>2456713
>implying I wouldn't buy this because of the cover

>>2456713
heh, us cover is actually better

>>2454871

>>2456713

but that makes me want to play it

>>2455948
Pretty much any Master System box art

>>2456375
I hope this is satire as well.

>>2456131
no, but you now, many people find anthromorphic stuff scary/disgusting.

>>2456615
You best be trolling. That's one of the greatest game box designs of all time.

>>2456729
That game kicks extreme amounts of ass

You won't be buying it though regardless of the box art because
>holy shit that price tag

>>2456127
Yes it is.

You know, the beloved character.

Fritz.

>>2461078
That box makes me glad my family didn't spend money on it because of what a steel-balled lie it was.

Of course, it was shit as a game anyway due to sheer guessing with over 95% of it. Should have just been some Halloween special on Cartoon Network, direct to video cartoon or something.

if someone put lawnmower man already im fucked :((

>>2461213
He reminds me of a cat. Surprised that didn't plaster it with that BASED ON A BOOK BY STEPHEN KING bullshit.

>>2456748
is he carrying his own head? what? is that some wrestling thing i dont know about

>>2455770
>Ghost licking his lips in a sultry manner while chasing tanktopped Pac-Man

What's not to like?

>Larusa baseball
Dude looks like a pedi

>>2461078
omg I totally remember being like "...should I know who this is?"

and then I played it.
God did those FMV games suck

>>2461298
>Stormfront Studios
kek

>>2456748
>The file name
I am mad I laughed as hard as I did but I laughed quite hard, good one anon

>>2456084
And its a pretty good game, although with bad art.

>>2456496
They're fighting on a ferris wheel.

It looking too much like Adventure's box art didn't help, either.

>>2456748
>seriously thinking Chris strangled himself let alone killed his family
>not knowing it was all a coverup by Kevin Sullivan

Open your eyes.

>>2454765
>Ravanelli and Valderrama
In-game they were instantly recognisable, and pretty popular IRL.
Fuck knows why they went with Paul Ince though.

>>2454483
No he doesn't. Kirby has angry eyebrows though, in the US.

>>2455770
Is he eating Cool Spot?

I know a lot of people like it, but I really hate Oddworld's character design.

Am I supposed to like this guy? He looks like a clod, and his mouth is... sewn shut? That's gross. Also his name is Abe, which reminds me of one of our dorkiest presidents.

Dorks have a place in media, but not a video game protagonists. Nobody watched Family Matters thinking, "That Steve Urkel is so awesome!"

>>2464794
>Nobody watched Family Matters thinking, "That Steve Urkel is so awesome!"
Pretty sure he was the most popular character on that show.

>>2464794
okay i get that you don't like the whole loser is the hero thing, but unlike a lot of games oddworld showcases a mild, timid weak goofy protganist given the most epic of all journeys. his destiny is to save his people. he possesses psychic powers and is deeply empathetic. sorry he doesn't have huge muscles and charisma, but that is what i find most charming about abe. he could be you, just an average guy on the surface. also i like to think of the name abe as abraham from the bible since he leads his people to the promised land and speaks directly with god, as does abe in oddworld. but idk if thats why.

I'm surprised no one posted this one.

>>2464879
>>2464794
It's an Abe Lincoln reference - both Abes freed slaves. Could be a biblical reference too, I don't know too much about it.

His mouth is sewn shut because he talked too much, it annoyed the guards and Molluck - it's also to prevent him from chanting. The devs expanded on it in a few interviews and in later games.

>>2464906
>It's an Abe Lincoln reference
Holy shit, I can't believe I never made that connection. I feel so dumb. I know Molluck is a reference to Molech, the ancient sacrificial god.

>>2454440
..... The more I look back on the 90's the more weird it seems. Have you ever watched an old Taco Bell commercial for example?

>>2454442
Strange, the cover is what made me want it and the gameplay is what got me hooked. How few and far between everything was made it feel more real.

>>2454443
I'll agree that the Euro cover is better though. The Euro title sucks though.

>>2454453
That cover made me buy the game.

>>2454454
But that looks like exactly what you would expect from the title....

>>2454463
.....

>>2454494
I never thought I could possibly want to play Kirby any more than I already did until I saw this.

Kirby's Adventure was the first game I remember getting that was personally mine.

>>2464926
You know what's worse than namefags? Namefags who feel the need to reply to every post in a thread.

>>2464871
Steve Urkel was popular, but nobody wants to be him.

I'm not obsessed with macho meatheads. Here are some examples of good characters who are relateable:
>Mario
>Link
>Spyro
>Gordon Freeman! (A nerd, but not a dork.)

>>2456478
That game is amazing, but the title is just too ridiculous.

>>2464906
>It's an Abe Lincoln reference - both Abes freed slaves.

How the hell did I never notice that before?

>>2456031
To be honest this box art is what actually made me buy the game when I was little. I think because she kinda looks like Cubix, which I was a big fan of at the time.

I played it for like 5 minutes and then chucked it in the closet because I thought the controls sucked. Never really appreciated the game til a few years ago.

not box art, but all of the road rash cutscenes

>>2464913
>Fabio doesn't make you want to play the game
What are you, gay?

>>2454453
Bought the game on the box art alone. No regrets.

>>2454454
Never even heard of it, but damn I might pick it up. I love fishing games.

>>2454483
Find this stand amusing if only because my younger sister grew up on games like SOCOM 2, .hack and dark souls.

>>2460628
WHAT THE FUCK? $150 for the instruction on ebay.

I used to own this game too. Completely forgot about it until this thread. God dammit.

>>2464913
This is actually cooler looking than the game though.

>>2456615
I never did rent that game at my local bluckbuster where I went to because of that cover. Now I love it.

>>2456441
Eyecatching is one thing, but it looks goddamn horrifying. If I got >>2454440 I'd be expecting a horror trip in the vein of Darkseed or something, not adorable dinosaurs.

It feels like they were just scared to appeal to kids, for whatever reason. Thank goodness they let cute things be cute nowadays...

Thank god the in game art is way better

>>2454486

Why not just post it? I don't get that.

>>2466159
Because it gets posted in every box art thread since forever ago. It's a joke.

>>2466000

man bubble bobble really is the greatest shit ever. I practically grew up playing bad shockwave clones of it on my dad's computer.

What's the best way to play it these days on a computer? Any good flash remakes or should I just emulate one of them?

>>2466230
>flash remakes
Nigga are you for real?

Go download Bubble Symphony and play it on MAME.

>>2466237

I meant to say puzzle bobble, not bubble bobble, my bad.

but damn this game is cute.

>>2456084
http://www.seanbaby.com/nes/karnaajrally.htm

>>2464794
Hello

>>2466792
Huh, I haven't seen anyone mention Seanbaby in years. Wonder what he's doing these days. Probably pissed he missed out on the Youtube gravy train.

>>2466807
He still writes for cracked. His twitter is pretty good

Know it's not entirely retro but, have you seen this thing? It's like some sort of deprived ritual where they all press their asses together and violently shit all over each other. Have you seen the look on their faces? That's the clincher

>>2466820
It's a TV show too:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DaPLXiHb4XM

>>2455770

>>2466820
That literally looks like fetish porn.

>>2467140
What did I just saw?

>>2454442
it's a really nice game and that cover is great

I know is fake, but this is the first thing it comes to my mind when the game is mentioned.

>>2466820
>>2467140

>>2466820
it makes me uncomfortable...

>>2464932
>Mario
>Link
>Spyro
>relateable

I like them too, but they're far from relateable.

>>2467429
Super Duper Sumos apparently. I have very vague memories of this on Nickelodeon, but that might've been another cartoon.

>>2466820
>>2467140

>this piece of gay shit Sumo stuff got a cartoon and a video games
>Sumo Dudes didn't got either a TV show or a video game, just a pog/sticker collection

I live in the wrong dimension

Gay porn is the best box art.

>>2470689

I'd play the shit out of that if it wasn't for the fact the atari port is bad

>>2470682

Oh shit, I'm sorry.

>>2465145
i loved the deformed art in that game. Super 90s. Maybe all the Soundgarden helped

>>2456184

He looks like a Garbage Pail Kid

>>2455770

He looks like a racist cartoon of a Chinese track n' field sprinter eating urinal cakes in a rich Italian guy's backyard.

and the ghosts are the hallucinations resulting from urinal cake consumption toxicity

>>2465145

The cop on the left looks like the 1987 Max Headroom hacker.

Coincidence? I think not

>>2454440
>>2454463
>>2464926
>The more I look back on the 90's the more weird it seems

I blame this shit on Mtv and their obsession with creepy baby-dolls and disturbing black and white stock footage. And of course old-timey freak shows and creepy circus clowns. Just look all the grunge and industrial music videos.

I'm just imagining a bunch stuffy coke-snorting suits in the 90s watching hours of Mtv for inspo to redesign Japanese game box art so it can appeal to edgy Generation X skater dudes with face piercings still mourning Kurt's death and not giving a fuck about the game itself because they'll play anything when they're high on weed.

>>2470810
man youre projecting something in there

>>2470672

Holy shit I had a set of those when I was a kid. I kinda liked them because I was starting to go through my weeaboo phase back then and it looked anime-ish.

>>2470817

No really, just look at most music videos of the 90s specially the edgy stuff.

>>2470836
i already know, i was there

>projecting
i was referring to the last sentence you wrote.

>>2470853

Nah I wasn't cool enough to smoke weed because of my sheltering parents.

Still I just thought it was stupid that they were trying to repackage cutesy Japanese games as weird and creepy to appeal to 90s edgelords.

>>2454501

Even worse how some hipster douche form the "I am 8-bit" freak show was hired to draw a replica cover for MM9 because "LOL it's so bad it's good, hurrr it's iconic an ironic"

again why must hipsters ruin retro games so much?

>>2464719
damn very meta

>>2470941
I dunno, I kind of liked the art for MM9&10, it's not like Capcom could be bothered to lift a finger. We're lucky the damn game was released at all, an American dev made it.

>>2454442
its cute

>>2470963

But why that ugly box art? Was he really nostalgic about that abortion or was he trying to troll the fans? or was he trying to be "ironic" like a typical hipster douche.

I just can't imagine anyone liking that box art seriously.