/vr/ - Retro Games

The only one of those I replay is 2. 1 and London feel thin in comparison.

>>2549023
Can't get used to the controls. I've played a considerable amount of it and still hate how it plays.

I hate the saving system. I can never remember where the fucking phones are.

>>2549023
GTA 2 MY BLACK BRETHREN
The game of my childhood! I still replay it, I love how it's so arcadey and the atmosphere sucks me right in!
>>2549078
That's why the differently-colored arrows are on your screen

GTA2 was awesome - really funny in a twisted way and the better tech, compared to part 1, helped to unleash its full potential.

Isn't there any open source clone for GTA2? Would love to see a modern port with map edition capabilities.

>>2549206
GTA2 didn't have this though

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYy69qOJWoM

I really prefer the first GTA over 2, the handling and the silliness of the first game are so better. The collisions are 100% shit though.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-3TijYrFNU

>>2549023
The 1st is the game I played the most on PSX. I shitted my pants when I saw GTA 3. I played a lot also the 1st on GBC.

I dont like the futuristic world of the 2nd. Music and maps was also better in the 1st IMO.

>>2549214
No, but GTA2 modding tools are readily available.

How are the GBC/A versions? Was always curious about those.

>>2549918
I played the GBC version of 1 and the music was enough for me to play it only once.

>>2549918
GTA1/2 GBC are impressive as hell because they are unabridged versions of the games. All of the cities as well as all of the missions are crammed into the games.

They are not fun to play, though.

I played GTA2 so much as a child, finding the tanks, going on rampage, activating debug mode (teleport!)... and of course the missions were amazing, often more on the funnier side but that fit very well with the weird pseudo-futuristic-80s-neon-atmosphere.

Another amazing thing: modifying the car stats. After trying endlessly I found settings that would make the cars spin insanely fast when using the hand brake. Together with an indestructible car that was a fun ride!

>>2549023

I am surprised more people don't remember these. I'm 20 and loved the PS1 GTA when I was little. It's still the only GTA I have played. I remember being scared of the PS2 games but the PS1 one never seemed too mature despite all the violence.

>>2551027
People remember them fine, they're just massively overshadowed by the later GTA games.

I liked GTA, but the shooting and driving felt too imprecise; it's like playing an arcade game without levels or good enemy patterns. I feel like they wanted to encourage people to just play sandbox style, which most players responded to positively.

>>2551035

From my experience people don't remember them. People act like GTA3 was the start

GTA 1 is awesome. though I don't recall ever beating a single level.

and that fucking 15fps lock triggers me.

>>2549023
I played a lot of GTA 1 and 2, I could never get into the modern GTAs (3 and above) they were just not the same thing for me, and I wasn't having the same fun... lmao at those who say the modern ones are so much better, they don't have the same arcadish funny vibe the old ones have... different gaming vibes, not better ones.

>>2549023

The best way to play these games is the DOS/Windows versions, right?

best cruising/being stuck in traffic song coming through

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0nll1pVPX8

>>2551036
>People act like GTA3 was the start
GTA3 was the first game in the series that was *really* good.

The games sold well enough. No one forgot GTA1 or 2, they're just overshadowed by their younger brethren.

>>2551082
>15 FPS

Are you playing the PAL version or something?

>>2552504
He's probably playing the PS1 version.

>>2552532
That's what I meant. I downloaded an ISO of GTA1 years ago and it was slow as shit. Turned out to be the PAL ISO.

To be fair, though, I read that DMA wasn't really proud of the PSX port of GTA1. GTA2, on the other hand, was built from the ground up and developed with the PC version.

>>2552504

GTA2 is the best GTA

>>2552548
I like GTA2 but respectfully disagree.

Honestly, I don't even think GTA2 is the best retro GTA, either. London beats it out due to better mission design (and less tedious mission design at that).

>>2552532
>>2552504
>Are you playing the PAL version or something?
3dfx version on a V5. Maybe it's 24 or 30 fps or something but it feels like a slidehow in any case.

>>2552590
>V5
post pictures

Only ever played the first one of the top-down GTA games. Never got round to playing either London nor GTA 2.

>pushing cars off the top of that bridge in San Andreas and killing people when they exploded
>the GOURANGA bonus

>>2552819
uh, okay.

>>2553993

>>2553994

AND REMEMBER RESPECT IS EVERYTHING

>>2549023
a bit too off topic but I recently played 3, vc and sa
3 was a pain at times
vc was okay but kinda small
sa was okay
but then I just booted 2 and it felt really good even tho the game is really REALLY hard (and maybe for the wrong reasons)
so am I just blinded by the nostalgia or is the game really that good

>>2553994
>Model M spotted
mi negro

Honestly I think GTA2 looked amazing despite being semi-2D.

>>2554057
DAMNATION ! NO DONATION, NO SALVATION

>>2554065
>but then I just booted 2 and it felt really good even tho the game is really REALLY hard (and maybe for the wrong reasons)
>so am I just blinded by the nostalgia or is the game really that good


this whole "blinded by nostalgia" thing is fucking retarded. You like it. Who cares? From the sounds of it, you haven't even played it before?

>>2554081
>Honestly I think GTA2 looked amazing despite being semi-2D.

Me too. (Although I don't understand why you would say "despite being semi-2D", as if 2D or semi-2D games can't look good.) The lighting effects are great, the cars and textures look nice, the fire effects and whatnot look cool and everything plays very smoothly. Hell, even the gun sprites are awesome.

>>2554065

Probably the 3D iterations are easier because you can press a button to lock the aim at foes, it's easier to replenish your health/get a jacket and it's easier to get rid of a huge number of people using cheap ways like ramming them with a truck or exploding a vehicle near to them. You can do that in the 2D games, but it is a lot harder to get away as you don't have a running button and have to manually aim the whole time.

1. GTA Vice City
2. GTA: V
3. GTA 2
4. GTA: SA
5. GTA
6. GTA III
<< Power Gap >>
7. GTA IV

>>2552274
Rockstar re-released the 1st one at least as freeware about a decade back. The sweet thing about that deal is that they updated the engine to be natively Win XP compatible. That's the version you should try.

>>2549023
Yeah, love them for the unapologetic attitude, but not including a proper mid-game save feature for the first one was a massive bullshit move, that rendered the later cities nearly unbeatable, the brutal difficulty considering. GTA1 was one of the reasons why I learned reverse engineering and debugging, so I could create my own trainers for the sonowabitch.

>>2555014

Yeah, yeah, you are the guy who have the right opinion and would like to share with us

>>2554939
back then it was heavily criticised for the 2D graphics which, according to some major review, were "almost identical to the first game" - absolute bullshit imho.

Especially the explosions were never as pretty as in GTA 2 again. Just look at those screen-filling car bomb fireballs! The later games really lacked that.

Soul making,
Sound shaking,
Earth quaking,
Change!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCvAaFB3eNA

>>2555014
You left like 3 games off (London, Liberty City Stories, Vice City Stories) but decent list.

I played GTA 1and2 more than V

I remember seeing GTA in a magazine and reading you could run down cops, so I had to buy it.

>>2555091
>forgetting gta advance

Not surprising

>>2555096
Oh snap! Still not as good as GTA 2 though.

>>2549215

Yeah it did. Joyride was in 1, 2 and 3.

>>2555031
both 1 and 2, now they are nowhere to be found on the official site.

http://www.rockstargames.com/classics/

I have both files in an external hdd somewhere...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OGOIALhPWg

>meme traders

>>2555048
Gfx were awesome - very polished look + the people flying toward the camera was hilarious!
Fuck "reviewers".

>>2549078
>I hate the saving system.

Get a TV van, their dishes always point to the save point.

>>2556672
I know this solution, but it's fucking hard to find the fucking TV van itself.

gta 2 had that cool electricity weapon that should have been in other gta games . it also had oil slicks that you could deploy from cars as a upgrade .

>>2556672
... there are save points?

>>2557075
Jesus Saves.
You have to pay a donation, though. Hope you got some cash.

>>2556456
I've always liked that song.

>>2555070

That's my phone ringing tone

GTA2 multiplayer is GLORIOUS

>>2557075

Save spots are at the starting location, right were you exit when you've gotten a red score.

>>2557614
This. I loved playing it with my brothers.

I absolutely love GTA2, bought that game when it came out in 99. good times. SRS were my favorite gang because they had a cool HQ, the fastest car and their color was yellow. they also were located in the 2nd disctrict, which is the best in the game.

>>2549215
>Finding the right way around this map
>Might be pretty hard 'cause he's fucked on crack

Checks out, you wouldn't have the maps if you had a cracked copy.

>>2558715
>>2557528
This is for GTA2 only I guess? I've never seen these things in GTA1.

>>2558889
I...

You just blew my fucking mind. I never noticed that shit in all these years.

>>2558903

If I remember correctly GTA 1 has a little more arcane system where once you complete the level you can save in the menus after running out of lives.

>>2555108

i played GTA2 about 600 times and never once heard that song

I hope R* make a modern GTA in 2's world some time. Would be sikk as fukk.

They'll probably make Vice City next. I hope they do tbh. After that though, give us a twisted dystopian future like GTA 2 again pls.

>>2557072
or the flame thrower. they need to bring both back.

GTA1 has aged like milk.

>>2559635
Joyride was very briefly in GTA2. It wasn't the whole song, but a short clip of it. I forget where, but I think it happened during a news report about Robert DeNegro (that's the name of the fictitious rapper that raps it)

Small portions of the song also made it into Vice City and GTAIV.

>>2560654
nope

thats your face anon

>>2560856
It has though. GTA2 did just about everything better.

>>2558740
Why was the 3rd district such a fucking hassle to navigate around in? 2nd district the best
2nd>1st>3rd