/vr/ - Retro Games

>>2696945
I always liked Tekken 1 and 2, esp pic related

>dat music

>>2697032
anon, i don't know how to break it to you but tekken isn't street fighter

>>2697037
>out of them all
>doesn't say "out of all Street Fighters"
>blaming the other guy for you being vague
A2 definitely had the best music in Alpha though, A1's instrument choices are just weird (compare Charlie theme in A1 vs A2) and most of the stuff in A3 is garbage from a game that tried way too hard to be cool and edgy

>>2697043
>implying i'm op
>implying i'm not just making a joke
>implying it wasn't inherent from what he said

>>2697049
you have an autistic sense of humor

>>2697049
>Implying Mortal Kombat's backgrounds weren't the best.
>Implying Tekkens weren't bland early 3d.
>Implying I have anything to add to this conversation.

>>2697032
The way Tekken backgrounds rotate in the PS2 era was mesmerizing.

>>2697062
takes one to know one

>>2696945
is that waitress Morrigan?
Is Morrigan going to tribad-rape Ken's girlfriend?

>>2696945
Just makes me think... Who is Eliza and when do I get to kick her ass?

>>2697157
Ken's wife who is also Guile's sister

>>2697032
Heihachi Mishima is about to manhandle your ass.

Not even spamming backflip kicks will save you.

>>2697159
I did not know this. I am not very much into the lore.

>>2697159
>>2697167
Ken's wife is the sister of Guile's wife (Ann/Anne), not Guile's sister. Ken and Guile are brothers-in-law.

>>2697172
*Guile's wife is called Julia/Jane, depending on the version. Anne is Guile's daughter.

One bit of trivia is that Vega (Claw)'s flag in SF2 was the spanish flag from the Franco period, which was declared to be inconstitutional in 1975. They change the flag in later games (also Zangief's flag, from USSR to Russia).

>>2697172
>>2697175
THEN WHO IS KEN'S WIFE?

>>2697157
>when do I get to kick her ass?
Never, but you might get to play as their son, Mel, one of these days

>>2697184
Ken's wife is Eliza.
Guile's wife is Julia

Eliza and Julia are sisters.
Ken and Guile are brothers-in-law

>>2696945
I always liked the idea of Street Fighter, Darkstalkers, etc all taking place in the same world.

I like this stage

2nd impact had nicer backgrounds

>>2697346
What?

I'm fond of Darkstalkers 1's, myself.

>>2697635
Lots of the characters in that Alpha 2 Ken stage are either Darkstalkers characters or people cosplaying as them. Lord Raptor with guitar on the far left, sien-Ko should be to his right, but she's missing form OP's pic for some reason, girl in yellow dress is her sister Mei-Ling, girl in pink stockings a bit to the right of that is Morrigan, Felicia is in the middle of the pool on the right.

SVC Chaos backgrounds are pretty cool

I also like the sheep background in that KoF that I can't remember

>>2697346
Anita was supposed to be a child Rose, she would be the link between both series. Darkstalkers never gives an exact year in their story, but from a few things we can gather, Darkstalkers takes place in the '80s. Since Street Fighter takes place in the '90s, it would make sense for Rose to be a child back then.

Cool stage, but I can't figure out when it's supposed to take place. Why are Cody and Haggar hanging out with the Mad Gear like they're all buddies? If it's before FF don't they know they're a gang of bad dudes? That kind of thing would hurt Haggar's political career.

>>2697670
Also in Felicia's ending in Darkstalkers she hopes to get Blanka.

>>2697698
source? you know adult Anita shows up in Dee's storyline in the ps2 port
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07gQlEiG37Y
skip to 2 minute mark

>>2697698
That's just a fan theory based on the outfit Anita is wearing in Donovan's ending in Night Warriors.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07gQlEiG37Y
This doesn't make sense because not only they look nothing alike, but it's been explained in Street Fighter Alpha 2 that Rose is the reincarnation of the good portion of Bison's soul.

>>2697884
By the way Amanda is just an unnecessary localization of Anita's name in the west.

>>2697774
How are you missing that Haggar has a gang member in a headlock?

>>2697990
Looks to me like he's just playing around with him, like a big brother would to his bro. It's obviously not a serious fight or else Cody would be over there dealing with all the other thugs trying to fight off Haggar to free their ally. And why would Jessica be there at all? You don't bring your gf/daughter to gangland if you're there on business to kick their asses. It's like they're all at some community picnic.

>>2697774
>>2697990
>>2698008
It kinda looked to me like they were in the middle of something and stopped to watch the fight. I never thought much about this stage but now that you've said it it is weird as fuck.

>>2697665
They fucked up that bakground in Darkstalkers Revenge by making it all red, it looks weird.

fite backgrounds are so nice

>>2696945
In the SF series, yeah. Out of all fighting games I'd go with KOF '99.

>>2698130
You can say that again.

>>2698068
Yeah, most of the stage recolors in the second game were pretty ugly. It was nice that the Saturn version let you choose the original colors.

>>2696945
>you will never skinny dip with felicia

>>2698130
SNK for best graphics

1. Lord Raptor - from Darkstalkers
2. Lei Lei - from Darkstalkers
3. Mei-Leng - from Darkstalkers
4. Ken - from Street Fighter
5. The Unknown Soldier Blue - from Forgotten Worlds
6. The Unknown Soldier Red - from Forgotten Worlds
7. Morrigan - from Darkstalkers
8. Biff Slamkovich - from Slam Masters
9. Victor Ortega - from Slam Masters
10. Eliza - from Street Fighter
11. Ninja Commando - from Captain Commando
12. Captain Commando - from Captain Commando
13. Michelle Heart from Legendary Wings
14. Strider Hiryu - from Strider
15. Cammy - from Alpha Street Fighter
16. Linn Kurosawa - from Alien vs. Predator
17. Felicia - from Darkstalkers
18. Pure - from from Capcom World 2
19. Kenzo Tsujimoto - from Tsujimoto, CEO of Capcom.

>>2698459
Cool! Thanks for uploading this

Alpha 2 has way more charm than Alpha 3, while it has less content it feels like a more solid game.

>>2698459
look at those dead franchises

>>2698930
The entire alpha series is super broken when played in high level.

>>2698930
The entire alpha series is super broken when played in high level. For Alpha 2 they got rid of chain links but added the custom combo which in the end is just as cheap.

>>2698110
>the ugly-ass 3d prerender stages in Third Strike
what happened

>>2697670
You forgot to mention Strider and Captain commando are also in there

>>2697774
I always figured it was after Final Fight, and the Mad Gear gang had all done their time and were now just street thugs hanging out.

Haggar is there because he likes to go out and fight people/spar sometimes, because you know Haggar's not your average politician, he WAS a fighter/wrestler before his political career after all.

>>2697774
>>2698025
Obviously they're all there to spar and have a good time, this is probably after the Mad Gear gang broke up

>>2698950

Gotta be honest as much as I love 3S I miss a lot of the 2nd Impact stages

>>2696945
>>2698930
I'll have to agree

I also think Street Fighter Alpha 2 Gold has the best music in the series

Personally Charlie has the best stage

It's on a fucking rooftop with fucking neon high-rise buildings in the background. With fucking a jet plane flying behind you.

I also like Rolento and Guy's stage because of the final fight nostalgia.

Gen's stage is very cool too, it's the kind of place where you'd expect to find the old man, in a dark alleyway.

Ryu in a desolate snow-covered part of Japan.

Ken in the middle of his wife's party on a yacht.

Birdie in a filthy barroom toilet.

Sakura in a back alley in a residential neighborhood

Also the stage where it's nothing but a thunderstorm on a grassy hill is very cool as well, just the type of place for two rivals to encounter.

Just in general SFA2 has awesome backgrounds.

When Birdie isn't fighting I expect him to be getting into trouble, drinking, or in a filthy heavy metal joint knocking back a few beers

And this is where you find him, in the dirty bathroom of one such establishment. Love the detail and the grime, the guy that opens the stall door sometimes to see what all the commotion outside is.

Sakura fights in the back alley of some residential neighborhood.

I like this stage because it makes me think that you can find her rushing home, and of course she still lives with her parents even though they're never seen.

The kid in the background hilariously rages at the TV and throws his controller when the match ends.

>>2699039
>Also the stage where it's nothing but a thunderstorm on a grassy hill is very cool as well, just the type of place for two rivals to encounter.
That stage comes from the movie (the anime one, not the live-action). It's from the initial scene, where Ryu and Sagat are fighting.

Some trivia: Bison's appearance in the Alpha series is based on the movie. In the original (SF2), he was mostly a well-built man, but in the Alpha series, he was huge. This made its way into canon with the explanation that the Bison from the Alpha series was at his strongest.

The Dramatic Battle mode is a nod to the final battle of the movie (Ryu and Ken vs Bison). In the japanese version of Alpha 1, it's even the same song used in the movie.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3buZCuR1jI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkH9Ybg3SCc

>>2697043
He shouldn't need to say out of all street fighters when it's 100% obvious from the opening statements implication, learn to read fucking dickhead.

>>2699058
I used to thought it was her front yard

>>2699472
It's her house, that boy is her brother. Tsutomu, I believe?

>>2699030
Jesus that looks amazing. I only have 3rd Strike on PS2 so I missed out on all these. Why would they even change them? Is there any version that has all the characters with all the nice stages?

>>2698950
that stage is fucking ugly, the 2d impact and new generation backgrounds, and overall design was so much better

>>2699058

>The kid in the background hilariously rages at the TV and throws his controller when the match ends.

He actually interacts with the fight the whole match. If you hit Sakura he will make an angry face, and if Sakura hits you he will make a happy face, etc. Almost as if he was the one controlling Sakura.

>>2697538

Great stage too, underrated character.

I also love Rose's stage.

>>2699980
>He actually interacts with the fight the whole match. If you hit Sakura he will make an angry face, and if Sakura hits you he will make a happy face, etc. Almost as if he was the one controlling Sakura.
oh yeah?


well where are the pics


show me please

>>2698386
Does Felicia even have tits and a vagoo? She's naked all the time but she just has huge splotches of fur there.

>>2698459
Jesus so many painful memories.

So when exactly are gorgeous hand drawn backgrounds and extremely detailed sprite animations going to make a return?

Seriously, we have all these hip indie devs making 2D games with sprite art and I have yet to see anything that comes close to matching the classics.

>>2700232
>I have yet to see anything that comes close to matching the classics.
Yeah, it's almost like indie devs have small budgets compared to gigantic corporations like Capcom.

>>2699054

Love that stage. But if it has to be a favorite SF stage it would be Cammy's stage.

>>2698459

Fuckin' awesome. Always wondered who was who in that BG.

Not to nitpick, but numbers 8 and 9 are flipped from BG to list.

>>2698459

>>2701346 again. Fixed it.

>>2701331
As a kid at school there was a rumor this was SF's version of the Pit stage from MK and if you did certain conditions you'd knock the other guy off. Good times.

>>2701349
Thanks, that's better. Might as well go balls to the wall and name the dude too. I keep looking at it at seeing his name as Michelle.

>>2701350

Yeah, I used to have dreams about that specifically as a child, fucking weird.

>>2701362

wait, his name ISN'T Michelle?

>themoreyouknow.jpg

>>2700232
Because indie devs are a bunch of hipsters that dont get 2D games at all, they think that "retro" and "pxiel art" means "NES-like" shit graphics.

>>2700238
they didnt have gigantic budgets like they have now, back then game dev teams were about 8 people in a small office.

>>2701580
Look at the credits of any 90s Capcom fighter. They all have dozens of people, most of whom were working on graphics.

Last Blade mang

>>2697065
>Implying Mortal Kombat's backgrounds weren't the best.

Hate to go against all these beautiful hand drawn back drops Capcom and SNK made but my vote would also go towards MK1.

>>2701639
>pre-rendered graphics
ugly as sin mane.

>>2701642
It's all subjective but I just really enjoyed MK1s backgrounds. The stages made It really feel like an old fighting tournament. It wasn't all over the place(airports, alleys, factories,etc) like alot of the other fighters out there.

>>2701654
>>2701639
What are these from? I never saw such HD ones before.

>>2701663
google images

>>2701672
Well poast moar, these are good

>>2701676
K

>>2701690
>>2701686
>>2701672
>>2701654
>>2701639


Are these from the crapped HD collection? you know, the one that was supposed to be HD and donde from the ground up?

>>2701758
Not entirely sure..... google images

Look great tho right?

>>2701758
Looks like it's from a fan remake according to some posts that turn up.

>>2701792
whoops forgot link

http://www.dsogaming.com/news/mortal-kombat-hd-fan-remake-looks-phenomenal-new-animated-gifs-screenshots-still-in-development/

>>2701642
>>pre-rendered graphics
>ugly as sin mane.

That's not what you cucks said when Donkey Kong Country came out.

>>2701796
Donkey Kong is also an ugly game.

Stop thinking opinions are universal.

>>2701797
>DKC
>ugly

said no one ever

>>2701580
More like 50 people
>Producer
>Director
>1-2 assistant directors
>Story
>3 assistants
>Music
>2-4 SFX guys
>5-6 VA's
>4-12 character artists
>1-6 background and effects artists
>6-8 gaphics assistants
>2-6 animators
>2-6 animation assistants
>Programmer
>8-10 assitants

It's just that now companies have those people plus 50 executives, 120 executive assistants, hundreds of office rats, dozens of marketers, dozens of salespeople, 8 other companies with their respective executives, office rats, marketers and salespeople for testing, special effects, publicity, video edition, audio edition, etc.

Modern vidya has blockbuster movie level budgets because they have as many maggots crawling around and sucking off the budget while the same team of 50-80 people do all the real game-related work.

>>2697184

Phone

>>2701349
>>2701362
What game is that Eliza sprite from?

>>2702607
It's fanmade, nigga.

>>2701803
I just did

>>2701803
DKC is an amazing game but yes, it's ugly.
Same goes for Diablo 2.
And basically all early 3D.

We had to wait a long time for 3D to catch up to where 2D were at the point 3D started to take over. I'm not saying anything about the quality of the games; many amazing games came out with terrible looking 3D - strictly talking about the looks of 3D vs 2D.

Pic semi-related. Remember the original prism-tit?

>>2701794
>http://www.dsogaming.com/news/mortal-kombat-hd-fan-remake-looks-phenomenal-new-animated-gifs-screenshots-still-in-development/
>>2701792
goodie, prepare to be taken down under the "Corpywrong Outfrightment" tride despite being non-profit.

>>2697774
The weird thing about this is if you beat the game with Sodom he talks about putting his gang back together. It's like, what? They're all right there bro, just turn around. He talks like it's after Final Fight, but if it was I think Cody would have a KOS on him.

You guys really think DKC looks ugly?

I still think this levels looks fantastic, I feel ultra comfy when I play this one.

Of course, I'm using a CRT, I could imagine it looking like shit on a modern screen with the wrong aspect ratio and all that.

>>2705814
I used to think it looked detailed, now it just looks like stock textures with bump mapping.

>>2705821
>now it just looks like stock textures with bump mapping.

what?

Looking at it on my computer screen, I can notice the background pixelates too much, but again, on a CRT it looks fine.

>>2705828
Yeah sure it does look nice on a crt.