/vr/ - Retro Games

>>3439781
Sorry no news, OP is still a faggot.
Kill yourself.

>>3439785

>Long Lost Game Boy Color RPG ‘Infinity’ Nears Official Release

>While the Game Boy Color may not have as many memorable titles as it's predecessor, a groundbreaking release for Nintendo’s vibrant portable is imminent. Affinix Software recently revealed that their missing in action RPG Infinity, which was originally due for release in 2001, is nearing completion.

>With the Game Boy Advance distracting publishers upon its arrival, Affinix Software unfortunately found themselves unable to secure a deal to put their game onto cartridge. Following this news the team behind the promising RPG disbanded, leaving just a trace of what could have been on their official website. As a result Infinity appeared to disappear to the depths of time, at least until now.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=89&v=5Bi_c47t-R8


http://www.retrocollect.com/News/long-lost-game-boy-color-rpg-infinity-nears-official-release.html

>BT's Long Lost Super Nintendo ‘Interactive TV’ Service Trial Cartridge Discovered

>lthough there seems to be little mention of BT’s involvement with Nintendo in the mid-nineties, it would appear the tele-communications company was trialling a United Kingdom equivalent of Japan’s Satellaview service. Despite little record of BT's testing, one retro gamer has uncovered the Super Nintendo cartridge which would have served a digital-download based service for the 16-bit system and is looking for answers.

>According to several sources online dug up by others researching the topic, BT trialled their interactive TV service to around 2,500 homes across two British towns around 1996. Using a mini-din port on the back of the accompanying cartridge, the console could connect up to a Voyager 2000 set-top box to provide a range of services. This would consist of various games, quizzes, advertising, and supposedly on-demand video content.

>While it’s yet to be known how this service worked, or how the Super Nintendo instructed the set-box to play chosen video clips, it’s rumoured that the idea was scrapped in favour of the Open TV platform instead. Although it’s a shame to hear of yet another ahead-of-its-time idea being lost to time, we’re once again amazed to see yet another piece of missing retro gaming history uncovered.

>>3439781
Fuck off, generals are shit and /vr/ already suffers from having too many of them.

>Japanese Exclusive Nintendo Famicom RPG 'Shadow Brain' Fan Translated Into English

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13soSHdZsUU

>>3439792
>While the Game Boy Color may not have as many memorable titles as it's predecessor

>Wow! It’s not every day you come across a programmer sharing all sorts of cool abandoned projects, but former Jun Amanai has been doing just that on his YouTube channel recently.

>The former Tengen coder has so far shown off five unreleased games – PC Engine conversions of Marble Madness, Off The Wall, Peter Pack Rat and Popils, and a Famicom conversion of Popils. The reasons for the lack of release vary. Popils for the PC Engine was developed with the goal of evaluating the hardware, while Off The Wall would have required a large 8 megabit ROM and a paddle controller.

>As well as these unreleased games, Amanai also worked on a number of games that made it to shop shelves. These include the Game Gear version of Popils (the only one that ever actually saw release), the PC Engine version of Klax, and the Mega Drive versions of Marble Madness and Grind Stormer.

>Take a look at his YouTube channel for more.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt3fNd8xfcY0OsUtR3BCUDQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsvmqVdh3Do

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gb--LnOEYkQ

>Wow! It’s not every day you come across a programmer sharing all sorts of cool abandoned projects, but former Jun Amanai has been doing just that on his YouTube channel recently.

>The former Tengen coder has so far shown off five unreleased games – PC Engine conversions of Marble Madness, Off The Wall, Peter Pack Rat and Popils, and a Famicom conversion of Popils. The reasons for the lack of release vary. Popils for the PC Engine was developed with the goal of evaluating the hardware, while Off The Wall would have required a large 8 megabit ROM and a paddle controller.

>As well as these unreleased games, Amanai also worked on a number of games that made it to shop shelves. These include the Game Gear version of Popils (the only one that ever actually saw release), the PC Engine version of Klax, and the Mega Drive versions of Marble Madness and Grind Stormer.

>Take a look at his YouTube channel for more.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt3fNd8xfcY0OsUtR3BCUDQ

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

http://www.romhacking.net/news/1758/

Pretty weak this batch

>‘Cave Story’ Port In Development For Sega Mega Drive With Playable Demo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=401&v=XFkXv4_K2XA


>If you haven’t already experienced the masterpiece that is Cave Story, you really owe it to yourself to. Also known as Dōkutsu Monogatari, this 2004 indie release for Windows based PCs is a critically acclaimed hit which pulls in everything that made the likes of Castlevania, Metroid and Mega Man great. While it is already available on a wide range of platforms, one retro developer has taken it upon himself to port the game to the Sega Mega Drive.

>In what could be considered a demake, this 16-bit port of the retro-themed game doesn’t appear to discard anything from the original game. The iconic soundtrack remains intact although pumped through the Yamaha YM2612, whilst the game’s visuals currently look as crisp as they did upon release over a decade ago.

>As of speaking the Mega Drive port of Cave Story is limited to the first few areas of the game, however, nevertheless it’s an incredible feat seeing Studio Pixel’s creation on classic hardware. Whether or not this port sees completion is something we’ll have to keep an eye on. In the meantime those interested in sampling this new offering will be pleased to know that a playable demo is available - with any updates made being added to the downloadable releases.

>>3439823
>every retro game has to be translated into 50 different languages for eternity.

Those poor romhackers.

>>3439826
Such is the autism trap, can't escape their fate

>>3439827
>>3439826
Wouldn't it be better if they first translate EVERYTHING in English and then let people who want something translated in a different language go from there?

>>3439848
Yeah, that's what they do.
But if you check the weekly translation thread, there's mario bros on there for the 1,000th time in a new language. So its just kinda funny to joke about.

This week its the language "tagalog"

>>3439848
And that's precisely what's happening

>>3439824
Very cool

>>3439804
Yeah, I'm pretty sure it was fairy even sided in regards to classics. Maybe even skewed towards GBC

>Put down your Sonic Boom Monopoly, pack away Street Fighter Monopoly and shelve Nintendo Monopoly – a new videogame-themed variant of the classic board game has arrived! Final Fantasy VII Monopoly features characters and locations from the 1997 RPG classic, including the likes of the protagonist Cloud, the villainous Sephiroth and body piercing enthusiast Aeris. (Too soon, Nick – Ed.)

>Instead of water works and hotels, you’ll be building Mako reactors and housing for the residents of Midgar, and we wouldn’t be surprised if Shinra was the devilish organisation behind all those parking fines and taxes. The game is available to preorder from Merchoid now at a price of £34.99.
I unironically want this.
too bad nobody ever wants to play monopoly with me ;_;

>>3439848
Fuck that, why does everything have to go systematically contorted in the same bullshit way? They can even translate a few games into Gothic for all I care. NES games could actually be translated into Russian, with how big a thing Dendy was, and Master System and the Mega Drive games can be translated into Portuguese, and then retouched to Spanish. Or translate some into fucking Latin!

Translating through one language and then to another, especially a massively overused one like English, will just get you horrible garbled translation.

RIP the dream.
I wanted a thread that is constantly up so we can check throughout the month and see what we may have missed out on.

Nobody is bumping/contributing though.
Cya fuckboiz

>>3441727
Because Monopoly is objectively a shit game. The only reason a lot of folks haven't realised this is because it takes so long games rarely get finished.

>>3444209
You greentext from some highschool-written retro site 3 or 4 times, often without giving source, over 2 days and then ragequit because it hasn't picked up steam?

Either do the thing or don't. Starting to do it and getting pissy when nobody helps out right away is fucking gay.

>>3439792
>Cauterize

>Better known as Adam offline, Cauterize is one of RetroCollect's final bosses with an unhealthy addiction to pixels. When he's not out searching the web for the latest retro gaming news or creating content for RetroCollect, he'll will most likely be found working on his Sensible Soccer skills.

Ugh. Why the fuck, in 2016, are wannabe journalists with a website still writing cringey schlock about themselves in the 3rd person after articles?

I thought this awful practice went down with Myspace.

>>3444273
>You greentext from some highschool-written retro site 3 or 4 times, often without giving source,

Who cares where I got it from.
It's news either way. and I'm not going to fucking post a link to the same website over and over.
> nobody helps out right away is fucking gay.
>"right away"

The thread was about to get archived in an hour or two.

>>3444270
Modern monopoly comes with a speed dice to run quick games. Also normal monopoly goes plenty fast if you play by the rules (IE no jackpot bullshit)

>>3444278
>he actually went to the article
I posted the only relevant shit so you can avoid such garbage

I told you. Shadowrun SEGACD will never, EVER, be translated. I've been waiting since 2005.

https://iwakuraproductions.wordpress.com/2016/05/28/progress-updates-and-stuff/

>>3444573

>>3444278
Cringeworthy or not, you'll be hard pressed to find a better retro news site than that one

>>3444291
>It's news either way. and I'm not going to fucking post a link to the same website over and over.

So this whole topic is just snippets from a site you like?

>>3444209
Dude there's no retro news what do you expect

Even most of the news you posted were fucking old and stale

And relevant news are deserving of a new thread anyway, don't blame the users

>>3444712
Yes I had to post 4 articles that were of interest from google search looking for news.
It's called "getting the ball rolling".


So far you have only contributed snarky remarks.
>>3444739
I hadn't heard ANY of the stuff I posted, and I check /vr/ twice a day. Most people don't have a chance to scan every retro forum and website all day to know all the latest shit as it is just released.

>And relevant news are deserving of a new thread anyway, don't blame the users

Okay, it gets its thread. Hits 300 posts fast because its big news. Anon stops by week later and the thread is archived and gone so he never even hears about it

>>3444750
Anon all I'm saying is that a thread like this doesn't work just because there is no content to be posted multiple times daily without having to artificially bump it.

I understand that it would be nice to have something like this regularly on the board, but really what can you do if there's no daily content to bump it with.

I follow a bunch of retro news sites on my RSS reader and most of the "news" are opinnion pieces or something that doesn't even qualify as retro for this board's standards. In fact whenever relevant news pop up I try to make a thread for it, and I can tell you it doesn't happen fast enough to be able to be able to bump this thread.

The dream is over indeed as you describe it but it's not the users fault, it's just the nature of the beast.

And besides, this is the driest time on the internet because everyone is out on their summer vacations, so you couldn't have picked a worst time. On top of how slowly it usually is, now it's even worse.

>>3444781
I respect your opinion and I agree entirely.
I just figured I'd give it one more shot at life before it saged though, so I posted what I did.

>>3444801
No worries Anon, it's always worth to try it.
Who knows, an idea like thismight pick up steam in the future

>>3444209
>Nobody is bumping/contributing though.

Because there's like nothing to talk about and generally when there is something worthwhile it's already got another thread up anyway. What you're trying to make is just another pointless general.

>>3446220
> generally when there is something worthwhile it's already got another thread up anyway.

>What you're trying to make is just another pointless general.

That wasn't the point of this thread. As already stated 40 times. learn to read and fuck off.


I'll keep bumping this shit as long as retards keep responding to it.

>>3444293
The rules clearly state you put a $500 bill in the jackpot, along with any money a player must pay for landing on the luxury or income tax spaces.

>>3446665
Not sure if joking or not.
If not, post a picture sauce.

Thats the way you're not supposed to play because the game never ends

>>3446645
Fuck off OP your thread is a stupid concept that will never take off.

>>3448482
bump

>>3448482
It will never take off because I made it on the worst board with the worst community possible.

You are cancer. Thanks for the reply. This was 1 post away from archiving. ;)

>>3448482
It will never take off because I made it on the worst board with the worst community possible.

You are cancer. Thanks for the reply. This was 1 post away from archiving. ;) Told you as long as people respond I will bump this shit responding to their retarded posts. Your sage and post was counterproductive. Retard.

>>3448883
fuck you too, dickhole

>>3446667
the game still ends plenty fast if you're buying, developing, and mortgaging properties. Eventually someone is gonna go bankrupt.

>>3448482
Dont come back. You are not welcome here.

>>3444573
Hnnng I want this so bad.

>>3448932
It's cursed anon.

It gets picked up by people who don't care to make it a priority, which leads to other romhackers not bothering with it since someone else is doing it. Then 5 years down the line, the people who picked it up say "eh, we only have 10% done and our text inserting romhaxor is MIA, we are dropping it" Wash rinse and repeat.

http://www.romhacking.net/news/1760/
http://www.romhacking.net/translations/2585/

>Here to announce our last project for the summer! We put a lot of hard work into this project and now bring it to all to enjoy! It’s a great RPG game for those who can appreciate a non-linear game. Also in this project we had upgraded the graphics from its later sequels, added ALT key options for more options of movement, used improved graphics, and also included an options sounds folder for those who prefer them! If you enjoy this game, be sure to check out the Lunatic Dawn - Passage of the Book project also available for download on this site!

>>3449306
Strange. never quite seen a game that has all gump windows and portraits and stuff in separate contained sections like this.

Then theres all those commands at the top.
Almost looks like a development program, heh.
The graphics are nice.

>>3449306
Strange. never quite seen a game that has all gump windows and portraits and stuff in separate contained sections like this..

Then theres all those commands at the top.

Almost looks like a development program, heh.
The graphics are nice.

>>3441195
Name 10 GBC classics. The various versions of pokemon only count at 1.

>>3449443
Pokemon
Metal Gear Solid
Warlocked
LOZ: oracle of ages + seasons
LOZ: Link to the past DX

That's all I got.

>>3449323
I think some early versions of Shadowgate were like this

>>3449451

Wario Land 3
Shantae
Metal Walker
Maybe Megaman Xtreme/2?

>>3449664

Dragon Warrior Monsters 1 & 2
Grandia Parallel Trippers (JPN)
Revelations:TDS 1 & 2
Star Ocean: Blue Sphere
Survival Kids 1 & 2

>>3448930
Bitch I'm the boss of this board I decide who stays and who goes.

>>3450631
yeah nah