/vr/ - Retro Games

Split their games up and each one twice in the same year.

But DLC did catch on.

it could of been like a physical version of expansion packs and add ons.

play as knuckles in mortal combat

>>348571
they could have made a virtua processor add on. Throw in some extra ram, and whatever else like that they could.

Ecco the Dolphin in Sonic 3 and Knuckles: Super Turbo

>>348618
>what is 32x

>>348571
>crossover games everywhere
>play as Vectorman in Ristar
>play as Earthworm Jim in Golden Axe
>play as Ecco the Dolphin in Streets of Rage

>>348607
I'm imagining a scenario where they make it so that Sonic & Knuckles supports every game.

>>348571
I imagine it would function like physical DLC.
>buy the expansion for 5 extra levels!
>buy the expansion to play as these characters!
And... Uh... Well, that's all I can really think of.

>>348648

I can see them doing something like an RPG.

>Game ends on a cliffhanger.

>TO BE CONCLUDED THIS SUMMER

>Lock-on keeps your stats and inventory for the next game.

I think I'd actually prefer physical dlc (expansion packs) over what we have today. A big reason I'm not into modern gaming much today is because I'm worried in the next generation or two all of the great games with features only available online will be taken down and never brought back. I want to be able to play my games 20 years from now at their very best.

>>348683
What if it was, like, a 5 game series?

>>348683
why couldn't rare do that with banjo tooie with the stop 'n swap. They could of just made the banjo tooie cart like sonic and knuckles and just insert banjo kazooie on the top of the game. it would of worked.

>>348713

Or episodic. Each game is cheap but short. Sega sells a support stand for your tower of lock-on games.

>>348731
Or, or, or EVERY game is lock-on compatible and you can browse your entire library of games without having to swap cartridges!

Stand sold separately, of course.

>>348764

>My own self-contained Sega Channel!

Trap mods.

>>348618
>SVP

I think there are a few GameCube games or something (most notably SSBM) that give you bonuses if you have another game's memory stored on your card. There was also Stop n Swop, but we all know what happened to that.

>>348831
>People have to bust holes in their houses in order to keep their Sega collection growing.
>No new consoles are ever released, just lock-on hardware upgrades.

>>348571
Sonic 3 & Knuckles came out in '94. CDs as the primary gaming media were just around the corner. There's no way it could have caught on.

>>348627
OOH! I know!

-too expensive
-the heart of a 5th generation console with the guts of a 4th generation one

>>348964
Don't forget MGS.

>SO I SEE YOU LIKE CASTLEVANIA

Twin Snakes had that, too.

>>348978
>carts are released that support multiple lock-on connections at once

>>348964
yakuza 2 gave you extra items if you had a yakuza 1 save on the memory card, and then there were the .HACK games on ps2

>>348683
Hey, that's not a bad idea. That way, they could have released eye of the beholder 2! I heard the genesis version of EOB1 was a bit better actually.

>>349000
Same with the Ratchet and Clank series. You got discounts at stores if you had old saves.

>>348996
>angular multicart lock-on adapters allow people to build houses out of their Sega Genesis collections
>the homeless are shunned into regular housing because they cant afford the cost of building a house out of lock-on carts
>people eventually begin to bridge the gaps between their lock-on homes and we find ourselves with an ultimate network filled with every game on the planet

This was the future.

>>349039
>disc-reading cartridge is released for music, eventually adapted for video game use
>cartridge is still lock-on capable, the cycle continues

Fighting games could have secret characters unlock if you have a certain game locked on the top.

>>349064
>all technological progress is adapted to lock-on
>eventually, we terraform Mars using Sega Genesis lock-on technology
>yet, the main menu for the cart selection screen is still limited by base Sega Genesis technology
>its the main menu from the 6-Pak
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YY6TWYYTm1Y

That song from Columns would've been the anthem of humanity.

>Notch inspired to make a game.
>Makes Minecart: Instead of cubes, you mine Sega Genesis lock-on carts.

>>348964
Not the same thing though, those are pre-programmed in the game, you just need the other game to unlock them, while the Lock-On technology did the opposite of that.

>>349064
>ultimately chains of cartridges lie around towns, houses are interconnecting and personal sharing networks come about
>sega releases one last cart
>RCR Sega Joint Networking Device
>one person locks it in to the missing link, and connects all carts together. Town to town,city to city, country to country, country to country and continent to continent
>Our genesis' glows brightly, the orange power LCD shines, and we find ourselves joined, together as one, one mass of genesis, one mass connected by the primordial system, the genesis.
>Unified we stride together as a unity.
>We connect, planet to planet, solar system to system, galaxy to galaxy

And it all started with a blast. The Genesis.

>>349193

>>349193
Holy fuck, we could have achieved Human Instrumentality.

>some jackoff plugs in a SNES cartridge
>we all turn into Tang

>>349229
>the lock-on towers COME TUMBLING DOWN TUMBLING DOWN TUMBLING DOOOOOOOOWN

guys, what happens if you stick sonic n knuckles in sonic n knuckles?

>>349229
IT ALL RETURNS TO NOTHING

>>349193
>we begin developing microcarts with lock-on capabilities
>now able to build electronics out of cartridges
>those electronic devices are cartridge-compatible

>>349193
You can't do that on Nintendo.
Genesis Does What Nintendon't.

>>349272
This happens.

>>349268
fuck sony.

>>349229

>>349287

>>349286
so can you do anything at all or is it just that screen?

>>349287
>.gif
>no movement

>>349272
It's how you unlock the Platnuim knuckles. My dad works at Sega so I know.

>>349298
With some Game Genie code (or maybe it was just a button combo?) you can play the Blue Sphere bonus stages from Sonic 3, that repeat in an infinite loop. Thats it.

>>349305
This, but you gotta play through the entire thing as Knuckles, collect every ring in every level, and never get hit.

>>349305
>>349314
this is legit. his dad took me to visit sega

>>349272

You get to play 2 player using both Sonic and Knuckles

>>349315

>Those Blue Sphere levels

Some are just broken to the point of unplayable

>>349315
I'd rather fucking die.

>>349317
...Why is it that this never happened? Except technically in Sonic Advance 3.. But still, S3&K is my favorite game, but it could have been perfect if it allowed for those kind of two-player interactions.

>>349346

It's better than the special stages in Sonic 2. If you didn't choose sonic alone good luck getting those emerlds.Every bomb Tails, every fucking bomb

>>349315
>To play the bonus rounds at any time, insert any game into your Sonic & Knuckles cartridge. When the "No Way" message appears, hold A + B + C and press Start. If you do this with the original Sonic game you can play the levels in order and will be given a password to save your progress.

Yep, button combo.

>>349361
if tails gets hit he doesnt lose rings does he?

Holy fuck. You're not joking.
http://info.sonicretro.org/Blue_Sphere

>>349361
Nostalgia definitely plays a role in this, but I love the special stages from Sonic 1. They can be so frantic but they're so nice compared to the others.

what happens if you stick non sonic games in S&K? does anything happen?

>>349378
>with a total of 134,217,728 levels in all. However, after level 128,016,000 some of the previous levels begin to reappear. After completing all 134,217,728 stages it restarts from the beginning.

>>349413
B to the L to U E Sphere.

>>349025
Couldn't they have done it either way? Released EOB2 on a cartridge, that you could play together with the EOB1 CD? It could load some of the graphics and most of the music from the disc, and the levels and such from the cartridge, and the savegame from ... well, that was just a pain in the ass anyway.

>>349373

He loses the rings he get's, which can be a fair few surprisingly

>>349425
oh weird. I must've not let tails get any rings then. I don't remember him losing them at all. I think S2's special stages are my favorite of the three. the first one's my second favorite

>>349378
>put my 6 Pak in S&K
>A+B+C
>the previous owner of my S&K got to level 37,595,309

Unless, of course, that's not what that number under "STAGE" means, which is a definite possibility. But I want to believe.

>>349447
is....is that NGE?

>>349447
>>349460

>>349460
The top one is. The middle is Zeta Gundam, and I can't place the third one. >>349447 has been to /m/, it would seem.

>>349378
HOLY FUCK
gotta dig out my genesis, the blue sphere stages were my favorite part of that game

>>348713
The stats in game 1 would transfer to game 2 as a one-off thing; you could then play game 2 without game 1 attached. Stats in game 2 would be transferred to game 3 and so on.

>>349039
>>349193
This is the greatest shit I've ever read.

>>349229
That fucking spoiler got me, it's too damn late to laugh this loud

>>349193
>aliens pick up the electrical signature and visit Earth
>aliens and their technology are quickly assimilated into the Genesis
>planet becomes a massive spaceship, travelling across all galaxies, steamrolling entire star systems
>galactic civilizations tremble at our planet's singular war-chant, "Sega does what Nintendon't"

Archive thread how?

>>349415

I think I found about 40 or so before I stopped. I had no idea there were over a million.

>>349806
I knew there was a reason the Borg always wore black.

>>348571
Make you buy a second game just to unlock levels/things in the first game.