/vr/ - Retro Games

That scene in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom is what sparked it. So iconic.

Btw, Harrison Ford is the only dude I'd go gay for.

they're fun

>>3709170
>then
>"wow what a fantastic reference!"
>now
>"ugh... references, really?"

What changed?

>>3709181
Referencing good things is good, referencing memes is bad

Which game had the best cart level and why was that game RKA?

>>3709194
maybe not the best but DKC definitely has the most iconic one

>>3709194
Mega Man X. Cus Mega Man X.

>>3709171
TR3's minecart level was the penultimate opposite of fun. Pure trial and error, thank nigger I played this on the PC with inifite saves.

https://youtu.be/gK8XMvjo7Yk HEY HEY HEEEY!! Rail shooter in the most literary sense of this term

>>3709218
well that's why you use a crystal before the ride
a tutorial in lara's mansion would've been useful though

there are literally zero fun mine cart levels

>>3709254
>there are literally zero fun mine cart levels

It's ok. We all make mistakes.

The one I will always laugh my ass off is the mine cart part of Dark Saviour

>>3709167
I've hated minecarts since Fantastic Adventures of Dizzy.

>>3709304
came here to post that

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zm7alFaoae0

such an underrated game but this section deserves all the hate it gets

>>3709306
The way they decided to implement him "sitting" in the mine cart always puts a smile on my face.

>>3709307
the whole 2d sprites in a isometric 3D world looks so charming what the fuck were they thinking when they thought this crap was acceptable. even drizzit in godzilla mode looked better than this shit

>>3709315
> even drizzit in godzilla mode

I have seen worse though and strangely enough I can't post it because not allowed on /vr/

>>3709306
This dude sucks sooooooo bad.

>>3709321
Just fucking do it.

>>3709254
You would not like pic related

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wELhue6qBKE

>>3709327
it's way harder than it looks, seriously

>>3709343
Not him
and I never played it
but even i can tell it's bullshit, your field of view is so small

Mother 3 was going to have a minecart segment, but they took it out on the GBA game.

>>3709167
Because back then it was a good way to show off high speed and effects with less strain put on the hardware than would be otherwise, since player's control over the scene is severely limited.

>>3709321
You can post about non-/vr/ games within the thread if it's relevant. Just as you could post about movies and such.

>>3709306
Here's another bullshit minecart area in a game.

>>3709512
This stopped me from reaching 100% the last time I played the game.
Still mad.

>>3709523
It's such a good game but also so full of bullshit

The best 2v2 Mario Party games were mine cart mini games.

Even Final Fantast VI and Guerilla War had their minecart levels too.

>>3709181
Member Fallout 2?

Does anyone else remember that time when every developer under the sun was releasing cartoon go-kart games for the PSX? The magazines hailed every one of them as a "Mario Kart 64 beater".

In fact, the trend of "Mario/other N64 exclusive beater" in general. I remember everything from Croc to Spyro to Gex to 40 Winks was hailed as such in relation to Super Mario 64.

>>3709617
I do. None got even close.

I remember 40 Winks' advertisement consisting solely of that kind of shit.

Best minecart coming through

>>3709617
Crash Team Racing is far better than MK64, even being a complete rip-off.

>>3709647
I bet you think Crash itself is also better than SM64

>>3709617
The same reason the video game press hails every portable console as the "Game Boy Killer", it's interesting the idea of a scrappy upstart beating the established winner.

But even though I think Nintendo is overrated, there are some things in which they are simply the king. They've dominated the handheld market since 1989, that's over 25 years of curb-stomping victories.

Although as far as Mario 64 was concerned, Croc came the closest.

>>3709512
I once failed the mission by .02 seconds.

>>3709649
I didn't said such thing, I do think that Crash 2 and 3 are fun games, though.

Ape Escape in the other hand, I'm 100% convinced that it's better than Mario 64, but just my personal opinion.

>>3709646
Go away Denmark, nobody wants your shit.

>>3709649
it is though

>>3709649
>I bet you think Crash itself is also better than SM64
Only USA and Japan wanks about Nintendo and Mario

Ahahahahahahah you fuckers even buy the same fucking game every two years because it's called smash something

>>3709646
an absolute classic

>>3709686
Nintendo stuff was arguably more popular in Canada than in the states back in the day.

>>3709686
Yeah only the 2 biggest video game markets in the world. It also did respectfully well in Australia and Europe.

Who cares how it did in fucking Brazil or China where the piracy was so rampant it was impossible to turn a profit selling it legally.

>>3709523
>using a scene from a manga about child rape as a reaction face
You gonna cut yourself on that edge anon.

>>3709752
>Rape

She clearly told him she loved him
Can't you read?

>>3709759
Fuck off. Go to /pol/ or /a/ or someplace if you want a pat on the back for joking about child rape.

>>3709780
Ahahah happy 2017 tumblr

Geez, I hope this guy never decides to leave his parents' basement. Would be a huge shock to learn that all everyday interactions with average people are "tumblr" to him.

>>3709780
Why don't you go to Reddit or 9gag if 4chan humor is too edgy for you?

>>3709807
Ask yourself, do you really want the most remarkable difference between Reddit, 9gag, and 4chan to be that the latter's community makes more jokes about child rape? Is that what you come to 4chan for?

>>3709814
Yes? What other reason would you come here for? The only good thing about this place is that I don't have to filter my own thoughts all the damn time like it's 1984

>>3709814
No Kids were raped in drawing a manga

Please off yourself if you can't tell reality from drawing

>>3709523
>>3709759
What is the name?

>>3709839
Boku no radioactive ojisan

>>3709780
This reminds me of an autist in /d/ that took offense to people using "reverse rape" in a thread title, because according to tumblr, reverse rape doesn't exist.
The more you know.

>>3709817
>the only reason I come to 4chan is so I can make jokes about child rape
Literally cancer and everything wrong with 4chan.

>>3709752
>>3709780
>>3709814
>yfw you're probably the only one who even recognized that manga and definitely are the only one who felt the need to bring it up
you're the cancer, anon

>>3709636
M _ _ _
O _ _ _
M _ _ _ _

this was a nightmare as a kid

>>3709814

Sounds good to me

>>3709839

Geiger Counter
Happy fapping

>>3709205
I loved the rollercoaster levels in DKC2. The aesthetic was comfy af.

I'm torn on DKC3. The sled levels were ok, but the pipe levels suck dick.

>>3710638
Yep

>>3710883
Still gives me good laughs to this day.

only in italy? Lion game was fantastic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opWd-YlFsd4

>>3709218
What was the last opposite of fun?

>>3709864
it's just rape. there is no reverse.

>>3709167
Caveman-games.

There were made trillions of caveman-themed games from Joe & Macaroni to The Flintstones.

>>3711130
Prehistorik was the best one

Luckily Sonic never got into this tre--

trains > rollercoasters > minecarts

>>3709167

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQd3FFT7pnc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEU6G7GTwIk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OtL3lZq9gg

>>3711130
God, don't forget Bonk.

Also, remember that phase in the early 4th gen. where every game was really obsessed with Caribbean inspired beats with especially a lot of steel drums.

>>3711262
Already posted >>3709229

>>3709170
>He'd go gay for a really, really shitty actor

Why am I not in the least bit surprised here?

>>3709205
>muh iconic

dude that's a cult/meme game.

>>3709205
It's funny how just about everyone I've met in real life or talked to online considers the DKC games to be overrated shit.

Only folks I ever see gush about them are Jontron tier Lets Player/Retro reviewer faggots, and even then a large majority of retro reviewer faggots think they're actually mediocre.

>>3709254
>>3709194
It's rather hard, but also really fun. Amazing set piece.

>>3711130
Prehistoric settings are really easy to make games out of. Without thinking, you already know what elements a caveman game is going to have.
>molten lava/volcanoes
>tough-looking dinosaurs as enemies, cute dinosaurs as friends
>men wear loincloths, women wear pelt-bikinis
>boss battle with a T-Rex
>some environmental humour
>ice age level
>rocks as weaponry
And so on.

>>3709218

>thank nigger

literally why lol

mfw

>>3712042
heya reddit

>>3709181
>What changed?

It's like this.

A good reference is something that stands on it's own. A bad reference draws attention to what it's reference and relies on recognition alone.

The Indy mine cart was fun so developers look for a way to incorporate that into their games. The "reference" served as an inspiration but ultimately the game is fun even if you never heard of Indiana Jones.

Conversely bad references stop the pacing dead in it's tracks (I apologize for nothing) to say HEY LOOK AT THAT THING! REMEMBER THAT THING! TO THE KNEE! ALL YOUR BASE! It takes you out of the moment. It's a painful grab for relevancy that adds nothing to the game and you can see how it's annoying.

It's about execution.

>>3709181
the internet, mostly.
made memes more likely to be seen and used and abused.

>>3711383
And the floating platforms from Quackshot made my soles tingle, holy shit.

>>3712070
Speaking of Indy references

>>3712042

Not from reddit. Quit being a sperg.

Toki/Juju had a hard as shit level with those damn carts.

>>3709617
I think it was around the time any FPS was called a "doom clone".

As for croc... I heard it was originally suposed to be a yoshi game but the deal fell through

>>3709617
>>3712113
>Croc

Sheeeit, used to have the PC version of Croc...

Goddamn it, now I want to play it and it's not on GOG or Steam or anything...

>>3709205
I love the DKC trilogy artwork. Something about this is just so awesome. Diddy get you're hand off my fucking eye

>>3709194
I'm playing it on the SNES and just beat the bird level, does it get even better?

>>3709239
This was fun until you realized you needed to sandbag it so you could beat your score and get the prize. Still really fun and blew my mind when you come out of the cave into the sunlight.

>>3709647
That's because it was ripping off Diddy Kong Racing, which is the far superior kart racing game of that generation and I will fight any faggot playstation kiddy about this for the rest of the thread if needed.

>>3712120
emulate the ps1 version

you'll be thankful for the savestates

>>3712581
Awful advice.

>>3712607
not really. there's bullshit moments on croc where being forced to start over is a detriment to the enjoyment of the game. plus playstation is the original version

>>3709646

Now this is a minecart stage.

>>3711086
There was a Hugo game on the TV where you moved him about via the phone as well

>>3709512
>Tombi2 minecart section

MAKE IT STOP

>>3712049
This is a great explanation, I feel awful with most references today in modern games. Like in guacamelee, the entire game is full of them, its not an awful game in its own right, but the memes and shit are very forced.

I like it when a reference stands well in its own universe, that doesnt make you immediately aware of it. Like if you had never seen x movie or game theyre referencing, it fits right in regardless with the callback being a little bonus.

The only exception I like is when its the same series doing an awesome callback in a modern game, but even then subtelty can be better sometimes.

>>3710758
I loved that entire world and always looked forward to the coaster stages even though they were actually fairly difficult.

>>3709207
Best part of this one is the amount of momentum you get going towards the end, where you're outpacing your bullets, also I likes that the cart itself destroyed enemies it collided with.

>>3709239
This one was good too, I honestly forgot it existed. A lot of people were shitting on games back then for doing too many things or changing gameplay types, but i honestly really liked it. Especially when the core gameplay is very good.

>>3709167
Pretty sure the mine cart meme start with ye old cartoons and were merely adopted by games targeting children because of that.

>>3713167
it's not. indiana jones and the temple of racism was what codified the trope

>>3709307
That's hilarious. Especially how they obscure the view of him actually getting into the cart to ease the transition.

Also the music is awesome:

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

No ones mentioned this:

https://youtu.be/dRgM9utg8jE?start=726

>>3709752
It's normal in Japan.

>>3714021
Never really noticed how similar this game was to Flashback.

>>3709646
Holy shit anon you just brought me a lot of great childhood memories

>>3710883
>move over mario
>nintendo magazine
>playstation version

but

I don't

what

>>3711215
I like how this was the FIRST FUCKING LEVEL in that game

just because fuck you

>>3714021
What bizarrely specific trend are you trying to show? Cinematic platformers?

>>3715810
Originally that game was going to have an N64 version which is what Nintendo Magazine looked at when they made that little review. But then it was canceled.

>>3709167
Why is it that people only seem to remember that DKC had mine cart levels when they were fucking everywhere in the 4th/5th gen?

>>3715841
>wut?

Literally nobody said that.

>>3709205
"Dude, Diddy Kong, I get that we're kong family and we're going after the banana horde and all, but can you get your fuckin' hand off of my fuckin' EYE?"

>>3711383
Holy cheap deaths! That game looks interesting, though.

>>3709167
Not sure if this was mentioned already, but there are more than a dozen games that liked to use the "clanking" sound in industrial sound tracks.

You know the one i'm talking about.

>>3715837
From what I remember, the quote is taken out of context as well...

>>3709271
FUCK YEAH

>>3709218
>penultimate
I don't think you know what that means

>>3709646
Apretá 5 para entrar en sistema