/vr/ - Retro Games

So I got Jesus - Kyoufu no Bio Monster for my NES draw. I patched it with the English translation. I'm not sure what to think.

Ok, I'm sold.

>Do not start a new thread before current one bump limit is exceeded

>>364942
Sorry, the image limit on that one was exceeded

>>364997
It's no huge deal, we may aswell use this thread now in my opinion, but you're supposed to wait until the thread reaches 500 posts, since we don't want 2 threads on the front page of /vr/.

Did I just win?

It's getting harder and harder to decide what units to use and which ones to leave in the ship.

>>365020
As long as no one bumps the older thread and lets it sink we'll be fine.

>>365110
can you link the rom? i... need it

>>365289

Thankfully, you're getting to the point to where the unit amount starts bumping up.

This game really reminds me of Castlevania sometimes.

>>365374
You can find the original rom on CoolRom as Jesus - Kyoufu no Bio Monster. The patch, you can get here: http://www.romhacking.net/translations/1043/

>>365893
Another poor bastard rolled Lone Ranger? Good luck on level 6 onward.

>>366056
It's brutal. They could've atleast put some checkpoints here and there, but nope.
It's a fun game, but way to unforgiving.

Poor Master Asia, all he wanted to do was save the world... by killing all the peoples on it.

This Jesus game is kinda cool but good god the ambient sound is annoying. Whenever you're exploring a machine room of some kind, there's this very annoying and loud buzzing.

>>366131
>Butch's Nasty Tricks

Sounds like the name of a porno

So I've finally rolled for my SNES game and I've got Pop'n Twinbee.

I've never played this game before so this is bound to be interesting for me, at least.

>>366264
So it's a vertical shooter which normally wouldn't be a problem but I'm emulating. I also have a shitty old gamepad that isn't reading directions.

Without it my hand feels like ti's about to fall off. God damn.

>>366543

please stop starting sentences with "so"

Bugger. I was so busy I ran out of time. The game was kicking my ass anyways, 2fast4me.

>Your game is "Legendary Wings"! Now go play it

This will go better, surely

>>366264
Twinbee, the canonical cute 'em up.

>>367194

Oh god it's a shmup.

>>367235

Haha what the fuck.

>>367272

Now it's a sidescrolling shmup.

>>367295
lol

Well. That's unnerving.

>>367295
I had to play this game a few days ago...get the biggest blaster in the first level (find the bonus stages) then keep it till the end of the game. Worst stage is number 4...get through this and you beat the game easily

>>367686

Yeah, I just noticed the smokey bits.

>>367653

I'm wondering if all bosses will be like this. Also this final powerup is ridiculous.

>>367941
Hahahaha! That looks fantastic.

Only enemies left are the original enemies.
The end is nigh.

>>367686

You were right. Stage 4 is awful. However, it's DOABLE, that's the most important part.

idk the 2nd boss was way easier then the 1st oh well on to stage 3

>>368203
All those characters have dead, dead eyes. They've seen some shit.

ok, so I was banned for the last three days thanks to a silly joke. Technically it WAS against the rules but it was harmless, though I'm not really angry or anything. Anyhow, moving on, I didn't beat Kendo Rage in time, so time to roll for NES again. Oh my dear NES, how I love you and hate you.
I got lucky this time though, it's a pretty fun puzzle game where you drop blocks of ice on living flames.
I took screencaps of the game story and am contemplating making a compilation image out of them.

>>368393
Yes they have.
Also the eyes is cause of their "SEED Mode", some silly power that apparently makes them better at mech combat by dilating their eyes...

going to go to bed but one last screen i'm shocked this isn't offensive

>>368203
it just hit me, that this game has some really bright colors and nice graphics for a GBA game, I remember most colors in GBA games being dull and washed out and heavy in the browns and greys

>>368491

Banpresto can get really amazing graphically with their later games, especially at the end of a console's lifespan. Just compare their earliest SRW on the DS (W) to their latest (L), the former is J-quality and the latter has a very refined feel to it.

>>368457
story time

>>368664
forgot image
part 1 of... probably 3

>>368675
Part 2 of 3
this game has a long intro story for a puzzle game

>>368675
Druidle sounds like a real bitch.
Why would someone do that?

Jesus is down! This game was kinda interesting but mostly stupid and tedious. It was basically a pixel-hunt in text adventure form, doing the same commands multiple times until finally finding the one that unlocks the next bit. Was it worth it to get a single screencap every 20 minutes or so where characters say things like, "I need to contact the Jesus"? Yes. Yes it was. And at least it wasn't a goddamned platformer or shmup. Time for the SNES roll!

>>368750
I also had a point&click adventure/visual novel type game on NES. "Moon Princess Legend". I don't know, I feel that just isn't the right system for those types of games...

Oh God, I think I actually played this as a kid.

>>368770
The only one I remember from my childhood was Princess Tomato in the Salad Kingdom. How could I not rent a game that sounds so ridiculous? I had no idea what I was doing.

I think I wanna take a run at this...

>>368726
and end of story time

>>368739
to be evil I guess, he's an evil wizard after all

>>368773
that image makes it look like the game is going to be about a cockney thugs

So what's the rules on this one?

>>368858
I think you can re-roll with games explicitly for kids if you want, other wise just beat a round, though it might be unfairly easy since it's made for kids...

>>368903
Alright. Re-rolled and got this. (Never heard of it, but we'll give it a shot...)

>>368827
Played that back in the day. A few tricky levels, the last being really tough, but it's beatable. Decent fun, nothing special though.

>>368943
It's a platformer based off of an old anime/manga series by the chick that did Ranma 1/2.

Nothing special.

>>368943
>downloaded off CoolROMs
>jnes - Mapper 86 not supported

>>368482

it's okay because she has a penis

>>368808
and this is currently how far I am in the game, been playing it for a while during my ban. I'm actually suck at the current stage.

>>368972
try nestopia or FCEUX

>>368978
them trans hating japs

>>369013
Alright...got that shit to work. Let's see what this is...

That was a pain in the arse.
Goddamn.
More health than god and you have to kill him thrice.

>>368987
and here is an ingame shot

>>369064
In my mind, they all learned the meaning of love and embarked on a thousand /u/-themed adventures.
yay

>>369035
I feel like I'm high or something...

>>368987
Cute map

>>369082
I'm imagining music from the game I'm actually playing playing on this screen

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0vrw1zqs_w

>>369121
the entire game is pretty cute, and I'm glad I got it because I actually like cutesy puzzle games

>>369064

He's tedious, but easy. Alpha Gaiden Shu pissed me off more.

Good job, though!

>>369082
So, which Powerpuff did you pick?

Well, it was a long haul. But it was fun.
Gonna roll for the commodore in a day or so.

>>369183
The blonde.
I'll try the others when I go back sometime and replay it.

This is getting pretty rage-worthy...

>>369068
Thats an easy one. Create ice to your right, drop down, create ice to your left, hop up and delete the ice you made first. Drop down and make ice under the floating block. Walk far right, delete ice in middle. Make ice walkway to under the floating block again. Hop up, make ice to your right, step down to your right, delete the ice in the middle again, hop back up, fall down left side, push ice into fire, move left, push ice to wall, climb up and push ice into fire.

Unless the ice crushes you?

>>369305
I ended up figuring it out myself, and yeah, it was rather easy, next time though if I give a screen shot of a level I'm on don't try to give solutions, even if it seems like an easy one, I want to figure these out myself. Though I don't really care for the lack of any game over what so ever in this game, it kinda takes the challenge out of it...

I rolled Ys. Yay?

Alright, now that my big work shifts are out of the way (fuck you back to back 10 hour shifts with 10 hour turnaround) I can commence my DOS game, Catacomb Abyss

>>370654
Any experience with Ys games? If not then just remember that grinding might be necessary in the first one.

>>370853

It gave me an option between Novice or Warrior. I pussied out and went Novice since I suck at shooters

>>370863
pussy I LOVE THE TASTE OF A WARRIORS BLOOD

Almost done with Kirby's Dreamland 2, i still have to find a couple of secret shards.
After this little gem i'm probably bound to roll some horrible Genesis shovelware.

>>370890
I thought I'd go mad trying to get the last one in some ice stage IIRC. You have to spit out some star underwater and then swallow it again or something. It's practically impossible.

>>370886

Fuck you Nemesis, you're just going to have to feed your pets Novice blood.

>>370890
I hope it's Bonkers.

>>370902

Alright, so you're a Wizard, who has been hired by the people of the Towne (yes, Towne) to hunt down and defeat your arch-rival Nemesis. This is a sequel it seems,as you've kicked his ass once before.

You start off in the Towne Cemetery, and as it's the tutorial level, you get a fair few power-ups. Enemies have a tendency to sneak up on you, as you need to collect gems for them to appear in your Crystal Ball (bottom right corner).

There are destroyable walls to be found, which lead you to keys, treasure which you can accidentally destroy and the occasional hint scroll.

Your basic attack is a fireball. There's one-use items that let you do other things. Zappers give you a rapid fire burst, Xterminators spams them in a circle around you.

Apart from being easily ambushed, it's not too bad so far.

Screw this. I can't beat this garbage. I'm gonna reroll tomorrow...

>I get the really obscure wapanese NES game to start

>>370934

That level was easy. With the purple Gem I can see enemies coming on the Crystal Ball. The dots are pretty tiny, easy to miss if you expect them to be the size of the big gold point that is probably North. It was all identical looking, ivy-covered walls (except for the destroyable plain brick walls) , alternating between narrow cramped twisty corridors and wide spaces with lots of enemies.

Also tested out the Zapper and Xterminator. Xterminator will be good if I get surrounded, but wasn't the wall of fireballs I was hoping for, just 8 or so shots. The Zapper is overkill at early levels, as the strongest enemy so far dies to 2 shots, which is less than a second of the 2-3 second stream of fire, and if you're quick on the Spacebar it doesn't really matter. Be good for bosses though

>>370987

I should mention that you need coloured keys to get through doors. For example,you need a RED KEY to get through the end level door. The RED KEY is hidden behind a door which requires a BLUE KEY to open.The BLUE KEY is behind a destroyable wall. You'll end up running back and forth over and over looking for that one wall you're yet to blow up, to get a key to get past a door to get a key to get ast a door to get a key to finish the level.

Oh, there's no mini-map, so it's easy to get lost during this back and forth. My only real nitpick at this game so far. Considering it was made in '92, I'll cut it some slack.

>>371006

Simple again. Almost feel bad for going Novice. Almost. New to this level are the Skeletons. 3 hits to kill, and they're avoid detection from your Crystal Ball until you get the gem in the area.

The game give lots of hints about things,like when gems and destroyable walls are nearby. Makes it fairly easy.

>>371045

Level's are so short I'm including 2 here in 1 collage. You finally meet an enemy capable f ranged attacks. They drop in 1 hit, but they can be a nuisance. Also Nemesis really likes putting up picture of himself in the crypt. They're everywhere. you get to blow a shit ton of them up, though.

The main crypt is more of the same, except with added pentagrams and sacrificial alters covered in blood for extra evil.

I'm hoping that there is 6 more scrolls means there's actually a fair few levels left, and that I wont be done with this in a few hours time

>>371145

Here's a bunch of levels thrown together. Den of Zombies and Subterraining Vault have identical walls and floors. Skepetons love pourig out of the walls at you one after the other. At this point, you have so many Healing Potions, Zappers and Xterminators that it's not really a problem.

You then jump down a well, and into the Ancient Aquaduct. New enemy type, new Gem. And exploding walls all over the place. It's complexity lays in it all looks the fucking same and it's easy to get lost.

Into the Orc Mines now. Last Gem is around here somewhere. As you can see,I'm loaded to bare with stuff to use, and I'm almost halfway through, if the number of scroll is any indication

>>371464

I've spent 20 minutes wandering this maze looking for a key.

>I want to get off Catacomb Abyss' Wild Ride

>>371585

So after wandering aimlessly around the maze of oh fuck it all looks the same, I jst resorted to mashing the fire button in hopes of hitting the one secret wall I've clearly missed.

I took the first screenshot because I thought 'hey, it's been a while since I've had to do this dance.' However after finding a GREEN KEY and discovering I need another 1 twice in a row almost made me flip the table.

Here's hoping the ext level will get better

I rolled Matt Hoffman's Pro BMX two days ago.
I conquered it.

>>371736
this is better

>>371639

Extremely short level, minimal backtracking, and the ability to pause time to flood the room with more Xterminator's than you know what to do with.

Seriously, I wasted about 10/15 of the suckers just because I could.

Looks like the game is coming to an end. Good and bad. It's starting to get a bit tedious, but it's only been 3.5 hours

>>371765

Here's a bunch of levels combined. Yes,those are exploding walls.

Final boss is probably here. Let's do this

>>371948

Forgot pic

>>371954

And it's done. Just spammed Zappers and healing potions.

There's a secret bit where you are given cheat codes. God Mode, Free Items, Warping. Fun Stuff.

Grabbing ending now

>>372007

....oh.

Time to roll NeoGeo. Will do so in the morning

>>372007
so is this some kind of fantasy doom? looks cool.

>>372017

It's one of the earliest 3D FPS games. It's the second game in the series: It's first was Pre-Wolfenstein.

It's not bad. It's incredibly short, items are everywhere,everything dies to 1 or 2 hits until you get to later levels, where you have powerful attacks coming out of everywhere. Oh, there's no music, only the occasional footsteps you make, and it's easy to get lost.

I've played much worse, but it's to going to be on my must replay list. There are secret levels though. But considering you're given the God Modeand Free Item's cheat when you get to war there, ehhhhh.

6/10, not sorry I played it, but would've liked it to have lasted longer

I never get obscure games

>>372052

Rolled it anyway. Looks like a Puzzle game. I can dig,I haven't had one of those yet

Let's do this.

Destination Earthstar. Sounds interesting.

>was late teens when NES was around
>played and rented tons of games for it and all the other platforms listed
>every single random game generated I've played to death/beaten
Did I win?

This thing cannot turn for anything.

>>372443
Seriously? 3 lives and then you have to start the whole game over? And it's 4 islands long?
...fuck.

Never played it but picked it up the other day, should be interesting

I think I'm recovered from my last game and ready to start anew. Rolling for Commodore 64, since it seems like the easier of the two to emulate.

"Quedex?" Anyone know what I'm getting into?

Aw yeah, a quick look at the manual, and I find out I can go into hyperspace, and land on planets. Sweet.

It's on

I suppose once you get in the enemy base it turns into a sidescrolling shooter.

>>372559
Um... I'm unsure how to get off the title screen.

But, this title track is AWESOME.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIBh3aqGJbc

>>372616
Holy shit that is fucking awesome

>>372616
Oop, wrong ROM, got the demo version.

Thank you for telling me before I start playing, Quedex, unlike Wolfenstein.

>>372559
>>372616
I'm not rolling for the gauntlet but that is fucking awesome.
>>372635
no, it means the rolling demo. just let it keep loading. and when you reach the actual title screen, the number keys select a level to complete. It's non linear
I own this shit on tape. always fucking loved it.

>>372649
Oh, thank you for that. I never had a C64.

>>372663
that's understandable. I still have mine. and be warned, the game is still confusing as shit. and difficult.

>>372684
I let it load again, and it's cycling through the title screens, but pressing the numbers don't do anything. Is there something specific I need to do?

>>372731
let me load it up myself to double check shit

>>372684
I had two hundred and seventy three Commodore 64s linked together in an array. It was the most powerful computer network known to man. I could play Paradroid at 18 FPS in full color. It was glorious.

>>372731
>>372734
I'm going to just not start today, I'll attempt it again tomorrow.

>>372804
sorry for not responding, i got pulled away to play black ops 2 against my will
And now i feel like punching something

>>373017
>>372804
just loaded it up. when it brings up the starting high scores, press your joystick button then press a number to select level

>>373060
and you can change levels mid-level by pressing a number

Digging the awesome chiptune version of the cartoon opening. Game was surprisingly short easy though.

>>373135
Let's see what's next...
I'm definitely looking forward to this one!

>>373169
Damn, you've gotten some good games!

SCREW THIS I'M DONE

Yep, that wont be too hard to beat for the next person who rolls seicross.

>>369116
Lum is my waifu

Time for some Infiltrator on NES!

ARGH, FUCK YOU GAUNTLET

>>373169
First level was simple enough (although I died because the graphics were a little confusing at first) and then...

First person? I didn't see this coming at all.

>>373625
welp...
It feels difficult to get used to. Anyone got any tricks/advice for handling the arwing? Or is it something I will just eventually get the hang of?

>>373685
>Anyone got any tricks/advice for handling the arwing?

Don't hit things.

I was gone for awhile.

>>364860
Holy shit.
>so many feels

Why is OP using the /v/ gauntlet image?

>>373732
I didn't get a screenshot it had no credits and just through into another game.

>>373873
At least try to make the R match.

>>374314

And why is there a link to the wiki? OP can't even use the copypasta right.

Hey guys. Sorry I disappeared in the middle of playing Tiger Dad. My HDD decided to die on me and I managed to dust off some old office Dell with windows XP. Fortunately I think I can emulate with it, but I may have to wait until I get a new harddrive when I get to the PSX challenge.

Now since it has been long over three days since I challenged the Turbografix 16 game, I'll have to reroll Genesis, which I'll do after I get my bearings.

Just letting you know I didn't get bored or die or anything.

>>374314

That looks dumb, the R stands out even more. Looks like it was dipped in acid.

>>374389
It looks more fitting to me. The R in >>373873 looks blurry no matter how much I look at it.

>>374389
I wan't aiming for perfection. I was aiming for one step above "not shoving anti-aliased text into a blob of aliased text". Feel free to improve it.

>>374440

That's because it was treated in photoshop and I didn't want to bother roughing it up.

>>373685
Understand the fact that you're playing something on a system that doesn't meet its requirements.

Kind of helped with me.

>>374468
>blaming tools

Don't use bilinear filtering and you won't have that problem.

>>374541

I forgot to change the eraser type to pencil, deal with it.

So I "beat" Psychosis, which is a pretty trippy shooter and I like it, but now it booted me into world 2. God damnit, this is the second game that "ends" only to throw in more levels. In this case, world 2 is basically the game again in hard mode. I'll report back when I beat it.

>>374581
Oh damn, I forgot to put in an image of the final boss. I'll post it later when I get to him again.

>>374334
I used the exact same information from the previous thread's OP. What should I have linked?

>>374581
If it shows the ending then it really doesn't matter, at least the last time I checked.

>>374604

http://s3kr.it/pasta.txt

>>374619

>no link to the wiki
>no choices

Don't listen to this idiot, OP. What you posted is fine.

>>374648

That is the /vr/ Gauntlet pasta, dumbass. Did you come here from /vg/ or something?

>>374597
I sure hope so, this hard mode is insane.

>>374672
It's outdated. The copypasta doesn't have choices between GB/GBC / GameGear, GBA / Master System, C64 / Amiga or PS1 / N64, while the site itself does have them. s3krit probably just forgot to update the pasta.

>>374672
/vr/'s been using OP's pasta for a very good while. Hell, I was here when the /v/gauntlet guy even updated the rules and added Amiga and other options which are notably absent in >>374619.

Just add the rules in a following post, next time, OP, and you're gold.

>>374672
>doesn't even post the options
>did you come here from /vg/ or something?

I'm not sure if this is some elaborate ruse....

>>374727
>>374732
>>374750

I guess /v/ has taken over. RIP /vr/ gauntlet.

>>374992
You're an idiot.

>>370862
I noticed when I left the town and died almost immediately. Oddly enough, I was expecting a turn based system.

>>370862
Grinding is pretty much a requirement for the first few hours of Ys 1. Then when you max out it's mostly dodging. Fun game, though. You'll die less and less as you go on.

YES, FINALLY OVER WHOO HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO


meep, that took longer than expected. I hate myself.

>>375174
Here's something else that's more tangible.

Just a wizard, no big deal...

>>375487
But these spiders, these fucking spiders are the bane of all good. Made of titanium, because all I can do is push them around. Apparently that wizard was trying to fucking warn me about the hell that lives beneath the shrine.

>>372569
I just stomped this guy with 3 (three) magic missiles.
Normal mobs have more endurance, what the fuck were they thinking?

Well that was awesome.

>>375527
and apparently i rolled one of the only unlicensed Genesis games. Oh boy.

>>375545

>>372094

>The Selected Game is missing one or more ROM or CHD images

Any tips gentlemen? I've tried a few different ROM sites and emulators and get this same error.

>>377287
MAME is very picky about its ROMs, try Final Burn Alpha

Still not completely sure what I'm supposed to be doing, but I beat a boss and got another book of Ys. I think I'm supposed to go back in and use a mask I found, I'm just not sure where.

>>375494
http://spoonyexperiment.com/2007/04/06/add-dragons-of-flame-review/

>>377287
RomHustler has up to date roms.

Got it working. Found a file with all the configs set up.

Ayway, it's an Arkanoid clone. A Kawaii Arkanoid clone. I'm exploding multicolored penguins. If 2 penguins of the same colour match up, they merge to form a bigger penguin.

I honesty don't know how to feel about this

>>377747

There is a level with cats. When they explode, they meow.

>>377816

There are unlimited continues. Which is good, because either I really really suck at this, or it's tough. Probably the first. I have trouble judging where the ball is going to end up, and overcompensate by moving the paddle too far when trying to catch the damn ball.

There's lights up he top that spell ATTACK that can he hit to light up. I'm yet to get a full row. If this ends up being a really really short game, I may try to get the top score to pass

Ok, I'm back tonight. This time I think I'm starting out a little less kawaii...

Looks like a RTS...

Murrika...FUCK YEAH!

>>377876

....Well fuck, already have the highest score. Just from going through 1 level and most of a second...

>>377876

Ended up restarting, to see if the demo screen had hints. Told me what the power-ups were at least. And I learned that the levels are different every time, but the enemies you explode stay the same

Anyway, here's what happens should you manage t get all the lights up the top of the screen up. The games poppy musicgetseven poppier and it's damn near impossible to not hit something.

>>378048

Alright, so it looks like Risk with an action twist. Here, the enemy is trying to take over my fort (and I'm out of guys, so he's gonna do it...)

Does this count? Finished off the enemy forces...

>decide a game gauntlet might be neat.
>first roll, for NES
>"Your game is 'Guantlet II'! Now go play it"
>Are you fucking joking?

Limited visibility cave anyone?
This game really hasn't given me a lot of hints on where to go.

>>378654
Look, a hint.

This music makes me want to kill myself but here we go anyway.

>>378840

>>378846
Aw shit. It's one of these games. You bounce left and right infinitely. What color you are determines which items you can pick up. (if you're red you can pick up red jewels etc). You change colors by bumping into those cups or barrels or whatever.

reason the copypasta on the site is out of date is cause I got sick of updating it all the time.

Are there any more consoles, etc that I need to add? I've had so much uni work to do recently I've been neglecting the gauntlet.

Update me.

>>378869
3DO?

>>378869
What about a Sega CD/32X category?

>>378732
I've been playing Ys all day. I'm at a loss in this cave and thought I would share this screen shot because it looks really cool. I'm done for the day.

>>379059
screenshot didn't post.

Absolute bullshit difficulty on the sidescrolling parts, combined with the fact that I cannot see the walls that wreck my ship. All is not fun in the world of Destination Earthstar.

Second verse, same as the first.

So what the hell is going on in this thread, anyway? Is NO ONE playing gauntlet anymore?

>>379452

I'm taking a small break from Legendary Wings myself while Toonami is on.

That and Stage 4 is brutalizing me. I think everyone is just distracted.

>>379452
Are YOU playing gauntlet? People got stuff to do mange. I'm working on homework myself.

>>379762
No, I mean, people seem to be posting games that aren't even related to gauntlet in this thread.

>>379452

Some of us have to work bro. Bills and shit don't pay themselves.

Hard to game at work. Plus I feel like I'm flooding the thread when it's just me posting caps. Maybe others are the same.[/]

>>379452
I haven't had time. Between rebuilding someone's laptop and our main sewer line rupturing into the basement, I've been just a little busy.

>>379452
I'm still here. Taking a break and playing some Planescape (first long overdue playthough).

Have not rolled up my SNES yet. Will do that tomorrow...

Well theres Tagin Dragon for you. God have mercy on the next soul who rolls this.

I'm attempting to start this again, but I still don't how to get past this screen.
>pic

It cycles between this, a short gameplay demo, and a high score list. I've tried pressing every button but I can't get anything to work.

>>378063

This is the level I was on before I left for work. Played it for about an hour before leaving. An hour after playing it after work, still here.

Shit is infuriating. There's no way to get power-ups in this level, as you need to merge same coloured enemies into 2x2 squares, which isn't doable with the layout. Every time the ball hits the paddle, it speeds up. After 10, you need to be hell fast. After 15, pray it doesn't hit something on the way down after you've lined yourself up,because you won't be fast enough to move into position again. After 20, Tzeench himself couldn't know where it's going to go.

I'm going to start again. The levels change, hopefully next time it won't be so bullshit

Hunt For Red October

Sir Connery would not be proud.

>>381579

FUCK YOU OCTOPUS STAGE! 2 AND A HALF FUCKING HOURS MOTHERFUCKER! GOD DAMN I CAN'T RESTART NOW BECAUSE I'LL HAVE TO DO THAT ALL OVER AGAIN.

...ahem.

>>382169

THE NEXT STAGE TOOK 2 MINUTES ALL OF MY RAGE. Granted it was a lucky shot but still

>>382186

They're getting easier. I don't believe it. I was expecting hell, and I get this.

I've already beaten the in-game high score twice now, and there's only 4 worlds. This might not take too much longer

I AM THE LUCKIEST MAN ALIVE!!!

>>368482

Man, I played that when I was a kid, and even then I thought that was a bit much. It's just.... kind of graphic, while the rest of the game's violence is so cartoony and goofy.

>>382286
This is gonna be GOOD!

>>382371

>Psi Jesus

I can dig it

>>382248

Fuck it,I need sleep. I'm making stupid mistakes, and this level is tough. I'll try again tomorrow

>>375494
Just wow.
This didn't take long.

So, because my DOS game will, by all accounts, take an immense amount of time to complete and has a nebulous win-state, I've put that Gauntlet on hold until my schedule can clear up a bit. In the meantime?

The NES ABC gauntlet.

27 games, 1 from each letter and starting with the numbered games. First up is 1942.

Won't let me upload an image. Anyone else getting constant embedded file issues?

>>383479
There's some issue with gif images at the moment. Don't try to upload gifs, use some other format instead.

>>383504

These are jpg.

>>383479

This is a fucking awful port, goddamn.

Back onto stage 4. Not much to show, except me struggling to get past this one. Hopefully this time will be the charm. If I can find the Lucky! bonus stage, then it's in the bag.

4chan's not letting me upload images for some reason.

>>384072

Not only did we hit the sidescrolling part of stage 4, it was managed with 1 hit left on my super form. That's the best run I've done yet. Now it's just a matter of not falling to some of the really stupid traps in this stage.

>>384130

Let's do this. I'll start imguring my images until 4chan stops being shit.

http://i.imgur.com/lj3FUxC.png

I don't get something though, if you beat a game on a platform do you HAVE to jump on the following platform or can you just stay in the same one?

>>384176

This last stage is brutal. This is it, though. The big bad. I couldn't manage to get the final powerup due to some stupid bullshit with blowing up blocks (I was hitting the final block obstructing a path and it refused to blow up and ended up killing me when the stage pushed me into it). No more images until he's beaten, but imgur is now giving me crap so I've moved.

http://sadpanda.us/images/1519088-X6Z65BT.png

I rolled wizardry 5 but can't upload the image, will do when 4chan will stop sucking.

>>384283

Fuck. Another boss after the boss that caught me completely off guard. I'm not sure how I'm going to do this, since I'm growing fatigued and I'm not making much progress.

I have other things to do, too, so it might just end up as a reroll.

Hi /vr/, it's /v/ here

In recent months I've found myself getting incredibly jaded with video games as a whole; I'm simply not enjoying them as much as I used to in my youth.

Do you think it might be a good idea to take a break from games and perhaps start the gauntlet? I don't like this feeling of being burned out because I used to love video games.

Here's SNES. Anyone heard of this?

>>384628

Give it a try. A lot of these games are very quick and you might get lucky with a hidden gem.

Alright, lets do this.
Bubble Bobble, obviously on the Game Gear.
My set goal is to reach level 100. Think going further is impossible in only three days.

>>384767
Making good progress so far.
Seems like a shrunken miniature version of the Arcade original. Graphics are a step up from the NES version (which I'm the most familiar with) and the controls are much more responsive.

>>384851
The groove ruined by really having to go to the bathroom yet not being able, so foolishly I kept playing.
Will try and make up for it.

>>384921
Boss!

>>385278
Well, as far as I'll go tonight. Will try harder tomorrow.
Must say, I'm really digging this port. Love this game, wish I had an actual Game Gear and a friend to link up with.

Failed hard on the SNES level of the gauntlet, it's back to NES.
rolled 'Thunderbirds,' a game based off a TV show I've never heard of. It's a shooter. Shouldn't be too bad, I think.

>>385391
oh lord look at these faces

>>385412
The TV show was done with marionettes. The "Team America" movie is very similar in style, as a more popular example, but that's why the heads there are big and the faces odd.

>>385460
that sounds... kinda creepy. Well at least there's a reason for them looking weird that isn't just activision being bad at making faces

this is a really mediocre shmup and I hope it's short.

>>384606

Holy fuck. I finally did it. It got dicey near the end, but I did it. This game... was actually funny, even if it was tense at the last two stages.

I'll roll my SNES game in a bit.

>>378882
>>378935
Just to be clear: I make absolutely no decisions about what is in the gauntlet. Only what is on my site.

My site doesn't define the gauntlet. Thats up to everyone. I just try to reflect that on s3kr.it

>>385969
How was it funny? Did you get to go in the giant mouth and fight the maggots?

>>384767
Shit, you got Bubble Bobble on GG? I rolled that a few weeks ago, so my condolences. Have fun working that shit out without a guide.

>>385990

I meant fun, but it was also funny. Going into the mouth to fight maggots, fighting giant demons made of intestinal tracks, and derpy statues that barfed fire at you.

Also a hot pink dragon.

>Your game is "The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends"! Now go play it

...I think I owned this game as a kid.

>>386045

It's been a while since I've seen these two faces.

>>386173

This game is kind of hard for a platformer, but that's mostly because I'm not sure what I'm doing.
I'll try to get more actual gameplay screenshots in a bit.

>>385969
Thanks for saving us from extinction, bro.

>>386272

I hate this game already.

>>386410

So mad. Still, Bullwinkle's crouching sprite is funny.

>>386602

No, fuck you game. That level was plenty hard ;_;

Good design though. Not from a gameplay standpoint, but the music and the really small platforms that are moving lead to some nervewrecking feelings.

>>382530

I'm done. I'm finished. I can't do this shit. I can rack up a good score easily enough. Hell,I beat the in game one 3 times. But I cant beat some of the levels. Unfortunately this isn't high-score based otherwise I'd call it done and move on.

Back to DOS I guess...

>wife in bed
>ROM downloaded

Let's do some Asterix & Obelix!

>>386939

>>386953
Seems like a silly platformer, set in ancient Rome.

>>386982
Holy fuck, this level is crazy...

>>387132
>keep playing
>can't get past first level

>>386824

Sounds promising... downloading now

After my complete failure at Gauntlet on NES, I've rolled again.

This game is made by SNK so that probably means it'll be pretty good but fucking hard as shit.

Maaaaaan, fuck this game. I had to play on Easy with max lives/continues to win and even then it was close. Maybe it's easier in 2-player? I didn't understand the throwing system at all. There isn't an actual grab button that I'm aware of and it's more that if you're close enough, you just automatically grapple the opponent and can then throw them. But it seems more like it's down to luck whether you grapple them or they grapple you, and I didn't see any way to break out of a grapple.

>>387356
Well this isn't really what I expected. When I saw the name I thought it'd be a shooter or a tactical game of some kind. Instead it's like a weird Double Dragon which starts with you blowing the entire wall of your jail cell down.

>>387414
I've played the arcade version of that and it was hard as shit. I was also like 9, though.

>>387297

Intro music has voice actors,animations seem pretty smooth, and it's an RPG. I think I'll enjoy this.

Game is a sequel, but it gives you a brief rundown of what happened last game. Namely some Wizard was doing something evil with an Orb of some sorts, but he's indestructible, so they froze his ass in time.

>>387414
So after losing most of my lives and throwing grenades at a helicopter, I've beaten the first level.

Then I died halfway through the second one. Good thing I can continue, but I hope this isn't one of those games where you can only continue a certain number of times and it doesn't tell you.

Can I use save states to stop playing so I can go do other non-/vr/ stuff? Or is that against the rules?

>>387284
>5 extra lives
>lose them all to this bullshit
>rugby

After working at Destination Earthstar for two days, I think it is safe for me to admit defeat to the game. The sidescrolling missions are complete bullshit, with basically no lives. So I'm going to reroll. I can only pray that nobody else ever rolls Destination Earthstar for their own sanity.

Shit. This could be really good, or really bad.

>>387493

Gameplay is pretty simple so far. The manual that came with it recommended using Slings on everyone. It's solid advice: it lets you end encounters before they have a chance to attack back.

I've created a party of 4 with names taken from FF games. Butz is my Fighter, using a Staff, Locke the Thief is there to disable the traps on chests. Cecil the Paladin is there to kick ass and heal the party, with Windu for magical support.

Magic is funny as it requires items to cast spells as well as MP. There's 2 item, Nuore and Magic Ore. Low level spells need Nuore, I assume higher level ones require Magic Ore. Enemies drop the stuff so it's not too hard to keep supplied

>>387712
>Home Alone
Oh shit son...

I guess I'm setting traps to keep them away from me? Okay. Eat shit, Harry.

And I just got ganked. Those dudes are fast.

>>387802
Forgot image.

Wait, "time left: 19:32." That can't possibly mean I have to avoid these assgoblins for twenty minutes. Can it?

>>387830
Absolutely. Haven't you ever seen Home Alone?

>>387848
Oh dear God. I just figured it was going to be some awful movie-inspired platformer.
The gauntlet hates me. It has to.

Okay, so this isn't as bad as I thought it would be. I'm basically just going in a loop and hoping I don't run into them.Dropping traps like there's no tomorrow.

>"Okay, Princesstual Orgy was okay. Let's try SNES next..."
>Chrono Trigger

Based RNG, I love you.

>>388028

And before you ask why I didn't post any screenshots, I didn't read the screenshot part because I'm a retard and I don't feel like playing it again. Sue me.

Shit shit shit shit shit

>>388037

Any names?

>>388085
"Good morning, Vegeta!"

>>388085

>>388115

Best I can do.

>>388085
Gotta name him bacon.

>>388132

Things are going splodey dope already.

>>388115
obligatory

Fart

cuz fartz r funny

>>388146

Is it wrong that I'm tired of screencapping this already?

Seriously, I should be capping reaction faces right now.

>>388164

She needs a name too.

>>388186
>>388142

>>388186

>>388204

If you say so.

>>388225

For fuck's sake, is this possible without a turbo controller?

>>388287
Yep.

>>388287

She, too, needs a name.

Can I please stop taking caps? It's boring.

>>388287
It's possible.

>>388329
http://vgauntlet.wikia.com/wiki//v/_Gauntlet_Wiki
>Do not post screenshots every other screen, make them few and meaningful

>>388287
stop being so casual, I managed to do this on a touch screen.

>>388350

Ah, thank god.

Man I'm retarded.

Still need a name though.

>>388047
OH MAN LOOK AT THAT 1:22 LEFT
I'm THIS close to putting this game in the gauntlet grave.

>>388384
Well you already messed up my breakfast food naming theme, so I'm out of ideas.

>>388354
Well if he's using a keyboard, it's definitely harder to do.

>>388397
I wasted over an hour and several attempts to avoid these jokers, and all I get is this.
I'm gonna roll my SNES game now and hope the RNG gods don't keep fucking with me.

Alright, Back from a bit of a break. Left off on the C64. After rolling I got something called "Miner 2049er" Looks like a Donkey Kong like game. Might be fun!

>>388445

> U. N. Squadron

Old-school Capcom, awesome intro and music. This looks cool as hell.

>>388354
ugh, take this attitude back to /v/ please

>>388531
Oh fuck yes, This is one of the best Smups out there!

>>388531
Oh dear God why is this thing so cool and pounding me so hard

>>388636
I cannot believe how hyped I am to play through this.

>>388636
>Not picking Greg with his old as fuck plane

You are forgiven since it is your first time playing

>>388712
>Not picking Greg with his old as fuck plane
B-but I like my cliche shonen protagonists!

Actually, since this keeps happening, I'm gonna try Greg. Anything for a bit more durability.

>>387716

PLOT! Wizards have taken over a nearby mine! The mine is known for it's large quantities of Nuore, giving the Wizards a lot of power.

We're told by the Governor of Port Hope that we're not strong enough to tackle them yet, and to hit the tavern for side quests. Standard RPG fare

>>388780
I think I'm really going to need the three days to conquer this thing.

>>388997
why do you and two of your wither party members look like professional wrestlers?

>>389514
other*
how the hell did I turn that into wither?

>>389514

Besides this being a 90's RPG you mean? There's not many icon choice to pick from. Aside from the wizard types, they're very similar

Alright,after finding out people are having problems with the giant insects wandering around town, I went on a little murderhobo spree. Got enough gold to buy some new gear, as well as

>Password into the villiage
>Knowledge of how to get into the sewers
>There's a guy down there who can level me up

Guess it's a trip to the sewers before tackling the outside of town

>>389654
eh, I wasn't insulting you or anything, I just thought it was amusing.

>>389697

Didn't think you were, and I do as well. I chose the first icon specifically because I could here him shouting cheesy lines as he dives from the top ropes

>>389501
>My favorite snes game!
Greg all the way. Make sure you read the mission briefs carefully right after you select a mission. They can reveal very helpful clues.

>>389726
"seems like we really ROPED that problem in"

challenge of the dragon. what am i in for /vr/ ??

Well, this should be interesting.

>>389797
fuck dem ninjas

>>389912
Welp, 2D shooter game.

>>389936
forgot pic

>>389939
I decided to re-roll, since 2D shooters are dull and Sky kid is no exception. Maybe ninjas will be more interesting.

>>389992
Yep, it is a lot more interesting than Sky kid was. Also, when you die, you explode. The main character is a ninja robot that only takes a single hit.

>>390040
The game's first boss is a weird crab-worm thing that shoots a single projectile. It goes down rather effortlessly.

>>390070
The next level, titled Canyon trap, has you fighting bats, martian primates and enemies that strongly resemble that end-of-level boss in Gradius.

>>390083
woops, forgot pic

>>389654

And I'm in the sewers. There's a Thieves Guild down here somewhere as well.

Enemies are tougher down here, but not as tough as outside the city. Pro-tip: Stay inside the city if not dying sounds good to you.

The Governor gives you the key to get here. There's also a room in his house you can use it on, but I didn't figure out how to inventory properly, so I'll check it out when I get back

>>390086
It's a good thing that Ninja Crusaders allows you to continue on the level that you died, since Canyon trap had some lovely jumps on it. But now, on to the lake of Chaos.

>>389797
>color dreams
>laughing_traps.jpg

>>389992
>2D shooters are dull
why hello there teenager, are you enjoying your introduction to these sort of games?

>>390148
I just like platformers more than I like arcade-style 2D shooters.

>>390116
After a while of trial-and-error with the Lake of chaos, we've reached the second boss of the game.

>>390156
like I said, hello teenager, and probably a pretty young one

>>390196
The second boss was not only easier than the first, but way easier than the level before it. All it did was go back and forth and fire projectiles that you can dodge by ducking and standing still.

>>390203
Try 20, son.

>>390218
The devil's forest is a forest full of giant trees, mutated scorpions and giant explosive bees.

>>390231
I wonder if this place will be as nice as the lake of chaos.

>>390103

Trainer found, party levelled. You get a few points to boost your stats and skills, as well as more HP, MP and new spells for the casters.

Mindu the Mage can do a lot of damage with his spells, and has a fair amount of MP. Most enemies drop ores to use as well, so you can nova a bit. It's almost mandatory forstronger enemies like rats.

Cecil is pretty useful to have as a healer. He's a mix of Monk (closer to a DnD Cleric than DnD Monk) and Fighter so can't heal or fight as well, but holds up both roles nicely.

Managed to find some loot as well. Some magic weapons, magic armor, potions, a Key Ring, and some candles. Candles are goo,d they make it so you can actually see shit.

When it says "no assistance" does that mean 2 player is out of the question?

>>390296
help?

>>390218
>20

in this age that is essentially still a teenager mentally

>>390285
I almost told you off for using a trainer, but then realized that you were talking about an actual in game trainer, not cheating software, lol

>>390296
>>390350
unless it orginally wasn't a feature of the game or the other player is telling you what to do, I don't think so

>>390426

Understandable. The Trainer's are how you level up in this game.

Also, I'm in a bit of a quandary. The version I have is the 'Full' version, which has a built in guide. A rather comprehensive one, including a full walk-through. While clearly the walkthrough is out of the question, would using the many maps that come with this game be considering 'with assistance'? They're absent from the shareware version, but I have the list of them right here in front of me. Itwould serve only to stop getting so fucking lost all the time. Just half thetime,since it can't read where you are in game ad you have to know where you are and navigate the old-fashioned way. Pic Related: it's the menu you get when you hit F8

>>390573

Fuck it, using the maps. They're in game.

Anyway, found this place. It's through some hidden passages, and let you change your money for enhancements to your gear, to a +3 Maximum. With $10,000 from the Governor, I did a lot of shopping here. Everything sparkles now

>>390832

I'm having trouble playing continuously. It's slow and the controls are laggy, so when I reflexively press the 'ranged attack' button a few times when I see an enemy, I'm left waiting 10 seconds until it processes all those commands and animations. I may time out on this because it's hard to just play for hours at a time

It's a shame because I love the concept. I'm a fa/tg/uy, so I love my RPG's, and it would be a great game if it weren't for the pacing issues.

Fuck, Wizardy V is stomping me hard.
Besides MM VI I haven't played any first person dungeon crawliers, how do you guys orientate?
Do you need to draw a map yourself or is there some magic I'm not aware of?

>>373685
>>373625
Turns out you can change view. That made things a LOT easier...
Anyways, I beat level 2. Didn't play the game at all yesterday.

Not gonna finish Warsong for Genesis.

The game isn't really bad, but I can't take all the repetitivenes anymore. Maybe I'll finish it some day. I will defenitly play the sequels, hopefully they are more balanced and thought-through.

See pic for new GB roll.

>>392158
Holy shit that shield...
That stage felt rather long... It's probably the pacing of the game, it's pretty slow but it's probably because of the graphics.

>>389764
Yeah, I'm sort of stuck on the huge battleship boss. The actual stage is easy because of the ground-specializing plane, but fuck me is that boss insane.

Anyway, time for round three. Go time.

>>392209
I keep getting these close shaves... But I might actually have this!

>>392525
Best of luck, Venom is a bitch.

>>392525
Well, stage 5 was a short one. I think I got an upgraded twin blaster which helped a TON!

Holy shit! I remember when the gauntlet was on /v/ and /vg/... I didn't realize it moved over here.

How long has it been going, and how active is it?

>>392584
I just found it again, myself, but it seems to have a steady, but small following. It's good time all around, though. Go ahead and jump in!

>>392607
Yeah, I had lots of fun when the gauntlet first started up. I'll definitely start it up again if I can find the time.

Hello, images. Are you working today?

>>393364

Awesome. Second round, AD&D: Dragons of Flame, is down. Have a mosaci.

>>393378

Bomberman! I've never actually played the original.

Look how fucking dynamic he looks here. I know a lot of people slam the Bomberman Zero redesigns, but looking at this, it seems like it has some basis.

>>392342
With this plane, I shall destroy everything in my path.

Fuck yeah.

>>392556
Got game over on stage 6, but I started again and then I beat that boss finally... I and then, OH SHIT THAT DIDN'T FINISH THE STAGE?

>>393630
I think I can do this...

>>393656
Fuck yes!

>>393736
Or better yet this image is more fitting for someone who beat the game...

>>393749

>83%

Do it again until you get at least 99%.

>>393749
Congrats!